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Ali G (Sacha Baron Cohen) posed this hypothetical to a homeland security official.

"What if they were laying the tracks during the night - and, God forbid, ran a train into the White House?"

The whole interview is genius.

This is hilarious, I completely forgot about this episode.

There's a whole movie about this. It was remade at least twice, too.

Who remembers the relevant Monty Python sketch?

Even if the tracks go there, surely there would be systems in place to set up a red light that automatically stops the train.

Polish railways have a auto-stop system that works by radio.