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US Terrorist Targets
by John Young 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

US State Department today published the latest list of terrorist organizations (and multiple aliases) which are now targets of sanctions: http://jya.com/dos100897.txt And related foreign assets control announcement: http://jya.com/fac100897.txt ---------- List summary: Abu Nidal Organization Abu Sayyaf Group Armed Islamic Group Aum Shinrikyo Democratic Front for the Liberation of Palestine-Hawatmeh Faction Euzkadi Ta Askatasuna Gama'a al-Islamiyya HAMAS Harakat ul-Ansar Hizballah Japanese Red Army al-Jihad Kach Kahane Chai Khmer Rouge Kurdistan Workers' Party Liberation Tigers of Tamil Eelam Manuel Rodriguez Patriotic Front Dissidents Mujahedin-e Khalq Organization National Liberation Army Palestine Islamic Jihad-Shaqaqi Faction Palestine Liberation Front--Abu Abbas Faction Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine Popular Front for the Liberation of Palestine--General Command Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia Revolutionary Organization 17 November Revolutionary People's Liberation Party/Front Revolutionary People's Struggle Shining Path Tupac Amaru Revolutionary Movement

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Re: MISTY algorithm source code
by nobody＠REPLAY.COM 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

"Nobuki Nakatuji" <bd1011(a)hotmail.com> writes: >Attachments files is MISTY algorithm source code. Interesting. The "Crow" algorithm seems to do nothing but return "BITE ME!" for any plaintext, the "Tom Servo" algorithm converts ciphertext into hip neologisms, and the "Gypsy" algorithm turns unintelligible plaintext into unintelligible ciphertext and vice versa. Memo to self: Fire Chief Programmer Mike Nelson.

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http:--allpolitics.com-1997-10-08-email-clinton.irs-
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

AllPolitics Bulletin Board Join a thread, start a thread -- it's your chance to sound off! Infoseek search __________ ______ Help Navigation E-mail From Washington From: John King/CNN White House correspondent In: Philadelphia, Pa. Posted 10-8-97 Subject: Clinton to propose IRS citizens panel on Friday After weeks of Republican criticism that he was defending the Internal Revenue Service, sources tell CNN that President Bill Clinton on Friday will propose creating national and regional citizens boards to handle taxpayer complaints against the agency. Clinton's citizens panels would not have as much authority over the IRS as most Republicans prefer. But the White House believes the proposal will give the president cover. Under the Clinton plan, a national citizens panel would be created to serve as a forum for oversight and to handle taxpayer complaints. Similar panels would be created to serve as complaint clearinghouses for each of the IRS' three dozen regional offices. An administration official tells CNN that Clinton will also commit to internal IRS reforms designed to make the agency more efficient. The administration move comes after sharp complaints from congressional Democrats and White House political advisers who worried that the administration appeared to be defending the agency during Republican-called hearings that highlighted taxpayer complaints. _________________________________________________________________ In Other News: Wednesday Oct. 8, 1997 /BIG> Senators Grill Ickes On Democratic Fund-Raising /BIG> Democratic Fund-Raisers Will Testify If Immunized /BIG> Bennett: No 'Distinguishing Characteristics' /BIG> Clinton Replies To Thompson /BIG> Jackson Named U.S. Envoy To Africa /BIG> House Approves Abortion Ban Bill /BIG> Maine Gov. To Run For Second Term /BIG> Foley Approved As Envoy To Japan /BIG> Congress May OK New Dollar Coin /BIG> Lott: Campaign Finance Bill Dead /BIG> Analysis: Selling Access Is Political Secret /BIG> Republicans Ride Anti-IRS Sentiment /BIG> Babbitt Casino Comments Mulled /BIG> GOP Seizes On Education Vouchers E-Mail From Washington: /BIG> Clinton To Propose IRS Citizens' Panel On Friday /BIG> White House Works To Shore Up Democratic Fast Track Support /BIG> Lott: Fund-Raising Investigation May Be Extended News Briefs: /BIG> Clinton Touts 'Unprecedented' Welfare-Roll Decline ... Special Online Companion: /BIG> The Money Trail: Democracy For Sale Advertise on AllPolitics. Click here for info. Congressional Quarterly Come see the cures of tomorrow Search the Web with InfoSeek _________________________________________________________________ home | news | in-depth | analysis | what's new | bulletin boards | contents | search _________________________________________________________________ Click here for technical help or to send us feedback. Copyright © 1997 AllPolitics All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this information is provided to you.

