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Stupid Comms Apps that Stupid Thugs Refuse to Quit Using
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

http://storage.pardot.com/272312/11633/Flashpoint_Cybercrime_Economy.pdf https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/blog/ https://www.flashpoint-intel.com/library/

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WBAI 99.5FM NYC Pacifica Radio Weekly On The Fly: Wikileaks Assange and the Big Lie
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Julian Assange: Countdown to Freedom https://www.wbai.org/program.php?program=234 https://nuarchive.wbai.org/mp3/wbai_170418_170001randyCrelof.mp3 http://www.wbai.org/archive.php https://www.wbai.org/upcomingprogram.php?upcomingid=2800

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Reports: US prosecutors weighing charges against WikiLeaks
by jim bell 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Article follows: "U.S. authorities have been engaged in discussions over whether to seek charges against Wikileaks founder Julian Assange, according to a source familiar with the matter. The debate over charges was first reported by the Washington Post. Officials have been debating whether Wikileaks -- the organization which has shared troves of confidential materials, often received via persons sharing it illegally -- should be viewed as a journalistic enterprise, as Assange claims, or as a group that illegally aided and abetted the widespread disclosure of sensitive information. The matter was previously considered by the administration of President Barack Obama, but charges were never brought. CIA director: Wikileaks a 'hostile' intelligence service abetted by Russia Spicer says 'massive difference' between CIA WikiLeaks leak and Podesta email leak In March, Wikileaks released files it said originated from the CIA and detailed the agency's ability to secretly gain access to internet-connected consumer products. Last week, CIA Director Mike Pompeo took aim at the organization, describing it as a "hostile" intelligence-gathering service that at times is "abetted by state actors like Russia." He further identified Assange as a "fraud" and "coward." "I am quite confident that had Assange been around in the 1930s and 40s and 50s, he would have found himself on the wrong side of history," said Pompeo. Assange is currently living in the Embassy of Ecuador -- the country that granted him asylum in 2012 -- in London, where he has avoided extradition to Sweden over sexual assault charges. President Donald Trump's personal opinion of Wikileaks has varied over time. During the presidential campaign, he praised the organization as it released the purported emails of the Democratic National Committee, at one point calling it a "treasure trove." But Trump has also criticized the actions Wikileaks' sources such as Chelsea Manning, whom he has called a "traitor." During the first three months of his presidency, Trump has identified the leaking of sensitive information as one of the federal government's most serious problems. He has repeatedly implored the intelligence community to find "leakers" who have provided information on surveillance activities involving his associates that have ensnared his administration in controversy. [end of article quote] Jim Bell's comments follow: The article's heart is "Officials have been debating whether Wikileaks -- the organization which has shared troves of confidential materials, often received via persons sharing it illegally -- should be viewed as a journalistic enterprise, as Assange claims, or as a group that illegally aided and abetted the widespread disclosure of sensitive information." However, the modern Internet world has long since 1995 completely blurred the line between what might once have been called "Legitimate journalism" and "amateurs". Assange and Wikileaks were, together, far more influential in regards to the 2016 election's outcome than any one newspaper, or perhaps all the newspapers themselves combined. The Supreme Court case https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States clearly established that the high bar to prior restraint to publication of classified information covered the releases in the Pentagon Papers case. from Wikipedia: [quote begins] Justice Hugo Black wrote an opinion that elaborated on his view of the absolute superiority of the First Amendment (1971): - "[T]he injunction against the New York Times should have been vacated without oral argument when the cases were first presented ... . [E]very moment's continuance of the injunctions ... amounts to a flagrant, indefensible, and continuing violation of the First Amendment. ... When the Constitution was adopted, many people strongly opposed it because the document contained no Bill of Rights ... . In response to an overwhelming public clamor, James Madison offered a series of amendments to satisfy citizens that these great liberties would remain safe ... . In the First Amendment the Founding Fathers gave the free press the protection it must have to fulfill its essential role in our democracy. The press was to serve the governed, not the governors. The Government's power to censor the press was abolished so that the press would remain forever free to censure the Government. The press was protected so that it could bare the secrets of government and inform the people. Only a free and unrestrained press can effectively expose deception in government. And paramount among the responsibilities of a free press is the duty to prevent any part of the government from deceiving the people and sending them off to distant lands to die of foreign fevers and foreign shot and shell. ... [W]e are asked to hold that ... the Executive Branch, the Congress, and the Judiciary can make laws ... abridging freedom of the press in the name of 'national security.' ... To find that the President has 'inherent power' to halt the publication of news ... would wipe out the First Amendment and destroy the fundamental liberty and security of the very people the Government hopes to make 'secure.' ... The word 'security' is a broad, vague generality whose contours should not be invoked to abrogate the fundamental law embodied in the First Amendment. The guarding of military and diplomatic secrets at the expense of informed representative government provides no real security ... . The Framers of the First Amendment, fully aware of both the need to defend a new nation and the abuses of the English and Colonial governments, sought to give this new society strength and security by providing that freedom of speech, press, religion, and assembly should not be abridged. https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/New_York_Times_Co._v._United_States#cite_note… - - [end quote from Wikipedia] - - The U.S Constitution's First Amendment mentioned the only form of mass communication then in existence: The " [printing] press" Subsequent years added its protects to the telegraph, the telephone, radio, television, fax, email, and all others. - - Jim Bell ×

