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[LAW] USA sets standard for seizing and distributing foreign assets - karma's boomerang anticipated
by Zenaan Harkness 10 Aug '16

10 Aug '16

Once that standard is set, it is a public record for the future. The USA is quite clear with the world how it would like its "national assets" handled by other nations when eventually the North American hegemon falls... ----- ** Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demands Barack Obama ‘pay another $2 billion’ (http://theduran.com/former-iranian-president-ahmadinejad-tells-barack-obama…) ------------------------------------------------------------ By Alex Christoforou on Aug 08, 2016 10:33 pm Mideast_Iran_500566a As Obama tries to explain away the $400 million (http://theduran.com/barack-obama-says-donald-trump-unfit-president-gets-cau…) he [DEL: airlifted :DEL] paid to Iran last week in return for hostages (http://theduran.com/american-hostage-saeed-abidini-says-plane-not-allowed-l…) , or in line with a a Hague Court agreement (whichever one you are more inclined to believe), former Iranian president Mahmoud Ahmadinejad, is figuring that while Obama has his hands in his pockets, might as well ask for a little more. In this case Ahmadinejad is advising US President Barack Obama to return $2 billion seized from Iran in order to help ease a “bitter past”. The letter was delivered to the White House through the Swiss embassy in Tehran, which represents US diplomatic interests in Iran. It urges Obama to “quickly fix” the issue surrounding frozen Iranian assets. The letter begins with the traditional Islamic greeting “As-salamun alaykum,” and was released by the Dolate-Bahar (http://www.dolatebahar.com/view/294933/%D9%81%D9%88%D8%B1%DB%8C-%D9%86%D8%A…) website, which is run by Ahmadinejad’s supporters. Former Iranian president Ahmadinejad advises @POTUS (https://twitter.com/POTUS) Obama in a letter published on a website run by his supporters: pic.twitter.com/MO44luDVNV (https://t.co/MO44luDVNV) — Bozorgmehr Sharafedi (@bozorgmehr) August 8, 2016 (https://twitter.com/bozorgmehr/status/762587645306437632) In an open letter addressed to the POTUS, Mahmoud Ahmadinejad gets straight to the point… “You took office as the president of the United States amidst a climax in global frustration…following several decades of hegemonic policies and behavior of consecutive US administrations.” “Your campaign slogan was ‘change’ and you claimed to be determined to change those policies as well as behaviors.” “On June 9, 2014, a court in America, based on unfounded claims without presenting any reliable documents, issued a sentence based on which about two billion Dollars of the Iranian nation’s assets would be seized unlawfully.” Ahmadinejad further wrote in the letter that Obama’s promise to restore ties with Tehran has never been fulfilled, “and the same hostile policies along with the same trend of enmity were pursued, in alternative ways.” Iran believed a “compensation for the past would have been remedied” during Obama’s terms. RT reports further (https://www.rt.com/news/355082-ahmadinejad-writes-letter-obama/) … In April, the US Supreme Court ruled that Iranian assets worth $2 billion must be paid to American families whose relatives were killed in the Beirut and Saudi Arabia military attacks blamed on Iran, which took place in 1983 and 1996, respectively. Notably, the ruling came despite an apparent easing of tensions between Tehran and the West, and the lifting of most sanctions following a nuclear deal framework agreement. Iran responded angrily at the time, calling the move a “highway robbery” and “property seizure.” In mid-June, it was revealed that Tehran had filed a lawsuit against Washington to the UN International Court of Justice. People in Iran hope “that the particular case of property seizure, which fully occurred during your term in office, and actually toward the end of the term, and which is counter to all international legal principles and rules, be quickly fixed by your excellency,” Ahmadinejad wrote. Ahmadinejad said the letter “is by no means of political nature.” The former Iranian President mention years of “oppression and cruelty by different American governments” against Iran. Ahmadinejad the goes on to advise Obama to not let the moment go to waste, and wishes him well, as his letter concludes…. “I passionately advise you not to let the historical defamation and bitter incident be recorded under your name.” “Best wishes for the health and well-being of all nations.” Via: https://www.rt.com/news/355082-ahmadinejad-writes-letter-obama/ The post Iran’s Mahmoud Ahmadinejad demands Barack Obama ‘pay another $2 billion’ (http://theduran.com/former-iranian-president-ahmadinejad-tells-barack-obama…) appeared first on The Duran (http://theduran.com) . Read in browser » (http://theduran.com/former-iranian-president-ahmadinejad-tells-barack-obama…) http://twitter.com/share?url=http%3A%2F%2Ftheduran.com%2Fformer-iranian-pre… http://us13.campaign-archive2.com/?u=3a63c9fc90debaab0b552af47&id=027b2a548…...