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http:--cnnfn.com-digitaljam-wires-9710-08-encrypt_wg-
by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

Nortel Power Networks. Click Here. [INLINE] Digital Jam graphic EU stumps for encryption Commission urges U.S. to take 'hands off' approach on regulations October 8, 1997: 3:17 p.m. ET [LINK] [INLINE] Encryption fight rolls on - Sept. 15, 1997 Infoseek search __________ ____ ____ BRUSSELS (Reuter) - European officials urged governments, including the United States, on Wednesday to take a "hands off" approach to regulating the technology needed to ensure that Internet transactions are confidential. [INLINE] "If regulation at all is needed, it should be very light," a top telecommunications commission official said, presenting a report on how the European Union should promote security on the Internet. [INLINE] EU Telecommunications Commissioner Martin Bangemann told reporters that strict controls would end up penalizing law-abiding users rather than the criminals they targeted. [INLINE] He added that the United States, which restricts exports of certain strong encryption products, was becoming isolated on the issue. "We must engage in a debate with the Americans at an international level," he told a news conference. [INLINE] The commission's report addressed the use of encryption and "digital signatures" -- electronic seals that are attached to transmissions to allow recipients to verify their origin and ensure that they have not been tampered with. [INLINE] It urged the EU to take a common approach to the questions, saying otherwise cross-border Internet trade could be hampered. It said it would propose legislation on "digital signatures" in the first half of 1998. [INLINE] Encryption has become a contentious issue because some governments and law enforcement authorities want to regulate it as a way to keep it out of the hands of terrorists and other criminals. France has virtually outlawed use of encryption software. [INLINE] But the commission said controls could impede the growth of a technology that is essential to promoting business over the Internet and would likely not work anyway. [INLINE] "It's not possible to prevent criminals from using modern technologies in order to protect themselves and their messages from the police," Bangemann said. "There's not much point in preventing legal users from having access to this." [INLINE] In addition to its export controls, the United States is discussing legislation that would restrict encryption technology domestically, for example by requiring systems that would allow law enforcement authorities to tap into electronic transmissions. [INLINE] Bangemann renewed his push for a global charter on the Internet that would address questions such as encryption, noting that the United States had already expressed interest in the idea. [INLINE] The Commission said EU legislation on digital signatures would address questions such as legal recognition of signatures, liability, technical requirements and certification authorities (CAs). [INLINE] CAs hold information that allow recipients to confirm the identity of the person that has sent a transmission. [INLINE] It said it would look askance at national restrictions on encryption, however. "Instead of introducing or maintaining rather inefficient but cumbersome restrictions, the Commission invites member states to enhance cooperation of police forces on a European and international level," it said. Link to top home | digitaljam | contents | search | stock quotes | help Copyright 1997 Reuters. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. Copyright © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. ALL RIGHTS RESERVED.

