December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

You Might Find This Interesting & Informative. I Did.
by user329＠ybecker.net 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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17 Dec '03

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[MILCOM] NSA: struggling with diversity ...
by Dave Emery 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

----- Forwarded message from MHollis628(a)aol.com ----- Note: the following appeared in the Balto Sun ... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ NSA's quest for diversity called threat Employees say personnel practices weaken security; Agency is reducing staff; Complaints, lawsuits illuminate friction based on race, sex ------------------------------------------------------------------------ By Scott Wilson SUN STAFF The National Security Agency, whose size, secrecy and mission were spawned by the Cold War, is in the midst of personnel changes that current and former employees warn are a threat to national security. In interviews and in federal lawsuits, NSA workers say some of the agency's most senior personnel are being forced out as the nation's biggest intelligence agency attempts simultaneously to reduce and diversify its staff. An uneasy atmosphere, some say, has fostered strife over promotions and job security at the elite electronic-eavesdropping agency. As a result, some question whether national security is being imperiled by inexperienced employees being promoted to sensitive jobs to meet hiring quotas. At least a dozen lawsuits filed recently illuminate the racial and gender friction within the agency. Former employees call senior leadership the "Irish Mafia" and the Office of Discrimination Complaints and Counseling "a party organization for blacks." White men, white women, black women and black men have all claimed that secretive and subjective personnel rules have violated their civil rights. Jane S. Harris, a black NSA employee who failed to get a promotion, stated in a discrimination suit filed against the agency last year that personnel officials blame minorities for racial tension. "It is a white majority problem," she said. "And the effects are felt by people of color." In recent months, three such suits have been dismissed as groundless. A Glen Burnie lawyer says he has received more than 20 requests since April from NSA employees considering legal action. The lawyer, Emile J. Henault Jr., a former 27-year NSA employee, said, "Suddenly it's become overwhelming." He said there is a consideration beyond morale and that he questions whether the agency can remain competitive. "They've lost their technological edge," Henault said. "I don't think they can survive when other agencies [at the Pentagon] are doing their job better. I never thought anyone would be able to do it better." The main concern, though, is whether, in its push to diversify its work force, the agency is leaving sensitive national security tasks in the hands of untrained workers. One former NSA veteran offered as evidence a recent travel report. Such reports, which are required of NSA employees after business trips, are unclassified, available on request to anyone outside the agency. The report in question, filed by an inexperienced agent, detailed a trip to a city in Colombia that revealed classified details of the Drug Enforcement Agency's operation, down to the location of offices, names and secret technological information. Such slips are not the only national security risk, NSA veterans say. This year, the agency's personnel office, prompted by a growing number of incidents, warned employees against using the Internet to access adult "news" groups and other pornographic sites. Doing so not only violates NSA work rules but is considered a risk because foreign agents could try to blackmail employees discovered with explicit or illegal pornography. Domain of white males Shielded by national security concerns during the Cold War, the NSA was among the least diverse agencies in the federal government for decades -- fewer than one in 10 employees was a member of a minority. It was, by and large, the domain of highly trained white men. That ended with a 1994 investigation by the Defense Department inspector general that found "the NSA had not identified systemic problems and barriers faced by women and minorities in recruitment, hiring, promotion or career development." Congress demanded action, and the next year the NSA completed its first plan to recruit minorities. At the same time, Congress asked the agency, Maryland's largest employer, to shrink the 20,000-member work force it had built up during the Cold War. And a commission run by former Defense Secretary Harold Brown stressed the need for a younger work force last year. Reduction of 2,000 jobs By conservative estimates, the agency has pared 2,200 jobs in the past two years through attrition and early retirement. Of the 1,178 employees who left last year, almost 70 percent were white men. "They are having a problem modernizing their work force," said a congressional staff member familiar with intelligence issues, who requested anonymity. "Using the bully pulpit to get them to change is one thing. But we may give them extraordinary powers [such as early-retirement incentives] to reach their goals. The health of the agency depends on it having a large influx of talented young people. It is a substantial concern." Lt. Gen. Kenneth A. Minihan, named NSA director last year, described "the painful process of change" before the House Select Committee on Intelligence in September. "We are moving beyond diversity solely as a demographic exercise focused exclusively on race and gender," he said. "The message is this: Diversity encompasses and benefits every employee at NSA, and making diversity work is part of each of our jobs." It hasn't been easy making the NSA "look like America," Minihan told Congress. The NSA wanted one of every three new employees to be a minority. Nevertheless, of 425 people hired during the fiscal year that ended Sept. 30, 20.5 percent were minorities and 23.8 percent were white women, between 10 and 13 percentage points short of the hiring goal. That left a work force with a slightly increased proportion of minorities -- from 11.3 percent in 1993 to 12.7 percent three years later. A new bureaucracy The push to diversify, though, has spawned a whole new bureaucracy within an agency already dubbed "the Puzzle Palace." The personnel office now uses a "Diversity Model" computer program. The Office of Small and Disadvantaged Business Utilization charts agency minority contracting. A Systemic Barriers Process Action Team was created to identify problems with minority promotion. In addition, an agency once so secret that its employees were forbidden to tell friends where they worked now sponsors programs for Women's Equality Day and Hispanic Heritage Month that feature speakers from outside the agency. A new class is available to employees called "Selection Board and Cultural Diversity Training Course." This summer, the agency will hold its first I Am an American Day. Nonetheless, annual employee complaints filed with the federal Equal Employment Opportunity Commission have doubled. In 1990, 17 employees filed claims with the watchdog agency. In 1995, the number was 45, and in nine months so far this fiscal year, 33 workers have filed. The complaints continue even as the NSA has changed its promotion policy. Now women and minority candidates receive at least one round of extra consideration for promotion, which means a minority woman receives three chances to advance to a white man's one. And that has its own problems. In February 1993, William J. Sonntag, an NSA employee, was up for promotion to deputy division chief. He did not get it. All three slots went to women. In May 1995, he filed suit in U.S. District Court in Baltimore. "I was denied consideration of a management position on the sole basis that white males were not being considered for three such jobs in my office," Sonntag states in his lawsuit. But Sonntag, of Ellicott City, lost his case last year. "It is fair to say that the entire thrust of [the] plaintiff's position is that [it] prohibits affirmative action," wrote Judge Frederic N. Smalkin in his ruling. Sonntag, now appealing the judge's ruling, and other NSA employees allege that the agency uses an aggressive brand of affirmative action to deny promotions and even to fire employees. Henault calls the personnel office, which works with NSA's medical staff and counseling office, a "paramilitary group." He said the agency uses information from confidential employee-counseling sessions to revoke security clearances -- and, with them, jobs. A weekend drunken-driving arrest, which used to prompt counseling sessions, now frequently results in the loss of a security pass and dismissal, he said. "When you say `national security,' everybody just wilts," Henault said. "Everybody hides under it." Sonntag alleged in his suit that the NSA "deleted crucial data on my qualifications from my personnel file," which the agency denied. A former NSA employee said he was told to leave the agency after almost three decades or medical benefits to his wife, who suffers from a chronic illness, would be cut off. Attempt to embarrass In another case, a female employee, who filed her suit under the name "Jane Doe" fearing retribution, claims NSA released her confidential personnel files to embarrass her in an outside court case. The agency defends the release as legal. "That is why the morale is so low within the intelligence community," said Mark Zaid, a Washington lawyer who represents Jane Doe. "They make a mistake, and they refuse to accept responsibility. They go out of their way to avoid it." Other suits accuse NSA psychologists of producing false medical evaluations to justify the revocation of security clearances, which are required for agency work. The federal civil service offers legal job protections, but a security clearance is not a right and can be pulled at a supervisor's discretion. In 1988, the U.S. Supreme Court ruled that a security clearance can be revoked subjectively and that no right exists to appeal the decision. In response to questions from The Sun about personnel policy, the NSA public affairs office issued a statement that: "Far from diversity diverting our focus from national security issues, it strengthens us as an agency. It is the law of the land, it is Congressionally mandated and it is the right thing to do." ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Originally Published on 7/06/97 ---- This is the milcom mailing list. Milcom is devoted to military communications monitoring in the HF/VHF/UHF radio spectrum and beyond. To post to the list, send an email to : milcom(a)grove.net To unsubscribe the list, send an email to: majordomo(a)grove.net with only "unsubscribe milcom" in the BODY of the email. ---- ----- End of forwarded message from MHollis628(a)aol.com -----

