December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

Hacking for Girlies and FBI news
by bill payne 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Monday 12/28/98 9:27 AM John Young BUSINESS OUTLOOK, Albuquerque Journal Monday December 28, 1998 http://www.abqjournal.com/ Consultant feels heat from FBI By Aaron Baca Carolyn Meinel says she just can't win. Three months ago - and many times before and since - the East Mountain author and computer-security consultant was the target of a diatribe left by computer hackers who broke into and vandalized the New York Times' Web page, she says. Now, Meinel says she is suspected by the IBI as being one of the culprits in the New York Times computer hack. She says the FBI told her that she's not a suspect, but asked her to take a lie-detector test, which suggests she is "The last contact I had with them (the FBI) was about a month ago," Meinel said in a telephone interview with the Journal. "I don't think they would want me to take a test if they weren't trying to trip me tip up somehow so they could come back at me later." Meinel says she offered to assist the FBI man investigation of the incident because of her experience with hackers and her experience with those who took credit for that. back - HFG, or Hacking for Girlies. So far the FBI will not say if it suspects Meinel. Doug Beldon, a spokesman for the Albuquerque FBI office, said the FBI is investigating the incident But he said he couldn't comment about the investigation. The New York Times web page was attacked by a group claiming to be HFG in September. The group peppered the site with profanity and pornographic images. They also left hidden messages on the page directed at Meinel and others.. Meinel is known in the hacker community as the Happy Hacker She has written two editions of a book by the same title and helped found an online community about hacking. She has also written numerous articles on computer security, including a recent article for Scientific American. In all of her articles, Meinel is critical of some hackers for the damage they can cause. She says she promotes friendly hacking, which she compares to the tinkering or exploring shade-tree mechanics often engage in on their automobiles. The same group, HAG, is believed to have broken into the computers of Albuquerque Internet service provider Rt66 in August. In that attack, more than 1,400 credit card numbers belonging to subscribers were compromised. Meinel says she has been advised by her own lawyer to stay out of the case now. "There's a lot I Think I could have offered the FBI, Meinel says. but I think its wise not to say anthing now. I could get myself in trouble if I helped with this investigation now. --- I am reading about html, reading our sons web site code - which he got from another Moto employee - and experimenting by modifying it. I just downloaded your stats and table code. I studied you index.htm and cryptome pages a bit yesterday. Morales and I talked this morning. As soon as we get something working, then we will try to get others to help. Like Ashok Kaushal aka AK. We plan to give the Great Satan some MORE deservedly [http://www.zolatimes.com/v2.29/bw1.html] REALLY BAD international press. Until, of course, we get the Great Satan to shape-up and get some of his messes SETTLED. ABQ FBI agents Kohl and Schum attempted to intimidate me once. US Marshals too. http://www.jya.com/whpscalia.htm On the second occasion ABQ FBI agents Kohl and Moore delivered US assistant attorney Gorrences letter to me. http://www.jya.com/whprjg.htm Moore apologized when Kohl handed me the letter. Nonetheless, this earned the instigators criminal complaint affidavits. http://www.jya.com/whpscalia.htm Kohl had on a black fanny pack. FBI/Engineering Research Facility Special Supervisory Agents [SSA] I worked with carry their guns in fanny packs. Holsters were too obvious the FBI told me. FBI SSAs also carry cell phones. They need to phone in to find out what to do next. Morales and I need picture of the Great Satan. But, of course, being law-abiding citizens, we dont want to infringe anyones registered trademark. Campbell soup did not sue Andy Warhol. Therefore we will give Underwood full credit if we decide to use it registered trademark to depict the Great Satan. Back to .vxd writing. I think I have to get win98 working today so I can run the 98ddk. The vmm.inc macro which provides access to Microsofts Windows Virtual Machine Manager does not work the Hazzah or Thielen and Woodruff device driver code. While I modified vmm.inc to expand without error, link 32 is giving an error on some of the segments declarations in the module definition file. Until I get a working example of Device Descriptor Block accessed in the protected mode, I am in a bit of trouble with my current conversion project. Sure wish we could get these UNFORTUNATE matters settled so that Morales and I could spend time on other constructive projects. Later bill Thursday 12/10/98 5:08 PM J Kevin O'Brien, Chief Freedom of Information-Privacy Act Section Office of Public Affairs U.S. Department of Justice Federal Bureau of Investigation Washington D. C. 20535 O'Brien I received your form letter dated DEC 02 1998. YES, I want the information! I return your completed form. Sandia assigned me to break electronic locks for the FBI/ERF. SSA Mike Uttaro was my direct contact. His boss was SSA Mike McDevitt. The FBI is breaking the law under the veil of classification abuse. I may write another article --- False Security William H. Payne Abstract Wiegand wire plastic credit card-sized entry access credentials are the easiest to counterfeit. Yet Access Control & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, September 1998 , www.prox.com http/www.securitysolutions.com ran a full page ad. "Why 130 million Wiegand cards are in use throughout the world . The most secure of all access card technologies. HID Wiegand cards are virtually impossible to counterfeit... any attempt to alter them destroys them! ... Since no direct contact with the card is required, they are totally enclosed, making them absolutely immune to the elements and a frustration of vandals. ... The secrets to the security of an HID Wiegand card are those little enclosed wire strips. Once corrupted, they won't work." Purpose of this article is to tell you how to counterfeit Wiegand http://www.securitysolutions.com/ and give you insight into Real Security. Fumble, Bumble and Inept Funds Electronic Lock Breaking at Sandia National Laboratories. http://www.jya.com/fbi-en7898.htm False Security William H. Payne Abstract Wiegand wire plastic credit card-sized entry access credentials are the easiest to counterfeit. Yet Access Control & SECURITY SYSTEMS INTEGRATION, September 1998 , www.prox.com http/www.securitysolutions.com ran a full page ad. "Why 130 million Wiegand cards are in use throughout the world . The most secure of all access card technologies. HID Wiegand cards are virtually impossible to counterfeit... any attempt to alter them destroys them! ... Since no direct contact with the card is required, they are totally enclosed, making them absolutely immune to the elements and a frustration of vandals. ... The secrets to the security of an HID Wiegand card are those little enclosed wire strips. Once corrupted, they won't work." Purpose of this article is to tell you how to counterfeit Wiegand http://www.securitysolutions.com/ and give you insight into Real Security. Fumble, Bumble and Inept Funds Electronic Lock Breaking at Sandia National Laboratories. http://www.jya.com/fbi-en7898.htm --- Counterfeiting Wiegand Wire Access Credentials Bill Payne October 16,1996 Abstract Wiegand wire access credentials are easy and inexpensive to counterfeit. Access Control & Security Systems Integration magazine, October 1996 [http://www/securitysolutions.com] published the article, Wiegand technology stands the test of time by PAUL J. BODELL, page 12 Many card and reader manufacturers offer Wiegand (pronounced wee-gand) output. However, only three companies in the world make Wiegand readers. Sensor Engineering of Hamden Conn., holds the patent for Wiegand, and Sensor has licensed Cardkey of Simi Valley, Calif., and Doduco of Pforzheim, Germany, to manufacture Wiegand cards and readers. ... A Wiegand output reader is not the same thing as a Wiegand reader, and it is important to understand the differences. In brief, Wiegand reader use the Wiegand effect to translate card information around the patented Wiegand effect in which a segment of a specially treated wire generates an electronic pulse when subjected to a specific magnetic field. If the pulse is generated when the wire is near a pick-up coil, the pulse can be detected by a circuit. Lining up several rows of wires and passing them by a cold would generate a series of pulses. Lining up two rows of wires - calling on row "zero bits" and the other "one bits" - and passing them by two different coils would generate two series of pulses, or data bits. These data bits can then be interpreted as binary data and used to control other devices. If you seal the coils in a rugged housing with properly placed magnets, and LED and some simple circuitry, you have a Wiegand reader. Carefully laminate the special wires in vinyl, and artwork, and hot-stamp a number on the vinyl, and you have a Wiegand card. IN THE BEGINNING Wiegand was first to introduce to the access control market in the late 1970s. It was immediately successful because it filled the need for durable, secure card and reader technology. Embedded in the cards, Wiegand wires cannot be altered or duplicated. ... Bodell's Last statement is incorrect. Tasks for EASILY counterfeiting Wiegand wire cards are 1 Locate the wires inside the card to read the 0s and 1s. 2 Build an ACCEPTABLE copy of the card. Bodell's clear explanation of the working of a Wiegand card can be visualized zero row | | | one row | | binary 0 1 0 0 1 representation Solutions to Task 1 A X-ray the card B MAGNI VIEW FILM, Mylar film reads magnetic fields ... Edmunds Scientific Company, catalog 16N1, page 205, C33,447 $11.75 is placed over the top of the Wiegand card. COW MAGNET, Cow magnetics allow farmers to trap metal in the stomachs of their cows. Edmunds, page 204, C31,101 $10.75 is placed under the card. Location of the wires is easily seen on the green film. Mark the position of the wires with a pen. Next chop the card vertically using a shear into about 80/1000s paper-match-sized strips. Don't worry about cutting a wire or two. Note that a 0 has the pen mark to the top. A 1 has the pen mark at the bottom. Take a business card and layout the "paper match"-like strips to counterfeit the card number desired. Don't worry about spacing. Wiegand output is self-clocking! Tape the "paper-match - like" strips to the business card. Only the FUNCTION of the card needs to be reproduced! History Breaking electronic locks was done as "work for others" at Sandia National Laboratories beginning in 1992 funded by the Federal Bureau of Investigation/Engineering Research Facility, Quantico, VA. The FBI opined that this work was SECRET/NATIONAL SECURITY INFORMATION. Details of the consequences of this work are covered in Fired Worker File Lawsuit Against Sandia Specialist Says He Balked When Lab Sought Electronic Picklock Software, Albuquer Journal, Sunday April 25, 1993 State-sanctioned paranoia, EE Times, January 22, 1996 One man's battle, EE Times, March 22, 1994 Damn the torpedoes, EE Times, June 6, 1994 Protecting properly classified info, EE Times, April 11, 1994 DOE to scrutinize fairness in old whistle-blower cases, Albuquerque Tribune, Nov 7 1995 DOE boss accelerates whistle-blower protection, Albuquerque Tribune, March 27, 1996 DOE doesn't plan to compensate 'old' whistle-blowers with money, Albuquerque Tribune September 27, 199 --- Here is one of my previous articles. http://www.zolatimes.com/v2.29/bw1.html http://www.aci.net/kalliste/bw1 We should get this settled before IT GETS WORSE. Black and white is an example of WORSE. bill payne

