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"Hillary Clinton Slams Trump For Not Taking A More 'Hands-Off' Approach To [Iraq] Embassy Attack" - [PEACE]
by Zigga da Bigga Trigga N.gga 08 Jan '20

08 Jan '20

>From the "week old news, but better late than never" dept. Trust Hillary: Hillary Clinton Slams Trump For Not Taking A More 'Hands-Off' Approach To Embassy Attack January 1st, 2020 https://babylonbee.com/news/hillary-clinton-slams-trump-for-not-taking-a-mo… WASHINGTON, D.C—Hillary Clinton has slammed President Trump on Twitter for not taking a more "hands-off" approach to the protests in Iraq that threatened American lives at the embassy there. After Trump quickly sent Marines to defend Americans trapped at the embassy, Clinton immediately blasted him for taking such "rash, uncalled-for" action when he could have just "waited around a while to see what happens." ... In other news: Democrats Call For Flags To Be Flown At Half-Mast To Grieve Death Of Soleimani https://babylonbee.com/news/democrats-call-for-flags-to-be-flown-half-mast-…

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Clue to So-Called Missing Jim Bell-AP Messages
by John Young 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

X-Sender: tcmay(a)mail.got.net Message-Id: <a05010401b6829912c4bc(a)[207.111.241.18]> In-Reply-To: <200101082217.RAA29708(a)johnson.mail.mindspring.net> References: <200101082217.RAA29708(a)johnson.mail.mindspring.net> Date: Wed, 10 Jan 2001 14:59:33 -0800 To: John Young <jya(a)pipeline.com>, cypherpunks(a)cyberpass.net From: Tim May <tcmay(a)got.net> Subject: Re: Bell Case Subpoena Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii" ; format="flowed" At 5:09 PM -0500 1/8/01, John Young wrote: >Today at 4:30 PM two Treasury agents, Tom Jack and Matthew >Mc Whirr, served me a Subpoena to Testify Before Grand Jury, >in US District Court of Western Washington, Seattle, WA, on >January 25, 2001, 9:00 AM. Robb London, AUSA, is the >applicant. > >The subpoena states in bold caps "We request that you do not >disclose the existence of this subpoena, because such a >disclosure may make it more difficult to conduct the investigation." >... > Please provide any and all documents, papers, letters, computer > disks, photographs, notes, objects, information, or other items > in your possession or under your control, including electronically > stored or computer records, which: > > 1. Name, mention, describe, discuss, involve or relate to James > Dalton Bell, a/k/a Jim Bell, or By the way, John, thanks for the "heads up." I purged my archives of Jim Bell e-mail sent directly to me, though I left on my system the e-mail he copied the list on. (Yes, I purged the back-ups, too. A good reason not to back up e-mail to CD-Rs.) --Tim May -- Timothy C. May tcmay(a)got.net Corralitos, California Political: Co-founder Cypherpunks/crypto anarchy/Cyphernomicon Technical: physics/soft errors/Smalltalk/Squeak/agents/games/Go Personal: b.1951/UCSB/Intel '74-'86/retired/investor/motorcycles/guns

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Crypto Basics: SSH Protocol
by grarpamp 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

https://gravitational.com/blog/ssh-handshake-explained/

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[OT] [Putin] Straight To The Gulag... :D
by Cecilia Tanaka 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

Putin's Best Pic! :D https://imgur.com/gallery/9SjaL6R

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Re: looking for a word
by Peter Fairbrother 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

