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Passive E-Mail Monitoring Leads To Arrest
www.2advanced.net writes "The world's first arrest resulting from passive monitoring of electronic communications is being reported by Globe Technology. In the article, sources reveal that 'an e-mail message intercepted by NSA spies precipitated a massive investigation by intelligence officials in several countries that culminated in the arrest of nine men in Britain and one in suburban Orleans, Ont. -- 24-year-old software developer Mohammed Momin Khawaja, who has since been charged with facilitating a terrorist act and being part of a terrorist group.'"
That's just horribly scary. I'm not sure which part is worse, email monitoring (sure, they SAY it's passive...) or the terrorist activities.
Due to a municipal restructuring that took place a few years back, Orleans is now part of the city of Ottawa. It is sort of a bedroom community on the eastern side of the (now very large) city.