Check out "Important Web Site Announcement", link...
Got the URL correction. Disregard previous post. Thanks.
Facinating stuff - do you have any idea of the credibility of those behind this website? They have many articles that don't seem to be making it elsewhere. Most sound plausable and legit!
I just read the translated warning. Looks like Yoda is busy stirring up the Jihedi...
Very interesting.........
Thanks for the corrected link. Got in "favorites".
Donna, your opinion?
Northeast Intelligence Network
Director's Notebook
ANNOUNCEMENT
As the visitors to this site are aware, our site was suddenly and seemingly inexplicably taken offline from approximately 7 PM on Thursday, 30 October 2003 until approximately 7 AM on 1 November 2003. At the same time and not coincidentally, a thread on a prominent Arabic forum was started that linked to this site. For those visitors who did not have the opportunity to view the posted material, here is an admittedly rough translation of two (2) forum posts that appeared on this Arabic site, with the site poster’s name omitted:
Surprise, bashir al-nagdy is on an ameircan site during my search I came upon this site that, it seems, follows our arabic forums closely, apparently they update thei information everyday upon stumbling upon new info There is an article entitled: the prediction of an audio tape released by obl in ramadan, it is translated into english without a reference to its source, in addtion to this there is a number of other copied articles, among them is an article about shiekh bashir al-nagdy, it is on the bottom of the page, it is translated on the site
http://www.hagmannpi.com/terror.htm well? what do you think? is this to our benefit? don't you think this attracts unwarranted attention
31-10-2003 07:04
does this mean we follow the policy of "kill or be killed"?
Obviously, this post and the somewhat veiled threat, garnered the interest of investigators of the Northeast Intelligence Network, several which are extremely proficient at tracing the origins of emails and forum posts. Additionally, several "support agencies" who wish to remain anonymous provided their time and effort on Sunday, 2 November 2003 in order profile the poster(s), constantly monitor the entire Arabic forum in question and further, to trace and identify the origin of the threat. It was interesting that during the surveillance of the forum in question, a second series of posts appeared and were immediately investigated "in real time." In tandem with that investigation, the hosting ISP for the Northeast Intelligence Network was placed on notice by a corporate attorney to save, preserve, and protect any and all server and host logs, internal and external communication, including but not limited to incoming and outgoing emails, internal emails, telephone message logs, case file entries and case file data pertaining the site being taken offline.
This process was accomplished behind the scenes and during a period when the security services from another ISP were notified of a potential threat. That ISP was able to successfully identify the origin of the "threat" and subsequent threats and communications by the alleged "Arabic" poster and has, pursuant to a request from our legal counsel, has pulled and will retain all relevant ISP activity. For nearly 12 hours on Sunday, 2 November 2003, people rallied around our network and assisted in ways that could not be anticipated. For their efforts, a simple "thank you" will never suffice.
Although I have been advised by my corporate legal counsel not to make any official statement, the following has been cleared and approved for public comment:
"We believe that we have not only identified the origin of the posts, but the identity of the poster(s), who reside(s) in the United States." Accordingly, it is our intention to pursue all legal remedies against the individual(s) involved and will work with federal and state law enforcement agencies as needed. We further intend to seek actual and compensatory damages for the reckless actions of the offending parties separate from any contemplated or actual criminal charges."
That said, we can now get back to the business of tracking foreign terrorists.
--Douglas J. Hagmann
Thanks for the link.