December 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Re: Poor little child pornographer
by mattd 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

>>fellow officers protested and declared a work "slowdown." The union was all for it. Don't look for a fast response from 911 calls, I guess, if you live in certain Maryland suburbs of DC. Guess they wont find chandra levy anytime soon.A cop in sydney the other day ,admitted to stealing large sums and dealing drugs quite routinely then blushed a little as he recounted how he'd sold his badge once to a drug dealer. All vic drug squads have been told to resign and reapply.The union's considering their options.

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Terrifying GWB
by mattd 16 Dec '01

16 Dec '01

The shrub-putin puppet show was saved by a rainstorm,my sources in chiapas tell me.The nuclear tipped scud on the burro drawn mobile launcher couldn't get a lock on target.Its a fairly high kiloton yield but theres only one bullet.So better luck next time campanero's.St Petersburg rang and plan some hannsen files and microsoft source code release's.Blows against the empire continue on another mindblowing front with a possible 'crack of the century' in the offing.We live in inneresting times.Stock up on fake ID's and uniforms.This could be the one.

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RE: CNN.com on Remailers
by An Metet 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

> Remailer operators should have permanent encrypted links to one another, > with constant (or at least message-uncorrelated) traffic volumes. > They can still use latency, message pools, and other features, of course. > But when it comes time to deliver messages to the next remailer in the > list, that should be done with a reliable and direct connection that > doesn't have to depend on the vagaries of sendmail, procmail, Microsoft > servers or the many other layers that get in the way. This would both > increase the reliability of the remailer network and improve its security > by hiding inter-remailer traffic. Great idea! Cypherpunks write code. Let us know when you have something we can look at.

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Bin Laden Video Sting
by John Young 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

The Observer tomorrow reports that the bin Laden video is likely the result of a CIA sting operation, arranged through the Saudi sheik who was induced by one or more intel agencies to lure bin Laden into a picture perfect setting and induce him brag. The report notes that the sheik appeared to be aware of the video but not bin Laden. It goes on to say that the tape looks very much like tapes of Mafia stings by the FBI.

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Fwd: Tim May: Arch Thief
by mattd 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

