September 2002 - cypherpunks-legacy

Due to privacy legislation,Homeland Gestapo will keep names of the dissapeared secret.
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

Thats what they do down here with reffugees anyway... Long article,worth a look... http://www.ajr.org/Article.asp?id=2617 Got FOI? "Openness in government is under assault throughout the United States--at every level. Can the news media, reluctant combatants thus far, mount a successful counterattack?

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April 1 in Sept. Greek Fucking.
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

Keep forecasting collapse of Govts,you'll never go wrong. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26939.html Carnivore paper tiger? http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54935,00.html Fly by Night Homeland security is apparently working better as theory than as reality. Reporters investigating airport security over the Labor Day weekend were able to smuggle all sorts of contraband -- small knives, corkscrews, pepper spray, razors -- through checkpoints at 11 major U.S. airports. CBS news crews were even able to get lead-lined bags -- which block out X-rays -- past roughly 70 percent of the airport screeners. Worried? Remember, these are TV reporters we're talking about here. Reinstall XP? http://www.wired.com/news/technology/0,1282,54942,00.html

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Death Threats to Journalists
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

Vanity Fair writer who penned Seagal/Mafia story reports gun threat Ned Zeman was returning to his Los Angeles home last week, according to a Vanity Fair editor, when a car drove up behind him, shined a light into his car and pulled up alongside him. A man in the car pointed a handgun at Zeman and said, "Bang," and, "Stop what you are doing," before driving off. Zeman's piece on actor Steven Seagal's allegation that he was extorted by the Mafia appears on newsstands today. David Carr notes that Zeman is the second journalist to report being threatened -- the LAT's Anita Busch reported an incident in June -- while working on an article about Seagal's allegation. (New York Times/reg. req.) Photographer caught a bullet...dead. http://www.rsf.fr/content.php3

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Affordable terrorism insurance from a socialism for the rich au Govt.
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/09/05/1031115886485.html "...In general, the insurance scheme is expected to operate along similar lines to that of Pool Re, which was set up by the British Government at the height of the IRA's terror campaign. Under that scheme, premiums cover bombings and, if reserves are exhausted, member companies contribute another 10 per cent, with any remaining liabilities idemnified by the British Government." How many of these free market capitalists love the Govt tit?

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Guilty till proven innocent.State P.I.Gs get seizures.
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5035336%255E661,0… "STREET level drug dealers, car thieves, burglars, abalone poachers, standover merchants and blackmailers face losing all their assets under new seizure laws. Criminals' assets will be frozen upon or before arrest and automatically forfeited after conviction. And police will be able to sell possessions likely to depreciate in value, such as luxury cars and boats, even before their owners appear in court. After conviction it will be up to the criminals to prove they legally obtained the seized assets, rather than for police to prove they were the proceeds of crime. They will lose everything they own, from houses right down to watches and clothes, unless they can prove lawful acquisition Police Minister Andre Haermeyer yesterday defended the reversal of the usual onus of proof as necessary to hit criminals where it hurt most in their hip pockets." "police had been foiled in seizing some criminals' assets because of the speed with which money could be moved on the Internet." MORE ON http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,5035014%255E661,0… Corrupt P.I.Gs prove they cant be trusted.

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Eurotrashing our rights.Grey ooze.
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

Secret EU-US agreement on criminal cooperation being negotiated (PDF) Leaked text of EU documents related to a 'secret agreement on criminal matters, investigative procedures and joint teams being negotiated' between EU and US officials 'without the European or national parliaments being consulted' - 'In the negotiations with the US the EU governments appear to be willing to drop or modify (in a negative way) a number of basic rights and protections built into EU law and protected by the European Convention on Human Rights' ( Statewatch ) See also this press release with links to supporting documents, and this Guardian coverage Privacy and Human Rights 2002 (PDF) Annual international survey of privacy laws and developments, this edition examining the effects of 'anti-terror' measures introduced or proposed since 11 September ( Privacy International ) See also the accompanying Country Reports: Argentina to Lithuania (PDF) and Country Reports: Luxenbourg to United States (PDF), this press release, and this CNET coverage LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm John Gray: Forget everything you know Long, erudite profile of philosopher John Gray, Professor of European Thought at the LSE ( Will Self via Independent ) See also this article by Gray from February 2001, this article by Gray from July 2001, and this article by Gray from April 2000, all of which emphasise a preference for 'realism' over 'unreality'

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Freeze frame on the stuckist web,proposal to boycott Hollywood.AP.
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26952.html "...some of your contributors to this debate remind me of the kind of gentlemen who live in Montana and bury food and ammo caches around their houses for when the UN troops come to round them up. It seems that the era of personal liberty we've enjoyed in the West for so long is finally going to be ended when Microsoft and the RIAA take over the internet and we all have Fritz chips installed up our arses. " AND "Also arriving via The Daily Electronic Crapper was news that organized crime was in the business of disseminating computer viruses. Why the underbosses might be involved in virus surplus was not explained by Reuters, but the news did mix nicely with word from a colleague a week earlier that an "expert" at a recent CERT-hosted conference was chattering excitedly about the Mafia carrying out hits over the Internet." http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26949.html Pommies gettin' jiggy wit it?

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UK MOD
by Matthew X 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

MOD Selects The Carlyle Group as Preferred Bidder for QinetiQ partnering arrangement Press release announcing that the Carlyle Group, the well-connected and secretive private equity firm central to many post-911 conspiracy theories, is likely to take an unspecified stake in QinetiQ, the 'scientific research organisation' currently owned by the UK Ministry of Defence ( QinetiQ ) See also this additional release, and this Red Herring article from January.LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm Enrons Tentacles in England,au. http://www.theage.com.au/news/world/2002/01/30/FFXJ6XGK0XC.html AND http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/09/04/1031115884347.html

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by cek.ReportAnual../32p 05 Sep '02

05 Sep '02

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8pm update
by Nomen Nescio 04 Sep '02

04 Sep '02

8pm update Corralitos, September 14th, 2002. A group of armed white supremacists, known to support anti-american activities and publicly calling for dismantling of US government, has been in stand off with police for six hours now. The incident started when a guest at Mr. May's party called the police to complain about being threatened with a weapon. Several neighbors also reported supicious gathering. Additional SWAT forces are being called in.

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