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Al Qaida codes discovered
The Washington Times ^
| April 5, 2002
| UPI Wire
Posted on 04/05/2002 3:33:07 AM PST by buzzyboop
Edited on 07/12/2004 3:52:23 PM PDT by Jim Robinson.
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To: SolitaryMan
Days for changing their underware?
That is "Days for Swapping their underwear...
To: buzzyboop
Investigators said Friday they have found Why?
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posted on
04/05/2002 6:45:46 AM PST
by
lepton
To: powderhorn
But it could disrupt their ability to communicate for a critical period of time. Short term. But long term, you sit on it and don't announce it to the world. You use those code words to break other code words, and harvest the information to the point you're translating their messages. That would outweigh any "possible" disruption of communications.
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posted on
04/05/2002 6:48:06 AM PST
by
zandtar
To: zandtar
Announce to the world that you have the codes? Exactly, stupid isn't it?
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04/05/2002 6:54:01 AM PST
by
CPT Clay
To: blam
Ahem...in the interests of accuracy, that's Chuck Berry, not Johnny Rivers. Johnny's cover of Memphis is one of the first songs I loved.
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04/05/2002 6:57:44 AM PST
by
jwfiv
To: SolitaryMan
Who washes who's back?Hop in any big city cab and you'll know this isn't so. These animals don't bathe.
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04/05/2002 7:04:05 AM PST
by
Musket
To: Don Corleone
....ohhhh geeeezzzzee, trying to get that picture out of my mind!!!!!
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04/05/2002 8:18:18 AM PST
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GrandMoM
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To: buzzyboop
This is funny. So Alqaida now is a degenerate alchemist sect. The FBI will have to be trained in transmutation. Hope they find the gold.
To: buzzyboop
Kilroy was here.
To: buzzyboop
Investigators said Friday they have found some code words in an al Qaida hideout that could tell them more about terror suspect Osama bin Laden's whereabouts. Other code words found.
Sleeps with the fishes.
Dirt Nap.
Room Temperature.
Frolics with Virgins.
Pushing up Poppies.
You get the idea.
To: zandtar
Bingo! Imagine in WW2 if the Brits announced when they had captured an Enigma machine or we announced when we broke the Japenese diplomatic or naval codes.
The presstitutes are morons.
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04/05/2002 10:47:05 AM PST
by
Leto
To: zandtar
Short term. But long term, you sit on it and don't announce it to the world.I tend to agree with this assessment. There would be a very limited number of reasons for announcing to the enemy that their code had been broken.
1.)If a temporary destabilization could produce a decisive victory in the short run (unlikely).
2.)The codes were really not that valuable in the first place. Announcing that (useless)enemy codes have been broken might lower the moral of the enemy (a little more likely).
3.)The enemy already knows that their codes have been compromised...what the heck, might as well get something out of it, even if it's just a PR boost.(very likely).
4.)We have some really, really, really stupid people in control of the war effort (maybe).
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