August 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Criminal proceedings against two FBI Special Agents
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

"If the Russian hackers are sentenced on the basis of information obtained by the Americans through hacking, that will imply the future ability of U.S. secret services to use illegal methods in the collection of information in Russia and other countries." --The Russian FSB (who have begun criminal proceedings against two FBI Special Agents) 24 year veteran hits the booz...Counterterror Chief to Retire From FBI Post .....Dale L. Watson, a 24-year veteran who has overseen the FBI's investigations into the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax mailings, will leave his post as executive assistant director to take a global security job with Booz Allen Hamilton, a McLean-based management consulting firm, officials said yesterday.....(Washington Post, 16 Aug 02) Shootout at the CIA corral...Man Who Shot 5 at CIA Loses On Appeal A three-judge panel denied an appeal yesterday by Mir Aimal Kasi, who is facing a death sentence for the 1993 shootings outside CIA headquarters that left two people dead and three wounded....(Washington Post, 16 Aug 02) Dale,stale...Antiterror Chief Quits F.B.I., Which Gets New Deputy ......In announcing Mr. Watson's retirement, Mr. Mueller also said that he had selected Bruce J. Gebhardt as the bureau's new deputy director, its No. 2 post. Mr. Gebhardt, who is the executive assistant director for criminal investigations at the F.B.I., worked closely with Mr. Mueller in the late 1990's in San Francisco when Mr. Mueller was United States attorney for Northern California and Mr. Gebhardt was in charge of the F.B.I.'s San Francisco field office......(New York Times, 16 Aug 02) FBI Counterterrorism Chief Leaves The FBI counterterrorism chief who helped lead the government's efforts to prevent another devastating attack on America is stepping down....(AP, 15 Aug 02) You cant break the law to catch lawbreakers,can you? FBI agent charged with hacking In a first in the rapidly evolving field of cyberspace law, Russias counterintelligence service on Thursday filed criminal charges against an FBI agent it says lured two Russian hackers to the United States, then illegally seized evidence against them by downloading data from their computers in Chelyabinsk, Russia.....(MSNBC, 16 Aug 02) FSB Calls FBI Agent an Illegal Hacker Hacking the hackers is a crime, according to an FSB officer who has charged the FBI with using illegal methods to snare two young Russians who were arrested in the United States......(Moscow Times, 16 Aug 02) FSB raps FBI for hacking Russian hackers Russias domestic intelligence service has accused an FBI official of an unauthorized incursion into Russian computer networks in an attempt to procure evidence proving the guilt of two Russian hackers charged by the US on over 20 counts of computer-related crime, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday......(Gazeta.Ru, 16 Aug 02) http://www.cicentre.com/ One stop spook shop. Japan readying for launch of 1st spy satellites Japan's plan to set up a system of reconnaissance satellites to monitor military movements in East Asia will get off the ground in November, when the Cabinet Satellite Information Center starts operations of the system's nerve center in Tokyo.....(Japan Today, 16 Aug 02) Bullets and leaks at PMs investigation FURTHER controversy surrounded the committee investigating the past secret service activities of Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy, with László Balogh, its chairman, announcing he had discovered a live bullet in his office, and Hungarian newspaper Népszabadság alleging that committee experts Sebestyén Gorka and Gábor Kisely had been fingered by the secret services as potential security risks.....(Budapest Sun, 15 Aug 02) Nobody does it better? .......You cant enter a multiplex without finding some secret agent, undercover operative or impossibly cool superhero who doesnt owe a debt to our man with the Martini and Walther PPK......(London Times, 15 Aug 02) Section 25,paragraph 5,need to know.

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Suicide Saudi Style
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Why people commit suicide? Bushra Al-Sibaie/Okaz We read reports of suicides in local newspapers almost every day. Some of the people who kill themselves are foreign maidservants. Why do they go to such extremes? Authorities must find out the reasons and deal with them seriously. They should announce the factors that forced some expatriate workers to end their lives, even if they expose some of our failings. Foreign maidservants are not the only people who are driven to such desperation. The number of Saudi youths committing suicide is growing day by day. Authorities attribute these cases to economic woes and lack of strong Islamic faith. But there are many other reasons. We should not run away from this problem by saying that the number of suicide cases in the Kingdom is far less compared to Western countries. Such comments will not solve the problem. Social situations in the Kingdom and Western countries are different. In the West, children commit suicide because of the negligence or failure of families to take care of their youngsters. In our society, it is just the opposite, increasing family pressure, especially from fathers who want to impose their will on their sons, ignoring the latters wishes. The prevailing culture in our society demand that sons act like an extension of their fathers. Fathers impose their views on everything from academic specialization to selection of brides, etc. Some children may not like it. So in many cases families are responsible for pushing their children to end their lives. In such cases anger, protest or revenge takes the form of suicide. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17820 Feeling suicidal? have a beef sandwich. JEDDAH, 17 August The Ministry of Commerce has destroyed 300 kilos of banned frozen meat imported from a European country. Mohammed Al-Harbi, director of the ministrys office in Jeddah, told Arab News that the meat was impounded at Jeddah Islamic Port. The consignment was checked by the customs department and was found that it was imported from a European country, he said. We rejected the traders proposal to donate the meat to the International Islamic Relief Organization, he added. However, the ministry gave the trader a choice of either re-exporting the meat or destroying it. A team was later formed with representatives from the ministry, customs department and port to destroy the consignment. The ministry had slapped a blanket ban on meat imports from 15 European countries following reports that they used artificial hormones which cause cancer and infertility as fodder. Al-Harbi called upon businessmen not to import any meat products from Europe to avoid financial losses. They should also contact the ministry before they import any foodstuff and other consumer items from foreign countries, he added. The ministry had earlier banned beef and sheep meat imports from all European countries without exception fearing the spread of mad cow disease. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17818