>Subject: Tim May: Arch Thief > >http://swissnet.ai.mit.edu/6805/articles/crypto/cypherpunks/may-virtual-com… > >Tim May; Dishonest sneak thief,coward and liar. > > >>"This essential anarchy is much more common than many think. > Anarchy--the absence of a ruler telling one what to do--is common in many > walks of life: choice of books to read, movies to see, friends to > socialize with, etc. Anarchy does not mean complete freedom--one can, > after all, only read the books which someone has written and had > published--but it does mean freedom from external coercion. Anarchy as a > concept, though, has been tainted by other associations. > >>First, the "anarchy" here is not the anarchy of popular conception: > lawlessness, disorder, chaos, and "anarchy." > >Double trouble,ambivalence? sub-conscious guilt,nerves,sweaty >fingers?Probably just running off at the mouth. > > >>Nor is it the bomb-throwing anarchy of the 19th century "black" > anarchists, usually associated with Russia and labor movements. > >Gee,I wonder how it got so tainted. > > >>Nor is it the "black flag" anarchy of anarcho-syndicalism and writers > such as Proudhon. > >Why ever not? The synergies and selling possibilities could be >amazing,what a way to bridge the gap between the present and >crypto-anarchy.We may see down the page why its "Nor". > > >>Rather, the anarchy being spoken of here is the anarchy of "absence of > government" (literally, "an arch," without a chief or head). > >Nowt to do with Proudon and some bomb throwing russians.Trust me,Im Tim >May.Master thief. > > >>This is the same sense of anarchy used in "anarchocapitalism," the > libertarian free market ideology which promotes voluntary, uncoerced > economic transactions. > >Grab a snatch and hold it. > > [6] I devised the term crypto anarchy as a pun on crypto, meaning > "hidden," on the use of "crypto" in combination with political views (as > in Gore Vidal's famous charge to William F. Buckley: "You crypto fascist!"), > >Freudian slip,Tim,understandable though,under the circumstances.You crypto >fascist. > > >>and of course because the technology of crypto makes this form of > anarchy possible. > >And the alteration of the meaning of words make grand theft >anarchy,possible.Also the original libertarian socialist form possible.The >form of anarchy Tim May will attempt to murder at any opportunity as a >witness to his crime. > > >>The first presentation of this was in a 1988 "Manifesto," whimsically > patterned after another famous manifesto. > >By the notorious petty bourgeois authoritarian wrecker of the 1st >International.Whimsical,Tim and telling. > > >>[7] Perhaps a more popularly understandable term, such as "cyber > liberty," might have some advantages, but crypto anarchy has its own > charm, I think. > >Cyber liberty and Im outta here,cant stand the stench. >It takes a word made their own by people willing to die for it and >martyred for it many times in Tims own country and attempts to leech off >it.Audacious thievery and knavery on scale ranking May with >Goebbals.Charming as Newspeak. > > >>And anarchy in this sense does not mean local hierarchies don't exist, > nor does it mean that no rulers exist. Groups outside the direct control > of local governmental authorities may still have leaders, rulers, club > presidents, elected bodies, etc. Many will not, though. > >Whoopty doo.Tim invents the anarchist wheel. > > >>Politically, virtual communities outside the scope of local > governmental control may present problems of law enforcement and tax > collection. (Some of us like this aspect.) Avoidance of coerced > transactions can mean avoidance of taxes, avoidance of laws saying who > one can sell to and who one can't, and so forth. It is likely that many > will be >>unhappy that some are using cryptography to avoid laws designed > to control behavior. > >I like the word anarchy so Im going to steal it from its rightful >owners,no one will catch me,Im invisible! > > >>National borders are becoming more transparent than ever to data. A > flood of bits crosses the borders of most developed countries--phone > lines, cables, fibers, satellite up/downlinks, and millions of diskettes, > tapes, CDs, etc. >Stopping data at the borders is less than hopeless. > >Stealing anarchy and loading it up with potted ayn randian,heinleinian >lead weight is whats hopeless,mate. > > >>Finally, the ability to move data around the world at will, the ability > to communicate to remote sites at will, means that a kind of "regulatory > arbitrage" can be used to avoid legal roadblocks. For example, remailing > into the U.S. from a site in the Netherlands...whose laws apply? (If one > thinks that U.S. laws should apply to sites in the Netherlands, does > Iraqi law apply in the U.S.? And so on.) > >Drone on and on and on all you want,your not going to get far with a >rebadged knock off of "anarchy"How do YOU sleep? > > >>This regulatory arbitrage is also useful for avoiding the welter of > laws and regulations which operations in one country may face, including > the "deep pockets" lawsuits so many in the U.S. face. Moving operations > on the Net outside a >>litigious jurisdiction is one step to reduce this > business liability. Like Swiss banks, but different. > >Money,money,money must be funny...in a rich mans dreams.Still theres hope >because later in conclusions Tim says >..."extremely dark things like anonymous markets for killings" may be >possible.We live in hope,Tim,hope and ANARCHY!

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Baby Bush equates drugs and terrorism.
by measl＠mfn.org 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

