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The Closet Russian in Wolf’s Clothing - but may be not quite as you'd think
by Zenaan Harkness 17 Apr '16

17 Apr '16

Comedy gold - or perhaps not even bronze for some, but hey, there's at least a one in 7 billion chance this might tickle your funny bone. Enjoy. http://journal-neo.org/2016/04/16/donald-trump-loves-vladimir-putin-what-th… 16.04.2016 Author: Seth Ferris Donald Trump Loves Vladimir Putin: What the Hell is Going On? Column: Politics Region: USA in the World 4534544The world follows every US Presidential election race because the outcome affects billions of peoples’ lives. There isn’t a country anywhere untouched by US policy. So it matters a great deal who is in charge, and what the person is likely to do if elected. As most Americans are observing with some horror, the Republican primaries are consistently throwing up the scenario even that party’s establishment doesn’t want. Despite all the party bosses’ attempts to stop him, billionaire businessman and reality TV star Donald Trump has emerged as the most popular candidate. At the time of writing Trump had gained the support of around 755 pledged delegates, as opposed to 521 for his nearest rival, Ted Cruz of Texas. Despite being considered a joke at the beginning of the campaign, Trump is so far ahead that 90% of the remaining delegates would have to pledge for Cruz to stop Trump becoming the Republican presidential candidate. Trump is scaring people because he is not so much right-wing as from another planet. He has views on immigrants, the poor, and the unemployed which would make the most reactionary dictators in history blush. He also happily accepts being labelled a fascist in a country with a large and sensitive Jewish population. Therefore it would be entirely consistent for this man to be virulently anti-Russian, as Russia has long been synonymous, in American eyes, with all the things Trump thinks are wrong with the country.But nothing could be further from the truth. Trump has expressed great admiration for Vladimir Putin, and pledged to work with him, as an ally, if he becomes president. Putin in turn has described Trump as an “outstanding man” and “unquestionably talented ( http://2016.presidential-candidates.org/Trump/?on=russia )”. The US-Soviet rapprochement under Ronald Reagan, who frequently referred to the USSR as the “Evil Empire”, seemed amazing at the time. But it is nowhere near as weird as a US-Russia friendship with Trump in charge. Wouldn’t Trump rather nuke the place to bits and fill what’s left of it with Mexicans?What on earth is going on? The Joke That Is All Too Serious Trump is striking a chord with a significant portion of the US electorate because only the US could have produced a Donald Trump. The characteristics of that society have made him what he is, and even his opponents have to accept that he is a recognisable, albeit unpleasant, face of their country. You can often tell what a country is like when you see what provokes a response there but not elsewhere. For example, in France it is a very serious offence to write an anonymous letter, even an anodyne or complimentary one, because people remember the anonymous denunciations of members of the Resistance to the Nazis. Other countries do not see what the fuss is about. In the US there is an attitude towards big business which other countries never quite get. In most countries businessmen are seen as boring, or the enemies of the ordinary man. They wear their own clothes, speak their own language and have concerns which the rest of the world aren’t interested in; the business section of a newspaper is the one you most often find discarded on a train or bus. In the US it is different. Becoming a big businessman from humble origins is the so-called American Dream. Only millionaires can effectively compete in national politics, not simply because there are no spending limits but because that is how they gain the necessary public respect. Business is a glamorous world in the US, and top businessmen are celebrities in the same way rock stars and actors are in other countries, because they are what every American is told they should aspire to be. Trump was a celebrity long before he started appearing on business advice programmes, simply because he was a famous businessman. Not for him the corporate dinners and army of secretaries to protect him from the public. Only in America could someone like Trump be the subject of a Comedy Central Celebrity Roast, in which comedians line up to insult someone the audience know as a household name ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0nwborH3Dq4&list=PLIdyfW1oW4yRpE4-47EHlT1cm… ). But this celebrity doesn’t come with anything else. It isn’t earned by having anything to say, simply by the machinery of American society itself, as Martin Scorsese’s film “The King of Comedy” cruelly exposed ( https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=oJ2Lc0txkbk ). The last thing Americans want is for such celebrities to say and do anything reasonable, which reduces them to the level of mere mortals. They have to be larger than life to remain celebrities and icons, and Trump is now working this to the full. The Republican Party has long argued that a liberal intelligentsia has imposed alien views on the ordinary American. It is no coincidence that the outrageous radio “shock jocks” who go out of their way to be confrontational are right-wing, not radical left as they would be in most countries. As Fareed Zakaria has pointed out, Republicans have openly courted racists and made wilful ignorance into a badge of honour to reposition themselves as the anti-political party. Now Trump is capitalising on his celebrity the only way he is allowed to. He could never be a serious candidate – Reagan only became a politician years after giving up acting. By articulating the most extreme positions, he is giving a voice to those who do a lot of noisy posturing to distance themselves from practical politicians who can’t afford to deal in slogans for the sake of it. Trump is the Republican Frankenstein’s monster, the man they have encouraged Americans to admire, however much they are trying to subvert him now. But what is the US itself? Does it act in the civilized, humane way it preaches, or go around the world adopting the same attitudes towards others as Trump does, and taking the same action against them as Trump advocates? The Closet Russian in Wolf’s Clothing In fact Putin has very good reasons for wanting to work with Trump, and vice versa. Both Trump’s Republican and Democratic rivals are quite