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"People should be allowed to express their opinion"The Thief.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Its their INALIENABLE human and civil right,you fucking MAJOR LEAGUE ASSHOLE! Kill the president...please. Tensions Surface in U.S.-Egyptian Relations The Bush administration has announced that it is withholding further aid to Egypt. The move is highly unusual because Egypt is such an important Arab ally.Not so unusual when you examine the Sadat solution.(Jordan's king dick just abolished elections,isn't it all just going swimmingly while shrubs away?) Opposition to a U.S. attack on Iraq is increasingly being voiced internationally and within Washington. Despite the divisions it is causing, the Bush administration is not abandoning its strategy because it sees a successful campaign against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as a prime way to shatter the psychological advantage within the Islamist movement and demonstrate U.S. power. Analysis The diplomatic and political walls began to close in on the Bush administration's Iraq policy last week. First, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder very publicly announced something Berlin had been saying privately for years: The German government wants no part in any invasion of Iraq. Then Republican House majority leader Dick Armey said he saw little justification for an Iraqi operation. Schroeder's stance may be mainly a political ploy aimed at Germany's Sept. 22 elections as he currently is trailing conservative challenger Edmund Stoiber, who has taken a more pro-U.S. military stance. But Washington must still take seriously the opposition to an Iraq campaign within the German government and populace. Germany is a key staging area for U.S. forces. There are pre-positioned equipment and forces based in the country that undoubtedly would be needed for any attack. Depending on the opposition, U.S. bases in Germany might not be available for use. The statement from Armey also means that in addition to expected opposition from liberals, Bush could face the same from his own political base. At this point it seems there are very few outside the Bush administration who want an Iraq invasion, with the possible exception of the British government and Israel.And au.To our eternal shame in spite of our puppet leaders asslicking of arbusto that goes back to CIA sabotage and interferance leading to a coup in 75,when the present leader became treasurer,a position with implied leadership expectations attached.Dont blame the au people for the sick twists foisted on them by rogue terror states like the US. Thats my opinion,sit on it and rotate shrub,you motherfucking WEED! GO DIE! BEFORE we KILL YOU! To gain a psychological advantage you have to have half a fucking brain.

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Is Salon getting buggier than a 20$ Ho?
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

First Salon,now nando,where's this beancounting BS going to stop? navigating Salon now is worse than incestrapezoo.org.Pop tarts,mousetraps,browserjackers,you name it,just as I wrote that I had to break off and close down some yuppie blipvert,FUCK SALON.WHERES the LOVE! Aug. 15, 2002 | In July, 2001, a group of retired diplomats from the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Russia gathered in Berlin to discuss the future of Afghanistan, one of several brainstorming sessions about that troubled country sponsored by the United Nations last year. During the days, the men met in tony hotel conference rooms. At night, they shared drinks or dinner. And during every discussion, the diplomats focused on the Taliban -- how to make the radical Muslim group form a broad-based government, and give up Osama bin Laden, who was suspected of masterminding several terrorist attacks. These facts about the Berlin meeting are not in dispute. Everything else is. Exactly what was said in Berlin and how it was translated to the Taliban has become the centerpiece of a vast dispute about the Bush administration, Osama bin Laden and the buildup to the Sept. 11 attacks. On the left, it has become an article of faith for many that the U.N.-sponsored meetings were part of a concerted Bush administration effort to push for an oil and gas pipeline through Afghanistan. When the talks fell apart, it's been alleged, the administration used the diplomats to issue a military threat, which was carried back to the Taliban. Bin Laden, the theory goes, then decided to strike first, making the Sept. 11 attacks not a random act of terrorist violence, but rather a pre-emptive strike -- a calculated response to the Bush administration's love of oil, and its irresponsible sabre-rattling in pursuit of it. That tangled theory mostly hinges on one source: Niaz Naik,a member of the Pakistani delegation to the U.N. talks, who told the British press two weeks after Sept. 11 that the United States had issued a military threat at the meetings. SALON you cockteasing butt ugly HO! The taliban were sounding out the west prior to s11.In spite of their Saudi like state security and cultural vandalism,they might have been approachable.Certainly some money changed hands to burn off a little surplus smack.Make up your motherfucking mind SALON,do you want to be the grey lady or the downmarket HUSTLER? The way your going you'll wind up the grey bag lady who used to be a Hustler cover girl.We do not have endless patience,SALON!