"it^s so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists -- (applause) -- that terrorists use drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terror in America." I wonder when <cough cough> Shrub will issue the arrest warrant for Daddy... -- Yours, J.A. Terranson sysadmin(a)mfn.org ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Sat, 15 Dec 2001 11:41:11 -0800 From: Nora Callahan <nora(a)november.org> To: november-l(a)november.org Subject: Nov-L: BUSH: "If you quit [illegal] drugs, you join the fight against terror in America" For Immediate Release Office of the Press Secretary December 14, 2001 President Empowers Communities in Fight Against Illegal Drug Abuse REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN SIGNING DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES ACT REAUTHORIZATION BILL Omni Shoreham Hotel Washington, D.C. REMARKS BY THE PRESIDENT IN SIGNING DRUG-FREE COMMUNITIES ACT REAUTHORIZATION BILL 125 P.M. EST PRESIDENT Thank you all very much. It�s an honor to be here. Let me first say, we�re winning. (Applause.) We�ve got a new war, and I want you to know your government is doing everything we can to defeat those who hate freedom. We will defeat them abroad, thanks to a fabulous military. (Applause.) We are patient, we�re relentless because our cause is just and it is noble. Plus we�re doing everything we can at home to prevent the enemy from hitting us again. There�s another war at home, too, and that�s to win the war against the scourge of drugs. (Applause.) I�m so glad�it�s an honor to be introduced by America�s new Director of National Drug Policy Council. John Walters brings a passionate concern and a strong background to the fight against drugs. In the late 1980s, he was one of the architects of the federal government�s most successful antidrug policies. And he�ll lead our administration�s effort with determination and intelligence, with resolve and moral clarity. I am proud to have John as a member of my Cabinet. (Applause.) And I�m honored to speak to the Community Antidrug Coalitions of America. I want to thank you all for being here. You�re a part of America�s armies of compassion, examples of service and citizenship. You restore hope to lives, and safety to neighborhoods. All Americans admire your dedication. And the bill that I will soon sign will strengthen your work. (Applause.) We share an important commitment. For the sake of our children and for the good of our nation, we will reduce drug use in America. I want to thank General Art Dean for being the CEO of this important group of soldiers in the armies of compassion. (Applause.) I want to thank the three members of the United States Congress who stand up here with me today, leaders in this important effort. Not only leaders in Washington, but as you�ll soon hear, leaders in the communities in which they live. Thank you so much for being here. (Applause.) Drug use threatens everything, everything that is best about our country. It breaks the bonds between parents and children. It turns productive citizens into addicts. It transforms schools into places of violence and chaos. It makes playgrounds into crime scenes. It supports gangs here at home. And abroad, it�s so important for Americans to know that the traffic in drugs finances the work of terror, sustaining terrorists -- (applause) -- that terrorists use drug profits to fund their cells to commit acts of murder. If you quit drugs, you join the fight against terror in America. (Applause.) And above all, we must reduce drug use for one great moral reason Over time, drugs rob men, women, and children of their dignity, and of their character. Illegal drugs are the enemies of ambition and hope. And when we fight against drugs, we fight for the souls of our fellow Americans. (Applause.) In this struggle, we know what works. We must aggressively and unabashedly teach our children the dangers of drugs. We must aggressively treat addiction wherever we find it. And we must aggressively enforce the laws against drugs at our borders and in our communities. (Applause.) America cannot pick and choose between these goals. All are necessary if any are to be effective. And my administration will pursue these goals with energy and focus and strong commitment. It�s important for the future of this country that we do so. This comprehensive approach has been tried before, and it has worked. From the mid �80s, to the early �90s, drug use amongst high school seniors was reduced each and every year. Progress was steady, and over time, dramatic. Yet recently, we�ve lost ground in this important battle. According to the most recent data, the percentage of 12th graders using an illicit drug in the previous month rose from less than 15 percent in 1992 to about 25 percent in the year 2000. Over the same period, the percentage of 10th graders using an illicit drug in the previous month rose from 11 percent to more than 22 percent. Marijuana use amongst 8th graders rose, while their perceptions of the dangers of marijuana use fell. There was a similar decrease in the perception of risk involved with LSD and powder and crack cocaine. Behind these numbers are countless personal tragedies. And my administration will not be indifferent to them. We must return the fight against drugs to the center of our national agenda. (Applause.) And as we win this fight, America will be a more hopeful place. And as we battle against a major, significant problem in America, and show progress, this country�s promise will be more available to more of our citizens. It�s a national imperative that we win. And I understand that you all are amongst the most important allies we have to achieve this goal. You�ve got a track record of success. You sponsor drug education programs, and youth summits, and parent training courses. You support drug intervention programs, and foster great counseling services. You�re helping to build a culture of responsibility, one that respects the law, one that teaches our