From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 00:18:33 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 00:18:33 -0700 Subject: Its closes Mi5,gets PM's steamed and is a definite APster precursor. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990430235909.009f3dd0@mail.nex.net.au> Once a year the Brits secret services shut down,the PM's of several commonwealth countries are distracted at various times and the people directly(and sometimes indirectly) involved are offered obscene amounts for their 'opinion' on such trivial matters as the lay of the land and/or the weather. Some of the same people interested in such trivia may or may not have been caught betting on the whereabouts of the next religious atrocity. WTF am I on about now? Cricket. How is that an APster precursor? Well JB himself saw AP,(as it was known then,circa 96) as,perhaps best instigated as a betting proposition.Now we have had spread betting on the various stock exchanges for years and various scandals and bank collapse's later,we might recognize APster as being so close now its not funny. There may even have been a plane crash pool for Hansie. Audit report reveals Hansie Cronje has huge assets - [23/07/2001 ... ... Sports. Audit report reveals Hansie Cronje has huge assets Vijay Dutt London, July 22 The sacked South African Hansie Cronje owned eight properties and ... www.hindustantimes.com/nonfram/230701/detSPO14.asp - 30k - Cached - Similar pages Not that auditors are too be trusted.APster,it's not just cricket. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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If the fix wasn't in then TEMPEST/intercepts are another possibility or a defector/double agent.The least likely scenario?Possibly the one presented in court. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 16:29:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 16:29:59 -0700 Subject: Straight out of CATO. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501153318.00a28790@mail.nex.net.au> >>I'm surprised the article didn't complain about John Young's efforts:<< I'm surprised Mr McCatohead is surprised because he should know by now that cryptome is widely mirrored.If he didn't know that he would be an incompetent imbecile. If he did know then he is only surprised about the articles seeming naivete and wanting to appear superior 'dobs jya in', or 'gives him a plug,' take your pick.As jya has described our man in CATO as a canary,the 1st possibility seems a safe bet. Declan could be the death of cypherpunks but it'll be a marvelous book deal. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 17:06:41 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 17:06:41 -0700 Subject: Govt.claims ownership of all encrypted files seized. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501165255.00a28520@mail.nex.net.au> http://cryptome.org/Free Speech Contents of RaiseTheFist.com http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31475&group=webcast "...An interesting feature of the seizure procedure described in the search warrant, pointed out by John Young at Cryptome, is this wording: iii. Any data that is encrypted and unreadable will not be returned unless law enforcement personnel have determined that the data is not (1) an instrumentality of the offense, (2) a fruit of the criminal activity, (3) contraband, (4) otherwise unlawfully possessed, or (5) evidence of the offense specified above..." Politechnical? Encryption must be approaching ubiquity/banality with this from my TV guide for mon.12.au. "24.US Thriller series.2am to 3am. Jack verifies the key card was encrypted on Nina's computer...etc. http://www.fox.com/24/research.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 17:45:50 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 17:45:50 -0700 Subject: FOX Encryption 24-7. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501172456.00a29ec0@mail.nex.net.au> 24-3am to 4am. Research files.Encryption.http://www.fox.com/24/research.html "Encryption is a means by which a digital message can be coded so that only the recipient with the proper'key'can decode and understand the message. Encryption technology has ,in fact,gotten so good that its raised serious concerns that messages will become unbreakable,thus putting all manner of criminal activity-from child pornography to espionage to organized crime communiques-beyond the ability of the Govt.to investigate. To address these concerns a key recovery approach called KMI (key management infrastructure) is being talked about in Washington.KMI is designed to allow law enforcement to have access to encrypted on an International basis. es (sic.jacks is?)a flatbed scanner in his car which works like a copy machine..." Theres more...4am to 5,mentions CALEA.5 to 6-the presidents analyst.8to9,the SS. 9to10-wireless tracing.10-11- knives.(not fibreglass.)11-12.GPS.12-1.Ultrasound. 2-3.Mi5.4-5.Fibre optics.6-7.Power grids 3 way split.9-10.CTU-CIA. Hate to feed anyones paranoia but a quick KMI search yields... Applications and Operating Systems Consulting and Technical ... KMI, a top Microsoft Certified Solution Provider Partner, is a consulting services company that provides design and planning, implementation, and support of ... Description: Back Office implementation and support services. 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The rest - PVC pipe, copper tubing, wood supports and hardware - came from a home improvement store. The total cost was less than $9,000. "This is not something cosmic," said Lt. Col. Rad Widman, who until recently commanded the squadron. GPS jamming usually can be defeated by changing a channel frequency, but operators must realize they are being jammed, Widman said. Next week-What traffic analysis tells,Wardriving warbases.us.http://www.gazette.com/stories/0811top2.php From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 19:55:32 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 19:55:32 -0700 Subject: The friends of declan mccullagh. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501195140.00a2eec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.moldea.com/rightwing.html Right-Wing Interactive: Investigating America's Right-Wing ... ... Association of Literary Scholars and Critics. Bradley Foundation. Cato ... National Right to Work. * National Taxpayers Union. NewsMax.Com. Pacific Research Institute. ... www.moldea.com/rightwing.html - 16k - Cached - Similar pages -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 708 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 20:16:06 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 20:16:06 -0700 Subject: Rum plan for global death squads. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501200732.009f3150@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113895506.html "...United States special forces may be sent to operate under cover throughout the world, under proposals being discussed by the Defence Secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, and senior military officers. Mr Rumsfeld is anxious to expand the role of Special Operations..." Battlefield prep. "The plans could lead Special Operations units to get more deeply involved in long-term covert operations in countries where the US is not at war and, in some cases, where the local government is not informed of their presence. This expansion of the military's involvement in clandestine activities could be justified, Pentagon officials said, by defining it as "preparation of the battlefield" "(the plans)...may at some point conflict with the presidential ban on assassinations. "With a stealthy, mercurial adversary like al-Qaeda, which learnt quickly and adapted its tactics to the US response, the military had to be allowed to react just as quickly, a senior administration official said. The head of the Special Operations Command, General Charles Holland, has briefed Mr Rumsfeld and a small group of senior Defence Department and military officers on initial proposals." Assassination politics? Why should they have all the fun? TATTOOED 'LEMON' Hired killer refuses to murder A Czech hired killer known as 'The Lemon' has turned himself in to police so he would not kill his latest target, an investigative journalist and her young son. He was paid about $11,600 to blow them up after she uncovered shady government property deals. more AND Gay-hate murders 'done as sport' By Ruth Pollard August 13 2002 Many gay-hate murderers were exceptionally brutal, surprisingly young, and killed to support a society they believed approved of their actions, a report released yesterday says. http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113894539.html APster; reach out and kill someone.Everybodies doin' it. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 20:23:07 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 20:23:07 -0700 Subject: How to torture a child. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501201752.009f8810@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113895915.html "...Israeli Attorney-General, Elyakim Rubinstein, was revealed to have been close at hand when soldiers beat a Palestinian child and two Palestinian men at the main Israeli checkpoint outside Ramallah last week." Entire Island fingerprinted? http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/12/1029113895934.html Morg,bucket and chinny cleared thank god. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 21:02:24 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:02:24 -0700 Subject: Delay Tolerant? Semantic? We can dream that for you wholesale! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501204338.009fe040@mail.nex.net.au> Right here at Cpunks-the data protection professionals. http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54416,00.html "..."Part of what Tim is trying to do is open the Internet up to different forms of human communication that are much less constrained," ..." Substitute 'J' for 'T'. Jim for instance, is one of the sweetest human beings I've ever met. His essential good-heartedness has been embedded in the culture of the Internet." Thats why ISP's want to ban IRC! http://www.wired.com/news/business/0,1367,54184,00.html Good heartedness is undergoing violent attack,If you've yet to try this expect a satellite gap of about 1 second.(not to mention risking being declared a dacoit) Do you believe in astroturf,PRI,CATO and countless other liars for money? Dont read this... Humanity Loses $250 Billion a Year in Wild Habitat Environment News Service. Everyone is witless. Everyone is a journalist. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1227 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 21:13:08 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:13:08 -0700 Subject: Get yer grid on. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501210706.009ffc00@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/enterprise/story/0,2000025001,20267287,00.htm "Cluster computing is about resources aggregation in a single administrative domain," he (Rajkumar Buyya) explains. "Grid computing in about resource sharing and aggregation across multiple domains." I have no idea what that means,however ..."Having recently completed a doctoral thesis outlining the economic paradigm which might underpin such a system in the commercial environment, Buyya points to the Grid's scheduling capabilities as the most crucial difference between grid and cluster computing." Oh and get your old MMflash off,soon,so I can get in. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 858 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 21:29:20 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:29:20 -0700 Subject: Dishonore! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501212703.009ffd90@mail.nex.net.au> ITALY08.12.2002 Journalist imprisoned over articles in 1960s. Reporters sans frontières today expressed its outrage over the imprisonment of former journalist Stefano Surace (photo), 69, for supposed press crimes committed more than 30 years ago. The case is "doubly scandalous", Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Robert Ménard said in a letter to Italian President Carlo Azeglio Ciampi. "To sentence journalists to imprisonment for press crimes is contrary to UN standards, but it is unworthy of a democratic country to jail an elderly man who has not been a journalist for years for crimes that should be subject to limitation by lapse of time and which would nowadays not even be the subject of prosecution," he said. "We call on you to intervene and pardon Stefano Surace so that he can be released", the letter added. "We also call for the removal of prison sentences for press crimes from Italian law, as recommended by the UN Commission on Human Rights and the UN Special Rapporteur on promotion and protection of the right to freedom of opinion and expression." Surace, who edited the nonconformist publication Le Ore during the 1960s, has been incarcerated since December 2001 in Opera prison near Milan, where he is serving a sentence of two years, six months and 12 days stemming from convictions for libel and obscenity handed down in 1963 and 1967. A resident of France for almost 40 years, he was arrested when he went to visit a friend in Italy. He was known for his investigations into prison life and, while still a journalist, had founded an association of former detainees. He had ceased to work as a journalist before these convictions and had become a ju-jitsu teacher. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1795 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 21:40:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:40:19 -0700 Subject: Encryption is not the solution- CryptoS is the final solution. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501213326.009ff070@mail.nex.net.au> Encryption is not the solution article.Thread. http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/8/12/93020/8070 CryptoS;the social hack when only the best will do. Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell." From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 21:49:04 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 21:49:04 -0700 Subject: Collect through station T,pump defector(s) for information.Eyes only. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501214617.009f8100@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.marconi-securesystems.com/products/products-lector.htm The device features a 'RED s bus' allowing it to interface with any data equipment on the crypto input side without additional ISDN interfacing equipment. Data and voice calls can be made via the Red-S-Bus. Calls are established via the terminal equipment connected to the LECTOR Red-S-Bus. Generally, the user is not required to operate any of the LECTOR manual controls when making or receiving Red-S-Bus calls, Red-S-Bus calls require the use of a STK or SuperSTK and entry of a PIN. The S-Bus standard (1.420) allows a LECTOR to have up to eight terminal equipments connected to the Red-S-Bus port. However, it is suggested that no more than four terminal equipments are connected to a LECTOR to reduce the possibility of terminal equipment access problems. Click here for the .pdf datasheet (609kbytes) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1053 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 22:12:54 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:12:54 -0700 Subject: HAL asked to speed up the delivery schedule. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501220249.009fca20@mail.nex.net.au> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=18900043 Designed for ‘‘hot and high conditions’’ Mmm."...third- generation anti-tank missile ‘Nag’ My wifes got that already. Speaking of hot and high.Oregen burning,Smog cloud threw monsoon off course and driest July in 100 years.Is there a runaway green indahouse? Thank all the gods for http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=18891466 Chidanand Rajghatta muses about the Indian legacy in mathematics following the latest number crunching feat from Kanpur On the subject of mathematics, there are two kinds of people – the number crunchers and the number crunchees i.e., those who can crunch numbers with great facility, and those who get crunched by numbers. There are those of you who love to develop your quadriceps with quadratic equations and have binomial theorem for breakfast. Then there are those of us, who, faced with simple multiplication tables, have to lie down with a cold wet towel on our forehead. Where do you think you belong? There is a widespread belief that we Indians have a yen for numbers. It might not entirely be true. There are plenty of people even in Bharatvarsh who will subscribe to Bill Clinton’s jocular admonition that folks across the world would have been perfectly happy if Bhaskara and Brahmagupta had kept their works to themselves. Still, in the same spirit that contrived the number zero and the value pi, it turns out that Indians are still contributing significantly to the world of numbers even now, odd exceptions notwithstanding. The announcement this week that three mathematicians from the Indian Institute of Technology, Kanpur, have devised a method (or arrived as a algorithm , in mathematese) to determine whether a number is prime or not has created quite a flutter (or a quiet flutter) in the world of numbers. Prime numbers, for those of us mathematically challenged, are those that are divisible only by itself or by one. Although it sounds simple enough, it’s quite a task to determine what mathematicians call the “primality” of a number. For instance, is 4958372640287988786544 a prime number? Of course, the more facetious among us can say -- does it really matter? Apparently it does in ways that we may not immediately comprehend, like for instance, in determining whether the bristles on the toothbrush hurts our gums. That’s a joke. But you get the point. Some applications are not immediately apparent to the matho-phobics. One of the applications of prime numbers is in the world of cryptography i.e encryption and code breaking, which may be evident if you read the secret passage hidden in the preceding paragraph. That’s another joke. Read on. For years then, mathematicians have wrestled with ways to determine the primality of numbers. There are established methods, but they pose problems. One method can determine with absolute accuracy whether a number if prime or not, but it is a laborious process. Another method can determine the primality of a number far more quickly, but with a small probability of error, leading to what Prof Krishnaswami Alladi, a leading US-based mathematician calls, “industrial grade prime number.” What Messrs Manindra Agrawal, Neeraj Kayal and Nitin Saxena of the IIT Kanpur did was to arrive at a algorithm that helped determine the primality of a number accurately and quickly. But more of that later. Prof Alladi is one of the legatees of India’s great tradition in the field of numbers that begins with Aryabhata and Brahmagupta. Currently Chairman of the Department of Maths at the University of Florida in Gainesville, he is an authority on the works of Ramanujan, and he edits a publication called The Ramanujam Journal that deals with the areas the great man worked in and influenced. Prof Alladi’s grandfather was part of the group that gave India another remarkable document: the Indian Constitution. Like Prof Alladi, several other illustrious mathematicians of Indian origin live in America, none more renowned than Prof Harish Chandra, who had a distinguished career at Princeton before his death in 1996. The current heads of the mathematics department at the University of Minnesota (Prof Naresh Jain) and McGill University (Prof K.N.Gowrisankaran) are also Indians, and there are numerous others crunching away quietly in other groves of academia. But what the latest feat illustrates is that you don’t have to be in America to hit the bull’s eye. Having devised their primality test, the three Indians put their algorithm up on the IIT Kanpur website and e-mailed last Sunday it to well-known mathematicians across the world. Among the recipients of this e-mail was Prof Carl Pomerance at Bell Labs, an authority on prime numbers. No sooner had he seen the algorithm , Prof Pomerance discussed the draft with colleagues over lunch, and arranged an impromptu seminar on the subject the same afternoon. Within hours, the gathering validated the algorithm . “We were all quite excited about it,” Prof Pomerance told this correspondent in an interview on Thursday. “They had solved the problem quite elegantly and arrived at beautiful result.” The remarks were typical of math aficionados, who see beauty and elegance in numbers and equations that we number “crunchees” see in words and phrases. Mathematicians can also be delightfully quirky. We of course know the famous episode how Ramanujan, receiving Prof Hardy by his hospital bed, startled him by analysing impromptu the properties of his taxi cab number. Prof Pomerance is a mathematician in the same vein. One of his papers, published in the Journal of Recreational Mathematics, revolves around the interesting properties of the numbers 714 and 715, which was the number of home runs scored by Babe Ruth and Hank Aaron respectively. But to return to the story, there are two striking aspects to the IIT-ians prime numbers saga. One is how quickly the algorithm was shared across the world and validated by peers, thanks to the Internet. (Ironically, the so-called primality testing plays a crucial role in the widely used RSA algorithm, which is used to secure transactions over the Internet). In fact, attending Prof Pomerance seminar on Monday was Anupam Gupta, a computer scientist at Bell Labs who happens to work just down the corridor from the mathematician. Gupta is also from IIT-Kanpur, but he did not know the prime numbers trio. What he did recognise was the beauty of their algorithm . “It was so simple and elegant that even I, more a computer scientist than a mathematician, could understand and appreciate it,” he said. The second aspect of course is the longevity of the Indian legacy. Whether in India or in the United States, our mathematical bequest is alive and ticking (or clicking), and thanks to the Internet, the boundaries are even fewer than when Ramanujan shared his genius with the west. So now we know and can rest assured: Some day, there will be a paper on the properties of Tendulkar’s final tally. India still has the number on math. HALlo! -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7474 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 22:22:38 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:22:38 -0700 Subject: Free trade and fucking US liArs. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501221604.009ff990@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/business/july-dec02/steel_8-06.html The business of America is none of your business?The United States government is terrified of the growing movement for global justice. It's not just in this country, it's all over the world. They are shown as the gutless, mean-spirited, utterly self-centred and cruel characters that they really are. FUCK you BUSHY! KILL the MAJOR LEAGUE ASSHOLE! (my 2$us) From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 22:42:15 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 22:42:15 -0700 Subject: "I said you could BORROW my ID!" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501223440.009ff720@mail.nex.net.au> "...One defendant allegedly found and killed a homeless man so he could fake his own death and avoid prosecution "FROM http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/18967.html A bankrobber in au hired a man for 'isolated' and 'lengthy' employment in the outback that ended the same way a couple of years ago.CJ may have been trying to kill bill gates so as to steal his ID.FREE AA! http://www.infowar.com/class_1/01/class1_032001b_j.shtml APster; reach out and kill someone.(but don't steal their ID) From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 23:03:42 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:03:42 -0700 Subject: Psychiatric Precog Police. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501225527.009fe830@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/08/china081302.htm Stories like this drive me nuts while swine like Peter Trei ponce around here like 'liberals' or some-fucking-thing.Shopping CJ,while quoting Brecht and working for a venial bunch of sino salesmen+ponzie crypto failures.RSA.TREI,go DIE! "...In a 298-page report, "Dangerous Minds: Political Psychiatry in China Today and its Origins in the Mao Era," Human Rights Watch and the Geneva Initiative on Psychiatry, a Netherlands-based international foundation, compare the treatment of dissidents in mental asylums to similar abuses in the former Soviet Union..." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 772 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 23:09:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:09:47 -0700 Subject: 10 years after. