Wikileaks publishes more than 500, 000 pager msgs from 9/11

From ReadWriteWeb:

Earlier this morning, Wikileaks began to post pager messages that were sent on September 11, 2001. According to Wikileaks, these messages were intercepted by an "organization which has been intercepting and archiving US national telecommunications since prior to 9/11." Some of these messages are from officials in police and fire departments, though a large number of messages are also from businesses. Others are automated messages to engineers that were sent by computers about network and hardware issues.

I have to say, it isn't what I was expecting. I thought it would have been only official correspondence, but what they have is all sorts or messages, from regular citizens messaging one another about random things.

Some examples of it here (and in the RWW article)

I really wanna know who collected these and how they got it

Wow. Spooky. Although if one totally doesn't buy into the Brother No. 1 conspiracy it could just be that because of what happened on that day, the US Govt subpoenaed ALL TelCo and ISP carrier records and it's this that has entered the public domain.

This was just one of the texts, imagine if that person didn't return? [ I am now calculating how much mo..] [..ney I am going to collect from your life insurance policies because..if you don't call me now!! to tell me you're not dead, I am going to kill you! ]

LOL Yeah, that is just one of the many thought-provoking messages

I haven't read anywhere that the govt has anything to do with it, which is why it's so puzzling