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03 Sep '02

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US SS knives SA on HR for HS.Night of the long knives.
by Matthew X 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

Remember when the SS took over from the SA Lili Marlene? The Bush administration did not go far enough when it recommended giving the proposed Homeland Security Department extra flexibility in hiring, retaining and firing department staff, according to President Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Council. Despite already heated opposition to Bush's proposal in the Senate, the council, which draws its members from the public and private sectors, suggested several ideas in a meeting last week, including that senior executives and managers slated to join the proposed department be required to apply for the new positions they would hold. Using this tactic, the administration, employees and the public can be sure that the department's leaders are really the best people for the job, not just the people who held certain titles before, said council member Ruth David, president and chief executive officer of Analytical Services Inc. Measuring the performance of people, as well as systems and programs, is important throughout the department, council members agreed. The council was especially concerned with the role of middle managers. For example, they proposed evaluating managers on their ability to make their staff members work as a team and replacing managers if they fail. "Culture is an asset, but it can never be an excuse," said Norm Augustine, former chief executive officer of Lockheed Martin Corp., whom the council called in to share ideas on integration. Augustine also served as a member of the U.S. Commission on National Security/21st Century, a bipartisan group established by Congress that called for a homeland security department in its final February 2001 report. Members acknowledged that many of the flexibilities the council suggested do not easily fit within the government structure. "We're having to invent an entirely new process of integration," said Utah Gov. Michael Leavitt, a council member. But all agreed that past experience merging agencies shows that working by old management rules will cost critical years while trying to bring together all the pieces of the proposed department. "We do not have the time to repeat those patterns," said council member Lydia Thomas, president and CEO of Mitretek Systems Inc. Council members said management flexibility was critical to the success of the department. But the concept still faces a fierce debate in Congress. Although the House passed its version of the Homeland Security Department bill July 26 with the management flexibilities intact, the battle in the Senate, which is still deliberating the bill, is heating up. Sen. Joe Lieberman (D-Conn.), chairman of the Senate Governmental Affairs Committee, sent a letter last week to members of Congress highlighting the differences between the president's bill to create the proposed department and the Senate version. Lieberman's committee leads the Senate's work on the bill. In the letter, he said that the Senate is already giving the administration "all the power it needs to create and run an effective, performance-driven department." "In my view," Lieberman wrote, "the administration has blurred the focus of its bill and risked dragging this common cause into a quicksand of unnecessary controversy by taking on significant but vague new executive powers that are uncalled for and in some cases unprecedented." Meanwhile, in a report last week, Bobby Harnage, national president of the American Federation of Government Employees, maintained that "pretty much what the administration is pleading for already exists." Flexibility, Harnage said, is another word for "gutting the civil service merit system and busting employee unions." A push for more power President Bush's Homeland Security Advisory Council highlighted several management flexibilities that its members consider essential to the proposed Homeland Security Department, including the ability to: * Pick managers based on the new department's structure rather than on employees' old titles and positions. * Give the department's chief information officer control of every portion of the information technology budget. * Identify an independent group or person who can observe the management practices of the agency and highlight where and when problems occur. * Make quick personnel changes when managers are not successful in bringing their groups together into one culture and promote managers who support the department's goals. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0902/news-mgt-09-02-02.asp Check survey on front page.47% to 53% when I looked today.

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03 Sep '02

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Note to FBI, NSA, CIA: How to get your bill through Congress
by Declan McCullagh 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

Upcoming Conferences: Date: Sep. 13,-Sep. 13, 2002 Location: Washington, D.C. Event Name: Drafting Effective Legislation and Amendments Event Sponsor: TheCapitol.Net Event Description: Drafting Effective Federal Legislation and Amendments -- A "how to" program for federal agency staff. This one-day conference is designed to help you write and revise your agency's bills and amendments effectively and concisely. In addition to discussing the role of the OMB and examining the different formats and deciding how to choose the best one to highlight your agency's issue, we will discuss how to: - Define your audience and broaden the appeal of your measure. - Assess existing law and policy objectives before putting pen to paper. - Structure bills and amendments and streamline the drafting process. - Ensure that your legislative draft is interpreted exactly as intended. - Comply with style, grammar, punctuation guides and the U.S. Code rules of construction. - Use different drafting styles to work in your favor. -- TheCapitol.Net is a non-partisan, women-owned firm that is the exclusive provider of Congressional Quarterly Executive Conferences. Contact Information: Name: Sophia Lo Phone number: 202-678-1600 E-Mail: govexec(a)TheCapitol.Net Web site: http://www.DraftingLegislation.com 0

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Take Your Pick!
by Computer Developments UK 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

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Information for cypherpunks@minder.net
by Carson Baader 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

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Yahoo trojan horse in China.
by Matthew X 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

Yes sir no sir three bags full sir... http://news.com.com/2100-1023-956243.html?tag=fd_top Carnivore fails in the US...fall of Govts imminent? Declan McPotatoheads heads fall report..."No one's life, liberty or property are safe while the CATO Institute is in session." http://news.com.com/2010-1071-956201.html?tag=fd_nc_1 As the PATRIOT act was pre chewed,what else is on the menu Dec? Inquiring minds etc... "First they came for the hackers. But I never did anything illegal with my computer, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the pornographers. But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the anonymous remailers. But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the encryption users. But I could never figure out how to work pgp5 anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for me. And by that time there was no one left to speak up."

