June 2001 - cypherpunks-legacy

RTFM: Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants
by John Doe #N 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

http://www.thesmokinggun.com/archive/terrmanual1.shtml Here are two excerpts from a 180-page how-to manual that investigators believe has been used by followers of Saudi terrorist Osama bin Laden. The document, "Military Studies in the Jihad Against the Tyrants," was seized last year at the Manchester, England home of a bin Laden disciple. Federal prosecutors in New York recently introduced the 18-chapter manual, written in Arabic, at the trial of four men accused of involvement in the 1998 bombing of U.S. embassies in Kenya and Tanzania (an English translation was also placed in evidence). The terrorism manual offers jihad members detailed pointers on everything from forged documents to kidnapping techniques. TSG may soon post the whole incredible document, but until then, you'll have to get by with these bizarre and scary pieces--all of Chapter 16 (assassinations) and part of Chapter 17 ("Interrogation and Investigation"): Pages 1-8: On death and dying. Pages 9-14: Beat it.

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Turing honored with statue.
by Trei, Peter 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

http://www.independent.co.uk/story.jsp?story=79714 Conqueror of enigma code finally honoured By Paul Francis 23 June 2001 Alan Turing, the national hero who broke the Nazi's enigma code and is credited with turning the tide of the World War Two, is to be honoured with a life-size statue. The bronze monument, which will be unveiled today, comes almost 50 years after the brilliant scientist was driven to suicide by persecution over his homosexuality. Five years after its inception, the 20,000 pound sterling sculpture of Turing sitting on a bench holding an apple will be displayed Manchester's Sackville Park in the city centre. The mathematical genius became a national hero after his involvement in World War Two, he also helped invent the inaugural computer, at Manchester University, but was persecuted and prosecuted for his homosexuality. He committed suicide in 1954 by eating a poisoned apple. Many believe Turing has never been recognised properly for his outstanding contribution to science. But Glyn Hughes, the statue's creator, is confident that Turing has finally earned his rightful place in the history books. Hughes, from Adlington near Chorley, said: " It's stunningly realistic. I'm sure it will go a dirty black over time, but it looks wonderful today." --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com

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Re: Pleading to Washington for broadband
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Fat old hogs moseyin' up to the trough : a bid for more corporate welfare. Tax credits! Let them pay their own way by selling goods and services. Internet connectivity is not a necessity, it is a luxury and as such should be financed the old-fashioned way. Woops! scratch that! The old-fashioned way is raising taxes or deficit spending! However good it may sound to get the country wired and give the economy a boost this seems like a bad way to do it. Want a tax break - do it across the board. Mike

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by NYTimes.com 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

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codes of the hispanic unlicensed pharmaceutical distributors
by John Doe #N 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Simple codes were used during the operations of the business - for example, many words were made up almoset like a Spanish version of Pig-Latin - "Coban" meant Banco, or bank, "Tebille" meant "Billette" or cash, "Tabogo" was Bogota... also some words were simple substitutions: if someone was "sick", that meant they had been spotted by the police, various numbers needed to be multiplied by several thousand to arrive at the real amounts, depending heavily on context. "Five pesos" was generally five hundred dollars, while "One Peso" was generally a million. Some more peculiar shorthand was "Rock and roll" (in English) for car, if they had a "Colibri", that was a tail, and handcuffs were referred to as "engagement rings" in a few cases. Another code was used between the drug lords in Columbia and Caliche to talk about phone numbers - the word "CONTEMPLAR" was used to correlate the first letter of a name with a number, e.g. "Tomas, Carlos, Olivier" would be "T,O,C" or 420. On top of this, each worker had a code number to identify himself when beeping Caliche or each other to have them call back. There were a few other beeper codes, like "51", meaning "A Successful round" or transfer of cash or drugs, while "911" meant an urgent message. http://www.echonyc.com/~jhhl/caliche.html

