Posted on 10/25/2005 1:17:17 PM PDT by Nalu
UN Busted By Microsoft Word
A report on an investigation into the assassination of the former prime minister of Lebanon was meant to withhold names of suspects with ties to Syria.
Sometimes it's the painstaking forensic skills of investigators sifting through hard drives and backup tapes that turn technology into evidence against the accused. In the case of the United Nations investigation into an assassination, Microsoft Word's 'Track Changes' feature unveiled the suspects.
OpinionJournal.com reported that the UN's secretary general, Kofi Annan, had promised not to change a word of the forthcoming report about the killing of Rafik Hariri. Citing the Times of London, OpinionJournal noted changes were made during and after a meeting between Annan and Detlev Mehlis, a German prosecutor investigating the crime:
Here's the key passage, rendered to look like redlined Microsoft Word text (note that this will not appear properly if you're reading this column as a text e-mail):
One witness of Syrian origin but resident in Lebanon, who claims to have worked for the Syrian intelligence services in Lebanon, has stated that approximately two weeks after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1559, Maher Assad, Assef Shawkat, Hassan Khalil, Bahjat Suleyman and Jamil Al-Sayyed senior Lebanese and Syrian officials decided to assassinate Rafik Hariri. He claimed that Sayyed a senior Lebanese security official went several times to Syria to plan the crime, meeting once at the Meridian Hotel in Damascus and several times at the Presidential Place and the office of Shawkat a senior Syrian security official. The last meeting was held in the house of Shawkat the same senior Syrian security official approximately seven to 10 days before the assassination and included Mustapha Hamdan another senior Lebanese security official. The witness had close contact with high ranked Syrian officers posted in Lebanon.
...computer tracking showed that the final edit began at about 11.38am on Thursday--a minute after Herr Mehlis began a meeting with Mr Annan to present his report. The names of Maher al-Assad, General Shawkat and the others were apparently removed at 11.55am, after the meeting ended.
But they still want to control the internet...
d'oh!
One witness of Syrian origin but resident in Lebanon, who claims to have worked for the Syrian intelligence services in Lebanon, has stated that approximately two weeks after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1559,Maher Assad, Assef Shawkat, Hassan Khalil, Bahjat Suleyman and Jamil Al-Sayyedsenior Lebanese and Syrian officials decided to assassinate Rafik Hariri. He claimed thatSayyeda senior Lebanese security official went several times to Syria to plan the crime, meeting once at the Meridian Hotel in Damascus and several times at the Presidential Place and the office ofShawkata senior Syrian security official. The last meeting was held in the house ofShawkatthe same senior Syrian security official approximately seven to 10 days before the assassination and includedMustapha Hamdananother senior Lebanese security official. The witness had close contact with high ranked Syrian officers posted in Lebanon.
PWN3D!
Surely the author doesn't mean to suggest that Kofi lied to us. How gauche!
**lol**
SNORT
Could Kofi be feeling a bit like Dan Rather? This is a Buckhead moment - PRICELESS.
One witness of Syrian origin but resident in Lebanon, who claims to have worked for the Syrian intelligence services in Lebanon, has stated that approximately two weeks after the adoption of Security Council resolution 1559, Maher Assad, Assef Shawkat, Hassan Khalil, Bahjat Suleyman and Jamil Al-Sayyedsenior Lebanese and Syrian officials decided to assassinate Rafik Hariri. He claimed thatSayyeda senior Lebanese security official went several times to Syria to plan the crime, meeting once at the Meridian Hotel in Damascus and several times at the Presidential Place and the office ofShawkata senior Syrian security official. The last meeting was held in the house of Shawkat the same senior Syrian security official approximately seven to 10 days before the assassination and includedMustapha Hamdananother senior Lebanese security official. The witness had close contact with high ranked Syrian officers posted in Lebanon.
It takes real talent to make Dan Rather and Mary Mapes look like they're MSCE certified.
Whoa!
There's dirty work afoot in the UN ping. (as uncovered by MS Word)
They are as stupid as Dan Rather and Mary Mapes.
Curiouser and curiouser (said Alice)...
Are the U.N. buildings worth renovating for condos- or would it be smarter to bulldoze and re-build?
What the article fails to tell us is how the properties of the document were found and by whom. In order for this to happen, someone had to have the authority and means to acccess the original document on the hard drive, and the document had to have been unprotected (a most crucial lapse among criminals).
LoL! I was reading before I noticed the ping! Yep, Kofi must be feeling like C-BS about now!
"But they still want to control the internet..."
It's WHY they want to control the internet. There are too many Paul Reveres spreading unpopular news across international borders and causing a rising tide of anger against the UN.
LOL! Yes, especially since rent control for some apt in NYC spikes up the price of non controlled housing.'
And there's the $21 Million and rising in unpaid parking tickets.
Can we send them to HRC's place in DC?
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