December 2003 - cypherpunks-legacy

PGP Customs investigation subpoena (fwd)
by kelly＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message:

1 0

(fwd) Korea now accepts secret US patent applications
by kelly 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Xref: netcom.com misc.legal.computing:4115 misc.int-property:2011 Newsgroups: misc.legal.computing,misc.int-property Path: netcom.com!csus.edu!wupost!cs.utexas.edu!uunet!world!srctran From: srctran(a)world.std.com (Gregory Aharonian) Subject: Korea now accepts secret US patent applications Message-ID: <CD3H47.3Kz(a)world.std.com> Organization: The World Public Access UNIX, Brookline, MA Date: Thu, 9 Sep 1993 16:14:30 GMT Lines: 15 On July 29, 1993, the republic of South Korea became the 17th country to sign an agreement with the United States to protect patent rights of patent applications fild in the United States for which the government has classified secret and indefinitely delay the prosecution of the patent. Existing countries, mostly COCOM members, are: Australia, Belgium, Canada, Denmark, France, Germany, Greece, Italy, Japan, Luxembourg, Netherlands, Norway, Portugal, Sweden, Turkey and United Kingdom. For more information on secrecy aspects of US patents, contact Robert Garrett at the Patent Office, 703-308-0753. -- ************************************************************************** Greg Aharonian srctran(a)world.std.com Source Translation & Optimization 617-489-3727 P.O. Box 404, Belmont, MA 02178 --

1 0

No Subject
by Anonymous 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

We need to get the 9 megs of Moby Crypto stuff mentioned out to as many sites as we can before the boots of the Feds seal our doom. Before the hearing next Wednesday. Use the Cypherpunks remailers to send as much out as you can. Janet Reno and her BATF/DEA/narcoterrorist New World Order fascist goons are now taking action against one of our own fellow privacy activists , Grady Ward, and the Austin Code Works. Use the remailers to post ftp sites we should send stuff too. As some of our more paranoid members have said, odds are high that this list is high on the list of places they're watching. USE THE FUCKIN' REMAILERS, FOLKS!!!! > From: grady(a)netcom.com (Grady Ward) > Subject: Subpoena served on Crypto > Message-ID: <gradyCDHKrr.46E(a)netcom.com> > Organization: Moby lexicons > X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] > Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 06:59:50 GMT > Lines: 180 > > FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE > > Subpoena served on Austin Code Works for > material related to Moby Crypto. ...... > SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY > documents of object(s) > ... > U.S. Courthouse & Federal Building > 280 South First Street > San Jose, CA 95113 So I guess this means the guys in the San Fran area won't get inside. Grand Juries are sealed. Remember these sites: > soda.berkeley.edu > ghost.dsi.unimi.it > nic.funet.fi > ota.ox.ac.uk > van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca > > and many other sites > The ones outside the States may be OK for a while. Until the NEW WORLD ORDER and the U.N. Crypto Authority gets control. Yours in fear, -TURING

1 0

(fwd) Korea now accepts secret US patent applications (fwd)
by kelly＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Forwarded message:

1 0

PGP Customs investigation subpoena
by Philip Zimmermann 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

I will be posting a note similar to this one later on Friday to various newsgroups. You saw it here first. -prz -------------------------------------------------------------- On Tuesday, 14 September 93, Leonard Mikus, president of ViaCrypt, also known as LEMCOM Systems, in Phoenix, Arizona, was served a Subpoena to Testify Before Grand Jury, to produce documents. The subpoena was issued by the US District Court of Northern California, by Assistant US Attorney William P. Keane in San Jose, as part of an investigation from the San Jose office of US Customs, conducted by Special Agent Robin Sterzer. The US Attorney above Keane is Michael J. Yamaguchi. ViaCrypt is the company that will be selling a fully licensed commercial version of PGP, starting in November. ViaCrypt has a license from PKP to sell products that embody the patents held by PKP. That includes PGP, using the RSA algorithm. The subpoena, dated 9 September, orders the production of "Any and all correspondence, contracts, payments, and records, including those stored as computer data, involving international distribution related to ViaCrypt, PGP, Philip Zimmermann, and anyone or any entity acting on behalf of Philip Zimmermann for the time period June 1, 1991 to the present." The date specified for the production of documents is 22 September 93. The written agreement between ViaCrypt and myself explicitly states that US State Department cryptographic export controls will be adhered to. The implications of this turn of events are that this US Customs investigation has escalated to the level of a Federal Grand Jury and a US Attorney. US Customs says that this change was precipitated by a ruling recently handed down from the State Department that PGP is not exportable. Other subpoenas and/or search warrants are expected. I am the principal target of the investigation. I have advised EFF, CPSR, and my other attorneys of the situation. A legal defense fund will be set up by my lead attorney (Phil Dubois, 303 444-3885) here in Boulder. This case raises some serious public policy questions regarding First Amendment rights to publish, rights to privacy as affected by widespread availability of cryptographic technology, the equivalance of electronic publication with paper publication, the availablity of lawful domestic cryptographic technology in the face of export controls, and certain other Constitutional rights. This may turn into the test case for these issues. -Philip Zimmermann prz(a)acm.org 303 541-0140 --

