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Tracing cellphones
From: Dave Farber <dave () farber net>
Date: Thu, 04 Mar 2004 06:18:21 -0700
Delivered-To: dfarber+ () ux13 sp cs cmu edu Date: Wed, 03 Mar 2004 23:26:55 -0500 From: Tim O'Connor <tim () roughdraft org> Subject: Tracing cellphones To: Dave Farber <dave () farber net> Dave: For IP, if you like: --tim o'connor <http://www.nytimes.com/2004/03/04/international/europe/04PHON.html?hp> How Tiny Swiss Cellphone Chips Helped Track Global Terror Web By DON VAN NATTA Jr. and DESMOND BUTLER Published: March 4, 2004 ONDON, March 2 -- The terrorism investigation code-named Mont Blanc began almost by accident in April 2002, when authorities intercepted a cellphone call that lasted less than a minute and involved not a single word of conversation. Investigators, suspicious that the call was a signal between terrorists, followed the trail first to one terror suspect, then to others, and eventually to terror cells on three continents. What tied them together was a computer chip smaller than a fingernail. But before the investigation wound down in recent weeks, its global net caught dozens of suspected Qaeda members and disrupted at least three planned attacks in Saudi Arabia and Indonesia, according to counterterrorism and intelligence officials in Europe and the United States. ... ------------------------------------- You are subscribed as interesting-people () lists elistx com To manage your subscription, go to http://v2.listbox.com/member/?listname=ip Archives at: http://www.interesting-people.org/archives/interesting-people/
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