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To: Alan Whirlwind who wrote (14501)	6/23/2002 2:35:34 PM
From: sea_urchin	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 80934

Al >I believe the guy heard what he said he heard. These are some of the aspects which concern me. 1. I have never heard of anyone before who has a "crossed-line" on a mobile phone. Strange how the first time that I hear about it, it's "terrorists". And even stranger, they are speaking Arabic but the guy who overhears them can understand it --- and he's not an Arab. Work out the probability of such an event happening. It must be 0.00000.......0001% 2. All the various conversations which happened at the precise time are known to the phone company so it would have been very easy to trace those involved. The whole basis of the cell phone is that it has reception only in a limited range within a particular "cell" so we are not talking about all the conversations in Las Vegas, only those in the cell. 3. The guy failed a lie-detector test. If he had nothing to fear, why? 4. Why do the authorities release such sensitive material before they have had a chance to investigate it? Doesn't make sense unless they know it's rubbish and just wanted to frighten everyone. In my opinion, there is a striking similarity between this case and that of the the woman who reported the fire in Colorado and who was subsequently accused of setting it because her story didn't make sense.