First of all, thank you to everybody who replied, both on and off-list. On 07/01/2020 12:38, ao402468(a)gmail.com wrote: [..] > To abstract the object. I had independently come up with that word - but ao402468 published first. Darn, but not liver-gnawing time :) Words people have come up with: steal pirate leak plagiarise breach mirror clone replicate image intercept disseminate breach transgress microfilm xerox exfiltrate decrypt expose disclose compromise extract copy pinch crib abstract "Copy" is good, and obvious, but doesn't have the emotional connotations of stealing: scenario, you are a secure database operator/designer and someone has - "whatevered" - your data. You are right royally pi**ed off and want to nail the f#*#*#*s to a wall and stick knitting needles in their bellies and watch them die slowly and insane from peritonitis. If you can keep yourself from killing the s#!*-gobbing _F$*#S_ sooner. "Copy" seems a little weak for what they did. "Crib" and "pinch" are also good, but both have or had a specific crypto meaning, "crib" being a known or guessed plaintext, and "pinch" meaning crypto things stolen by non-cryptanalytic means. Both are a little weak. Both are also a bit skoolboyish. I think "abstract" is probably the best word available, but am a little worried that most people will not be aware of the secondary meaning of abstract. It doesn't necessarily involve dishonesty, but it is sometimes used that way - eg abstraction of electricity, an offense under UK law; you can't steal electricity as it is not a thing, so the offense is "abstraction" not "theft". Any further thoughts? This usage will eventually go in a book, which probably no-one will ever read, but if they do you may end up using whatever the final choice is... Again, thank you all for your help. ;-) Peter Fairbrother

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The Hofeller Files - Dumped
by grarpamp 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

http://www.thehofellerfiles.com/ https://drive.google.com/drive/folders/1Pw3lc2QPJ-eEeHszCdcfjbe3uZC1DbKz Get it while it's hot.

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Looking for a word
by Peter Fairbrother 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

to mean stolen from a record but still in it, ie integrity and availability are preserved but not confidentiality. "Stolen" is too laced with implications of the stolen object not being there any more, "copied" does not imply the theft aspect enough, "pirated" is too silly. Any other suggestions? Thanks. Peter Fairbrother

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Self-Sovereign ID Tech
by grarpamp 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

https://www.computerworld.com/article/3512108/frustration-over-growing-priv… https://github.com/WebOfTrustInfo/rwot5-boston/blob/master/topics-and-advan… There is a growing movement among fintech companies, banks, healthcare services, universities and others toward disintermediating the control of online user identities in favor of supporting end-user controlled decentralized digital wallets based on P2P blockchain. Self-sovereign identity (SSI) is a term used to describe the digital movement that recognizes an individual should own and control their identity without intervening administrative authorities. The wallets would carry encryption keys provided by third parties and could be used to digitally sign transactions or provide access to verifying information, everything from bank-issued credit lines to diplomas -- all of which are controlled by the user through public key infrastructure (PKI). The blockchain ledger and PKI technology is hidden behind user-friendly mobile applications. Currently, there are more proof-of-concept projects than production systems involving a small number of organizations. The pilots, being trialed in government, financial services, insurance, healthcare, energy and manufacturing, don't yet amount to an entire ecosystem, but they will grow over the next few years, according to Gartner.

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Missing video from Jeffrey Epstein's first suicide.
by jim bell 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

Jeffrey Epstein: Surveillance Video From First Suicide Attempt Missing https://www.yahoo.com/entertainment/jeffrey-epstein-surveillance-video-firs… Jim Bell's comment: Missing, just like a few thousand postings to me, from me, about me, and any mentioning Assassination Politics in the 1995 Cypherpunks archive. And John Gilmore, Ryan Lackey, Tom Busby, and Declan McCullagh don't seem to care. Neither does Brian Merchant nor Will Stephenson. Concealing the past by erasing the evidence is an old story.

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Re: Assange persecuted by Judge Arbuthnot with her p rima facie conflict of interest, refuses to recuse herself - - Re: Galloway has campaigned tirelessly for Assangeâs freedom - [PEACE]
by John Young 07 Jan '20

07 Jan '20

First I've heard of the armed agents in the courtroom. However, some of the Assange fans have made threatening statements, and I haven't heard of Assange asking to not do that. In that sense, he reminds of 45's firing up his base but not asking for calm. Instigators do do that so they cannot be charged with incitement. Govs and TLAs most guilty of it but so too the ego-driven - call them narcissistic cowards. To be sure, Assange is not nearly as mean-spirited as his associates who have latched onto him as an escape from insignificance. Looking forward to a full-bore Assange international trial of spectacular entertainment. Lively alternative: https://ddosecrets.com/ At 03:30 PM 1/6/2020, you wrote: >I wonder if the judge refusing to recuse herself has anything to do >with the two agents, allegedly carrying automatic weapons illegally >in the courtroom, addressing her while closely standing before her bench.

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