content to continue with the traditional US policy of saying one thing and doing the other. The fact that Hillary Clinton is leading the Democratic race demonstrates this. Trump really will try and do what he says, even though most of what he says is obnoxious and cannot be done. Putin will know what he is getting with Trump, and has good reason to think that the world is better off with honesty, even if it is stupid in content. Similarly, Dangerous Donald is very happy to take Putin on the terms the US wants to take him on. In his comic book world, Putin is a tough guy who swaggers around doing whatever he wants. While most of the US would see this as a negative thing, this is what Trump himself desperately wants to be. He’d rather have Putin in the same gang than another one, when he knows his own wealth and fame were built on bluster rather than being the genius he presents himself as. If Putin has to work with Trump he will work with the real America, and be very happy doing so. At present, he waits for the US to compromise itself and then takes the same action himself to undermine US hegemony. With Trump in charge, he won’t have to wait. The US will openly do what it pretends not to now, and Putin will advance Russia’s interests every time Donald opens his mouth. Actions Speak Louder Than Reality Trump supporters, who were told he had no chance, are now displaying their colours with increasing bravado. Recent Trump rallies have descended into riots, with his own supporters trying to out-tough each other ( http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/worldnews/donald-trump/12193995/Donald-Trum… ). With his hate rhetoric attracting people precisely because they know that the “liberal intelligentsia” rejects it, violence is similarly seen as a manifestation of “True Americanness” because it will be even more condemned by the same people. The reason Trump’s admiration for Putin has not seen him branded a closet liberal by these people, as it should logically have done, is because he has given a particular reason for it. He has stated, quite reasonably, that the US is wasting money on all the conflicts it is involved in and these interventions have left all those countries worse off than before. Trump ascribes this waste of US money and lives to the liberal intelligentsia mentality of getting involved in civil conflicts for arcane policy reasons, whilst ignoring the “real issues” that matter to the average American. Ultimately, he sees this mentality as more dangerous to America than anything the Russians might do, a new departure in US politics of any colour. Trump knows that Americans want action. Politics is talk, but bombing terrorists is action. In fact he has recently alienated the US Army brass by saying that the Geneva Convention is a “problem” which prevents the US doing what it wants ( http://www.theguardian.com/us-news/2016/mar/31/donald-trump-geneva-conventi… ). This raises questions about his Constitutional fitness to be Commander-in-Chief, which raises interesting questions about whether the courts would intervene if he were elected. Trump regards Putin’s involvement in Syria as the sort of forthright anti-terrorist action he wants to take himself, and derides his own country for turning stable countries into hotbeds of terrorism. Forget about politics, and the multitude of civil issues which need to be handled at any given time by any given politician:in the eyes of Trump, if you fight fire with fire, and enlist all the tough guys you can to support you, America becomes great again. That is, in essence, the entire foreign policy of Donald Trump. But this attitude is not confined to foreign affairs. He maintains that foreigners aren’t welcome in the US because they are potential terrorists, and so are all welfare claimants because they aren’t making millions like good Americans should. Trump himself is of immigrant descent, as are nearly all American citizens, and has filed for bankruptcy four times, making him less financially viable than a welfare claimant. But none of this matters if he is tougher than the next guy, even though others have to do the dirty work for him. In Trump’s world order Russia will be expected to take a tougher line against international terrorism to make Trump look better. It will earn international brownie points by doing so, and be given a free hand to pursue its every ambition as long as it calls it “fighting terrorism.” This free hand is what the US itself has demanded for so long, while trying to dress it up in other terms. A Trump presidency would end Russian resistance to this by buying it off with the same bauble. Not As Good As It Looks In such a scenario, America’s long sponsorship of terrorism will be one of the casualties of the ongoing international revolt against the political class. Not a bad thing, most would agree. But what will it be replaced with? Ongoing attempts to call everyone a terrorist in order to perpetuate a culture of celebrity designed to prevent Americans addressing the very “real issues” Trump says he wants the politicians to? Celebrities such as Trump are treated as untouchable superheroes. As such, they relate to great historical figures whose reputation has put them in the same category. Trump would doubtless like to bracket himself with one such figure in particular; Richard the Lionheart, the legendary English king who spent all his time engaged in brilliant combat for Christendom in the Holy Land during the Crusades, the stuff of poems and ballads and the ideal of chivalry. Richard the Lionheart avoided his own country as much as possible and used it purely as a cash cow, practically ruining it in the process. He was also several things his own people found unacceptable – an admitted homosexual and, very probably, unable to speak any English, as a Norman Frenchman. That is precisely why he has become a great hero – if you look at him and his reign from any other angle, he appears so negatively that there is little else to say about him. Donald Trump sees Vladimir Putin as his ally in creating a ruinous world for the sake of his own glory. Much of his country is giving him that opportunity, through its own inherent weakness. It is true that Russia has much to gain from jumping on this bandwagon in the short-term – but Russia is not America. Putin can play Trump for a long time, but he too will ultimately have to get back to the real business before it’s too late, as will the American people. Seth Ferris, investigative journalist and political scientist, expert on Middle Eastern affairs, exclusively for the online magazine “New Eastern Outlook”.

