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[declan.mccullagh@gmail.com: [Politech] Feds begin "behavior monitoring" of air travelers this year [econ]]
by Eugen Leitl 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

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[selected.by.rael@rael-science.org: [rael-science] The great firewall of China]
by Eugen Leitl 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Source: bbc http://news.bbc.co.uk/2/hi/programmes/click_online/4587622.stm The great firewall of China In the space of about a decade, China's tech development has raced ahead to catch up with some of the most advanced countries in the West. But there are still stark differences, finds Richard Taylor. With a rapidly expanding online population, it is tempting to see China as hurtling full speed towards digital nirvana, but all is not quite what it seems. Somewhere along the way the idea that the Chinese people should be allowed to inform and be informed appears to have been lost. China is proof that the net can be developed and strangled all at once. Being online here is a distinctly hit and miss experience - fine if you want to access mundane content, but try to get into anything considered even remotely sensitive by the government and it soon starts grinding to a halt. I tried accessing the BBC News website but to no avail. A government official told me there must be what he called "a technical problem". In truth, those "technical problems" are afflicting more and more information sites in China, for example the open source encyclopaedia Wikipedia, perhaps because it has fallen foul of the government's recent declaration that news and information in today's China should only be what it calls "healthy" and "in the public interest". One official from the internet publishing department, Kuo Xiao Wei, admitted the authorities consider the net a mixed blessing. He said it abounds with pornography and gambling sites, and while it can be a source of good information, it also carries with it the possibility of spreading rumour and misinformation. "With 56 ethnic minorities, we can't risk one slandering another", he added. ----- Amnesty International is aware of at least 64 cyber dissidents who are imprisoned right now just for peacefully expressing their opinions online, whether it's on an e-mail or a website Steve Ballinger, Amnesty International ----- So Chinese netizens find themselves surfing in the shadow of the world's most sophisticated censorship machine, which is now more menacing than ever. There is now an estimated 30,000-strong internet police force which, with the aid of Western-provided technology, is dedicated to monitoring websites and e-mails. On a technical level the five gateways which connect China to the global internet filter traffic coming into and going out of the country. Keyword blocking technology - much of it provided by western companies - is used to prevent access to offending sites. Even the country's 110,000 internet caf?s are now highly regulated and state-licensed, and all are equipped with standard surveillance systems. Self-censorship Increasingly, though, the authorities are relying on individuals to censor themselves or risk harsh and well publicised penalties if they dare to challenge the establishment. Steve Ballinger, of Amnesty International, says: "Amnesty International is aware of at least 64 cyber dissidents who are imprisoned right now just for peacefully expressing their opinions online, whether it's on an e-mail or a website. "Some of the offences they're accused of are signing an online petition, sending information to a foreign organisation, or disseminating information about the SARS virus." Corporate China is also expected to play an active part in this self-censorship, keeping a close eye on content. One website forum administrator was willing to talk to me, but did not want to be identified. Suffice to say, he is in no doubt what his job entails. He said: "If you say anything against the government we've got to delete it, no exception, because it's a forum, it's a public place. If the government finds anything against them in the forum, that will jeopardise the company." Finding a way In spite of all this, many people here simply refuse to be cowed and they are finding some inventive ways to circumvent the restrictions. The government doesn't know how to control the blog thing. Next year maybe they'll be able to but we'll find other ways of expressing ourselves Michael Anti, free speech campaigner One simple and effective way is to turn to other forms of communication, like texting from mobiles and instant messaging, which have proved successful in distributing information quickly. Blogging is also proving a hugely popular alternative to websites, for individuals to find self-expression. SOME PUBLIC WEB-BASED CIRCUMVENTION SERVICES The BBC is not responsible for the content of external websites Michael Anti has long been campaigning for free speech. His blog is renowned as being one of China's true sources of information. He believes the cat and mouse game between the government and its people is set to continue. "The government doesn't know how to control the blog thing. Next year maybe they'll be able to but we'll find other ways of expressing ourselves." Equipped with the right know-how, some Chinese are already using more sophisticated technologies to beat the authorities at their own game. Advanced software for example allows users anonymously to redirect their internet activity through a third-party computer known as a proxy server, which is out of reach of the Chinese authorities. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Eugen* Leitl <a href="http://leitl.org">leitl</a> http://leitl.org ______________________________________________________________ ICBM: 48.07100, 11.36820 http://www.ativel.com 8B29F6BE: 099D 78BA 2FD3 B014 B08A 7779 75B0 2443 8B29 F6BE [demime 1.01d removed an attachment of type application/pgp-signature which had a name of signature.asc]