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The greatest architects.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Minar Sinan ; chief architect in the Ottoman court from 1539 until his death in 1588. He constructed or designed most of Sulayman I's buildings, the most noted of which is his mosque (c.1557) in Istanbul, where he is buried. It has four minarets and stained-glass windows flanking the mihrab. The mosque (1614) of Sultan Ahmed I is similarly distinguished by its dome lit by numerous windows, and wall surfaces covered with green and blue tiles. Fine ornate buildings were erected in Turkey until the middle of the 17th cent. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0858921.html http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0859818.html It was Shah Jahan (162858) who perfected Mughal architecture and erected at Agra its most noble and famous building, the tomb of his favorite wife, which is known as the Taj Mahal. A huge white marble building of simple, symmetrical plan, it is inlaid with colorful semiprecious materials and is set in an equally beautiful and symmetrical garden. The Taj Mahal continues the tradition of Mughal garden tombs, of which Humayun's tomb was the first. Shah Jahan established (1638) Delhi as his capital and built there the famous Red Fort, which contained the imperial Mughal palace. Painting also flourished during Shah Jahan's reign. Portraiture was most highly developed at his sophisticated court, and ink drawings were of high quality.

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Cpunk's need bussing/Quota's to be credible.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Hey fuck you if you cant take a joke... The United States continues to dominate the Internet population with 166 million users, or 30 percent of the total, followed by Europe with 24 percent, Asia-Pacific with 14 percent and Latin America with 3 percent. Germany, with 32 million users, the United Kingdom, with 29 million, and Italy, with 22 million, are among the largest non-U.S. markets Worldwide, Hong Kong residents are embracing broadband at a rate far higher than people who live anywhere else. About two-thirds of all Hong Kong Web users have high-speed connections, compared with just 17 percent in the United States. Mr lee's greater Hong Kong,don't mind us rats. Meanwhile, NetRatings said in a separate report that traffic to home and real estate sites has been peaking of late as mortgage rates continue to drop. Century21.com saw a 25 percent increase in traffic between the first and second quarters of this year, while Homestore.com (Nasdaq: HOMS) saw a 12 percent gain. Retail sites also saw gains, driven largely by promotions and back-to-school shopping. OldNavy.com was up 56 percent, with 35 percent of all visitors registering for a chance to win US$10,000. A similar sweepstakes at CompUSA.com helped that site see a 43 percent jump in traffic. Report: Teens and Kids Potential Online Gold Mine (13-Aug-02) China Surpassing Japan in PCs, Internet Use (01-Aug-02) How Worldwide Is the Web? (07-Jun-02) The World Map of E-Commerce (02-Apr-02) Report: Global Internet Is Male-Dominated (18-Jan-02) http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19046.html Stay incredible,its more fun.We could bigger than Enron.

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Own printer or copier?
by rkm2＠universal-inkjet.com 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

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Post S11 tourism push.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

Fingerprint matching to start 9/11 Starting Sept. 11, hundreds of foreign visitors will be fingerprinted and photographed by immigration inspectors http://www.fcw.com/ For air traffic controllers, a historic achievement BY Alan Levin, USA Today Aug. 13, 2002 Printing? Use this version. Email this to a friend. On a typical summer day, a thunderstorm somewhere sends air traffic controllers scrambling. Even a small storm can disrupt the meticulous choreography of flights from coast to coast. Now, imagine violent weather blanketing the entire country. That, in a nutshell, is what the U.S. aviation system faced on Sept. 11 after officials ordered all planes to land. Never before had the air traffic system responded to so many problems occurring simultaneously. For individual air traffic controllers, the work was chaotic and intense but straightforward: Pick a new route for each flight. Radio instructions to turn. Hold traffic to keep airways from overcrowding. But collectively, landing nearly 4,500 planes was a massive undertaking and a historic achievement. It required intense cooperation, swift decision-making and the unflinching work of thousands of people. Across the nation, controllers searched for alternate airports to land large jets even as their traumatized colleagues streamed back from break rooms after watching the attacks on TV. A bit of luck helped, too. The weather across the country was excellent: There were few actual storms to deal with. The attacks occurred before most of the first wave of flights took off on the West Coast. By late afternoon, there would have been as many as 7,500 aircraft aloft. Yet everyone agrees the system, criticized for years for flight delays and computer problems, performed admirably on Sept. 11. On a normal day, about 20 aircraft each hour are rerouted to new destinations because of emergencies or bad weather. On Sept. 11, controllers rerouted more than 1,100 flights in the first 15 minutes after the order to land the fleet was issued at 9:45 a.m. more than one every second. In all, about 3,300 commercial and 1,200 private planes were ordered to land by U.S. and Canadian authorities that day. Almost 75% of those planes landed within just 60 minutes of the 9:45 order. Canadian controllers and airport managers cleared space in small airports north of the U.S. border for 252 jets arriving from Europe and Asia. During the morning, each part of the nation required its own battle plan: · New York air traffic officials shut down hundreds of miles of airspace almost immediately after the second hijacked jet struck the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m. · In several air traffic facilities including Boston, where two of the hijacked jets had taken off controllers feared their own lives were in danger and evacuated.

