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No legitimate reason for an American citizen to have an offshore account
by Duncan Frissell 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

Better late than never... New York Times March 3, 2001 Citibank Admits to Lapses in Dealings With Offshore Shell Banks http://www.nytimes.com/2001/03/03/business/03LAUN.html There is no legitimate reason for an American citizen to have an offshore account, the experts told the panel. "When you go offshore, you are doing so to evade rules, regulations, laws or taxes," said Jack Blum, a Washington lawyer with 30 years of experience in financial fraud, tax evasion and money laundering. Who's Jack you ask: Bio: http://www.ciba-imlc-rcmp-grc.org/pages_01/p_3_agen/3_age_5_e.html Provides cover for the CIA ducking drug smuggling charges: http://www.angelfire.com/id/ciadrugs/blumlive.html Works for a firm called in to defend the Clinton Secret Police: http://www.wired.com/news/lycos/0,1306,37022,00.html http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/act-investigation.html Supplies quotes for the IRS to tiptoe through credit card slips: http://personal.bellsouth.net/atl/d/b/dboddifo/Tax2.htm Isn't the Net convenient? As to the larger question of whether or not there are legitimate reasons for US citizens to have offshore accounts of various sorts, some of these reasons are "legitimate" and apply to US citizens: Offshore? US citizens 1. Tax avoidance/evasion (avoidance is legal) 2. Privacy preservation vis-a-vis government, family, creditors, enemies 3. Asset protection (seizure, litigation, etc) 4. Probate avoidance 5. Removal of assets from personal estate for qualification purposes (student aid, convalescent care, etc) 6. Access to accounts denominated in foreign currencies 7. Improved banking services for international business transactions Europeans 1. Access to Anglo-Saxon legal forms (ie Trusts) 2. Avoiding Forced Heirship 3. Expatiate financing & tax planning Other nationals 1. Country risk 2. Avoid exchange controls 3. Expatiate financing & tax planning

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Re: Sender and receiver non-repudiation (fwd)
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Tue, 3 Jul 2001 17:48:31 +0300 (EET DST) From: Helger Lipmaa <helger(a)tml.hut.fi> To: Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou <pkotzani(a)unipi.gr> Cc: cryptography(a)wasabisystems.com Subject: Re: Sender and receiver non-repudiation On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Panayiotis Kotzanikolaou wrote: > The problem in this scheme is that Bob signs and sends the proof after > he has received M. Bob can receive M and never send a receipt. > > By using a trusted delivery service, it is easy to produce > non-repudiation evidence both for the sender and the receiver. > Is there any cryptographic protocol that "forces" Bob to produce > non-repudiation evidence during execution? Answering only to this concrete question: the kind of things you want are accomplished by contract signing protocols. A few recent papers: Optimistic Protocols for Fair Exchange(N. Asokan, Matthis Schunter, Michael Waidner, 1996) Optimal Efficiency of Optimistic Contract Signing(Birgit Pfitzmann, Matthias Schunter, Michael Waidner, PODC 98) Optimistic synchronous multi-party contract signing(N. Asokan, Birgit Baum-Waidner, Matthias Schunter, and Michael Waidner, dec 1998) Asynchronous protocols for optimistic fair exchange(N. Asokan, Victor Shoup, Michael Waidner, may 1998) Optimistic asynchronous multi-party contract signing(Birgit Baum-Waidner and Michael Waidner, nov 1998) Optimistic fair exchange of digital signatures(N. Askon, Victor Shoup, Michael Waidner, oct 1999) Abuse-free Optimistic Contract Signing(Juan Garay, Markus Jakobsson, Phil MacKenzie, CRYPTO '99) Abuse-free Multi-party Contract Signing( Juan Garay, Phil MacKenzie, DISC '99) Provable Secure Certified Mail(Birgit Pfitzmann, Matthias Schunter, Michael Waidner, 2000) Analysis of Abuse-Free Contract Signing( Vitaly Shmatikov, John C. Mitchell, 2000) 06/23/01 Optimistic Asynchronous Multi-Party Contract Signing with Reduced Number of Rounds(Birgit Baum-Waidner, eprint 2001/044) (you can find links to them at http://www.tml.hut.fi/~helger/crypto/link/protocols/contract.html) Answering more generally: it does not help you to get non-repudiation. Nothing does, unless Bob is able to prove that you signed this document consiously, being sober, and generally, that you MEANT to sign it. Helger --------------------------------------------------------------------- The Cryptography Mailing List Unsubscribe by sending "unsubscribe cryptography" to majordomo(a)wasabisystems.com -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Kyllo: Taking the 5th on the 4th
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

http://www.wired.com/news/privacy/0,1848,44785,00.html -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Cloning, miscarriange, and the 1st
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