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Russia following in America's failed "war on drugs" footsteps, it seems
by Zenaan Harkness 16 Apr '16

16 Apr '16

Being a great fan of personal liberty to the extent the individual does not harm another, I can only wholeheartedly support the premises and observations laid out in the following article. The "war" on drugs not only does not reduce crime, number of prisoners, nor as far as we can see since Vietnam nor does it reduce drug use, but as far as I can tell, the war on drugs only fuels crime, creating the black markets, creating criminals, causing great angst and physical health problems for those who are addicted, and drastically increasing the prison population of "criminals" for victimless "crimes". Humans will be human. There will always be those humans who wish to experiment, or to make life long use their choice or addicted non-choice as the case may be, whether their drug(s) of choice be alcohol, tobacco, marijuana, cocaine, heroine, ice, ecstasy or anything else. Humans will be human and so logically there is NO FIRETRUCKING POINT in making crimes out of "normal" human behaviour and choices, where those choices and behaviours harm no one other than (at most) the individual themselves. Prohibition never worked. Alcohol got legalized again, marijuana is on a slowish road to re-legalization and many of us are aware of DuPont's cotton empire and political connections causing the prohibition of marijuana. Indeed, prohibition has only -ever- made the reality on the ground, for the users/ addicted to that which is prohibited, much worse, except of course for those police, government, military and other outlaw gangs who profit from the prohibition - read Victoria Police Corruption (Hoser) for various Australian examples. We can only hope that the tending to be somewhat more intellectual "public conversation" that occurs in Russia will turn to such rational observations, be supported with bold honest public discussion, and that they can move their collective political selves in the only rational "harm minimization" direction - legalizing all drugs, at the very least on prescription for those who are addicted. All together now let us pray, pray for the poppies. ... http://russia-insider.com/en/politics/mirroring-america-why-russias-war-dru… Mirroring America: Why Russia's War on Drugs Will Fail Russia seems determined to pursue a drug policy which over the last 40 years has failed resoundingly in the United States and world wide

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Yee haw folks, it's on - World "money ho$" Bank jumps in bed with AIIB - BRICS undoubtedly to come next
by Zenaan Harkness 15 Apr '16

