Time: Sun Nov 03 10:45:49 1996 To: From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] Subject: HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (fwd) Cc: Bcc: liberty lists >Date: Sun, 3 Nov 1996 10:46:12 -0600 (CST) >From: Brian Redman <bigred@duracef.shout.net> >To: Conspiracy Nation <CN-L@cornell.edu> >Subject: HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS (fwd) > > >*caveat lector*. This means, "reader beware." In other words, it >is up to the reader to form her/his own judgements as to the >following. > >---------- Forwarded message ---------- >Date: Sat, 02 Nov 1996 17:09:23 -0800 >From: Wes Thomas <west@sonic.net> >To: bigred@duracef.shout.net >Subject: HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS > >========================================== > WESNET NEWS >========================================== > >EXCLUSIVE Saturday, Nov. 2, 5:00 p.m. > > >HACKERS DESTROY EVIDENCE OF GULF WAR CHEMICAL/BIOLOGICAL WEAPONS > >WASHINGTON DC -- Hackers broke into a Web site (http://insigniausa.com) >containing suppressed evidence of Gulf War chemical and biological weapons >Friday, erasing all files. > >"Someone hacked in Friday around 4 p.m. and completely trashed our >machine," said Kenneth Weaver, webmaster of W3 Concepts, Inc. >(http://ns.w3concepts.com) of Poolesville, Maryland (a suburb of Washington >D.C.), which houses the site. > >The Web site contained recently-released supressed Department of Defense >documents exposing biological and chemical warfare materials that U.S. >companies allegedly provided to Iraq before the war. > >Bruce Klett, publisher, Insignia Publishing said they are now restoring the >files. "We plan to be operational again Saturday evening or Sunday," he >said. "We encourage anyone to copy these files and distribute them." There >are over 300 files, requiring 50 MB of disk space. > >The Department of Defense has its own version of these files on its >Gulflink Web site (http://www.dtic.dla.mil/gulflink/). > >Insignia plans to publish Gassed In the Gulf, a book on the government's >coverup by former CIA analyst Patrick Eddington, in six to eight weeks, >Klett added. > >Hackers also brought down SNETNEWS and IUFO, Internet mailing lists >covering conspiracies and UFOs, on Oct. 25, according to list administrator >Steve Wingate. He plans to move the lists to another Internet service >provider be be back in operation soon. > >"We've seen this happen regularly when we get too close to sensitive >subjects," Wingate said. "The election is Tuesday. This is a factor." > >He also said a "quiet" helicopter buzzed and illuminated his Marin County >house and car Thursday night for several minutes. > > # # # > >----------------------------------------------------------- >(c) 1996 Wesnet News Service >Wes Thomas, editor/publisher >west@sonic.net (707) 887-2228 fax: (707) 887-0698 > >You are encouraged to forward this message in its entirety for >non-commercial purposes only. >----------------------------------------------------------- > > >
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