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People With Honor
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 17:55:59 GMT To: "DaveNet World" <davenet-world(a)scripting.com> From: dave(a)scripting.com (DaveNet email) Subject: People With Honor Sender: <davenet-world(a)scripting.com> ------------------------------------- >From Scripting News... It's DaveNet! Released on 12/28/98; 9:55:55 AM PST ------------------------------------- Seasons Greetings DaveNet readers! I've been keeping up on the issues of impeachment, reading newspapers and websites, and considering ideas that have not been showing up in these places. I've also been talking with people and listening, and I think people in the US are overlooking something that we may not be able to ignore much longer. First, there is definitely a serious split in this country. Some people blame the Republicans for what happened, I've even heard people say they're so angry with the Republicans that they'll never vote Republican again. To them, I want to say, save some of your rage for Clinton. Understand that there are two sides here. Clinton screwed up, the Republicans responded, and Clinton did more, and on and on. How far has it gone? That's what I want to think about now, logically, precisely, and not emotionally or expressively. And I want to consider other points of view, especially those from outside the US. If we're ever going to work together again, there will have to be give on both sides, sooner or later. We'll have to see ourselves as one country, responsible for what we do, no matter what party you belong to or support. ***A tough question I was going to bag this piece, it's not worth the trouble, I said to myself, until I saw CBS's 60 Minutes last night, and listened to Andy Rooney talk about how far it's gone. He asked the same question I'm going to ask here. ***What happened in Iraq? The question: Was the US bombing of Iraq an attempt by Clinton to stay in power? This question has to be asked, although I do it with trepidation, imagining that some of my fellow Americans will accuse me of treason, or not pulling behind our leader in a time of crisis. But as I sort thru this, I want to know, where is the crisis? Does Iraq threaten us? If so, how? Oil prices are now lower than they have ever been, as if oil prices were an honorable reason to bomb another country. How would we feel if Iraq had bombed US cities? How would we feel if Iraq found a way to retaliate now that we have bombed their cities? Could we blame them if they did? Did Israel ask us to bomb Iraq? Clearly if Iraq attacks Israel, that's a problem for Israel, and we're an ally and protector of Israel. Did Saudi Arabia, Kuwait, Jordan or Egypt ask us? How come they're staying silent on this? Or are they not silent and we're not hearing about it? If timing was a big issue, as Clinton says it was, why choose to bomb Iraq just as the House was convening to decide impeachment? Are we to believe that the decision was made without considering impeachment? At some point in the deliberation, someone must have said "But Mr. President, couldn't this backfire on us? Couldn't it look as if we're doing this to bolster your Presidency?" It's the first question that pops into a thinking mind. The question has barely been raised on TV or in the newspapers or on the web. Why? This is supposed to be an open country. I can't believe that anyone who's really thinking about this hasn't asked themselves this question. It's on my mind, I can tell you that for sure. ***Carole King? These are very strange times. This came home in a new way when I saw a TV clip of Carole King entertaining the troops on a US warship. What was she doing there? Did I miss something? Is this the Bizarro World? Next is it going to be Bob Dylan, Jesse Jackson, Tom Hanks, Robin Williams and Whoopi Goldberg? What am I missing? What are we supporting? If you had a debate with a thoughtful person from outside the US, what would you say about how our military is being used? Justly, fairly, wisely, respectfully, honorably? And is it really still just about sex? Can Clinton blame the Republicans for this? Where will the buck stop this time? The appearance of dishonorable militarism is enough to cause some people to draw their own conclusions. If it walks like a duck, quacks like a duck.. ***Did you know? I'm reminded of those who said they knew that Clinton was lying when he said he never had sexual relations with that woman. I wonder if they're listening carefully to his words now. Are they really this gullible? How will you feel if it escalates, and you or your children are asked to fight a war in Iraq? What will you be fighting for? This is very bad for the US. We are being irresponsible. We let a dishonored president bomb foreign countries and we look the other way. I keep watching the Op-Ed pages for a clue to this, but they are silent. I wonder why? ***A failure to communicate Over the weekend I watched a great movie, Cool Hand Luke, starring Paul Newman. He's a tragic Christ-like figure, making it an appropriate movie to watch during the big Christian holiday. He says and does things the other inmates wish they had the courage to say and do. The warden breaks his spirit, but it returns before the movie ends. Cornered, resigned to dying, he repeats, with a twinkle in his eye, what the warden said in an earlier scene. "What we have here is a failure to communicate." Then the jailkeeper shoots him. As they carry away his dying body I wonder whether it was worth it. In the end the prisoners are still in prison, but they have the memory of his courage to warm them. Luke is gone, the truth is gone, but at least they had a glimpse of what it's like to be alive. ***People with honor Compared with perjury and obstruction of justice, it matters more to me that the President looked into the camera, with induced outrage, and denied doing something that he later admitted doing. It was his outrage that did it for me. He's an emotional manipulator on a mass scale. Looking at the film of the Cabinet officers saying they believed him, I wondered "How could they?" If this country ever had courage, now is the time for it to surface. Don't wait for a hero, no one person can do it. We all have to decide if honor counts. Or at least a good portion of the electorate has to get there. The Democrats point to Clinton's historic 70 percent approval rating, and they're right to do so. We preach the value of democracy, but are we hypocrites, do we get any benefit from democracy in our own country? The man lies. Even his supporters acknowledge that. We accept that, but what's the limit? How far will we go? Consider that seriously, as you try to understand the news, as you try to understand the country you live in and how it relates to other countries. If Clinton stays, do we have a system based on lies? None of us know how deep it goes. We may be fighting a war as a by-product of this, a real war, with battleships and bombs. Don't blame anyone but yourself. You could have stopped it and you still can, it's not too late, yet. Dave Winer ------------------------------------------- Scripting News: <http://www.scripting.com/> --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Utne: Y2K Citizen's Action Guide
by Sunder 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

http://www.utne.com/y2k/ This month's Utne Reader came with an attached 4.25"x8.5" booklet. An e-copy of the said booklet is available from their site. Its contents, much like the magazine, contains articles snipped and or adapted from elsewhere. Unfortunately the thread throughout the whole thing is "those who go in the woods with automatic rifles are the bad selfish guys." IMHO, helping your family and 'hood is a great thing. Being labeled a kook if you are selfish and have no instinct other than self preservation isn't such a great thing. This sort of thought will only lead to a further erosion of freedom and a fall towards communism as more and more people will feel pressured into "sharing" their property and resources with the commune rather than hoarding. By all means, make everyone aware of the problems and help them cope if that's what you want to do, just don't force others to do the same at gunpoint. :) It does have some redeeming qualities though if you ignore the political sharing slant. The articles they've included (save for the "Public Citizen" section) are good planning guides. -- ---------------------------- Kaos Keraunos Kybernetos ------------------- + ^ + Sunder "The real aim of current policy is to /|\ \|/ sunder(a)sunder.net ensure the continued effectiveness of /\|/\ <--*--> ALLOW FREE EXPORT OF US information warfare assets against \/|\/ /|\ STRONG CRYPTOGRAPHY! individuals,businesses and governments \|/ + v + PROTEST WASSENAAR!!! in Europe and elsewhere" -- Ross Anderson ------------------------------ http://www.sunder.net ---------------------- RESTRICTED DATA - This material contains RESTRICTED DATA as defined in the Atomic Energy Act of 1954. Unauthorized disclosure subject to administrative and criminal sanctions. NOFORN ORCON WNINTEL SIOP-ESI CNWDI