children right from wrong, and one that strengthens our commitments to our fellow citizens. In Troy, Michigan, the Troy Community Coalition for the Prevention of Drug and Alcohol Abuse is building leadership skills to help teens to say no to drugs and alcohol. As a result, alcohol use among high schoolers has declined in dramatic fashion. I want to thank Sandy Levin, the Congressman from the great state of Michigan, who is on the stage with us, for helping lead that effort. And I want to thank the good people from Troy, Michigan, for standing up and doing what�s right for your community. (Applause.) I�m particularly proud that the coalition�s leader, Mary Ann Solberg, has agreed to join John Walters as the Deputy Director of the National Drug Control Policy. (Applause.) Now that you have your uniform on, go get them. (Laughter.) Also on the stage with us is Congressman Rob Portman, who is the President of the Coalition for a Drug-Free Greater Cincinnati, a winner of CADCA�s Outstanding Coalition Award. I understand his program well because I saw it first hand in Cincinnati. I want to thank Rob for his leadership. I appreciate this coalition�s practical approach, by providing tips to parents on how to deal with drug use, provide financial incentives to businesses that have drug-free workplace programs. And the most aggressive antidrug media campaign is in Cincinnati�for a market its size. The result is that for the first time in a decade, teen drug use in greater Cincinnati is beginning to level off. They�re making great progress in that important city. It goes to show what happens when our nation invigorates the grass roots to deal with a problem that we must solve, early, before it is too late. (Applause.) And also on this stage is the fine United States Senator from the state of Iowa, Chuck Grassley. He�s worked with the people of Iowa to begin what they call the Face it Together Coalition, the first ever statewide antidrug coalition led by a United States senator. The coalition has a comprehensive workplace drug education program. It works with coalitions around the state for best practices, for community based antidrug efforts. It conducts workshops to train faith-based leaders on effective drug prevention strategies. Senator Grassley, I appreciate you taking the lead. (Applause.) It�s a hard job being a senator, but it�s easy to forget the community responsibilities when you get elected to such a high office as senator. And yet this Senator never forgot where he came from. This Senator asked a question, what can I do�just like you asked that question�what can I do, to improve the lives of the citizens of a state he so dearly loves? And he chose to fight, stand side by side with the good citizens of Iowa to fight drug use. And Mr. Senator, thank you for your leadership. (Applause.) I�m so happy to be able to sign an important piece of legislation in your presence. The bill I sign today increases the total amount of funds authorized for programs like the ones we just described from more than $50 million a year in the current fiscal year to nearly $100 million by the year 2007. (Applause.) It allows coalitions to reapply for grants even after five years, as long -- (applause). Make sure you meet your matching fund requirement. (Laughter and applause.) It instructs Director Walters to focus the greatest resources on areas of the greatest needs, by giving priority to coalitions that serve economically-disadvantaged neighborhoods. The reauthorization bill creates a new class of grants that will help established coalitions assist new ones, assist new folks on how to battle this scourge called drug use. (Applause.) And the bill creates a National Community Antidrug Coalition Institute to provide education and training and technical assistance to coalitions all throughout our country. (Applause.) There are other steps we must take. Many of you are working with faith-based institutions, because you�ve seen the power of faith to transform lives. Last month, the National Center on Addiction and Substance Abuse at Columbia University, led by Joe Califano, released a report on substance abuse, religion and spirituality. The report found that religion and spirituality can play a powerful role in the prevention and treatment of substance abuse, and on the maintenance of sobriety. My armies of compassion legislation will provide support to faith-based institutions working to prevent and treat drug abuse. The House passed this legislation. I urge the Senate to do so. This nation must not fear faith-based programs, we must welcome them. (Applause.) We must welcome anybody who is willing to join in this important goal and in this important cause. We�ve got a responsibility here in Washington to lead the fight against drug abuse. But we understand here that one of the best ways to do so is to support the people in the neighborhoods, on the streets, the community coalitions which are truly the front line in our battle to save people�s lives. You�ve devoted your lives to the well-being of others, and for this I�m incredibly grateful. On behalf of all Americans, thank you for your compassion; thank you for your concern; thank you for your love for your country and your fellow human being. And now it is my honor to invite Director Walters and General Dean, along with the sponsors of this important piece of legislation to join me as I sign this bill. May God bless you all, and may God bless America. (Applause.) END 145 P.M. EST Return to this article at http//www.whitehouse.gov/news/releases/2001/12/20011214-2.html -- The November Coalition, founded in 1997 is a 501 (c) (3) nonprofit organization, your gifts are tax deductible. You can send your donation to: The November Coalition 795 South Cedar Colville, WA 99114 -------- November-L is a voluntary mailing list of the November Coalition. To unsubscribe, visit http://www.november.org/lists/ or send a message to november-L-request(a)november.org containing the command "unsubscribe"