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Wikileaks Insurance: CIA Vault 7 part B Media Ops
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

https://file.wikileaks.org/torrent/.ciav7pb/2017-04-14_WL_Vault7-PartB_Medi… https://archive.org/download/CIAVault7PartBMediaOps/2017-04-14_WL_Vault7-Pa… https://twitter.com/wikileaks/status/855218701766868994 Wednesday "WikiLeaks will show illegal actions by the CIA"; Friday "US prepares charges to arrest Assange"

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The Need For Crypto: Obama Nails It ;)
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

https://www.reddit.com/r/Bitcoin/comments/66bzb3/obamaeveryone_is_walking_a… https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=YsDijAoxG9g Don't harm or steal, be voluntary, build your own banks, not Bilderberg's.

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USA and FISC/FISA NSA FBI: Still Fucking You Hard in their Secret Legal Fuck You Rooms
by grarpamp 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

https://theintercept.com/2017/04/21/in-secret-court-hearing-lawyer-objected… Section 702 backdoor searches of Americans private communications are plainly unconstitutional, and the FBIs warrantless searches are especially troubling. https://www.dni.gov/files/icotr/FISA%20Amendments%20Act%20QA%20for%20Public… Judge Hogan ultimately ruled in favor of the government, allowing the FBI to continue giving its agents virtually unlimited access to conduct backdoor searches.

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[WAR] Israeli UN Envoy Nikki Haley Tells Security Council: Protect Israel, Target Iran
by Zenaan Harkness 22 Apr '17

22 Apr '17

Gotta stand up for your own country of course, you can't deny that to people .. gives them a sense of security and safety. Three cheers for Nikki "Hissing Waffle Waitress" Haley: ** Israeli UN Envoy Nikki Haley Tells Security Council: Protect Israel, Target Iran http://russia-insider.us9.list-manage.com/track/click?u=fa2faf7034c3c3c413c… ------------------------------------------------------------ by RI Staff on Fri, Apr 21, 2017 Israel's Ambassador to the UN Nikki Haley shamed the Security Council on Thursday for criticizing her beautiful state of Israel and not doing enough to promote war with Iran. Haley, a former Waffle House waitress, is the latest addition — and rising star — of Israel's UN delegation. According to Haley, “Iran is using Hezbollah to expand its regional aspirations. That is a threat that should be dominating our discussions at the Security Council.” Israel's envoy recited some very purple prose during her remarks at the Security Council meeting:

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Bitcoin and the formation of self-funded non-state entities.
by Joshua 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

Generation 2.0 cryptocurrencies will provide essential human services and deprecate existing government models. https://medium.com/@HakuinEkaku/bitcoin-and-the-formation-of-self-funded-no… Sent from [ProtonMail](https://protonmail.ch), encrypted email based in Switzerland.

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Assange: Presumption against exterritoriality
by jim bell 21 Apr '17

