EMBASSY CANBERRA EMAIL THREAT

S E C R E T CANBERRA 000988 TERREP DEPARTMENT FOR DS/CR/CIF, DS/IP/EAP, DS/IP/ITA, CA/OCS, RSO JAKARTA AND SINGAPORE E.O. 12958: DECL: 09/29/2018 TAGS: ASEC PTER SUBJECT: EMBASSY CANBERRA EMAIL THREAT Classified By: Deputy Chief of Mission, Dan Clune. Reason 1.4 (g). ¶1. (SBU) On Monday, September 29, 2008, an email threat was received in the US Embassy Canberra Public Affairs Office general email (usraustralia@state.gov). The write in threat was titled "Your Embassy Will Be Attack". Text of the email is as follows; "We are from Al Qaeda, this email is to inform you that we will be attacking your embassy with rocket launchers. Not only that, we will also be killing US citizens who are currently in Australia. Death to all Jews & Americans!!!! Long Live Al Qaeda !!!!!" ¶2. (SBU) Investigative assistance provided by the Australian Federal Police (AFP) Protective Intelligence Unit (PI) found that Internet Services Providers (ISP) originated in Jakarta, Indonesia and Singapore. The following data was cultivated from the email; Login name: abdulqahhar@live.com First name: Abdul Last name: Qahhar State: California Zip code: 90210 Registered from IP: 203.117.22.199 Hostname: 124.195.12.146 ISP: PT Indosat Tbk. Organization: PT Indosat Tbk. Proxy: None detected Type: Cable DSL Geolocation: Indonesia State/Region:06 Latitude: -6.1744 Longitude: 106.8294 ¶3. (S/NF) Australian Federal Police were unable to ascertain the veracity of this threat. Legatt and GRPO have been briefed regarding this email threat. RSO will continue to work with the Australian Federal Police but would appreciate any additional investigative assistance from RSOs Jakarta and Singapore. ¶4. (SBU) At this point, Post believes the threat information lacks the specificity and credibility to warrant notifying American citizens under the Department's No Double Standard Policy.