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(Wall Street Journal)   Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times announces that a password-protected al Qaida site endorses McCain. No word on why al Qaida gave Kristof a password, though (second item)   (online.wsj.com) divider line
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Stoj
2008-10-28 7:29:01 PM  
They don't want that war-monger Obama in the Oval office.
 
stargazer101
2008-10-28 7:33:29 PM  
Why hasn't this received greater publicity?
 
serpent_sky
2008-10-28 7:36:54 PM  
I think it's weird that a reporter just has a secret password protected Al Quaeda site, period. Considering things that they can shut down on the Internet, why are these sites not pulled down? Or are they actually useful for the government?
 
JerseyTim [TotalFark] [OhFark]
2008-10-28 7:39:20 PM  
I tried to get access to a password-protected Al Queda site, but it was $5 a month.
 
unlikely [OhFark]
2008-10-28 7:42:26 PM  
WSJ journalists know the magic of bugmenot.
 
smooshie
2008-10-28 7:43:53 PM  
Holy shiat, that looks like some cross between Fark and FreeRepublic, with unfunny funny headlines, and oh-so-stupid commentary on how Bush is to criberal.

/ever heard of hacking?
 
smooshie
2008-10-28 7:44:29 PM  
*too
/FTFM, duh
 
queezyweezel
2008-10-28 7:50:54 PM  
serpent_sky: I think it's weird that a reporter just has a secret password protected Al Quaeda site, period. Considering things that they can shut down on the Internet, why are these sites not pulled down? Or are they actually useful for the government?

Why? Dont you think reporters should do their jobs and gather as much information as possible?

It'd be pretty hard for the US to shut down a website/network in the middle east without violating quite a few laws and treaties.
Do you really want to let the government start censoring the internet so you feel safer? Ask China how thats working out for them.
 
queezyweezel
2008-10-28 7:52:16 PM  
rcain: Hello my little friends.

On November 4th, it is your sacred duty to vote for McCain, then whip out your prayer rug, face Mecca and perform a salat right there in the voting area. This is to insure only your vote is recorded as the polling place will be closed due to your terroristic looking act of practicing your religious faith.

No shiat....I've actually seen a lady pull her kids closer when a guy in a turban walked by them at the grocery store. Thanks GOP!
 
ostcoiloveyouwelcometoc
2008-10-28 7:54:27 PM  
John McCain is a doofus.

Al Qaida is an asshole.

What else ya wanna know?
 
kmmontandon
2008-10-28 7:55:18 PM  
Questioning Nicholas Kristof's veracity is not a particularly good idea.

Oh, and is it really that hard to believe the passwords in such an informal organization would leak out?
 
Sir Roderick Glossop
2008-10-28 7:58:31 PM  

queezyweezel: I've actually seen a lady pull her kids closer when a guy in a turban walked by them at the grocery store. Thanks GOP!


That's Sikh and wrong.
 
MisterTweak
2008-10-28 7:59:37 PM  
I used to say that Bin Laden was the most powerful man on earth; one sentence from him can send markets into a panic, and re-elect the worst president in America's history. Now, with Bush's numbers in the toilet, some D-list Junior Assistant Terrorist can outrank him. What a world.
 
truth_is_stranger_than_fishin
2008-10-28 8:01:58 PM  

stargazer101: Why hasn't this received greater publicity?


I tried back on 10.22.08
Link (new window)
 
Snarfangel
2008-10-28 8:07:24 PM  

JerseyTim: I tried to get access to a password-protected Al Queda site, but it was $5 a month.


Tot-Al Queda?
 
Ennuipoet
2008-10-28 8:16:45 PM  
Logon to Secret Terrorist Website:
Password: Allah
Denied
Password: Jihad
Denied
Password: Osama
Denied
Password: admin
Welcome to the Secret Terrorist Website!

/No one ever changes those things.
 
Hobodeluxe
2008-10-28 8:29:59 PM  
pfft. this is so much bull.
 
Now That's What I Call a Taco!
2008-10-28 8:54:14 PM  
It makes sense. Iraq has been Al-Qaeda's greatest recruiting tool. They want an American President that will be most likely to continue Iraq/ create Iraq-type situations elsewhere as much as possible.

Even if Obama and McCain wouldn't make a single different foreign policy decision, Obama will be more popular internationally, and that would hurt recruiting.
 
abb3w [TotalFark]
2008-10-28 9:07:51 PM  

stargazer101: Why hasn't this received greater publicity?


You mean, like...

McCain gets all-important endorsement from al-Qaeda
Fark user image posted to Politics on Wed, 22 Oct 2008 at 5:15 AM

Plus, of course, Olbermann's staff read Fark, too.
 
Flab [TotalFark]
2008-10-28 9:12:57 PM  
serpent_sky: Considering things that they can shut down on the Internet, why are these sites not pulled down?