1 0

PGP Customs investigation subpoena (fwd)
by gtoal＠an-teallach.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

In article <9309170757.AA12199(a)netcom.netcom.com> kelly(a)netcom.com writes: > The subpoena, dated 9 September, orders the production of "Any and > all correspondence, contracts, payments, and records, including those > stored as computer data, involving international distribution related > to ViaCrypt, PGP, Philip Zimmermann, and anyone or any entity acting > on behalf of Philip Zimmermann for the time period June 1, 1991 to > the present." The date specified for the production of documents is > 22 September 93. Fun fun fun! Now we also get to find out if someone can be forced to disclose his pgp key! G -- Personal mail to gtoal(a)gtoal.com (I read it in the evenings) Business mail to gtoal(a)an-teallach.com (Be careful with the spelling!) Faxes to An Teallach Limited: +44 31 662 4678 Voice: +44 31 668 1550 x212

1 0

more on AT&T
by George A. Gleason 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Compared to the recent news of subpoenas, the following is pretty mild stuff, but nonetheless it may be of some value: An AT&T companywide newsletter sent to 300,000 employees, contained a cartoon showing people all over the world talking together on the phone. In every continent there was a picture of a human, except for the continent of Africa, where a **monkey** was pictured. Upon having the obvious racist significance of this pointed out, AT&T issued an apology. Okay, anyone who can come up with a copy of this thing, email me: gg(a)well.sf.ca.us. LEt's get it into circulation; it will help make things hot for the company which sells Phones With Big Brother Inside. Hey, re these subpoenas: time for an emergency meeting to discuss legal strategies, publicity strategies, and all that stuff, yes? How about Sunday? -gg

1 0

(fwd) Subpoena served on Crypto
by kelly＠netcom.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Xref: netcom.com alt.wired:475 comp.lang.c:62219 alt.activism:50763 misc.legal:62914 alt.censorship:19449 Newsgroups: alt.wired,comp.lang.c,alt.activism,misc.legal,alt.censorship Path: netcom.com!grady From: grady(a)netcom.com (Grady Ward) Subject: Subpoena served on Crypto Message-ID: <gradyCDHKrr.46E(a)netcom.com> Organization: Moby lexicons X-Newsreader: TIN [version 1.1 PL8] Date: Fri, 17 Sep 1993 06:59:50 GMT Lines: 180 FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE Subpoena served on Austin Code Works for material related to Moby Crypto. At 10:30 PM EDT Thursday, 16 Sept 1993 Theodore R. Siggins, special agent for the Department of Treasury, U.S. Customs Service office of enforcement for Austin, TX (512) 482-5502 served the following subpoena: United States District Court Northern District of California TO: Custodian of Records Austin Code Works 11100 Leafwood Lane Austin, TX (512) 258-0785 SUBPOENA TO TESTIFY BEFORE GRAND JURY documents of object(s) PLACE U.S. Courthouse & Federal Building 280 South First Street San Jose, CA 95113 Grand Jury Room 2115 September 22, 1993 9:00 AM YOU ARE ALSO COMMANDED to bring with you Any and all correspondence, contracts, payments, and record, including those stored as computer data, relating to the international distribution of the commercial product "Moby Crypto" and any other commercial product related to PGP and RSA Source Code for the time period June 1, 1991 to the present. CLERK RICHARD W. WIERKING by deputy clerk (illegible) This subpoena is issued on application of the United States of America Michael J. Yamaguchi United States Attorney Assistant U.S. Attorney William P. Keane 280 S. First St., Suite 371 San Jose, CA 95113 (408) 291-7221 s/a Robin Sterzer, Customs 93-1348(SJ) 93-1(SJ) 9 September 1993 served by Theodore R. Siggins special agent Department of Treasury U.S. Customs Service Office of Enforcement P.O. Box 99 Austin, TX 78767 (FTS) 770-5502 (512) 482-5502 --------------------------- BACKGROUND ---------------------------- The day before yesterday I faxed the following to the NSA: Grady Ward 3449 Martha Ct. Arcata, CA 95521 (707) 826-7715 grady(a)netcom.com Charlotte Knepper National Security Agency 301 688 7834 FAX 301 688 8183 14 Sep 93 Re: Moby Crypto and the Austin Code Works Recently you phoned Maria Guthery at the Austin Code Works (512-258-0785) to voice your concern about the publication for export of my product 'Moby Crypto'. As the editor and author of the compilation I made sure not to include any executable code -- only the algorithmic description in C source code that can be found (and exported) from scores of books and journals from the US distributed throughout the world. I believe that this material qualifies for the 'public domain' technical documentation exception under the current DTR rules. It seems to me that proscribing the publication of material because it is conveyed on a magnetic media rather than paper pulp is an NSA initiative that is both destructive to our basic freedom of expression and to the trade renaissance that Vice President Al Gore and the Clinton Administration are trying to foster. Even the Supreme Court recognizes the role of the computer media in protecting our freedom; beginning this 1993 calendar year all decisions will be provided in electronic form. Further, as you may know, it was recently decided that White House records in electronic form must be protected as a permanent archive of our government. Clearly, magnetic media must be treated as a logical extension of the power and fundamental right of the print media. Please phone, fax, e-mail or post your ideas or any literature to me that you think useful if I have misapprehended the situation. Of course if you wish I will send you a gratis copy of the software (about nine megabytes of sources for DES, RSA, IDEA, Lucifer, PGP, SHA, and so on) for your advice and comments. Very truly yours, GRADY WARD --------------------- WHAT YOU SHOULD DO --------------------- NSA and the US Treasury has started a new, agressive campaign to prevent the spread of cryptographic ideas, algorithms, sources, and documentation. The subpoena was served on the ACW in the night because they MIGHT have sold a copy of source code, already available worlwide, to a foreign national. If you value the freedom to disseminate ideas on both paper and magentic and electronic media, you should immediately preserve your right to have such knowledge by obtaining a copy of the source to Pretty Good Privacy and all other cryptographic materials before a possible complete blackout of such material is attempted by the US authorities. It is not yet against the law to possess source code to PGP, the world's foremost encryption application in the United States. Source is available for a variety of platforms including MS-DOS, Unix, and Macintosh from the following sites: soda.berkeley.edu ghost.dsi.unimi.it nic.funet.fi ota.ox.ac.uk van-bc.wimsey.bc.ca and many other sites For more information about PGP, send a blank mail message to: pgpinfo(a)mantis.co.uk -- Grady Ward grady(a)netcom.com 3449 Martha Ct. compiler of Moby lexicons Arcata, CA 95521-4884 e-mail or finger grady(a)netcom.com (707) 826-7715 (voice/24hr FAX) for more information

