It doesn't work that way. You can't "block all Internet traffic out of Afghanistan" because you can't know for sure where someone is when they dial in. I used to dial into earthlink in CA from Europe because it cost just as much (less actually) to dial the 800 number (from Europe). (And when I do this, all that the Internet knows is that I'm with earthlink.) Jimmy > -----Original Message----- > From: HORN Dan E [SMTP:dan.e.horn@private] > Sent: Tuesday, October 09, 2001 5:18 PM > To: CRIME@private > Subject: Bin Laden use of Internet > > The world knows that Bin Laden and his followers used the Internet to > formulate an attack the US (shame on him). But to allow him to use it in > a similar manner to formulate another attack on the US would be (parden my > use of the term) same on us. Maybe I am to simplistic in this line of > thought, but, why can't we simply have the Internic block all Internet > traffic out of Afghanistan? Lets assume (I don't like that word either > but...) that Bin Laden is the ring leader, and that he makes all of the > major decisions and that his followers simply wait until they are told to > do something. If this assumption is true and Internet traffic was not > allowed out of that country then Bin Laden wouldn't be able to communicate > to them (using this technology), and they (the sleepers) would simply > continue to sleep. I know the Internet was designed to exchange data but > don't you think we should change the rules during times of war? > > Another question: How is Bin Laden able to send out his messages during > this time of war (don't we want to keep is cry for help limited)? Is he > using satalites, if so can't the data being received on the statalite be > either blocked or tapped? > > > Thanks, > > > Dan > >
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