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501230918.009f49e0@mail.nex.net.au> 1992 -- Anarchist, composer & musician John Cage dies, New York City. "I have nothing to say / and I am saying it / and that is poetry / as I needed it" ---John Cage From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 23:20:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:20:23 -0700 Subject: The United States has allied itself closely with Uzbekistan. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501231524.009fe330@mail.nex.net.au> "...the body of Muzafar Avazov, a 35-year old father of four, showed signs of burns on the legs, buttocks, lower back and arms. Sixty to seventy percent of the body was burnt, according to official sources. Doctors who saw the body reported that such burns could only have been caused by immersing Avazov in boiling water. Those who saw the body also reported that there was a large, bloody wound on the back of the head, heavy bruising on the forehead and side of the neck, and that his hands had no fingernails." There was a CHEKA torturer once who collected 'gloves' from boiling his victims hands."The United States has allied itself closely with Uzbekistan in the war against terrorism." http://www.hrw.org/press/2002/08/uzbek081002.htm Dont forget as s-11 aproaches,if you are an american and pay taxes,you are target. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 23:32:36 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:32:36 -0700 Subject: North Pole News. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501232620.009f7d20@mail.nex.net.au> Mike Albo writes: Gene: Wow. Those darn homos. Ever since I wrote my little commentary on Peter "Matt Ramsey" North's idiotic denials of appearing and performing in hard-core gay videos when the tapes are still available to be seen, I've been getting weird phone calls at the office and have even had a couple of e-mails which, had I opened them, would have unleashed viruses. Man, shine a light on the obvious and all heck breaks loose. Heaven forbid that someone points out the truth. I'm real sorry that the closeted (and not-so-closeted) homos' hero, the, uh, "flamboyant" Mr. Ramsey, has disappointed his fans, but maybe they had better take that up with him and not me. However I can understand the frustration they must feel at not being able to vent to Poppin' Pete himself. He's a busy gay...oops, GUY. After all, it must take up a great deal of time turning down all those $30,000 offers for just one more scene...or trying to come up with plausible explanations as to how he ended up in all those gay videos in the first place when he never did stuff like that because, as all who know him will attest, he's "straight." Might I suggest the following: abduction by space aliens who then forced him into gay porn and later erased all memory of the events? Maybe he was somnambulistic and did all those movies in a state of sleepwalking? Maybe, just maybe, Mr. Ramsey doesn't mind having his back 40 plowed like last fall's corn crop? (For the record, when we did interviews with him for HEVG over the years, it was North's usual tactic when the subject of gay videos arose to first deny any and all involvement. When confronted with video titles and the like, he would suggest that, while he may have made an appearance here and there, he just did things like "self masturbation" and, because he was so gosh-darn special but would refuse to go any further, the "gays" created this myth of him doing all this stuff he would never consider doing because, as everybody knows, he "likes girls." When the interviewer would mention that he or she had actually seen one of the Ramsey titles, Peter would then start with his thoroughly entertaining stories of how he desperately needed money for any of several reasons--the usual being that he owed large sums to "dangerous people" and they "forced" him into performing gay sex. Of course, he would always add that it was a credit to "acting" ability that he was able to maintain wood and "complete" the scene with his well-known "money shots." Very humorous stuff to hear, really, and I think, when I have the time I'll go back through old issues and get all his quotes verbatim. Guaranteed to make you laugh until ou can't stand up. Until then, though, will all you guys who have lived vicariously through the Liberace of XXX and didn't like it when the facts were revealed, please go bother Mr. Ramsey-North and leave me out of it. Thanks in advance. Who gives a fudge? I just saw PN in an old VHS I've had for donkeys,"BUTT,Darling," and the guy gets things all right and up tight with ebony goddess Jeanie Pepper. Let he who has even equaled a North pole money shot cast the first jizz.pr. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 23:40:49 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:40:49 -0700 Subject: "Imagine theres a girlfriend,imagine theres a job." Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501233821.009f9ec0@mail.nex.net.au> "Good times?,good god." A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ ________________________________________________ 'Aspects of Anarchism', a new collection of articles by the Anarchist Federation is now online at: http://flag.blackened.net/af/ace/aspects.html Aspects vary from Federalism, Green Politics, Internationalism, Direct Action, Solidarity, Organisation, Human Nature, Exploitation, Work, Leadership, Patriarchy, Racism, Crime and Punishment and Class Consciousness. http://www.afireland.cjb.net http://flag.blackened.net/af http://flag.blackened.net/af/alba "I'm wicked and I'm lazy." Tell me if theres anything there. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1190 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 1 23:56:41 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 01 May 1999 23:56:41 -0700 Subject: You rotten scum. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990501234859.009f6ec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/07/8267185 How dare you? ...and don't get me started on guns. The International Longshore and Warehouse Union (ILWU), long a defender of human rights, is in an historic battle with the Pacific Maritime Association (PMA). The PMA bosses are trying to slash hard won health benefits and break the union. [...] In au,since the defeat of a union(MUA) in a major struggle,'ships of shame' have been running into our priceless coasts and reefs.Its only a matter of time before we have an exxon valdisaster downunder.The whole worlds losing. I'm going DD'ing. http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/12/7771979 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1113 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 00:07:08 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 00:07:08 -0700 Subject: Bushitlers east coast.State of siege. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502000311.009f3520@mail.nex.net.au> Bork Still In Hospital by Vickie 10:47pm Sun Aug 11 '02 (Modified on 3:01pm Mon Aug 12 '02) http://dc.indymedia.org/ MAYDAY DC Activist still in hospital Bork suffered an asthma attack yesterday while in custody of US Marshals. She was arrested Friday morning during the MAYDAY DC action at Franklin School. Her asthma attack was most likely triggered by chemicals used to clean cells. (Her asthma problem was originally caused by the sadistic Philadelphia Police when she was sprayed a large quantity of pepper spray straight in the mouth during the RNK2000 protest. She’s been suffering respiratory problems ever since.) She was rushed to Howard University Hospital after her release – sometime around 3:00 PM yesterday. She was treated in the emergency room and looked OK in the evening. However today her condition deteriorated. She is visibly in pain, very pale, and will spend a second night in the hospital. She’s also quite irritable (ask Earthworm)! The phone number in her room is 202-865-5420. SS at work http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=26978&group=webcast The disappeared... http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=26862&group=webcast From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 00:10:02 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 00:10:02 -0700 Subject: Cough up SUCKA! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502000903.00a003c0@mail.nex.net.au> http://dc.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=26862&group=webcast ""They Owe Us": Slavery Reparations Sought by Indypendent Staff 11:51pm Mon Aug 5 '02 (Modified on 11:41am Tue Aug 6 '02) From the August Issue of the Indypendent If a capitol is meant to reflect the rest of the nation, Washington D.C. reflects more then just pools. The construction of the White House and the Capitol building contained not only Roman designs and impressive rotundas; it was partly built by slave labor. Out of the 650 workers who built the U.S. Capitol, 450 were slaves. These slaves, of course, received nothing for their labor. Their descendents and others are coming to Washington on Aug. 17 to change that." -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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But she said officers would not be suspended immediately allegations were made against them."When we have sufficient evidence we will take that step," she said. Problems with Victorias drug squad extend back many years.One former drug squad senior detective was jailed for five years in May 2000 for stealing seized chemicals;another serving officer has been charged with dealing in ecstasy;a former drug squad detective has been charged with drug trafficking;and in June last year one officer died from a drug overdose. (I was raided and robbed on June 1 last June btw.Some stuff of mine went missing.) Commissioner Nixon said major changes had been made to the drug squad but some of the recommendations by Police Ombudsman Dr Barry Perry had not yet been implemented because of continuing negotiations with the Victorian police association.Ms Nixon said she hoped to have an agreements in place by next month. But police Association secretary Paul Mullet denied the public had lost faith in drug investigators.He said the Association was at an early stage of discussions over drugs policy and had not yet been presented with the chief commissioner's detailed position on negotiations. Problems with corruption were also a matter of funding,according to Mr Mullet,which could best be tackled by bringing the Ethical standards Dept. up to strength. Dr Perry is due to present a report to parliament detailing the extent of current inquiry into drug squad corruption. He said last week the reforms so far included renaming and restructuring the Dept. but had not gone far enough.Dr Perry said the drug squad may have to be disbanded. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 15:57:17 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 15:57:17 -0700 Subject: Doighty Joisy cops using RSA.Fuck you peter Trei. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502154733.009f4900@mail.nex.net.au> VINELAND, N.J. — The New Jersey State Police are requiring the news media to contact state police headquarters in Ewing for all inquiries into crimes instead of getting reports from troopers in local barracks, according to a published report. "No information is to be released except through this office under the auspices of (N.J. State Police Superintendent Joseph Santiago)," state police spokesman Sgt. Gerald Lewis told The Daily Journal in Vineland. The newspaper reported Aug. 9 that the restriction had stopped the dissemination of local crime information, including the release of weekly reports that documented incidents handled by local barracks. It also said media coordinator positions at the Bridgeton, Buena Vista Township, Bivalve and Port Norris barracks were eliminated. Trooper Steve Jones, a spokesman for the state police, told the Associated Press that a memo was sent throughout the agency about a month ago requiring all press calls to be directed through headquarters. But Jones said the requirement was generally a policy before and the memo simply reaffirmed it. In some cases, such as traffic accidents, he said local barracks may still be able to comment, but it must be cleared through headquarters. As for the weekly crime logs and media coordinators, Jones said both have been eliminated because of a staffing shortage. Gov. James E. McGreevey signed the Open Public Records Act last month, but his administration then angered news organizations by making more than 400 categories of government records exempt from the new law. In response to those concerns, state Attorney General David Samson sent a memo to county and municipal police departments. "Nothing in the order was intended to restrict immediate release of information to the public," the memo said.END. Recently,"clear trust" http://www.rsasecurity.com/news/pr/2002/020225.html Mind you with a record for bringing charges like this http://www.lawbuzz.com/justice/hurricane/hurricane.htm I might want 'the most trusted name in e-security' to bury info for me.They love it in the Chinese gestapo. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2375 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 18:04:11 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 18:04:11 -0700 Subject: FOX 24-Cpunks 97. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502180149.00a00b10@mail.nex.net.au> 24-research-Encryption,cont. The other side of the debate is typified by privacy advocates and e-commerce interests who feel that the Govt.wants to expand,not just preserve,its ability to eavesdrop.They believe that fledging mediums like the Internet will never become economically viable if the people using it don't feel that their privacy is protected and their data is secure.There are also concerns about the potential for Govt.abuse of any kind of key recovery program,or that the key recovery program would itself be insecure,incomplete and the target of infiltration and hacking.There is an international aspect to encryption as well,for any artificial stricture on the complexity of encryption software,(so that the Govt.can still break it should it want to.)or which reduces its security,(by placing copies of keys in some sort of escrow account.)ultimately devalues the software and leaves other countries without such restrictions to devalop industry standards and much better products.There is also the question as to whether the kind of messages the Govt.wishes to intercept and decode would ever be transmitted on a system which belonged to the key recovery program.If other non-recoverable systems were still available to criminals. http://www.fox.com/24/research.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 18:41:27 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 18:41:27 -0700 Subject: Neo-Nazi's are run by Mi6...when its not the KGB Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502183535.009f99c0@mail.nex.net.au> In his book KGB: The Secret Work of Soviet Secret Agents (Hodder and Stoughton, 1974), John Barron has thrown some interesting light on the question: ‘Under KGB guidance, the Czech STB in 1956 started mailing virulent neo-Nazi tracts to French, British, and American officials in Europe. They bore the imprimatur of a non-existent organisation called the Fighting Group for an Independent Germany (Kampfverband für Unabhängiges Deutschland). Continuing propaganda from this phantom organisation created the impression that a gang of fanatical resurgent Nazis was active in West Germany.’ Communist organised swastika daubings of 1959-60 led to increased demand for race legislation: "In some cases - Austria, Germany, Norway - existing legislation has been supplemented as a direct result of the swastika-daubing outbreak of the winter of 1959-60." Later... Germany's most notorious postwar neo-Nazi party was led by an intelligence agent working for the British.....( Guardian Unlimited, 13 Aug 02) http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,773568,00.html Neo-Nazi leader 'was MI6 agent' John Hooper in Berlin Tuesday August 13, 2002 The Guardian Germany's most notorious postwar neo-Nazi party was led by an intelligence agent working for the British, according to both published and unpublished German sources. The alleged agent - the late Adolf von Thadden - came closer than anyone to giving the far-right real influence over postwar German politics. Under his leadership, the National Democratic party (NPD) made a string of impressive showings in regional elections in the late 60s, and there were widespread fears that it would gain representation in the federal parliament. Yet, according to a report earlier this year in the Cologne daily, the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, the man dubbed "the New Führer" was working for British intelligence throughout the four years he led the NPD, from 1967 to 1971. However, a former senior officer in German intelligence told the Guardian this week that he had been informed of a much longer-standing link between Von Thadden and British intelligence. His recollection raises the question of whether the German far-right-winger was under the sway of M16 when he and others founded the NPD in 1964. Dr Hans Josef Horchem, who was the head of the Hamburg office of the Verfassungsschutz - the West German security service - from 1969 to 1981, said he received regular visits from British intelligence liaison officers. "We held general discussions on security. At one of these - I think it was towards the end of the 70s- they said, 'Adolf von Thadden was in contact with us', and that that was in the 1950s". Mr Horchem did not know whether the links between the German and British intelligence had continued into the 60s and 70s. According to the Kölner Stadt-Anzeiger, whose report passed virtually unnoticed when it was published, the neo-Nazi leader met his British contact at a hotel in Hamburg. Germany's government is currently trying to ban the NPD on the basis that its policies violate the constitution. But the government's case is in danger of collapse after the disclosure that some senior NPD members were agents of the Verfassungsschutz. This has sparked debate about the extent to which counter-intelligence officers were sustaining the far right in their efforts to monitor it. Similar issues arise in Von Thadden's case. The question also arises of whether MI6 was seeking help from the neo-Nazi movement when far-left militancy was sweeping Europe after the uprising of May 1968 in Paris. Von Thadden left the NPD in 1975, and died at the age of 75 in 1996. His younger sister, Barbara Fox von Thadden, said she had had no reason to suspect her brother worked for British intelligence. But she added that they had very different political views and steered away from political discussion. They had an English grandmother, and Ms Fox von Thadden said her brother "did like coming to Britain, and did like Britain very much". -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 4498 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 19:05:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 19:05:34 -0700 Subject: Spook wars-When Angleton kicked Harvey under the table. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502184443.009f9740@mail.nex.net.au> 1961 Washington area. Wrights briefing on RAFTER had not gone smoothly as some CIA officers were extremely pissed off that there had been a 3 year gap before they were indoctrinated. "Who else knows about RAFTER?,asked (the CIA's) Harvey. I told him we briefed the FBI and the Canadian RCMP fully as we progressed. "The Canadians!",exploded Harvey,thumping the table in anger."You might as well tell the fuckin' Papuan's as the Canadians." "I'm afraid we don't see it like that.The Canadians are trusted members of the Commonwealth." (I may go there to Kamloops for a holiday after the trial,btw.) "Well you should tell them to get another cipher machine,'he said as Angleton kicked Harvey hard under the table." Could have been Rosa Kleb I guess he was lucky. p151.Spycatcher.peter Wright. What were they using then? No point Hagelin I guess... http://www.fortunecity.com/meltingpot/canada/1034/ >>One of Peter Wright's successes was in listening to (i.e. bugging) the actions of a mechanical cipher machine, in order to break their encryption. This operation was code-named ENGULF, and enabled MI5 to read the cipher of the Egyptian embassy in London at the time of the Suez crisis. Another cipher-reading operation, code-named STOCKADE, read the French embassy cipher by using the electro-magnetic echoes of the input teleprinter which appeared on the output of the cipher machine. Unfortunately, Wright says this operation "was a graphic illustration of the limitations of intelligence" - Britain was blocked by the French from joining the Common Market and no amount of bugging could change that outcome. Particularly interesting is MI5's invention code-named RAFTER, which is used to detect the frequency a radio receiver is tuned to, by tracing emissions from the receiver's local oscillator circuit. RAFTER was used against the Soviet embassy and consulate in London to detect whether they were listening in to A4-watcher radios. 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Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502192937.009fd0f0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.fcw.com/fcw/ Army sets up battle for WIN-T The Army awarded contracts that will let two vendor teams battle it out for the multibillion-dollar tactical intranet [Posted Aug. 12] DOD preps virtual Pentagon DOD has launched a program to create a virtual Pentagon that would provide backup networks and communications [Posted Aug. 12] As part of an effort to provide better service, the Internal Revenue Service has selected Hewlett-Packard Co. to provide $35 million worth of new desktop and notebook computers to 820 IRS locations nationwide. Letters to the editor Serving Homeland Security Aug. 12, 2002 Printing? Use this version. Email this to a friend. WRITE US Following are responses to an FCW.com poll question that asked, "Given an opportunity, would you work for the Homeland Security Department?" I think Homeland Security is overdue. I would be willing to work there, but the location would be paramount in my decision. In my opinion, the one place it doesn't need to be is Washington, D.C. C. L. Jennings General Services Administration *** I would consider working for Homeland Security for two reasons. One, I believe it is an important and necessary effort. Two, as an insider, I would be able to know just exactly how much information will be collected on citizens, and to what use it would be put. Name withheld by request (not carly F) -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2050 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 19:35:50 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 19:35:50 -0700 Subject: Sunnie and Richard are looking out 4U.Just turn your head and cough. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502193424.009fbd90@mail.nex.net.au> My husband and I volunteer with the Red Cross, our local volunteer fire department and emergency management in Hardin and Tyler counties of Texas. We are on the planning committee of the Lamar Institute of Technology's homeland security crisis management team, which is a regional endeavor to coordinate emergency management programs, as well as bring computer emergency response training and other aspects of our president's homeland security/defense programs into our locales. We are, and will continue to be, honored to be a part of these efforts as volunteers. Sunnie and Richard Baldwin From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 19:46:42 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 19:46:42 -0700 Subject: Train the mind,mind the train. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502193749.009fcec0@mail.nex.net.au> Federal agencies are deploying an increasing number of commercial tools from companies such as ArcSight, CyberWolf Technologies Inc., e-Security Inc., GuardedNet and Micromuse Inc., to name a few. The FAA deploys an integrated set of security tools that include event management and intrusion detection. Officials would not name the vendor for security reasons.