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APster; absurdly inexpensive.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

The blossoming of the Internet and its universal adoption have reinforced a trend toward interdependence of the world's political, economic and social systems. That increasing interdependence, however, becomes frightening when one considers that a next-generation cyber terrorist will likely not represent an aggressive world power. In terms of present-day vulnerability, such a terrorist could simply be a lone fanatic wielding a laptop. And the damage could be staggering. 'Asymmetric Warfare' A study by the Rand Corporation in the mid-1990s found that it would be absurdly inexpensive to embark upon a cyber war. The military call it "asymmetric warfare," which means that the disadvantaged side must use unconventional weapons against the wealthier side if it is to have any chance of winning. Any country that can scrape together the price of a computer manual and that has a basic understanding of information systems infrastructure can train and motivate a misguided "patriot." Anonymous Warfare Due to recent advances in "attack technology," cyber warfare can be waged remotely and anonymously. This approach would make it much harder to find an attacker than it is, for example, to root out Al Qaeda forces along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. "Because of the advances in attack technology , a single attacker can relatively easily employ a large number of distributed systems to launch devastating attacks against a single victim," according to a report by the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), a major center for Internet security at Carnegie Mellon University. "As the automation of deployment and the sophistication of attack tool management both increase, the asymmetric nature of the threat will continue to grow," the report said. After calling a net scare alert that tanked the Fucking Bungling Imbeciles are asking for help...begging for help. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19059.html Ryans got 4 kids to support,like some taxi driver on Mars.

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Jeff Gordon-all your missing computers are belong to us.
by Matthew X 17 Aug '02

17 Aug '02

WASHINGTON (August 16, 2002 6:21 p.m. EDT) - Another big batch of government computers has gone missing, this time at the Internal Revenue Service, and they could hold private taxpayer data such as Social Security numbers and bank account information. An audit released Thursday shows the IRS is unable to account for an unknown number of the 6,600 laptop and desktop computers loaned to volunteers who assist low-income, disabled, non-English speaking and older people with their tax returns. The audit follows similar reports that the Customs Service had lost track of some 2,000 computers and that the Justice Department was unable to find 400. An audit this summer of other IRS programs indicated 2,300 computers were missing. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a letter to the White House that the latest disclosure cries out for a "government-wide effort" to prevent computers from being lost, stolen or misplaced. "I'm worried that just as dryers have a knack of making socks disappear, the federal government has discovered a core competency of losing computers," Grassley wrote White House budget chief Mitch Daniels. John Dalrymple, commissioner of the IRS Wage and Investment Division, said the agency's management "recognized that inadequate internal controls and accountability over computers were areas that needed dramatic improvement." The latest audit, from the Treasury Department's tax inspector general, examined computer equipment loaned by the IRS in 2001 for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly program. About 1.1 million returns were prepared under the two programs, including 700,000 that were filed electronically. Auditors could not account for 93 percent of computers when doing a random check of a central IRS inventory database. While that does not automatically mean the computers were lost or stolen, there is no way to be certain. Even more troubling is that missing computers could contain private taxpayer data. "Information on tax forms is regarded as a prime target for identity thieves," the audit says. In addition, the IRS could not guarantee that such information had been removed from the computer hard drives at the end of April as required. In response, IRS officials said an inventory and consolidation of the equipment should be completed by July 2003 and that instructions have already been issued to managers to make sure taxpayer files are deleted. The agency promised a list of other improvements, some begun before the audit was made public. Despite the agency's pledge to do better, Grassley noted that the IRS has not always taken corrective actions recommended by previous audits. "I am concerned that words are matched by deeds," Grassley said in separate letter to the IRS asking for notification when various actions are completed. Like when its really goodnight for joshua.

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