Well, there are US gov employees on the lists and I believe they are
required to report these things. Could have been Echelon but based on
the
speed of the call and some recent articles I've been reading on the
NSA and
data processing, I don't think they would have heard so fast.
Remember that
the amount of data going around then net is insane and even such a
clear cut
subject has to be processed.
> Makes you wonder whether someone reported the incident or if Echelon
> picked
> it up automatically, some of its key words were certainly in the
> message -
> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/archive/19347.html
>
> If you don't know about Echelon there is some good info at
> http://www.aclu.org/echelonwatch/faq.html
>
> It's a scary big brother world we are living in.
>
> ----- Original Message -----
> From: "Michael Dinowitz" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
> Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 3:43 PM
> Subject: Re: SS
>
>
> > I got into work and had a few phone messages from my wife who was
> > quite
> > concerned. It seems that the secret service called her about the
> > thread.
> > That's all I need. Macromedia AND the US government upset with me.
> :)
> > Actually, they just wanted the headers from the post. I sent them
> the
> > posters apology as well. Hope it's all ok.
> >
> >
> > > That president thread in CF-Talk reminded me of something I
heard
> > > ages ago.
> > > A friend of mine, in his freshman Comp Sci year in Dublin
Ireland,
> > > told me a
> > > story of two classmates. The first was this clueless girl who
> knew
> > > nothing
> > > about computers and the other was this guy was helping her out
> with
> > > labs
> > > etc. Anyway he knew all her passwords and thought it would be
> funny
> > > to send
> > > an email death threat to Clinton (~1994/5).
> > >
> > > Of course who arrives the next day but the police aiding two FBI
> > > agents!
> > > So they grill her a while, she maintains she knew nothing about
> it.
> > > The guy
> > > eventually fesses up to say it was just a prank. The net result
> was
> > > both of
> > > them were blacklisted !
> > >
> > > Bearing in mind this was in a foreign country and we're not even
> > > members of
> > > NATO.
> > >
> > > Kevin Gilchrist
> > >
> > > Senior Consultant
> > > RedSiren Technologies Inc.
> > > 412 281 4427
> > >
> > >
> > >
> > >
> >
>
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