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Hoarding
by Steve Schear 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I heard yesterday, second hand, that hoarding of large amounts of food is now a federal crime. The explanation I heard was that it was intended to thwart militias. Has anyone else on the list heard this loony info? --Steve PGP encrypted mail PREFERRED (See MIT/BAL servers for my PK) PGP Fingerprint: FE 90 1A 95 9D EA 8D 61 81 2E CC A9 A4 4A FB A9 --------------------------------------------------------------------- Steve Schear (N7ZEZ) | Internet: azur(a)netcom.com 7075 West Gowan Road | Voice: 1-702-658-2654 Suite 2148 | Fax: 1-702-658-2673 Las Vegas, NV 89129 | --------------------------------------------------------------------- God grant me the serenity to accept the things I cannot change; The courage to change the things I can; The weapons that make the difference; And the wisdom to hide the bodies of the people that got in my way;-) "Surveilence is ultimately just another form of media, and thus, potential entertainment." --G. Beato "We've all heard that a million monkeys banging on a million typewriters will eventually reproduce the entire works of Shakespeare. Now, thanks to the Internet, we know this is not true." -- Dr. Robert Silensky

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Fw: Hack the Mars rover
by Phillip M. Hallam-Baker 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Probably a very bad plan unless you like prison food... Like the downside if you get caught is likely to be non-trivial. Imagine an outcry above the Mitinic level and bellow the McVeigh level... On the other hand I would not be too sure about the level of security being exceptional. I know that the NSA was not involved in giving security advice on Federal Web server setup until very recently (after the CIA raid). I suspect that the result of Lucky's mail is thart some poor guy is now going to have to sit up nursing a comms link watching for attempts to penetrate. Mentioning possible security holes in specific installations in public is not really fair. I know of one well known security consultant who claimed to have reported a security weakness at a particular site. Caused a massive panic. When the alledged report could not be found you can guess what happened to the guys chances of getting any business... Phill ---- From: Ryan Anderson <randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu> Newsgroups: ailab.cypherpunks Date: Monday, July 07, 1997 5:47 PM Subject: Re: Hack the Mars rover >On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Paul H. Merrill wrote: > >> I hate to be the one to tell you this, but taking someone's toy away -- >> even just for awhile -- IS Denial of Service. And, yes, 'twould be a >> Blast to go joyriding. > >Yeah, it's still DoS, but it's not quite the same as just taking the toy >away from everyone.. > >----------------------------------------------------------------------- >Ryan Anderson - <Pug Majere> "Who knows, even the horse might sing" >Wayne State University - CULMA "May you live in interesting times.." >randerso(a)ece.eng.wayne.edu Ohio = VYI of the USA >PGP Fingerprint - 7E 8E C6 54 96 AC D9 57 E4 F8 AE 9C 10 7E 78 C9 >----------------------------------------------------------------------- > >

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Need Money? This REALLY works!!!
by Ashish Mahajan 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

