Al-Qaeda Using Porn to Pass Secrets

By Greg Scoblete
May 02, 2012

Al-Qaeda Using Porn to Pass Secrets

Who knew:

'The German newspaper Die Zeit and CNN reported this week that a Pakistani Al Qaeda operative was caught by German security officials with a memory disk that contained a pornographic video. Embedded inside the video was a file called â??Sexy Tanjaâ? with more than 100 documents outlining plans for terror attacks throughout Europe.

Why a porno?

â??The video would be easier to ship and distribute,â? said Kenneth James Ryan, professor of criminology at California State University, Fresno, and a counter-terrorism expert. â??Whoever has ability to decrypt the code would be the intended audience.â?

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The next time an Indian lawmaker gets caught watching porn on his phone, he can now claim to be searching for hidden terror messages.

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