November 2000 - cypherpunks-legacy

CDR: CIA in Oregon, Intelink
by jim bell 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

> > > Would anyone in the Oregon area know about > > > a CIA organization acronymed ISTAC? Doesn't seem to be in the Bend telephone directory, but that woulda been a bit too obvious, huh? > > > > > > Here's the NIC entry, which includes a CIA rep > > > in Bend, OR. Note that the other CIA rep used > > > only a last name initial. > > > > > > Designated Agency Rep, Requester, Sr. Registration > > Official: > > > Mueller, Deforest X. (DXM2) > > > (541) 385-6836 > > > MUELLER(a)BENDNET.COM > > > Record last updated on 13-Apr-99. > > > Mueller, Deforest X. (DXM2) > > > cia > > > 63350 majestic loop This address is a house in a rather new subdivision in the northern portion of Bend, Oregon. Mapquest actually cannot find this address, and when I look at the actual location (Found with a Pittmon map) the road in question is not even shown yet. Below is a URL which can be fed into Mapquest to retrieve the appropriate (although, admittedly, incomplete) map, pointing to the approximate, correct address of the house.. http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?uid=ubxb00e7v962v3pe%3Arglraxq01&lin k=btwn%2Ftwn-map_results&SNVData=3mad3-h.fy%2528wr2hzr_%2529uan1f8n%252495-g 67%253bvj%257c0u6%2Cbb6%257c_gabsu%252bF%2513ZDGVKL%252bCXBW_%2513DLE%253dBC _hzt29%253dyshw%2528%2511E%253ar5uft5%253d%253d2l901s9%253aa%253bteqej%253bf iad%2529jrbl%253bwh%257c2&mouse_mode=move_icon&map.x=430&map.y=222 Two vehicles, Oregon Plates VCV976 and 902ALL are in the driveway. > > > bend, OR 97701 > > > (541) 385-6836 > > > MUELLER(a)BENDNET.COM > > > > Here is a list of all driver's licenses in Oregon in 1996 that contain > > "DEFOREST". Notice the last entry: [deleted] > > "MUELLER, SCOTT DEFOREST","1823 GARNET PL WA","PO BOX > > 486","CHELAN","WA",60,98816,50,7,10,"M",600,174,"","2005706" > > > > Here is a car for "Scott Deforest Mueller", registered in Oregon but with > > the Chelan, Washington, address. > > ---------- s.txt > > > "SAL903","1","CHEV","SV2","VA","1GBEG25H5G7185373","9535286527",86,1,97,9,16 > > ,"MUELLER, SCOTT DEFOREST",50,7,10,2005706,"MUELLER, KIM > > MARIE",59,11,8,3772314,"1823 GARNET PL WA","PO BOX > > 486","CHELAN","WA",98816,60,"",1,95,12,18,0,0,"","","","","","","",0 > > Notice the DOB's: 7/10/1959 for Scott Mueller, 11/8/1959 for Kim Mueller > > > > And here is the data from 1997 license plates. > > SAL903 1CHEV VA1GBEG25H5G7185373 9535286527861990916MUELLER, SCOTT > > DEFOREST MUELLER, KIM MARIE 20830 DIONE WAY > > BENDPO BOX 486 CHELAN WA9881660 This is probably the previous address for the Mueller's. > Sorry about the extra delay. Very interesting results for year 2000. Looks > like the Muellers got a new Chevy, from SAL903 to the current VCV976 > > "VCV976","1","CHEV","SV2","VA","1GBEG25K3SF156657","9830708131",1995,1,2000, > 8,11,"MUELLER, DEFOREST SCOTT",0,0,0,9638546,"",0,0,0,0,"20830 DIONE > WAY","","BEND","OR",97701,9,"",2,1999,2,11,0,0,"","BANK OF THE > CASCADES","","2542 N HIGHWAY 97 RDMD","PO BOX > 1236","REDMOND","OR",97756,0 > > > Here's an interesting addition. I ran a year 2000 license plate search for > all Oregon plates registered to 20830 Dione Way, Bend OR, and this popped up > as well. > > "WSN592","1","TOYT","RUN","UT","JT3HN86R3X0197687","9829222474",1999,1,2000, > 10,13,"ASHE, JOHN R",1953,4,2,6699949,"ASHE, ANNA > E",1960,1,14,6699973,"20830 DIONE > WAY","","BEND","OR",97701,9,"",1,1999,2,10,0,0,"","","","","","","",0,0 Hypothetically, these may be the current owners of 20830 Dione, Bend, but I am not yet able to confirm this. I wouldn't be surprised to hear that the John Ashe and Mr. Mueller share an employer. > Interestingly enough, GO.COM lists a John Ashe at 8 Todd Ln, Bend, OR, > 97707, phone number 541-593-2784 Which may be here. This is actually in a place called "Sunriver", a rather high-class community of (mostly?) 2nd homes. Perhaps Ashe used to live here: Maybe he was transferred in from whereever, until Mueller moved, leaving room at the Dione address for Ashe. Just a thought. http://www.mapquest.com/cgi-bin/ia_find?link=btwn/twn-map_results&zoom_level =10&uid=ubxb00e7v962v3pe:rglraxq01&SNVData=3mad3-h.fy%28wbghua_%29uanqw25%24 95-g67%3bvj%7c0u6,bb6%7c_gabsu%2bF%13ZDGVKL%2bCXBW_%13DLE%3dBC_hzt29%3dyshw% 28%11E%3arx5f2l%3d%3d2l9wrnq%3aa%3bteqej%3bfiad%29jrbl%3bwh%7c2 I'm curious about who really owns these properties. Jim Bell