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by Mirimir 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

-----BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE----- Hash: SHA1 On 08/09/2016 02:38 AM, Allen wrote: >> # TOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, For Profit, 250000 shares >> http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN= >> >> 001055985 >> >> > I don't think you've actually looked at any of the information the > Tor Project provides to the public on its website. Because if you > had looked at it, you would know exactly what the legal name of the > corporation was. Did you actually look at that document? | Summary for: TOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION | | ... | | The name and address of the Registered Agent: | | Name: THE TOR PROJECT, INC. | | ... | | PRESIDENT ROGER DINGLEDINE I had never heard of that. I doubt that there's anything on Tor Project website about it. > Given that you are too lazy to actually find and read the publicly > available information, why should the Tor Project honor your > request to provide additional information? I think they are well > justified to simply ignore it. I'm pretty sure that they will ignore it. The truth is probably ugly :( -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: GnuPG v2.0.22 (GNU/Linux) iQEcBAEBAgAGBQJXqka5AAoJEGINZVEXwuQ+WA4IAKpJmQnWLbBbh2jV07jcn9G4 U+cIiuK53MrreOpJ1xp/oonxOgWcOMnv5boOeBJ4w5czBIWPfJqCiRuMzx6tLkbt twNaisLL8yC29DcK08tlOnfgt9o7p7vvvLRoGF15mChasfN/8PkbQzzNjsDWar8f 4Sh9I3ZveMUipksXLsGAqpiPUlbQk9yI6YiossFITOkF90KN9txY18SsSLeLEt61 ZKDLCjQGTZ72MtL6LRcA71IauRsBvmAqLnmfEIvSRR8OCTlWiSFhQW8rWD584Ub/ RCZnYp5TRn/0je84tJgwXQU0F6D/BsdXMyElOw+SSM1GapdRpu0/VeEFQjbH7Kg= =BXlI -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

On 8/9/16, ITechGeek <ITG(a)itechgeek.com> wrote: > I think you meant this one: > http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=208096… > The exact name of the Nonprofit Corporation: THE TOR PROJECT, INC. It's clear from the context exactly which one was meant. On 8/9/16, Allen <allenpmd(a)gmail.com> wrote: > [drivel] Nice try. Cheerio chap :)

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[OT] The ICFP Programming Contest
by Georgi Guninski 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

For those who like coding challenges: http://www.icfpconference.org/contest.html The ICFP Programming Contest -- s="import md5;print'MD5 sum of my source is: '+md5.new('s=%r;exec s'%s).hexdigest()";exec s

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BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

http://www.metzdowd.com/pipermail/cryptography/2016-August/029866.html http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/2016/08/05/bbc-to-deploy-detection-vans-to-… BBC to deploy detection vans to snoop on internet users Patrick Foster 6 August 2016 8:24am The BBC is to spy on internet users in their homes by deploying a new generation of Wi-Fi detection vans to identify those illicitly watching its programmes online. The Telegraph can disclose that from next month, the BBC vans will fan out across the country capturing information from private Wi-Fi networks in homes to "sniff out" those who have not paid the licence fee. The corporation has been given legal dispensation to use the new technology, which is typically only available to crime-fighting agencies, to enforce the new requirement that people watching BBC programmes via the iPlayer must have a TV licence. The disclosure will lead to fears about invasion of privacy and follows years of concern over the heavy-handed approach of the BBC towards those suspected of not paying the licence fee. However, the BBC insists that its inspectors will not be able to spy on other internet browsing habits of viewers. .....