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by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CNN logo Navigation Infoseek/Big Yellow Pathfinder/Warner Bros Tech banner IBM AS/400 rule U.S. SEEN AS OPEN TO CYBER ATTACK Cyber Warfare graphic October 8, 1997 Web posted at: 3:46 p.m. EDT (1946 GMT) BALTIMORE (AP) -- Suddenly, electric power goes off. Or telephones go dead. There's chaos in the electronic banking system. Are the incidents electronic accidents, or deliberate attacks? Computer security experts from government and private industry voiced agreement Tuesday that as the most technologically advanced society in the world, the United States is uniquely vulnerable to electronic attack. How soon the threat would be real and what could be done to block it were principal topics of discussion on the opening day of the National Information Systems Security Conference. "Our profound vulnerability is growing on a daily basis," said Charles Abzug of the Institute for Computer and Information Sciences. "Since our society is the most technologically advanced in the world, we are more vulnerable than anyone else." Robert Marsh, a retired Air Force general who is chairman of the President's Commission on Critical Infrastructure Protection, told the conference that "while a catastrophic cyber attack has not occurred, we have enough isolated incidents to know that the potential for disaster is real and the time to act is now." The commission is expected to send its report to the White House next week. Marsh said the panel would recommend far greater cooperation and sharing of information between government and private industry, accelerated research and a nationwide program to educate people on the scope of the problem. But questions were quickly raised as to how much information the government could share from a report that is classified. "We have to solve this dilemma because if we don't, we have no sharing of information," said Thomas J. Falvey, a commission member who is a security expert at the Transportation Department. Marsh conceded in an interview that there will be a need to break down reluctance within industry and government to share sensitive information. He said there is a need to "devise the means by which the private sector can in fact be willing to share its information and not fear that it will leak." At the same time, the government "is going to have to recognize that in this new era, it's the private sector that needs some of this threat information and this warning information." As examples of cyber attacks already experienced, Marsh cited incidents at Langley Air Force Base in Virginia and Griffis Air Force Base in Rome, New York. "A flood of e-mail messages originating in Australia and Estonia, and routed through the White House computer system, virtually shut down Langley air base's e-mail for hours," he said. Someone in England routing messages through Latvia, Colombia and Chile and commercial Internet service providers gained access to computers at Rome Laboratory at Griffis and "launched attacks against a wide array of defense and government computer systems," Marsh said. One of the difficulties in such cases is determining whether it is the work of a mischievous hacker or an attack by a hostile government. "If Iran attacked AT&T, how does AT&T know that's an act of war rather than some kid fooling around?" asked John Pescatore, a senior consultant at Trusted Information Systems, a developer of computer security software. Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. rule Related sites: Note: Pages will open in a new browser window * Air Force Information Warfare Center World-Wide Web - develops, maintains and deploys Information Warfare/Command and Control Warfare (IW/C2W) capabilities in support of operations, campaign planning, acquisition and testing * Air Force Computer Emergency Response Team - the single point of contact in the Air Force for reporting and handling computer security incidents and vulnerabilities External sites are not endorsed by CNN Interactive. _________________________________________________________________ Infoseek search ____________________ ____ ____ _________________________________________________________________ rule Watch these shows on CNN for more sci-tech stories: CNN Computer Connection | Future Watch | Science & Technology Week rule Message Boards Sound off on our message boards You said it... [INLINE] IBM AS/400 rule To the top © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

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by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