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CDR: FBI Agent Sues To Report Misconduct
by An Metet 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

By Michael J. Sniffen Associated Press Writer Friday, Nov. 3, 2000; 5:56 p.m. EST WASHINGTON PP A 20-year veteran FBI agent went to court Friday seeking the right to report to President Clinton and key members of Congress what he considers serious and criminal misconduct by federal workers during a top secret, undercover national security operation. FBI Director Louis Freeh and Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder have denied agent Joseph G. Rogoskey permission to relay his allegations to Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and House and Senate committees that oversee the FBI. In a lawsuit against the FBI and Justice Department, Rogoskey said that as an undercover agent he "witnessed acts of serious misconduct and violation of federal law by employees of the federal government during the course of their employment." FBI spokesman Bill Carter said, "We understand all the allegations of government misconduct have long been appropriately addressed." Now on paid administrative leave, Rogoskey spent 12 years, 1987 through 1998, on top-secret, undercover operations involving some of the government's deepest secrets that are accessible only to specified people. Rogoskey is barred from telling his lawyer, Stephen Kohn, any details of the operation or the alleged misconduct. Kohn said he understands only that "it doesn't involve anyone stealing money. It involves what they were ordered and permitted by the government to do in this operation." Like the FBI, Holder advised Rogoskey by letter that he should report "whistle-blower-type allegations" to internal FBI investigators or Justice inspector general agents who "have the appropriate security clearances." But Kohn said, "Keeping whistle-blower allegations within the institution that authorized the misconduct does not serve the public interest and raises grave constitutional questions." Rogoskey first reported his allegations to his immediate supervisor in late 1997, "promptly upon observing them," Kohn said. "We don't know if the FBI has fixed the problem," Kohn said, because Rogoskey has been on leave since the summer of 1998. Since making the allegations, the FBI has retaliated against Rogoskey, the lawsuit said. The suit said this included an allegation of misconduct against Rogoskey, of which FBI investigators cleared him; efforts by superiors "to call into question his integrity"; and recently threatening to fire him for medical reasons if he fails a fitness for duty exam. The FBI's Carter responded: "Any internal disciplinary or other employment problems Mr. Rogoskey may have experienced are completely unrelated to providing the earlier allegations." Kohn said: "Fitness reviews are extremely intrusive. They include psychiatric exams, interviews with his wife and examination of his sex life." A fitness exam was ordered of another FBI whistle-blower client of Kohn's, Frederic Whitehurst, the FBI chemist whose allegations led to an inspector general's finding the FBI Laboratory engaged in sloppy science and gave biased testimony for the prosecution. "Even though Whitehurst was found fit, the FBI tried to discredit him with material from the fitness exam," Kohn said. Kohn said Rogoskey has applied for workman's compensation because two doctors concluded he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder caused by his work. "He has work-related injuries because they kept him undercover too long and from the retaliation," Kohn said. FBI officials have said that agents who spend long periods undercover can suffer tensions from maintaining dual personalities. In the lawsuit, Rogoskey asked the U.S. District Court here to decide whether he can transmit his allegations to Clinton, Albright and congressional oversight committees, to bar the government from retaliation and to process his workman's compensation claim instead of ordering a fitness review. Because of secrecy rules, Rogoskey submitted his allegations in a sealed envelope to the FBI's publication review clearance board in May 1999. The agent had no publisher, wasn't seeking compensation and did not intend to publish the material for the general public, but wanted permission to send it to the named officials, Kohn said. FBI attorney Lyn Brown "denied the permission the next day by phone and said the information in the envelope should have been transported by armed guard." Kohn said. Freeh and Holder later upheld that denial. ) Copyright 2000 The Associated Press

