August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Bush is a major league International asshole.
by Matthew X 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Japan's Foreign Minister Tanaka Calls Pez Bush "Totally An Asshole" by repost 4:19pm Thu Aug 22 '02 (Modified on 5:09pm Thu Aug 22 '02) Original article at http://www.weeklypost.com/010625/010625b.htm#one "On June 17, a day before Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka would be meeting US Secretary of State Collin Powell, Ms. Tanaka visited German Town High School in Philadelphia where she studied for two years when she was a high school student.The alumnae of the high school gave Ms. Tanaka a grand welcome. She enjoyed a class reunion and talking with her old classmates. Ms. Tanaka did not accompany interpreters and stenographers. She made a remark about George Bush during her conversation with her classmates and her words will remain in the history of Japan's foreign ministers. When she entered the library, she sat in the same wooden chair she used when she was a student. She remarked, "I remember the smell of this chair. It has not changed at all." She was deep in sentimental memories of those days. Makiko Tanaka said, 'What I learned at this school was spiritualism based on religion, the principles of a simple life and love as well as peace. I learned how important it is to listen to others and express one's opinion. I have respected this principle throughout my entire life thus far." "Then, one classmate raised a political issue and said to her, "There is no scientific proof that the earth is warming and no legitimate reason why we need the 'star wars' missile defense system. Don't you think so?" Ms. Tanaka appreciated the question. In response to that question, Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko reportedly said, "I will definitely oppose the new missile defense plan proposed by President Bush. It is beyond my imagination that we need it." Ms. Tanaka's visit to Washington DC was agreed to by the US government after strenuous efforts by the Japanese government. The objective of her trip was to vindicate what she expressed about US foreign policies at meetings with her counterparts from other countries. She conveyed her messages of criticism about the foreign polices of the US government to them. She must have told them faithfully what she believed. Her address immediately caused problems in the Japanese political world. "During the conversation with her old classmates at the reception in German Town High School, The Weekly Post learned that Ms. Tanaka made a remark about George Bush, "He is totally an asshole" in English. The majority of her classmates seemed to support the Republican Party, however, they were critical about Mr. Bush's new missile defense plan. When Ms. Tanaka made this remark, the classmates in the room were reportedly excited.There has never been a statesman in Japanese history that called a US president, 'an asshole.'" --Weekly Post Editorial, 6/25/01 add your comment agreement. http://portland.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=17177&group=webcast

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Net Censorship.
by Matthew X 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

Portland Indy Censors Professor. (english) profrv(a)(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 8:54pm Thu Aug 22 '02 article#199578 A call to arms by a militant APster warrior and professor was pulled off the Portland IMC. Is repression so bad now we have to censor ourselves? Now as a comment...Why pull me off? by pr 8:48pm Thu Aug 22 '02 If what I said was illeagal then so is spread betting,free market capitalism and the freaking internet. >>Subject: Presidential in Portland. http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17246&group=webcast KILL the PRESIDENT! by profrv(a)(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 6:38pm Thu Aug 22 '02 And the next one and the next till they get the message...that you can fuck with some of the people some of the time but the day you try to fuck with all of the people all of the time is the day you wind up in a body bag or a pine box.Am I going to wack the shrub out? Physically that presents some problems as I live in au,however I will pledge to pay into a pooled fund that may be payed to the closest prediction of the permanent retirement of the shrub.Kinda like stiffs.com and,yes,APster or 'assassination politics.(my 2$) "Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell."<< Rubber bullets and Mace oh my! add your own comments

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FISA rejects DOJ interpretation of PATRIOT act
by Adam Shostack 23 Aug '02

23 Aug '02

> The U.S. Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court, which has not > publicly disclosed a ny of its rulings in nearly two decades, > rejected some of the Ashcroft guidelines in May as "not reasonably > designed" to safeguard the privacy of Americans. http://salon.com/politics/wire/2002/08/22/ashcroft/index.html -- "It is seldom that liberty of any kind is lost all at once." -Hume

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Snowing them with science
by Matthew X 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Just read an exchange on scent packets as possible evidence on hatfield.There are at least 2 cases led by scientific experts that led to wrong guilty verdicts in au. 1 was a case where flakes of paint obtained at a suspects house led to his conviction for murder.It was suggested at the trial a high force hurricane would be required to move the flakes into the suspects house.Turned out all the houses in the district had the same air borne flakes.Convicted killer was released. The other case was Azaria Chamberlin's.Scientific evidence was later found to be mistaken and she was released.These are just 2 cases that I know of offhand in au. http://cryptome.org/hatfill-scent.htm The care and handling of scientific evidence is another contentious subject,it has also led to possible wrong verdicts,such as OJ's.To be on the safe side though, it may be wise to scrub up well,use 2 sets of gloves with lots of cayenne pepper and take lots of showers when sending anthrax letters.Also don't provide so much fucking text you drongo.

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State of Siege-Oregon.
by Matthew X 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

Police open fire on protestors - rubber bullets by Briget 6:31pm Thu Aug 22 '02 http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17241&group=webcast Police have opened fire on Bush protestors with rubber bullets, pepper spray and gas. The crowds of people are moving around and regrouping. The crowd was standing at the barricades and the police had called a state of emergency. Pepper spray was used on group early on. Batons were used on some people. Group included babies in strollers and older people, also people in wheelchairs. Those that could get out of the way were cut off surronded by police. There are snipers on the roofs.

