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[IP] Ruling on Doe v Chao [ for IP list]
by R. A. Hettinga 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

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Voices Inside Their Heads: Fbi 'Drowning' In Info From Bugs, Wiretaps
by R. A. Hettinga 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

<http://www.drudgereport.com/flash2.htm> The Drudge Report Support The DrudgeReport; Visit Our Advertisers VOICES INSIDE THEIR HEADS: FBI 'DROWNING' IN INFO FROM BUGS, WIRETAPS Tue Feb 24 2004 08:48:10 ET Thanks to the bundle of anti-terrorism measures known as the USA Patriot Act, the FBI is conducting a "record amount" of electronic surveillance, including the use of wiretaps and bugs, CONGRESSIONAL QUARTERLY reports on Tuesday. But the bureau can't keep up with all the information pouring in from those and other sources, CQ's Justin Rood reports. "We have a record amount of collection going on," said FBI spokesman Ed Cogswell in a telephone interview. The Justice Department's 2005 budget justification for the bureau backs Cogswell up. "Electronic Surveillance (ELSUR) collection volumes are expected to continue an upward trend for months and years ahead," the justification for the FBI reads. The document says the increases are the result of "statutory easements to Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authority (USA Patriot Act), a shift of FBI investigative resources to counterterrorism and counterintelligence programs heavily dependant [sic] upon ELSUR collection, and incremental growth in available ELSUR line capacity." Electronic Surveillance - ELSUR - refers to telephone wiretaps, hidden microphones, cameras placed in private areas, and other forms of surreptitious interception of oral, written or electronic communication. The 2001 Patriot Act (PL 107-56) included provisions making it easier for the FBI to obtain permission to spy on individuals as a part of counterterrorism investigations. "All systems are go," said Steven Aftergood, director of the Project on Government Secrecy at the Federation of American Scientists. -- ----------------- R. A. Hettinga <mailto: rah(a)ibuc.com> The Internet Bearer Underwriting Corporation <http://www.ibuc.com/> 44 Farquhar Street, Boston, MA 02131 USA "... however it may deserve respect for its usefulness and antiquity, [predicting the end of the world] has not been found agreeable to experience." -- Edward Gibbon, 'Decline and Fall of the Roman Empire'

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Re: More on VoIP
by Tyler Durden 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Uhm. Good point. But I think that the Luxemborg wrinkle was interesting... The more interesting idea is peer-to-peer VoIP. That plus crypto and I don't think prying ears could do a whole hell of a lot. In fact, the game may be over on some levels...certainly, CALEA seems to have at best a slippery legal hold on VoIP at all, and that's when the VoIP calls are hubbed or "switched" somehow (you packet heads can remove the quote-marks from 'switched'). Peered VoIP seems to push any eavesdropping all the way out to the edges of the network. In fact, I'm wondering if there may be a popular 'giving up' underway on the greater crypto issue, with greater starting to encompass voice traffic. Actually, while we're fighting Satan's Minions(TM) (ie, the evil dark-skinned ragheads), nobody seems to care as much about some hydroponic pot growers and whatnot, and Al Qaeda seems to think that word of mouth works just fine for disseminating mission-critical information. -TD >From: "Dave Howe" <DaveHowe(a)gmx.co.uk> >To: <cypherpunks(a)minder.net> >Subject: Re: More on VoIP >Date: Tue, 24 Feb 2004 09:49:13 -0000 > >Tyler Durden wrote: > > Encryption ain't the half of it. Really good liottle article. And I > > didin't know Skype was based in Luxemborg.... > > http://slate.msn.com/id/2095777/ >Not playing with Skype - why risk a closed source propriatory solution >when there is open source, RFC documented SIP? > _________________________________________________________________ Find and compare great deals on Broadband access at the MSN High-Speed Marketplace. http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200360ave/direct/01/

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More on VoIP
by Tyler Durden 24 Feb '04

24 Feb '04

Encryption ain't the half of it. Really good liottle article. And I didin't know Skype was based in Luxemborg.... http://slate.msn.com/id/2095777/ -TD _________________________________________________________________ Get fast, reliable access with MSN 9 Dial-up. Click here for Special Offer! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200361ave/direct/01/

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Re: Freematt's review of "A State of Disobedience" By Tom Kratman
by Tyler Durden 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Well, yeah...there's been a lot of good to come out of the Christian world, including the notion of "unalienable human rights". But it's a worthwhile topic to troll about for a while. If you make a calculation of the number of humans made miserable by greater Christendom (to use a Kierkegaardian term), it probably dwarfs a similar calculation made for other religions, including Stalinism. On the other hand, the Christians learned how to make precise-bore gunpowder weapons earlier than anyone else, so maybe it's just an historic accident. However, fundamentalist forms of Christianity seem to be at the heart of a lot of this Administration's shenannigans (see that Vanity Fair article on Orrin Hatch and you'll be pretty upset...) -TD >From: "Pete Capelli" <pcapelli(a)capelli.org> >Reply-To: "Pete Capelli" <pcapelli(a)capelli.org> >To: <cypherpunks(a)minder.net> >Subject: Re: Freematt's review of "A State of Disobedience" By Tom Kratman >Date: Mon, 23 Feb 2004 12:06:48 -0500 > >Message flagged as -1 (Troll) > > > And if you look back, it's clear that 99% if not all repression > > in the US comes from exactly that basis -- all the sex laws, porn > > laws, drug laws -- the intolerant, hate-filled christian mindset that > > says sex is bad, mental freedom is bad, pleasure is bad, the wilderness > > is bad and must be tamed, subjegated, and "civilised", that the >environment > > is for humans alone to exploit, that other religions and cultures are > > evil and must be suppressed and "rehabilitated" and re-educated as they > > did with the Indians. > > Isn't it time for freedom loving people to wake up and start dealing > > with the basic problem in the world and especially the US -- >christianity? > > > >(You left out cancer, AIDS, and supersized happy meals) > > Intolerant hate filled christian mind set? How does this >differentiate >christians from the muslims, jews, native americans (I can't believe you >were so insensitive as to call them Indians) or even atheists? > > Perhaps we should all give in to the fun-loving stalinist's. They got >rid of God, and it worked out well for them (and for human rights, >economics, etc etc). > >-p > > _________________________________________________________________ Get a FREE online computer virus scan from McAfee when you click here. http://clinic.mcafee.com/clinic/ibuy/campaign.asp?cid=3963

