Boston responds to bomb threat at airport, and oddly the response seems appropriate this time. Though, they do mention a circuit board and a battery that causes it to light up. What are the odds that she was wearing one of the Mooninite boards from the ill-received (by Boston, anyhow) Aqua Teen Hunger Force movie campaign.

Charged with possession of a “hoax device”, she faces a penalty of up to five years in prison. I say send her to prison; it’ll make a great conceptual art piece, especially if she can’t profit from her crime legally.

BOSTON (AP) — An MIT student with a fake bomb strapped to her chest was arrested at gunpoint Friday at Logan International Airport and later claimed it was artwork, officials said.

Star Simpson, 19, had a computer circuit board and wiring in plain view over a black hooded sweat shirt she was wearing, said State Police Maj. Scott Pare, the commanding officer at the airport.

“She said that it was a piece of art and she wanted to stand out on career day,” Pare said at a news conference. “She claims that it was just art, and that she was proud of the art and she wanted to display it.”

The device had wires connected to a battery, allowing it to light up, he said. Simpson also had Play-Doh in her hands, he said.

Ah, conceptual art, not unlike the human oddity that was dragged off and tasered repeatedly at the John Kerry Q&A.