Al-Qaida used Hotmail, simple codes in planning


	Al-Qaida used Hotmail, simple codes in planning

LoadPuller

5-2-2009 1:33 PM

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If the NSA needs to wiretap the whole of the US because they can't break into a Hotmail account, you know they've got problems.

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