April 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

Matt- seeking info on U.N. Summit on Guns
by Jim Bovard 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Matt: I wonder if I could impose on you to post a request for info to your amazingly well-informed list members on the UN Global Firearms Summit. Your previous posting of my request for help on the SWAT article for Playboy was immensely helpful. Thanks! Jim XXXX I am a journalist working on a magazine article on the United Nations Global Firearms Summit scheduled for July in New York. A recent United Nations video, "Armed to the Teeth: The Worldwide Plague of Small Arms," declared, "Small arms are not fussy about the company they keep. They're constantly traveling from conflict to conflict, and they can murder indiscriminately." Such statements have raised concerns about whether the summit could be a stepping stone towards an international agreement to restrict private gun ownership. I am seeking information on the following: 1) Any details or other information on what will happen at the summit and the impact the summit might have on the rights of civilian gun ownership 2) Statements by the United Nations in the past regarding citizens' right to own firearms 3) Statements, positions, or actions on civilians' right to own guns by some of the key attendees or foreign governments involved in the summit I would be much obliged for any hard facts or solid quotes anyone could provide. Thanks, Jim Bovard jbovard(a)his.com ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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Matt- seeking info on U.N. Summit on Guns
by Jim Bovard 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Matt: I wonder if I could impose on you to post a request for info to your amazingly well-informed list members on the UN Global Firearms Summit. Your previous posting of my request for help on the SWAT article for Playboy was immensely helpful. Thanks! Jim XXXX I am a journalist working on a magazine article on the United Nations Global Firearms Summit scheduled for July in New York. A recent United Nations video, "Armed to the Teeth: The Worldwide Plague of Small Arms," declared, "Small arms are not fussy about the company they keep. They're constantly traveling from conflict to conflict, and they can murder indiscriminately." Such statements have raised concerns about whether the summit could be a stepping stone towards an international agreement to restrict private gun ownership. I am seeking information on the following: 1) Any details or other information on what will happen at the summit and the impact the summit might have on the rights of civilian gun ownership 2) Statements by the United Nations in the past regarding citizens' right to own firearms 3) Statements, positions, or actions on civilians' right to own guns by some of the key attendees or foreign governments involved in the summit I would be much obliged for any hard facts or solid quotes anyone could provide. Thanks, Jim Bovard jbovard(a)his.com ************************************************************************** Subscribe to Freematt's Alerts: Pro-Individual Rights Issues Send a blank message to: freematt(a)coil.com with the words subscribe FA on the subject line. List is private and moderated (7-30 messages per week) Matthew Gaylor, 2175 Bayfield Drive, Columbus, OH 43229 (614) 313-5722 ICQ: 106212065 Archived at http://groups.yahoo.com/group/fa/ **************************************************************************

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CNN.com - Ashcroft OKs closed TV feed of McVeigh execution - April 11, 2001
by Jim Choate 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

So much for 'last words' and the 1st. http://www.cnn.com/2001/LAW/04/11/ashcroft.mcveigh/index.html?s=2 -- ____________________________________________________________________ To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x+1)-ecrable. Edgar Allan Poe The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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CNN.com - Sci-Tech - New technology could rev up chip speeds - April 11, 2001
by Jim Choate 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/ptech/04/11/faster.chips/index.html?s=8 -- ____________________________________________________________________ To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x+1)-ecrable. Edgar Allan Poe The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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The Register - Bell verdict
by Jim Choate 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/18257.html -- ____________________________________________________________________ To speak algebraically, Mr. M. is execrable, but Mr. G. is (x+1)-ecrable. Edgar Allan Poe The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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tcs-gateway13.treas.gov
by An Metet 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

Does anyone know who is behind this proxy? They visited one of my websites not too long ago. tcs-gateway13.treas.gov

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How do we expect to even find them, when they're using mixmasters to remain anonymous?
by Norm D'Plume 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

How do we expect to even find them, when they're using mixmasters to remain anonymous? Do you know what a mixmaster is? This is exactly the problem. from "Can hackers help stop child porn on the Net?" http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/zd/20010411/tc/can_hackers_help_stop_child_por… Try not to puke on your keyboard when you read it. Can a suspected pedophile claim that a virus downloaded the porn without him knowing? Preposterous? But can a cop or a lawyer explain why the defense is preposterous? The point is simply this: Fight fire with fire. In the past, police have always had superiority. Better training, better knowledge, better guns. Not in cyberspace. While pornographers are usually not the brightest intellects, illegal Internet activity is generally perpetrated by those who know far more about the technology than everyone on the other end of the crime. Therefore, it makes the most sense to solicit the help of those who know the technology: hackers. ........ Maybe they're busy DoS'ing Hamas/ROC/Deutsche Socialist music and other thoughtcrime sites...

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Tanner has called mistrial for paranoid suspect with bad attorney, in past
by Norm D'Plume 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

On October 11, Federal District Judge Jack Tanner ordered that David Rice be given a new trial. Rice, 38, was originally sentenced to die for the 1985 Christmas Eve slayings of Charles and Annie Goldmark and their two sons, Derek, 12, and Colin, 10, at their Seattle home. Charles Goldmark was a celebrated civil-liberties attorney, as was his father, John; Rice had confused Charles with John and incorrectly thought that John Goldmark was a Communist and Jewish. Tanner ruled that Rice's first lawyer, Bill Lanning, had inadequately defended him. Rice's current lawyers argued that Lanning, who was in his seventies during the trial and has since died, was physically unable to keep up with a capital-punishment case. They said that Lanning allowed police to extract a confession from his client without an attorney present, and he didn't object to the confession being admitted into evidence during trial. They said that these actions were devastating to Rice's case. Rice's attorneys also contended that Lanning incompetently prepared for the penalty phase of the trial. Thorough preparation, they said, would have unearthed a psychiatrist's evaluation that Rice suffers from paranoid delusional disorder, supporting the contention that he was not guilty by reason of insanity. "That evidence about mental illness would have made a difference, and the jury never heard it," Peter Offenbecher, one of Rice's attorneys, said. http://www.scn.org/activism/wcadp/winter98.html

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Jack Edward Tanner's bio (and face) at http://www.jtbf.org/article_iii_judges/tanner_j.htm
by Norm D'Plume 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

FYI: http://www.jtbf.org/article_iii_judges/tanner_j.htm Born: Tacoma, Washington-January 28, 1919. Education: University of Puget Sound (formerly College of Puget Sound) Tacoma, Washington; University of Washington Law School (J.D. 1955). etc.

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National Journalist Jim Bovard Seeks Info On U.N. Summit on Guns
by Matthew Gaylor 11 Apr '01

11 Apr '01

[Note from Matthew Gaylor: Please forward Jim's request to relevant lists and forums. Thanks-]

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