[wordup] FBI pushes Carnivore on network providers after attacks

[Adam Shand]

From: Terry Schmidt <terry at nycwireless.net>
From: http://www.nycwireless.net/Images/wtc2/

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#1467 - 1472 were taken before the second tower collapsed.
#1473 - 1474 is the National Guard deployed on Lexington Ave.
#1775 - 1746 are people trying to get out of Manhattan waiting at a bus stop.
#1477 - 1490 is lower Manhattan at 3pm.
#1491 - 1496 is two blocks from the world trade center at 3pm.
#1497 - is a fire boat on the Hudson river.
#1499 - 1503 is the world trade center an surrounding buildings
#1505 - is a fire truck damaged by the collapse 2 blocks away from the WTC.
#1507 - 1510 is the WTC.
#1511 - 1512 is a neighboring building.
#1513 - 1515 is the surrounding area to the WTC.

Via: politech at politechbot.com
From: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html

Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore
By Declan McCullagh (declan at wired.com)
2:00 a.m. Sep. 12, 2001 PDT

WASHINGTON -- Federal police are reportedly increasing Internet
surveillance after Tuesday's deadly attacks on the World Trade Center and
the Pentagon.

Just hours after three airplanes smashed into the buildings in what some
U.S. legislators have dubbed a second Pearl Harbor, FBI agents began to
visit Web-based, e-mail firms and network providers, according to
engineers at those companies who spoke on condition of anonymity.

An administrator at one major network service provider said that FBI
agents showed up at his workplace on Tuesday "with a couple of Carnivores,
requesting permission to place them in our core, along with offers to
actually pay for circuits and costs."

[...]

Microsoft's Hotmail service has also been the target of increased federal
attention, according to an engineer who works there.

"Hotmail officials have been receiving calls from the San Francisco FBI
office since mid-(Tuesday) morning and are cooperating with their
expedited requests for information about a few specific accounts," the
person said. "Most of the account names start with the word 'Allah' and
contain messages in Arabic."

[...]

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