Media agencies are in an uproar over tactics used by the FBI back in 2007 to catch an anonymous individual who was sending bomb threats to Timberline High School in Lacey, Wash.
It seems that after consulting with the Seattle Times site for guidance, according to the Washington Post, the FBI Seattle division was able to create a bogus website in the style of the Seattle Times news website, complete with an Associated Press (AP) byline.
The link to the fake news with the headlines: "Bomb threat at high school downplayed by local police department" and "Technology savvy student holds Timberline High School hostage," was sent to the suspect's MySpace account via a private message. When the URL was opened, a software was automatically downloaded into the suspect's computer to give agents information on the computer's IP address and his location.
