Word Verification Code Broken

One of the top stories from the AP on the Fox website, Russians Deny Giving Saddam Pre-War Intel. The story goes on to explain that interviews with captured Iraqis along with papers recovered shortly after the US troops engaged and quickly took control of key sites in Iraq point to intelligence sharing between the Russians and Iraq. Russia has dismissed the allegations. (linked via title bar)

Another source in the Pentagon, who wished to remain anonymous for obvious reasons, has been working to prove that Blogger Word Verification is actually being used by Iraqi covert moles to send important data. Many bloggers are familiar with Word Verification, that annoying scramble of letters required at the bottom of each comment section intended to prevent spammers from inundating the comment sections. Until recently these short abstracts held no meaning; that is until the huge computer at the Pentagon began analyzing the mountains of data.

“szbpqi”, “wyhzhp” and “sdmvmu”; seemingly harmless random characters in the English language, when translated into Arabic and interfaced with known code systems used by insurgents are quite another thing. These words came across clearly, “Drink More Ovaltine”. Attorneys for Jean Sheperd, author of the now classic movie, “A Christmas Story” have been interviewed and deny any connection with the Russian Ambassador or the loss of any Secret Decoder Rings from their vault.