FC: Feds raid Mass. software company, allege ties with bin Laden

[Declan McCullagh <declan@well.com>]

http://www.foxnews.com/story/0,2933,72345,00.html

    Feds Raid Software Company Suspected of Terror Ties
    Friday, December 06, 2002

    BOSTON -- Federal agents late Thursday night raided a Quincy, Mass.,
    company that provides critical software to major U.S. agencies and is
    suspected of having ties to Usama bin Laden and Al Qaeda terrorists.

    Ptech Inc.'s clients include the FBI, Internal Revenue Service, Energy
    Department, Federal Aviation Administration, U.S. Naval air systems,
    the U.S. Air Force, NATO, the U.S. House of Representatives, the
    Department of Energy and the agency that handles nuclear weapons
    security, according to its Web site.

    U.S. Customs agents confirmed reports of the raid early Friday
    morning.

    Officials suspect "back doors" may have been built into Ptech software
    that could enable terrorists to access federal computers.

    The raid "appears to be an important break," former FBI chief of
    domestic terrorism Robert Blitzer told Fox News Friday morning.

    [...]




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