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17 Dec '03

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kha0S Linux
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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New Martial Arts Organisation
by questions＠daikihaku.dk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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Kha0s Linux Distribution
by Eric Cordian 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From the webpage at Kha0s.org: > Expect the first beta release of kha0S to include Matt > Blaze's CFS. It has been around for a while and has had > the benefit of review by the cryptographic community. A good start, I guess. -- 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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G8 MIB
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>From a DoJ press release 15 December 1998: High-tech crime The G8 countries have established a 24 hour network of law enforcement experts capable of responding swiftly to requests for help with investigations that cross international borders, including hacking cases. The network, which is now in use, is open to wider membership and a number of non G8 countries have already joined. The Lyon Group is pursuing consultations with industry, including internet service providers, on preventing criminal use of networks and ensuring traceability of their communications. It is also developing proposals for a legal framework for retrieving electronic evidence swiftly in cases that cut across international borders. More: http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1998/December/588ag.htm

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Re: Anna Holmes, MarBLes, and the Married Lesbian Underground
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In article <368690ea.96913979(a)news.mindspring.com>, equinox44(a)mindspring.com wrote: > >The idea of using men as "a sperm bank with a checkbook" is really > >insidious, but by the time many of the victims of this deception > >find out they've been deceived and used, it's too late. The above > >URL, BTW, says that the list has a panel of six formerly married > >lesbians for "support", which seems to be a euphemism for coaching. > >Since marriage is a civil contract I wonder if such willful > >"interference with the performance of a contract" has ever been > >redressed in court. > > One may not be able to go after the 'support group', but there is > legal precedence in the US allowing a person to bring action against a > spouse who marries them with fraudulent intent. Even if that fraud > is marrying someone they don't love after professing love. > > OTOH, I imagine that one could include the 'support group' in any > civil or legal action as co-conspirators. I visited Anna Holmes' <fogbow(a)sprynet.com> (the moderator of the Married but Lesbian [MarBLes] mailing list) website at http://home.sprynet.com/sprynet/fogbow/ and discovered that she's a licensed shrink who lives in Birmingham, AL. Thus, there may be some "deep pockets" in the form of her malpractice insurance, as well as the hosts of the mailing list itself, queernet.org. I'm not sure what sort of other action is possible, but I'm sure if Holmes were "supporting" the defrauding of African Americans rather than married men, Jesse Jackson would figure out a way to bring some pressure to bear against her and those aiding and abetting her clandestine activities.

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Re: G8 MIB
by William H. Geiger III 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In <199812290247.VAA07707(a)smtp0.mindspring.com>, on 12/28/98 at 09:48 PM, John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com> said: >High-tech crime > The G8 countries have established a 24 hour network of >law enforcement experts capable of responding swiftly to >requests for help with investigations that cross international borders, >including hacking cases. The network, which is >now in use, is open to wider membership and a number of >non G8 countries have already joined. The Lyon Group is >pursuing consultations with industry, including internet >service providers, on preventing criminal use of networks >and ensuring traceability of their communications. It is also developing >proposals for a legal framework for retrieving >electronic evidence swiftly in cases that cut across >international borders. >More: >http://www.usdoj.gov/opa/pr/1998/December/588ag.htm Encrypt everything, trust no one. -- --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.openpgp.net Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 5.0 at: http://www.openpgp.net/pgp.html ---------------------------------------------------------------

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Anti-Crypto CongressCritters - FWD: And you thought it was Larry Flynt . . .
by Stewart, William C (Bill), BNSVC 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Sigh. Plus ca change -----Original Message----- From: Dave Farber [mailto:farber@cis.upenn.edu] Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 1:20 PM To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: And you thought it was Larry Flynt . . . From: sbaker(a)steptoe.com Dave, I am sending you part of a note we sent to our clients a week or two ago. I haven't seen it in the press yet, but after it shows up in IP, the NY Times will be more or less irrelevant. Stewart From: Stewart Baker (sbaker(a)steptoe.com) Elizabeth Banker (ebanker(a)steptoe.com) The press would have you believe that it was Larry Flynt and his million-dollar tales of infidelity that caused the unexpected change in House leadership this month, but encryption policy buffs -- paranoid by nature and proud of it -- are beginning to focus on another suspect, one with more to gain. That's because it is the Federal Bureau of Investigation that looks like the biggest winner now that Robert Livingston has been replaced by Dennis Hastert as odds-on favorite to be Speaker of the House of Representatives. Livingston supported the industry's version of SAFE, the crypto decontrol bill that died in Congress last session. In contrast, J. Dennis Hastert (R-IL) has shown strong solidarity with the FBI on encryption issues as a member of the House Commerce Committee. Indeed, Hastert supported the Oxley-Manton Amendment that would have turned the SAFE Act of 1997 (H. R. 695) into a mandate for domestic regulation of encryption. And when Oxley-Manton was rejected by the Committee in favor of the Markey-White Amendment, Hastert voted against the SAFE Act. ..

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17 Dec '03

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Legally this means that when the properties are sold or refinanced our associate must be paid off. The norm is 10% interest compounded annually on unpaid Judicial Judgments. Annual interest on 5 million at 10% translates to $500,000.00 annually in interest income, not counting the payment of the principle. Our associates earn half of this amount or $250,000.00 per year. This is just for interest, not counting principle and not counting the compounding of the interest which can add substantial additional income. Typically companies are sold for 10 times earnings. Just based on simple interest an associate with 5 million in real estate liens could sell their business for approximately 2.5 million dollars. 92% of all of our associates work out of their home; 43% are women and 36% are part time. One of the benefits of working in this field is that you are not under any kind of time frame. If you decide to take off for a month on vacation then go. 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Your professionalism in both the manual and the video opened doors for me in the future. There's no stopping me now. As of February 3rd, 1995, Thomas states he has over $8,500,000 worth of judgments he is working on. After only having this course for four months, Larry S. in area code 314 stated to us: "I am now making $2,000.00 per week and expect this to grow to twice this amount within the next year. I am having a ball. I have over $250,000 in judgments I am collecting on now." After having our course for 7 months Larry S. in 314 stated "I am now making $12,000.00 per month and have approximately $500,000.00 in judgments I am collecting on. Looks like I will have to hire someone to help out" Marshal in area code 407 states to us "I feel bad, you only charged me $189.00 for this course and it is a gold mine. 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FW: More (and last) on And you thought it was Larry Flynt . . .
by Stewart, William C (Bill), BNSVC 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

More on the same topic -----Original Message----- From: Dave Farber [mailto:farber@cis.upenn.edu] Sent: Monday, December 28, 1998 3:51 PM To: ip-sub-1(a)majordomo.pobox.com Subject: IP: More (and last) on And you thought it was Larry Flynt . . . Date: 28 Dec 1998 15:30:58 -0800 X-Sent: 28 Dec 1998 23:30:58 GMT To: farber(a)cis.upenn.edu From: "Joseph C.Pistritto" <jcp(a)jcphome.com> On Mon, 28 December 1998, Dave FarberSENT OUT As attractive as this might be as a conspiracy theory, Flint pretty much admitted he had the goods in this case (and claims to have similar stuff on something like 7 or 8 other Republicans and 1 democrat). He's investing quite a lot of his own funds in this particular little enterprise of his. He's apparently quite pissed off that this one leaked before he was able to use the content himself. (after all, as a publisher, the reason you develop content is to use it in print yourself primarily). A more interesting question is how the White House found out about the material a few days before it came out. (which apparently is how Roll Call which ran the story first got ahold of it). There have been persistent rumors of a White House controlled black operation to uh, bring pressure upon, certain people that are in positions to embarrass the President. Apparently at least some of this sort of activity has gone on for a long time, perhaps since the President was in Arkansas. Whether the FBI would be involved in *that* is an interesting question. Somehow I doubt it, because the risk of public exposure in that situation would be enormous, and there was already an FBI-related scandal early in this administration. Also the Administrator over there is regarded as somewhat of a loose cannon by the folks in the White House. So I kind of suspect the FBI would not be involved in White House led black ops. And I doubt the military would be involved either (given this President's relations with them.) So the reports of private detectives and other non-government people spearheading this squares with what would be rationally expected. I think the FBI may merely have either just gotten lucky and dodged a bullet on this one, -or- they had a deeper cover role in passing the stuff to Flint's people (undoubtably private individuals, so evidence, if it existed in FBI files, could've been fed to someone on the "outside"). Given that no one knew that Livingston was going to be in the position he was in till several days *after* the election, that's reasonably quick response if that is really what happened. Don't believe everything you read in the papers... Cheers, -jcp- -- Joseph C. Pistritto +1 415 706 7270 Belmont, California jcp(a)jcphome.com

