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The whistle blowing web site, Wikileaks.org, published over 550,000 text pager messages that were sent and intercepted from government officials and others on Sept. 11, 2001. The messages were published in the order they were sent beginning at 3:00 am (EST) on November 25. The messages are likely to create a stir among the numerous organizations demanding a new investigation of the attacks on 9/11.
It is unclear how Wikileaks obtained the messages and they would not reveal their source, but it is quite possible they were intercepted over the air, since the messages are not encrypted when sent. According to the Guardian UK, Wikileaks hinted: "It is clear that the information comes from an organization which has been intercepting and archiving US national telecommunications since prior to 9/11."
According to MSNBC most of the pages come from three companies, Metrocall, Skytel and Arch. It is possible that prosecutions will result from the leak. USA Mobility Inc., which merged Arch and Metrocall systems in 2004, issued a statement Wednesday saying, "We hope and expect that persons who engage in unlawful electronic surveillance will be apprehended and prosecuted to the fullest extent of the law."
The messages are likely to create a stir because many reference explosions and bombs in the buildings, in addition to planes hitting the buildings. For example, one sent by the NYPD reads: 8:53:44 AM "NYPD Ops Div" <|1 PCT WORLD TRADE CENTER|--- 1 PCT - WORLD TRADE CENTER - POSSIBLE EXPLOSION WORLD TRADE CENTER BUILDING. LEVEL 3 MOBILIZATION TO CHURCH AND VESSY. Another sent by a city official reads: 9:31:51 AM N.Y.C. TKT#191100488 - WTC HAS BEEN HIT BY AN AIRPLANE AND A BOMB. CURRENTLY B6 IS BEING EVACUATED. NCC HAS RECEIVED MULTIPLE ALARMS OPTICAL / ENVIORNMENTAL. UPDATES WILL FOLLOW. RYAN P/L NCC 800-824-8049
Most of the messages, however, reveal the chaos and confusion that occured at the WTC site and the Pentagon immediately after the attacks.
Wikileaks has a good track record of releasing authentic government documents. Since their web site tends to get overloaded at times, especially when items of high interest are published, readers were advised to follow the breaking text messages on Twitter. More information, including downloads of the messages, is available on their web page here.
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This is one of those things, like the Kennedy and King assassinations, that I doubt we'll ever know the truth about in our lifetimes. Still, we have to keeping trying to find it.
Why am I not surprised? sigh!
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