3 2

Re: Alt.Gvmt.Bad.Bad.Bad
by blancw＠pylon.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Responding to msg by Michael Conlen: Theft could be from thoes who do not protect there property and from thoes who do not respect others property, so can it also be said that 'bad government' can be from people not protecting there rights and people who have no respect for the rights of others? ............................................................... What should really be said is that theft does not happen of its own accord; someone must decide to accomplish the so-called criminal act. To describe theft as the result of another's inaction is to imply that human action of any kind is mostly automatic, that there is a pull like gravity which will cause action upon intelligence the way gravity affects inanimate objects, and that nothing better could be or should be expected from it. It is also to imply that the possession of intelligence is negligible because any opportunity for taking advantage of another's vulnerability will be irresistible to humans, as if they were basically scavengers looking for the spoils of other people's negligence. In which case, rather than speaking of bad government, the subject should be a question on the existence of intelligence & the possibility for morality. I don't know who would be qualified to discuss it, though, without the possession of the one and an appreciation of the other. Blanc

3 2

Put Us To Work For You TODAY!!
by info＠we-work-for-you.com 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

*** To be removed from all of our future e-mails please reply with a subject of 'remove' or to be added to a national remove list please visit http://www.iemmc.org for name removal information. *** Visit http://www.we-work-for-you.com TODAY!! How many times has opportunity knocked and you have not been at home? Today, please take a moment to OPEN THIS DOOR! For many years, I have been convinced that there is a business opportunity out there that any and everyone could take advantage of, because of the sheer simplicity of the business. I have found such a business opportunity! What if you could have your own HOME BUSINESS and you could hire sales people to do all of the selling for you with NO PERSONAL SELLING OF ANY KIND? This business has NO OVERHEAD, NO EMPLOYEES, NO SELLING, NO INVENTORY, NO MEETINGS, NO HASSLES, and did I mention NO PERSONAL SELLING OF ANY KIND!! The best part of this business is that you are not paying the thousands of people who will be SELLING FOR YOU! If you choose you can just sit back and cash your checks. Is this free money? Not exactly, but it's as close as it gets. You are going to be making money from other people's marketing efforts. The fact that you are reading this e-mail is proof that we will be working for you! It will only take a few minutes to look further at this AMAZING OPPORTUNITY!! Someone HAS to make money from our marketing efforts. This could be you! Please visit our Internet web site at : http://www.we-work-for-you.com or Reply to this e-mail with 'info' as the subject and you will quickly receive an informative e-mail reply. There is NO OBLIGATION for looking at our web site or replying to our e-mail so take a few moments to look at this INCREDIBLE BUSINESS OPPORTUNITY! Sincerely, Razor Sharp Financial Services ~ Helping People Achieve Financial Freedom info(a)we-work-for-you.com

1 0