NOTE: "If you have not requested this message then please disregard and accept our apologies. PLEASE DO NOT READ ANY FURTHER UNLESS YOU NEED MORE MONEY!?!" Dear friend, July 1997. Mark your calender. This is no joke and I'm not here to waste your time, so pay close attention. The plan is SIMPLE, and actually WORKS, for one reason only: "32 cents" By this I mean a lack thereof...no letters to mail. Only a few strokes of your keyboard and a few thousand emails moving at the speed of light, for FREE, other than your internet access fee. It's started with VERY MINIMAL outlay ($20) and the income return will have you laughing in DISBELIEF all the way to the bank. Do it now or hear about it later...read on please, and thank me when you make your first $1000.... Talk to you in eight weeks... <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> You are about to make at least $50,000 - In less than 90 days. Read the enclosed program...THEN READ IT AGAIN!... <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> <> The enclosed information is something I almost let slip through my fingers. Fortunately, sometime later I re-read everything and gave some thought and study to it. My name is Christopher Erickson. Two years ago, the corporation I worked at for the past twelve years down-sized and my position was eliminated. After unproductive job interviews, I decided to open my own business. Over the past year, I incurred many unforeseen financial problems. I owed my family, friends, and creditors over $35,000. The economy was taking a toll on my business and I just couldn't seem to make ends meet. I had to refinance and borrow against my home to support my family and struggling business. I truly believe it was wrong for me to be in debt like this. AT THAT MOMENT something significant happened in my life and I am writing to share my experience in hopes that this will change your life FOREVER....FINANCIALLY!!! In mid-December, I received this program via email. Six months prior to receiving this program I had been sending away for information on various business opportunities. All of the programs I received, in my opinion, were not cost effective. They were either too difficult for me to comprehend or the initial investment was too much for me to risk to see if they worked or not. One claimed I'd make a million dollars in one year...it didn't tell me I'd have to write a book to make it. But like I was saying, in December of '95 I received this program. I didn't send for it, or ask for it, they just got my name off a mailing list. THANK GOODNESS FOR THAT!!! After reading it several times, to make sure I was reading it correctly, I couldn't believe my eyes. Here was a MONEY-MAKING PHENOMENON. I could invest as much as I wanted to start, without putting me further in debt. After I got a pencil and paper and figured it out, I would at least get my money back. After determining that the program is LEGAL and NOT A CHAIN LETTER, I decided "WHY NOT". Initially I sent out 10,000 emails. It only cost me about $15.00 for my time on-line. The great thing about email is that I didn't need any money for printing to send out the program, only the cost to fulfill my orders. I am telling you like it is, I hope it doesn't turn you off, but I promised myself that I would not "rip-off" anyone, no matter how much money it cost me! A good program to help do this is Ready Aim Fire, an email extracting and mass mail program at: http://microsyssolutions.com/ In less than one week, I was starting to receive orders for REPORT #1. By January 13th, I had received 26 orders for REPORT #1. When you read the GUARANTEE in the program, you will see that "YOU MUST RECEIVE 15 TO 20 ORDERS FOR REPORT #1 WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IF YOU DON'T, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO!" My first step in making $50,000 in 20 to 90 days was done. By January 30th, I had received 196 orders for REPORT #2. If you go back to the GUARANTEE, "YOU MUST RECEIVE 100 OR MORE ORDERS FOR REPORT #2 WITHIN TWO WEEKS. IF NOT, SEND OUT MORE PROGRAMS UNTIL YOU DO. ONCE YOU HAVE 100 ORDERS, THE REST IS EASY, RELAX, YOU WILL MAKE YOUR $50,000 GOAL." Well, I had 196 orders for REPORT #2, 96 more than I needed. So I sat back and relaxed. By March 19th, of my emailing of 10,000, I received $58,000 with more coming in every day. I paid off ALL my debts and bought a much needed new car. Please take time to read the attached program, IT WILL CHANGE YOUR LIFE FOREVER! Remember, it wont work if you don't try it. This program does work, but you must follow it EXACTLY! Especially the rules of not trying to place your name in a different place. It doesn't work, you'll lose out on a lot of money! REPORT #2 explains this. Always follow the guarantee, 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1, and 100 or more orders for REPORT #2 and you will make $50,000 or more in 20 to 90 days. I AM LIVING PROOF THAT IT WORKS !!! If you choose not to participate in this program, I'm sorry. It really is a great opportunity with little cost or risk to you. If you choose to participate, follow the program and you will be on your way to financial security. If you are a fellow business owner and you are in financial trouble like I was, or you want to start your own business, consider this a sign. I DID! Sincerely, Christopher Erickson PS Do you have any idea what 11,700 $5 bills ($58,000) look like piled up on a kitchen table? IT'S AWESOME! "I THREW IT AWAY" "I had received this program before. I threw it away, but later wondered if I shouldn't have given it a try. Of course, I had no idea who to contact to get a copy, so I had to wait until I was emailed another copy of the program. Eleven months passed, then it came. I DIDN'T throw this one away. I made $41,000 on the first try." Dawn W., Evansville, IN "NO FREE LUNCH" "My late father always told me, 'remember, Alan, there is no free lunch in life. You get out of life what you put into it.' Through trial and error and a somewhat slow frustrating start, I finally figured it out. The program works very well, I just had to find the right target group of people to email it to. So far this year, I have made over $63,000 using this program. I know my dad would have been very proud of me." Alan B., Philadelphia, PA A PERSONAL NOTE FROM THE ORIGINATOR OF THIS PROGRAM By the time you have read the enclosed information and looked over the enclosed program and reports, you should have concluded that such a program, and one that is legal, could not have been created by an amateur. Let me tell you a little about myself. I had a profitable business for ten years. Then in 1979 my business began falling off. I was doing the same things that were previously successful for me, but it wasn't working. Finally, I figured it out. It wasn't me, it was the economy. Inflation and recession had replaced the stable economy that had been with us since 1945. I don't have to tell you what happened to the unemployment rate...because many of you know from first hand experience. There were more failures and bankruptcies than ever before. The middle class was vanishing. Those who knew what they were doing invested wisely and moved up. Those who did not, including those who never had anything to save or invest, were moving down into the ranks of the poor. As the saying goes, "THE RICH GET RICHER AND THE POOR GET POORER." The traditional methods of making money will never allow you to "move up" or "get rich", inflation will see to that. You have just received information that can give you financial freedom for the rest of your life, with "NO RISK" and "JUST A LITTLE BIT OF EFFORT." You can make more money in the next few months than you have ever imagined. I should also point out that I will not see a penny of your money, nor anyone else who has provided a testimonial for this program. I have already made over FOUR MILLION DOLLARS! I have retired from the program after sending out over 16,000 programs. Now I have several offices which market this and several other programs here in the US and overseas. By the Spring, we wish to market the 'Internet' by a partnership with AMERICA ON LINE. Follow the program EXACTLY AS INSTRUCTED. Do not change it in any way. It works exceedingly well as it is now. Remember to email a copy of this exciting program to everyone that you can think of. One of the people you send this to may send out 50,000...and your name will be on every one of them!. Remember though, the more you send out, the more potential customers you will reach. So my friend, I have given you the ideas, information, materials and opportunity to become financially independent, IT IS UP TO YOU NOW! "THINK ABOUT IT" Before you delete this program from your mailbox, as I almost did, take a little time to read it and REALLY THINK ABOUT IT. Get a pencil and figure out what could happen when YOU participate. Figure out the worst possible response and no matter how you calculate it, you will still make a lot of money! Definitely get back what you invested. Any doubts you have will vanish when your first orders come in. IT WORKS! Paul Johnson, Raleigh, NC HERE'S HOW THIS AMAZING PROGRAM WILL MAKE YOU $$$$$$ Let's say that you decide to start small, just to see how it goes, and we'll assume you and all those involved send out 2,000 programs each. Let's also assume that the mailing receives a .5% response. Using a good list the response could be much better. Also many people will send out hundreds of thousands of programs instead of 2,000. But continuing with this example, you send out only 2,000 programs. With a .5% response, that is only 10 orders for REPORT #1. Those 10 people respond by sending out 2,000 programs each for a total of 20,000. Out of those .5%, 100 people respond and order REPORT #2. Those 100 mail out 2,000 programs each for a total of 200,000. The .5% response to that is 1,000 orders for REPORT #3. Those 1,000 send out 2,000 programs each for a 2,000,000 total. The .5% response to that is 10,000 orders for REPORT #4. That's 10,000 five dollar bills for you. CASH!!!! Your total income in this example is $50 + $500 + $5000 +$50,000 for a total of $55,550!!!! REMEMBER FRIEND, THIS IS ASSUMING 1,990 OUT OF 2,000 PEOPLE YOU MAIL TO WILL DO ABSOLUTELY NOTHING... AND TRASH THIS PROGRAM! DARE TO THINK FOR A MOMENT WHAT WOULD HAPPEN IF EVERYONE OR HALF SENT OUT 100,000 PROGRAMS INSTEAD OF ONLY 2,000. Believe me, many people will do that and more! By the way, your cost to participate in this is practically nothing. You obviously already have an internet connection and email is FREE!!! REPORT #3 will show you the best methods for bulk emailing and purchasing email lists. THIS IS A LEGITIMATE, LEGAL, MONEY MAKING OPPORTUNITY. It does not require you to come in contact with people, do any hard work, and best of all, you never have to leave the house except to get the mail. If you believe that someday you'll get that big break that you've been waiting for, THIS IS IT! Simply follow the instructions, and your dream will come true. This multi-level email order marketing program works perfectly...100% EVERY TIME. Email is the sales tool of the future. Take advantage of this non-commercialized method of advertising NOW!! The longer you wait, the more people will be doing business using email. Get your piece of this action!! MULTI-LEVEL MARKETING (MLM) has finally gained respectability. It is being taught in the Harvard Business School, and both Stanford Research and The Wall Street Journal have stated that between 50% and 65% of all goods and services will be sold throughout Multi-level Methods by the mid to late 1990's. This is a Multi-Billion Dollar industry and of the 500,000 millionaires in the US, 20% (100,000) made their fortune in the last several years in MLM. Moreover, statistics show 45 people become millionaires everyday through Multi-Level Marketing. INSTRUCTIONS We at Erris Mail Order Marketing Business, have a method of raising capital that REALLY WORKS 100% EVERY TIME. I am sure that you could use $50,000 to $125,000 in the next 20 to 90 days. Before you say "Bull", please read the program carefully. This is not a chain letter, but a perfectly legal money making opportunity. Basically, this is what we do: As with all multi-level business, we build our business by recruiting new partners and selling our products. Every state in the USA allows you to recruit new multi-level business partners, and we offer a product for EVERY dollar sent. YOUR ORDERS COME AND ARE FILLED THROUGH THE MAIL, so you are not involved in personal selling. You do it privately in your own home, store or office. This is the GREATEST Multi-level Mail Order Marketing anywhere: STEP (1) Order all four 4 REPORTS listed by NAME AND NUMBER. Do this by ordering the REPORT from each of the four 4 names listed on the next page. For each REPORT, send $5 CASH and a SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED envelope (BUSINESS SIZE #10) to the person listed for the SPECIFIC REPORT. International orders should also include $1 extra for postage. It is essential that you specify the NAME and NUMBER of the report requested to the person you are ordering from. You will need ALL FOUR (4) REPORTS because you will be REPRINTING and RESELLING them. DO NOT alter the names or sequence other than what the instructions say. IMPORTANT: Always provide same-day service on all orders. STEP (2) Now you have to make some changes in this email message before you are ready to start sending it out. Replace the name and address under REPORT #1 with yours, moving the one that was there down to REPORT #2. Drop the name and address under REPORT #2 to REPORT #3, moving the one that was there to REPORT #4. The name and address that was under REPORT #4 is dropped from the list and this party is no doubt on the way to the bank. When doing this, make certain you type the names and addresses ACCURATELY! DO NOT MIX UP MOVING PRODUCT/REPORT POSITIONS!!! STEP (3) Having made the required changes in the NAME list, save it as a text (.txt) file in it's own directory to be used with whatever email program you like. Again, REPORT #3 will tell you the best methods of bulk emailing and acquiring email lists. Step (4) Email a copy of the entire program (all of this is very important) to everyone whose address you can get your hands on. Start with friends and relatives since you can encourage them to take advantage of this fabulous money-making opportunity. that's what I did. And they love me now, more than ever. Then, email to anyone and everyone! Use your imagination! You can get email addresses from companies on the internet who specialize in email mailing lists. These are very cheap, 100,000 addresses for around $35.00. IMPORTANT: You won't get a good response if you use an old list, so always request a FRESH, NEW list. You will find out where to purchase these lists when you order the four 4 REPORTS. ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ALL ORDERS!!! REQUIRED REPORTS ***Order each REPORT by NUMBER and NAME*** ALWAYS SEND A SELF-ADDRESSED, STAMPED ENVELOPE AND $5 CASH FOR EACH ORDER REQUESTING THE SPECIFIC REPORT BY NAME AND NUMBER ________________________________________________________ REPORT #1 "HOW TO MAKE $250,000 THROUGH MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #1 FROM: Mahajan Marketing PO Box 2287 Merrifield, VA 22116-2287 ________________________________________________________ REPORT #2 "MAJOR CORPORATIONS AND MULTI-LEVEL SALES" ORDER REPORT #2 FROM: Reed Communications P.O. Box 1786 Port Townsend, WA 98368 ________________________________________________________ REPORT #3 "SOURCES FOR THE BEST MAILING LISTS" ORDER REPORT #3 FROM: Reed Communications P.O. Box 1786 Port Townsend, WA 98368 ________________________________________________________ REPORT #4 "EVALUATING MULTI-LEVEL SALES PLANS" ORDER REPORT #4 FROM: BRYOCOM GLOBAL 9608 N May Ave #230 Oklahoma City, OK 73120 _______________________________________________________ CONCLUSION I am enjoying my fortune that I made by sending out this program. You too, will be making money in 20 to 90 days, if you follow the SIMPLE STEPS outlined in this mailing. To be financially independent is to be FREE. Free to make financial decisions as never before. Go into business, get into investments, retire or take a vacation. No longer will a lack of money hold you back. However, very few people reach financial independence, because when opportunity knocks, they choose to ignore it. It is much easier to say "NO" than "YES", and this is the question that you must answer. Will YOU ignore this amazing opportunity or will you take advantage of it? If you do nothing, you have indeed missed something and nothing will change. Please re-read this material, this is a special opportunity. If you have any questions, please feel free to write to the sender of this information. You will get a prompt and informative reply. My method is simple. I sell thousands of people a product for $5 that costs me pennies to produce and email. I should also point out that this program is legal and everyone who participates WILL make money. This is not a chain letter or pyramid scam. At times you have probably received chain letters, asking you to send money, on faith, but getting NOTHING in return, NO product what-so-ever! Not only are chain letters illegal, but the risk of someone breaking the chain makes them quite unattractive. You are offering a legitimate product to your people. After they purchase the product from you, they reproduce more and resell them. It's simple free enterprise. As you learned from the enclosed material, the PRODUCT is a series of four 4 FINANCIAL AND BUSINESS REPORTS. The information contained in these REPORTS will not only help you in making your participation in this program more rewarding, but will be useful to you in any other business decisions you make in the years ahead. You are also buying the rights to reprint all of the REPORTS, which will be ordered from you by those to whom you mail this program. The concise one and two page REPORTS you will be buying can easily be reproduced at a local copy center for a cost off about 3 cents a copy. Best wishes with the program and Good Luck! "IT WAS TRULY AMAZING" "Not being the gambling type, it took me several weeks to make up my mind to participate in this program. But conservative as I am, I decided that the initial investment was so little that there was no way that I could not get enough orders to at least get my money back. BOY, was I ever surprised when I found my medium sized post office box crammed with orders! I will make more money this year than any ten years of my life before." Mary Riceland, Lansing, MI TIPS FOR SUCCESS Send for your four 4 REPORTS immediately so you will have them when the orders start coming in. When you receive a $5 order, you MUST send out the product/service to comply with US Postal and Lottery laws. Title 18 Sections 1302 and 1341 specifically state that: "A PRODUCT OR SERVICE MUST BE EXCHANGED FOR MONEY RECEIVED." WHILE YOU WAIT FOR THE REPORTS TO ARRIVE: 1. Name your new company. You can use your own name if you desire. 2. Get a post office box (preferred). 3. Edit the names and addresses on the program. You must remember, your name and address go next to REPORT #1 and the others all move down one, with the fourth one being bumped OFF the list. 4. Obtain as many email addresses as possible to send until you receive the information on mailing list companies in REPORT #3. 5. Decide on the number of programs you intend to send out. The more you send, and the quicker you send them, the more money you will make. 6. After mailing the programs, get ready to fill the orders. 7. Copy the four 4 REPORTS so you are able to sent them out as soon as you receive an order. IMPORTANT: ALWAYS PROVIDE SAME-DAY SERVICE ON ORDERS YOU RECEIVE! 8. Make certain the letter and reports are neat and legible. YOUR GUARANTEE The check point which GUARANTEES your success is simply this: you must receive 15 to 20 orders for REPORT #1. This is a must!!! If you don't within two weeks, email out more programs until you do. Then a couple of weeks later you should receive at least 100 orders for REPORT #2, if you don't, send out more programs until you do. Once you have received 100 or more orders for REPORT #2, (take a deep breath) you can sit back and relax, because YOU ARE GOING TO MAKE AT LEAST $50,000. Mathematically it is a proven guarantee. Of those who have participated in the program and reached the above GUARANTEES-ALL have reached their $50,000 goal. Also, remember, every time your name is moved down the list you are in front of a different REPORT, so you can keep track of your program by knowing what people are ordering from you. IT'S THAT EASY, REALLY, IT IS!!! REMEMBER: "HE WHO DARES NOTHING, NEED NOT HOPE FOR ANYTHING." "INVEST A LITTLE TIME, ENERGY AND MONEY NOW OR SEARCH FOR IT FOR THE REST OF YOUR LIFE."