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Poor little child pornographer
by Nomen Nescio 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Declan McCullagh has been producing a one-sided series about a child pornographer's supposedly unjust indictment, http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,49132,00.html. Of course everything the pornographer says is taken as gospel, while the police are filthy liars. In fact they have gone so far as to plant child porn onto the computer in order to gain a conviction, in McCullagh's twisted narrative. Missing from this tidy story is the cost-benefit analysis from the part of the evil policeman. He has supposedly committed a felony that could lead to decades in prison, just to avoid the difficulty of handing the computer back with an apology, which happens all the time in police work. The real issue for cypherpunks is of course whether there is any connection between the child pornographer, Larry Benedict, and the local cypherpunk pedophile who uses the pseudonym Eric Michael Cordian. Is it possible that Cordian and Benedict are one and the same? And that Benedict would use his cypherpunk connections as Cordian to get McCullagh to produce this whitewash? How else did McCullagh get drawn into the seedy world of child pornography trading rings? Enquiring minds want to know!

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Re: Feds Go Cow Tipping...
by Anonymous 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

> "We are confident that the government will limit the use of this > technology only to targets relevant to legitimate investigations," he > added, further underscoring the cult's faith in federal law > enforcement organisations. "The FBI has a long history of following > Title 18 to the letter." I'm having a hard time believing this isn't a put on. If not, everyone at cDc should be hunted down and made, like their name -- dead!

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Slashdot | Webcasting and the DMCA
by Jim Choate 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

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My week in Manila:Dial M for Mayhem.
by mattd 15 Dec '01

15 Dec '01

Dial M for Mayhem Abduction,melodrama and murder: Just another week in "Arroyo's greater Manila". Arrive at the Hyatt Regency in Manila and find a sign saying,"Absolutely no firearms permitted in the hotel lobby."Cast your mind back to central America 15 years ago.Smell of desperation, smell of fear,smell of desperate basket case.The start of a sobering week in depressionville. It begins with the announcement in mondays papers that the communist new peoples armies killed 18 govt soldiers in an ambush.Next day,Nur misuari,the former Moro National Liberation Front leader,has abandoned his commitment to a 1996 peace treaty and launched a military attack in Mindanao in which 100 die. These appalling headlines certainly make Manila an edgy place for the most heavily comped scribbler. Its the madness and the melodrama inside city limits that tip the most phlegmatic over the edge. The combination,spanish machismo and American gun culture gives new meanings to "scary","wild", and "violent."Day 3 in Metro sees a senior official of Comelec the govt body that runs elections, gunned down in her car in the middle of the downtown business district.Straightaway,and with no worries about libel,rules of evidence or the presumption of innocence,the press IDs another Comlec official with whom she was having a dispute as prime suspect. The city was already hypnotised and agog with the court spectacle in the murder case of the screen goddess,Nida Blanca.An alleged professional hitman confessed he had been hired to kill Blanca by her husband.This took the form of a screaming,crying and fainting performance that was then retracted,exonerating the husband,and going on to accuse the police of torture. When the violencia is not so much melodramatic as just plain crazy-like the man who was killed for an appalling Karaoke performance.The cities karaoke bars had been removing "My Way"from the playlists as it provoked so many disputes. Manila has been dubbed the kidnap capital of Asia.Trad targets are the children of chinese businesspeople.The families normally pay a lot of money and dont expect much help from the police.The trend is now beyond the chinese,this reflects hard economic times and a general breakdown of law and order.Much kidnappings now widely believed involve serving or former members of the military and police.Now even mestizo Filipinos of moderate wealth take armed bodygaurds on their morning constitutionals in their walled and gated suburbs. The subject is fascinating in that some kidnappers now sub-contract,snatching someone to resell to a bigger outfit in order to mark up the ransom several orders of magnitude and muddy the trail. While the philippines suffered the greatest thief in known human hirstory with ferdinand Marcos, it recovered slowly up till fresh disaster struck in the form of hurricane Erap.The full catastrophe once more until he was finally thrown out.The only irony of this plundering hack actors demise is the realisation that the only thing he did moderately well was keep a lid on the Manila pressure cooker.Conspiracy theorists,of which there are a superabundance,say Eraps 'tough guy',police chief,"Ping"Lascon,swapped bribes with the organized crimelords to accomplish just that. Expanded graft opportunities arose for both in other parts of the economy.Its hard to convey just how obssed Manila is with rumour.Everyone's constantly fiddling with their cellphones. They send more and receive more text messages than anywhere else in the world.Mobs are rioting, attacks on foreign enclaves are imminent,the next coups just begun,Ping will be dictator,any thing and everything fuels the e-mail rumour mills.The 'end of hirstory'is not a concept expected to gain much traction in this city that seems to be being imagined by a cyberpunk novelist.

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