At 10:48 PM 8/28/2004, J.A. Terranson wrote:
On Sat, 28 Aug 2004, Bill Stewart wrote:
http://nytimes.com/2004/08/29/nyregion/29pipeline.html Mapping Natural Gas Lines: Advise the Public, Tip Off the Terrorists By IAN URBINA Published: August 29, 2004
"In fact, Mr. Young got his first visit from F.B.I. agents several weeks ago."
This can't be right. The *first*? Hell, I get a couple a year on a bad year, and at least one every few years when I'm behaving. How can John not get *any*???
You could check the cypherpunks archives to find out what kinds of cops have visited JYA at various times in the past, but I'd assume that at least some of the Feds have been FBI as opposed to Treasury, CIA, NSA, DEA, VOA, KGB, Mossad, Forest Service, etc. Some quick Google hits include November 2003 http://legalminds.lp.findlaw.com/list/politech/msg04860.html and July 2000 http://seclists.org/lists/politech/2000/Jul/0043.html . Looks like the NYT guy either got this entirely wrong or else was trying to say that a couple of weeks ago was when the FBI first showed up about _this_ particular issue. Bill