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Code red leads to Code blue in DC.
by Matthew X 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

POLICE ABUSE ALLEGED IN THE ARREST OF A ROLLERBLADING POLITICAL ACTIVIST Bandana protection from Code Red smog in D.C. becomes an excuse for a brutal arrest and violation of rights WASHINGTON, D.C. -- D.C. Statehood Green Party member and community activist Chris Otten will represent himself in court on Thursday, September 5, when he faces charges after an incident in which D.C. police reportedly violated his privacy and used needless force. On July 25, Otten was rollerblading on U Street NW, wearing a bandana over his nose and mouth due to Code Red smog. A sergeant of the Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) approached Otten near the U Street Metro Station, wielding his baton and demanding identification. Otten refused, citing privacy rights, upon which police backup was summoned and Otten was tackled to the ground by several MPD officers. He was arrested on the charges of "failure to show identification" and "disorderly conduct," denied medical attention for eight hours, and spent 20 hours in jail. Otten called his arrest and brutal treatment typical of a larger assault on American civil liberties. "Everyday citizens need to concern themselves when the police show up to harass their fellow neighbors. I encourage all people to read up on our rights and watch the police carefully when the situation calls so to witness and testify against any police brutality that may, and in D.C., most likely will occur." "What happened to me is nothing new in DC," Otten added. "I met lots of people during my experience in the D.C. criminal justice system who are subjected to police abuse regularly -- to the point where this system has become a culture, a way of life for many D.C. residents." "As a candidate Ward One member of City Council, I am outraged that [incumbent candidate] Jim Graham and his campaign staff would stand by idly while a young man who was trying to protect himself from the smog found himself attacked and abused by police," said Edward Chico Troy, noting that the incident took place in Ward One. "The police should be held accountable to standards of professional law enforcemet behavior. We should never allow or condone the abuse of law-abidng citizens." Chris Otten will appear in D.C. Superior Court, 500 Indiana Avenue NW, courtroom 120 on September 5 at 9 a.m., after an 8 a.m. rally in his defense in front of the courthouse. For periodic updates during the day, call Mintwood Media at (202) 986-6186. "We must take a stand against police abuse of power and the criminal injustice system," said Otten. "This is especially true when U.S. government cronies like John Ashcroft have pounced on people's true fears stemming from 9-11 and he has used them to attack Americans' civil liberties through the USA PATRIOT Act and the Homeland Defense Department, both of which are reminiscent of McCarthy era policies from the 1950s." MORE INFORMATION The D.C. Statehood Green Party http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org 1314 18th Street, NW, lower level, Washington, DC 20036, 202-296-1301 - END -

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Was Mi5 behind the Blair Ditch project?
by Matthew X 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

MI5 agent David Rupert tried to get the Continuity IRA (CIRA) to procure biological weapons, The Sunday Business Post has learned. The breakaway republican group eventually declined Rupert's overtures, but the informant is believed to have succeeded in smuggling arms from the United States into Ireland, with the full knowledge of MI5, in 1997. The American was operating as an agent for the British security service from a base in Donegal without authorisation from the Irish government. The Garda was also not informed. This newspaper has seen a series of e-mails which were sent by Rupert to his MI5 handlers in which he outlined his extraordinary efforts to inveigle himself into the CIRA hierarchy between 1993 and 1998. "I had outlined the weapons deals briefly in the US," Rupert wrote in one e-mail sent to his MI5 handler in 1998. "I talked about the computer deal and then the big one, biologicals. I said I understand they are quite easy to get in the US as a laboratory experiment type deal. They were interested." The 51-year-old Rupert is now on the Witness Protection Programme in the United States waiting to give evidence in the trial of Michael McKevitt, the alleged leader of the Real IRA. McKevitt is expected to go on trial early next year in the Special Criminal Court on charges of directing terrorism. Related article: North's MI5 man in bizarre chemical weapons plot MI5 spy in North enquired about biological weapons MI5 agent David Rupert tried to get the Continuity IRA (CIRA) to procure biological weapons.....( Sunday Business Post, 2 Sep 02) "I had outlined the weapons deals briefly in the US, I talked about the computer deal and then the big one, biologicals. I said I understand they are quite easy to get in the US as a laboratory experiment type deal. They were interested." --MI5 spy David Rupert in an e-mail sent to his MI5 handler in 1998 on his attempts to convince the Continuity IRA to procure biological weapons from the United states