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SNET: United Nations plans SWAT team training to "control" citizens in Y2K crash
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: USCMike1(a)aol.com Subject: SNET: United Nations plans SWAT team training to "control" citizens in Y2K crash Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:34:16 EST To: KatieSouix(a)aol.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_914877258_boundary Content-ID: <0_914877258(a)inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_914877258_boundary Content-ID: <0_914877258(a)inet_out.mail.netdoor.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <kepi(a)netdoor.com> Received: from rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (rly-zd05.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.229]) by air-zc01.mail.aol.com (v53.20) with SMTP; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:22:22 1900 Received: from netdoor.com (netdoor.com [208.137.128.6]) by rly-zd05.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id XAA17219; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 23:22:12 -0500 (EST) Received: from kepi (port201.hat.netdoor.com [208.137.155.201]) by netdoor.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id WAA26607; Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:21:38 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981213222221.008aa4b0(a)mail.netdoor.com> X-Sender: kepi(a)mail.netdoor.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 22:22:21 -0600 To: Kepi <kepi(a)netdoor.com> From: Kepi <kepi(a)netdoor.com> Subject: Nations at UN conference suggest SWAT teams to handle Y2K crises Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=ISO-8859-1 Content-transfer-encoding: quoted-printable Source: Star-Telegram.Com http://www.star-telegram.com/news/doc/1047/1:COMP73/1:COMP73121298.html Updated: Saturday, Dec. 12, 1998 at 17:58 CST Nations at UN conference suggest SWAT teams to handle Y2K crises By Leslie J. Nicholson Knight Ridder Newspapers NEW YORK -- In a stark demonstration of the global scale of the Year 2000 computer problem, representatives of 130 nations gathered at the United Nations Friday to hammer out plans for dealing with Y2K. The ideas included setting up national and international "SWAT teams" to handle crises caused by the computer glitch. The U.N. conference marked the first such gathering of Y2K coordinators from several nations, including many developing countries that lag far behind the United States in remediation efforts. Y2K refers to a programming glitch that will cause some computers, softwar= e programs and microprocessors to interpret the abbreviated date 00 as 1900 rather than 2000. The result could be incorrect data processing and equipment malfunctions. "We all know that we are competing in a race against time," said Pakistani ambassador Ahmad Kamal, who hosted the conference. "Despite all the effort= s and committed work of individuals and institutions, we are far from the objective of ensuring Y2K compliance by the inflexible deadline of Dec. 31= , 1999." Fixing Y2K problems is a daunting task that involves rewriting computer codes and potentially replacing billions of microchips. U.N. Undersecretary-general Joseph E. Connor called Y2K the largest computer project in the 50-year history of the information-technology industry, but said predicting its effects accurately was impossible. He said the global cost of fixing Y2K problems could reach as high as $600 billion with an additional $1.4 trillion going for litigation. "There's no way to draw on past experience and predict what is going to fail and what consequences these failures will have," Connor said. "All we know for sure is the timing." He said nations should attack Y2K on two fronts: by deciding which systems are critical and fixing them first, and by developing contingency plans fo= r coping with computer failures. "We have to get used to the fact that some systems and facilities will not be addressed," Connor said. Delegates spent most of the day in closed-door sessions to discuss Y2K problems affecting specific industries and regions and released few detail= s of those meetings. One goal was to organize on a regional basis, including implementing the SWAT-team idea. Kamal told reporters that such teams woul= d help nations deal with problems that cross borders, such as regional power grid failures. "You cannot stop at the political border of a country," he said. Distributed by The Associated Press (AP) =A9 1998 Star-Telegram ### =A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~= =A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9 **COPYRIGHT NOTICE** In accordance with Title 17 U.S.C. Section 107, any copyrighted work in this message is distributed under fair use without profit or payment to those who have expressed a prior interest in receivin= g the included information for non-profit research and educational purposes only. [ Ref. http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml ] =A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~= =A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9~=A9 --part0_914877258_boundary-- -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: USCMike1(a)aol.com

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[FP] National "Know Your Banker" Campaign Kick-off
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> Subject: [FP] National "Know Your Banker" Campaign Kick-off Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 19:12:22 -0600 To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan(a)efga.org> ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 12/23/98 National "Know Your Banker" Campaign Kick-off Following are two combined SCAN notices regarding the "Know Your Customer" banking proposals, and our own SCAN-proposed "National Know Your Banker" campaign: 1ST NOTICE: NATIONAL DIRECT DEPOSIT WEEK The nation's banks are planning to gradually convert everyone over to electronic banking. A series of campaigns have been planned with the objective of getting people to sign up for debit-cards, smart-cards, and direct deposit banking. (Direct Deposit means that you sign an agreement with your employer to have you paycheck directly deposited into your bank account electronically.) Total electronic banking will result in a windfall profit for the banking industry as a whole. In furtherance of their goal, the week of January 25-29, 1999 has been designated as "National Direct Deposit Week." That week, banks across the country will participate in a campaign to condition people to acceptance electronic "Direct Deposit" banking. According to one promotional piece, "the Direct Deposit marketing campaign will target employers; financial institutions; government officials; as well as community, professional, and civic groups." During the promotional period, banks will offer incentives for consumers to sign up for Direct Deposit; radio promotions will be aired in local markets; and financial institutions and corporations will be encouraged to create similar activities with their customers and/or employees. So far public acceptance of electronic banking has been somewhat lackluster. However, at the upper levels of the world's banking community, the decision has been made to convert to total electronic banking linked to a global financial network. The upcoming Direct Deposit campaign is just one small example of the overall plan. Here's a link for additional information: Promoting Direct Deposit -- The Public Education Campaign http://www.ezpay.org/campaign.html 2ND NOTICE: NATIONAL KNOW YOUR BANKER WEEK SCAN would like to propose that the week of January 25-29, 1999 be declared National "Know Your Banker Week" to run concurrently with the banking industry's Direct Deposit campaign. During that week, we encourage EVERYONE to make a concerted effort to learn as much as you possibly can about your nation's banking system. Learn how check clearinghouses are already monitoring every checking transaction, and how profiling is already being done in that industry. Learn how credit card companies also currently monitor each purchase and "flag" suspicious or out-of-character activity. Find out how money is "created" (according to the Federal Reserve) at your local bank whenever a loan is "granted." Learn how every single "dollar" is loaned into circulation - at interest - which means that, at all times, more money is owed (principle + interest) than has been "created" or loaned out into the economy. Hence, we as a nation can NEVER again be "solvent;" we will be perpetually in debt to the bankers; we can never "pay back" more than has been circulated. (For explanation, see http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/CARDS.html ) Learn about "fractional reserve banking," which by definition means that only a "fraction" of the public's money can be withdrawn from the system at any given time without inducing a banking collapse. Learn how bankers use this "fraction" to "create" more "credit money" which they then "loan" to you under demand for some real property collateral. Learn how your money has been gradually debased: silver coins which used to be made of "precious metal" have been surreptitiously converted to a substrate of worthless composites sandwiched between two thin layers of slightly less-worthless "silver colored" nickel to make them resemble the genuine silver coins. In circulation, they