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23rd May 2012, 06:22
Bomb Threat at NSA’s Massive Top-Secret Data Center Halts Construction
By Kim Zetter | May 21, 2012 | source (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/nsa-bomb-threat/) |
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A bomb threat at the NSA’s spanking new massive data center in Utah has led authorities to evacuate workers, according to the Associated Press.
Bomb-sniffing dogs have reportedly been brought in to search for anything suspicious. Workers were evacuated around 11:30 Monday morning.
The facility, being built at Utah’s Camp Williams, was the focus of an extensive recent Wired article written by NSA expert James Bamford.
Under construction by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors with top-secret clearances since January, the controversial, heavily fortified $2 billion Utah Data Center is slated to be up and running by September 2013. Its purpose will be “to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks,” according to Bamford.
Flowing through its servers and routers and stored in near-bottomless databases will be all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone calls, and Google searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital “pocket litter.” It is, in some measure, the realization of the “total information awareness” program created during the first term of the Bush administration—an effort that was killed by Congress in 2003 after it caused an outcry over its potential for invading Americans’ privacy.
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Bomb threat temporarily halts construction at Bluffdale’s NSA center
By erin alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune | First Published May 21 2012 03:14 pm • Last Updated May 21 2012 07:16 pm | source (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54156274-78/threat-center-bluffdale-bomb.html.csp)
FBI agents found no dangerous material after a bomb threat temporarily halted construction of a National Security Agency data center at Utah’s Camp Williams Monday.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers evacuated the site about 11:30 a.m. after receiving the threat, said FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram. She would not disclose how the threat was conveyed or what specific action was threatened.
Agents searched the area and found nothing suspicious, Bertram said. They now are investigating the origin of the threat.
The NSA broke ground on the $1.2 billion cyber security center in January. Camp Williams is about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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FBI investigates bomb threat at Utah cyber center
Published May 21, 2012 | Associated Press | source (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/21/fbi-investigates-bomb-threat-at-utah-cyber-center/)
BLUFFDALE, Utah – A search prompted by a bomb threat at a U.S. Army base in Utah has ended with an FBI spokeswoman saying agents have not turned up anything suspicious.
FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram says the search with bomb-sniffing dogs ended late Monday, about six hours after the threat halted construction of a National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams and the site was evacuated.
Construction will resume Tuesday.
The FBI says it isn't concluding that the bomb threat was a hoax, only that agents found nothing.
The NSA broke ground on the $1.2 billion cyber security center in January.
Camp Williams is about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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By Kim Zetter | May 21, 2012 | source (http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/2012/05/nsa-bomb-threat/) |
http://www.wired.com/threatlevel/wp-content/gallery/20-04/ff_nsadatacenter_f.jpg
A bomb threat at the NSA’s spanking new massive data center in Utah has led authorities to evacuate workers, according to the Associated Press.
Bomb-sniffing dogs have reportedly been brought in to search for anything suspicious. Workers were evacuated around 11:30 Monday morning.
The facility, being built at Utah’s Camp Williams, was the focus of an extensive recent Wired article written by NSA expert James Bamford.
Under construction by U.S. Army Corps of Engineers contractors with top-secret clearances since January, the controversial, heavily fortified $2 billion Utah Data Center is slated to be up and running by September 2013. Its purpose will be “to intercept, decipher, analyze, and store vast swaths of the world’s communications as they zap down from satellites and zip through the underground and undersea cables of international, foreign, and domestic networks,” according to Bamford.
Flowing through its servers and routers and stored in near-bottomless databases will be all forms of communication, including the complete contents of private emails, cell phone calls, and Google searches, as well as all sorts of personal data trails—parking receipts, travel itineraries, bookstore purchases, and other digital “pocket litter.” It is, in some measure, the realization of the “total information awareness” program created during the first term of the Bush administration—an effort that was killed by Congress in 2003 after it caused an outcry over its potential for invading Americans’ privacy.
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Bomb threat temporarily halts construction at Bluffdale’s NSA center
By erin alberty | The Salt Lake Tribune | First Published May 21 2012 03:14 pm • Last Updated May 21 2012 07:16 pm | source (http://www.sltrib.com/sltrib/news/54156274-78/threat-center-bluffdale-bomb.html.csp)
FBI agents found no dangerous material after a bomb threat temporarily halted construction of a National Security Agency data center at Utah’s Camp Williams Monday.
The U.S. Army Corps of Engineers evacuated the site about 11:30 a.m. after receiving the threat, said FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram. She would not disclose how the threat was conveyed or what specific action was threatened.
Agents searched the area and found nothing suspicious, Bertram said. They now are investigating the origin of the threat.
The NSA broke ground on the $1.2 billion cyber security center in January. Camp Williams is about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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FBI investigates bomb threat at Utah cyber center
Published May 21, 2012 | Associated Press | source (http://www.foxnews.com/us/2012/05/21/fbi-investigates-bomb-threat-at-utah-cyber-center/)
BLUFFDALE, Utah – A search prompted by a bomb threat at a U.S. Army base in Utah has ended with an FBI spokeswoman saying agents have not turned up anything suspicious.
FBI spokeswoman Debbie Dujanovic Bertram says the search with bomb-sniffing dogs ended late Monday, about six hours after the threat halted construction of a National Security Agency data center at Camp Williams and the site was evacuated.
Construction will resume Tuesday.
The FBI says it isn't concluding that the bomb threat was a hoax, only that agents found nothing.
The NSA broke ground on the $1.2 billion cyber security center in January.
Camp Williams is about 25 miles south of Salt Lake City.
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