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

On 8/8/16, Ken Cline <cline(a)frii.com> wrote: > Others are a matter of public record: Consult the Massachusetts Secretary > of State's web site > [http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/corpweb/CorpSearch/CorpSearch.aspx] If you start searching by entity and individual names, here's one example of what shows up that is certainly community relavant and that I don't recall being publicly announced... # TOR SOLUTIONS CORPORATION, For Profit, 250000 shares http://corp.sec.state.ma.us/CorpWeb/CorpSearch/CorpSummary.aspx?FEIN=001055… ...at least not until this FOI request from the community came along... https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030164.html https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-talk/2013-September/030169.html https://www.google.com/search?q="tor+solutions+group" https://www.google.com/search?q="tor+solutions+corporation" Might as well include their bylaws, minutes, etc for transparency too.

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I swear I'm not making this up
by juan 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

"Russia has attacked the US in cyberspace in an attempt to influence our national election, many experts have concluded. We need to take this national security threat seriously and both respond and defend, despite the partisan nature of this particular attack" signed - schneier, tor supreme.

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Re: [tor-talk] Tor Project Corporate Document FOI Request
by grarpamp 09 Aug '16

09 Aug '16

On 7/31/16, Paul Syverson <paul.syverson(a)nrl.navy.mil> wrote: > I don't know the extent to which this covers what you were looking for, People are certainly familiar serving on, in, and with boards of directors, founding positions, and executive positions, as such are surely familiar with the name and meaning of the docs listed / requested by name on behalf of the community, familiar enough to which you and everyone else that has responded similarly above, up to and including proffering the not requested and new docs below, or talking FOIA law... that such respondants are, respectfully... full of crap, or at least grossly to negligent misreading, regarding docs thought looking for. It's been almost three weeks now and the silence by those in position to execute this request, to even officially publicly acknowledge and put it in queue... is becoming suspect in some circles. At least there seems now some movement by unofficials around it. Let that not be taken to excuse officials. > but you might want to look at/participate in the thread > https://lists.torproject.org/pipermail/tor-project/2016-July/000559.html > that discusses various Tor documents. Maybe later as time permit :) > The second message (from Alison) specifically includes several > documents that seem to cover at least some of what you were asking about. Nice for future, but see new docs above and below. > The thread I reference in general discusses the need for having a good > place to put all such documents and the pros and cons of various > choices. Could be seen as excuse / delay. Nor is a committee on that needed. But hey, fixed that for ya... https://trac.torproject.org/projects/tor/wiki/org/TorProjectCorporateDocume… > So, while I think it's true that the particular thread we're > currently in remains unanswered by anyone from TPI, I'll accept that. > there is clearly > ongoing expenditure of nontrivial time and effort on the general > topic. No doubt plenty of room for improvement. HTH. And that too... while noting that the request calls for existing past docs, not future improved ones. The time and effort required to produce the narrow list therein is trivial matter of pulling them from file drawer.

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[WAR] Why Truman’s regime targeted Hiroshima and Nagasaki with their atomic bombs?
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

Why Truman’s regime targeted Hiroshima and Nagasaki with their atomic bombs? http://matveychev-oleg.livejournal.com/3810955.html Informative article on the history of Orthodox Christianity in Japan.

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[WAR] The British Empire – A Lesson In State Terrorism
by Zenaan Harkness 08 Aug '16

08 Aug '16

The British Empire – A Lesson In State Terrorism https://www.sott.net/article/245044-The-British-Empire-A-Lesson-In-State-Te… " The historical record shows quite clearly that states, or those acting on behalf of the state, have been responsible for the vast majority of large-scale terrorist acts against civilians. "

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