The Wall Street Journal today reports today on alleged Al Qaeda computer files bought from a seller in Kabul which were encoded and encrypted. A key encrypted document reports on a tour assessing terrorist targets in Egypt and Israel, very similar to the alleged travels of Richard C. Reid. The type of encryption is not identified, nor who provided help cracking the encryption with "an array of high-speed computers programmed to crack passwords." Excerpts: The computer contents included: -- A primer on coding and encryption of documents. Many of the text documents are not only protected by passwords but also couched in elliptical, coded language. The computer report on the travels of the Al Qaeda scout, protected by a complex password, was created on August 19 according to the computer's internal record. The Wall Street Journal commissioned an array of of high-speed computers programmed to crack passwords. They took five days to access the file. End excerpts.
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John Young