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[4phun] Massachusetts electronic surveillance law upheld
by Vic_Healey 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

BOSTON (AP) A rock musician who was found guilty of wiretapping after he secretly recorded police during a traffic stop had his conviction upheld by the state's highest court. Michael Hyde, 33, said he turned on his tape recorder on Oct. 26, 1998, after being pulled over by Abington police because he believed he had been unfairly targeted because of his long hair, leather jacket and sports car. Hyde recorded officers using an obscenity, asking him if he had any cocaine in his car, and threatening to send him to jail. They let him go without a ticket, but several days later, Hyde brought the tape to police headquarters to try to prove he was harassed. Instead, he was charged and convicted of breaking the state's electronic surveillance law, getting six months of probation. Hyde said the Supreme Judicial Court's decision Friday "slapped the people of Massachusetts very hard in the face." At Hyde's trial, police testified they pulled him over because of the loud revving of his car's engine, a noisy muffler and a broken license plate light. The court rejected Hyde's argument that the surveillance law was not applicable because police were performing their public duties and therefore had no reasonable expectation of privacy. "We conclude that the Legislature intended (the law) strictly to prohibit all secret recordings by members of the public, including recordings of police officers or other public officials interacting with members of the public, when made without their permission or knowledge," Justice John M. Greaney wrote in the majority opinion. In a strongly worded dissent, the two justices said the wiretapping statute was not meant to prevent citizens from recording an encounter with police. Chief Justice Margaret Marshall and Justice Robert Cordy used the famous videotape of the Rodney King police beating in Los Angeles as an example of a recording that would have been prohibited under Massachusetts law. Prosecutor Robert Thompson said the language of the law explicitly protects the privacy rights of all individuals, whether they are private citizens or police officers. Hyde vowed to continue his fight. "Right now I am looking for an attorney who wants to take this to a federal court," he said. "If I drop this right now it could negatively affect a lot of people." Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Dave Emery N1PRE, die(a)die.com DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass. PGP fingerprint = 2047/4D7B08D1 DE 6E E1 CC 1F 1D 96 E2 5D 27 BD B0 24 88 C3 18

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[4phun] Massachusetts electronic surveillance law upheld
by Vic_Healey 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

BOSTON (AP) A rock musician who was found guilty of wiretapping after he secretly recorded police during a traffic stop had his conviction upheld by the state's highest court. Michael Hyde, 33, said he turned on his tape recorder on Oct. 26, 1998, after being pulled over by Abington police because he believed he had been unfairly targeted because of his long hair, leather jacket and sports car. Hyde recorded officers using an obscenity, asking him if he had any cocaine in his car, and threatening to send him to jail. They let him go without a ticket, but several days later, Hyde brought the tape to police headquarters to try to prove he was harassed. Instead, he was charged and convicted of breaking the state's electronic surveillance law, getting six months of probation. Hyde said the Supreme Judicial Court's decision Friday "slapped the people of Massachusetts very hard in the face." At Hyde's trial, police testified they pulled him over because of the loud revving of his car's engine, a noisy muffler and a broken license plate light. The court rejected Hyde's argument that the surveillance law was not applicable because police were performing their public duties and therefore had no reasonable expectation of privacy. "We conclude that the Legislature intended (the law) strictly to prohibit all secret recordings by members of the public, including recordings of police officers or other public officials interacting with members of the public, when made without their permission or knowledge," Justice John M. Greaney wrote in the majority opinion. In a strongly worded dissent, the two justices said the wiretapping statute was not meant to prevent citizens from recording an encounter with police. Chief Justice Margaret Marshall and Justice Robert Cordy used the famous videotape of the Rodney King police beating in Los Angeles as an example of a recording that would have been prohibited under Massachusetts law. Prosecutor Robert Thompson said the language of the law explicitly protects the privacy rights of all individuals, whether they are private citizens or police officers. Hyde vowed to continue his fight. "Right now I am looking for an attorney who wants to take this to a federal court," he said. "If I drop this right now it could negatively affect a lot of people." Copyright 2001 The Associated Press. All rights reserved. ----- End forwarded message ----- -- Dave Emery N1PRE, die(a)die.com DIE Consulting, Weston, Mass. PGP fingerprint = 2047/4D7B08D1 DE 6E E1 CC 1F 1D 96 E2 5D 27 BD B0 24 88 C3 18

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CIA Wizardry
by John Young 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Robert Windrem, national security correspondent for NBC, reported on July 12 about Jeffrey Richelson's new book, "The Wizards of Langley," on the CIA's deceptive technologies: http://www.msnbc.com/news/599637.asp Blurb: "Intelligence historian Jeffrey Richelson's latest book focuses on four decades of innovation and inside secrets at the CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology." Windrew describes one deception involving a faked satellite failure which apparently deceived Soviet experts but not amateurs who track sats. Publication date of Richelson's book is August 3 but copies are available early. MSNBC offers an informative series on "The Secret Empire: The U.S. Military in the 21st Century," which provides uncommon technological critique of the tools of war and espionage and their piggish industries. Far superior to the fluff being peddled by the agencies and their puff-ball hosts. Windrem is alleged to be the first to report on Echelon by name, purpose and field stations and fed earliest stuff to Duncan Campbell. He may someday republish his NBC reports of decades past on national security that are no longer available.

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Community of Cyborgs
by Robert Guerra 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

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Massachusetts Man Guilty of Wiretapping for Taping Police Harassment
by John Albino 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Declan, Here's an AP article which appeared in the Boston Globe Friday. http://www.boston.com/news/daily/13/police_recording.htm The Mass. Supreme Court essentially says that it is illegal wiretapping to secretly videotape police officers harassing someone during a traffic stop. Wonder if using a film camera would also be wiretapping? -- John Albino mailto:jalbino@jwalbino.com ********* The opinion is here: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=ma&vol=sjcslip/8429&… >GREANEY, J. This case raises the issue whether a motorist may be >prosecuted for violating the Massachusetts electronic surveillance >statute, G. L. c. 272, § 99, for secretly tape recording statements made >by police officers during a routine traffic stop. A jury in the District >Court convicted the defendant on four counts of a complaint charging him >with unlawfully intercepting the oral communications of another, in >violation of G. L. c. 272, § 99 F. The defendant appealed, and we granted >his application for direct appellate review. We conclude that G. L. c. >272, § 99, strictly prohibits the secret electronic recording by a private >individual of any oral communication, and makes no exception for a >motorist who, having been stopped by police officers, surreptitiously tape >records the encounter. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of conviction. >[...] > >During the course of the stop, which lasted approximately fifteen to >twenty minutes, the defendant and his passenger, Daniel Hartesty, were >ordered out of the automobile, and Hartesty was pat frisked. One officer >reached into the automobile, picked up a plastic shopping bag that lay on >the floor by the passenger seat, and looked inside. (The bag contained >compact discs.) At one point, the defendant stated that the stop was "a >bunch of bullshit," and that he had been stopped because of his long hair. >One officer responded, "Don't lay that shit on me." Later, another officer >called the defendant "an asshole." The defendant was asked whether he had >any "blow" (cocaine) in the car. [...] ********* The text of the statute is here: http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/272%2D99.htm >Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section any person whoª >willfully commits an interception, attempts to commit an interception, or >procures any other person to commit an interception or to attempt to >commit an interception of any wire or oral ommunication shall be fined not >more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the state prison for not >more than five years, or imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for >not more than two and one half years, or both so fined and given one such >imprisonment. ********* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----

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Massachusetts Man Guilty of Wiretapping for Taping Police Harassment
by John Albino 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

