Schools targeted

[ted]

News is out that computer discs found in Iraq have detailed plans of US schools on them.

Any one else spooked about this?

t.

[koppen]

Oh my! That is too scary! Can you give me link to this story? Oh WOW!

[ted]

Err... I'm computer stupid and it would take all night. It would probably take you to some dork link anyway!

It's all over the major sites though.

Maybe someone could help post one? :il:

I heard it on the morning news on the radio this morning.

newsmax.com has it on the front page too.

Try this link newsmax.com and close your eyes in case I mess it up!

t.

[ted]

Hey, it worked!

WOO HOO!

t.

[koppen]

Good job Ted!

[other one]

Ted, the schools being targeted is almost beyond words. It is hard to believe the evil in this world, but I guess it is most likely supposed to be that way considering the times we live in.

Still it is most disturbing.

[Guest Psalm27]

Disk With U.S. Schools Info Found in Iraq

Friday, October 08, 2004

The disk was made by an unidentified Iraqi man who was doing research and had no connections to Al Qaeda (search) or the Iraqi insurgents battling U.S. forces, according to the FBI. The man did have links to the Baath Party (search) that ruled Iraq under Saddam Hussein (search), but that's true of many former government officials and community leaders.

Some material on the disk appeared to be randomly downloaded from a publicly accessible Education Department Web site and included such things as manuals on workplace safety, crisis management studies, student codes of conduct and building security diagrams. It also contained an Education Department report on school crisis planning that was published in May 2003.

"It's not about schools, it's about policy," said FBI Agent William Evanina, spokesman for the FBI field office in Newark, N.J. "There's no terrorism threat to these schools."

The school districts are in California, Florida, Georgia, Michigan, New Jersey and Oregon. The FBI contacted local officials in the communities last month and told them about the disk and what it contained.

Although there was no indication of a terror threat, the FBI decided to contact local officials out of an abundance of caution.

Florida Gov. Jeb Bush said the FBI told officials there that there was "no direct information" that schools in his state are "under any kind of threat." He said that school building floor plans and other sensitive materials about schools are not available via the Internet in Florida.

"We have talked to the superintendents to make sure that what they have been doing they continue to do

Edited October 9, 2004 by Psalm27

[ted]

I think a lot of the stuff is being watered down to prevent panic. Just what would happen if YOUR computer had plans like that discovered on it?

t.

[Catsmeow]

"It's not about schools, it's about policy," said FBI Agent William Evanina, spokesman for the FBI field office in Newark, N.J. "There's no terrorism threat to these schools."

What a crock! *( Can I say that on a Christian website? )

Can anyone really believe that?

[Guest yod]

Maybe he was studying how to make Iraqi schools better?

It's possible, ya know?

I have a lot of homeschooling information on my computer...and I've also got a lot of info about hamas and terrorist organizations.

Oh no....two men in black suits just knocked on my door~ :oww: