June 2006 - cypherpunks-legacy

[dewayne@warpspeed.com: [Dewayne-Net] Is the NSA spying on U.S. Internet traffic?]
by Eugen Leitl 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

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Scott Marcus Declaration on ATT/NSA Spying
by coderman 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

thanks JYA, http://cryptome.org/scott-marcus.pdf some interesting tidbits: 'Klein Exhibit C speaks of a private tap? backbone network, which appears to be partitioned from AT&T's main Internet backbone, the CBB.[15] This suggests the presence of a private network. The most plausible inference is that this was a covert network that was used to ship data of interest to one or more central locations for still more intensive analysis. I return to the capabilities of the Tap? Configurations later in this Declaration, under "Capabilities of the Tap? Configuration."' words with a '?' are my guess as to the censored content. funny tidbit, they forgot to blank out "Narus" in "the Narus system" in one spot, can you find it? :) [let's play a game of fill in the blanks!] interesting that on-network links were not tapped, as seems to be inferred. also interesting that AT&T began selling "internet protect" that uses similar methods (profile/anomaly based).

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[Clips] Sealand in ruins after blaze
by R.A. Hettinga 25 Jun '06

25 Jun '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sun, 25 Jun 2006 00:38:45 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] Sealand in ruins after blaze Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://www.eadt.co.uk/content/eadt/news/story.aspx?brand=EADOnline&category…> EADT - 05:28 > Sunday 25th June 2006 Sealand in ruins after blaze 24 June 2006 | 09:21 CRAIG ROBINSON A FORMER wartime fortress which is now a self-proclaimed independent state has been left devastated after a fierce blaze tore through the structure. The so-called Principality of Sealand, seven miles off the coast of Felixstowe and Harwich, was evacuated at lunchtime yesterdayafter a generator caught fire. Thames Coastguard, Harwich RNLI lifeboat, Felixstowe Coastguard rescue teams, firefighting tug Brightwell, the RAF rescue helicopter from Wattisham and 15 Suffolk based firefighters from the National Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) were all called into action to tackle the blaze. One man, believed to be a security guard, was airlifted from the scene and taken to Ipswich Hospital with smoke inhalation but no one else was on the Second World War gun emplacement. Emergency services were first alerted to the drama just after midday when eyewitnesses noticed huge clouds of black smoke billowing out of the concrete structure, which is owned by self-styled King Roy Bates. Brian Ironman, who was fishing just off Sealand along with his dog Rosie, said he noticed something was wrong around 11.30am. "I'd been fishing nearby since 7am for smoothhound and tope and just before lunchtime I noticed there was a lot of smoke coming from the back end of the tower," he said. "I immediately thought something was wrong and called the coastguard straight away. They were here fairly quickly and there were about five or six extinguishers trying to put the fire out. "The helicopter also arrived and I think it picked up one person who was on the platform." Andrew Beal, a council worker from Trimley who watched events unfold from his beach hut at Brackenbury, said: "There was thick black smoke billowing out of the gun emplacement. Air sea rescue was heading out at high speed and hovered over the platform and appeared to be taking someone off. "There were several other vessels heading out, including a lifeboat, and there was a boat out there hosing it down. The smoke was hundreds of feet high in the air." Rod Markham, who runs angling trips out of Felixstowe Ferry in his boat Tracy Jane, was able to see the excitement from his house. "At first I just thought they were stoking up the generators because there is always a bit of smoke - I never realised it was on fire," he said. "But when I looked back after I'd messed about a bit in the garden I saw there was a big deluge of black and that's when I saw the lifeboat and tug were there." Firefighting tug Brightwell from the port of Felixstowe was despatched to the scene and doused the flames with vast amounts of water. A team of 15 off-shore firefighters from the National Maritime Incident Response Group (MIRG) were also assembled but after a reconnaissance of the area from the air it was decided it was too dangerous to land. Keith Churchman, of Harwich Royal National Lifeboat Institution, said: "The damage is very extensive. The fire started in a generator and spread quickly to the accommodation. "There have been a number of explosions on board as the fire has engulfed gas bottles and batteries. Only one person was on Sealand at the time, whom we understand to be a watchman whose job was to maintain the generators and equipment. "A team of firefighters was flown to the scene but because of the damage to the structure they decided not to go on board. "A firefighting tug sprayed the whole structure with water in the hope this would eventually cool the fire and starve it of oxygen." A spokesperson for Suffolk Fire Service confirmed the fire was left to burn itself out and was under control by 3.10pm. -- ----------------- 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 --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- 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] U.S. Is Moving on Several Fronts To Police Financial Transactions
