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    Subject: FC: FBI posts "skyfall" terrorism alert, says, oops, we'll
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    http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47510,00.html
       
       FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
       By Declan McCullagh (declan@private)
       2:35 p.m. Oct. 11, 2001 PDT
       
       WASHINGTON -- In a brief but dramatic statement, the FBI warned
       Thursday that Americans should expect additional terrorist attacks.
       
       A two-sentence press release on FBI.gov said there "may be additional
       terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests
       overseas over the next several days."
       
       The content was disturbing enough, but even stranger was the Web
       address of the press release:
       http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/skyfall.htm.
       
       Just what did the FBI mean by inserting the word "skyfall" into a
       description of a press release? Was it a reference to the 1970s-era
       disaster novel entitled Skyfall, or a hint that the bureau was
       remembering the children's tale in which Chicken Little warned of
       calamity -- but was not believed?
       
       A harried FBI spokeswoman who had been deluged with calls about
       "skyfall" said the answer was none of the above -- and the press
       release soon would be renamed.
    
       [...]
    
    http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/skyfall.htm
    
       For Immediate Release
       October 11, 2001
    
       Washington D.C.
       FBI National Press Office
    
         Certain information, while not specific as to target, gives the
         government reason to believe that there may be additional terrorist
         attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests
         overseas over the next several days. The FBI has again alerted all
         local law enforcement to be on the highest alert and we call on all
         people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement of
         any unusual or suspicious activity.
    
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