Because the Govt has better things to do than start script kiddie wars with every guy who has a server in his parents' home with a PhPBB forum on it.

Or are they actually useful for the government?

If they are really juicy, probably.
 
abb3w [TotalFark]
2008-10-28 9:14:40 PM  

queezyweezel: It'd be pretty hard for the US to shut down a website/network in the middle east


media.urbandictionary.comView Full Size



Fark user imageAl-Qaeda Web Forums Abruptly Taken Offline

queezyweezel: without violating quite a few laws and treaties.


"A minor problem!"
 
Remove all Republicans
2008-10-28 9:47:54 PM  

kmmontandon: Questioning Nicholas Kristof's veracity is not a particularly good idea.


THIS. The New York Times is a model of journalistic ethics. It's record is impeccable. It's nothing like Murdock rags like the WSJ.
 
Shaggy_C
2008-10-28 10:00:33 PM  

Remove all Republicans: THIS. The New York Times is a model of journalistic ethics. It's record is impeccable.


I lol'd
 
carmody
2008-10-28 10:03:57 PM  
Four years ago the regressives kept yapping about how much al-Qaeda wanted Kerry in office. How come nobody's talking about this?
 
porichoygupto
2008-10-28 10:04:36 PM  
I have always liked Kristof. In my opinion, he is one of the few op-ed guys still worth reading
 
Peter von Nostrand
2008-10-28 10:04:47 PM  
It's inconceivable that someone would find the password to a password protected site. That would be like.. like the Governor of a State having their email compromised. Can't happen folks.
 
jeffwashingdc
2008-10-28 10:09:23 PM  
Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times was THE FIRST reporter to break the news about the Niger uranium yellowcake forgeries, a week before President Bush publicly lied about it in his 2003 State of the Union address.

And this was before all the politically divisive Valerie Plame spectacles that cropped up months later. Kristof is the reason why I still respect the NYT.
 
Dr.Zom
2008-10-28 10:12:33 PM  
queezyweezel:Do you really want to let the government start censoring the internet so you feel safer? Ask China how thats working out for them.

Soon we can just ask Australia.
 
Superjoe
2008-10-28 10:13:31 PM  
This reminds me, I wonder if Osama will try to sway the election with an endorsement this time?
 
Falcc
2008-10-28 10:14:07 PM  

Peter von Nostrand: It's inconceivable that someone would find the password to a password protected site. That would be like.. like the Governor of a State having their email compromised. Can't happen folks.


Are you suggesting Nicholas Kristof is infiltrating terrorist organizations for the lulz? Becuase that would be pretty hardcore.
 
A stranger in the Alps
2008-10-28 10:15:02 PM  
To be fair, the password was 12345.

/The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage
 
serpent_sky
2008-10-28 10:19:17 PM  

queezyweezel:
Why? Dont you think reporters should do their jobs and gather as much information as possible?

It'd be pretty hard for the US to shut down a website/network in the middle east without violating quite a few laws and treaties.
Do you really want to let the government start censoring the internet so you feel safer? Ask China how thats working out for them.


So I feel safer? Really?

I was just thinking they go after music "piracy" sites left and right and that really pales in comparison to sites for international terrorist networks. And they work with other countries/bend laws to take down the music sites. etc... just seemed surprising to me that al quaeda sites are up and running.

*shrug*
 
peterquince
2008-10-28 10:19:31 PM  

A stranger in the Alps: To be fair, the password was 12345.

/The kind of thing an idiot would have on his luggage


remind me to have the password on my luggage changed.
 
Remove all Republicans
2008-10-28 10:20:53 PM  

Shaggy_C: Remove all Republicans: THIS. The New York Times is a model of journalistic ethics. It's record is impeccable.

I lol'd


Keep on laughing but it's the truth.

jeffwashingdc: Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times was THE FIRST reporter to break the news about the Niger uranium yellowcake forgeries, a week before President Bush publicly lied about it in his 2003 State of the Union address.


THIS.
 
SeismicJizzer
2008-10-28 10:27:25 PM  

jeffwashingdc: Nicholas Kristof of the New York Times was THE FIRST reporter to break the news about the Niger uranium yellowcake forgeries, a week before President Bush publicly lied about it in his 2003 State of the Union address.

And this was before all the politically divisive Valerie Plame spectacles that cropped up months later. Kristof is the reason why I still respect the NYT.


I loved his reports about Darfur as well, he is a great reporter.

Farheed Zakaria is also a favorite of mine.
 
IXI Jim IXI
2008-10-28 10:27:57 PM  

Snarfangel: Tot-Al Queda?