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[Clips] Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold Discuss Impeachment
by R. A. Hettinga 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:07:59 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold Discuss Impeachment Reply-To: rah(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://www.newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=http://www.newsmax.…> Reprinted from NewsMax.com Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 2:11 p.m. EST Ted Kennedy, Russ Feingold Discuss Impeachment Two leading Senate Democrats declined on Sunday to rule out the possibility that President Bush could be impeached over his decision to wiretap terrorists who make phone calls to the U.S. Asked about Rep. John Lewis' complaint that the Bush surveillance program could be an impeachable offense, Sen. Ted Kennedy told ABC's "This Week": "I'm concerned about the abuses of executive power in the areas of torture and the areas of spying - and about how we're treating individuals in terms of the court systems." The Massachusetts Democrat said he agreed with Supreme Court Justice Sandra Day O'Connor, whom he quoted as saying: "We're at war but war is not a blank check to a president to override the rights and liberties of the Constitution." "I don't believe that this president understands that," Kennedy added. In separate comments covered by the Vermont Guardian, Sen. Russ Feingold told reporters that there needs to be "an orderly and dignified" investigation into the Bush surveillance program. "If there was a legal violation there needs to be accountability," he said. "You can't put the cart before the horse, but I would not rule out any form of accountability." That would include impeachment, Feingold reportedly added. Asked by a supporter whether there was a way citizens could impeach Bush "here and now," the Wisconsin Democrat replied: "I'm not going to prejudge what that accountability should be." -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[Clips] Eight House Dems Back Impeachment Probe
by R. A. Hettinga 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 23:08:10 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Eight House Dems Back Impeachment Probe Reply-To: rah(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://www.newsmax.com/scripts/printer_friendly.pl?page=http://www.newsmax.…> Reprinted from NewsMax.com Sunday, Jan. 8, 2006 10:11 a.m. EST Eight House Dems Back Impeachment Probe Eight House Democrats have announced their support for legislation that would establish an impeachment inquiry into whether President Bush for committed high crimes and misdemeanors against the U.S. in connection with the Iraq war. HR 635 calls for "Creating a select committee to investigate the administration's intent to go to war before congressional authorization, manipulation of pre-war intelligence, encouraging and countenancing torture [and] retaliating against critics." The legislation says that the select committee should "make recommendations regarding grounds for possible impeachment." The bill, first proposed by Rep. John Conyers last month, claims that there is "at least a prima facie case that these actions" violated federal law. According to the Atlanta Progressive News, HR635 has attracted the support of seven co-sponsors so far, including Rep. Lois Capps (D-CA), Rep. Sheila Jackson-Lee (D-TX), Rep. Zoe Lofgren (D-CA), Rep. Donald Payne (D-NJ), Rep. Charles Rangel (D-NY), Rep. Maxine Waters (D-CA), and Rep. Lynn Woolsey (D-CA). -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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[Clips] Homeland Security opening private mail
by R. A. Hettinga 09 Jan '06

09 Jan '06

Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sun, 8 Jan 2006 20:48:33 -0500 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R. A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Homeland Security opening private mail Reply-To: rah(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://www.msnbc.msn.com/id/10740935/print/1/displaymode/1098/> MSNBC.com Homeland Security opening private mail Retired professor confused, angered when letter from abroad is opened By Brock N. Meeks Chief Washington correspondent MSNBC Updated: 5:55 p.m. ET Jan. 6, 2006 WASHINGTON - In the 50 years that Grant Goodman has known and corresponded with a colleague in the Philippines he never had any reason to suspect that their friendship was anything but spectacularly ordinary. But now he believes that the relationship has somehow sparked the interest of the Department of Homeland Security and led the agency to place him under surveillance. Last month Goodman, an 81-year-old retired University of Kansas history professor, received a letter from his friend in the Philippines that had been opened and resealed with a strip of dark green tape bearing the words "by Border Protection" and carrying the official Homeland Security seal. "I had no idea (Homeland Security) would open personal letters," Goodman told MSNBC.com in a phone interview. "That's why I alerted the media. I thought it should be known publicly that this is going on," he said. Goodman originally showed the letter to his own local newspaper, the Kansas-based Lawrence Journal-World. "I was shocked and there was a certain degree of disbelief in the beginning," Goodman said when he noticed the letter had been tampered with, adding that he felt his privacy had been invaded. "I think I must be under some kind of surveillance." Goodman is no stranger to mail snooping; as an officer during World War II he was responsible for reading all outgoing mail of the men in his command and censoring any passages that might provide clues as to his unit's position. "But we didn't do it as clumsily as they've done it, I can tell you that," Goodman noted, with no small amount of irony in his voice. "Isn't it funny that this doesn't appear to be any kind of surreptitious effort here," he said. The letter comes from a retired Filipino history professor; Goodman declined to identify her. And although the Philippines is on the U.S. government's radar screen as a potential spawning ground for Muslim-related terrorism, Goodman said his friend is a devout Catholic and not given to supporting such causes. A spokesman for the Customs and Border Protection division said he couldn't speak directly to Goodman's case but acknowledged that the agency can, will and does open mail coming to U.S. citizens that originates from a foreign country whenever it's deemed necessary. "All mail originating outside the United States Customs territory that is to be delivered inside the U.S. Customs territory is subject to Customs examination," says the CBP Web site. That includes personal correspondence. "All mail means 'all mail,'" said John Mohan, a CBP spokesman, emphasizing the point. "This process isn't something we're trying to hide," Mohan said, noting the wording on the agency's Web site. "We've had this authority since before the Department of Homeland Security was created," Mohan said. However, Mohan declined to outline what criteria are used to determine when a piece of personal correspondence should be opened, but said, "obviously it's a security-related criteria." Mohan also declined to say how often or in what volume CBP might be opening mail. "All I can really say is that Customs and Border Protection does undertake [opening mail] when it is determined to be necessary," he said. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire' _______________________________________________ Clips mailing list Clips(a)philodox.com http://www.philodox.com/mailman/listinfo/clips -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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