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CDR: The FBI did naughty???
by George＠Orwellian.Org 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

Found this in Usenet, dunno an URL. Check out paragraph two. ---- > FBI Agent Sues To Report Misconduct > By Michael J. Sniffen > Associated Press Writer > Friday, Nov. 3, 2000; 5:56 p.m. EST > > WASHINGTON -- A 20-year veteran FBI agent went to court Friday seeking > the right to report to President Clinton and key members of Congress > what he considers serious and criminal misconduct by federal workers > during a top secret, undercover national security operation. > > FBI Director Louis Freeh and Deputy Attorney General Eric Holder have > denied agent Joseph G. Rogoskey permission to relay his allegations to > Clinton, Secretary of State Madeleine Albright and House and Senate > committees that oversee the FBI. > > In a lawsuit against the FBI and Justice Department, Rogoskey said > that as an undercover agent he "witnessed acts of serious misconduct > and violation of federal law by employees of the federal government > during the course of their employment." > > FBI spokesman Bill Carter said, "We understand all the allegations of > government misconduct have long been appropriately addressed." > > Now on paid administrative leave, Rogoskey spent 12 years, 1987 > through 1998, on top-secret, undercover operations involving some of > the government's deepest secrets that are accessible only to specified > people. > > Rogoskey is barred from telling his lawyer, Stephen Kohn, any details > of the operation or the alleged misconduct. Kohn said he understands > only that "it doesn't involve anyone stealing money. It involves what > they were ordered and permitted by the government to do in this > operation." > > Like the FBI, Holder advised Rogoskey by letter that he should report > "whistle-blower-type allegations" to internal FBI investigators or > Justice inspector general agents who "have the appropriate security > clearances." > > But Kohn said, "Keeping whistle-blower allegations within the > institution that authorized the misconduct does not serve the public > interest and raises grave constitutional questions." > > Rogoskey first reported his allegations to his immediate supervisor in > late 1997, "promptly upon observing them," Kohn said. "We don't know > if the FBI has fixed the problem," Kohn said, because Rogoskey has > been on leave since the summer of 1998. > > Since making the allegations, the FBI has retaliated against Rogoskey, > the lawsuit said. The suit said this included an allegation of > misconduct against Rogoskey, of which FBI investigators cleared him; > efforts by superiors "to call into question his integrity"; and > recently threatening to fire him for medical reasons if he fails a > fitness for duty exam. > > The FBI's Carter responded: "Any internal disciplinary or other > employment problems Mr. Rogoskey may have experienced are completely > unrelated to providing the earlier allegations." > > Kohn said: "Fitness reviews are extremely intrusive. They include > psychiatric exams, interviews with his wife and examination of his sex > life." > > A fitness exam was ordered of another FBI whistle-blower client of > Kohn's, Frederic Whitehurst, the FBI chemist whose allegations led to > an inspector general's finding the FBI Laboratory engaged in sloppy > science and gave biased testimony for the prosecution. > > "Even though Whitehurst was found fit, the FBI tried to discredit him > with material from the fitness exam," Kohn said. > > Kohn said Rogoskey has applied for workman's compensation because two > doctors concluded he suffers from post-traumatic stress disorder > caused by his work. "He has work-related injuries because they kept > him undercover too long and from the retaliation," Kohn said. > > FBI officials have said that agents who spend long periods undercover > can suffer tensions from maintaining dual personalities. > > In the lawsuit, Rogoskey asked the U.S. District Court here to decide > whether he can transmit his allegations to Clinton, Albright and > congressional oversight committees, to bar the government from > retaliation and to process his workman's compensation claim instead of > ordering a fitness review. > > Because of secrecy rules, Rogoskey submitted his allegations in a > sealed envelope to the FBI's publication review clearance board in May > 1999. > > The agent had no publisher, wasn't seeking compensation and did not > intend to publish the material for the general public, but wanted > permission to send it to the named officials, Kohn said. > > FBI attorney Lyn Brown "denied the permission the next day by phone > and said the information in the envelope should have been transported > by armed guard." Kohn said. Freeh and Holder later upheld that denial.

