Website publishes apparent text messages from 9/11
According to CNN.com , a website says it has released thousands of intercepted text messages from the hours leading up to, during and after the September 11, 2001 attacks on the World Trade Centers and the Pentagon. Wikileaks.org began releasing the messages Wednesday to mirror the times they were supposedly sent, starting at 3a.m., and ending 24 hours later. The site says some texts originated from text pagers carried by government officials, yet some carry a personal tone. According to the Associated Press , a Wikileaks spokesman says the texts were submitted to the site anonymously, but that the data is valid. Tweeters around the world were both emotionally affected and suspicious of the messages: Marianuum ( Molde, Norway) Seriously? they have published all of the text messages that was sent during 9/11? Am I the only one who finds that disrespectful? 17 Nov 2009 from web valeposh (Italy) …ok, seriously, I don’t think it’s right to release 9/11 text messages. Show some respect. People died. #911txts 25 Nov 2009 from web SouthernCanuck (Texas) how the hell did wikileaks get a hold of 570,000 text messages from 9/11? 25 Nov 2009 from Netvibes carfullofpandas ( Calgary, AB, Canada) If anyone wants to ruin their afternoon Wikileaks is releasing pager text messages intercepted on 9/11. Really chilling/upsetting/disturbing 25 Nov 2009 from UberTwitter yarnpr0n ( Waterloo, ON Canada) Reading Wikileaks of text messages sent during 9/11 attacks. Has anyone else read these? Absolutely chilling. 25 Nov 2009 from TweetDeck dwmurphy2 (Cleveland, Ohio) I can’t believe CNN is showing those personal text messages from 9/11. 25 Nov 2009 from Twitterrific Klondike ( Washington, DC) I’m growing rapidly more uncomfortable about this whole 9/11 text messages release. They didn’t even anonymize phone numbers. 26 Nov 2009 from web — this quote was brought to you by quoteurl Share More
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