October 8, 1997 -- Updated 9:03 p.m. EDT (0103 GMT) TEXT - ONLY VERSION MORE NEWS Fund-raising flap Campaign finance is getting a thorough airing on Capitol Hill. While the Senate's hearing into President Clinton's 1996 campaign funding continued Wednesday with a feisty appearance by Harold Ickes, the House kicked off its own probe. And the president defended his staff as he headed off for a day of fund-raising. * Senators grill Ickes * Fund-raisers may testify in House hearing * Clinton replies to Thompson Pathfinder data shows Mars may have crust, core _________________________________________________________________ House approves late-term abortion ban bill _________________________________________________________________ Army to court-martial Sergeant-Major McKinney _________________________________________________________________ What's on CNN Crossfire Impact _________________________________________________________________ T O P S T O R I E S _________________________________________________________________ U. S. * U.S. designates 30 groups as terrorist * Police: Teen hid newborn at home for 2 1/2 weeks * Poll: Most believe Clinton practiced illegal or unethical fund-raising * Georgian diplomat admits guilt in teen's traffic death * In other news... A L L P O L I T I C S * Jackson named U.S. envoy to Africa * Clinton to propose IRS citizens' panel * Lawyer dismisses Jones' claim that Clinton has 'distinguishing characteristics' C N N f n * Family of boy ejected from Chrysler minivan awarded $260 million * Greenspan sacks market * Pow! Marvel-Chase deal falls through * EU stumps for encryption H E A L T H * Meat industry wants irradiation, not tougher penalties T H E T E R R Y N I C H O L S T R I A L * Nichols' case may be toughest yet for defense attorney * Lawyer changes mind to lead Nichols' prosecution * No nonsense Matsch returns to preside over second trial V I E W S * Bill Mitchell's cartoon: President fitted for hearing aid * AllPolitics: Pundits and Prose W E A T H E R * Tropical air bathes the East * Tropical Storm Fabian forms in Atlantic C U S T O M N E W S * Live to be 100 - Better Homes and Gardens * Company run by moms suggests tricks to make Halloween a healthy treat * Cole's Cooking A to Z: Recipe for ladyfingers * Create your own personal edition of CNN - FOR FREE! E A R T H * Forests shrinking at alarming rate Q U I C K N E W S * Get daily updates via e-mail C O M M U N I T Y * Is peace a possibility in the Middle East? * Join our daily NewsChat M-F! W O R L D * U.N. imposes sanctions on Sierra Leone * Arafat, Netanyahu agree to meet regularly, envoy says * Accused Nazi collaborator faces accusers in French trial * Croat war crime suspects plead not guilty C N N / S I * Glavine great as Braves even series with 7-1 win * Dolphins pick up Miami grad Perriman * Carolina QB Collins airs frustrations * Report: Edmonton Oilers to Houston? S C I - T E C H * Supply ship successfully docks with Mir * U.S. seen as open to cyber attack S P E C I A L S * U.S. Supreme Court 1997-1998 session * Princess Diana: A nation mourns * Repairing Mir * Destination Mars: Pictures and panoramas W H E E L S * Auto Hall of Fame comes home to Michigan S H O W B I Z * NBC, CBS and ABC missing something in common: viewers * Review: 'A Thousand Acres' the harvest of a lousy script * Arthur Tracy, famed radio 'Street Singer,' dies at 98 * National Endowment for Arts head leaving post T R A V E L * Just stop a minute and take a look at fall * See our Rocky Mountain Fall slideshow! * Wyland's whale murals come to Chicago * Destinations: A drive on the wild side of Washington V I D E O V A U L T * EU ban on animal parts upsetting Greek appetites F R I N G E * City streets stay steamed S T Y L E * Milan, fashion world await Versace show * Sonya Rykiel: Sexy androgyny _________________________________________________________________ _________________________________________________________________ F E E D B A C K * Email us your comments * What you said! P A G E R * Get automatic updates J O B S * CNN/SI Producer * CNN/SI Copy editor * CNN/SI Multimedia designer * CNN/SI ENG/SNG Engineer * CNN/SI Software Developers C U S T O M N E W S * Register for your personal news A I R M E D I A * Download a free demo P O I N T C A S T * Download it free! _________________________________________________________________ Back to the top © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

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by 15159495＠21579.com.net.pk 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