by R.A. Hettinga 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:34:16 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] U.S. Is Moving on Several Fronts To Police Financial Transactions Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB115107967824388905.html> The Wall Street Journal U.S. Is Moving on Several Fronts To Police Financial Transactions By GLENN R. SIMPSON June 24, 2006 The Treasury Department's newly disclosed program to track suspected terrorists by examining records of international financial transactions is just one component of an expanding effort by American security officials to more closely monitor suspect financial dealings. U.S. officials also are privately asking the banking industry to change the ways that banks record international transactions so the data are more complete and more accurate, several executives and industry officials said. Regulators are concerned that banks in some cases aren't producing records that disclose all information about senders and recipients of wire transfers, prompting regulators from the Federal Reserve and other agencies to raise questions about record-keeping practices in recent examinations. Officials are also weighing new regulations to make U.S. banks disclose details of all cross-border transfers to law-enforcement agencies. At the moment, American banks aren't required to report when they make financial transfers less than $3,000 between the U.S. and other countries. These new steps come on the heels of a variety of new reporting requirements put into place by U.S. regulators shortly after the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks. While many are aimed at thwarting terrorists and their supporters, U.S. officials also have other goals. They aim to use cross-border transaction data to enforce U.S. economic sanctions and to apply U.S. tax laws to American citizens who move money offshore. The initiatives rely on a patchwork of existing laws that allow the government to take these steps, and their legality generally isn't disputed. Still, the government's financial-surveillance activities may face new scrutiny following the disclosure this past week of the Treasury Department's secret Terrorist Finance Tracking Program. Using it on behalf of American intelligence and law-enforcement officials, the Treasury seeks information from a database of international wire transactions maintained by a Belgian firm known as Swift, an industry cooperative that serves as a clearinghouse for the majority of overseas transactions on behalf of banks and financial institutions. The Treasury program's existence was acknowledged on the record by U.S. officials for the first time on Thursday. "I am particularly proud of our Terrorist Finance Tracking Program which, based on intelligence leads, carefully targets financial transactions of suspected foreign terrorists," Treasury Secretary John Snow said at a news conference Friday. Some congressional Democrats and some civil-liberties activists criticized the program as a privacy threat, but most law-enforcement and banking-industry officials, and many political leaders, joined the Bush administration in defending it as appropriate. "Financial institutions are seeking to cooperate with law enforcement in this very critical fight against terrorist financing," said Lawrence Uhlick of the Institute for International Bankers. "I think this is a pretty clear case of the right kind of cooperation within the legal process." David Caruso, a former Secret Service agent and banking consultant, called the program "an aggressive but pretty wise use of power." Swift, which stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication, processes the millions of electronic messages sent daily by banks and brokerages to coordinate international transactions. While law-enforcement officials have traditionally subpoenaed individual banks when seeking information, the newly disclosed program involves broad government subpoenas to Swift for data on specific terrorists. While the reaction to disclosure of the program was generally muted, some banking executives say they still are concerned that the government's broader campaign to scoop up wire-transfer data from Swift and others could trigger a backlash. That might even weaken the dollar if institutions decide transactions made in dollars are more likely to attract the attention of American investigators. For now, U.S. officials remain interested in extracting more detail on international transactions that could involve criminal activity or suspect individuals. Most cross-border wire transfers contain sets of instructions in one of two standard Swift formats, and officials are concerned that in some cases people and groups are using a format that allows them to improperly hide their identities, several people with direct knowledge of the matter said. The issue arose after Treasury discovered that ABN Amro of the Netherlands improperly used a Swift form designed for large bank-to-bank transfers to deliberately hide transactions with Iran, a longtime target of U.S. economic sanctions. -- ----------------- 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 --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- 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] American Executive in Brussels Aided Terrorist-Tracking Program
by R.A. Hettinga 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

