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06-13-2003, 6:53 AM
A Web designer has agreed to plead guilty to felony charges of redirecting traffic from the Web site for the Arab TV station Al-Jazeera to a site showing an American flag and the words "Let Freedom Ring," prosecutors said Thursday
John William Racine II, 24, of Norco, Calif., agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and unlawful interception of an electronic communication, prosecutors said.
He will be arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Racine allegedly acted after learning in March that Al-Jazeera's Web site had posted photos of American prisoners of war and soldiers killed in Iraq, according to a plea agreement.
Racine's attorney, Richard J. Leedy, did not return a call seeking comment. There was no listing for Racine in Norco.
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the technology manager at Al-Jazeera welcomed the charges but said the hacking of the Internet site was a costly operation that could not have involved just one person. Aljazeera.net was subject to several attacks during March, including one where visitors were redirected to a pornography site.
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John William Racine II, 24, of Norco, Calif., agreed to plead guilty to wire fraud and unlawful interception of an electronic communication, prosecutors said.
He will be arraigned Monday in U.S. District Court in Los Angeles.
Racine allegedly acted after learning in March that Al-Jazeera's Web site had posted photos of American prisoners of war and soldiers killed in Iraq, according to a plea agreement.
Racine's attorney, Richard J. Leedy, did not return a call seeking comment. There was no listing for Racine in Norco.
In Dubai, United Arab Emirates, the technology manager at Al-Jazeera welcomed the charges but said the hacking of the Internet site was a costly operation that could not have involved just one person. Aljazeera.net was subject to several attacks during March, including one where visitors were redirected to a pornography site.
Read more (http://www.orlandosentinel.com/technology/ats-ap_technology12jun12,0,2384864.story?coll=sns-technology-headlines)