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by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CNN logo Navigation Infoseek/Big Yellow Pathfinder/Warner Bros Main banner Charles Schwab Rated #1 by Smart Money rule BROTHER'S BOOK: ATF BLEW UP MURRAH BUILDING James Nichols Jury selection continues in Denver courtroom October 8, 1997 Web posted at: 10:21 p.m. EDT (0221 GMT) DECKER, Michigan (CNN) -- As jury selection continues in the trial of accused Oklahoma bombing conspirator Terry Nichols, his brother has published a book meant to plant the seeds of doubt about whether Nichols was involved in the worst terrorist attack ever on U.S. soil. The 415-page book, co-written with Bob Papovich, is called "Freedom's End: Conspiracy in Oklahoma." In it, James Nichols contends that his brother had nothing to do with the 1995 bombing, that a law enforcement agency actually blew up the building, and that the FBI has not investigated the case sufficiently. _______________________________________________________________ "They have failed to prove anything. They have investigated people, but not the bombing, because all they want to do is prosecute people, not find out the truth." James Nichols _______________________________________________________________ Specifically, James Nichols contends that the plastic barrels found at his brother's Kansas home did not match those found in the rubble of the Alfred P. Murrah Federal Building in Oklahoma City. He also contends that the bomb did not contain ammonium nitrate, as prosecutors contend. vxtreme CNN's Ed Garsten reports. James Nichols does admit that Timothy McVeigh, already convicted and sentenced to death in the attack that killed 168 people, was upset about a 1993 raid by Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents at the Branch Davidian compound in Waco, Texas. But he scoffs at the idea that was the motive for the Oklahoma bombing, as prosecutors say. "Getting back at the (ATF) is a really stupid argument. There were few (ATF) agents stationed at the Murrah building," he writes. Freedom's End Instead, James Nichols maintains that the ATF itself blew up the Murrah building as part of a cover up of what happened at Waco. He wrote, "Who benefits by destroying records that would prove that the (ATF) was lying about the alleged drug laboratory, illegal weapons and child abuse at (the Davidian compound)?" Contacted for a response, an ATF spokesman told CNN that the agency could not comment because of the ongoing trial of Terry Nichols in Denver. James Nichols is scheduled to testify in his brother's defense. For James Nichols, writing the book may have been easier than getting it published. He says mainstream publishers would not print it, so he and Papovich published it themselves and took out loans to pay for it. Nichols also says many books stores are refusing to carry it because of its controversial subject matter. Jury selection continues in Denver In Denver meanwhile, a second week of jury selection began in Nichols' trial in U.S. District Court. Terry Nichols A grandmother who said it would be a mortal sin for her to impose the death penalty, and who pleaded that she needed to be with a sick daughter, was dismissed Wednesday on grounds of hardship. "I could never think of putting a person to death, because how can you put a person to death when it won't bring the people back?" she asked. "It would be on a person's conscience." The woman is Catholic and Judge Richard Matsch asked if she considered it a mortal sin to sentence someone to death. "Yes," said the woman, "a mortal sin." She was followed by a man who designs packaging for the medical industry. He said the death penalty would be appropriate in "a crime where someone shows no remorse. It might be a very violent crime." Another prospective juror interviewed Wednesday morning was a man who at first said the death penalty should be automatic for anyone convicted of premeditated murder. Later, under questioning by U.S. District Court Judge Richard Matsch, the man conceded that he could consider the character and background of the defendant before imposing a death sentence. The court is attempting to find a pool of 64 "death penalty-qualified" jurors from which a final panel of 12 jurors and six alternatives will be chosen. Under federal law, jurors must agree that they can impose the death penalty but will also consider other sentences if mitigating circumstances warrant. Nichols, 42, could receive the death penalty if he is convicted of the murder and conspiracy charges he faces. Detroit Bureau Chief Ed Garsten contributed to this report. rule Trial nav grfk T H E N I C H O L S T R I A L / T H E M c V E I G H T R I A L T H E B O M B I N G / C N N S T O R I E S / L I N K S CNN Community * Message board - OKC trials: Nichols and McVeigh Related feature * Time Magazine: 'What Nichols revealed' _______________________________________________________________ Infoseek search ____________________ ____ ____ _______________________________________________________________ rule Message Boards Sound off on our message boards You said it... [INLINE] Charles Schwab Rated #1 by Smart Money rule To the top © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

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by Jim Choate 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

CNN logo Navigation Infoseek/Big Yellow Pathfinder/Warner Bros Main banner SAMSUNG Meet the Challenge rule WOMAN ADMITS SLAPPING ADOPTED CHILD ON FLIGHT FROM RUSSIA October 8, 1997 Web posted at: 10:30 p.m. EDT (0230 GMT) NEW YORK (AP) -- A Phoenix woman testified Wednesday that on a 12-hour flight from Moscow she may have slapped one of the two Russian girls she and her husband adopted. Karen Thorne said she was "very frustrated" in her attempts to calm the young girl on the crowded jet. She said difficulties began when she and her husband, Richard, met the 4-year-olds at an orphanage in Voronezh, about 12 hours north of Moscow by train. She said one child cried frequently and the other was initially warm, but then became aggressive and hard to manage. She said the children were difficult to control on a shopping trip in Moscow and while waiting to board the plane to New York. Three Texas men who were on the flight with their own newly adopted children said they saw the Thornes hit the girls. The Thornes were arrested upon landing and the girls were placed in foster homes, first in New York and now in Arizona, where the Thornes are permitted supervised visits. The Thornes have been charged with assault, harassment and endangering the welfare of the children. The Thornes speak only English; the children only Russian. Copyright 1997 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. This material may not be published, broadcast, rewritten, or redistributed. _________________________________________________________________ Infoseek search ____________________ ____ ____ _________________________________________________________________ rule Message Boards Sound off on our message boards You said it... [INLINE] SAMSUNG Meet the Challenge rule To the top © 1997 Cable News Network, Inc. All Rights Reserved. Terms under which this service is provided to you.

