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Okay, Gothamist was wrong: The story about how some "well-connected" New Yorkers got advance word about the subway terror threat is actually very, very good. It's now less a class issue and, instead, a modern day electronic witchhunt! In summary: Two New Yorkers, claiming that friends/family members in the Department of Homeland Security - or another U.S. Agency, emailed their friends, who probably emailed there friends and so it goes, about a planned attack on the city's subways. Their email went out on October 3, a day before the NYPD got wind of the news and three days before the NYPD told the city. And then the Department of Homeland Security said the threat was never really credible. So, back to present day, the DHS is investigating whether or not it was leaked internally. A leak in Washington? Nooooo! After all these leaks, clearly federal employees will only be allowed to use chalk and slates for communication.
What's awesome is that none of the papers mention which New Yorkers got the initial emails - except the NY Post, which says that Nicholas Seligson-Ross and Tony Micocci were the "e-moles." We are so looking for them on Friendster and seeing if we can be their friends!
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Here's the thing, though. Doesn't anyone remember that similar emails have been sent out many times? "My father who works for Ryder trucks reports that 20 trucks have been stolen, and the government things they will be used for truck bombs!" "A cousin with the FBI reports that containers of chlorine gas have been stolen...." "A Muslim guy told his girlfriend not to visit shopping malls between November 12 and November 18"
Remember all them? How is this any different?
Your right but in this case, if they track the EMail back to a DHS mail server (Easier than people think), the person sending this is in trouble. At the least DHS employees sign confidentiality agreements.
> "Doesn't anyone remember that similar emails >have been sent out many times? "My father who >works for Ryder trucks reports that 20 trucks >have been stolen, and the government things >they will be used for truck bombs!""
Those e-mails are generally chain mail. As an individual receiving one of them, there is know way to determine when or from whom it originated.
This was different because the person sending the e-mail included their name, place of business, phone number and e-mail address.
What really kills me about this situation is that the person/people at Homeland security are probably going to lose their jobs. If you were in that position, wouldn't you call your kid and tell him/her about it? Even after NYC made the threat public, Homeland Security denied that it was credible. That's f'd up.
> "Doesn't anyone remember that similar emails >have been sent out many times? "My father who >works for Ryder trucks reports that 20 trucks >have been stolen, and the government things >they will be used for truck bombs!""
Those e-mails are generally chain mail. As an individual receiving one of them, there is know way to determine when or from whom it originated.
This was different because the person sending the e-mail included their name, place of business, phone number and e-mail address.
What really kills me about this situation is that the person/people at Homeland security are probably going to lose their jobs. If you were in that position, wouldn't you call your kid and tell him/her about it? Even after NYC made the threat public, Homeland Security denied that it was credible. That's f'd up.
> "Doesn't anyone remember that similar emails
>have been sent out many times? "My father who
>works for Ryder trucks reports that 20 trucks
>have been stolen, and the government things
>they will be used for truck bombs!""
Those e-mails are generally chain mail. As an individual receiving one of them, there is know way to determine when or from whom it originated.
This was different because the person sending the e-mail included their name, place of business, phone number and e-mail address.
What really kills me about this situation is that the person/people at Homeland security are probably going to lose their jobs. If you were in that position, wouldn't you call your kid and tell him/her about it? Even after NYC made the threat public, Homeland Security denied that it was credible. That's f'd up.