November 2019 - cypherpunks - lists.cpunks.org

Re: Bolivia coup led by Christian fascist paramilitary leader and millionaire – with foreign support
by Ryan Carboni 13 Nov '19

13 Nov '19

I don't know how appalled one should be when fascist gangs are directly overthrowing the Bolivian government and denouncing a valid election, but maybe this mailing list conversation would be different if the names of Bolivian politicians were substituted for American politicians. Also, Re: Jim Bell's direct reply to me, Gmail autosuggestions offer: "Good point." "I agree with you." "Absolutely." This reminds me of when Alex Jones attempted to interrogate Siri. The AI endorses fascism, we should have known with Tay.

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Two Historical Events that will explain the News
by Ryan Carboni 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Susurluk_scandal "The scandal surfaced with a car-truck collision on 3 November 1996, near Susurluk, in the province of Balıkesir. The victims included the deputy chief of the Istanbul Police Department, a Member of Parliament, and Abdullah Çatlı, the leader of the Grey Wolves (who was a contract killer on Interpol's red list). "Intelligence expert Mahir Kaynak described the police camp as 'pro-European', and the MİT camp as 'pro-American'. The authorities pocketed billions of dollars in profits from the drug smuggling." https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/History_of_Bolivia_(1964%E2%80%9382) [The coup was] "...financed by cocaine traffickers and supported by European mercenaries recruited by Klaus Barbie, former Gestapo chief in Lyon, the coup began the rule of the first Junta of Commanders of the Armed Forces, one of the darkest periods in Bolivian history." Remember, any time some expert in "intelligence" praises Mossad, point out their only public success against the Nazis is capturing a bookkeeper. It is all incredible BS and only half of everything can be attributed to incredible stupidity.

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Guerilla Open Access Manifesto
by grarpamp 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

Guerilla Open Access Manifesto Information is power. But like all power, there are those who want to keep it for themselves. The world's entire scientific and cultural heritage, published over centuries in books and journals, is increasingly being digitized and locked up by a handful of private corporations. Want to read the papers featuring the most famous results of the sciences? You'll need to send enormous amounts to publishers like Reed Elsevier. There are those struggling to change this. The Open Access Movement has fought valiantly to ensure that scientists do not sign their copyrights away but instead ensure their work is published on the Internet, under terms that allow anyone to access it. But even under the best scenarios, their work will only apply to things published in the future. Everything up until now will have been lost. That is too high a price to pay. Forcing academics to pay money to read the work of their colleagues? Scanning entire libraries but only allowing the folks at Google to read them? Providing scientific articles to those at elite universities in the First World, but not to children in the Global South? It's outrageous and unacceptable. "I agree," many say, "but what can we do? The companies hold the copyrights, they make enormous amounts of money by charging for access, and it's perfectly legal — there's nothing we can do to stop them." But there is something we can, something that's already being done: we can fight back. Those with access to these resources — students, librarians, scientists — you have been given a privilege. You get to feed at this banquet of knowledge while the rest of the world is locked out. But you need not — indeed, morally, you cannot — keep this privilege for yourselves. You have a duty to share it with the world. And you have: trading passwords with colleagues, filling download requests for friends. Meanwhile, those who have been locked out are not standing idly by. You have been sneaking through holes and climbing over fences, liberating the information locked up by the publishers and sharing them with your friends. But all of this action goes on in the dark, hidden underground. It's called stealing or piracy, as if sharing a wealth of knowledge were the moral equivalent of plundering a ship and murdering its crew. But sharing isn't immoral — it's a moral imperative. Only those blinded by greed would refuse to let a friend make a copy. Large corporations, of course, are blinded by greed. The laws under which they operate require it — their shareholders would revolt at anything less. And the politicians they have bought off back them, passing laws giving them the exclusive power to decide who can make copies. There is no justice in following unjust laws. It's time to come into the light and, in the grand tradition of civil disobedience, declare our opposition to this private theft of public culture. We need to take information, wherever it is stored, make our copies and share them with the world. We need to take stuff that's out of copyright and add it to the archive. We need to buy secret databases and put them on the Web. We need to download scientific journals and upload them to file sharing networks. We need to fight for Guerilla Open Access. With enough of us, around the world, we'll not just send a strong message opposing the privatization of knowledge — we'll make it a thing of the past. Will you join us? Aaron Swartz July 2008, Eremo, Italy https://openlibrary.org/