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Warning: could not send message for past 4 hours
by Mail Delivery Subsystem 17 Dec '03

17 Dec '03

********************************************** ** THIS IS A WARNING MESSAGE ONLY ** ** YOU DO NOT NEED TO RESEND YOUR MESSAGE ** ********************************************** The original message was received at Wed, 8 Oct 1997 18:00:38 -0600 (CST) from orenco23.sk.sympatico.ca [142.165.99.23] ----- The following addresses have delivery notifications ----- <toto(a)sk.sympatico.ca> (transient failure) ----- Transcript of session follows ----- <toto(a)sk.sympatico.ca>... Deferred: Connection refused by orion.sk.sympatico.ca. Warning: message still undelivered after 4 hours Will keep trying until message is 1 day old Reporting-MTA: dns; wombat.sk.sympatico.ca Arrival-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 18:00:38 -0600 (CST) Final-Recipient: RFC822; toto(a)sk.sympatico.ca Action: delayed Status: 4.2.0 Remote-MTA: DNS; orion.sk.sympatico.ca Last-Attempt-Date: Wed, 8 Oct 1997 22:28:07 -0600 (CST) Will-Retry-Until: Thu, 9 Oct 1997 18:00:38 -0600 (CST) To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Subject: InfoWar 2000 / AOL Format From: The Last True CypherPunk <cypherpunks(a)toad.com> Date: Wed, 08 Oct 1997 18:04:15 -0600 Organization: "It's a Multi-User Persona whose homepage is a Mirror site." Reply-To: cypherpunks(a)toad.com Title: The True Story of the Internet Part II The True Story of the InterNet Part III InfoWar 2000 Final Frontier of the Digital Revolution Behind the ElectroMagnetic Curtain by TruthMonger <tm(a)dev.null> Copyright 1997 Pearl Publishing InfoWar Table of Contents InfoWar 2000 InfoWar 2000 "InfoWar is back!" Jonathan cried out, waking the other members of the Magic Circle instantly. They quickly rose and gathered around the GraphiScreen hovering over the old oak table. Subject: Re: [Pigdog] ViaCrypt slowly executes Timmy C. May From: Flesh <flesh(a)pigdog.org> To: pigdog-l(a)arlington.com, cypherpunks(a)toad.com Does the fireBot work well with the throwemupagainstthewallandaimfortheheadBot? Cowboy recognized the significance immediately. "A thousand Points of Presence." "UUNETWorldCom?" Alexis asked, surprised. Jonathan nodded, adding, "And they're moving faster and quieter than they did in history as we have known it, up to now." He began reading off the list he had compiled in just a short time, "Fiber, Digital Microwave, Satellite, Undersea Fiber Cable. Financial markets, telecommunications, construction, health care, and politics. "They seem to be putting all of the 'usual suspects' under one flag, around the globe." A Player To Be Named Later scanned the series of posts, for the thousandth time. "It's dejavu, all over again." he said, quoting a Yogi Berra malapropism. The feeling had been growing on him The feeling that somehow, everything was the same as beforeonly different. "The Lake of Life has started to turn over. The bottom is rising to the top, the top is descending to the bottom, and everything is becoming the opposite of what it seems to be." A Player To Be Named Later sat quietly, contemplating what it was that had changed, only somehow not changed, since the last time the lake had turned over on the CypherPunks mailing list. He thought about "WebWorld & the Mythical Circle of Eunuchs." He began to see the parallel between the history of the creation of WebWorld and the creation of the CypherPunks distributed list. There was the subterfuge which had preceded both the Channel Revolution which foreshadowed WebWorld and the Censorship Crisis which had presaged the CypherPunks distributed mailing list. There were the climaxes that precipitated the structural changes in both cases, the satellite destruction in the one case, and the loss of toad.com as host to the mailing list in the other case. There were the parallels with outside attacks ceasing on both the CypherPunks distributed mailing lists and the variety of Channels on WebWorld, in an attempt to let the citizens/members bond with their new channels/lists. One parallel-or two, depending on how you looked at it-in particular, which stood out in the mind of A Player To Be Named Later. There were three CypherPunks distributed lists-at algebra.com, ssz.com, and at cyberpass.net. Likewise, there was a reference to the Money Channel Government in WebWorld having three channels under its control. Then, there was the strange, strange saga of three religious channels-the God Channel, the Dualist Channel, and the Trinity Channel-which had somehow merged, yet not merged, creating a problem which had left the 'powers that be' very, very nervous. "What the hell happened to Channel War I?" A Player To Be Named Later, asked himself, suddenly recognizing a glaring disparity between the parallels he was drawing between the history of WebWorld and the history of the CypherPunks list. "And what