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Thursday, 8 May 2008
Dispatcher Accessed Secure Terrorist Data

WHAM: (Rochester, N.Y.) - A 911 dispatcher, Nadire Zelenaj, has been arrested for using computers at work to access secure government Web sites containing information about suspected terrorists. 

Now, the FBI wants to know what she did with that sensitive information. Agents would not comment other than to say it's part of a larger investigation. 

Zenelaj was hired in 2002 after the September 11 terrorist attacks. Her job enables her to access a secured police data site with criminal information.  

However, police allege Zelenaj accessed a terrorist watch list for personal reasons.

A co-worker saw her using the site and became suspicious. Officials tracked her movements between January 2006 and December 2007 and say she visited that site at least 232 times.
 
Richard Vega of the Office of Public Integrity said that, at present, they can only suspect what she’s been up to.

Zenelaj faces 232 felony counts of computer trespass and one count of official misconduct. She was fired in December.

It's hard to say what was really going on here until we find out to whom she was passing the information. This is hardly an isolated incident, however. Jerry Gordon has details on several such cases in this month's NER.

Posted on 1:32 PM by Rebecca Bynum
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