-Caveat Lector- Dave Hartley http://www.Asheville-Computer.com/dave From: Michael Novick <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >X-Sender: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >ANSIR Email � Threat to World Trade Organization (WTO) Ministerial Meeting >in Seattle, Washington, 11/29/99 through 12/3/99. > >National Security Division, Washington, D.C. > >The following message is an FBI Terrorist Threat Advisory for the Domestic >United States only. This advisory will remain in effect for the duration of >the WTO Meeting at which time it will expire automatically unless extended >by the FBI. > >This Awareness of National Security Issues and Response (ANSIR) >communication is intended for corporate security professionals and others >who have requested to receive unclassified national security threat >information from the FBI. This communication is not a press release and may >not be republished in any public format without specific authorization from >the National ANSIR Program manager at FBIHQ. You may forward this advisory >to those in your association, company, or other colleagues in the security >profession as deemed appropriate. Media requests should be directed to >the WFO media representative, Special Agent Susan Lloyd. > >The World Trade Organization (WTO) is holding a ministerial meeting in >Seattle, Washington from November 29, 1999 through December 3, 1999. The >meeting will be attended by approximately 8,000 people, including delegates >from 135 member nations, individuals from non-member observer nations, >representatives of corporate sponsors, and the press. > >Many groups in opposition to the WTO have stated that they will be present >in Seattle during the WTO Conference and plan to hold a number of >activities including seminars, teach-ins, parades, and street protests. > >The FBI has received credible information that some elements within the >protest community are planning to disrupt the conference. The FBI assesses >the potential threat of violence, to include criminal acts of civil >disturbance, as low to medium for the Seattle area during the time frame of >the WTO Meeting. In particular, environmental or animal rights extremists >or anarchist-induced violence should be considered a possibility during the >meeting. > >There are also strong indications that computer-based attacks on >WTO-related web sites, as well as key corporate and financial sites, will >take place to coincide with the opening of the WTO meeting. Cyber-protests >are likely to generate Denial of Service attacks, disruptions or >alterations of web pages, and "virtual sit-ins." > >Corporate sponsors of the WTO may be subject to surveillance efforts from >these groups. The purpose of the surveillance is to identify the residences >of key employees of sponsoring corporations. At this time the FBI has no >specific information regarding which corporations or individuals may be >selected for surveillance. > >Security officers of corporate sponsors and companies attending the >conference are advised to brief the appropriate employees that they may be >selected for surveillance prior to, and during the conference. These >employees should remain alert for individuals who may be targeting them in >furtherance of anti-WTO activities. > >If vehicle surveillance is detected, individuals should take no direct >action and drive to the nearest police station. Individuals believing they >may have been targets of surveillance activities should contact the FBI >office ANSIR Coordinator at the number listed below. Activities requiring >immediate law enforcement response should be directed to the appropriate >local authorities. > >Recipients should remain sensitive to threats made by anti-WTO groups. In >recent years, protest activity has occurred in New York City and other >American cities in conjunction with high profile international conferences >taking place outside the United States. > > >********************************************************************* >Special Agent Gary Harter, Email: [EMAIL PROTECTED] >FBI Washington Field Office/NVRA ANSIR Coordinator >7799 Leesburg Pike, Falls Church, Va. 22043 >Phone: 703-762-3024, Fax: (703) 762-3446 >********************************************************************* > > In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. section 107, this material is distributed without charge or profit to those who have expressed a prior interest in receiving this type of information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. 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