[iwar] [fc:Instant.Messages.To.Israel.Warned.Of.WTC.Attack]

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Subject: [iwar] [fc:Instant.Messages.To.Israel.Warned.Of.WTC.Attack]
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Instant Messages To Israel Warned Of WTC Attack 
By Brian McWilliams, Newsbytes NEW YORK, NEW YORK, U.S.A., 27 Sep 2001,
11:48 AM CST

Officials at instant-messaging firm Odigo confirmed today that two
employees received text messages warning of an attack on the World Trade
Center two hours before terrorists crashed planes into the New York
landmarks. 

Citing a pending investigation by law enforcement, the company declined
to reveal the exact contents of the message or to identify the sender. 
But Alex Diamandis, vice president of sales and marketing, confirmed
that workers in Odigo's research and development and international sales
office in Israel received a warning from another Odigo user
approximately two hours prior to the first attack. 

Diamandis said the sender of the instant message was not personally
known to the Odigo employees.  Even though the company usually protects
the privacy of users, the employees recorded the Internet protocol
address of the message's sender to facilitate his or her identification. 
Soon after the terrorist attacks on New York, the Odigo employees
notified their management, who contacted Israeli security services.  In
turn, the FBI was informed of the instant message warning.  FBI
officials were not immediately available for comment today. 

The Odigo service includes a feature called People Finder that allows
users to seek out and contact others based on certain interests or
demographics.  Diamandis said it was possible that the attack warning
was broadcast to other Odigo members, but the company has not received
reports of other recipients of the message. 

In addition to operating its own messaging service network, Odigo has
licensed its technology to over 100 service providers, portals, wireless
carriers, and corporations, according to the company. 

Odigo is online at http://www.odigo.com .




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