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first net advert for hitman arrested (fwiw)
by Al Qaeda 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

from Moscow Times 4 Jul 01 via http://www.planetpdf.com/mainpage.asp?webpageid=1532 Moscow police have arrested a contract killer who advertised his services via the Internet in the first such detention in Russia, Itar-Tass reported Tuesday. The Moscow police department for fighting high-technology crimes spotted the advertisement in May, department chief Dmitry Chepchugov was quoted as saying. Moscow agents disguised as potential clients corresponded with the alleged hit man, and when they established that he resided in Samara, about 900 kilometers southeast of Moscow, they alerted local police. The man, whose name was not disclosed, was handcuffed after undercover agents paid him several thousands of dollars and heard him stating the date of the assassination they pretended to be asking for, Chepchugov said. He added that the Internet was becoming increasingly popular with Russian criminals for financial frauds. He said law enforcement agencies of Russia and the United States were jointly investigating a case in which Russians allegedly hacked U.S. credit card information. The hacker group stole some $400 million from U.S. credit card holders just over the past few months, the officer said. Russian hackers have been involved in several high-profile computer- related crimes worldwide. Hitman Busted After Advertising on Internet

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General Ashcroft make his move
by George＠Orwellian.Org 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

General Ashcroft has announce the Second Amendment applies to individuals. This will apparently affect the case of a Tim Emerson, a Texas physician accused of violating a 1994 law barring people under restraining orders from having guns. The DOJ is currently appealing the case claiming the Second Amendment does not extend to an individual the right to guns. http://www.bradycampaign.org has filed an ethics complaint against Ashcroft. WWW illiterate: http://usdoj.gov doesn't work.

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violent antitax protest/riot in US
by David Honig 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

Friday July 13 6:33 AM ET Anti-Tax Protests at Tenn. Capitol By KARIN MILLER, Associated Press Writer NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) - Protesters hurled rocks through Capitol windows, chanted ``no new tax!'' and banged on the locked doors of the Senate chamber where Tennessee lawmakers were debating the creation of a state income tax. The tax plan had died before the protesters arrived Thursday, but when word spread that lawmakers had passed a no-tax budget, cheers went up among the hundreds of protesters. ``The people are passionate when they say, 'no income tax','' said Steve Gill, a Nashville radio talk show host who had called on tax opponents to swarm the Capitol. Anti-tax protests have been frequent the past three years as lawmakers considered implementing a state income tax, but the protests had always been peaceful - until Thursday. Within hours of hearing that the Legislature was considering a last-minute income tax plan, protesters swarmed into the area, honking car horns, waving signs reading ``Tax Revolt!'' and bringing traffic outside the Capitol to a standstill. The rock-throwers busted several windows, including one in the governor's office. State troopers escorted lawmakers in the halls and locked the doors to the Capitol. One state employee trying to lock a side door was injured as the weight of the crowd pushed against him. No arrests were made and no other injuries were reported. ``I appreciate the right of all Americans to free speech and peaceful protest. I do not, however, approve of those who advocate violence and I regret that occurred at the Capitol,'' Gov. Don Sundquist said in a statement. Sundquist has said he would veto any budget that didn't include a new revenue plan. The budget the Legislature passed doesn't include the 3.5 percent income tax lawmakers had discussed. It instead cuts $339 million from the governor's $19.9 billion spending plan, requires state agencies to save an additional $100 million, and uses $560 million in tobacco settlement money - four years worth - to balance the budget. Sundquist wouldn't say if he would sign it. Tennessee is one of nine states without a broad-based income tax, but it has one of the highest sales tax rates at 6 percent, with local governments adding up to 2.75 percent. Sen. Bob Rochelle, a Democratic proponent of a state income tax, had argued that the sales tax could be reduced if an income tax was implemented. ``The day will come when we won't mistreat our citizens any more with that tax,'' he said. Republican Sen. David Fowler, an opponent of the income tax, said negotiations had already broken down by the time most of the protesters arrived. One proposal discussed would have put plans for an income tax to a statewide vote. Fowler said the protest may have ``effectively killed'' that as an option. ``I don't know if they knew that's what they were doing, but that's what they were doing,'' Fowler said. http://dailynews.yahoo.com/h/ap/20010713/us/tennessee_capitol_protest_8.html

