lar special effort, this data had
been reproduced at least six times and had spread itself all over the
continent. By far the worst, however, was yet to come.

In February 1989, Prophet and Knight Lightning bargained electronically
over the fate of this trophy. Prophet wanted to boast, but, at the
same time, scarcely wanted to be caught.

For his part, Knight Lightning was eager to publish as much of the
document as he could manage. Knight Lightning was a fledgling
political-science major with a particular interest in
freedom-of-information issues. He would gladly publish most anything
that would reflect glory on the prowess of the underground and
embarrass the telcos. However, Knight Lightning himself had contacts
in telco security, and sometimes consulted them on material he'd
received that might be too dicey for publication.

Prophet and Knight Lightning decided to edit the E911 Document so as
to delete most of its identifying traits. First of all, its large "NOT
FOR USE OR DISCLOSURE" warning had to go. Then there were other
matters. For instance, it listed the office telephone numbers of
several BellSouth 911 specialists in Florida. If these phone numbers
were published in Phrack, the BellSouth employees involved would very
likely be hassled by phone phreaks, which would anger BellSouth no end,
and pose a definite operational hazard for both Prophet and Phrack.

So Knight Lightning cut the Document almost in half, removing the phone
numbers and some of the touchier and more specific information. He
passed it back electronically to Prophet; Prophet was still nervous,
so Knight Lightning cut a bit more. They finally agreed that it was
ready to go, and that it would be published in Phrack under the
pseudonym, "The Eavesdropper."

And this was done on February 25, 1989.

The twenty-fourth issue of Phrack featured a chatty interview with
co-ed phone-phreak "Chanda Leir," three articles on BITNET and its
links to other computer networks, an article on 800 and 900 numbers by
"Unknown User," "VaxCat's" article on telco basics (slyly entitled
"Lifting Ma Bell's Veil of Secrecy,)" and the usual "Phrack World News."

The News section, with painful irony, featured an extended account of
the sentencing of "Shadowhawk," an eighteen-year-old Chicago hacker who
had just been put in federal prison by William J. Cook himself.

And then there were the two articles by "The Eavesdropper." The first
was the edited