The letter has been turned over to the FBI's Joint Terrorism Task Force for testing and investigation.

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Very quickly, the crisis in the Balkans provided the alliance with a new and testing task and one that shows no sign of ending in the immediate future.

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Also, finding these glitches and testing for them is a mind-numbingly boring task that can only be done manually.

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Thorough third-party testing of hardware and software for foul play is an immense task, Paller admits.

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The task force said the decision should be based on individual considerations and said overscreening caused stress, unnecessary testing and other negatives outcomes.

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Executives have cited the difficulty of that task as a key reason for the long lead-up to the new pay system and have been testing and debugging the system.

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