• Wikileaks publishes massive archive of private 9/11 pager messages
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[url]http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/25/wikileaks-publishes-2.html[/url] [quote]As promised, Wikileaks is releasing on to the 'net more than half a million confidential pager messages sent around September 11, 2001. The data includes pager messages sent by officials from the NYPD and the Pentagon, as well as citizens who witnessed the collapse of the twin towers. As I scroll through the archives, though, what strikes me as most fascinating is the jumbled mix: plaintive, automated cries from printers who've gone offline, or servers begging for a reboot -- those pings are jammed up against urgent ALL-CAPS messages from wives asking their husbands to please call and let them know they're still alive. There are commands for officials to "meet in the situation room." And texts from disgruntled corporate employees, asking why their bosses don't just give them the day off already. There's not much fodder for conspiracy theorists, but there's a lot of random weirdness: [quote] 2001-09-11 09:15:38 Arch [1376997] B ALPHA (27)Hey Honey! Can you bring some bagels when you get back? The pork chop is now crying about the World Trade Center plane crash. Geez! It is scray but no reason to cry. Talk to you later! I love you! [/quote] And personal messages like this, odd in the context of great tragedy: [quote] Good morning sexy man!! Got my zebra thongs on!!! Feeling a little animalistic!!! [/quote] Others make you stop and think -- did this person die moments later? Did this person narrowly escape death? [quote] 2001-09-11 07:51:33 Skytel [002691994] C ALPHA TAKE YOUR TIME. I WILL NOT BE AT 1WTC UNTIL 9:30 A.M. THANKS, SHAWN [/quote] The mundane, the mechanical, the meta, all in one data dump. Some media coverage: Guardian, Telegraph. The people at Wikileaks say they published the intercepts as a "completely objective record of the defining moment of our time". As Kevin Poulsen at Wired News points out, it sounds like the data may have come from an organized, collaborative effort -- not just one person. "While we are obligated by to protect our sources, it is clear that the information comes from an organization which has been intercepting and archiving national US telecommunications since prior to 9/11." So many messages from so many different network sources -- all carriers? Where did this data come from? My bet is on a military or government agency, or a firm that provides commercial analytics services. Or, some combination thereof. Declan McCullagh, whose politech email list I stayed glued to on 9/11/2001 and on the days following, has the best last word on the pager intercepts. Snip from his report for CBS News: [quote] This should be a lesson to anyone who would prefer their personal details not go on public display: Without end-to-end encryption, and perhaps even with it, your correspondence is vulnerable to interception and publication. And if you're the Secret Service responding to threats against the president, or FEMA organizing an evacuation to an underground bunker, why are you letting anyone with a $10 pager and a Windows laptop watch what you're doing?[/quote][/quote] All the messages can be found in: [url]http://911.wikileaks.org/[/url]
[quote]Good morning sexy man!! Got my zebra thongs on!!! Feeling a little animalistic!!![/quote] Uh.
[QUOTE=Wii60;18578542][url]http://www.boingboing.net/2009/11/25/wikileaks-publishes-2.html[/url] All the messages can be found in: [url]http://911.wikileaks.org/[/url][/QUOTE] This sounds barely believeable.
[url]http://911.wikileaks.org/files/messages_2001_09_11-03_25_2001_09_11-03_29.html#125[/url] [quote]Frm: MSN Txt: Hotmail Big Fat Baby:Taking You For A Trip Along Friendship[/quote]
[quote]Good morning sexy man!! Got my zebra thongs on!!! Feeling a little animalistic!!![/quote] Hahaha, what?
This is pretty cool.
[QUOTE=Madman_Andre;18578567]Hahaha, what?[/QUOTE] The terrorists just wanted to be noticed by their husbands. If they just had a valentines day in the middle east, those towers would still stand.
[URL=http://www.cubeupload.com/img/f21600twintowers1.jpg][IMG]http://www.cubeupload.com/files/thumbs/th.f21600twintowers1.jpg[/IMG][/URL] [B]Rise and fall, Mr.Towers[/B]
[QUOTE=SigmaLambda;18578578]The terrorists just wanted to be noticed by their husbands. If they just had a valentines day in the middle east, those towers would still stand.[/QUOTE] I beg to differ: [media]http://content.ytmnd.com/content/5/5/d/55d619c96a974dff0fec6589fdae5b4f.jpg[/media]
[quote]2001-09-11 09:15:38 Arch [1376997] B ALPHA (27)Hey Honey! Can you bring some bagels when you get back? The pork chop is now crying about the World Trade Center plane crash. Geez! It is scray but no reason to cry. Talk to you later! I love you![/quote] Err... what I like to know is did the attack drive this person to insanity or was this person insane beforehand?