The fact is that if clonning research is stopped then the low success rate will continue. A self-fulfilling prophecy. If it is allowed to go forward in a very short time (a year perhaps) the problems will be ironed out and the success rate will exceed 'natural' (Grrrr Judeo-Christian ethics) rates of success. Eugenics - the management of reproductive choice by the state. What we need to do is outlaw the imposition of religious and political viewpoints from the discussion....wait.... Amendment I Congress shall make no law respecting an establishment of religion, or prohibiting the free exercise thereof; or abridging the freedom of speech, or of the press; or the right of the people peaceably to assemble, and to petition the Government for a redress of grievances. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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Of Art, Earthquakes, Image Processing And Restoration
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

And you thought double shredding would save your privacy... http://unisci.com/stories/20012/0621015.htm -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ "...where annual election ends, tyranny begins;" Thomas Jefferson & Samuel Adams The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Banned Research and Raids on "Secret Labs"
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

On Tue, 3 Jul 2001, Sampo Syreeni wrote: > On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: > > >Cloning is far from a perfected technology - dozens of embryos are started > >for each one that comes to term, and many that are born have severe > >defects and die young. A lot that don't die young are pretty darn > >unhealthy in various ways. > > That I didn't know. I've been under the impression that most failed cloning > attempts result in a miscarriage. The point that Peter makes is as valid for normal sexual intercourse. It's a moot point. -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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RE: Banned Research and Raids on "Secret Labs"
by Sampo Syreeni 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

On Mon, 2 Jul 2001, Trei, Peter wrote: >Cloning is far from a perfected technology - dozens of embryos are started >for each one that comes to term, and many that are born have severe >defects and die young. A lot that don't die young are pretty darn >unhealthy in various ways. That I didn't know. I've been under the impression that most failed cloning attempts result in a miscarriage. But, it really doesn't affect my point -- if we think that starting a pregnancy known to end in unhealthy babies gives the government a reason to intervene and incarcerate, then we also have to apply the same standard to those who smoke/use dope/live unhealthily during normal pregnancy. That is what I meant by the "unborn babies", the view that we should think of foetuses as first hand citizens with constitutional protection that is being violated when they're "made unhealthy". >A lot of the rhetoric seems to be on the level of 'this is just soooo >creepy'. Yep. That's even worse. >When cloning has a high success rate, and embryos which are going to >have problems after birth can be identified and culled at an early stage, >then I have no problem with human cloning. Until then, I'd rather people >did not try it (though, unlike the State, I would not stop them). That I can relate to. The point was less about whether cloning is ethical than about the right of the government to stop it. Sampo Syreeni, aka decoy, mailto:decoy@iki.fi, gsm: +358-50-5756111 student/math+cs/helsinki university, http://www.iki.fi/~decoy/front

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Symposium, Cambridge, UK; April 2002
by 12th.BL.&.CL.Symposium＠toad.com 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

