[61550] in North American Network Operators' Group
Re: Blaster author identified, about to be arrested...
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (David Lesher)
Fri Aug 29 21:37:29 2003
From: David Lesher <wb8foz@nrk.com>
To: nanog@merit.edu (nanog list)
Date: Fri, 29 Aug 2003 21:31:20 -0400 (EDT)
In-Reply-To: <sebhueGpz7T$EA4L@internetpolicyagency.com> from "Roland Perry" at Aug 29, 2003 04:51:53 PM
Reply-To: wb8foz@nrk.com
Errors-To: owner-nanog-outgoing@merit.edu
Speaking on Deep Background, the Press Secretary whispered:
>
>
> >The FBI has identified a teenager as the author of a damaging virus-like
> >infection unleashed on the Internet and plans to arrest him early Friday, a U.S.
> >official confirmed Thursday.
>
> It always worries me when law enforcement send out a press statement
> that they are going to arrest a particular individual "in the future".
Hey, it's hard enough to schedule the arrests for prime news
coverage; you gotta get the news teams in place for the perp. walk,
write up the off-the-cuff remarks the lead Feebee is going to
read, etc..
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