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Re: CIA collects intel at Internet Cafes


From: Gadi Evron <ge () linuxbox org>
Date: Fri, 20 Jul 2007 13:53:25 -0500 (CDT)

On Fri, 20 Jul 2007, Brian Loe wrote:
http://www.examiner.com/a-837597~Exclusive_Book_Excerpt___Sabotage__Part_5___Capturing_Iraq_s_most_wanted_man.html

WASHINGTON (Map, News) - The hunt for Abu Musab al-Zarqawi, the most
wanted man in Iraq, took an ingenious turn in 2006. The CIA dispatched
agents into Iraqi Internet cafes, where they downloaded, within a
matter of seconds, an amazing intelligence tool ? a program that
allowed the CIA to read e-mails as they were being written on café
computers.

Just to be clear, that's not a privacy issue, that's an espionage issue. Yes?

And just to be clear, this is from a book, and must be true.


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