the hell happened to InfoWar?" he asked, turning to Baby, who stood up and barked her agreement that there was definitely something fishy going on that involved the two shadow wars that had somehow been misplaced in the annals of history-one in the future, and one in the past. In 'WebWorld', both the reference to the three Money Channel Governments and reference to the three spiritual channels which became one, yet didn't, revolved around the close of Channel War I. But there didn't seem to be a parallel to Channel War I in the Time-Line of the CypherPunks list. Likewise, 'WebWorld' began with a reference to an 'InfoWar Scrambler Mechanism' which seemed to indicate that 'InfoWar' would play a major part in the history of 'WebWorld & the Mythical Circle of Eunuchs.' Yet there were only a few later references in Part II of The True Story of the InterNet in regard to "the beginning stages of InfoWar," with no further details. A Player To Be Named Later strained to touch the wispy haze of memory which was rising somewhere in the back of his mind-a memory which whispered "InfoWar" from somewhere deep in the heart of the CypherPunks mailing list censorship crisis. "Toto!" he said, suddenly feeling a ferocious stinging sensation behind his right ear, which resulted in a loss of balance as he fell to the floor, and a loss of consciousness as the blackness closed in around him The tattered remnants of the Magic Circle of the future sat quietly around the antique oak table, anxious and depressed. "Why is the Trei Transponder receiving interference from Toto's digital implant?" Priscilla asked the group. "All of my monitoring tests show that the last adjustments we made to the Zooko Zamboni were up to Journeyman standards." "Perhaps it is a result of the differences in the winter climates between the Netherlands and Canada." Jonathan said. "It seems to me that the effects of Global Warming were just beginning to have undeniably noticeable effects in that particular epoch." The Cowboy got up and paced a bit, as the others realized he was working up the courage to say what they were all thinking. "Or.." he hesitated, then turned to face the others and continued, "perhaps the rebirth of InfoWar reflects that our efforts toward changing the past have not only been successful, but are now irrevocable." Jonathan pulled up a passage of 'WebWorld' onto the GraphiScreen, contemplating what he had originally perceived as the failure of InfoWar during the hotly contested battle which took place on the CypherPunks list during the censorship crisis. "January 19, 1997. "The beginning date of the 'moderation experiment' on the legendary CypherPunks mailing list. The beginning probe in preparation for the launching of InfoWar-an experiment which had failed miserably and had caused a delay in the plans of the Evil One. A delay caused by the damnable insolence of the terminal misfits among the CypherPunks. An insolence that was rumored to be fueled by the Circle of Eunuchs, fanning the 'flames' of dissent among the CypherPunks, helping them to resist the herding of their list members into the group-mindset desired by the Evil One." The other members of the Circle of Eunuchs sat still in their seats, not wanting to disturb the deep thoughts of Jonathan, who was indeed the Last True CypherPunk, having grown up at their feet, immersed in their logic and their lore, and whose whole life had been ruled by his connection to the infamous anarchists who had been, alternately, both the shining light of freedom and privacy in their era, and the treacherous instigators of Channel War II-the war which had led to the ultimate triumph of the Gomez and the Dark Allies and the conclusive ascent of the Dark Forces in their domination of WebWorld under the dictum of the Evil One. The room was quiet as Jonathan reluctantly pulled up the next passage of 'WebWorld' which had described his feelings when his bereft past had come back to haunt him. "Jonathan sat frozen in his seat, once again, his brain locked from the major dichotomies being produced as a result of his present-in which the CypherPunks were a villainous band of rogues who had instigated the launching of Channel War II-and his past, in which his grandfather had been exposed both as one of the major players in both the launching of Channel War II, and as traitorous scum who had sabotaged the goals of the CypherPunks in that same historical battle. "Jonathan's grandfather wasn't just a CypherPunk. He was the Fool." "We won" Jonathan's voice trailed off, before he rose from the table and repeated his statement, in anger. "We won, damn it! "I know we won. Grandfather knew we won the censorship battle. Everyone knew that we won the censorship battle. History itself knows that we wonwe" Jonathan stopped short, turning to stare at the others, who were staring back. "Jonathan" Bubba said softly. "History has changed." "I know