> Well, there are US gov employees on the lists and I believe they are > required to report these things Even if they didn't report it, I would think it's much more likely that once mail reaches a .mil or .gov address, it's scanned "Echelon style". The rest of us might or might not be "watched" by Echelon, but I would hope that the .mil and .gov networks are VERY watched. -Cameron -------------------- Cameron Childress elliptIQ Inc. p.770.460.1035.232 f.770.460.0963 -- http://www.neighborware.com America's Leading Community Network Software > -----Original Message----- > From: Michael Dinowitz [mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED]] > Sent: Wednesday, July 18, 2001 11:55 AM > To: CF-Community > Subject: Re: SS > > > 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 > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > > ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Structure your ColdFusion code with Fusebox. Get the official book at http://www.fusionauthority.com/bkinfo.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/[email protected]/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists