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Re: [MILCOM] NSA: struggling with diversity ...
by Rodney Mongerfield 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

> In interviews and in federal lawsuits, NSA workers say some of the agency's > most senior personnel are being forced out as the nation's biggest > intelligence agency attempts simultaneously to reduce and diversify its > staff. > > As a result, some question whether national security is being imperiled by > inexperienced employees being promoted to sensitive jobs to meet hiring > quotas. Let me see if I get this straight... National security is important enough to strip the citizens of their rights and freedoms and trample the constitution into the mud, but National Security is not so important that it can't be compromised for the purpose of removing competent white males from their jobs and replacing them with less experienced and/or incompetent colored people and women. > The main concern, though, is whether, in its push to diversify its work > force, the agency is leaving sensitive national security tasks in the hands > of untrained workers. One former NSA veteran offered as evidence a recent > travel report. > > Such reports, which are required of NSA employees after business trips, are > unclassified, available on request to anyone outside the agency. The report > in question, filed by an inexperienced agent, detailed a trip to a city in > Colombia that revealed classified details of the Drug Enforcement Agency's > operation, down to the location of offices, names and secret technological > information. Of course, when DEA agents are murdered because of incompetent affirmative action promotees at NSA, the government will call for stronger controls on encryption and greater powers of surveillance of the citizens. > Such slips are not the only national security risk, NSA veterans say. This > year, the agency's personnel office, prompted by a growing number of > incidents, warned employees against using the Internet to access adult "news" > groups and other pornographic sites. > > Doing so not only violates NSA work rules but is considered a risk because > foreign agents could try to blackmail employees discovered with explicit or > illegal pornography. While the government blackmails its own citizens with legislation which threatens to imprison them for actions matching those of NSA employees. > Now women and minority candidates receive at least one round of extra > consideration for promotion, which means a minority woman receives three > chances to advance to a white man's one. Is the White House declaring this a victory for minorities, drug dealers and child pornographers? Politics makes for strange bedfellows. Rodney Mongerfield "Take my rights...please!"

