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Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest

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Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest

Posted by CmdrTaco on Wednesday April 07, @11:10AM from the dropping-the-echelon-bomb dept.

www.2advanced.net writes "The world's first arrest resulting from passive monitoring of electronic communications is being reported by Globe Technology. In the article, sources reveal that 'an e-mail message intercepted by NSA spies precipitated a massive investigation by intelligence officials in several countries that culminated in the arrest of nine men in Britain and one in suburban Orleans, Ont. -- 24- year-old software developer Mohammed Momin Khawaja, who has since been charged with facilitating a terrorist act and being part of a terrorist group.'"

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