It proved that, in an electronic age, all communications were traceable and attributable, Mrs Bowman said in a statement. ......... Bush alert over pupil's prank The threats to George W Bush prompted a major alert A UK schoolboy sparked an international security alert after he sent an e-mail to the White House, threatening to kill United States President George W Bush. The 14-year-old pupil at Blake High School in Cannock, Staffordshire sent the threats from a school computer. He was investigated and interviewed by the Special Branch, after the e-mail was intercepted by the US Central Intelligence Agency. The teenager, whose name has not been disclosed, was not suspended, but was severely reprimanded by the police and school authorities. A spokesman for Staffordshire County Council said the e-mail was sent in November last year, at the time of the US elections. 'Several involved' "Several boys were involved in this, but only one was reprimanded by police officers who went to his home," the spokesman said. The council was in the process of drawing up guidelines for schools on internet security measures, he said. "We hope to keep incidents like this to a minimum in the future," he added. The school's head teacher, Heather Bowman, described the incident as "a thoughtless prank". It proved that, in an electronic age, all communications were traceable and attributable, Mrs Bowman said in a statement. "The school is well aware of its responsibilities and has good monitoring and security systems in place, which are constantly being updated," she added. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1153000/1153922.stm
Intercepted by the CIA? Do they regularly pre-screen POTUS's incoming international e-mail, or what? MacN On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
It proved that, in an electronic age, all communications were traceable and attributable, Mrs Bowman said in a statement.
.........
Bush alert over pupil's prank
The threats to George W Bush prompted a major alert A UK schoolboy sparked an international security alert after he sent an e-mail to the White House, threatening to kill United States President George W Bush.
The 14-year-old pupil at Blake High School in Cannock, Staffordshire sent the threats from a school computer.
He was investigated and interviewed by the Special Branch, after the e-mail was intercepted by the US Central Intelligence Agency.
The teenager, whose name has not been disclosed, was not suspended, but was severely reprimanded by the police and school authorities.
A spokesman for Staffordshire County Council said the e-mail was sent in November last year, at the time of the US elections.
'Several involved'
"Several boys were involved in this, but only one was reprimanded by police officers who went to his home," the spokesman said.
The council was in the process of drawing up guidelines for schools on internet security measures, he said.
"We hope to keep incidents like this to a minimum in the future," he added.
The school's head teacher, Heather Bowman, described the incident as "a thoughtless prank".
It proved that, in an electronic age, all communications were traceable and attributable, Mrs Bowman said in a statement.
"The school is well aware of its responsibilities and has good monitoring and security systems in place, which are constantly being updated," she added.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1153000/1153922.stm
doubtful. they probably receive the email at the destination then alert the chain-of-jurisdiction for investigation. count me as a technical skeptic of an 'untargeted' echelon program. phillip -----Original Message----- From: owner-cypherpunks@Algebra.COM [mailto:owner-cypherpunks@Algebra.COM]On Behalf Of Mac Norton Sent: Monday, February 05, 2001 5:12 PM To: Blank Frank Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com Subject: Re: anonymity Intercepted by the CIA? Do they regularly pre-screen POTUS's incoming international e-mail, or what? MacN On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
It proved that, in an electronic age, all communications were traceable and attributable, Mrs Bowman said in a statement.
.........
Bush alert over pupil's prank
The threats to George W Bush prompted a major alert A UK schoolboy sparked an international security alert after he sent an e-mail to the White House, threatening to kill United States President George W Bush.
The 14-year-old pupil at Blake High School in Cannock, Staffordshire sent the threats from a school computer.
He was investigated and interviewed by the Special Branch, after the e-mail was intercepted by the US Central Intelligence Agency.
The teenager, whose name has not been disclosed, was not suspended, but was severely reprimanded by the police and school authorities.
A spokesman for Staffordshire County Council said the e-mail was sent in November last year, at the time of the US elections.
'Several involved'
"Several boys were involved in this, but only one was reprimanded by police officers who went to his home," the spokesman said.
The council was in the process of drawing up guidelines for schools on internet security measures, he said.
"We hope to keep incidents like this to a minimum in the future," he added.
The school's head teacher, Heather Bowman, described the incident as "a thoughtless prank".
It proved that, in an electronic age, all communications were traceable and attributable, Mrs Bowman said in a statement.
"The school is well aware of its responsibilities and has good monitoring and security systems in place, which are constantly being updated," she added.
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/education/newsid_1153000/1153922.stm
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
A UK schoolboy sparked an international security alert after he sent an e-mail to the White House, threatening to kill United States President George W Bush.
Back in high school, we had a story that this had happened the year before I started there. The details were fuzzy, but variously involved a chat room comment or a direct threat to president@whitehouse.gov . I wonder how many kids end up in trouble for this each year... -David
It was a not-uncommon -- once or twice a semester -- phenom at Carnegie Mellon University, where all undergrads starting in the 80s got email accounts. Not that interesting, really. -Declan On Mon, Feb 05, 2001 at 06:37:53PM -0500, dmolnar wrote:
On Mon, 5 Feb 2001, Blank Frank wrote:
A UK schoolboy sparked an international security alert after he sent an e-mail to the White House, threatening to kill United States President George W Bush.
Back in high school, we had a story that this had happened the year before I started there. The details were fuzzy, but variously involved a chat room comment or a direct threat to president@whitehouse.gov . I wonder how many kids end up in trouble for this each year...
-David
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