15 Apr '16

Goood morning multi polar world! Damn. Nothin like that fresh smell in the morning, the smell of money! " http://thebricspost.com/china-led-aiib-world-bank-to-approve-joint-projects… China-led AIIB, World Bank to approve joint projects in June April 14, 2016, 6:35 am Picture: World Bank President Jim Yong Kim (R) and Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) President Jin Liqun exchange documents after signing the first co-financing framework agreement at the headquarters of World Bank in Washington D.C., the United States, April 13, 2016 [Xinhua] The China-led AIIB, alongwith the World Bank and the Asian Development Bank will approve the first batch of co-financed projects in June, AIIB President Jin Liqun said Wednesday. “I would say a huge amount of chemistry has already been nurtured between the AIIB and the World Bank, the AIIB and the ADB,” Jin said at an event in Washington. <Love birds now? Certainly were not love at first sight :D> “We are working with the World Bank and the ADB for co-financing. Maybe in June, we could have couples of projects approved by the World Bank, by the ADB, and by us” he said. <couples in bed, couples of projects, money for all> The US had officially opposed the creation of the Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank (AIIB) ( http://www.ft.com/intl/cms/s/0/23c51438-64ca-11e5-a28b-50226830d644.html - <southpark/ Team America voice over: "Nooo Shiiit"> ). The emergence of the world’s first major multilateral development bank in a generation had riled up many at the World Bank. <they ignore you, laugh at you, fight you, then you win - when money's at stake, they join you> The China-led international lender, AIIB, is also “processing freestanding projects” prepared by its own experts, Jin said on Wednesday. <we no tied to you, just letting our partners know we didn't sell out> “Infrastructure projects are very large. <very very large, lots of money, big money projects> It’s not a very good idea for one bank to spend 2 billion or 3 billion U.S. dollars on one project,” he said, adding that there is vast room for cooperation among multilateral development banks. <cooperation is certainly better than war, and mutual investment means shared interest and hopefully less war - hey, I can hope can't I??> The $100-billion Asian Infrastructure Investment Bank will boost infrastructure investment in Asia and improve integration, China’s President Xi Jinping said in January this year. <America - shittin BRICs?? nah, joined them now... it's a good sign I say, a positive development towards a stable world order - I'm just hoping the more multi-lateral BRICS bank takes prime position on the world stage ... we really need to nip any hegemonic tendencies in the butt I'd say> In its first year of operation, the AIIB expects to approve about $1.2 billion in financing, some of these will be in joint projects with the World Bank. “When we work together, we can actually help the host country improve its macroeconomic policy environment,” he argued. <And so this way we make use of at least some of your useless U$Dollars which we hold so many of, otherwise we would just collapse you tomorrow, better you collapse yourself, stupid idiots, then we not take blame for your freekin greed and fleepin stupidity> As the pent-up demand for infrastructure could be as high as 10 trillion dollars over the next decade, Jin said there’s no competition but “only cooperation and coordination” between the AIIB and other development banks. <everybody happy profit> On Wednesday, the AIIB and the World Bank signed the first co-financing framework agreement, paving the way for their cooperation on joint projects this year. “Signing this agreement enables our institutions to finance development projects together, and that is an important first step toward working with a new partner to address the world’s huge infrastructure needs,” World Bank President Jim Yong Kim said. While there are huge demands for infrastructure in Asia, Jin said the AIIB has to “be selective” and invest in good projects that meet its standards of “financially sustainable, environmentally friendly and socially acceptable.” Given the broad definition of infrastructure in the bank’s mandate, Jin said the AIIB could provide finance for non-physical infrastructure like health and education in the future. <laying solid foundations for a new world reserve bank - evidently irresistible for those who lost their "one world hegemon" gambit> Jin also noted that the AIIB could support projects under China’s Belt and Road initiative, but it was not created exclusively for this initiative. “We would finance infrastructure projects in all emerging market economies even though they don’t belong to the Belt and Road initiative,” he said. The AIIB has 57 prospective founding members, including some key US allies, with an authorized capital of $100 billion. <even Australia jumped in on BRICS bank, which was sort of surprising considering what slutty lapdogs of the US we've been for so long> The bank was formally established in Beijing in December last year and started operation in January. The AIIB is one of three entities China is promoting, along with a joint $100 billion BRICS Development Bank and a $40 billion Silk Road Fund. TBP and Agencies " So US power players decided they not want to sing too many refrains of "I'm ronely, so ronely" joining the party instead.

