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Massachusetts company with FBI links raided in terror probe
A software company whose clients reportedly include the FBI was raided early Friday by Customs agents as part of a terrorist investigation, a federal law enforcement official said. The company, Ptech Inc., says its clients also include Naval air systems, the Air Force, NATO, the House of Representatives and the Energy Department. ABC News reported that the raid was coordinated by the White House and came in the middle of the night. A federal law enforcement official who spoke to The Associated Press confirmed the raid. "We're investigating whether a businessman on the list of alleged or potential terrorist financiers is a part-owner of the firm," the official said, speaking on condition of anonymity. "The question is whether there is a potential for U.S. government computer systems being compromised. For example, does the software company have the ability to access computer systems using knowledge of the software?" Messages left with Quincy-based Ptech were not immediately returned, and no one could be seen at the company's office. A spokesman at Customs in Washington said information about the case was being handled by the U.S. attorney in Massachusetts. No one answered the door or the phone Friday at the home of the company's chairman and chief executive officer, Oussama Ziade. A woman who answered the phone at the home of vice president Hussein Ibrahim and declined to give her name said he was not available. Ummm... Not to do any "racial profiling" or anything, but who the hell gave an FBI software contract to a company run by somebody named Osama? Posted by: Fred Pruitt 2002-12-06 |
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