-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- At 08:41 PM 5/18/97 -0700, Mike Duvos wrote:
Alan Olsen <alan@ctrl-alt-del.com> writes:
Actually I was quoting from the Oregonian, the local fishwrap.
IRS agents arrest Vancouver man who called for killing federal workers
As I recall, Bell never called for anyone to be killed. He merely suggested that the construction of anonymous wagering pools would faciliate a market in the disposal of tyrants.
Some of his statements could have been taken as advocating the killing of federal employees of various sorts. The question is whether he actually tried to arrange it in real life. (Which I doubt.)
Federal agents since have focused on a Bell theory that carbon fibers could be used to sabotage computer hard drives, thus disabling them. East confirmed Bell's interest in using carbon fibers as a "computer killer" but dismissed it as a "goofball idea."
I thought microscopic amounts of airborne silicone were the preferred method of causing large numbers of drives to mysteriously fail.
I found that part quite interesting. I remember Jim going off about this (without refering to any specific method) at the first Portland Cypherpunk meeting. He got pretty pissed when I mentioned it on the list. (As well as my post that I thought he was a loon.) Interesting to see that there is an actual method mentioned. (And that his friend also thought it was kind of nutty...)
I can't imagine how one would get the carbon fiber into the interior of the drive.
Neither can I. Maybe it was supposed to short out the electronics. Imagine what that would do to your lungs! Youch!
The search warrant for East's home shows that the government also is interested in determining whether Bell and others have experimented with volatile chemicals in preparation for attacks on IRS offices and agents.
The government is only lending credibility to Bell's paranoia by behaving like jackbooted thugs.
It is interesting that they have kept the warrent sealed. This, more than anything makes me question the legitamacy of the whole affair. Sounds like the IRS is planning a preemptive strike on the Common Law Courts and the people behind them.
Is this federal agent Bell is supposed to have interfered with one of the agents who arrested him? Sounds like fabrication from whole cloth to me.
That is not explained. I think it was an excuse to arrest him without having to reveal the real reasons. Be interesting to see what they accuse him of later... The IRS seems to have overstepped a little in this case... The sealed warrents are an attempt to keep it from being examined in more detail. -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: 5.0 beta Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBM3/TO+QCP3v30CeZAQGYawf/Q5oKg5nkrWF9sNCkEFo2kSINNcUE7Osp YmIoSAPDZxIbgWZYFxEgU36+YwtDgPN9dS2k40pGlFdHKAiVGAPfHO72lSYGSv5d APnXu6WMyG4hqaCR1JI1dW/yicA5NyyFrIx3k3VeaowvvgFiGxJiZJtD4N4yQSmS u9glmpPr3OqQ2BwlU6SBPRPib+toQuKf57KUJZXRgvoJc9nm3zU5Izi2cnm8joEN +HzOQYBSgkiyWFXezeoUVmDMJA4Pcxn5AatayiIvxROxYR+/zZxw33t5JoxxTTnG /GuLlYLvdUclTQCtmF0ZYW+jiGDNsex6aNaMoArMSEgDDOYcb60tQw== =pToF -----END PGP SIGNATURE----- --- | "Bill Clinton - Bringing back the sixties one Nixon at a time." | |"The moral PGP Diffie taught Zimmermann unites all| Disclaimer: | | mankind free in one-key-steganography-privacy!" | Ignore the man | |`finger -l alano@teleport.com` for PGP 2.6.2 key | behind the keyboard.| | http://www.ctrl-alt-del.com/~alan/ |alan@ctrl-alt-del.com|