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fwd: DARPA GC
by dan＠geer.org 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

DARPA will hold the world's first all-computer Capture the Flag tournament in which automated systems may take the first steps toward a defensible, connected future. DARPA's goal for the Cyber Grand Challenge (CGC) is to spur an automation revolution in computer security so machines can discover, confirm and fix software flaws within seconds, instead of waiting up to a year as is typical under the current human-centric system. DARPA believes these capabilities are essential if the nation and world are to take full advantage of the increasingly interlinked big-data revolution while protecting data and processes-especially as more and more devices, including vehicles and homes, get connected to the "Internet of Things". Seven teams from across the United States have qualified to compete in the Final Event. Nearly $4 million in prizes are at stake-along with the chance to help revolutionize the future of cybersecurity. The winning team will receive $2 million; second place will earn $1 million; and third place will earn $750,000. The CGC Final Event will take place August 4, 2016, live on stage co-located with the DEF CON 24 conference in Las Vegas. For more information, please visit: http://www.cybergrandchallenge.com DARPA: Cyber Grand Challenge Final Event WHAT: The World's First All Machine Hacking Tournament WHEN: Thursday, August 4, 2016 (5:00pm - 8:00pm PCT) WHERE: Paris Hotel and Conference Center, Las Vegas, NV To learn more about the Cyber Grand Challenge, check out DARPA Program Manager Mike Walker on 60 Minutes (https://youtu.be/OVV_k73z3E0) and his DEF CON presentation about DARPA's fully automated capture the flag hacking tournament (https://youtu.be/gnyCbU7jGYA) Cyber Grand Challenge Finals are a free event open to the public; no attendance fee is required but visitors wishing to stay for DEF CON note: The DEF CON conference requires an attendance fee - please go to defcon.org for more details. Please pass on to those who may be interested. http://www.cybergrandchallenge.com/ DARPA Adaptive Execution Office - Cyber Grand Challenge Team For additional questions/inquires please contact : AEO-CGC-Team(a)darpa.mil

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Re: cypherpunks Digest, Vol 34, Issue 18
by Muntu Debugger 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

Change in climate <http://www.ipage.com/join/index.bml?AffID=837795&LinkName=weblink> is very noticeable, but there is something we can DO!! <http://www.ipage.com/join/index.bml?AffID=837795&LinkName=weblink> On Wed, Apr 13, 2016 at 7:00 PM, <cypherpunks-request(a)cpunks.org> wrote: > Send cypherpunks mailing list submissions to > cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > > To subscribe or unsubscribe via the World Wide Web, visit > https://cpunks.org/mailman/listinfo/cypherpunks > or, via email, send a message with subject or body 'help' to > cypherpunks-request(a)cpunks.org > > You can reach the person managing the list at > cypherpunks-owner(a)cpunks.org > > When replying, please edit your Subject line so it is more specific > than "Re: Contents of cypherpunks digest..." > > > Today's Topics: > > 1. Re: Do you notice significant persistent change in climate? > (Ted Smith) > 2. The Feudal Economy Is A Government-Spying-Compliant Economy - > Uber Edition (Rayzer) > 3. #FBIvApple: Cellbrite was just a ruse. "The Greys" cracked > it. (Rayzer) > 4. Re: #FBIvApple: Cellbrite was just a ruse. "The Greys" > cracked it. (Jack Liddy) > 5. Re: The Feudal Economy Is A Government-Spying-Compliant > Economy - Uber Edition (Georgi Guninski) > > > ---------------------------------------------------------------------- > > Message: 1 > Date: Tue, 12 Apr 2016 12:43:09 -0400 > From: Ted Smith <tedks(a)riseup.net> > To: cypherpunks(a)cpunks.org > Subject: Re: Do you notice significant persistent change in climate? > Message-ID: <1460479389.3610.0.camel(a)riseup.net> > Content-Type: text/plain; charset="utf-8" > > I try to live as cypherpunk a lifestyle as possible, so I rarely > venture out of doors. Why both with climate when we have climate > control? > > On Wed, 2016-04-06 at 15:49 +0300, Georgi Guninski wrote: > > Do you notice significant persistent change in climate during your > > lifetime? > > > > Also increase in major natural disasters (not counting m$ products/ > > services)? > > > > I do in Bulgaria, SE Europe. > -- > Sent from Ubuntu > >