21 Apr '17

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/cifamerica/2010/dec/10/julian-ass… (apparently from 2010)[quote begins]× There's been lots of talk about US authorities prosecuting Julian Assange of WikiLeaks, but it has posed a big question: Assange did all his leaking while remaining outside of the United States, so is it constitutional to extend America's criminal laws to activities beyond its shores?It's well established that the due process clause places limits on such sweeping assertions of power. For example, when foreign monopolies manipulate prices overseas, it's not enough to show that they have hurt American consumers. Courts insist on evidence that they had fair notice that American anti-trust laws would govern their activity. This basic point has been missed because cases like WikiLeaks are relative novelties. During the first two centuries of the American republic, the justice department only prosecuted extraterritorially for crimes involving recognition that American law was in play – offences that involved direct dealing with the American government or crimes like piracy that were universally condemned by all nations. It was only in the 1980s, and especially since 11 September 2001, that the United States has increasingly used the criminal law as a weapon abroad.Up to now, these constitutional requirements have been developed most elaborately in anti-trust and other areas, which involve civil damages, not criminal punishment. But due process is even more important in criminal procedure, where the Constitution has always held America to more demanding standards.As a consequence, courts are only beginning to grapple with the fair notice problem. In 2003, for instance, the second circuit considered whether due process allowed the United States to prosecute Ramzi Yousef, a non-citizen, for hijacking a Phillippines airliner en route to Japan. The court allowed the proceeding to go forward: given that Yousef's hijacking was a test run for a similar attack he planned for the United States, he should have "reasonably anticipate[d] being haled into court in this country".But, on the surface at least, Assange could not be charged under a similar rationale. He does not seem to be planning to enter the United States anytime soon. His actions undoubtedly damaged the interests of the United States, but this is true of countless foreigners who release information about America in foreign countries. Surely, it would be unconstitutional for American criminal law to threaten prosecution against every foreigner in the world who denounces the United States?The Espionage Act of 1917 is the most frequently cited authority for a criminal prosecution. In its 90-year history, it has only once been used against a foreign citizen for an extraterritorial violation. That was in 1985. The case involved Alfred Zehe, who had transmitted classified information about US anti-submarine warfare to the East German government. In defending himself in court, Zehe did not raise any constitutional objections, and so the district judge did not consider them in convicting him. Since Zehe didn't appeal, no higher court has ever ruled on the crucial due process questions.But that doesn't mean that the justice department should proceed as if the due process clause didn't exist. Unless it can uncover clear and convincing evidence that Assange could reasonably foresee liability under American law, it should not give way to the passions of the moment and launch a criminal prosecution. [end of quote] More:http://www.reuters.com/article/us-wikileaks-legal-idUSTRE6B00F020101201 andWikileaks Has Committed No Crime - Legal As She Is Spoke Jim Bell

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FBI Arrests Former Trader For Stealing High Frequency Trading Code
by Razer 19 Apr '17

19 Apr '17

Note: It's in the wild folks (or part of it), and being used for 'good'! See: http://publicdissentiment.org/ > Public Dissentiment is an online tool that helps protesters negatively > impact the price of a publicly traded company’s stock by communicating > with algorithmic market makers. By using the same algorithmic > sentiment analysis techniques as financial trading bots, the app > generates posts for social media that link to news stories that will > be viewed negatively by algorithmic market makers. > > If enough of these posts are generated in the same time frame, > uncertainty about the targeted company’s stock will be created, > temporarily affecting the price of the stock, consequently making the > company’s shareholders aware of the public’s negative sentiment > towards them. > ======================= =================== > Almost eight years after Sergey Aleynikov made HFT a watercooler topic > after the former Goldman engineer was arrested (and incarcerated, then > released, then charged again, then found innocent, and finally found > guilty yet again) for allegedly stealing Goldman's proprietary HFT > code, a trading software developer was charged last Thursday by the > acting U.S. Attorney in Manhattan, Joon Kim, for attempting to steal > quantitative trading code from Susquehanna International Group, a > relatively secretive financial firm based in the Philadelphia area > that specializes in making markets for options. > > A 44-year-old native Russian, Dmitry Sazonov worked for Susquehanna > since 2004 as a software engineer and, by implication, trader. He was > arrested in the lobby of Susquehanna’s New York offices last Wednesday > by FBI agents, Forbes first reported. > > According to the complaint, Sazonov "attempted to steal valuable > proprietary computer code that took his employer years to develop." > Sazonov was accused ot taking elaborate steps to conceal his attempted > theft, including camouflaging pieces of source code within > harmless-looking draft emails on his work computer. > > Specifically, the code which Sazonov was accused of stealing was > linked to an updated trading platform Susquehanna has been developing > for years to generate exchange and market orders. Sazonov started his > effort to steal the proprietary trading code in February, the > complaint says, after learning his supervisor had resigned. > > Prosecutors claim that Sazonov, fearing he would be fired, downloaded > the source code to his company computer and deployed a computer > program that may have used steganography to break up data and hide > data within other files, including personal tax and immigration > documents. Sazonov attached zip files containing the quant trading > code to two saved emails addressed to a personal account, but he was > fired and immediately escorted out of Susquehanna’s New York offices > in February before he had a chance to send the emails. > > Then, according to the complaint, on multiple occasions following his > termination Sazonov contacted individuals employed by Susqyehanna > seeking the return of computer files on his desktop computer, which he > claimed were personal documents. Then, last Wednesday, April 12, > 2017, the feds say Sazonov showed up in the lobby of Susquehanna’s New > York offices thinking he was going to have them returned. There, an > FBI agent pretending to be a Susquehanna employee handed Sazonov a > disk and he was arrested. > > As an interesting aside in the complaint we read the following: http://www.zerohedge.com/news/2017-04-18/fbi-arrests-former-susquehanna-tra…

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