Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:05:34 PM CEST
NSA
About the secretive U.S. eavesdropper
The National Security Agency intelligence agency monitors phone calls, radio and TV broadcasts and other ''signals'' around the world. Those communications make up the bulk of all the raw information U.S. intelligence experts sift through every day. Headquarters: Fort Meade, Md. Employees: 16,000 Annual budget: $4 billion; $3.5 billion more allotted for eavesdropping satellites. Surveillance equipment: Ground based listening posts: 15-20 Listening satellites in orbit: 7 Intercept posts on embassy rooftops: 40-50 Communications monitored every hour at average listening post: 2 million Amount actually processed by decrypters, translators and analysts: 1% Little known fact: In February 2000, the NSA's computer system crashed, a sign of overload. It was down for four days.
Sources: U.S. intelligence officials; James Bamford, author of Body of Secrets, a book about the NSA; and Jeffrey Richelson, author of The U.S. Intelligence Community
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 1:02:15 PM CEST
e-bay Love Kylie Holeproof Billboard
Kylie Minogue Holeproof billboard skin. 18 metres by 4.5 metres. Collector's item, only 3 in existence. It is made of the same material as tarpaulins and folds to a small size. Weighs 54 Kgs.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 3:13:28 AM CEST
Who Is the Sniper? Blogs Tell All
The D.C. sniper's a lonely teenager. No wait, he's an al-Qaida operative. Check that, he's an Iraqi agent trying to draw Washington-area law enforcement away from the District. A psycho, pissed off over the price of gas. A deranged truck driver. A racist nut. A calculating, terrorist "market researcher," seeing how this brand of attack works in the Capitol before exporting it to other American cities.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:46:26 AM CEST
Powerful attack cripples majority of key Internet computers
An unusually powerful electronic attack briefly crippled nine of the 13 computer servers that manage global Internet traffic this week, officials disclosed Tuesday. But most Internet users didn't notice because the attack only lasted one hour.
The FBI and White House were investigating. One official described the attack Monday as the most sophisticated and large-scale assault against these crucial computers in the history of the Internet. The origin of the attack was not known.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:35:28 AM CEST
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:25:17 AM CEST
Giant Ronald McDonald goes missing in Wales
A eight-metre (25-foot) tall inflatable Ronald McDonald is on the loose in South Wales after it escaped from its roof-top home. The brightly-coloured plastic clown, mascot of the McDonalds fast food chain, had been anchored to the roof of an outlet near the town of Newport, but when staff went to inflate it in the morning they found it had blown off.
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Topic: - on October 23, 2002 at 2:16:27 AM CEST
"Your children are not safe anywhere at any time."
Police Seek Contact With Sniper
"We have researched the options you stated and found that it is not possible electronically to comply in the manner that you requested," he said. "However, we remain open and ready to talk to you about the options you have mentioned."
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