that, damn it!" Jonathan resumed his pacing, knowing that he was missing something very, very important, but he couldn't for the life of him think what it might possibly be. The others in the room watched and waited, knowing that it was Jonathan, and Jonathan alone, whose heritage was intricately and irrevocably linked to the era in history which they had, for better or worse, interfered in through their use of the Trei Transponder. "Grandfather was a traitor to the CypherPunksa traitor to freedom and privacy. He sabotaged everything that the CypherPunks had fought so hard to defend, since the inception of their anarchist, cryptography mailing list. "But the CypherPunks loved us" Jonathan was lost in memories of a childhood in which he and his family had been forced to remain in constant motion, staying a half-step ahead of the Dark Allies, who had been hunting down the last remaining members of the CypherPunks-with a vengeance. His family had been soundly welcomed by the remaining CypherPunks, in their flight to freedom after his Grandfather's assassination. They had given the family food, clothing, shelter, and warned them when the Dark Allies were closing in, and it was once again time to flee. Duncan Frissell had even Perhaps they all had Jonathan sank to the floor, slowly, with Alexis leaping up and catching him softly. Cowboy helped her guide him toward the table and lower him into a chair. Jonathan slowly pulled off his shirt and stared at his tattoothe Mark of the Toad. "Duncan Frissell arrived at our last safe house, in the middle of the night." Jonathan spoke, finally understanding the real story behind his family's flight into obscurity. "He warned us to flee, but it was too latethe Dark Allies were close at hand." Jonathan's voice was full of amazement as he recounted an event which he had long known, but had never managed to fully understand. "Duncan held the Dark Allies at bay, while we made our escape. I can still hear his screams" Jonathan shuddered, then began shaking terribly. Alexis closed her arms around him, hugging him lightly. "Your Grandfather knew that the CypherPunks had lost the battle." Bubba picked up the thread. The other members of the Magic Circle looked on, mystified as to this strange turn of events which turned the whole history of the CypherPunks and the Circle of Eunuchs on hits head. "It wasn't a censorship battle." the Cowboy said, amazed as much by what he was saying as those listening to him were. "It was InfoWar!" "That's what happened to InfoWar." Alexis cried out, in disbelief of her own words. "It was over before it had begun." Bubba d'Shauneaux IV rose to his feet, and filled in the details of the battle as could only be done by one who had spent a lifetime of subterfuge playing a role which was the exact opposite of what it had seemed to be from surface appearances. "It was the first battle fought solely within the bounds of Virtual Reality." "It represented the true nadir point in history when the battle between the Forces of Light and the Forces of Darkness moved beyond the physical plane and into the minds of mankind." "InfoWar!" he roared, the word reverberated throughout the room, sending the Trei Transponder into a soft hum which grew louder and louder, with a pitch that went lower and lower until it became subsonic, unheard, but shaking the roomthe eartheven WebWorld itself... The Trei Transponder exploded with a mighty boom, shaking the room so violently that the tattered remnants of the Magic Circle were thrown from their chairs, and found themselves rising to see only ruins around them, where their safe house had once been. They immediately realized that they must flee at once, as those investigating the explosion would undoubtedly be the Dark Allies, fully aware that the event had rent WebWorld at the seams. Jonathan paused, weapon in hand, covering the retreat of d'Shauneaux, who had remained behind to remove the last traces of evidence that the Circle of Eunuchs had ever truly been there. As d'Shauneaux joined him, motioning for him to proceed, he took one last look at the shattered remains of the Trei Transponder. All contact with the CypherPunks of the past was now gone, with little hope of it being renewed. Silently, he sent a message to the CypherPunks of his youth-from the bottom of his soul and into the inestimable profundity of the Tao. It was a message that would be understood by those who had been at Woodstock-a physical gathering of a Magic Circle which had come into physical being through a random blessing of Time and Chance. "You're on you own, folksbecause we're sure on ours." Those who fail to learn from the future, are doomed to repeat it. "The Xenix Chainsaw Massacre" "WebWorld & the Mythical Circle of Eunuchs" "InfoWar (Part III of 'The True Story of the InterNet') Soviet Union Sickle of Eunuchs Secret WebSite

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