all look the same. But the latter versions are "worth" about 90% less than the former. Even the lowly penny has been stuffed with totally valueless zinc leaving only a thin shell of co pper a few thousandths of an inch thick on the outer surface to fool the public. Seems to have worked well. Who stole the "precious" material and substituted the cheap slag? Who profited from the change (pun intended)? Was your banker a willing participant? Learn how gold and silver "certificates" which were once redeemable for warehoused gold and silver coin were substituted with worthless, un-backed "Federal Reserve Notes" that cannot be redeemed but look exactly like the redeemable certificates - save for the absence of any "promise to pay." Who was manning the warehouses when this substitution took place? Your banker perhaps? Based on what you learn from the foregoing exercise, decide whether or not the banking institution's "Know Your Customer" program is being instituted with YOUR best interest in mind. Use this "Know Your Banker" campaign to ask your banker to sign a simple affidavit certifying that your funds WILL ALL BE AVAILABLE for withdrawal "on demand" come January 1, 2000. Take the opportunity of the National Know Your Banker Week to learn about all that your banker has done and is planning to do (for you) as you are converted to total electronic banking over the next few years. (Remember, the federal government has already converted to total electronic transactions, and it can be fairly anticipated that soon all employers will be compelled to make employee payrolls using direct deposit so that payroll tax payments can be collected electronically.) Most importantly, take the opportunity of the "National Know Your Banker Week" to file a comment with any or all of the four agencies that have submitted "Know Your Customer" proposals. After the upcoming holiday period, we will provide all the necessary contact information along with a selection of sample "letters of objection" so that everyone can easily take part in this campaign. We will also provide material which will reveal that, in reality, under our current system of "fiat money," ALL banking activity IS "money laundering" engaged in BY THE BANKERS. Looking forward to your participation. Happy holidays, Scott --------------------------------------------------------- Complete detailed information on all four of the proposed Know Your Customer regulations can be found at: http://www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml See these important links to learn more about how money is created. http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/MONEYbrief.html http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/FRENEAUbanking.html http://home.hiwaay.net/~becraft/FSanders.htm Franklin Sanders - "The Money Changer" http://www.the-moneychanger.com/ --------------------------------------------------------- Promoting Direct Deposit -- The Public Education Campaign [From the pages of the New York Clearing House Association] http://www.ezpay.org/campaign.html Campaign Goal: The goal of our campaign is to increase Direct Deposit use among consumers by 5 percent each year for the next five years. Campaign Activities: The Direct Deposit marketing campaign will reach employers, financial institutions, government officials and community, professional and civic groups. In addition, January 25-29, 1999 has been declared "Direct Deposit Week" -- an opportunity to spur excitement through incentives for consumers to sign up for Direct Deposit. Radio promotions will take place in local markets, and financial institutions and corporations are encouraged to create similar activities with their customers and/or employees. Campaign Success Over the past two years, Direct Deposit enrollment has increased by over 540,000 employees. Outreach to Employers: Top 1,000+ Employers (Fall 1998) Direct mailing to solicit interest among Payroll Managers throughout New York, New Jersey, Connecticut, Puerto Rico and the U.S. Virgin Islands Kick-off luncheons in September/October 1998 -- New York City, Long Island, Rochester, and New Jersey Catalog of promotional materials, offered at cost, for interested employers A Guide to Increasing Direct Deposit Participation [link] A Guide to Implementing Direct Deposit [link] Outreach to Financial Institutions (Fall 1998) Catalog of promotional materials, offered at cost, for banks' use with retail customers "How to Guide" for promoting Direct Deposit to retail customers Media announcement to banking trade publications, general business media Grassroots Outreach (Fall 1998) Mailing of information and materials to community, labor unions, professional associations, women's/men's groups, minority associations, fraternal groups and civic groups. Promotional Events and Media Relations (Winter 1999) Direct Deposit Week (January 25-29, 1999) Radio Promotion -- Call-in contest to answer "What is the most impulsive thing you've ever spent your paycheck on?" Winners to receive equivalent of one week's pay via Direct Deposit (up to $1,000). Media Relations -- Outreach to print and broadcast news media, both general interest (daily newspapers, local radio and television) and trade (payroll publications, banking trades); release of research survey results. Branch/Company Activities -- Financial institutions and company activities, incentives and events to celebrate Direct Deposit Week e.g. free/discounted services, giveaways of promotional items, free concert tickets or other prizes for 100th customer to sign-up, contest/quiz with week's pay as prize. We welcome your thoughts, ideas and recommendations on making the Direct Deposit Campaign a success. Please direct any questions or comments to Rossana Czelusniak or Kathy Loy at (212) 613-0166. -------------------------------------------------- http://www.nyclearinghouse.org/Welcome.html ======================================================================= Don't believe anything you read on the Net unless: 1) you can confirm it with another source, and/or 2) it is consistent with what you already know to be true. ======================================================================= Reply to: <fingerprint(a)networkusa.org> ======================================================================= To subscribe to the free Scan This News newsletter, send a message to <majordomo(a)efga.org> and type "subscribe scan" in the BODY. Or, to be removed type "unsubscribe scan" in the message BODY. For additional instructions see www.efga.org/about/maillist.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Scan This News" is Sponsored by S.C.A.N. 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[FP] FDIC receives more than 6,000 comments
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> Subject: [FP] FDIC receives more than 6,000 comments Date: Wed, 23 Dec 1998 13:53:27 -0600 To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan(a)efga.org> ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 12/23/98 ----------------------------------------- WorldNetDaily WEDNESDAY DECEMBER 23 1998 BIG BROTHER BANKING Record response to 'Know Your Customer' FDIC receives more than 6,000 comments http://www.worldnetdaily.com/bluesky_exnews/19981223_xex_record_respo.shtml By Gabrielle Stevenson © 1998 WorldNetDaily.com The process for reading comments on the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation's "Know Your Customer" proposal has already started because of the increasing number of responses. At last count, the FDIC had received 6,019 responses to the plan. The most comments received in the past was 3,498, regarding a 1984 broker deposit regulation. "Usually we don't get nearly as many," said the FDIC's David Barr. "Sometimes we only get a 100 or so, and they can be read relatively quickly for internal use." Normally the FDIC doesn't read the responses until the comment period has ended. This time, however, they are trying to get a head start. "We are trying to see what people are saying," Barr said. "We have gone through them at least once so far. We do keep them all in consideration. That is what this whole process is all about." The FDIC Know Your Customer plan proposes that all banks, credit unions, and other financial organizations be required to maintain continuous surveillance of customer's accounts, and report unusual financial activity to the FBI and other agencies. [snip] see WorldNetDaily link above for balance of article. ======================================================================= Don't believe anything you read on the Net unless: 1) you can confirm it with another source, and/or 2) it is consistent with what you already know to be true. ======================================================================= Reply to: <fingerprint(a)networkusa.org> ======================================================================= To subscribe to the free Scan This News newsletter, send a message to <majordomo(a)efga.org> and type "subscribe scan" in the BODY. Or, to be removed type "unsubscribe scan" in the message BODY. For additional instructions see www.efga.org/about/maillist.html ----------------------------------------------------------------------- "Scan This News" is Sponsored by S.C.A.N. Host of the "FIGHT THE FINGERPRINT!" web page: www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml =======================================================================

