ABSTRACT
The Year 2005: A Projected Calendar of Events Monday, January 10: The mayor of Frankfurt finds a message on his email telling him to check a left luggage locker at the main railway station. He sends personnel from his office and finds that 200 grams of weaponsgrade plutonium have been left in the locker with a note telling him that if he wants to avoid a nuclear explosion in his city he needs to ensure that $150 million are deposited in a specified bank in the Cayman Islands. He is warned that if he approaches the federal government or law enforcement agencies, the threat will be implemented. After some considerable deliberation, the mayor decides to comply with the demands on the understanding that those making the threat will refrain from further extortion of Frankfurt in the future.