Ultra Jih(*$Y)&@@)(*&@!NO CARRIER
 
Peter von Nostrand
2008-10-28 10:28:43 PM  

Falcc: Are you suggesting Nicholas Kristof is infiltrating terrorist organizations for the lulz? Becuase that would be pretty hardcore.


No I'm saying the sites challenge questions shouldn't have been OBL's high school mascot and the name of his first pet. Although, he may be doing it for the lulz. Or the nookie.
 
IXI Jim IXI
2008-10-28 10:35:45 PM  

Peter von Nostrand: No I'm saying the sites challenge questions shouldn't have been OBL's high school mascot and the name of his first pet.


Come on...realistically, how many people had a pet goat named Kabloom?
 
Bucky Katt [TotalFark]
2008-10-28 10:38:05 PM  
Perhaps Kristof got this "scoop" from here: http://www.nzherald.co.nz/world/news/article.cfm?c_id=2&objectid=10538930
 
Peter von Nostrand
2008-10-28 10:38:31 PM  

IXI Jim IXI: Peter von Nostrand: No I'm saying the sites challenge questions shouldn't have been OBL's high school mascot and the name of his first pet.

Come on...realistically, how many people had a pet goat named Kabloom?


This doesn't have anything to do with that book that Bush was reading at Emma E. Booker Elementary School.
 
machoprogrammer
2008-10-28 10:40:02 PM  
This is bad news... for Obama.
 
milk_plus
2008-10-28 10:40:02 PM  
It's almost as if Al Qaeda doesn't like Iran either and Bin Laden does have an impressive army, ours.
 
Karma Curmudgeon
2008-10-28 10:40:44 PM  

Sir Roderick Glossop: queezyweezel: I've actually seen a lady pull her kids closer when a guy in a turban walked by them at the grocery store. Thanks GOP!

That's Sikh and wrong.


Yup, poor bastard probably felt like a piece of shiite.
 
decloaked lurker
2008-10-28 10:40:46 PM  

serpent_sky: Considering things that they can shut down on the Internet, why are these sites not pulled down? Or are they actually useful for the government?


The government doesn't shut them down because the intelligence community (CIA, FBI, military branches, etc) use them as resources for intelligence gathering on al Qaida.
 
PirateFreedom
2008-10-28 10:43:12 PM  

milk_plus: It's almost as if Al Qaeda doesn't like Iran either and Bin Laden does have an impressive army, ours.


Seriously, Bin Laden must wake up every day and thank Allah for George W. Bush.

He certainly knew what he was doing in 2004 with that tape.
 
Falcc
2008-10-28 10:48:08 PM  

Peter von Nostrand: IXI Jim IXI: Peter von Nostrand: No I'm saying the sites challenge questions shouldn't have been OBL's high school mascot and the name of his first pet.

Come on...realistically, how many people had a pet goat named Kabloom?

This doesn't have anything to do with that book that Bush was reading at Emma E. Booker Elementary School.


I heard from a reliable source that Kabloom was the second shooter on the grassy knoll. It's all connected, we're through the looking glass.
 
Peter von Nostrand
2008-10-28 10:50:51 PM  

Falcc: Peter von Nostrand: IXI Jim IXI: Peter von Nostrand: No I'm saying the sites challenge questions shouldn't have been OBL's high school mascot and the name of his first pet.

Come on...realistically, how many people had a pet goat named Kabloom?

This doesn't have anything to do with that book that Bush was reading at Emma E. Booker Elementary School.

I heard from a reliable source that Kabloom was the second shooter on the grassy knoll. It's all connected, we're through the looking glass.


That just blew my mind.
 
organizm
2008-10-28 10:52:40 PM  
Big deal. They wanted Bush re-elected in 2004 too. All this idiot republicans who keep talking of pre-emptive strikes on Muslim countries drives their recruitment up through the roof.

al-Qaeda isn't trying to protect Muslims, they're trying to invoke an all the fark out cosmic Holy War between Islam and Christianity.

Bush and McCain with their hawkish attitude help push the MIddle East into their hands. Its actually good for their business.
 
peterquince
2008-10-28 10:53:06 PM  

Peter von Nostrand: Falcc: Peter von Nostrand: IXI Jim IXI: Peter von Nostrand: No I'm saying the sites challenge questions shouldn't have been OBL's high school mascot and the name of his first pet.

Come on...realistically, how many people had a pet goat named Kabloom?

This doesn't have anything to do with that book that Bush was reading at Emma E. Booker Elementary School.

I heard from a reliable source that Kabloom was the second shooter on the grassy knoll. It's all connected, we're through the looking glass.

That just blew my mind.


Link (kabloom)
 
Eddie Adams from Torrance
2008-10-28 10:57:45 PM  
The truth is that NYT reporters, like all of us ultra-liberals, have the passwords to these sites because we are members. Where else do you think we get our instructions for destroying Real America?
 
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