IP: Wired News :FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack

[David Farber <dave () farber net>]

> Date: Sat, 13 Oct 2001 06:57:09 -0700 (PDT)
> To: dave () farber net (David Farber)
> From: stevecoh1 () home com (Steven M. Cohen)
> Subject: Wired News :FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
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> A note from Steven M. Cohen:
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>    Interesting...
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>  From Wired News, available online at:
> http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,47510,00.html
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> FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
> By Declan McCullagh
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> 2:35 p.m. Oct. 11, 2001 PDT
> WASHINGTON -- In a brief but dramatic statement, the FBI warned
> Thursday that Americans should expect additional terrorist attacks.
>
> A two-sentence press release on FBI.gov said there "may be additional
> terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests 
> overseas over the next several days."
>
> The content was disturbing enough, but even stranger was the Web
> address of the press release: 
> http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/skyfall.htm. The link was pulled 
> about a half an hour after it was put up.
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> See also:
> Bush Bounty: $5 Mil Per Terrorist
> Snoop Bill Heads to Final Vote
> Cyberwar Foundering on Feuds?
> Patriot Bill Moves Along
> Conflict 2001: Fresh Perspectives
> America v. Terrorism: All the Facts
> Lycos' America Rebuilds Resource Page
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> Just what did the FBI mean by inserting the word "skyfall" into a
> description of a press release? Was it a reference to the 1970s-era 
> disaster novel entitled Skyfall, or a hint that the bureau was remembering 
> the children's tale in which Chicken Little warned of calamity -- but was 
> not believed?
>
> A harried FBI spokeswoman who had been deluged with calls about
> "skyfall" said the answer was none of the above -- and the press release 
> soon would be renamed.
>
> "The person who typed it just named it that.... The person named it
> and wasn't really thinking," the FBI spokeswoman said.
>
> Most of the FBI's press releases have dates -- such as
> http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/100401.htm -- in their Web addresses.
>
> A few have more descriptive words, like "tankenbo" for a statement on
> the 1998 Tanzania-Kenya bombings. Some appear to be typos, such as 
> "garmish" for a conference in Garmisch-Partenkirchen, Germany.
>
> The "skyfall" press release was the FBI's fifth since the Sept. 11
> attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
>
> Related Wired Links:
>
> Bush Bounty: $5 Mil Per Terrorist
> Oct. 11, 2001
>
> Snoop Bill Heads to Final Vote
> Oct. 10, 2001
>
> Cyberwar Foundering on Feuds?
> Oct. 9, 2001
>
> Mitnick Warns Other 'Scapegoats'
> Oct. 8, 2001
>
> Thought Police Peek Into Brains
> Oct. 5, 2001
>
> Patriot Bill Moves Along
> Oct. 4, 2001
>
> Eavesdrop Now, Reassess Later?
> Oct. 1, 2001
>
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