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SNET: Biometric National ID Card Being issued NOW and used to track people
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: USCMike1(a)aol.com Subject: SNET: Biometric National ID Card Being issued NOW and used to track people Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 15:03:04 EST To: KatieSouix(a)aol.com -> SNETNEWS Mailing List This is a multi-part message in MIME format. --part0_914875392_boundary Content-ID: <0_914875392(a)inet_out.mail.aol.com.1> Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII --part0_914875392_boundary Content-ID: <0_914875392(a)inet_out.mail.netdoor.com.2> Content-type: message/rfc822 Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit Content-disposition: inline Return-Path: <kepi(a)netdoor.com> Received: from rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (rly-zd01.mail.aol.com [172.31.33.225]) by air-zd01.mail.aol.com (v53.27) with SMTP; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:14:48 -0500 Received: from netdoor.com (netdoor.com [208.137.128.6]) by rly-zd01.mx.aol.com (8.8.8/8.8.5/AOL-4.0.0) with ESMTP id SAA21775; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 18:14:44 -0500 (EST) Received: from kepi (port579.hat.netdoor.com [208.148.200.179]) by netdoor.com (8.9.1/8.9.1) with SMTP id RAA06191; Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:13:32 -0600 (CST) Message-Id: <3.0.5.32.19981214171416.007cbb30(a)mail.netdoor.com> X-Sender: kepi(a)mail.netdoor.com X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Pro Version 3.0.5 (32) Date: Mon, 14 Dec 1998 17:14:16 -0600 To: Kepi <kepi(a)netdoor.com> From: Kepi <kepi(a)netdoor.com> Subject: [FP] Biometric National ID Card Now A Reality Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-transfer-encoding: 7bit This is an important post that I feel needs circulating. Should this be a a duplicate for some of my listees, please disregard. Kepi <>< ------------------------------------------------------------- >From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> >To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan(a)efga.org> >Subject: [FP] Biometric National ID Card Now A Reality >Date: Sun, 13 Dec 1998 19:13:18 -0600 >X-MSMail-Priority: Normal >X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook 8.5, Build 4.71.2173.0 >X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V4.72.2106.4 >Importance: Normal >Sender: owner-scan(a)efga.org >Reply-To: owner-scan(a)efga.org >X-Web-Site: http://www.efga.org/ >X-Mail-List-Info: http://efga.org/about/maillist/ >X-SCAN: http://www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml > >====================================================================== >SCAN THIS NEWS >12/13/98 > >[forwarded from Larry Becraft] >THE BIOMETRIC NATIONAL ID CARD IS NOW A REALITY... >By Jon Christian Ryter >Author of WHATEVER HAPPENED TO AMERICA? >and THE BAFFLED CHRISTIAN'S HANDBOOK > >America was rightfully alarmed in late September when Representatives Bob >Barr (R-GA) and Ron Paul (TX) revealed the fact that somehow, unbeknown to >anyone, and for some as yet unexplained reason, the National ID Card that >Hillary Clinton, Marc Tucker and Ira Magaziner had adroitly concealed in the >failed Health Security Act of 1994 had somehow "accidentally" been passed, >in a somewhat illegal and unconstitutional fashion, and was now "the law of >the land." > >Pictured (see link below) is the actual "Healthcare Passport" card currently >being used in three American cities. Displayed is the front and back of that >card. This photo was scanned from the brochure used by the National >Institute of Health to introduce the new card in a seminar in Denver earlier >this year. The word "passport" on the card had to have been a >tongue-in-cheek addition, since it is the precursor of the internal passport >that will ultimately control your ability to move freely throughout this >great land. The card is biometric. Stored on this card is the complete >medical history of the card's owner. Also stored on the card is every >conceivable piece of information about that person. Imbedded in the card is >a tracking devise. > >The plan to create and implement a National ID Card, while first made >"public" in a private White House meeting on Nov. 11, 1993 and discussed in >a disavowed protocol that detailed the dialogue of that meeting, is not >uniquely a Clintonoid idea even though the National ID Card first appears >innocuously concealed in the Health Security Act as a "healthcare benefits >card" that the First Lady insisted had to be carried by every American--even >if they refused to be covered by the plan--under penalty of law. > > The same card, in the form of a national driver's license, had just been >mandated by the European Union for all of the new European States. A brief >battle waged in Europe over the national driver's license. Most Europeans >had experienced national identity cards in the past and realized quickly the >new universal European driver's license was an internal passport that would >give their new government the tool they needed to control their lives. The >media immediately labeled those who resisted the EU driver's license as >"globalphobes" who were against progress, and wanted to return Europe to the >days of the cold war. They were the extremists. > > In the United States, the Clinton's knew a National ID Card spelled >problems, >regardless what name was put on it. However, as a healthcare card that >provided each American with thousands of dollars of free medical care, they >correctly surmised that the ramblings of the right wing zealots could be >easily dismissed by the mainstream liberal media. The media did its job >well. > >The Health Security Act was the best thing since sliced bread and peanut >butter. According to the media, the Health Security Act would provide >healthcare for the millions upon millions of uninsured Americans. The media >even obliged by ignoring the obviously flawed cost assessments as well. > >Hillary demanded that Congress pass the Health Security Act without and >changes--reminiscent of FDR's passing the "emergency legislation" that >kicked off the New Deal without allowing members of Congress to even see the >legislation they were voting on--and unconstitutionally granting Roosevelt >almost dictatorial power over the United States. Congress wasn't buying. >They read the Health Security Act. Then, they rejected it. It was, they >declared, the most expensive social experiment in the world. > >Buried in the National Archives, in the working papers of the Hillary >Clinton healthcare plan, was a game plan in the event the Health Security >Act went down in flaming defeat. The game plan? Implement another >healthcare act that provided healthcare for children. No one would dare >deny healthcare to children. To introduce the plan, they called on Teddy >Kennedy. Kennedy failed. Kennedy, they realized, was trusted by most >Americans even less than the Clintons. > >Next they turned to Orrin Hatch, who teamed up with Kennedy and rammed the >legislation through Congress. Healthcare for kids. Of course, everyone was >in favor of it. Voting against it was a good way to lose an election. And, >once the law was codified, the bureaucracy possessed the authority to simply >expand it to include anyone and everyone. > >What was not in the legislation was funding to create a biometric health >care card. The authority to do it was there, but not the money. For the >money, the Clinton administration turned to the Robert Wood Johnson >Foundation. The foundation, created by the founder of Johnson & Johnson, >obliged and funded the experimental program which was kicked off in three >western cities (noted above). > >What was introduced to members of the National Institute of Health in Denver >as a card that will record the inoculation records of children, includes >everything from DNA typing to that individual's medical, psychiatric and >financial history. It was because the biometric card would also contain the >psychiatric history of the cardholder that an employee of the National >Institute of Health approached me and offered me the data that is contained >in this report. > >In my initial meeting with the NIH employee, I was also told that this >person had commented to a NIH executive that it was not good for the card to >contain so much personal information that was not needed to monitor the >rates of inoculation of the children covered by the program, since it would >provide the government information that could easily be misused. > >At that point the NIH executive laughed and said: "What do you think we have >do with the data we get from Medicare and Medicaid? We've been using it for >years to apprehend and deport illegal aliens and to capture those wanted by >the law." > >In the case of the Health Passport, which is the precursor of the National >Driver's License that will go into affect nationwide on October 1, 2000, >however, the is one added feature--it contains a tracking chip. > >At a recent National Institute of Health seminar, an NIH executive proudly >displayed an electronic map created by the NIH computer technicians that >pinpointed every Health Passport card holder in Denver, Colorado. It was a >"living map" that would track each Health Passport card holder if and when >they moved. Whether or not such a map had been created for the other two >"pilot" cities is not known. > >NOTE: Before I left Washington this afternoon, I spoke for about a half hour >with Stan Johnson of the Prophecy Club, and emailed Stan a copy of the Heath >Passport Card. Stan has additional information on this subject, particularly >with respect to a new computer mainframe that the government recently >installed in Denver that ties in with the information I have been receiving >from my own source in the National Institute of Health. Apparently this is >the planned topic for the Prophecy Club's radio talk show next Monday (and >because it is, I will not reveal any of the revelations that Stan shared >with me on the phone this afternoon. I would strongly urge you to visit >Stan's website for additional information. > >http://www.prophecyclub.com/ > >--------------------------------------------- >http://www.westgov.org/hpp/hpp-web.htm > >HEALTH PASSPORT > >A Project of the Western Governors' Association >- Frequently Asked Questions - > >Introduction to the Health Passport Project > >What is the Health Passport Project? > >The Health Passport Project is a three-city demonstration that uses what is >called a "smart card" to put important health-related information at the >fingertips of mothers and their children. People participating in the >demonstration are those eligible for care under public health programs. The >Health Passport Project is the largest health-care demonstration in the >United States for smart cards and will be conducted over two years in the >cities of Bismarck, North Dakota; Cheyenne, Wyoming; and Reno, Nevada. The >project will demonstrate how people can use these electronic cards to give >up-to-date information to their health-care providers, including physicians, >nurses, nutritionists and early childhood educators. > > >Food Retailers > >Grocers who handle thousands of checks for nutrition benefits will find the >new system involves less paperwork, results in quicker check-out, and >provides more timely reimbursement. The Health Passport works like a bank >card at the check-out counter. Benefits are automatically downloaded to the >client's card at the retailer. Distribution of WIC benefits will be >demonstrated in Reno and Cheyenne. > > >More About the Demonstrations >Which public health programs are participating? > >--- >Bismarck, North Dakota > >The Family Doctors, Bismarck Burleigh Nursing, WIC, Head Start, >Immunizations, Medicaid, the Optimal Pregnancy Outcome Program, and Maternal >and Child Health > >Bertie Bishop >(701) 255-3397 > >--- >Cheyenne, Wyoming > >Cheyenne Children's Clinic, the University of Wyoming Family Practice >Residency Center, Laramie County Public Health Nursing, Medicaid, WIC, Head >Start, Maternal and Child Health, and Immunizations > >Terry Williams >(307) 777-6008 > >--- >Reno, Nevada > >WIC, Immunizations, and Head Start >Marty Brown >(702) 883-6992 >------------------------------------------------- > >http://www.westgov.org/hpp/ > >http://www.westgov.org/wga/publicat/hppsum.htm > >Health Passport > >Information Technology: Toward a Health Card for the West > >"Congress is considering the most sweeping changes to the delivery of social >services since the New Deal. In this environment, the Health Passport >presents an innovative tool to help ensure the continued delivery of >critical services to low income women and children--even as government >sponsored programs are consolidated or eliminated. While devolution of >authority to the states is expected to reduce duplicative federal >administrative structures, the debate in Washington has done little to >provide practical solutions. The Health Passport offers a tool to help >achieve these administrative savings empowering citizens and preserving the >integrity of services." > >======================================================================= >Don't believe anything you read on the Net unless: >1) you can confirm it with another source, and/or >2) it is consistent with what you already know to be true. >======================================================================= >Reply to: <fingerprint(a)networkusa.org> >======================================================================= > To subscribe to the free Scan This News newsletter, send a message to > <majordomo(a)efga.org> and type "subscribe scan" in the BODY. > Or, to be removed type "unsubscribe scan" in the message BODY. > For additional instructions see www.efga.org/about/maillist.html >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > "Scan This News" is Sponsored by S.C.A.N. > Host of the "FIGHT THE FINGERPRINT!" web page: > www.networkusa.org/fingerprint.shtml >======================================================================= > --part0_914875392_boundary-- -> Send "subscribe snetnews " to majordomo(a)world.std.com -> Posted by: USCMike1(a)aol.com