Declan, Here's an AP article which appeared in the Boston Globe Friday. http://www.boston.com/news/daily/13/police_recording.htm The Mass. Supreme Court essentially says that it is illegal wiretapping to secretly videotape police officers harassing someone during a traffic stop. Wonder if using a film camera would also be wiretapping? -- John Albino mailto:jalbino@jwalbino.com ********* The opinion is here: http://caselaw.lp.findlaw.com/scripts/getcase.pl?court=ma&vol=sjcslip/8429&… >GREANEY, J. This case raises the issue whether a motorist may be >prosecuted for violating the Massachusetts electronic surveillance >statute, G. L. c. 272, § 99, for secretly tape recording statements made >by police officers during a routine traffic stop. A jury in the District >Court convicted the defendant on four counts of a complaint charging him >with unlawfully intercepting the oral communications of another, in >violation of G. L. c. 272, § 99 F. The defendant appealed, and we granted >his application for direct appellate review. We conclude that G. L. c. >272, § 99, strictly prohibits the secret electronic recording by a private >individual of any oral communication, and makes no exception for a >motorist who, having been stopped by police officers, surreptitiously tape >records the encounter. Accordingly, we affirm the judgments of conviction. >[...] > >During the course of the stop, which lasted approximately fifteen to >twenty minutes, the defendant and his passenger, Daniel Hartesty, were >ordered out of the automobile, and Hartesty was pat frisked. One officer >reached into the automobile, picked up a plastic shopping bag that lay on >the floor by the passenger seat, and looked inside. (The bag contained >compact discs.) At one point, the defendant stated that the stop was "a >bunch of bullshit," and that he had been stopped because of his long hair. >One officer responded, "Don't lay that shit on me." Later, another officer >called the defendant "an asshole." The defendant was asked whether he had >any "blow" (cocaine) in the car. [...] ********* The text of the statute is here: http://www.state.ma.us/legis/laws/mgl/272%2D99.htm >Except as otherwise specifically provided in this section any person whoª >willfully commits an interception, attempts to commit an interception, or >procures any other person to commit an interception or to attempt to >commit an interception of any wire or oral ommunication shall be fined not >more than ten thousand dollars, or imprisoned in the state prison for not >more than five years, or imprisoned in a jail or house of correction for >not more than two and one half years, or both so fined and given one such >imprisonment. ********* ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ----- End forwarded message -----

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by Fountain Of Inspiration 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

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Echols Sits on MCI/Worldcom
by Eric Cordian 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

As hysteria over imagined sexual predation and the criminalization of even thoughts and written words make headlines in the news, there's one individual who's reaping a bountiful harvest from the dancing Sheeple. He is, of course, everyones favorite Network Vigilante, convicted criminal and religious nut Walter Harlan "Mike" Echols, who runs BAM, the largest and most successful child advocacy scam on the Internet. Echols' latest wet dream is a plan to harrass tier one backbone providers into not carrying content he deems objectionable, and the rotund one, who is fond of labeling his dissenters as "Internet Child Sex Predators and Child Pronographers," has set his sights on MCI/Worldcom/uunet as his latest target. It will be interesting to see whether the resulting "Boycott and Hound" campaign will bear fruit, and whether a multinational corporation is as vulnerable to the same threats and harrassment tactics that have worked so well with smaller providers over the years, and have resulted in Echols presently being on probation for terrorism. According to Echols, ... <<M.C.I./WorldCom Canada shows a total lack corporate morality and disregard for the safety of children by knowingly providing Tier 1 Internet access to the IP hosting the child sex predator web domains freespirits.org, boylinks.net, boychat.org, & legarcon.net which are web chat boards used by child sex predators (many of whom have been convicted of felony sexual assaults on children) to discuss their past crimes, lusts, and plans for future sexual assaults of children which provides support and vallidation for child sex predators and on boylinks.net click on links to child-related web domains including some containing child pornography.>> BoyChat is one of the most heavily moderated and G-Rated forums of its type on the Internet, and also one of the most widely read. It is absurd to suggest that all its viewers are pedophiles, or even more silly, convicted child sex predators publicly plotting and scheming to commit shocking new crimes. Still, Echols' organization continues to grow, raking in sponsorship from companies like Gateway, MP3.com, and Kinkos. Self-declared child-advocacy seems to have a baptismal effect these days. Lengthy criminal records are instantly washed away with a simple declaration that one is devoting ones life to hate speech directed at "pervs." Some links, if anyone cares: BoyChat http://www.boychat.org/ BAM http://www.shadow-net.com/ My Echols Links http://artifact.psychedelic.net/~emc/echols.html -- 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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URGENT..........major hoax may be spreading see below URLS
by Taiwan Calling! 14 Jul '01

14 Jul '01

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