--- begin forwarded text Delivered-To: rah(a)shipwright.com Delivered-To: clips(a)philodox.com Date: Sat, 24 Jun 2006 23:35:54 -0400 To: Philodox Clips List <clips(a)philodox.com> From: "R.A. Hettinga" <rah(a)shipwright.com> Subject: [Clips] American Executive in Brussels Aided Terrorist-Tracking Program Reply-To: clips-chat(a)philodox.com Sender: clips-bounces(a)philodox.com <http://online.wsj.com/article_print/SB115110975872789608.html> The Wall Street Journal American Executive in Brussels Aided Terrorist-Tracking Program By GLENN R. SIMPSON June 24, 2006 The Treasury Department's secret terrorist-tracking program depended in part on the cooperation of Leonard "Lenny" Schrank, an American executive who heads the Belgium-based banking cooperative known as Swift. A gregarious technology whiz who graduated from the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, the Brooklyn-born Mr. Schrank ended up working closely with U.S. intelligence officials on the project when Swift received subpoenas from the Treasury Department following the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks, people familiar with the program said. Mr. Schrank, who described Swift's general operations in a meeting with a Wall Street Journal reporter last year, declined Friday to be interviewed regarding the terrorist-tracking program. Swift stands for the Society for Worldwide Interbank Financial Telecommunication. The firm, based in the Brussels suburb of La Hulpe, was founded in 1973 to promote "a common language for international financial transactions," according to the Swift Web site. Within the banking industry, Mr. Schrank is credited with developing the financial-telecommunications cooperative into a vital if obscure cog in the globalization of financial services since becoming chief executive in 1992. An expert in information technology who has degrees in computer science and electrical engineering, Mr. Schrank has been involved in the technology business since founding a software company in the 1970s. At Swift, he implemented a reliable, secure and high-capacity messaging network that has enabled banks and brokerages to move money around the globe almost effortlessly. Under Mr. Schrank, a fan of the U.S. space program, Swift adopted the Apollo mission motto, "Failure Is Not an Option." Last year, Swift brought Apollo 13 astronaut Alan Bean to speak at its headquarters to help promote its "culture of commitment to provide services of the highest security, reliability and resilience," according to Swift's most recent annual report. Mr. Schrank is one of the best-known American businessmen in Brussels, where he also serves as president of the American Chamber of Commerce in Belgium. He is planning to retire next year. -- ----------------- 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 --- end forwarded text -- ----------------- 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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by Leona Hooper 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

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Re: missing info on "special collections service"
by John Young 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

The FAS file on SCS and the Jason Vest article from the Village Voice, archived in May 2002: http://cryptome.org/fas-scsfac.zip (240KB) Three eyeballs of SCS: http://eyeball-series.org/scs-eyeball.htm http://eyeball-series.org/scsbig-eyeball.htm http://eyeball-series.org/scs-birdseye.htm Anything new you turn would be welcomed. According to Ron Susskind's new book SCS-type operations have greatly increased in number and type of invasion since 9/11, and may be the principal action against freedom fighters and their supporters. DoD is doing the black jobs now also with its own special operations units. Air Force Special Operations Command (AFSOC) delivers the undercover teams -- CIA and special forces from all the military branches -- worldwide and provides protection as well as operates the murderous UAVs. A few hi-rez photos on the AFSOC website showing the UAVs being maintained and armed by contractors. Teams are reportedly in Iran, North Korea, China, Syria and some contentious parts of the former Soviet Union -- bases are located in the various central Asia 'stans, Taiwan, Japan. Some working on North Korea are coming from China with that government's okay, but others are working parts of China without an okay. Venezuela is doomed, the ninjas cackle.

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missing info on "special collections service"
by coderman 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

pages discussing the "special collections service" run by CIA/NSA appear to be 404'ing (with exception of cryptome archives perhaps). anyone have archives of the FAS docs, cetin.net.cn pages, etc? additional relevant details? "those who talk don't know, those who know don't talk"...

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Gifts for the whole family
by Ofer 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

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Search Filtering at Ask.Com
by Eric Cordian 24 Jun '06

24 Jun '06

"This query does not comply with Ask.com Terms of Service" http://blog.searchenginewatch.com/blog/060623-090957 Amusingly, you can't search for "pedophilia", but "paedophilia" works fine. Apparently sexualizing European children isn't as filthy as sexualizing American children. You can't search for "naked children", but the first hit on "lolita," which you can search for, is an advertisement for pictures of naked children. "Preventing child pornography" is a no-no. "Sex offenders" works. "Protecting kids from sex offenders" doesn't. "Bestiality" is blocked. But "sodomized by a horse" returns all sorts of hits, including one about a man who died of massive internal injuries while tresspassing at a stud farm. Am I the only one who thinks ask.com is being silly here? For every blocked term, there is an nearly identical unblocked term you can search for. -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law"

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