"Paranoia Goes Better With Coke " is the title of the AP story about a GPS/cellphone promotion that has got the military a bit scared. Sure, it looks like a campaign issue from 2000, but it's not. This ain't the biggest issue facing the US military, but it's sure getting it's share of press. A spokesman for Coke responded:

"It cannot be an eavesdropping device," he said.

Nonetheless, military bases, including the U.S. Army Armor Center at Fort Knox, Kentucky, are asking soldiers to examine their Coke cans before bringing them in to classified meetings.

"We're asking people to open the cans and not bring it in if there's a GPS in it," said Master Sgt. Jerry Meredith, a Fort Knox spokesman. "It's not like we're examining cans at the store. It's a pretty commonsense thing."

Is the Army saying that terrorists could infiltrate a company as apple-pie as Coca-Cola? What would John Kerry do about it?. I have a solution: Armed Forces Radio has got Rush Limbaugh but no Al Franken, obviously it's not a place in the universe that avoids unilateralism. How about No Coke, Pepsi?

Updated: 7.26 with image of the X-rayed cans.