Re: [ga] FYI: Alleged links between WTC attacks and domain names

[Alexander Svensson <alexander@svensson.de>]

Hi Joanna and John,

my last two comments on this:
1) It seems the domains were found because of the
dropping process. From the article: "Adding a one-year
registration period to the 60 to 90 day waiting period
indicates that the addresses were probably originally
registered between mid-June and mid-July of 2000."
So it's no wonder you (Joanna) find them available now.
2) Two of the names refer to the year 2001, not
to 1993 (year of first WTC attack).

I'm not saying that this is a major lead. IF this turns
out to be a lead at all, it may become an argument in
the debate about Whois.

Back to other business!
/// Alexander


> Check your facts Jeff Johnson. This is a good example of irresponsible
> reporting that only serves to waste valuable FBI resources. At the time of
> writing:-

> "august11horror.com" - available
> "august11terror.com" - available
> "horrorinamerica.com" - registry database inaccessible
> "horrorinnewyork.com" - available
> "nycterroriststrike.com" - available
> "pearlharborinmanhattan.com" - registered 9/20
> "terrorattack2001.com" - available
> "towerofhorror.com" - available
> "tradetowerstrike.com" - available
> "worldtradecenter929.com" - available
> "worldtradetowerattack.com" - registry database inaccessible
> "worldtradetowerstrike.com" - registered 9/21
> "wterroristattack2001.com" - available.

> Many names were registered 9/11, as could be expected, including
> nycterroristattack.com and wtradecenter911.com

> Regards,
> Joanna




> on 9/21/01 7:49 AM, Alexander Svensson at alexander@svensson.de wrote:

>>
>>
>> Investigators Can Access Internet Domain Data
>> By Jeff Johnson
>> CNSNews.com Congressional Bureau Chief
>> September 20, 2001
>>
>> The company that maintains the registry of .com, .org, and .net
>> Internet domain names may have information on the identities of
>> individuals who registered web addresses that a counter-terrorism
>> expert believes may have foretold last Tuesday's terrorist attacks
>> on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon.
>>
>> CNSNews.com first reported Wednesday that Dr. Neil Livingstone,
>> CEO of Global Options, LLC, a Washington, D.C.-based counter-
>> terrorism and investigations company, believed the terrorists
>> who orchestrated last week's attacks in New York and Washington,
>> or their co-conspirators, may have registered as many as 17
>> Internet domain names that could have tipped-off authorities
>> as early as last summer.
>>
>> Patrick Burns, spokesman for VeriSign, acknowledged that his
>> company does archive some of the data on expired registrations,
>> though the public does not routinely request such information.
>>
>> The VeriSign subsidiary responsible for domain name registrations
>> is Network Solutions, Inc. He added that the Internet Corporation
>> for Assigned Names and Numbers (ICANN) does not require Network
>> Solutions to maintain any records on expired addresses.
>>
>> As of late Wednesday, VeriSign would not release either the
>> identity of the person or people who registered the domain names,
>> or the identity of the company or companies that handled the
>> registrations.
>>
>> VeriSign is willing to help investigators, according to Burns,
>> but does not want to fuel speculation about the domain names on
>> Livingstone's list.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> The list of domain names provided to Livingstone by an industry
>> insider included:
>>
>> "august11horror.com"
>> "august11terror.com"
>> "horrorinamerica.com"
>> "horrorinnewyork.com"
>> "nycterroriststrike.com"
>> "pearlharborinmanhattan.com"
>> "terrorattack2001.com"
>> "towerofhorror.com"
>> "tradetowerstrike.com"
>> "worldtradecenter929.com"
>> "worldtradetowerattack.com"
>> "worldtradetowerstrike.com"
>> "wterroristattack2001.com"
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> (http://www.cnsnews.com/Nation/archive/200109/NAT20010920c.html)
>>
>> Best regards,
>> /// Alexander
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