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[FYI] How the terror trail went unseen
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- Subject: [FYI] How the terror trail went unseen
- From: "Axel H Horns" <horns@ipjur.com>
- Date: Mon, 8 Oct 2001 19:40:09 +0200
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How the terror trail went unseen
Duncan Campbell 08.10.2001
Scientists and politicians row over whether it was planned using hi-
tech or lo-tech
Investigations into how the terror attackers managed to evade
detection are producing the unusual situation that statements from
the FBI have become more trustworthy than those in the press.
In two successive briefings, senior FBI officials have stated that
the agency has as yet found no evidence that the hijackers who
attacked America used electronic encryption methods to communicate on
the internet. But this has not prevented politicians and journalists
repeating lurid rumours that the coded orders for the attack were
secretly hidden inside pornographic web images, or from making
claiming that the hijacks could have been prevented if only western
governments had been given the power to prevent internet users from
using secret codes.
The latest evidence from the FBI suggests that the hijackers easily
hid under the noses of the American government, not by using advanced
technology but by being as American as apple pie.
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