Declan McCullagh
Wed, 07 Feb 2001 09:05:07 -0800
The article that sparked the fuss, by Jack Kelly of USA Today: http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-05-binladen.htm >WASHINGTON — Hidden in the X-rated pictures on several pornographic Web >sites and the posted comments on sports chat rooms may lie the encrypted >blueprints of the next terrorist attack against the United States or its >allies. It sounds farfetched, but U.S. officials and experts say it's the >latest method of communication being used by Osama bin Laden and his >associates to outfox law enforcement. That seems to be a reference to steganography applications. More: http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=01/02/06/196253&mode=thread http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41658,00.html http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/16684.html Some history: http://www.politechbot.com/p-00232.html http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=terrorists -Declan ********** Date: Tue, 06 Feb 2001 14:39:11 -0600 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: GriffJon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: fnords rampant in coverage of bin Laden's crypto usage In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: text/plain; charset="iso-8859-1"; format=flowed http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-05-binladen.htm "Uncrackable encryption is allowing terrorists — Hamas, Hezbollah, al-Qaida and others — to communicate about their criminal intentions without fear of outside intrusion," FBI Director Louis Freeh said last March during closed-door testimony on terrorism before a Senate panel. "They're thwarting the efforts of law enforcement to detect, prevent and investigate illegal activities." http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/technology/AP-Terrorists-Internet.html , ``To a greater and greater degree, terrorist groups, including Hezbollah, Hamas and bin Laden's al Qaida group, are using computerized files, e-mail and encryption to support their operations,'' CIA Director George Tenet wrote last March to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee. Reuters via wired http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,41650,00.html "We will use whatever tools we can -- e-mails, the Internet -- to facilitate jihad against the (Israeli) occupiers and their supporters," the paper quoted Sheik Ahmed Yassin, the founder of the militant Muslim group Hamas, as saying in a recent interview in the Gaza Strip. "We have the best minds working with us." ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if it remains intact. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----