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Afghanistan asks CNN to leave
by Jim Choate 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

http://sg.news.yahoo.com/010919/3/1hfgh.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ The future, as always, belongs to the dreamers. Heinz Pagels The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Search Results for 'Censorship Service'
by Jim Choate 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Kahn (Chpt. 16, 1976 ed.) and NARA... http://search.nara.gov/query.html?col=0nara&col=2ardor&col=1pres&col=arch&q… -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ The future, as always, belongs to the dreamers. Heinz Pagels The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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"Banning strong encryption would prove as ineffective as shutting down Napster
by Subcommander Bob 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

"Banning strong encryption would prove as ineffective as shutting down Napster," >From some agitprop "The Terrorists Are Winning the Cyber War" http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-091901techspy.story

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Afghanistan Gems
by Subcommander Bob 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

The gem industry was helping the militant Afghans raise money back when they were US allies. In the bios below, helping the Mujahideen is listed as a cool thing, for both locals and US folks. http://www.gems-afghan.com/symposium/speakers.htm Anwar Pacha was born in Nuristan. He and his father, Fazel Manan Pacha, joined the Jihad in 1979. Together they organized the tribes, established hospitals and assigned doctors to care for the Mujahideen. From his great grandfather to present, his family has maintained leadership and a friendly relationship with other tribes in Northeastern Afghanistan. He has many followers in Mohamand, Safi, Salarzi, Mahmoond, Gujur, Shinwari tribes. Without these peoples, mining of gemstones is not possible. Mr. Aref Hanifi was born in Kabul, Afghanistan. He has been involved in the Import-Export Business between the US, Europe, China, India, and Hong Kong. After this he was involved in helping the Mujahideen, in particular, Khalil Nuristani and Ubydullah Niazi of Northern Afghanistan (Kapisa). Mr. Bowersox received his BBA degree from Western Michigan University where he continued his post-graduate studies in the field of finance and investments. After graduation he joined the United States Army and obtained the rank of Major during the Viet Nam war. After his honorable discharge from the US Army, he worked in the gem industry in Brazil, Burma, Sri Lanka, Madagascar and Thailand. In 1973 he began working and surveying the gem mines of Afghanistan. During 1976 he was awarded the exclusive rights for the export of lapis to the United States. After the Russian invasion, Mr. Bowersox worked with the Mujahideen in developing the gem mines in Afghanistan. This entailed many potentially dangerous trips into Afghanistan during the war. In 1997, he was appointed as consultant to the Minister of Mines and Industry-Government of Afghanistan.

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Re: Wartime Crypto Laws
by Tim May 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

On Wednesday, September 19, 2001, at 10:47 AM, Meyer Wolfsheim wrote: > Gentlemen, > > It was recently mentioned on this list that there were additional > restrictions placed on the use of ciphers by private citizens during > World > War II. I'm curious if anyone knows of a good resource for further > information on this topic. > > (Now, inevitably, Choate is going to sent me a Google URL. This is fine, > since I wasn't able to get Google to give me anything but information on > documents discussing recent export restrictions, happening to mention > WWII.) > Kahn's book on Codes has much on WW II, including mail opening laws, restrictions on radio use, etc. Computer crypto obviously didn't exist back then, so we need to look to letters, radio, microdots, etc. for what may be coming. --Tim May

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Saudis detained photographing dam
by Declan McCullagh 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

http://www.fresnobee.com/local/story/846113p-905971c.html Two Saudis detained in Fresno Co. The Fresno Bee (Published Monday, September, 17, 2001 4:55AM) Two Saudi men were detained Sunday by federal and local authorities for failing to carry proper immigration documentation, the Fresno County Sheriff's Department reported. The two men, who were not identified, were seen taking photographs of the Shaver Lake reservoir and dam Sunday afternoon by a resident in the mountain community. While driving toward Fresno, the men were stopped for questioning by sheriff's deputies along Highway 168 near Pine Ridge just before 7 p.m.

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Wartime Crypto Laws
by Meyer Wolfsheim 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Gentlemen, It was recently mentioned on this list that there were additional restrictions placed on the use of ciphers by private citizens during World War II. I'm curious if anyone knows of a good resource for further information on this topic. (Now, inevitably, Choate is going to sent me a Google URL. This is fine, since I wasn't able to get Google to give me anything but information on documents discussing recent export restrictions, happening to mention WWII.) Thank you. -MW-

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FBI states that terrorists did not use crypto
by Meyer Wolfsheim 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Expect a crackdown on Internet anonymity, rather than a reversal of the loosened crypto regulations. The death bell may be tolling for anonymous Internet access in libraries and cyber-cafes, but so far I have yet to see anything to make the case for a second round of the GAK war. [...] In Washington, D.C., an FBI official told reporters the hijackers and their known associates used public computers, such as those in libraries, as well as their own personal computers to communicate. ``They did use it (the Internet) and they used it well,'' the official said of the e-mails of the hijackers and their associates. The FBI has been able to get e-mails that date back as far as 30 to 45 days, the official said. The official said the e-mails were in English and Arabic, that there were hundreds of communications, and the e-mails were not just limited to the United States. The hijackers did not use encryption techniques, the official said. [...] http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/nm/20010918/ts/attack_investigation_dc_23.html

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crypto law survey questions
by mmotyka＠lsil.com 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Eric Murray <ericm(a)lne.com> wrote : >Lots of media are running survey questions asking if >the US should ban strong cryptography. > >Here is a more honest survey: > > >1. Are you willing to ban strong cryptography so the FBI, CIA, NSA etc. >can listen in on potential terrorists, and jail Americans that use >strong cryptography? > <chop> >9. Terrorists do not always communicate digitally. In fact there are >rumors that Osama bin Laden communicates with his associates either by >sending verbal messages with trusted couriers from families that he knows, >or for longer distances, using paper messages sent via services like FedEx. >Do you think that banning strong crypto in America will slow bin Laden >down at all? > >Eric > Very nice. We in the choir agree. Now how are you going to get those in congress ( who prefer to be 99.9% fact-free ) to see it your way? You'd have better luck opening a restaurant called Porky's Kosher Pig Hut next door to a mosque in Kabul. Mike

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Re: crypto law survey questions
by Nomen Nescio 19 Sep '01

19 Sep '01

Tim May writes: > Q: "Do you believe people should be arrrested, tried, and jailed for > writing in some form that narcs and cops cannot read? Do you believe > whispering should be made a felony? > > Q: If you answered "yes," would you be willing to take a bullet from > citizens who don't agree? Will you volunteer to work in an office > building that may be terminated by extreme prejudice by patriots? > > Q: Do you understand that by repressing civil liberties, you have earned > killing? These are good points, but they don't go far enough. It is time for everyone to adopt Tim May's policy that those who disagree on political matters deserve to be killed. Imagine the simplification of political life which would result. What if the Founding Fathers had such policies? History would be much more interesting for students to study. "I declare that the legislature should have one house!" "No, I claim that it should have two houses!" "Fiend!" "Scoundrel!" (FFs whip out muskets and shoot each other.) We could eliminate voting altogether. Instead everyone would get together in a large arena. People favoring the various positions would gather into groups, then on a signal each person would attempt to shoot and kill all those in the other groups. Whichever group was most numerous would have some survivors left standing who would go out and try to keep society running. This is the Promised Land to which Tim May offers to lead us. Government by bloodshed. A democracy of death. One wonders how long Tim May himself would last in such a society? It wouldn't take much of his arrogant blustering before someone decided that he had "earned killing". He who lives by the sword, dies by the sword.

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