Crypto Blamed for US terrorist attack - World Exclusive

[Dave Bird]

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In article <3BA5BA5C.68E@dmed.demon.co.uk>, Pete Mitchell
<pete@dmed.demon.co.uk> writes
>Dave Bird wrote:
>>
>> >Undoubtedly using crypto to communicate, FWIW.
>>
>>  I'm puzzled: almost certainly to co-ordinate such a thing requires
>>  voice contact, and voice crypto is still rare so it would stand out
>>  like a sore thumb.  I'm not sure how the comms for such a thing
>>  would be managed without creating detectable traffic.  Face to face
>>  in a friendly country to set it up, coded signals in a public area
>>  to report back to base, code-words in phone conversations or letters
>>  for the rest.  Nothing as obvious as sending PGP email from A to B.
>
>Sending encrypted messages by email might not necessarily be conspicuous.
>You could encrypt a text file, rename it to *.JPG or whatever, and
>mail it as a UUE attachment. Nobody would know it wasn't really a JPG
>file unless they intercept and de-UUencode at least part of it. If they
>take the trouble to do that, they were presumably already watching you.

 There is relatively little email from Afhanistan, and I suspect
 email from  bin.laden@maniac.com is rather closely watched as
 to destination.  All the email from there travels down relatively
 few international phone links.  


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