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Repression watch
by Matthew X 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

UNITED STATES: POLITICAL REPRESSION Aug 22 2002 U.S. Law Enforcement Acting With Impunity The U.S. government's investigation of the September 11 attacks has been marred by arbitrary detentions, due process violations, and secret arrests, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. Some 1200 non-citizens have been secretly arrested and incarcerated in connection with the September 11 investigation, although the government has not disclosed the exact number. The vast majority are from Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African countries. Having suffered no repurcussions from these abuses against Arabs in America and having seen that it can disappear American citizens like Jose Padilla without interference by the courts, U.S. law enforcement is increasing its targeting of political activists. In Denver, the FBI kidnapped James Ujaama and flew him to Virginia where the government is holding him as "a potential witness in an ongoing grand jury probe of terrorism." Ujaama operates StopAmerica.org, which contains dissenting views about U.S. foreign policy. In Seattle earlier this month, police arrested Kwame Garrett and Merciful Allah, both well-known critics of the Seattle Police. In a phone call from jail, Garrett said that police officers rushed up to them with weapons drawn, shouting, 'jaywalking!' and beat the two with batons and sprayed them with pepper spray. Attorney General John Ashcroft is preparing for mass detentions of political dissidents. Plans were recently disclosed that the Justice Department is preparing to build concentration camps to house U.S. citizens labeled "enemy combatants." The Bush Administration asserts that the label allows it to deny citizens basic rights including access to the courts, even though the courts have consistently ruled against this. Discuss this feature. [ U.K. IMC | Seattle IMC | Rocky Mountain IMC ] http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open

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WILE Coyote.
by Matthew X 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

West Nile Spreads to Montana, New Mexico as Number of Humans Sickened Approaches 300 By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press Writer Published: Aug 22, 2002 ATLANTA (AP) - The number of Americans who have contracted West Nile virus this year approached 300 Thursday as the mosquito-borne virus extended its reach to Montana and New Mexico. The disease has now killed at least 14 people and infected animals or humans in all but seven of the lower 48 states. The death toll will rise if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm two fatal cases of West Nile reported Thursday in Georgia. State officials said the victims were a 51-year-old Atlanta man and a 77-year-old man from Columbus, but did not say when they died. "West Nile virus arrived in Georgia last year, and there is currently no way to eradicate it, so we expect it to be with us every summer for the foreseeable future," said Dr. Kathleen Toomey, director of the state's Division of Public Health. At least 33 people have died since the virus appeared in the United States in 1999. Most of this year's deaths and the 296 reported human cases have occurred in the South. Louisiana alone accounts for 147 illnesses and eight fatalities. Dr. Lyle Petersen, a CDC expert on the virus, said it probably will always be worse in the South because warm weather means more mosquitoes. "But outbreaks could eventually happen anywhere," he added. Montana health officials on Thursday confirmed finding West Nile in a horse. New Mexico officials said two horses there were infected. "I'm sure if we keep looking hard enough we'll find some more," said Thurman Reitz, assistant New Mexico state veterinarian. "I don't have any reason to think it's going to quit at the Texas border." The virus can cause flu-like symptoms and encephalitis, a potentially fatal brain infection. Most people bitten by an infected bug never get sick. The virus is most dangerous for children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems. There is no cure for humans. West Nile is common in Africa and the Middle East. Since 1999, when the virus reached New York, mosquitoes have spread the virus south and west. The CDC has repeatedly said the virus eventually will reach the West Coast. "We fully expect that over time the virus will make it to the West. But the timing of that is unknown," Petersen said. "Whether it's this year or next year or the year after that is just a matter of conjecture." Run Mongo RUN!

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Presidential in Portland.
by Matthew X 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17246&group=webcast KILL the PRESIDENT! by profrv(a)(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 6:38pm Thu Aug 22 '02 And the next one and the next till they get the message...that you can fuck with some of the people some of the time but the day you try to fuck with all of the people all of the time is the day you wind up in a body bag or a pine box.Am I going to wack the shrub out? Physically that presents some problems as I live in au,however I will pledge to pay into a pooled fund that may be payed to the closest prediction of the permanent retirement of the shrub.Kinda like stiffs.com and,yes,APster or 'assassination politics.(my 2$) "Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell." Rubber bullets and Mace oh my!

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by USED fORMWORK 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

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gpg anonymous recipient decryption
by Meyer Wolfsheim 22 Aug '02

22 Aug '02

I discovered just a moment ago that gpg's method of decrypting PGP messages encrypted to anonymous recipients is somewhat obnoxious to deal with. gpg prompts the user for his passphrase for his key *each time* he encounters a packet "encrypted to keyid 0x00000000." When a message has been encrypted to multiple recipients, this becomes rather tedious. If he has multiple keys on his private keyring, even more so. I suggest that, rather than prompt for the passphrase and decrypt the private key each time gpg tries to decrypt a new session key, gpg should try all of them in succession until it either succeeds or fails with that key (and then, only if necessary, prompt for the passphrase for the next key.) -MW-

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