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Thought-A-Day
by Fountain Of Inspiration 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

=========================================================================== The wisdom of the wise & the experience of the ages are perpetuated by quotations----Benjamin Disraeli =========================================================================== Would you like your family members,relatives,friends,colleagues to receive Thought-A-Day, free-of-cost, during evaluation period? Gift them this joyous experience. Please recommend their email addresses. Thank you. Director Fountain Of Inspiration

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Bush plans new approach to cyber-protection
by Jim Choate 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

http://www.cnn.com/2001/TECH/industry/07/18/technology.security.ap/index.ht… James Choate Product Certification - Operating Systems Staff Engineer 512-436-1062 jchoate(a)tivoli.com

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problem no. 1
by Subcommander Bob 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

At 12:20 AM 7/18/01 -0700, A. Melon wrote: >Problem number one is that the mail from a terrorist group will not be >labeled as such. I highly doubt you're going to find >"BinLaden036(a)yahoo.com". That means that using Carnivore as a set wiretap >will be difficult. It may happen that the FBI only knows that somewhere on >a network, there may be a terrorist. Problem number one is folks like you who accept the state denigration 'terrorist' without thinking.

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remove my email from mailing list
by Oliver7870＠aol.com 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

remove my email from mailing list

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Re: DMCA has pushed me to my limit.
by Declan McCullagh 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

On Wed, Jul 18, 2001 at 10:21:44AM -0400, Trei, Peter wrote: > Well, if Pinochet can be arrested in London, on the request of a > French (or was it Spanish?) judge, over acts allegedly > committed in Chile, I'd say yes. > > .... and don't forget the Norwegian who was arrested in Oslo for > the deCSS code. Actually, Johansen was just questioned, not arrested. ObPhotos: see mccullagh.org for his appearance in NYC. -Declan

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Re: DMCA has pushed me to my limit.
by Morlock Elloi 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

>Is there a legal fund developing for our wayward Russian or an anti-DMCA >fund? Am I giving EFF and CPSR a bad rap? Should we be giving them money >earmarked exclusively for anti-DMCA activities? Where is the usually >outspoken John Gilmore after his landmark essay on the topic? ( >http://www.toad.com/gnu/whatswrong.html ) Where can reverse engineering be >conducted in the world anymore without felonies being leveled? Does anyone >care? EFF is doing it's thing, which was semi-effective and is now not much effective at all - I just don't see advances, just declines in freedoms. On the other side, encryption and strong anonymity render DMCA ineffective, but after 10 years of PGP and mixmasters only few thousand use any. So we want thinking to be legal while visible. What is left to do ? Maybe some clever propaganda along the lines "End of the world: russian arrested in US of A for thought crime". Or make it desirable to be prosecuted for thought crimes: send money directly to the russian. Sort of inverse AP - whoever gets arrested for DMCA gets paid. Buy some ad space in papers and get the message out. Running decent-size ads will take many K$. Maybe if a number of contributors insist on this EFF would coordinate it ? How does one round up contributors in cpunkish environment ? The issue here is to not preach to the choir. Preaching to sheeple is *expensive*, and the gain ("more freedom") is far away and very few will commit actual cash to it. Anyway, I may know some that would - how do we get EFF to do directed campaign ? __________________________________________________ Do You Yahoo!? Get personalized email addresses from Yahoo! Mail http://personal.mail.yahoo.com/

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Re: FBI arrests Russian hacker visiting U.S. for alleged DMCA breach
by George＠Orwellian.Org 18 Jul '01

18 Jul '01

Declan McCullagh <declan(a)well.com> wrote: # # FBI agents have arrested a Russian programmer for giving # away software that removes the restrictions on encrypted # Adobe Acrobat files. "Nuts!"

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