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CDR: Net dad Vint Cerf slams RIP
by An Metet 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

By: Lucy Sherriff http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/14451.html Posted: 03/11/2000 at 11:23 GMT Vinton Cerf, one of the founding fathers of the Internet, has attacked the RIP bill as a dangerous new piece of legislation. Speaking at the Compsec conference in London yesterday he commented: "Oh my god. A lot of us in the US are very worried about the RIP Bill, it has raised some of the same concerns as Carnivore." He said that he acknowledged that it was a matter of balancing an individual's right to privacy with the need to protect society as a whole, but was worried about the circumstances in which it comes into force. As the online population grows the issues of personal privacy and corporate security will become more and more important, he said. Indeed an example is the subject of a public key as a global ID - and the potential for abuse inherent in it. If we are uniquely associated with a number then anyone can use that to find out everything about us including things we might rather they not know. He says that while he "cannot stress enough the importance of a workable public key infrastructure," anyone who believes encryption will solve all the difficult issues in the online world is "clearly insane." Cerf says that the solution to this is to treat it rather like we do credit cards. Use multiple public keys, each one can be uniquely associated with your relationship with a company, rather than with you personally. While stressing that as more business is done online the security and reliability of the net will become synonymous with the security of the economy, with "very serious implications" for a network failure, Cerf is keen to point out some positive trends too. Since 1988 the Internet has been growing at between 90 and 100 per cent every year, and for the first time every country in Africa has some - albeit limited - access to the Internet. By 2009 half the world population is expected to be surfing the web in some form. Things can only get better? We'll see. š

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CDR: Home Improvement Help
by feedback＠tapdirect.com 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

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CDR: Home Improvement Help
by feedback＠tapdirect.com 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

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CDR: More WWW insecurity
by George＠Orwellian.Org 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

Also at the Wired site, but they now have animated advertising that won't stop when you tell it to. (Compaq Proliant crap) ---- http://www.nytimes.com/2000/11/03/technology/03HACK.html November 3, 2000 Hacker Defaces Pro-Israel Web Site By JOHN SCHWARTZ The Web site for the American Israel Public Affairs Committee, a lobbying group, was defaced Wednesday with anti-Israeli commentary - an increasingly common occurrence as the escalating conflict between Israelis and Palestinians has spilled over into cyberspace. But this time the intruders also downloaded some 3,500 e-mail addresses and 700 credit card numbers from the site, sent anti-Israeli diatribes to the mailing list and published the credit card data on the Internet. "This hack is to protest against the atrocities in Palestine by the barbarian Israeli soldiers and their constant support by the U.S. government," said a manifesto that the attackers put in place of the lobbying group's home page. [snip]

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CDR: Secure your E-mail with your Trial Digital ID
by VeriSign Customer Support Department 04 Nov '00

04 Nov '00

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CDR: Secure your E-mail with your Trial Digital ID
by VeriSign Customer Support Department 03 Nov '00

03 Nov '00

Dear VeriSign Digital ID Holder: Thank you for obtaining a 60-Day Trial Digital ID from VeriSign! With the recent introduction of secure e-mail capabilities in Netscape's Messenger (the e-mail application in Communicator) and several other popular e-mail packages, your Digital ID provides you with the ability to digitally encrypt and sign your messages to ensure security over the Internet. To learn more about using your Digital ID to secure your e-mail messages, please visit our Secure E-Mail Reference Guide at http://www.verisign.com/securemail/guide. This guide gives simple, step-by-step instructions on how to get started. Thanks again for choosing VeriSign! We look forward to serving your future electronic commerce and communications needs. VeriSign Customer Support Dept. ID-support(a)verisign.com

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CDR: Ebay4Sex Gets Laid
by Mary＠sirius.infonex.com 03 Nov '00

03 Nov '00

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