Return-Path: <sentto-279987-4705-1022133297-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 [204.181.12.215] by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.7.4) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Wed, 22 May 2002 22:58:08 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 2032 invoked by uid 510); 23 May 2002 05:54:50 -0000 Received: from n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com (66.218.66.86) by all.net with SMTP; 23 May 2002 05:54:50 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-4705-1022133297-fc=all.net@returns.groups.yahoo.com Received: from [66.218.67.201] by n3.grp.scd.yahoo.com with NNFMP; 23 May 2002 05:54:58 -0000 X-Sender: fc@red.all.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@onelist.com Received: (EGP: mail-8_0_3_2); 23 May 2002 05:54:57 -0000 Received: (qmail 74240 invoked from network); 23 May 2002 05:54:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (66.218.66.216) by m9.grp.scd.yahoo.com with QMQP; 23 May 2002 05:54:55 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO red.all.net) (12.232.72.152) by mta1.grp.scd.yahoo.com with SMTP; 23 May 2002 05:54:56 -0000 Received: (from fc@localhost) by red.all.net (8.11.2/8.11.2) id g4N5umx23722 for iwar@onelist.com; Wed, 22 May 2002 22:56:48 -0700 Message-Id: <200205230556.g4N5umx23722@red.all.net> To: iwar@onelist.com (Information Warfare Mailing List) Organization: I'm not allowed to say X-Mailer: don't even ask X-Mailer: ELM [version 2.5 PL3] From: Fred Cohen <fc@all.net> X-Yahoo-Profile: fcallnet Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 22 May 2002 22:56:48 -0700 (PDT) Subject: [iwar] [fc:"Middle.Eastern-looking".men.tried.to.enter.a.rural.power.plant] Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit 5/21/02 NEW YORK, May 21 (Reuters) - Alarms sounded at Pennsylvania power plants this weekend, already on heightened alert after the Sept. 11 attacks, when two "Middle Eastern-looking" men unsuccessfully tried to enter a rural power plant, industry officials said on Tuesday. The two men, who told authorities they were contractors, fled from the Westwood power plant not far from the state capital of Harrisburg when guards asked them for identification before allowing them inside. The guards immediately notified local police, the FBI and PJM, the regional power grid operator. The rural, natural gas-fired power plant, owned by WPS Resources Corp., is about 35 miles (56 km) north of the state capital of Harrisburg. State and federal agencies said they either had not heard of or declined to comment on the episode. Local police said they could provide no information on the mens' identities or whereabouts. An FBI spokeswoman declined to confirm whether they had even been told of the incident. "We are cooperating fully with local authorities and the FBI," said Jim Streed, spokesman for plant owner WPS. A spokesman for the PJM power grid said they alerted local utilities and plant operators to the incident as soon as they heard about it. "We got the notice from WPS and sent it out to our other power plant and utility members," Ray Dotter, the PJM spokesman, said. Dotter said they also notified the National Infrastructure Protection Center, a branch of the FBI that deals with the nation's energy, telecommunications and water infrastructure. A spokesman for the Pennsylvania Governor's Office said the State Office of Homeland Security was not aware of the incident and had not seen any security memo on the subject. But memos of the episode describing the men as "Middle Eastern in origin" were circulated among the region's power traders and control room operators. Power plants nationwide have been on a heightened state of alert since the Sept. 11 hijacked airplane attacks on the Pentagon and New York City. Earlier Tuesday, the FBI warned New Yorkers of "general threats" against the city, its bridges and other landmarks. ------------------------ Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ---------------------~--> Save 30% on Web addresses! Get with the times, get a web site. Share information, pictures, your hobby, or start a business. Great names are still available- get yours before someone else does! http://us.click.yahoo.com/XmK3jA/nFGEAA/sXBHAA/kgFolB/TM ---------------------------------------------------------------------~-> ------------------ http://all.net/ Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
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