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Re:Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions by Someone on Thursday March 28, 2013 @03:14AM (#5453659)
Eavesdropping.

http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Ivy_Bells is An example. It is rumored they can do that on fiber, too (http://cryptome.org/nsa-fibertap.htm)

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Re:Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions by tsotha on Thursday March 28, 2013 @04:33AM (#5453789)
But that doesn't explain why they were cutting it.
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Re:Egypt catches divers cutting Internet cable amid disruptions by lmm on Thursday March 28, 2013 @10:31AM (#5454943)
I think the many-parent's idea is: cut it in one place in an obvious way, then while the cable is known to be cut, insert your splice in another place. That way no-one notices the few hours' disconnection while you put the splice in.
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