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Method FBI used to crack iPhone likely effects recent phones
by Nathan Andrew Fain 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

https://deadhacker.com/2016/03/25/the-terrorists-phone/ tldr; NAND proxy to prevent wipe. Instigate fake phantom wipe to reset counter+delay for passcode attempts. This was published only a few days before the news that the FBI cracked the iPhone. So it is highly unlikely that the information disclosed was used by their hackers. But based on recent information the attack described in that post, in my obviously biased opinion, seems increasingly probable. Also so far I found nothing in the iOS Security documentation that indicates this attack will NOT work on most recent iPhones. Though it could be that I simply missed an important detail.

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#FBIvApple: Cellbrite was just a ruse. "The Greys" cracked it.
by Rayzer 14 Apr '16

14 Apr '16

The FBI hired shady grey digital mercenaries (my apologies if I butthurt anyone on this list or their friends) to crack the San Bernardino shooter's iPhone. Washington Post: The people who helped the U.S. government come from the sometimes shadowy world of hackers and security researchers who profit from finding flaws in companies’ software or systems. Some hackers, known as “white hats,” disclose the vulnerabilities to the firms responsible for the software or to the public so they can be fixed and are generally regarded as ethical. Others, called “black hats,” use the information to hack networks and steal people’s personal information. At least one of the people who helped the FBI in the San Bernardino case falls into a third category, often considered ethically murky: researchers who sell flaws — for instance, to governments or to companies that make surveillance tools. This last group, dubbed “gray hats,” More: https://www.washingtonpost.com/world/national-security/fbi-paid-professiona… -- RR "Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them, neutralize them"

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When is it necessary to take up arms?
by Zenaan Harkness 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Certainly, when your life, and the lives of many in your community, are simultaneously going to be threatened - this type of situation is known to some in recent times. When is necessary to take up arms: "The leader of the resistance of Donbass defends his decision to arm his supporters. “Raging Ukro-Nazis were beginning to destroy Soviet monuments. Were we supposed to dutifully wait until this crazy beast came to us? Or were we to lay down our heads before the heirs of the Hitlerites and their indigenous henchmen?(…) Time quickly showed that we were right. In Odessa, where the “Kuliovo Field” movement decided not to take up weapons in hand and did not worry about the force of the authorities but instead hoped to peacefully collect signatures for the autonomy of Novorossiya, their people were simply burned alive. In Zaporozhye, a rally was brutally broken up by force.” " Part 1: http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/04/review-torch-of-novorossiya-part-1.html Part 2: http://www.fort-russ.com/2016/04/review-of-gubarevs-tell-all-torch-of.html There are reenactments, footage of actual events, many photos and details of mass graves etc, of the brutal events in Ukraine, Donbass and Crimea. Lest anyone suggest we live in a civilized world where peace and daisies will save us all.

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The Feudal Economy Is A Government-Spying-Compliant Economy - Uber Edition
by Rayzer 13 Apr '16

13 Apr '16

Uber says it gave US agencies data on more than 12M users... Reuters via Daily Star ... Lebanon: Uber Technologies Inc. Tuesday released its first ever transparency report detailing the information requested by not only U.S. law enforcement agencies, but also by regulators. The ride-sharing company said that between July and December 2015, it had provided information on more than 12 million riders and drivers to various U.S. agencies. http://www.dailystar.com.lb/News/World/2016/Apr-12/347017-uber-says-gave-us… -- RR "Through counter-intelligence it should be possible to pinpoint potential trouble-makers ... And neutralize them, neutralize them, neutralize them"

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American Rule Of Law
by juan 11 Apr '16

11 Apr '16

https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Civil_forfeiture_in_the_United_States http://www.nybooks.com/articles/2014/11/20/why-innocent-people-plead-guilty/ http://www.innocenceproject.org/news-events-exonerations/2015/why-are-peopl… https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/National_security_letter https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Parallel_construction https://www.eff.org/deeplinks/2013/08/dea-and-nsa-team-intelligence-launder… ...off the top of my head

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