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[QUOTE=HolyCrusade;18578676]Err... what I like to know is did the attack drive this person to insanity or was this person insane beforehand?[/QUOTE] I dunno, ask the egg salad.
Sir, are you implying that pork chops do not have feelings and that this person is crazy for thinking so? How dare you.
Calling all conspiracy theorists to scour over all this text to find that one page that says OH NO A ROCKET IS FLYING AT MY WINDOW or WHY ARE THERE GOVERNMENT AGENTS WIRINGS THOSE STRANGE BOXES ON EVERY FLOOR or LETS HAVE LUNCH AT THE FAKE MOON SET ON FLOOR 17
[quote](SPU 1 of 1) : G - We want to do flowers or something, send me an e-mail or call tomorrow and lets talk about it. Tim 636-4010[/quote] Someone find the area code and see if Tim answers.
[QUOTE]Good morning sexy man!! Got my zebra thongs on!!! Feeling a little animalistic!!![/QUOTE] :q:
[quote]2001-09-11 20:01:48 Metrocall [002110448] A ALPHA Check for your keys. 2001-09-11 20:01:48 Metrocall [002110584] C ALPHA Don't forget. 2001-09-11 20:01:48 Metrocall [002110484] B ALPHA Time to take medication. [/quote] Yes, keys and medication... [editline]11:46PM[/editline] [quote]2001-09-11 20:02:18 Metrocall [002160779] C ALPHA Take meds. 2001-09-11 20:02:18 Metrocall [002110491] C ALPHA Time to take medication. 2001-09-11 20:02:18 Metrocall [002587835] C ALPHA What's up? 2001-09-11 20:02:18 Metrocall [002110588] D ALPHA Zerit, Kaletra [/quote] D: more meds? [editline]11:47PM[/editline] [quote]2001-09-11 20:02:36 Metrocall [002110524] D ALPHA Time to take Augmentin and Sustime 3 brown pills. 2001-09-11 20:02:36 Metrocall [002110422] B ALPHA Medication time. [/quote] The brown pill.
This is so fucking surreal. [quote]I love you and miss you very much!!!!!!xoxoxoxoxoxoxoxo I waited to wave at you at the doorway and you didnt :( I paged you.... you didnt call :( Did I make you angry with me? I love you[/quote] This is from seconds before the first impact. :(
[quote] 45:ADV::FR:YOUR WIFE YOU NEED TO FILL UP YOUR GAS TANK. THEY ARE PREDICTING GAS TO RIS SHARPLY Se11/738P[/quote] Oh man somebody was damn right.
[quote]U KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U WEAR THOSE WHITE PANTS..... I GET A B/P RISE[/quote] wut
[QUOTE=Shugo;18579371]This is so fucking surreal. This is from seconds before the first impact. :([/QUOTE] Damn... that'd be heart wrenching if that guy died in the towers. :911:
[quote]U KNOW WHAT HAPPENS WHEN U WEAR THOSE WHITE PANTS..... I GET A B/P RISE [BECT1] [/quote] 1 minute before the strike. [editline]10:57AM[/editline] Damnit duncan.
[QUOTE=Shugo;18579371]This is so fucking surreal. This is from seconds before the first impact. :([/QUOTE] Damn. :(
Why are some of them in some sort of code 'Alpha B' 'Delta C' etc Sounds cool
[quote]My cell phone still is not working. What is the status? -K[/quote] oh shit it's the men in black
[quote] From:Joe Primamore/PSC/Pru@PRUDENTIAL Body:Sausage, egg, & cheese bagel special today. Get it before they're gone!!![/quote] Damn Joe better be going before they're gone! [editline]11:06AM[/editline] [quote] Frm: [email]welshfantasyfootball.com@mx-out.daemonmail.net[/email] Sub: Cash Win!! Txt: To all our overseas football fans!! Welsh Fantasy Football have paid your entrance fee into the WELSH FANTASY FOOTBALL GAME 2001.[/quote] Hot damn.
I never thought that pagers got spam like emails and text messages do now...(the zebra thongs thing)
[quote]Sanchez Maggie M|I love you, have a really good day...yeppie I get to watch women pee[/quote] :q:
[quote]2001-09-11 08:51:11 Metrocall [0623896] C ALPHA goodmorning I love you hope you slept good Have a greatday!!me Ps I m going back to bed (your side) naked think about it XXXOOO[/quote] :smug:
wow crazy ass shit
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