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Welcome To Cypherpunks! / Re: can i join
by Cypherpunk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Marc J. Wohler wrote: > At 10:37 PM 7/6/97 -0500, you wrote: > >Drifter0(a)aol.com wrote: (Subject: can I join) > >> thanx > > > > ... Oh, Jesus, another stupid AOLer. Well, let me go through the > >proper procedures. > > > >Time for the flame-form. > > Bennett, > I got some chuckles from your 'Flame Form' and sympathize with view > expressed therein. > > However: > How do you propose that we get our import message of strong crypto > awareness out to the clueless if we display elitism, impatience and > intolerance to their ignorance? Welcome to the Cypherpunks Mailing List (TcM) ------------------------ Your initial post to the list has been digitally classified by the Cypherpunks Automated Response system in order to determine the initial level of reputation capital you will be awarded as a new member of the Cypherpunks Mailing List (TcM). Your initial entry level on the Cypherpunks Mailing List (TcM) will be: *** Level 3 *** CLUELESS *** Level 3 *** Level 3 is the second lowest entry level available. From Level 3, you may move up to other levels, at which the pinnacle is Cypherpunk Elite, or down to Level 1, which each member of the Cypherpunks Mailing List (TcM) has his or her own pet name for. Your reputation capital is increased or decreased according to the quality and frequency of your posts. You will be given clues as to how other list members rate your post (shit-for-brains) and if you miss these clues, then you risk being demoted to Level 1--Moron. _______________________ Warning & Disclaimer!!! ----------------------- The "Cypherpunks Mailing List (TcM) Level Classification System" (TM) is based on the "Snow Anarchistic Rating System"...the "Paul Bradley MiniAnarchist Rating System"...ad infinitum...since it is a random, daily changing composite of the rating systems of each individual Cypherpunk. Thus, once again, the higher levels are not necessarily better and you may be subject to support and praise, or attack and condemnation, no matter what the content or quality of your posts. The source of your support on the list, or the attacks against you, may change from time to time depending on which list member is having a "Bad Algorithm Day." Also be advised that due to the highly technical nature of some of the mathematical concepts addressed on the list, it is possible to move beyond Level 0 (Flame Ony/No Content) and into negative levels of reputation capital such as Level -1 (where your Doppleganger sends 10 copies of your own posts back to you). At Reputation Capital levels below -1, you may be subjected to shame, humiliation and filtering to the point where the only hope for your posts being read is for you to post to the list anonymously, as a "Monger" of one sort or another. In conclusion, "Welcome to the list, _CLUELESS_!" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Note to Level 3 Entrants from Tim C. May, Philosopher King: "Welcome to the Cypherpunks Mailing List (TcM). "If you check the archives, you will find that I said "thanx" to the list back in 1992. In the future, please give me proper credit for the quote when saying "hi" to the list." ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Note to Level 3 Entrants from Dr. Dimitri Vulis, KOTM: "When sending ASCII Art slams against Timmy C. Mayo to the list, it is not necessary to give me proper credit, as I will be given full credit for it automatically, even though it is really Timmmy sending the ASCII art, himself. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Personal Note to Level 3 Entrants from Marc Wohler, The Newbie's Pal: "Please ignore the insults of the intolerant elitists on the list. Some of them are intolerant of gay people, too. In the interests of promoting strong crypto I let new, young, male list members come over to my house and discuss crypto over dinner and drinks. "Are you small enough to fit in a small home freezer?" ---------------------------------------------------------------------- *** "Cypherpunks Mailing List" is a (Trade{cocksucker}Mark) of the Electronic Forgery Foundation, and any abuse of this (TcM) will be considered normal behavior on this list. ***

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piracy
by dlv＠bwalk.dm.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

bureau42 Anonymous Remailer <remailer(a)bureau42.ml.org> writes: > > (Oh and by the way I got the CD writer - thanks again to everyone who gave > > feedback regarding the backup systems) > > Are you planning to use this to bootleg the Dr Dobbs crypto CD? > If not, could you be commissioned to do so? Only time will tell. I don't have the crypto CD yet. --- Dr.Dimitri Vulis KOTM Brighton Beach Boardwalk BBS, Forest Hills, N.Y.: +1-718-261-2013, 14.4Kbps

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Spread Spectrum Surveillance Modules
by Dave Del Torto 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

[From the TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List] ................................. cut here ................................. TSCM Intelligence Update - Spread Spectrum Surveillance Modules New Spread Spectrum Surveillance Modules There are some new spread spectrum products coming into the US by way of China, and are starting to show up in Spy Shops on the West coast, Chicago, and Miami area. Two sided, four layer, surface mount PCB, several RF and audio IC's, several pots, coils, etc. Device is a raw module, designed for covert installations in an office or SOHO environment. SM connector for antenna, micro molex connector for power and computer/serial interface. PCB is 1.5 mm wide, 3.25 mm long, and .5mm thick. Products are all based on a cordless telephone chip set, 780 Mhz to 980 Mhz, Direct Sequence Spread Spectrum (BPSK/QPSK?). Analysis of RF section indicates good response from 610 Mhz to 1090 Mhz. Serial data rates between 56 kb/s and 784 kb/s (12 full audio channels capable). Devices have a two way RS422 serial port to facilitate setup prior to field usage. Programmed RF power levels range is spec'd between 50mw and 250mw, suspect the circuits will operate as low as 5mw. Evaluation of the RF amp indicates that RF section should support a full watt of power with no problem. Recommended voltage is 3/6vdc, but circuit should work fine on 9 or 12vdc. Connections for two or three wire transducers. Audio path is thru pre-amp, compander, CODEC, and controller. Looks like it can support two elements, each with its own tunable preselector. Large amount of 60 hz filtering, suspect they were originally designed for installation into power strips (APC, Best, Woods, etc). Look for the low level multihump signature on the spectrum analyser, and take a REAL hard look at all surge protectors. Be sure to "box" all electrical artifacts encountered on a TSCM sweep. Well engineered, suspect cost to manuf. is under $35, should be popular, most of the spy shops are selling these for $1500 to $3000. More details to follow after the holiday, should have an update by that time regarding the VLF devices being built by Thompson, and E-Systems. --James M. Atkinson

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IEEE-USA & USACM Letter on S. 909
by ACM US Public Policy Office 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