===================================================== If you have received this email in error or do not wish to receive further information about the Symposium please reply to this message with the word REMOVE in the subject line. Please accept our apologies for troubling you. Thank you. ===================================================== FIRST ANNOUNCEMENT 12th International Symposium on Bioluminescence & Chemiluminescence Symposium website: http://www.lumiweb.com DATES: 5-9 April 2002 VENUE: Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK This symposium, which is held in association with the International Society for Bioluminescence & Chemiluminescence (ISBC), is the next in the biennial series that was started in 1978. The content will again be broad, and include all aspects of fundamental and basic science as well as the wide range of applications that now depend on these technologies. The Symposium will be held in April 2002 at Robinson College, University of Cambridge, UK. Robinson College is well designed to host conferences and has excellent en suite accommodation. All Symposium activities will be held at the College. More details about Robinson College can be found at http://www.robinson.cam.ac.uk. The Symposium will start the evening of Friday 5 April and finish at midday Tuesday 9 April. Registration and accommodation details are available at http://www.lumiweb.com. Those who register for the Symposium by 19 November 2001 (this date is also the Abstract deadline date) will get a preferential rate and current Members of the ISBC are entitled to a further reduction. The Symposium will consist of presentations (both oral and poster). There will be also be an exhibition of equipment and reagents. Workshops are also planned. ENQUIRIES Email: symposium(a)lumiweb.com. ABSTRACTS Abstracts are invited for oral and poster presentations. Deadline for Abstracts: 19 November 2001. See http://www.lumiweb.com for further information. Accepted abstracts will be published in the journal "Luminescence" (publisher, John Wiley & Sons). SYMPOSIUM PUBLICATION Manuscripts will be invited from authors making presentations and these will be published in a Proceedings volume which will be sent after the Symposium and free-of-charge to each registered delegate. SYMPOSIUM PROGRAMME The International Society for Bioluminescence & Chemiluminescence (ISBC) is taking responsibility for the scientific programme (Programme Co-Chairs: Professor Tony Campbell (University of Wales College of Medicine), Dr Phil Hill (University of Nottingham, UK) and Professor Peter Herring (Southampton Oceanography Centre, UK) Past President of ISBC). TOPICS FOR THE SYMPOSIUM WILL INCLUDE (but are not restricted to) (A) BASIC SCIENCE OF BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE: Chemiluminescence: >> Detection, measurement and imaging of luminescent reactions >> Chemistry of chemiluminescent reactions >> Reaction mechanisms >> Chemiluminescent labels, dioxetanes, acridans etc. >> Oxygen and other free radicals >> Standard light sources Bioluminescence: >> Biochemistry of luminous organisms [firefly, Vibrio, Beneckea, Renilla etc.] >> Luciferases and luciferins >> Photoproteins >> Quorum sensing and autoinducers >> Genetic engineering of bioluminescence enzymes >> Circadian phenomena Ultraweak luminescence: >> Phagocytosis >> Cellular luminescence Organisms: >> Oceanic bioluminescence >> Behaviour and ecology of luminous species (B) APPLICATIONS OF BIOLUMINESCENCE & CHEMILUMINESCENCE: >> Luminescent reporter genes including lux, luc and green fluorescent protein (GFP) >> High-throughput screening using luminescence >> Imaging techniques for cells, tissues and whole organisms >> Imaging of arrays >> Immunoassays >> Blot hybridisation with chemiluminescence detection >> Luminescence-coupled assays >> Luminescent biosensors >> Cellular luminescence in clinical medicine >> Phagocytosis and disease >> ATP assays (e.g. for hygiene of food, water, clinical samples) >> Green fluorescent protein applications >> Luminometers and instrumentation >> Imaging devices >> Chemiluminescence and fluorescence for in-situ hybridisation >> Use of luminescence as an educational tool >> Phagocytosis and cellular luminescence >> Ultra-weak chemiluminescence ===================================================== =====================================================

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Not all that blitters is eGold.
by George＠Orwellian.Org 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

[snipped] http://www.nytimes.com/2001/07/03/business/03PONZ.html?pagewanted=1 # # July 3, 2001 # # U.S. Charges Internet Operation Was a Huge Scam # # By KURT EICHENWALD # # OKLAHOMA CITY - By last September, life was getting rough for # Donald A. English. # # An unemployed single father, Mr. English was almost out of cash. # His family was threatened with eviction. Collection agencies # were at the door. His credit cards were mostly tapped out. # # With the walls closing in, Mr. English, 53, decided to grab for # a distinctly modern solution to his crumbling finances: He started # his own dot-com. # # But this was no ordinary Internet company. Instead, government # investigators said, it was the centerpiece of a huge scam. With # it, they said, this down-and-outer from Midwest City, Okla., # established one of history's fastest frauds, conning tens of # thousands of small investors out of as much as $50 million in # a matter of weeks, until the scheme collapsed early this year # in scandal. # [snip] # # Investigators have stumbled across imaginary banks hawking # nonexistent "digital" certificates of deposit, illusory # trillion-dollar government obligations and bogus business deals # to "lease" millions of dollars in cash. # [snip] # # In the case of EE-Biz, court records show, investors who signed # up opened an account with a legitimate company that functioned # like a bank, using an Internet currency known as e-gold. Then, # they transferred dollars in e-gold - a transaction known as a # spend, involving as little as $20 or as much as several thousand # - to an e-gold account, controlled by someone else. The early # investors received double their money back, with no explanation # of how it was done. As word spread of the payouts, investors # flocked to the site to participate. # # Mr. English himself had been a victim of a number of similar # schemes and decided to open up his own, according to transcripts # of chat room conversations. Those transcripts indicate that Mr. # English himself may not have completely understood the bogus # nature of the plan. # [snip]

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O'Connor Questions Death Penalty
by Jim Choate 03 Jul '01

03 Jul '01

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-srv/aponline/20010702/aponline224901_000.h… -- -- ____________________________________________________________________ Whereof one cannot speak, thereof one must be silent. Ludwig Wittgenstein The Armadillo Group ,::////;::-. James Choate Austin, Tx /:'///// ``::>/|/ ravage(a)ssz.com www.ssz.com .', |||| `/( e\ 512-451-7087 -====~~mm-'`-```-mm --'- --------------------------------------------------------------------

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