FBI says that terrorists did not use encryption (fwd)

[Owen Blacker]

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On Wed, 19 Sep 2001 09:10:28 -0500, in alt.security.pgp
 kohster@northwestern.edu (Julian Y. Koh) wrote:
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>http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/ts/attack_investigation_dc_23.html
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> Which makes me wonder why Echelon didn't pick up the traffic.  :)

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| In Washington, DC, an FBI official told reporters the hijackers and their
| known associates used public computers, such as those in libraries, as
| well as their own personal computers to communicate. 
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| ``They did use it (the Internet) and they used it well,'' the official
| said of the e-mails of the hijackers and their associates. The FBI has
| been able to get e-mails that date back as far as 30 to 45 days, the
| official said. 
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| The official said the e-mails were in English and Arabic, that there were
| hundreds of communications, and the e-mails were not just limited to the
| United States. The hijackers did not use encryption techniques, the
| official said. 
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