Taliban Reveal Identities of Their Mailing List Members

[Chris_]

Taliban Reveal Identities of Their Mailing List Members

In a Dilbert-esque faux pax, a Taliban spokesperson sent out a routine email last week with one notable difference.He publicly CC'd the names of everyone on his mailing list.

The names were disclosed in an email by Qari Yousuf Ahmedi, an official Taliban spokesperson, on Saturday. The email was a press release he received from the account of Zabihullah Mujahid, another Taliban spokesperson. Ahmedi then forwarded Mujahid's email to the full Taliban mailing list, but rather than using the BCC function, or blind carbon copy which keeps email addresses private, Ahmedi made the addresses public.

The list, made up of more than 400 recipients, consists mostly of journalists, but also includes an address appearing to belong to a provincial governor, an Afghan legislator, several academics and activists, an Afghan consultative committee, and a representative of Gulbuddein Hekmatar, an Afghan warlord whose outlawed group Hezb-i-Islami is believed to be behind several attacks against coalition troops.

ABC News

There's news, and then there's The Onion.

[J P Sousa]

I hate when I forget to use BCC.
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[DumbAss Tanker]

I wonder how many of them were CIA informants?

 

[thundley4]

I wonder how many of them were CIA informants?

 

How many were DUmmies.  More importantly, how many were Dem Congressman?

[DumbAss Tanker]

How many were DUmmies.  More importantly, how many were Dem Congressman?

Some of each, I'm sure.

[Duke Nukum]

I would be surprised to see Bobo the Hobo on the list. She would be perfect cover and she would get the email on her iphone.

Oh, maybe she stopped updating on the DUmp because she had to downgrade to an 0bamaPhone? That just occurred to me.

[Ptarmigan]

How many were DUmmies.  More importantly, how many were Dem Congressman?

Alright DUmmies time to fess up!