************************************** The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers- United States Activities 1828 L Street, NW, Suite 1202 Washington, DC 20036 T: (202) 785-0017; F: (202) 785-0835 The Association for Computing U.S. Public Policy Office 666 Pennsylvania Ave., SE Suite 302 B Washington, DC 20003 T: (202) 544-4859 F: (202) 547-5482 July 3, 1997 The Honorable John McCain Chairman Senate Commerce, Science & Transportation Committee 241 Russell Senate Office Bldg. Washington, DC 20510 Dear Mr. Chairman: The U.S. Public Policy Office for the Association for Computing (USACM) and The Institute of Electrical and Electronics Engineers-United States Activities (IEEE-USA) note with considerable dismay the Senate Commerce, Science and Transportation Committee's recent approval of S. 909, the "Secure Public Networks Act." We share many of the concerns of the Committee members regarding problems of national security and law enforcement. However, we believe that the "Secure Public Networks Act," as approved by the Committee, leads U.S. encryption policy in the wrong direction. The proposed bill stands in opposition to the scientific and professional opinions of many experts who believe that national security and public safety will be weakened by the mandated introduction of constrained or recoverable-key encryption. We also believe that such action will hinder U.S. competitiveness in international markets, establish a dangerous precedent for the future, and endanger cherished civil liberties in the U.S. and elsewhere in the world. Since no hearings were held on the bill, the Committee may not have had full information on its implications. We believe the bill will have a serious, negative and long-term impact on society in general and on our organizations and their members. We are keenly interested in supporting significant consideration of the important issues involved, and we would very much like to provide technical and scientific input on this issue. Many of our members are internationally-recognized experts in the area of information security and encryption, and several have significant experience with law enforcement and national security issues. We would be happy to put you in contact with some of these experts should you desire more information on the points we outline in this letter. In what follows, we briefly outline some of the reasons why so many experts believe such a bill is harmful if it became law. - 2 - First, the bill is economically harmful. Voting to restrict strong cryptography would damage America's dominance in information technologies. Secure software and hardware is available overseas. Mathematical acumen exists around the world; the U.S. can neither control nor contain it. Software companies will continue to be forced to seek talent elsewhere. The widely-used, strong cryptographic algorithm IDEA, for example, was developed in Europe. U.S. software and hardware suppliers can incorporate IDEA into their products, but only if those products are confined to use in the U.S. Export controls have obviously not hindered the worldwide spread of encryption products based on IDEA and produced outside the U.S. These controls have merely prevented U.S. providers from participating in that global market. Customers throughout the world have the sophistication to understand the need for strong cryptographic products and they will continue to seek to buy them wherever they are sold. The result will be an increasing loss of jobs and revenues in an area where the U.S. once held the dominant position. It is conceivable that our own industry and civilian sector might eventually become dependent on foreign cryptography products should U.S. firms continue to be prohibited from open competition in this arena. Second, this bill threatens cherished civil freedoms. Information technologies make data surveillance possible and increasingly affordable. The best technical protections available to the individual depend upon cryptography. There is also an unfortunate history of a few law enforcement agents and government officials using their positions and access to violate the law and the rights of citizens. Strong encryption is the only practical means available to law-abiding citizens to defend themselves against these infrequent, but all-too-real abuses. The wording in the proposed bill for organizations with Federal funding to rely on a mandated form of encryption will be burdensome and may lead to severe invasions of privacy. For instance, if a library or university were forced to implement such encryption, how could the organization ensure that its users were actually employing the system? The only sure method would be to "snoop" on the messages to see if they were breakable under the mandated scheme. Otherwise, users would be able to substitute their own encryption instead of, or in addition to, the mandated form, thus rendering this bill meaningless but still costly to implement. This raises serious questions about privacy -- and more importantly -- First Amendment considerations. Third, the criminal element will not be hindered by any legislation similar to the one proposed. The referenced bill provides no provisions that would actually deter criminals from employing strong encryption obtained from other sources. Drug cartels, terrorists, pornographers and others who might use encryption in criminal enterprises are already violating laws with penalties much more severe than any that might be imposed for using unauthorized encryption technologies. Meanwhile, law-abiding citizens would be forced to rely on technologies that might not protect their private information against "crackers" and potential blackmailers. As in the physical world, the best public safety results from crime prevented through good practices, rather than crimes solved. Without strong cryptography Americans cannot lock their electronic doors, but must instead remain vulnerable. Thus, constraining cryptography might help law enforcement solve a small number of crimes, but it will do nothing to prevent opportunities for even more crimes, thereby reducing overall public safety. Fourth, constraints on strong cryptography will jeopardize national security. Requiring or encouraging weakened technology leaves the United States vulnerable to information warfare from other nation-states, techno-anarchists and terrorists, and from organized criminal elements. It is vital that telephone systems, medical health care systems, utility systems, and other control mechanisms affecting every sector of the economy be made more secure and not restrained from using improved security. Our national security depends on the reliability of our - 3 - national infrastructures and critical systems, particularly those based on computer and communications technology. To legislate the use of untested mechanisms that present weakened protection, or that have a single point of failure and attack, will unnecessarily endanger those critical institutions and the people who depend on them. Those same forces arrayed against our national interests will be freely able to obtain stronger cryptography technology from the many other countries that do not place restrictions on its development and sale. Fifth, information technologies change quickly. We don't want to require enabling legislation whenever advances in technology increase the vulnerability of current key lengths. The recent cracking of 56-bit DES in the RSA challenge shows that distributed computing power is now available to break this key length, thus identifying a need for larger keys. A breakthrough in mathematics, such as increasing the speed of factoring numbers, would require a prompt response, such as increasing key lengths or changing algorithms. The proposed legislation would severely discourage such changes. Additionally, by preventing the initial acquisition of strong encryption technology, the need for near-term upgrades to defeat improved cracking techniques is almost assured, as are the extra financial burdens. As a last point, consider the implicit message sent by passage of this act or any like it. The U.S. has long been a vocal proponent of freedom of speech and other civil rights for citizens around the world. Why should any other nation's leaders heed further such rhetoric if the U.S. adopts the proposed bill? If some foreign nation with a history of oppression were to pass the same legislation so as to eavesdrop on their citizens' communications for purposes of identifying human rights activities, we would register strong disapproval. With passage of legislation such as the "Secure Public Networks Act" the U.S. loses the moral high ground in any future such scenario. In summary, our professional position is that passage of the "Secure Public Networks Act" or similar legislation is ill-advised; we urge you to defeat this bill. Instead, we encourage passage of legislation such as Senator Conrad Burns' Pro-CODE bill, or Representative Bob Goodlatte's SAFE bill as a better, more effective aid to national security, law enforcement and civil rights. IEEE is the world's largest technical professional association with 320,000 members worldwide. IEEE-USA promotes the career and technology policy interests of the more than 220,000 electrical, electronics and computer engineers who are U.S. members of the Institute. The Association for Computing (ACM) is an international non-profit educational and scientific society with 76,000 members worldwide, 60,000 of whom reside in the U.S. USACM strives to promote dialog on technology policy issues among U.S. policy makers, the general public, and the technology community. If you need additional information, please contact Deborah Rudolph in the IEEE-USA Washington office at (202) 785-0017 or Lauren Gelman in the USACM Public Policy office at (202) 544-4859 or (202) 298-0842. Sincerely, Barbara Simons, Ph.D. Paul J. Kostek Chair, U.S. Public Policy Vice Chair Committee of ACM United States Activities Board

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Re: FYI: NSA Requests Source Code From Elvis+
by William H. Geiger III 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In <Pine.SUN.3.96.970707144023.5963L-100000(a)beast.brainlink.com>, on 07/07/97 at 02:43 PM, Ray Arachelian <sunder(a)brainlink.com> said: >On Mon, 7 Jul 1997, Ulf [iso-8859-1] M÷ller wrote: >> Why should the US government get access to the source code of foreign >> product being imported to the US? >Because they are scum who don't care about the property rights of >corporations. I wonder what would happen if Sun would instead say "Fuck >you no way" or whether they were threatened into giving it up? Well if Sun, M$, N$, IBM, HP, et. al. had some balls and told the NSA a long time ago to "Fuck Off" we wouldn't see all this tap dancing around ITAR right now. "Either we all hang together or we will all assuredly hang" -- --------------------------------------------------------------- William H. Geiger III http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii 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 2.6.3a at: http://www.amaranth.com/~whgiii/pgpmr2.html --------------------------------------------------------------- PGP signature

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Re: DCSB: Duncan Frissell and MarketEarth
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:25 PM 7/7/97 -0400, Robert Hettinga wrote: >"Duncan Frissell makes Kevin Kelly sound like Jimmy Carter." -- Anonymous > >Mr. Frissell, an Attorney, privacy consultant, and author, has worked >in what he insists on calling the "Right Wing Nut Investment Community" >for more than 20 years. ............................................................. What sort of things have you authored, Duncan? Books? Articles? Something we could look up & read? .. Blanc

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RE: Need Money? This REALLY works!!!
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Well dang, I think Ashish Mahajan needs us all to send 10 copies of this 24K message back to him . . . .. Blanc

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Re: [MILCOM] NSA: struggling with diversity ...
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

