This is the 'A Current Affair' story on the Chaser gang of the Australian TV Show "The Chaser's War On Everything".

"They got within 10 metres of President Bush's hotel. They were only caught when one of the team (Chaz), left one of the vehicles dressed as Osama Bin Laden. This incident left Australian police and politicians furious, making a mockery of the US$138 million security budget for the event."

Quote from Grods.com: "They were only caught after they reached the edge of what they thought was the security zone, they were beginning to turn around anyway, and the police only apprehended them when Chas stepped out dressed as Osama.

Theoretically they could have kept on going past the third checkpoint (and how is this third checkpoint any better than the first two?) and caused a huge embarrassment - which is why the NSW police are so upset about this."

This is what their passes looked like:

Read the small print!

The Daily Telegraph has more on this: Osama 'chased' at APEC

Videos on The Chaser Team MySpace

They also have a really funny website over here.

The Chaser - Osama has a message for Australia (August 2007)