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Could somebody list names/emails of 1996 people?
by jim bell 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

I want to do an email alerting 1995/96 users of the Cypherpunks list to the forgery of the 1995 docket. Could somebody make a list of the email addresses of people sending/receiving emails in 1996? Just a list of unique emails addresses, of course. Then, could somebody check those names and email addresses against the early 2000's Cypherpunks archives, perhaps to catch email changes? This is important. Thank you. Jim Bell

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Government forgery then, and now
by jim bell 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

I believe this was recently mentioned on CP;https://www.theatlantic.com/ideas/archive/2019/11/my-grandfathers-role-n… "Within the thousand-page document, my grandfather found two transcripts of the same conversation from April 16, 1973, between Nixon and Assistant Attorney General Henry Petersen. However, the two transcripts were so different that no one—not even journalists or Nixon-administration members—had noticed that they represented the same conversation. Nixon had doctored the transcripts, and mistakenly released an unedited version along with the edited one. The doctored version contained far more words that were marked “inaudible,” and other words were changed so as to render sentences meaningless. My grandfather wrote to the Washington Post reporters Carl Bernstein and Bob Woodward, who broke the story about the transcript discrepancies. Read more: How our readers responded to Watergate White House spokespeople tried to pass off the differences as mere typist errors, but as my grandfather asked the Associated Press, “How could people listen to the same piece of tape and hear different words?” The House Judiciary Committee demanded that Nixon release the unedited transcripts, and the rest—the Supreme Court case United States v. Nixon, the release of the “smoking gun” tape, impeachment hearings, political chaos, and Nixon’s ultimate resignation—is history.[end of partial quotation] Has anyone heard from the Cypherpunks who held the data that later made its way to the CP Archives, specifically the 1995 file? Jim Bell

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Assange + Manning: Poster Campaign
by grarpamp 12 Nov '19

12 Nov '19

http://somersetbean.com/free-assange/ Free printables above. https://twitter.com/defendassange https://twitter.com/xychelsea

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Israel ethno-strength 'not fascism' - Polish ethno-strength 'is fascism' - [MINISTRY] [PEACE]
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Just 2 simple questions por favor: 1. Is it "fascist" for Poles to proclaim and advocate for and protect their ethnic dominance in Poland? 2. Is it "fascist" for Israelis to proclaim and advocate for and protect their ethnic dominance in Israel? At least the Poles know how to march and speak: ‘Europe is dying!’ Tens of thousands of far-righters march in ‘independence’ parade calling for ‘Polish Intifada’ (VIDEO) https://www.rt.com/news/473179-poland-independence-nazi-march/ ... #Antisemitism during march for #IndependenceDay in #Warsaw: "Polish intifada! No more apologies! No more zionism". Facists shout "This is Poland, not Israel!" #MarszNiepodległości2019pic.twitter.com/703npW51jL — Linus Pook (@LinusPook) November 11, 2019 [ Straight from the Ministry's "because of course if you defend the ethnic majority in any country other than Israel, that's FASCISM; now please, do _f@!#_ off and pay your taxes, goy!" ]

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[WAR] the Pentagon's "White Helmets" "moderate head choppers" descend to depths unheard of
by Zenaan Harkness 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