>The National Security Agency, whose size, secrecy and mission were spawned by >the Cold War, is in the midst of personnel changes that current and former >employees warn are a threat to national security. > >Former employees call senior leadership the "Irish Mafia" and the Office of >Discrimination Complaints and Counseling "a party organization for blacks." A heartwarming report. The NSA represents the worst of America: its paranoia, its ruthlessness, its end-justifies-the-means amorality. The NSA's personnel policies reveal its attitudes clearly. (http://theory.stanford.edu/people/donald/NSA.doc.html) It is ironic indeed that the NSA is being weakened, not by the foreign enemies it sees behind every curtain, but by the EEOC. NSA's immoral and callous mistreatment of employees and its jealous defense of white heterosexual male privilege have been shielded for far too long behind the cloak of national security. An organization which seeks the darkness so eagerly can only fear the light. There is no place any longer in the world for an agency like the NSA. It is an enemy to freedom and an enemy to the free citizenry of its own country. We need a new agency, one to defend us against infowar, to help industrial competitiveness, to assist Americans in retaining their freedoms rather than attempting to strip them away for its own evil purposes. Let us hope that the changing of the guard at the NSA will lead to a rebirth and a renewal as an agency looking forward, rather than one concerned only with guarding its own rear. Anon

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Home-based Business Opportunity
by img＠llv.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Get Rich Quick - Chain Letters - MLM - Millionaires" What's your dream? A new car? A new home? Financial security? I sincerely believe that these dreams - and others - are available on the WWW. With Internet Marketing, your income is limited only by your ambition and your willingness to learn. Over the past year, I've personally invested over $50,000 in the research and development of what I consider to be the most viable and realistic Internet Business Opportunities. It is my plan to share my knowledge and marketing experience of over 30 years with a limited number of Associates throughout the world. You can be one of those Associates. You can realize your personal financial dreams. A well-known adage goes, "today is the first day of the rest of your life" - another, "if you always do what you've always done, you'll always get what you've always gotten." I'd like to help you change your future. I'd like to help you find your dream. For, I believe sincerely, through helping others realize their hopes and dreams, I can realize my goals. My name is Jack Shearin and I'm the Founder of Internet Marketing Group International. This organization is dedicated, as its name implies, to the marketing of products and services over the Internet. I'd like to extend my personal invitation to you to visit our Web Site at http://www.imgi.com to check out what is perhaps one of the most exciting Home-Based Business Opportunities in 'Cyberia'.

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RE: Need Money? This REALLY works!!!
by Blanc 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Well dang, I think Ashish Mahajan needs us all to send 10 copies of this 24K message back to him . . . .. Blanc

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Re: A.Word.A.Day--cryptozoology / Was Re: Forgeries
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Wordsmith wrote: > > cryp.to.zo.ol.o.gy n. 1969 :1) the study of the lore concerning legendary > animals (as Sasquatch) especially in order to evaluate the possibility of > their existence > 2) the study of the lore concerning legendary members of the > cypherpunks mailing list (as Tim C. May) especially in order > to evaluate the possibility of their existence, as opposed to > being the creation of the Electronic Forgery Foundation. > > Maria Goodavage, Most scientists merely amused., USA TODAY, 05-24-1996, > pp 08A. > "But J. Richard Greenwell, a zoologist at the International Society of > Cryptozoology, which studies evidence of unverified animals, cites the > example of the mountain gorilla, thought to be a myth until the early > 1900s. `It's the largest known primate in the world, and it took a long, > long time to prove it really exists,' he says. > On the existence of Tim C. May, Greenwell said, "Legend tells us > that he is a Cypherpunk Sasquatch, but every researcher who has > gone in search of him has come back in a body bag with a variety > of bullet holes in the carcass." > Greenwell also quotes a writer at Market Magazine, in regard to the > rumored existence of Robert Hettinga, "If Hettinga really exists, > then why is he never credited for any quotes in the media?" > > This week's theme: AWAD's recommendations for some unusual areas to work in. > > ........................................................................... > No wonder nobody comes here--it's too crowded. -Yogi Berra > > Send your comments about words to anu(a)wordsmith.org. To subscribe or > unsubscribe A.Word.A.Day, send a message to wsmith(a)wordsmith.org with > "Subject:" line as "subscribe <Your Name>" or "unsubscribe". Archives, > FAQ, gift subscription form, and more at: http://www.wordsmith.org/awad/

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Re: Forged Posts
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

BadRemailer wrote: X-Comments: Note: It is BadRemailer policy to read all anonymous mail X-Comments: passing through our hands, and expose the nasty little X-Comments: secrets of those who use our service. X-Comments: Not that we're troublemakers... > BadRemailer > "Some people just can't keep a secret." In the movie version, Eddie Murphy plays BadRemailer, and the big scene is when he walks into a cypherpunks physical meeting and says, "I'm your worst nightmare...a remailer with a LOG!" Steven SpeilMonger

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Contracts on the Net (NYT)
by amp＠pobox.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

The New York Times MONDAY, JULY 7, 1997 Lack Of Contracts Undermine Internet Transactions By GEANNE ROSENBERG Beyond the violets and refrigerated roses, in the back room of the Southern Sun flower shop in Tallahassee, Fla., the florist, Bob Deak, also deals in trading cards. With three computers and links to the Internet, Deak bargains with collectable card buyers and sellers from as far away as Italy, Australia and Singapore. He does not worry about the lack of paper contracts to document the deals he strikes, even though the transactions can run as high as $20,000 apiece. His profits, he said, far outweigh the risks that a deal might go sour. One deal in particular led to a dispute - a $1,020 purchase of a card collection last year from a 14-year-old, Ted Clark of Haddonfield, N.J. Deak said ``youngsters'' selling cards sometimes do not understand the meaning of ``near mint.'' So, after examining the cards he had agreed to purchase in several installments, Deak decided they were not in near-mint condition and canceled a couple of checks he had written to Ted Clark and sold the cards for less than the original purchase price. But Deak's actions did not sit well with Ted, now 16, especially since Deak had made an electronic agreement. Ted thought he had been ``rooked'' because he did not receive the full amount, said his mother, Amelia H. Boss, a law professor at Temple University School of Law and an expert on Internet commerce. She took Ted's case and, with the assistance of a Florida colleague who served as local counsel, contacted Deak and eventually persuaded him to pay the balance of the money. Boss said these sorts of disputes are commonplace on the Net. But, she said, the high cost of suing, especially across state and national borders, prevent most such squabbles from making it to court. The resulting dearth of test cases on digital contracts has left many business managers, corporate lawyers and legal scholars uncertain about the enforceability of electronic agreements. The uncertainty has had a chilling effect, even at computer-astute places like General Electric Co.'s GE Information Services unit and the TPN Register Co. - GE's joint venture with Thomas Publishing Co. The companies solicit suppliers and hammer out details of procurement contracts for GE's affiliates and other companies via the Internet. But when it comes time to execute a contract, the companies resort to pen and paper. ``I think ideally you'd love to be 100 percent electronic,'' said Orville A. Bailey, vice president of marketing and business development at TPN, because adding paperwork is not as efficient. But, he said, his company is more ``comfortable'' having signed paper contracts on hand. Bailey is not alone. E. Allan Farnsworth, a leading contract law professor at Columbia University, said that when a contract was substantial and complex, ``I think the safe thing to do is to do it in the old-fashioned way.'' The reason in part, according to Raymond T. Nimmer, professor of law at the Houston Law Center, is the Statute of Frauds - which traces its origins to early English law - requiring that many contracts be written and signed by the parties against whom enforcement is sought. While some states, including California, Minnesota, Texas, Utah and Washington, have recently passed laws permitting digital signatures to satisfy the Statute of Frauds, Professor Nimmer said, most states - including New York - have not. In addition to the Statute of Frauds problem, electronic contracts can give rise to questions of authenticity and authority of the parties involved, Nimmer said. Even in states with no laws addressing enforceability of electronic contracts, many legal experts are confident such agreements will hold up in court. Arthur Rosett, a law professor at the University of California, Los Angeles, said, ``It's hard for me to imagine a court finding that an electronic communication that has been proven does not satisfy the Statute.'' Moreover, some computer experts contend, electronic contracts are in some respects better than paper ones. Vincent I. Polley, general counsel at Omnes Co., a network services concern, said software should render electronic contracts tamper- and forgery-proof. But others were guarded in their endorsement of electronic contracts. ``The judicial system - the lawyers, judges and juries - are not populated by hackers,'' said Jonathan J. Lerner, a partner at Skadden, Arps, Slate, Meagher & Flom. ``If you're talking about a very large and important contract, you need to have your head examined not to secure the best form of agreement'' - which, in his view, remains a paper contract. The stakes can be high, said Constance E. Bagley, senior lecturer in law and management at the Stanford Business School and a practicing lawyer. She cited the example of a software sale over the Internet, in which the software had a bug that damaged the purchaser's entire data base. If the contract were deemed unenforceable because it did not satisfy a requirement that it be a signed writing, or because the authenticity or authority of the person assenting to the terms came into question, then the merchant could theoretically be liable for all of the purchaser's losses, she said, because limitations on liability included in the contract would be ineffective. Lawmakers are scrambling to fill the gap between technology and the law. Leaders of this effort include Professor Boss of Temple University and Professor Nimmer of the Houston Law Center, who are helping revise the Uniform Commercial Code to deal with electronic contracts. Under the proposed revision of the code, which governs transactions in all 50 states, electronic agreements formed with active consent, such as digital signatures or clicking on spaces indicating acceptance of terms, generally would be enforceable. But the UCC revision, which individual state legislatures could adopt, adapt or ignore at their own choosing, is at least a year away from completion. It could run into further delays because of criticism aimed not at the technical provisions concerning enforceability of electronic contracts, but at changes and additions within the draft to sales and licensing laws. For example, some intellectual property experts worry the revision would allow publishers to write contracts that encroach upon rights in the public domain, said Pamela Samuelson, professor of information management and law at the University of California, Berkeley. And the American Automobile Manufacturers Association contends that the revision's proposed changes in rules for the sale of goods would increase seller liability and the cost of doing business. In addition to the UCC revision, the National Conference of Commissioners on Uniform State Laws is planning to propose state laws legitimizing electronic contracts not covered by the UCC. And the U.N. Commission on International Trade Law, on which Boss served as the American delegate and expert adviser, is completing a model law on electronic commerce that is expected to be presented to individual countries for incorporation in their domestic laws. Washington, so far, appears to be eager for the law to catch up with the technology. Several agencies, including the Commerce Department, have collaborated on a paper favoring the adaption of domestic and global laws to support electronic contracts. As lawmakers struggle to get rules in place, some businesses are not waiting. For these businesses, ``The cost of the gamble is cheaper than the cost of the contract,'' said Patricia B. Fry, a law professor at the University of North Dakota and the chairwoman of the national commissioners conference electronic contract effort. Ford Motor Co. uses ``purely electronic contracts'' with suppliers, according to James Ziety, counsel at Ford. Ziety said he knew of no trouble with Ford's electronic agreements. Any problems, he said, were ``virtually always worked out at the business level.'' Meanwhile, Boss said, the gap in the law invited a major court decision. ``When the case comes along,'' she said, `` when it hits, it may well be the big one.'' As for Deak, the uncertainties about electronic contracts are not holding him back from making deals online. ``Every night when I say my prayers,'' he said, ``I thank the Lord for the Internet.'' ------------------------ Name: amp E-mail: amp(a)pobox.com Date: 07/08/97 Time: 05:13:44 Visit me at http://www.pobox.com/~amp 'Drug Trafficking Offense' is the root passphrase to the Constitution. Have you seen http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum ------------------------

