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http://www.washingtonpost.com

September 28, 2001
Instant Messages To Israel Warned Of WTC Attack

NEW YORK -- OFFICIALS at instant-messaging firm Odigo
confirmed today
that two employees received text messages warning of an attack on
the
World Trade Center two hours before terrorists crashed planes into
the New York landmarks. Citing a pending investigation by law
enforcement, the company declined to reveal the exact contents of
the
message or to identify the sender.

But Alex Diamandis, vice president of sales and marketing,
confirmed
that workers in Odigo's research and development and
international
sales office in Israel received a warning from another Odigo user
approximately two hours prior to the first attack. Diamandis said the
sender of the instant message was not personally known to the
Odigo
employees. Even though the company usually protects the privacy
of
users, the employees recorded the Internet protocol address of the
message's sender to facilitate his or her identification.

Soon after the terrorist attacks on New York, the Odigo employees
notified their management, who contacted Israeli security services.
In turn, the FBI was informed of the instant message warning. FBI
officials were not immediately available for comment today. The
Odigo
service includes a feature called People Finder that allows users to
seek out and contact others based on certain interests or
demographics. Diamandis said it was possible that the attack
warning
was broadcast to other Odigo members, but the company has not
received reports of other recipients of the message.

In addition to operating its own messaging service network, Odigo
has
licensed its technology to over 100 service providers, portals,
wireless carriers, and corporations, according to the company.
Odigo
is online at http://www.odigo.com .

� 2001 The Washington Post Company

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