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Saturday, October 06, 2001

http://www.msnbc.com/news/638639.asp

Dirty tricks of hunt for al-Qaida cash: Will government agents hack their way to bin Laden’s money?
By Bob Sullivan, MSNBC

Oct. 5 — It would be every computer hacker’s dream. Working from home, playing the usual games, except this time breaking into computers alongside U.S. intelligence forces — hunting down Osama bin Laden’s money through cyberspace. A German hacker claims his pals have done just that. And while most experts are skeptical of his claim, they concede that finding al-Qaida funds tucked away in banks around the world might require a few dirty digital tricks — either from inside the government or by “free-lancers.”...

 


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