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FBI,CIA in au.
by Matthew X 03 Sep '02

03 Sep '02

FBI quizzes US ambush victims By Jordan Baker and Catharine Munro 03sep02 AN FBI agent has interviewed victims of a violent ambush in Indonesia's Papua province as they recovered in an Australian hospital. Three people died when an estimated 15 gunmen opened fire on a convoy of cars carrying teachers and their families near a huge US gold mine at the weekend. Seven Americans and an Indonesian were airlifted to a hospital in Townsville, north Queensland, where at least two underwent surgery. Among the injured sent to Australia were American school teachers Saundra Hopkins and Ken Balk, and their six-year-old daughter Taia. A Townsville Hospital spokeswoman said all patients were stable and resting comfortably. United States Embassy spokesman Matt Conoley said an American consular official and an embassy legal attache, who was also an FBI agent, had flown to Townsville. They were interviewing the American patients. "Obviously this kind of attack can raise concerns that this could be a militant or terrorist attack," Mr Conoley said. "We wanted to verify whether or not that was the case. "At this point it's too soon to tell and I don't have any details about what was talked about." The New York Times reported Western diplomats believed the ambush did not appear to be part of an international terrorist plot against Americans. Amnesty International today condemned the attack but warned authorities to refrain from using the incident as an excuse to crack down on Papuan civilians. It called for an immediate, impartial and effective investigation. Any suspects should be charged with a recognisable criminal offence and be brought to trial in accordance with international standards for a fair trial, it said. "Freeport (mine) also has a responsibility to ensure that an effective and independent investigation takes place," it said. Security authorities have blamed the Free Papua Movement (OPM), but the OPM and its political arm have denied responsibility. Some analysts have suggested elements of the military could be involved. The loosely-organised OPM has waged for three decades a low-level guerrilla struggle against Indonesian rule in the province in the western half of New Guinea island. Meanwhile, a Papuan human rights group has said 15 people had been questioned without lawyers over the killing of three teachers at a remote mine in Papua province. The claim came as Amnesty International issued a statement calling on the Indonesian government to respect human rights while tracking down the killers of two Americans and one Indonesian at the Freeport gold and copper mine on New Guinea island on Saturday. Ten more people were injured in the attack on a convoy of cars travelling on a road between the coast and the highlands mine. They included seven Americans and an Indonesian who were evacuated to Townsville Hospital in far north Queensland for urgent medical treatment. But the Indonesian military and police both denied they had detained any suspects as their search continued. Aloysius Renwarin of the Human Rights and Advocacy Group (ELSHAM) in the provincial capital of Jayapura said he had received reports that people in the tribal village of Wara Banti, close to the site of the attack, had been detained in the mining settlement of Tembagapura. "We heard reports from the Amungme tribe, particularly from Wara Banti village, that they have been accused of being involved in an attack," Renwarin said. "Fifteen residents of Wara Banti were interrogated by the police but they were not accompanied by a lawyer." "The 15 were just ordinary people, they don't know much." Villagers were unable to carry out their everyday work because access to roads had been limited to the military, he said. Regional police chief Made Pastika said ELSHAM's claim was incorrect. "The police have not arrested anybody," he said. Pastika said that police had not yet identified a man who was shot dead by soldiers near the scene of the attack on Sunday on suspicion of being involved in the ambush. "We have asked members of two local tribes to confirm the identity of the dead man but they don't know him," he said. Papua regional military chief Major General Mahidin Simbolon denied any arrests had been made. "We're trying our best here and people just need to be patient," he told Reuters. Security analysts have questioned the ability of the badly organised guerilla group, Free Papua Movement (OPM), to carry out the ambush and said such violence was uncharacteristic of their decades-old struggle for independence. Amnesty International warned the military not to use the attack to justify harsh operations, saying that past assaults have resulted in gross human rights violations against civilians. "The Indonesian authorities have an obligation to bring those responsible to justice," the group said in a statement. However, it warned against using the incident as justification for indiscriminate operations against Papuan civilians, including independence activists. "It would not be the first time that the Indonesian military has been suspected of provoking armed attacks or other disturbances in Papua or elsewhere in Indonesia in recent years," Amnesty international said. First CIA agents in au? 1) Commander Samuel Rountree Sanders,listed as Assistant Naval Attache' and assistant Attache' for air.1954 2)Lt Colonel Collas G Harris.'Assistant air Attache'.1956.The year of Dulles visit.

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