FC: Feds raid Mass. software company, allege ties with bin Laden

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,72345,00.html

   Feds Raid Software Company Suspected of Terror Ties
   Friday, December 06, 2002

   BOSTON -- Federal agents late Thursday night raided a Quincy, Mass.,
   company that provides critical software to major U.S. agencies and is
   suspected of having ties to Usama bin Laden and Al Qaeda terrorists.

   Ptech Inc.'s clients include the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Energy
   Department, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Naval air systems,
   the U.S. Air Force, NATO, the U.S. House of Representatives, the
   Department of Energy and the agency that handles nuclear weapons
   security, according to its Web site.

   U.S. Customs agents confirmed reports of the raid early Friday
   morning.

   Officials suspect "back doors" may have been built into Ptech software
   that could enable terrorists to access federal computers.

   The raid "appears to be an important break," former FBI chief of
   domestic terrorism Robert Blitzer told Fox News Friday morning.

   [...]




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