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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 07:48 PM
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The PDB Redact
From the memo, it says "AN (redacted) service" when referring to foreign intelligence gathering. That syntax indicates that the country that is redacted out of the brief starts with a vowel... like Israel or Egypt. Now, I realize overall that maybe it doesn't matter WHO the information came from... but if you're going to redact something, wouldn't you do it right and not leave any major clues like that?

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Florida_Geek Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 07:49 PM
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1. Duh this is the WH
do you want to rethink that :)
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GiovanniC Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 07:50 PM
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2. Sometimes I Wonder
How it's possible to be so evil and so stupid simultaneously. The WH pulls it off to such great effect.

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hotelmotel Donating Member (8 posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 07:51 PM
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4. is
that actually put in by the govt, or was that tacked on by a news agency ?
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madrchsod Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 07:51 PM
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3. the pres of egypt told them!
it`s here somewhere in du.
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worldgonekrazy Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 07:58 PM
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5. Israeli intel did too
As well as German and Russian intel, among others.
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w13rd0 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-10-04 08:07 PM
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6. One could...
...check the spacing, and deduce the number of characters, possibly whether the first letter is a vowel or consanant, and just start plugging possibilities in...
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