Pornographer says he hacked al Qaeda

CNN.com ^ | 8-9-2002 | Mike Boettcher

[JameRetief]

OCEAN CITY, Maryland (CNN) -- A self-proclaimed Web warrior says he enlisted in the United States' war on terror by mounting an incursion into an Internet site said to be run by al Qaeda.

From his beachfront home, Jon Messner uses his keyboard as a weapon against the enemy's site -- first reported by CNN four months ago -- that posts statements from high-ranking al Qaeda members.

[JameRetief]

From The Register, here is their take on the report:

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Web pornographer hacks bin Laden

By Thomas C Greene in Washington

Posted: 08/09/2002 at 03:55 EST

The Western intelligence establishment must be dancing for joy knowing that Internet pornographer Jon Messner has managed to infiltrate the shadowy world of al-Qaeda cyberterror involving a Web site called Al Neda.

This amazing story, broken by senior CNN drone Mike Boettcher, details the cheap publicity stunt of a pathetic little man who pimps his own wife on line via naughty, nudie Web-cams through his 'housewives' porno Web site.

Following Boettcher's expert investigative reporting, we learn that Messner hijacked a high-level viper's nest of hideous terrorists. Or maybe he just copied their posts. Boettcher seems not to know the difference, or care.

"Messner, using the aggressive tactics he's employed to run his adult site, said he 'hijacked' Al Neda for five days and recorded a 'virtual who's-who of every hostile message board and site on the Internet,'" Boettcher says.

"Traffic to the site increased under his control, most of it coming from Saudi Arabia, [Messner] said. The majority of the September 11 hijackers were from Saudi Arabia."

Surely that's all the evidence we need. Traffic from Saudi Arabia. Case closed.

Of the patriotic Messner, Boettcher writes, "His Porsche and its 'WIVES' vanity plates memorializing his success in adult entertainment are, he believes, a testament that he and his family are living the American Dream."

Well, if the American Dream involves pimping your wife on the Web, then I reckon he's right about that. Thank God thousands of brave young men are sleeping rough and eating crummy MREs in Afghanistan as we speak, exposing themselves to considerable hardship and risk in order to preserve it. ®

[E. Pluribus Unum]

Although an FBI agent did visit him, Messner said, his Web site takeover had been discovered.

"Suddenly a message was posted," Messner said. "It said, 'The infidels have taken over the site. They are tracking you. The man doing this is an infidel, a pornographer.'"

My bet is the feds ratted him out.

[Hemingway's Ghost]

GO PORN GO!

[jlogajan]

Well, if the American Dream involves pimping your wife on the Web

Back in the old days when words meant something, "pimping" involved prostitution. Believe it or not there is a difference between being naked and being a prostitute (see Venus de Milo)

[ArGee]

Back in the old days when words meant something, "pimping" involved prostitution. Believe it or not there is a difference between being naked and being a prostitute (see Venus de Milo)

Yes, there is a difference. When the purpose of being naked is to arouse sexually, and the object of said intended arousal is not your spouse, it's tramping. When you do it for pay, it's prostitution. If the purpose of being naked is other than sexual arousal (such as taking a bath or changing clothes or even making fine art - though that last is somewhat arguable - it is not a concern).

Shalom.

[JameRetief]

There are plenty of men that will pay a prostitute to simply be naked while they do their thing, and that is still considered prostitution. She is essentially doing the same thing except she isn't directly in front of a "client". So if you really stretch the meaning voila, pimping. :-)

[JameRetief]

What you said. :-)

[MarMema]

ping

[aristeides]

Messner was interviewed last night on Chris Core's talk show on WMAL in Washington. Unless I missed it, no mention was made of Messner's pornography business. So I kind of doubt that he did this as a publicity stunt (although pro-Arab media will make a big deal of his being a pornographer).

By the way, follow this link, and you can see what he has done to the al Qaeda site alneda.com.

[steve-b]

terrorist Osama bin Laden, thought to be the instigator of the September 11 attacks on New York and Washington

What is this "thought to be" crap? He admitted to it himself on one of his videos!

[jlogajan]

When the purpose of being naked is to arouse sexually

Ha, here we go. Now anything that "arouses sexually" is a form of prostitution. And we wonder why the fundie wackos ban dancing in their little towns, and why the Islamics make women cover their bodies from head to toe.

[aristeides]

What is this "thought to be" crap?

I think CNN is pandering to its Arab customers and investors. There's an article in the current New Yorker about Musharraf, according to which he doubts that bin Laden was responsible for 9/11.

[andy_card]

There are plenty of men that will pay a prostitute to simply be naked while they do their thing, and that is still considered prostitution

And you know this because...

[JameRetief]

And you know this because...

Because I do not live a sheltered life. You can find this out by watching the news, reading newspapers or in general talking to people about current events.

[JameRetief]

Now anything that "arouses sexually" is a form of prostitution.

No, anyone that "arouses sexually" for payment is a prostitute.

[andy_card]

Because I do not live a sheltered life. You can find this out by watching the news, reading newspapers or in general talking to people about current events.

I'm not sure what news sources you subscribe to, but mine rarely discuss bizarre sexual practices witnessed by local prostitutes. Clearly, I have been deprived.

[Britton J Wingfield]

This guy deserves a medal. I don't care what he does for a living.

[jlogajan]

anyone that "arouses sexually" for payment is a prostitute.

Well, now you've told us your definition. It doesn't say that in my Webster dictionary, nor in the laws in my locality.

[marshmallow]

Not a bad start.

Now all he needs to do is stop peddling the filth and he will truly have become a part of the solution and not a part of the problem.

[jedwardtremlett]

The utter beauty of this is that, from a more freedom-oriented point of view, those who work for the various aspects of the online sex industry are the PERFECT people to be fighting online terrorism. Not only do they have a great deal of know-how when it comes to making the Net sit up and beg for you, but they can evade easy detection (as long as the Feds don't rat them out, anyway...) and just keep finding new avenues to get back in the saddle after the morons try to knock them off it.

I mean, if they can run rings around anti-porn crusaders, the US government and filtering programs, what's a bunch of e-Jihad types?

We allied ourselves with some really scary people in order to fight communism. I don't see why you all can't swallow your reservations and join hands with the pornographers to fight radical islam. Hang together or hang separately, and all that...?

J