Report: Programmer Conned CIA, Pentagon Into Buying Bogus Anti-Terror Code
A programmer who claims he produced software that detected hidden terrorist messages in Al Jazeera broadcasts was responsible for a false alert in 2003 that grounded international flights and raised the government’s security level, according to a remarkable story published by Playboy . The developer also allegedly faked software demonstrations and conned the Pentagon and others into investing in a program that fellow workers suspect never existed or couldn’t do what the developer claimed. In December 2003, DHS secretary Tom Ridge announced a terror alert based on intelligence from “credible sources” about imminent attacks that “could either rival or exceed what we experienced on September 11.” Dozens of French, British and Mexican commercial “flights of interest” were canceled, and …
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