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1st amendment vs. mandatory youth-indoctrination centers
by John Doe #N 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010626/od/tshirt_dc_1.html Tuesday June 26 9:18 AM ET Teen Sues Over Banned 'Redneck' Shirt NEWARK (Reuters) - Tom Sypniewski thought his ``redneck'' t-shirt was funny, but school officials deemed it offensive, ordered him to remove it and are now being sued for allegedly violating his free speech rights. Sypniewski, 19, wore the shirt, which listed comic Jeff Foxworthy's ``Top 10 Reasons You Might Be A Redneck Sports Fan,'' to Warren Hills Regional High School on March 22 and was told to remove it. He refused and was suspended for three days, losing an appeal to the Board of Education in April. District school officials in Washington, a small town in rural western New Jersey, said in a press release the shirt ''portrayed a message of racial stereotyping'' and violated the dress code. It said the shirt could have inflamed students, given the school's two-year history of racial tensions. Sypniewski, who recently graduated, denied he is a racist or that the shirt carried a racist message. ``I wore it because it's funny,'' Sypniewski told a news conference outside U.S. District Court in Newark on Monday. ``To me a redneck is a hunter, a fisherman, an outdoorsman. I consider myself a redneck and I'm absolutely not a racist. What hurts me is the board accused me of trying to spread a racist message with the shirt. I think they owe me an apology.''

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Pleading to Washington for broadband
by George＠Orwellian.Org 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

Excerpt: # Likening the task to the 1960s effort to put a man on the moon, # John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems Inc., is asking # that the federal government commit to making broadband connections # available to every home by 2010. ---- http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB993418457489449631.htm # # Tech Industry Seeks Its Salvation June 25, 2001 # In High-Speed Internet Connections # # By SCOTT THURM and GLENN R. SIMPSON # Staff Reporters of THE WALL STREET JOURNAL # # High-tech executives think they've found a cure for the industry's # deepest slump in a decade: High-speed Internet access for # everyone. # # For years, telephone and cable-TV companies have been promising # to build high-speed "broadband" networks, which let consumers # and small businesses tap the Internet 20 or 30 times faster than # conventional phone lines, yet the rollout has been slow. There's # little agreement, even within the tech world, on the ground rules # for building such networks, which would cost tens of billions # of dollars. But suddenly the topic has rocketed to the top of # the technology industry's agenda in Washington, where # traditionally distant tech executives are asking for help. # # The chairmen of International Business Machines Corp., Intel # Corp., Motorola Inc. and others last week met with key lawmakers # and National Economic Council officials to support bills that # would provide tax credits for building high-speed networks in # rural areas and economically depressed inner cities. Other # executives propose broader tax breaks, comparing broadband # Internet links with the government-financed interstate highway # or rural electric systems. # # Likening the task to the 1960s effort to put a man on the moon, # John Chambers, chief executive of Cisco Systems Inc., is asking # that the federal government commit to making broadband connections # available to every home by 2010. A Cisco lobbyist calls the effort # "our No. 1 goal" (although a spokesman says Mr. Chambers doesn't # think the government would be the one to build the network). # # Some tech executives argue that extending broadband networks # would help revive the national economy, because tech spending # contributed such a large share of economic growth in recent years. # "The stimulation would go well beyond hardware and software # providers," says Phil Bond, Hewlett-Packard Co.'s top Washington # lobbyist. # # But some analysts are struck by the sudden change in an industry # that previously distanced itself from Washington. Technology # companies "are going to Washington looking for a bailout," says # Scott Cleland, chief executive of the Precursor Group, a # Washington-based independent research company. "That tells you # their situations are awfully bad because when times were good # they were telling the government to stay away." # # Monday, more than 40 tech executives are set to meet at H-P's # Palo Alto, Calif., headquarters to rally behind the broadband # effort and discuss possible policy initiatives. Other tech groups # have similar efforts under way. Last week's lobbying was # orchestrated by the Computer Systems Policy Project, which # represents big computer companies. "The administration is # listening carefully to all segments of industry and working with # lawmakers and regulators to assess policy alternatives to # accelerate broadband deployment," a White House spokesman says. # # The renewed push for broadband stems from widespread disappoi # ntment with the Telecommunications Act of 1996, which was supposed # to encourage competition, particularly for local phone service. # But many of the upstarts that challenged the Baby Bells couldn't # make profits and got hurt in the collapse of the high-tech bubble. # And companies that built data networks to carry an expected flood # of Internet traffic are starving for business. # # Tech executives fear that broadband deployment will slow even # further. A year ago, the pace was a secondary concern for big # tech companies. Then the dot-com bubble burst. Companies cut # their purchases of tech gear, and executives of tech companies # faced declining sales, losses and layoffs. Now, potential sales # resulting from a new wave of high-speed Internet connections # look like a port in a storm. # # When Mr. Chambers broached the subject before 50 executives at # a February meeting of TechNet, an industry lobbying group, 20 # hands shot up, according to a person who was in the room. TechNet # quickly assembled a "working group" on broadband policy, including # Mr. Chambers and executives from Intel, Microsoft Corp., 3Com # Corp. and ExciteAtHome Corp. Its recommendations are expected # in September. # # Executives hope ubiquitous high-speed links can ignite another # "virtuous cycle" of innovation and spending on tech gear, like # the one that accompanied the first phase of the Internet in the # late 1990s. Telecom-gear makers would sell equipment to build # the networks. PC- and chip-makers would sell consumers new # computers to keep up with faster connections. Software makers # and content creators would update programs. "We're convinced # now more than ever that broadband is crucial to our industry," # says Peter Pitsch, an attorney in Intel's Washington office. # # A unified tech industry could be influential in the national # debate. "I've always felt the computer folks would tip the balance # if they ever came into the thing in a serious way," says Jeffrey # Eisenach, president of the nonprofit Progress and Freedom # Foundation, a group backed by the Bell phone companies that is # sponsoring the meeting at H-P. # # But there's little agreement in the industry about how to get # the job done. The differences are apparent on the central # telecommunications question facing Congress this year: whether # to relax 1996 rules limiting the role of Bells in building and # operating data networks. Until recently, big tech companies were # reluctant to take sides because they had customers in rival camps. # Now, their reluctance may be fading. # # In a speech last week, Intel Chairman Andrew Grove endorsed # loosening some of the restrictions. That was a bit of a shift # for the chip giant, which had invested in several Baby Bell # challengers in the heady days after the 1996 law was passed. # # "If we want to see broadband, we have to follow the money, as # cruel and unfair as it sounds," said Mr. Grove, who lunched with # Ivan Seidenberg, chief executive of Baby Bell Verizon # Communications Inc., the following day. Mr. Grove called for # "a new approach" in which the Bells "should be allowed to invest # with the fair expectation of making a lot of money." # # Others blame the Bells for stifling competition, then dragging # their feet. "I'm afraid if we leave it to existing incumbents, # the speed at which broadband will progress would not be # satisfactory," says 3Com Chairman Eric Benhamou. He suggests # government-subsidized loans, or tax rebates for signing up # broadband customers. Most tech lobbyists, though, consider it # politically toxic to mention those ideas.