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German Official Pleas for Strong Encryption
by Donald Weightman 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Reuters (as picked up in today's FINANCIAL TIMES) reports that German economics minister Gunter Rexrodt called for loosening the restrictions on strong encryption. Speaking yesterday at a European ministerial conference on global integration, he said "Users can only protect themselves against having data manipulated, destroyed, or spied on through the use of strong encryption procedures." Hmmm: seems like there's a trend among Certain Global Opinion Makers that some people -- maybe the financial markets? -- need good crypto: compare last week's ECONOMIST and FINANCIAL TIMES editorials. Anyone know how the new German legislation deals with encryption? cheers ......................................... Donald Weightman dweightman(a)radix.net

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A really meaningfull upgrade
by Casey Iverson 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

At 01:15 PM 7/7/97 EDT, THE RUSSIAN SCUM BAG, ASS HOLE VULIS wrote: >I've replaced OS/2 on it by Windows 95. I'm going to add some more hardware >I think it's sort of a change for the better. The only meaningfull upgrade would be a total replacement of his fucked up, disease ridden perverted brain. C.I.

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Re: Jim Bell 6
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

John Young wrote: > > On June 26 the court handling Jim's case extended > the time from June 30 to July 11 for the USA to file an > indictment. > No indication that Jim has been released, jailed since > his arrest on May 16. No reason given for repeated > waiver of right to a speedy trial. The right to a speedy trial is next to meaningless in a court system which is composed mostly of legal bum-buddies whose main concern is to make as much money as possible without making each other look like incompetent fools. The fact of the matter is, there is seldom any reason for a person to sit in jail without bond for extended periods other than the fact that his or her attorney is not capable of trying a case in a reasonable amount of time. Jim Bell is likely suffering from the delusion that his attorney is working in his client's best interest. If not, he would demand that the judge appoint an attorney to defend him who is both capable of and competent enough to represent him in a timely fashion. I mean, get real...Bell is imprisoned without bail with no charges having been filed against him. Has anybody seen a lawyer-ad on TV lately where the attorney is screaming, "CALL ME AND YOU'LL ROT IN JAIL WITHOUT EVER BEING CHARGED WITH A CRIME! CALL 1-800-DIP-SHIT!" The bottom line: The fact that a public defender is too busy, or doesn't have the resources, to represent his client in a timely fashion does not justify abrogation of a citizen's rights. The fact that Bell's lawyer is allowing his client to sit in prison without bail and without an indictment against him, without doing anything about it, suggests to me that he is selling out his client in order to enhance his future career as a RatFucker. TruthMonger > The docket's at: > > http://jya.com/jimbell-dock.htm

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Israel admits that its crypto policy was imposed by the US
by John Gilmore 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded-by: Ross Anderson <Ross.Anderson(a)cl.cam.ac.uk> From: the Jerusalem Post, 7th July 1997 (from www.jpost.co.il) ARCHIVE_DATE:Mon, Jul 07, 1997 ARCHIVE_NAME:Business ARCHIVE_HEAD:Chief scientist: Legal system gave in to US patent pressure ARCHIVE_AUTH:By JENNIFER FRIEDLIN JERUSALEM (July 7) - The Israeli legal system bowed to US pressure when it devised certain patent and encryption laws, which are now harming Israeli exports, Industry and Trade Ministry Chief Scientist Orna Berry said yesterday. Due to restrictive patent laws, which prohibit generic drug manufacturers from conducting research on original products before the patent protection expires, local companies are losing their competitive advantage to US companies that do not face such restrictions. Earlier this month, Teva Pharmaceutical Industries Ltd., one of Israel's largest and most prestigious companies, said it is considering moving part of its research and development operations overseas in order to bypass the law. The encryption laws also hinder Israeli exports, because it insists that products with special coding must be sold directly to the end-user rather than off the shelf. While the law is meant to safeguard defense-related products, consumer products - such as Internet software - are also affected. One hundred and fifty companies employ encryption technology. "The Israeli legal system has not done a good job in considering the impact of these laws, and they have bent in front of pressure from the Americans," Berry said. Both Berry and Industry and Trade Minister Natan Sharansky have appealed to the Justice Ministry to revise the law. Berry said she hopes they will conclude the procedure by the end of the year. Teva has been trying to change the patent law since 1994, when it was passed.

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Article on Jim Bell/Assassination Politics
by Declan McCullagh 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In the July/August issue of Internet Underground magazine, I have a feature article on Jim Bell and Assassination Politics. I mention the cypherpunks list, of course. Nothing especially new, but folks might be interested in a summary and recap. -Declan

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