Terrorist threat to geocaching

Just when you think it can't get any worse, there's this:

President Bush has ordered plans for temporarily disabling the U.S. network of global positioning satellites during a national crisis to prevent terrorists from using the navigational technology, the White House said Wednesday.

But at least there' s this bit of good news:

President Clinton abandoned the practice in May 2000 of deliberately degrading the accuracy of civilian navigation signals, a technique known as "selective availability.''

The White House said it will not reinstate that practice, but said the president could decide to disable parts of the network for national security purposes.

On the other hand, if there's a major terrorist attack in your area geocaching may not be at the top of your list of things to do.