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Mac Norton mnorton at cavern.uark.edu
Mon Feb 5 14:11:32 PST 2001


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
> 
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