Horrific. Trigger warning. * DISTURBING IMAGES: White Helmets BUSTED killing babies in PR stunt to start war in Syria http://theduran.com/warning-disturbing-images-white-helmets-busted-killing-… White Helmets have been caught faking rescues and doctoring dead children. ** Qatar-owned Al Jazeera reports Assad is bombing Idlib with White Phosphorus http://theduran.com/qatar-owned-fake-news/ ------------------------------------------------------------ Al-Jazeera headquarters Doha, Qatar. More fake news: Al Jazeera, reported that Syrian jets have bombed the town of Idlib using White Phosphorus. ** Michael Savage: complete “false flag in Syria.” No sarin gas, most likely phosgene gas http://theduran.com/michael-savage-complete-false-flag-in-syria-no-sarin-ga… ------------------------------------------------------------ Michael Savage: complete “false flag in Syria.” No sarin gas, most likely phosgene gas Savage: “How is is this an ‘America first’ decision?” ** The human cost of Donald Trump’s war crime (VIDEO) http://theduran.com/the-human-cost-of-donald-trumps-war-crime/ ------------------------------------------------------------ widow The widow of a slain Syrian soldier speaks about her loss. ** Hezbollah condemns the ISIS massacre of Egyptian Christians http://theduran.com/hezbollah-condemns-the-isis-massacre-of-egyptian-christ… ------------------------------------------------------------ Hezbollah urged Muslims to unite in order to protect Christians from violence. ** John McCain blasts the Trump administration–the honeymoon is over http://theduran.com/john-mccain-blasts-the-trump-administration-the-honeymo… ------------------------------------------------------------ U.S. Senator McCain arrives on a visit at a migrant center near the village of Adasevci John McCain wants more war...lots more. ** Fake news story in mainstream AND alt-media slanders Russia and Iran http://theduran.com/exclusive-fake-news-story-in-mainstream-and-alt-media-s… ------------------------------------------------------------ The story says that Russia and Iran threatened to attack US forces if a 'red line' was crossed. This is an outright lie. ** Iranian President Rouhani telephones Vladimir Putin–united front on Syria is strengthened http://theduran.com/iranian-president-rouhani-telephones-vladimir-putin-uni… ------------------------------------------------------------ Both leaders pledged their commitment to aid Syria in the fight against terrorism and to work together to stabilise the volatile region.

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Re: Facebook is deleting the name of the potential whistleblower
by Razer 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

On November 9, 2019 12:53:03 PM PST, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> wrote: >I don't think that re-publishing a name, which has probably already >been re-re-re-re-re-re-re-published thousands of times, could >constitute "interfering with a criminal investigation". But your >imagination may differ. > Jim Bell > You can do whatever you like until they tell you to stop. Then you can't, and I'm sure there's some legal facility for making sure leaked information gets reeled in as much as possible to avoid bungling up the investigation. There's a bunch of federal codes I'm not up on, but the above is the bottom line and that line only rises higher towards you neck, and a garrotting, if it involves national security. Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail Disclaimer: I am not a Lawyer. DO NOT call me in the middle of the night for bail money. >On Saturday, November 9, 2019, 12:47:26 PM PST, Razer <g2s(a)riseup.net> >wrote: > >This is your answer and China will stomp you if you INTERFERE WITH A >CRIMINAL INVESTIGATION too. So will any court system on earth. > >Get psychiatric help. > >"Facebook says it is removing mentions of the alleged whistleblower’s >name and will revisit this decision if the name is widely published in >the media or used by public figures in debate." > >On November 9, 2019 10:44:33 AM PST, jim bell <jdb10987(a)yahoo.com> >wrote: >https://apnews.com/ad8f2a9b6e424138afcc97fcf2eb29bf > >I wonder what they mean by "deleting the name"? Do they mean deleting >any posting or comment containing the name 'Eric Ciaramella'? Or just >that name? Or any posting that says that "Eric Ciaramella is the >whistleblower"? >This sure sounds like Facebook is adopting the policies of Red China, >"The Great Firewall of China". >I've got a solution to that problem: The people who work for Facebook >are identifiable, and mortal. > >Notice that the news source this story came from is "apnews". How >appropriate. > Jim Bell > > > Rr Sent from my Androgyne dee-vice with K-9 Mail

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"A Public Service" - Tim Schwartz - Book on Disclosure and Anonymity
by grarpamp 11 Nov '19

11 Nov '19

https://publicservice.guide/ https://twitter.com/timatron " Tim Schwartz here. I’m a digital security educator, co-organizer @ LA Cryptoparty https://crypto.la/ . Over the last three years, I have been researching and writing a book on how people can safely disclose information to the press, lawyers, and the public – all while maintaining their anonymity. I interviewed many individuals for this book including folks from the Freedom of the Press Foundation, NSA whistleblowers, security experts, and whistleblower lawyers. I wrote A Public Service to give folks a better chance at disclosing information without being retaliated against or having their lives ruined. "

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