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[FP] FW: GE - Icelandic DNA database
by Vladimir Z. Nuri 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

From: "ScanThisNews" <mcdonalds(a)airnet.net> Subject: [FP] FW: GE - Icelandic DNA database Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 20:00:29 -0600 To: "ScanThisNews Recipients List" <scan(a)efga.org> ====================================================================== SCAN THIS NEWS 12/28/98 [Forwarded by request] -----Original Message----- From: Wolf [mailto:Fenris@reality8.demon.co.uk] Subject: GE - Icelandic DNA database This is from the genetics mail list. Can you help to circulate as they are asking for foreign intervention in the form of an e-mail campaign? I suspect that once governments can point to one country that has this sort of database in place it will be used as an example of what the rest of us should be aiming at...ycchhhh!!! ------- Forwarded message follows ------- From: genetics <genetics(a)gn.apc.org> (by way of genetics <genetics(a)gn.apc.org>) Subject: GE - Icelandic DNA database From: Herbert Mehrtens <h.mehrtens(a)tu-bs.de> >HELP PREVENT A BIOTECHNOLOGICAL DISASTER!!!!! > >The controversial health database bill has been passed in >the Icelandic parliament. It was approved by a vote of >37 in favor, 20 saying no, and 6 MPs absent. Before the >bill becomes a law it must be signed by the President of >Iceland, Mr. Olafur Ragnar Grimsson. > >Several wide-ranging changes were made to the bill in >the last few days. Personal protection was decreased by >stating specifically that the licensee use unencrypted >health data. Even more blatant is the new provision in >the bill that the database contain genetic information. >Formerly it was to contain only health information from >hospital charts and doctors records. > >For those who have been following the discussion, >it will be of interest to know that the bill is in >fact now a new bill--a result of the collusion between >the Ministry of Health, the government and deCODE >--and the database has now become the Icelandic DNA >-collection bill or the pharmacogenetic wonderland >bill instead of a health database bill (see also letter by >Bogi Andersen to the editor, Science, Dec. 11, 1998, >p. 1993). > >If there was any doubt as to whether an individual will be >personally identifiable, now it is certain that every >person can be traced, either individually or through >pedigrees, by using genetic tracers or DNA sequences, >in the near future. The consequences of including >genetic information are momentous. Therefore: > >1. The database bill should not be made a law nor >should it be implemented, because of ethical, privacy, >consumer and human rights concerns. > >2. If there is to be a health/genetic database in spite of >these concerns, informed consent and independent >ethical review committees are minimum requirements. > >The Icelandic Research Council which supported the bill >has abruptly withdrawn its support following an emergency >meeting on Dec. 14 because of the inclusion of genetic data >in the proposed database and infraction of free scientific >research. > >Likewise, the former President of Iceland, Mrs. Vigdis >Finnbogadottir, who sat on the Board of deCODE has >resigned due to conflict with her role as President of >UNESCO's World Commission on Scientific Knowledge >and Technology. > >For further details please refer to the website of Mannvernd, >the Icelandic Association for Ethics in Science and Medicine, >for news update in English. Also consult a graphical presentation >of the views of over 50 agencies and experts which submitted >highly critical opinions to the Health Committee of Althing as >the 2nd version of the bill was debated this fall; to no avail >as these opinions were callously ignored by the government >majority on the Health Committee: > ><http://www.simnet.is/mannvernd/english/articles/03.12.1998_summary_of_opi nio>http://www.simnet.is/mannvernd/english/articles/03.12.1998_summary_of_op inio >ns.html > >Also see the associations' English language home page: > ><http://www.simnet.is/mannvernd/english/index.html>http://www.simnet.is/ma nnvernd/english/index.html > >deCODE's representatives have unsuccessfully >tried to rebuke our information in the internet news >discussion groups. Thanks to DENDRITE's David Oaks >and others this has been answered in an informed and >decisive manner. > >deCODE's statement that personal information will be >anonymous is false. Anonymous means that names and ID's >have been eliminated. The database will include ID's >that, although encrypted, can be used to trace individuals, >as explained by encryption expert Ross Andersons' report: > ><http://www.cl.cam.ac.uk/~rja14/iceland/iceland.html>http://www.cl.cam.ac. uk/~rja14/iceland/iceland.html > >Most experts consider the database information personally >identifiable, which means that informed consent should be >sought, according to international ethical standards. These >concerns become magnified once genetic data is included. > >An ethical committee was introduced in the latest version of >the bill. Yet it is not specified who shall sit on the committee >and it is strongly suspected that the Minister of Health will >appoint the licensees' representative on the committee. Moreover, >that provision speaks volume for the fact that the government >does not want to recognize the irreducible bond between consent >(informed or otherwise) and ethics committees. By passing the >law the government violates sound principles of scientific ethics >and human rights. > >Also, parliamentary majority spokesmen have dicussed the >possibility of including prescription information from >drug stores in the database! This is not specified in the bill >but could be in later revisions, according to newspapers >supporting the government. This would be similar to turning >a gold mine into a diamond mine. > >The Icelandic database bill has been considered by numerous >foreign experts (see opinions on Mannvernd's website) and >is considered in the Economist (Dec. 5-12, 1998) and New Scientist >(Dec. 5th, 1998) to set a precedent of how medical and genetic >databases in other countries could be constructed and misused in >the future. > >This biotechnological disaster in the making is of international >concern and importance. We consider ourselves being on the >outpost of this battle for users' rights in new genetic research >and important biotechnology developments and we need all >the support we can get. > >We are grateful for any help we can get. Although the bill >was passed by the parliament on Dec. 17, it needs to be signed >by the President, whereafter much work needs to be done, regulations >written, agreements made with the licensee etc. > >Foreign intervention at this moment may have a crucial >effect upon future course of events. > >Please write letters of concern/protest to > >Prime Minister Mr. David Oddsson, >Stjornarradshusinu >Laekjatorg >Reykjavik >Iceland > >E-mail: postur(a)for.stjr.is >Fax: 00354+562 4014 > >and > >Minister of Health Ms. Ingibjorg Palmadottir >Arnarhvoli >Reykjavik >Iceland > >E-mail: postur(a)htr.stjr.is >Fax: 00354+551 9165 > > >with a copy to Mannvernd, > >yours sincerely, > >Petur Hauksson, chairman >Icelandic Mental Health Alliance (Gedhjalp) >Tryggvagotu 9 >101 Reykjavik >Iceland > >peturh(a)itn.is >gedhjalp(a)isholf.is ----------------(-x?)nS(r7A)------------------ Fenris Wolf http://members.xoom.com/Astraea/CAPACS.htm http://members.xoom.com/Astraea/RSPCAhelp.htm http://www.marketersworld.com/members/Fenris/ ======================================================================= Don't believe anything you read on the Net unless: 1) you can confirm it with another source, and/or 2) it is consistent with what you already know to be true. ======================================================================= Reply to: <fingerprint(a)networkusa.org> ======================================================================= To subscribe to the free Scan This News newsletter, send a message to <majordomo(a)efga.org> and type "subscribe scan" in the BODY. 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PWL files
by Chris Rowley 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I've been trying to figure out the method of encryption for OSR2 Win95 and Win98 *.pwl files and I was hoping someone had some details about the method used. I've been told that resources are encrypted using RC4 with a MD5 hash of the password as the key, although I haven't had any luck using this information to decrypt resources with a known password. Does anyone have it figured out?

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Re: New! Active Virtual Firewall
by William H. Geiger III 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I thought this may be of interest (or at least a chuckel). ------------------------------------------------------------------------- The following message is forwarded to you by "William H. Geiger III" <whgiii(a)openpgp.net> (listed as the From user of this message). The original sender (see the header, below) was jim kalember <kalember(a)ix.netcom.com> and has been set as the "Reply-To" field of this message. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- >Newsgroups: comp.os.os2.networking.tcp-ip >Subject: New! Active Virtual Firewall >Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1998 22:36:56 -0800 >Organization: PAL >Message-ID: <36887888.3A995E06(a)ix.netcom.com> >NNTP-Posting-Host: whx-ca1-23.ix.netcom.com >Mime-Version: 1.0 We have just completed technology validation demo for an "active virtual firewall" that utilizes a new technique, software genetics, to secure remotes and hosts. Technical details are available from <kalember(a)stanford.edu>. The approach is virtually impervious to a text hack and should be investigated by anyone serious about securing VPN to Internet portals, or any private network. This is new technology--no data is encrypted. Technical details from our developers at <kalember(a)stanford.edu>. -- Jim Kalember VP Technical Staffing Professional Access Limited ----------------------------------------------------- -- End of forwarded message ----------------------------------------------------- -- --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.openpgp.net Geiger Consulting Cooking With Warp 4.0 Author of E-Secure - PGP Front End for MR/2 Ice PGP & MR/2 the only way for secure e-mail. OS/2 PGP 5.0 at: http://www.openpgp.net/pgp.html --------------------------------------------------------------- We have just completed technology validation demo for an "active virtual firewall" that utilizes a new technique, software genetics, to secure remotes and hosts. Technical details are available from <kalember(a)stanford.edu>. The approach is virtually impervious to a text hack and should be investigated by anyone serious about securing VPN to Internet portals, or any private network. This is new technology--no data is encrypted. Technical details from our developers at <kalember(a)stanford.edu>. -- Jim Kalember VP Technical Staffing Professional Access Limited