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Journalist Arresting for Criticizing Cops
by Eric Cordian 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

In today's news of the truly odd. ----- KEY WEST, Fla. (AP) -- A newspaper editor and publisher was arrested for publishing an article alleging a cover-up in an internal police investigation he had filed an official complaint about, police records show. Dennis Cooper, 66, editor of the weekly Key West The Newspaper, was arrested Friday and released two hours later on his own recognizance. The affidavit for his arrest cites a Florida statute that makes it a misdemeanor for anyone involved in an internal police investigation to disclose information before it has been entered into public record. Cooper has alleged a police lieutenant lied in court about a 1996 stop of a bicyclist, and that the Key West Police Department covered it up. He filed a complaint last month with the Florida Department of Law Enforcement accusing an internal affairs investigator of falsifying information about his review of the incident. After receiving the complaint, the department asked Key West police to begin an investigation. Cooper had published articles accusing the investigator of wrongdoing before filing the complaint. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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at least she's not violating photogs' copyright...
by John Doe #N 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

We'd pay good money for Agent Gordon in shiny red underwear... Tuesday June 26 5:28 AM ET Beau Blushing As Scorned Girl Vents Fury on Net LONDON (Reuters) - A British woman has published photographs of her boyfriend wearing skimpy panties and a bra on the Internet to avenge his cheating ways. The 22-year-old, who identified herself only as ``The Pimptress,'' said boyfriend ``Tom'' had asked her never to show the snaps of him in various poses wearing her shiny red underwear. ``Guess he shouldn't have cheated with my best m8,'' she wrote, using for the word ``mate'' the abbreviated text message language popular for communicating by mobile phone. The picture gallery of 20 snaps includes shots of ``Tom'' trying to squeeze on a pair of girl's cowboy boots and putting on makeup. By early Tuesday the Web site, www.uboot.com/u/pimptress, had received nearly 6,500 hits, or visits by Internet readers. After it was featured in the best-selling daily tabloid The Sun, that number was rising fast. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010626/wr/britain_scorned_dc_1.html

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by illzshakur＠emailisfun.com 26 Jun '01

26 Jun '01

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