>> http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47510,00.html
>>
>> FBI Warns of 'Skyfall' Attack
>> By Declan McCullagh ([log in to unmask])
>> 2:35 p.m. Oct. 11, 2001 PDT
>>
>> WASHINGTON -- In a brief but dramatic statement, the FBI warned
>> Thursday that Americans should expect additional terrorist attacks.
>>
>> A two-sentence press release on FBI.gov said there "may be additional
>> terrorist attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests
>> overseas over the next several days."
>>
>> The content was disturbing enough, but even stranger was the Web
>> address of the press release:
>> http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/skyfall.htm.
>>
>> Just what did the FBI mean by inserting the word "skyfall" into a
>> description of a press release? Was it a reference to the 1970s-era
>> disaster novel entitled Skyfall, or a hint that the bureau was
>> remembering the children's tale in which Chicken Little warned of
>> calamity -- but was not believed?
>>
>> A harried FBI spokeswoman who had been deluged with calls about
>> "skyfall" said the answer was none of the above -- and the press
>> release soon would be renamed.
>>
>> [...]
>>
>> http://www.fbi.gov/pressrel/pressrel01/skyfall.htm
>>
>> For Immediate Release
>> October 11, 2001
>>
>> Washington D.C.
>> FBI National Press Office
>>
>> Certain information, while not specific as to target, gives the
>> government reason to believe that there may be additional terrorist
>> attacks within the United States and against U.S. interests
>> overseas over the next several days. The FBI has again alerted all
>> local law enforcement to be on the highest alert and we call on all
>> people to immediately notify the FBI and local law enforcement of
>> any unusual or suspicious activity.
>>
>> ###
>>
>>
>>
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