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OpenBSD vs FreeBSD
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text Resent-Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:43:47 -0500 To: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Subject: OpenBSD vs FreeBSD Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 11:47:08 -0500 From: glen mccready <glen(a)qnx.com> Resent-From: 0xdeadbeef(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Resent-Sender: 0xdeadbeef-request(a)substance.abuse.blackdown.org Forwarded-by: Nev Dull <nev(a)bostic.com> Forwarded-by: Satya Palani <satya(a)gho.st> =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 20:44:53 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert(a)cyrus.watson.org> Subject: Re: OpenBSD vs FreeBSD On 5 Dec 1998, Julian Assange wrote: >> Do you really expect people here, on this list to say >> "Use OpenBSD" or "Use Linux" or etc? > > `Use NetBSD' Use a toaster oven. Toaster ovens have excellent network security characteristics. For example, they are not susceptible to any IMAP-based buffer overflow attacks; additionally, current toaster ovens are not known to have any bugs in their TCP/IP stacks, nor have been vulnerable to any in the recent past (according to CERT advisories, anyway). Toaster ovens require console access to perform administrative functions (such as modification of temperature settings), but this will not impede deployment in a number of environment. Toaster ovens may be vulnerable to a remote denial of service attack involving manipulation of power lines -- however, most operating systems running on standard hardware are also vulnerable to this attack. I have found that my toaster oven has served me well for a number of years, and produces excellent grilled cheese sandwiches, which is far better than my pentium running FreeBSD, largely because the cooling fan on the pentium does too good a job. Go figure. Maybe if I get a pentium pro? Neither my FreeBSD box nor my toaster oven has suffered from a security problem in a while. Robert N Watson robert(a)fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: 03 01 DD 8E 15 67 48 73 25 6D 10 FC EC 68 C1 1C Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ =-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-= Date: Sun, 6 Dec 1998 21:44:36 -0500 (EST) From: Robert Watson <robert(a)cyrus.watson.org> Subject: Re: OpenBSD vs FreeBSD On Sun, 6 Dec 1998, Robert Watson wrote: > Use a toaster oven. Toaster ovens have excellent network security > characteristics. For example, they are not susceptible to any IMAP-based > buffer overflow attacks; additionally, current toaster ovens are not known A friend of mine points out that toaster ovens are susceptible to a buffer overflow involving pieces of bread exceeding the safe bread limit in the oven, which can result in a fire, or at the very least, a lot of burnt bread. As such, I am no longer planning to deploy toaster ovens as web servers on our network. Apologies for any misleading details concerning the reliability of toaster ovens in hostile environments -- I hope no one has made purchasing decisions based on this misinformation! Robert N Watson robert(a)fledge.watson.org http://www.watson.org/~robert/ PGP key fingerprint: 03 01 DD 8E 15 67 48 73 25 6D 10 FC EC 68 C1 1C Carnegie Mellon University http://www.cmu.edu/ TIS Labs at Network Associates, Inc. http://www.tis.com/ SafePort Network Services http://www.safeport.com/ --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)philodox.com> Philodox Financial Technology Evangelism <http://www.philodox.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Culture News from Wired News [news From The Chaos Communications Congress (Berlin) - Stu]
by Stu Green 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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FW: Repeal Compulsory-School Laws?
by Robert Hettinga 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

--- begin forwarded text From: Carla Howell <carlahowell(a)mediaone.net> To: "General lpma (E-mail)" <general(a)lpma.org> Subject: FW: Repeal Compulsory-School Laws? Date: Tue, 29 Dec 1998 10:45:41 -0500 Sender: owner-general(a)lpma.org -----Original Message----- From: Jack Shimek [SMTP:jshimek@jaqboot.mv.com] Sent: Saturday, December 26, 1998 11:06 AM To: Jack Shimek Subject: Repeal Compulsory-School Laws? Separation of School and State Alliance - New Hampshire ******************************************** The following article is brought to you courtesy of SepSchool-NH If you wish to be removed from this mailing list, please reply with your request to be removed. Thank you. ******************************************** *****REPEAL COMPULSORY-SCHOOL LAWS? ***** Backers Say Learning And Innovation At Stake Date: 12/2/98 Author: Aaron Steelman (c) Copyright 1998 Investors Business Daily, Inc. Three years ago, state Rep. Russell George, a Republican, offered an amendment to repeal the Colorado law that mandates school attendance for children between ages 6 and 16. George's reason: Disruptive kids who would rather not be in school were causing problems for attentive students. "I posed a simple theory," George said. "If you want better education, then you are better off having people in the system who want to learn. We shouldn't be using schools as juvenile justice detention centers. "That forces learning at the lowest common denominator. And until we figure that out, we are not going to get a handle on why the public schools aren't doing well," he said. What's more, some critics of the attendance laws say repealing them could lead to a flowering of innovative private schools. Repeal also could free the estimated 1.7 million children who are schooled at home from burdensome regulations. Such benefits, analysts say, could entice other states to follow Colorado's lead and reconsider the wisdom of compulsory school attendance. Every state requires children to attend school until they earn a high-school diploma or until they reach a certain age, typically 16 or 18. Massachusetts passed the first compulsory-schooling law in 1852. Most states (and former territories) followed suit over the next several decades. George's amendment to repeal the compulsory-attendance laws died in committee, but many parents and frustrated teachers supported the change. The idea was particularly popular in rural western Colorado. But it had supporters statewide, says Arthur Ellis, assistant commissioner of the Colorado Department of Education. "I wouldn't be surprised if we saw a similar bill brought forward in the next session," Ellis said. If so, it will have a powerful champion in George, who is the new speaker of the Colorado House. Colorado's education establishment is not keen on repealing the state's century-old attendance laws, however. By repealing its attendance laws, the state would be "abandoning" its responsibility to kids, says Jeanne Beyer, director of communications for the Colorado Education Association. Democrat Michael Feeley, minority leader of the Colorado Senate, said: "We would grow an underclass of uneducated, unemployable, illiterate kids who would be sticking a gun in your ribs because that's the only thing they would be capable of doing." On the contrary, "It's actually the system that has abandoned the kids," said Sheldon Richman, senior fellow at the Future of Freedom Foundation. "It sticks them in a custodial facility and lets them languish." Richard Seder, education studies director at the Reason Public Policy Institute in Los Angeles, said that compulsory attendance can contribute to violence in the schools. "A student who doesn't want to be at school and is forced to be there will act out, (either) through intimidation of other students or intimidation of teachers and administrators," Seder said. It's not clear that repealing compulsory-attendance laws would actually put kids on the streets, says E.G. West, an emeritus economics professor at Carleton University in Ottawa, Ontario, and author of "Education and the State." West studied compulsory-attendance laws in Britain and found that education was widespread before schooling was mandatory and free. "There were upward trends in both literacy and school attendance" before compulsory-schooling laws passed, West said. In the mid-1800s, school attendance rates were growing twice as fast as the population. By 1870, the British literacy rate was more than 90%, and nearly all kids received some formal schooling. What's more, many youths benefited from apprenticeship programs. "A lot of the firms that employed younger people provided them with education on the job," West said. If all that's true, why were the compulsory-attendance laws passed in the first place? "I think the primary reason was to eliminate competition in the labor force," said Mary Novello, author of "For All the Wrong Reasons: The Story Behind Government Schools." She says some of the support for mandatory schooling came from labor organizers who thought young workers were taking jobs from adults. Marshall Fritz, director of the Fresno, Calif.-based Separation of School & State Alliance, thinks that the attendance laws create an artificial distinction between campus schooling and everyday, less-formal learning. If the laws are repealed, he says, that distinction will be blurred, and innovative schools will prosper. That's badly needed, Fritz says, because most private schools now mirror the public schools in their approach. "I think the government schools are teaching the kids to run a 17-minute mile," he said. "The private schools are teaching them to run a 13- or 14-minute mile. And they look great in comparison, because in the race of the slow, someone has to be first." Richman, the author of "Separating School and State," shares Fritz's frustration about private schools' lack of creativity. But he's less optimistic about alternative schools sprouting up. For that to happen, he says, it may be necessary to eliminate the taxes that fund public schools as well as to repeal attendance laws. "When Christopher Whittle set up the Edison Project (a system of private, for-profit schools), he said he was going to reinvent the school. But he ran up against the problem that a lot of people who were already paying taxes for schools didn't also want to spend money for tuition," Richman said. However, repealing compulsory-attendance laws would instantly make life easier for many home-schoolers, says Michael Farris, father of 10 home-schooled children and president of the Home School Legal Defense Association in Purcellville, Va. The laws not only say that kids must go to school, but they also define what is and is not a school, Farris says. Consider the case of Stephen and Lois Pustell of Lynn, Mass. They home school their three school-aged children. They've been in a court battle with their local school district since '91. The school district says it should be able to inspect the family's home to see how the kids are being taught. The Pustells object. "In our case, they were willing to waive all the other requirements (for home-schoolers, including an annual review of the curricula and the students' progress) except for the home visits," Mr. Pustell said. "Without the compulsory-attendance law, there would be no justification at all for what they are trying to do." Despite the Pustells' situation, Farris says home-schoolers are having fewer problems now than in the past. "There's no question that things have moved in a more lenient direction in the last 15 years. If you were a home-schooler in the early '80s, there was a high probability that you would be prosecuted," Farris said. In '96, Hawaii lowered its compulsory-attendance age to 16 from 18. Other states have considered similar changes. Will Colorado go all the way and repeal its attendance laws? Ellis said that the Colorado Department of Education isn't "going to lead the charge to repeal the laws, but we're not going to put any energy into preserving them, either." But you can count on teachers unions to put up a fight. "Even though you could probably find lots of frustrated teachers (who would like to see the attendance laws repealed), organizationally we wouldn't support that," the Colorado Education Association's Beyer said. --- end forwarded text ----------------- Robert A. 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