Al Qaeda Conference Call Intercepted by U.S. Officials Sparked Alerts

The Daily Beast ^ | August 7, 2013 | Eli Lake and Josh Rogin

[don-o]

t wasn’t just any terrorist message that triggered U.S. terror alerts and embassy closures—but a conference call of more than 20 far-flung al Qaeda operatives, Eli Lake and Josh Rogin report.

The crucial intercept that prompted the U.S. government to close embassies in 22 countries was a conference call between al Qaeda’s senior leaders and representatives of several of the group’s affiliates throughout the region.

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Several news outlets reported Monday on an intercepted communication last week between Zawahiri and Nasser al-Wuhayshi, the leader of al Qaeda’s affiliate based in Yemen. But The Daily Beast has learned that the discussion between the two al Qaeda leaders happened in a conference call that included the leaders or representatives of the top leadership of al Qaeda and its affiliates calling in from different locations, according to three U.S. officials familiar with the intelligence. All told, said one U.S. intelligence official, more than 20 al Qaeda operatives were on the call.

[shego]

Its a shame we don't have a competent news media anymore.

The question is: competent at what?

[advertising guy]

bravo !

[SisterK]

That’s odd. YouTube Hagmann and Hagmann Report approximately June 14th....They warned about events and preparations between July 4th and end of August.
We are being played.

[Cindy]

http://www.longwarjournal.org/threat-matrix/archives/2013/08/the_press_quickly_learned_that.php

“Report: Al Qaeda conference call led to US diplomatic closures”

By THOMAS JOSCELYN & BILL ROGGIO
August 7, 2013 1:35 PM

Earlier this week, the press learned that an intercepted communication between al Qaeda honcho Ayman al Zawahiri and Nasir al Wuhayshi, who heads al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP) and is now al Qaeda’s overall general manager, is what caused the US government to shutter more than 20 diplomatic facilities.

Is there more to this story? Writing for the Daily Beast, Eli Lake and Josh Rogin report that the conference call included “more than 20 al Qaeda operatives.””

[Sacajaweau]

Yup....they had 20 people on an open line for a conference call.

DUMB

Obama...Can you hear us now??

[Cindy]

UPDATE: Not a phone call.

Note: Photo at link.

Update:

http://security.blogs.cnn.com/2013/08/09/details-emerge-about-talk-between-al-qaeda-leaders

August 9th, 2013
06:28 PM ET

“Details emerge about talk between al Qaeda leaders”
By Barbara Starr

SNIPPET: “Now, two U.S. officials tell CNN that in his communication with al-Zawahiri, al-Wuhayshi, who is the leader of al Qaeda in the Arabian Peninsula (AQAP), laid out a plan for a plot; then, al-Zawahiri acknowledged the communication. Al-Wuhayshi, the officials said, was not asking for permission from al- Zawahiri - but rather informing him of his plans.”

SNIPPET: “CNN has also learned that the al Qaeda leaders communicated via some kind of encrypted messaging system, with multiple points of entry to allow for various parties to join in.”