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Re: Freematt's review of "A State of Disobedience" By Tom Kratman
by Anonymous 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Tyler Durden wrote: > Damn. I'd say "that's the most intolerant hate-filled garbage I ever..." > > But shit. It's basically true. Or at least the fundamentalists in charge of > the government these days seem to equate their two-dimensional cartoon view > of the world with reality, and that's dangerous because their guns are > real...."Let God sort 'em out" seems to be the basic philosophy. And if you look back, it's clear that 99% if not all repression in the US comes from exactly that basis -- all the sex laws, porn laws, drug laws -- the intolerant, hate-filled christian mindset that says sex is bad, mental freedom is bad, pleasure is bad, the wilderness is bad and must be tamed, subjegated, and "civilised", that the environment is for humans alone to exploit, that other religions and cultures are evil and must be suppressed and "rehabilitated" and re-educated as they did with the Indians. Isn't it time for freedom loving people to wake up and start dealing with the basic problem in the world and especially the US -- christianity?

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Re: Freematt's review of "A State of Disobedience" By Tom Kratman
by Tyler Durden 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

Damn. I'd say "that's the most intolerant hate-filled garbage I ever..." But shit. It's basically true. Or at least the fundamentalists in charge of the government these days seem to equate their two-dimensional cartoon view of the world with reality, and that's dangerous because their guns are real...."Let God sort 'em out" seems to be the basic philosophy. As it so happens I saw 'Malcom X' on cable last night.... -TD >From: Anonymous <discord-nobody(a)erisiandiscord.de> >To: cypherpunks(a)minder.net >Subject: Re: Freematt's review of "A State of Disobedience" By Tom Kratman >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 20:45:05 +0100 (CET) > > Yes, unfortunately most of the literature of this type >fails to recognize the basic problem in the US -- that what >really is needed to ensure freedom for the rest of us is >to round up all the christians and put them some place where >they can no longer bother anyone. Preferably a gas chamber. > _________________________________________________________________ Watch high-quality video with fast playback at MSN Video. Free! http://click.atdmt.com/AVE/go/onm00200365ave/direct/01/

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[IP] DoD proceeding with "TIA", etc. under ARDA (sic) and other orgs (fwd from dave@farber.net)
by Eugen Leitl 23 Feb '04

23 Feb '04

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Fill The Hill 2004 - June 5, 2004 - Ottawa, Canada
by Tim Meehan 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

>From: "Jody Pressman" <jdp(a)sympatico.ca> >Date: Sun, 22 Feb 2004 19:04:27 -0500 http://fillthehill.ca/ I'm proud to announce that the website for the largest drug reform rally in Canadian history has launched. Fill the Hill 2004 now has a home on the internet at fillthehill.ca Fill the Hill 2004 will feature a broad cross-section of Canada's leading political actors and activists in the fight for a sensible drug policy. Speakers include Libby Davies, NDP M.P. for Vancouver-East and former member of the decrim Bill (C-38) House committee, Marc Emery, President of the B.C. Marijuana Party, Philippe Lucas from Canadians for Safe Access and the Vancouver Island Compassion Society, David Malmo-Levine, recent Supreme Court appellant and Vancouver cannabis activist, Alison Myrden, noted medical marijuana activist, Honourable Senator Pierre Claude Nolin, member of the Senate of Canada and Chair of the comprehensive and extensive Special Senate Committee on Illegal Drugs, Eugene Oscapella, director of the Canadian Foundation for Drug Policy, Kirk Tousaw, Policy Director for the BCCLA, Marc Boris-St. Maurice, leader of the Marijuana Party of Canada, and last but certainly not least, Alan Young, respected lawyer, law professor, and author of Justice Defiled: Perverts, Potheads, Serial Killers & Lawyers. http://fillthehill.ca/ will serve as an important organizational and communication tool in the coming months to keep people informed about this exciting and unprecedented event. Be sure to check our our website, join our mailing list, plan to be in Ottawa on Saturday June 5, 2004 to 'fill the Hill' and support reform to our failed marijuana laws. Jody Pressman Fill the Hill, Event Coordinator http://fillthehill.ca/

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Re: Freematt's review of "A State of Disobedience" By Tom Kratman
by Anonymous 22 Feb '04

22 Feb '04

Yes, unfortunately most of the literature of this type fails to recognize the basic problem in the US -- that what really is needed to ensure freedom for the rest of us is to round up all the christians and put them some place where they can no longer bother anyone. Preferably a gas chamber.

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