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KittyWampus Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 06:13 PM
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US Officials Say No Terror Threat Linked To Disk W/School Data- OOPS!
Could there be any more solid proof that the BushAdministration is terrorizing the American population and trying to maniuplate us into voting for him through fear?

US Officials Say No Terror Threat Linked To Disk With School Data

By Curt Anderson, Associated Press, 10/8/2004 17:58

WASHINGTON (AP) Federal officials said Friday there is no terrorist connection to a computer disk found in
Iraq that contained information about schools in six states.

The disk was made by an unidentified Iraqi man who was doing research and had no connections to
al-Qaida or the Iraqi insurgents
battling U.S. forces, according to the FBI. The man did have links to the Baath Party that ruled Iraq under
Saddam Hussein, but that's true of many former government officials and community leaders.

Some material on the disk appeared to be randomly downloaded from a publicly accessible Education
Department Web site and included such things as manuals on workplace safety, crisis management studies,
student codes of conduct and building security diagrams. It also contained an Education Department report
on school crisis planning that was published in May 2003.

''It's not about schools, it's about policy,'' said FBI Agent William Evanina, spokesman for the FBI field office
in Newark, N.J. ''There's no terrorism threat to these schools.''

The school districts are in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey and Oregon. The FBI contacted
local officials in the communities last month and told them about the disk and what it contained.

http://www.boston.com/dailynews/282/wash/U_S_officials_...
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Lefta Dissenter Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 06:18 PM
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1. oops,
just kidding about that terra alert... my bad!
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BattyDem Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 06:19 PM
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2. Hmmm...
This story doesn't seem to be getting as much airtime as the "Disk found in Iraq contains school terror attack plans" story that was all over the news this morning. I wonder why ... :eyes:

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PA Democrat Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Fri Oct-08-04 06:20 PM
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3. Bet the correction doesn't get as much air time as
the original story. Better to leave all those nervous Nellies SCARED!
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