(A Cpunk challenge.) However, for more advanced correlation and data reduction capabilities, the FAA turned to the academic community, funding researchers at the Massachusetts Institute of Technology to develop an event correlation system. The FAA chose MIT because the agency didn't want a proprietary system and instead opted for one that was open and supported international standards, Brown said. Also, the FAA wanted to develop a system that could be shared with other federal agencies. The FAA is integrating the system into its data warehousing framework, which uses neural technology to extract data. The system also passively scans the network for unusual activity and can detect if new network equipment, such as routers or servers, comes online. Officials have already seen results from their tests of the system. Previously, IT operators reviewed event logs that were six to 10 hours old. The new system has reduced that lag time from hours to minutes, said Tom O'Keefe, deputy director of information systems security at the FAA. Labor Department officials also have seen a reduction in the time it takes IT operators to access and analyze data by adopting event management systems, according to Laura Callahan, deputy chief information officer at Labor. Callahan declined to identify the products the department uses for security reasons, but she said IT operators at the agency are familiar with products from SilentRunner Inc., a Raytheon company, and Network Intelligence Corp. "We are challenged in trying to sift through volumes of information to do trend analysis," she said. Callahan also praised the tools' forensic capabilities, which enable IT operators to play back events for investigative purposes. Besides deploying event management tools to battle the problem of data overload, the department is moving to a common security architecture. This means that each division within a line of business will adhere to the same standards and security technology, eliminating the need for multiple management consoles to monitor disparate products in each business unit. Not a Panacea There is a definite need for security event management tools in federal agencies, but "tools are not a panacea," said Thomas Gluzinski, president and chief executive officer of Paladin Technologies Inc., a provider of security services to the federal government. Many of these tools are in their first generation, and some are complex and hard to use by someone lacking in-depth security knowledge. Others are easy to use but still require experts to analyze the data and take appropriate action, he said. "And security event management products are computers, too," FedCIRC's Hale pointed out, so they are open to attacks or exploitation by hackers. According to John Pescatore, a research director at Gartner Inc., a security event management system needs four key features: n The tool must monitor events in real time and pull that information into a central location. n It must filter data and present it in meaningful reports. n It should have a discovery engine that can identify all the devices on a network. Most current products lack this feature. n It must be able to control the security devices. For instance, the product must have the capability to change settings on a firewall in the event of an attack or work in conjunction with an intrusion-detection system to automatically block an attack. The better products in the future will have some type of neural network capability that will enable them to identify and fix problems, Gluzinski said. Some intrusion-detection systems, such as Internet Security Systems Inc.'s RealSecure, can interact with firewalls from Checkpoint Systems Inc. to fix a rule set and solve a problem in the event of an attack. However, if the intrusion-detection system is not configured properly and is not privy to internal business operations, it could introduce a new problem by making a fix. The same is true for security event management systems, Gluzinski said, which only emphasizes the need for skilled network engineers. But as more network-based intrusion-detection systems move from merely issuing alarms to employing more highly advanced techniques — blocking attacks in the way that antivirus software stops the spread of computer viruses — there might not be a need for security event management systems, Gartner's Pescatore said. There are two reasons for an organization to deploy security event management tools, according to Pescatore. Large organizations with several hundred firewalls spread across a global network would need to manage the output from those firewalls, and organizations deploying hundreds of network-based intrusion-detection sensors should deploy an event management system to reduce the false alarms generated by the sensors. Unless an organization has made a huge investment in intrusion detection, Gartner researchers recommend holding off on purchasing such systems because more advanced tools will be released in about two years. Others disagree. Intrusion detection "is where the pain is," but security event managers are also collecting data from firewalls and antivirus software, said Juanita Koilpillai, chairman and co-founder of CyberWolf Technologies, formerly Mountain Wave. The Federal Emergency Management Agency now uses the company's product, which automates analysis of data in real time. Symantec Corp. acquired the Falls Church, Va.-based company last month. "It's more than an intrusion-detection issue," Callahan agreed. It's also an issue of tracking who's accessing intellectual capital and the applications and data associated with those assets. Intrusion-detection systems can "tell you that a person is coming through the door, but not all the rooms he's accessed." Security event management tools have the potential to help administrators sort through this information without manually analyzing each individual log file, she said. Meanwhile, other efforts are under way to advance the field of event correlation. For instance, the CERT Coordination Center, located at Carnegie Mellon University, is conducting advance research on developing a common output language for various security systems, said FedCIRC's Hale. And at the SANS Institute, a Bethesda, Md.-based training and education organization for IT security professionals, officials are working with several vendors to determine the market leaders. They will then decide what type of training is needed for security professionals to properly use the products, said Stephen Northcutt, director of training at the institute. "I'm optimistic about the maturity of security event management solutions," Callahan said. As experts refine their efforts to aggregate clusters of data and as vendors develop algorithms for detecting attacks, there should be "a more integrated common view across firewalls, systems, phones and wireless" technology. *** What is event correlation? Event correlation is the process of comparing data from multiple sources to identify attacks, intrusions or misuse. Before data can be correlated, it must be removed from individual security devices and sent to a consolidation point where it is pulled from disparate log files, compressed and prepared for placement into a database. After data is clustered, the security event management system can begin data correlation. Because an attack usually touches many points in a network, leaving a trail, a security analyst can possibly prevent or detect an attack if he or she follows that train. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 20:00:24 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 20:00:24 -0700 Subject: Operation dark screen.Get your 'research' on. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502194932.009feec0@mail.nex.net.au> Dark Screen's first phase, scheduled for September, will be a tabletop exercise in which a still-to-be-determined cyberattack will be played out and all participants will respond, said Gregory White, technical director of the Center for Infrastructure Assurance and Security at the University of Texas at San Antonio, which is leading the planning and execution of Dark Screen. AIA has assumed a leadership role in bringing together various stakeholders, including representatives from the city, the county, the Army, the Air Force, the state attorney general's office, the FBI, the private sector and many others. The second phase of Dark Screen will focus on applying the lessons learned from the tabletop exercise, and the third phase, to take place next May, will be a live exercise using actual attempts to penetrate networks, White said. He added that the final phase is "greatly to be defined," but will involve "testing notification and alert chains." "We can do it on paper, but by bringing everybody together at one time, we can see who is prepared to do that," White said. "What we do here is applicable across the nation." John Pike, director of the nonprofit organization GlobalSecurity. org, said the exercise was a welcome break from tradition. The usual all-talk-and-no-action stance on cyberattacks is "rather strange, given the number of emergency response exercises that are conducted to anticipate other problems, such as hazardous materials spills or nuclear accidents," he said. He added that actual exercises are needed to "rehearse response measures." The Defense Department frequently conducts exercises in which it pays companies to penetrate their systems, but Dark Screen will "help identify the interdependencies and linkages between the different sectors," White said. San Antonio officials plan to "review and modify" their infrastructure security measures based on the Dark Screen findings, said Mike Miller, the city's emergency management coordinator. "We hope to identify quick fixes and implement those quickly, as well as look at long-term issues that will take more time and resources to implement," said Miller, who is also assistant chief of the city's fire department. "The most important thing that we hope to get out of the exercise is securing San Antonio's infrastructure to maintain all aspects of the quality of life for our community. We also will share our experiences with other communities to help them be better prepared." http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0722/tec-drill-07-22-02.asp From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 20:43:12 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 20:43:12 -0700 Subject: The Cpunks do share one characteristic: They are all boys. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502201945.009ffe20@mail.nex.net.au> Newsweek: Attack on America Front Page 3:09 PM ET Saturday, July ... ... NEWSWEEK Poll: Bush Soars. The president's approval rating equals FDR's. FBI Links USS Cole Bombing and World ... Would restricting crypto have stopped these acts? www.msnbc.com/news/NW-ATTACKONAMERICA_Front.asp - 46k - Cached - Similar pages AD for a crypto free America bought to you by msnbc. Together, school shooters make a diverse class portrait. They are white, black, Hispanic, Asian, Native Alaskan. They were in public schools and Christian schools. Few had a mental illness, although many were desperate and depressed. Boys who have killed in America's schools offer a simple suggestion to prevent it from happening again: Listen to us. http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/ntac/chicago_sun_20001016/find15.htm "...Almost all attackers had come to the attention of someone (school officials, police, fellow students) for disturbing behavior. One student worried his friends by talking often of putting rat poison in the cheese shakers at a pizza restaurant." Cute.Hold the parmesan. WEAPONS: Getting weapons was easy. Most of the attackers were able to take guns from their homes or friends, buy them (legally or illegally), or steal them. Some received them as gifts from parents. More than half had a history of gun use, although most did not have a "fascination" with weapons. "F--- you Brady," Eric Harris wrote in his journal about the Brady gun law. "All I want is a couple of guns and thanks to your f------ bill I will probably not get any! Come on, I'll have a clean record and I only want them for personal protection. It's not like I'm some psycho who would go on a shooting spree." YEAH! and fuck you Mongo,how many disturbed lisp members have you given weapons? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2232 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 20:52:11 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 20:52:11 -0700 Subject: Rick Walkinshaw your a dead man. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502204531.009fd8e0@mail.nex.net.au> Assassination / Targeted Violence Against Public Officials and Public Figures Assassination in the United States: An Operational Study of Recent Assassins, Attackers, and Near Lethal Approaches (5.7M) Protective Intelligence & Threat Assessment Investigations "A Guide for State and Local Law Enforcement Officials" (194K) Threat Assessment: An Approach to Prevent Targeted Violence (243K) http://www.ustreas.gov/usss/ntac.shtml -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 741 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 21:17:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 21:17:18 -0700 Subject: MS sprung bad,looks like CJ was right about Gates. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502210624.009fd290@mail.nex.net.au> Mysterious plague hits Vutures...http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26651.html MS recruits for Palladium microkernel and/or DRM platform By John Lettice Posted: 13/08/2002 at 10:23 GMT Microsoft's efforts to disassociate Palladium from DRM seem to have hit their first speed bump. Some voices within the company (and we currently believe these voices to be right and sensible) hold the view that Palladium has to be about users' security if it's to stand any chance of winning hearts and minds, and that associating it with protecting the music business' IP will be the kiss of death. So they'll probably not be best pleased by the Microsoft job ad that seeks a group program manager "interested in being part of Microsoft's effort to build the Digital Rights Management (DRM) and trusted platforms of the future (Palladium)." Oh dear. It's one of a clutch of Palladium job ads currently up on the site, and is the most blatantly off-message one. While the authors of Microsoft's discussion white paper on Palladium say, "Palladium will not require Digital Rights Management (DRM) technology, and DRM will not require Palladium... They are separate technologies," the author of this ad continues: "Our technology allows content providers, enterprises and consumers to control what others can do with their digital information, such as documents, music, video, ebooks, and software. Become a key leader, providing vision and industry leadership in developing DRM, Palladium and Software Licensing products and Trust Infrastructure Services. If you are looking for an opportunity to get in on the ground floor of a critical new area for MS and a position with autonomy and growth, then this is an ideal position." Content providers controlling their documents, music, video, ebooks, a critical new area for MS, oh dear oh dear. And we quite liked: "Additional responsibilities include defining the industry..." Gosh, the whole industry? That's a responsible job, but we thought Microsoft was supposed to have given this sort of thing up. The post will also "include collaboration and technology sharing across CSBU [Content Security Business Unit, whose bag Palladium is] and with other MS teams, such as Office, STS, Avalon, CLR, Windows Media Foundation, eHome, Pocket PC, Mira, MSXML, GXA, and .Net Framework." There's a handy list of current MS teams for you, people. So Windows Media is a Foundation now, and what's an Avalon when it's at home, anyone? Job two, SDE lead, is much more on message and quite interesting, as it provides some clues about the way Palladium will be built. "What is Palladium? We are a windows team working on new, trust-oriented Windows features, re-architecting and re-developing the Windows PC platform from the hardware up. We will dramatically enhance the level of Security available to any customer who wishes to enhance the Privacy, Security, and Data/Content Protection aspects of their applications. We will offer customers a very high level of data protection, no matter where they live, who they are, or what they are trying to protect." Aside from that Data/Content Protection, it's almost unworrying. Here's the techie bit: "Own lean and mean team of 4 senior developers building the very guts of this new security software. This is one of the very few opportunities to build a micro-kernel from scratch. We’re keeping everything that’s cool about a micro-kernel and nothing that’s not. Responsibilities include: abstraction of hardware from the security modes of the new CPUs to cryptographic input devices, process control, from laying out the image in memory, to providing system services, from providing memory management to interrupt handling, from a debugger to the fundamentals of structured exception handling. No file system, no networking, nothing complicated, only elegant. This is a dream job." Indeed it is. The approach sounds similar to the one the early NT development team took, before marketing started maiming the thing. Also wanted is a secure application architect, who "will be responsible for application strategy and design. The Secure Application Architect will work with development, marketing and internal and external customers to identify trusted application scenarios that will be supported. He/she will then be responsible for executing the strategy: providing support and guidance for application developers, and working with the internal Palladium team to ensure that the necessary system services and infrastructure are in place." So this one could be the nark. Apply here, here or here. ® Great reversed engineered intelligence from the carrion eaters."I wanna bite that hand so badly..."Especially after a night and a day at the Opera. http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/26645.html If your using free Opera,you can get rid of the ads with a little hacking...just don't get caught now its a class A felony. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 5382 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 21:32:00 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 21:32:00 -0700 Subject: Station T APB for E-Bay Escapee. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502212054.009f56e0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26654.html Its KAOS over here in the hunt for e-bay scammer Mehmet Onan.How the fuck am i supposed to sell my dell when I get it back some cold day in hell. Dead man talking,Shrub wants small business advice? How about GAMES,ProN and PROSTITUTION! Throw in drugs,arms and munitions and you have a totally free market led recovery.Anyone else need killing? Theres one in every crowd... The managing director of a film distribution company has called for people convicted of film piracy to be jailed. Allan Finney from Buena Vista International was speaking at the 57th annual movie convention on the Gold Coast. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 21:49:55 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 21:49:55 -0700 Subject: State Crypt Administration Commission Office interest in cryptoS. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502214434.009ffa80@mail.nex.net.au> When they tell me what they salvaged from the EP-3.and RSA.I'll talk...only then. http://www.allconferences.net/conferences/20011019013039/ CONFERENCE A conference will be held alongside the exhibition. Speakers will be the officials from Ministry of Public Security. EVENT DESCRIPTION The only information security event in China with strong Government support. The exhibition is aimed at improving the awareness of the need for security of digital information, facilitating technological exchanges in information security and introducing overseas technologies and products in information security in China. Look forward to the RSA press release peterT. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 2 22:18:37 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 02 May 1999 22:18:37 -0700 Subject: October CounteRevolution Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990502215039.009f6090@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.infosec-china.com/about.html Organized by : · Public Information Network Security Inspection Bureau, Ministry of Public Security of P.R. China · Science & Technology Information Institute of Ministry of Public Security, P.R. China · Information Security Research and Service Institution of the State Information Centre Whoopty doo.Just as the pathetic Bolshevik so called 'revolution' was really a coup by a minority authoritarian terrorist cult...October and revolution will go together less than October and stock market crash. http://www.computers-today.com/ctoday/20020701/index.html Dumb questions dept. Why isn’t David McBride, regional technology director for Microsoft Asia-Pacific, pleased with the researches underway in the field of security? Moore’s law applies to security concerns: David McBride. Email your résumé directly to a Recruiter at Microsoft Get yer ass hauled into vulture culture me heartie's,Arggh! http://www.microsoft.com/careers/loc/dave.htm Dave's not here man.You can tell by the piccy. "...To me, we're every bit as entrepreneurial as a start up." If that didn't convince ya cynical basta's. "Seattle has wonderful amenities and lots of rain as well! What more could anyone ask?" That explains a lot,now why 'new technology' 5 must die in 10 words or less. APster; who do you want to kill today? -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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It's clear by now that real security comes not just from strong crypto, but from recognizing and embracing human strengths, frailties and common behaviors in building, managing and using complex systems. People are always the weakest link."MORE from the mighty OZ... http://news.com.com/2010-1071-949678.html?tag=fd_nc_1 From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 18:18:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:18:14 -0700 Subject: Gettin' down with the Ho's. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503172221.00a00260@mail.nex.net.au> http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/14/1029113955533.html Ho,Ho,Ho chi Minh.Way to go Ho.Damn shame one wife may have lost her head...its hard being a professional revolutionary. "In the long run it will become common knowledge . . . and it might help liven him up a bit with younger Vietnamese." 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Investigative journalist Iosif Costinas, 62, was last seen by a neighbor near a market in his hometown of Timisoara on June 10, said Laurian Ieremeiov, deputy editor of the daily Timisoara on August 12. Thr Romanian rights group Freeex,org, citing Associated Press, reported that police had launched an extensive search in the rivers and woods near the city, and an adviser to President Ion Iliescu has pledged to support local authorities resolve the case, Ieremeiov said. So far these efforts have been unsuccessful. On Sunday, the newspaper sent messages to Reporters Without Borders and to Amnesty International, asking for public support in trying to find the reporter. Costinas has publishes articles about sensitive subjects, such as the unsolved killings during the December 1989 anti-communist revolt and the continued presence in high positions of Securitate communist secret police officers. He was just completing a book about the shady business underworld in the city located near the Yugoslav and Hungarian borders. "We believe it very probable that his disappearance is connected to what he wrote and his actions as a member of civil groups trying to find out the truth of the revolution," Ieremeiov told AP. Freeex.org campaign & report. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1717 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 18:43:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 18:43:19 -0700 Subject: Guilty of "publishing an alarming publication," Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503184142.00a008c0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20020813_kenya.shtml Kenya: Publisher jailed over magazine story. The publisher of "Finance" magazine, Njehu Gatabaki, has been sentenced to six months' imprisonment over an article entitled "Moi ordered the Molo Massacre". The main story, which appeared in the magazine's December 1997 issue, dealt with killings which occurred in Molo, Kenya, just prior to the 1997 general election. A court in Nairobi found Gatabaki, who is also a member of Parliament in Kenya, guilty of "publishing an alarming publication," reported the Network for the Defence of Independent Media in Africa (NDIMA) as relayed by IFEX. But Gatabaki told the magistrate that he had suffered for publishing the truth. "The truth will set this country free. The articles were true. I'm ready to bear that burden of bringing the message to Kenyans." Gatabaki, who was unrepresented, was given 14 days to appeal against the sentence. Judge Ms Karanja said that she had considered the publisher's mitigation, which she described as little more than a political speech. "I've taken cognisance [of] the fact that the accused is [a] lawmaker who should be making laws and not breaking them. This is why this conviction should be taken very seriously," she said. NDIMA report via IFEX. Index report on Kenya's Zimbabwe-style strategies. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1602 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 19:34:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:34:18 -0700 Subject: News for murd's,stuff that splatters. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503192543.00a03ad0@mail.nex.net.au> Assassination Politics (Score:1, Troll) by aminorex on Tuesday August 13, @12:35AM (#4059484) (User #141494 Info | http://slashdot.org/) The only geek who ever came up with a viable means of effecting positive change in the current U.S. political system was promptly sent to prison. His name is Jim Bell, and he's a loon, but his Assassination Politics may well save the U.S. from totalitarianism and genocide, and I can hardly wait to see it implemented. [ Reply to This | Parent ] · · Re:Assassination Politics by aminorex (Score:2) Tuesday August 13, @09:41PM · · 1 reply beneath your current threshold. http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/12/2148202.shtml?tid=123 "Declan McCullagh spent several years on Essential Information's AM-Info (Appraising Microsoft) e-mail list basically just lurking and stirring up trouble he could use in news reports." Not our declan! Shurley shome mishtake! Oh deccy boy the pipes,the pipes are calling... -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1670 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 19:50:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 19:50:19 -0700 Subject: First they came for the Cpunks... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503193331.00a066b0@mail.nex.net.au> "First they came for the hackers. But I never did anything illegal with my computer, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the pornographers. But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the anonymous remailers. But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the encryption users. But I could never figure out how to work pgp5 anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for me. And by that time there was no one left to speak up." ~Alara Rogers (Aleph Press) ne Heard from ENRON just before they collapsed. "When I said burn all the books I meant , 'put them on the fire', not 'copy them onto CD'" CHINA CRISIS! I'm wondering whether China will use Linux for restrictive purposes - i.e. The Great Firewall of China ? Perhaps they've found that Microsoft products are just too insecure for this purpose ? ;) The German Government announced they will be switching exclusively to Linux. Chancellor Adolf Hitler declared Linux "the software of the Superman" and said that anyone caught using other operating systems will be imprisoned. Microsoft Windows cd's and books on using Microsoft software have been publicly burned in ritualistic bonfires. A few resisters caught with Windows 98 on their hard drives have been beaten and tortured by the Gestapo, their pleas that "it was just for Counterstrike!" falling on deaf ears. As of this writing, the computers that control the train timetables for transporting undesirables to death camps have been running Linux for three months now without a reboot. http://slashdot.org/articles/02/08/14/0327209.shtml?tid=163 Steve Ballmer was right about RED hat,"open source COMMUNISM!" -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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The tests of the drug at Nims continued for well over six months, sources in the hospital confirmed. The trials on human beings — phase-III of the drug test — were conducted under the supervision of the Diabetic School of the hospital. The sources insisted that trials conducted by them were approved by the Medical Council of India and the Drug Controller-General of India. However, it is not known if any or all of the 135 human guinea pigs at Nims were informed that they were being administered a yet-to-be proven diabetes drug. It is also not clear if they were told that the drug was being simultaneously tested on rats and mice. Dr. Reddy’s Labs, though, has disowned the phase-III trials, saying it had licensed the drug for further development to Novo Nordisk. “Testing of yet-to-be proven and potentially dangerous drugs on human beings is common here. Our hospitals are places where patients take medicines administered to them without asking a question. And, in the course of a trial, if a patient dies, all the doctor does is change the dosage for the others and continue with the test,” a source said. “This is not the first time that an unproven drug has been tested on human beings, sometimes perforce in the city,” the sources added. Meanwhile, government sources said they were unaware of the tests conducted by Nims and were at a loss to explain anything about the trial. Ragaglitazar, codenamed DRF 2725 and NN662, was developed by DRL. After carrying out preliminary animal toxicology studies, DRL sold the drug to Novo in 1998 for further development and commercialisation. To ally fears in those who participated in the abortive trial, both the Hyderabad-based laboratory and Novo Nordisk claim that though the anti-diabetes drug caused “bladder tumours in rats and in one mouse,” potential risk to the trial participants is ‘very small’. 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Furthermore, the attempt to apply cryptography to protect copyrighted material against unauthorized reproduction is still creating tremendous debate, particularly regarding the CBDTPA (Consumer Broadband and Digital Television Promotion Act), not to mention the BPDG (Broadcast Protection Discussion Group). The general idea behind all of these groups and concepts is to mandate strong security through crypto hardware, which greatly benefits the entertainment industry, while potentially threatening the Open Source community..." http://www.cryptonomicon.net/ From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 20:31:15 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:31:15 -0700 Subject: SS "tawdry and sometimes illegal." GET OUT! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503202632.009f7a10@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A14617-2002Aug13.html Since July 1998, the number of special agents has grown by 705, for a total of 2,939 -- a 32 percent increase. The service's budget has exploded since 1999, growing 75 percent to a proposed $1.05 billion next year. Drawbacks? Jacksons games? "In June, U.S. News & World Report catalogued tawdry and sometimes illegal activities by Secret Service agents over 25 years, involving sex, drugs, theft, brawling, inebriation and corruption. Four agents assigned to Vice President Cheney fought in a San Diego bar, and agents on assignment at the Salt Lake City Olympics came under investigation about a possible sexual assault on a minor in February. Last month, an agent was suspended after he scrawled "Islam is evil, Christ is king" on a Muslim prayer calendar during a search of a Michigan suspect's home." Fergeddaboudit! From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 20:51:48 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:51:48 -0700 Subject: 2 Pak shaker.Get it India. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503203354.009fd120@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.expressindia.com/fullstory.php?newsid=13796 RAW, India's equivalent of CIA, is involved in acts of terrorism ... indianterrorism.mybravenet.com/RAWFacts.htm - 3k - Cached - Similar pages ... intelligence agencies continue, Harrison said. "The CIA still has close links with the ISI (Pakistan's Inter-Services Intelligence).". ... rawa.fancymarketing.net/cia-talib.htm - 7k - Cached - Similar pages Muzi.com | LatelineNews : CIA says China helped Pakistan's ... ... Muzi.com : Muzi (English) : News : CIA says China helped Pakistan's missile program GB Big5. ... latelinenews.com/ll/english/81839.shtml - 19k - Cached - Similar pages How the CIA created Osama bin Laden ... MAK was a front for Pakistan's CIA, the Inter-Service Intelligence Directorate. The ISI was the first recipient of the vast bulk ... www.greenleft.org.au/back/2001/465/465p15.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages CRG -- Cover-up or Complicity of the Bush Administration? The ... ... Also bear in mind that Pakistan's ISI remained throughout the entire post Cold War era until the present, the launch pad for CIA covert operations in the ... www.globalresearch.ca/articles/CHO111A.html - 33k - Cached - Similar pages 2/19/96 INT/ASIA: PAKISTAN'S BOMB VS. TRADE ... destruction. The CIA says China has secretly shipped 5,000 ring magnets to Pakistan's nuclear laboratory at Kahuta. The magnets ... pathfinder.com/time/international/ 1996/960219/china.trade.html - 7k - Cached - Similar pages "...Critics of the ISI say that it has become a state within a state, answerable neither to the leadership of the army, nor to the President or the Prime Minister. The result is there has been no real supervision of the ISI, and corruption, narcotics, and big money have all come into play, further complicating the political scenario. Drug money was used by ISI to finance not only the Afghanistan war, but also the ongoing proxy war against India in Kashmir and Northeast India. The Joint Chiefs of Staff Committee deals with all problems bearing on the military aspects of state security and is charged with integrating and coordinating the three services. Affiliated with the committee are the offices of the engineer in chief, the director general of medical service, the Director of Inter-Services Public Relations, and the Director of Inter-Services Intelligence. Staffed by hundreds of civilian and military officers, and thousands of other workers, the agency's headquarters is located in Islamabad. The ISI reportedly has a total of about 10,000 officers and staff members, a number which does not include informants and assets. It is reportedly organized into between six and eight divisions: FROM http://www.fas.org/irp/world/pakistan/isi/ Elsewhere in India, the ISI offers monetary rewards , sex, and other attractions to cultivate agents. http://www.ipcs.org/issues/articles/191-ip-krishna.htm Espionage, euphemistically called the second oldest profession of the world finds a mention in the Indian Vedas, one of the most - if not the most - ancient of the human texts. http://www.defencejournal.com/feb-mar99/raw-at-war.htm RAW hijacking trauma. Indian lies about IC 814 "hijack" exposed! ... statement added. Pakistan News Service/Information Times, December 28, 1999. Is Indian RAW Agent SBS Tomar Behind the Hijacking Drama? ... indianterrorism.mybravenet.com/Nepal3.htm - 14k - Cached - Similar pages India's shadowy policies against Nepal should be condemned by the ... ... 2000 RAW official on hijacked flight IC 814: Asiaweek BY OUR POLITICAL CORRESPONDENT A stunning new bit of information on the Indian Airlines airbus hijacking ... indianterrorism.mybravenet.com/Nepal1.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from indianterrorism.mybravenet.com ] Arrested ISI agent played key role in hijacking of IA plane Arrested ISI agent played key role in hijacking of IA plane. DH News Service Deccan Heral April 27, 2000: Previous message: The Marxist ... www.hvk.org/articles/0400/61.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages Pak diplomat was involved in the hijacking of IA plane ... Sources told 'The Times of India' that intelligence agencies had a opened dossiers on suspected ISI agents and their activities long before the hijacking of ... www.hvk.org/articles/0401/59.html - 8k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.hvk.org While CIA's have been known to start wars,a 'bay of pigs' is considered unlikely.Northwoods maybe,not bay of pigs. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 7193 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 20:57:51 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 20:57:51 -0700 Subject: Al-Jazeera considered harmful. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503205427.009f7430@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17751Misusing freedom of expression Abdullah Farraj Al-Sharif/Al-Madinah Freedom of expression has long been absent in the Arab world. While all Arab intellectuals emphasize the need for it, they do not accept the wild lies and prevarications dished out regularly by the Qatar-based Al-Jazeera on a round-the-clock basis. The station chooses guests with dubious qualifications to participate in what is arguably the worst kind of talk show. Guests rant and rave, reminding viewers of a brawl. The participants are never concerned with the authenticity of evidence used to support their arguments. Such shows, which are not often broadcast by other stations in other parts of the world, spew hatred and hostility all around. Viewers wonder at the apparent contradiction in the way the station presents programs and in what its goals really are. Its motto is ‘Opinion and the Other Opinion’ but the station’s performance has proved that the ‘other opinion’ has no place in its broadcasts. When a topic is discussed — Iraq, for example — the discussion rambles on interminably. Viewers who may or may not know anything about the topic participate by telephone. The moderator puts questions to them but they are not allowed to express a dissenting opinion. Questions are phrased in such a way that the desired answer is implied and it is thus clear what the participants are expected to say. The trick usually works as unsuspecting participants initially agree with the moderator and later when the trap has become obvious, the participant protests that he or she has not been allowed to state his views. At this point the moderator jumps in to say angrily, “We are discussing the likelihood of America’s attacking Iraq and not the station’s style of presentation.” The station’s objective becomes quite clear to those who watches it for some time. It aims at the total surrender of all Arab interests to American policies. The station seems to follow a skillfully-devised scheme, which is much worse than either covert or overt Zionist schemes, to deprive Arabs of all their legitimate rights. The viewers, who see through the station’s evil designs, are at a loss to explain why a Gulf country continues to finance a station which has ruined good relations with a number of Arab countries because of its baseless criticisms and allegations. If the station is impartial in its treatment, one wonders why it never discusses the state of affairs in Qatar. Is Qatar an ideal and infallible state while all other Arab states and governments and countries deserve to be condemned? Though I have been frank in my opinions about the way the station operates, I want to stress my keenness to maintain our close family and cultural ties with our brothers in Qatar despite the efforts of the TV station to ruin them. 14 August 2002 http://www.cursor.org/aljazeera.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3213 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 21:03:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:03:14 -0700 Subject: godsucks.com Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503205928.009fc460@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16732 Florida pledge flap,why do they bother when taxpayer funded madrasses's are underway? Education-FaithbasedLinks ... Many faith-based organizations, denominations, coalitions and local congregations actively work ... specific task forces to address the issue through education, ... www.webofcreation.org/education/faithbasedlinks.htm - 40k - Cached - Similar pages -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 848 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 21:14:30 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:14:30 -0700 Subject: Police special unit to watch for army coup. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503210553.009f7160@mail.nex.net.au> Fiji Times - First Newspaper To Be Published In The World Today -they are actually being so close to the International date line. The fiji village. Police Forces sets up special unit to monitor Military The police force will soon set up a special unit to monitor the military to avoid the chance of another coup. more http://www.fijivillage.com/ RR. Every country should have one of these units,if they have to have a police force. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 608 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 21:37:21 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:37:21 -0700 Subject: Bnet interactive -Click here to rate all films by Robert Hansen. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503213412.009fd2f0@mail.nex.net.au> Try not to set off automatic NSA search and locate scanning software. http://www.foreignfilms.com/person.asp?person_id=49748 Kaerlighed Ved Forste Hik (1999) Add to my favorites • Email this page to a friend Also known as: Love At First Hiccup (USA) Starring: Robert Hansen, Sofie Lassen-Kahlke Genre: Comedy (add) Set in: Small town, Denmark (add) Keywords: heart warming, sex (add) Runtime: 80 minutes Country: Denmark Language: Color: Color This film was added by: thenextwhitlam -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1622 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 21:51:15 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 21:51:15 -0700 Subject: Homeland security-Imagine it done. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503214948.00a06860@mail.nex.net.au> The Transportation Security Administration has awarded the first two work orders for its information technology infrastructure. TSA tapped Unisys Corp. for the agency's billion-dollar Information Technology Managed Services (ITMS) program Aug. 2 but postponed making an official award until meeting with an investment review board. A group led by the Office of Management and Budget and the Office of Homeland Security is assessing all projects valued at more than $500,000 at agencies, including TSA, slated to go into the proposed Homeland Security Department. http://www.fcw.com/fcw/articles/2002/0812/web-tsa-08-14-02.asp From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 22:22:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:22:31 -0700 Subject: Dr livingstone I presume... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503221138.00a04a20@mail.nex.net.au> Hi there...http://www.asial.com.au/ "...The Brookings Institution, a Washington think tank has estimated that the overall cost of the September 11 attacks to the U.S. economy was between $100-$125 billion, or one percent of the nation's GDP. Over the next decade government and the private sector combined will spend somewhere between $500 billion and $1 trillion dollars on homeland security. This figure could be even significantly higher if the U.S. experiences additional major terrorist attacks in the coming months and years. Among the areas projected to enjoy the greatest growth potential in the security sector are biometric systems, business continuity systems and services, aviation security, chem-bio defence, and new technologies for non-invasive inspection of containers and other cargo. Construction security is also booming. Dr. Livingstone (pictured right) Chairman & CEO of GlobalOptions, author and world-renowned crisis management expert will be presenting at the Security 2002 conference. More info on Security 2002 conference More info on Dr. Livingstone -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1280 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 22:58:09 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 22:58:09 -0700 Subject: Elephants graveyard. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503222049.00a02b60@mail.nex.net.au> White House Writers Group White House Writers Group consists of former White House speechwriters who provide a range of communication services including speech writing; drafting and placing opinion-editorials; writing and staging presentations; and planning and strategy. http://www.globalops.com/alliances.html Globalops? GlobalOptions Inc., headquartered in Washington, D.C., is a multi-disciplinary, international, risk management and business intelligence company. Our staff of professionals includes former intelligence and law enforcement officers, veterans of America's elite military units, and legal and crisis communications specialists. We provide a broad spectrum of unique services and innovative solutions to commercial, government, and individual clients. Never before have all these services been assembled under a single umbrella to provide a comprehensive approach to solving difficult business and government problems. Recent assignments include the protection of fissile material in Russia, corporate crisis management, the recovery of assets, due diligence in major merger and acquisition (M&A) cases, undercover investigations of NAFTA violations, and coordination of all legal defense efforts associated with the largest civil RICO action in U.S. history. GlobalOptions' Advisory Board is chaired by former Chairman of the Joint Chiefs of Staff, Admiral William Crowe, and is comprised of many distinguished individuals, including a former CIA Director, a former British Trade Minister, and a number of retired ambassadors and military leaders. http://www.globalops.com/index.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1973 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 3 23:34:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 03 May 1999 23:34:31 -0700 Subject: We believe... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990503233050.00a02620@mail.nex.net.au> "...The issue of how the governments of the world will wish to address the proliferation of encryption in the post September 11 era is a far more complex, but equally important question. Although the United States intelligence community has sounded the alarm on this topic for several years, commercial and privacy interests have prevented many of the steps proposed to permit governments access to encrypted communications where the national security required such access. We believe those earlier decisions will now be revisited..." Globalops hotshits mouthing off.1 was an FBI flack around WACO massacre time and the other is ..guess who. The president? Following are some of the attorneys or judges who have been reported to have been disciplined by the District of Columbia for unethical conduct, who may be a resident of the District of Columbia and who were disciplined in another jurisdiction, sued for malpractice, incarcerated, whom we understand have been charged with unethical conduct, who have have engaged in conduct which tends to defeat the administration of justice or to bring the courts and the legal business into disrepute, etc. Same name mistake? Identity theft? Whatever. Judicial & Attorney Misconduct in the District of Columbia ... MICHAEL CHARLES MOGIL, BERNARD M. MURCHISON-SMITH, BRETT E. MURPHY, JUDGE TIM NEILL, DENIS M. NERENBERG, ROY NIELSEN JR, KENNETH EDWARD ONDECK, THOMAS P. OAK ... www.clr.org/dc.html - 6k - Cached - Similar pages Theres a million Thomas P Ondecks out there,right? D-2094 IN THE MATTER OF DISBARMENT OF THOMAS P. ONDECK Thomas P. Ondeck, of Washington, D.C., having been suspended from the practice of law in this Court by order of August 2, 1999; and a rule having been issued and served upon him requiring him to show cause why he should not be disbarred; and the time to file a response having expired; It is ordered that Thomas P. Ondeck is disbarred from the practice of law in this Court. Probably his evil twin...what did gumshoes do before they invented Google? Original grab at... http://www.waaf.ru/24.html Scroll for it. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Writings on the wall ptrei.Even without idquantique,the most trusted name in security From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 02:48:24 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 02:48:24 -0700 Subject: AFP PROMIS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504024239.009fab50@mail.nex.net.au> What should I do if my FOI request comes back with PROMIS-person and location details,on it? I was just wondering in light of the history of that in SA,guatamala,occupied Palistine,etc. "First they came for the hackers. But I never did anything illegal with my computer, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the pornographers. But I thought there was too much smut on the Internet anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the anonymous remailers. But a lot of nasty stuff gets sent from anon.penet.fi, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for the encryption users. But I could never figure out how to work pgp5 anyway, so I didn't speak up. Then they came for me. 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From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 04:21:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 04:21:14 -0700 Subject: "for the SEC wont let me be,they try to shut me down on we CP." Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504040849.00a009a0@mail.nex.net.au> Well if you want Shady, this is what I'll give ya A little bit of weed mixed with some hard liquor Pretie shady eminem... http://www.corporate-ir.net/ireye/ir_site.zhtml?ticker=rsas&script=1901 gross profit? Don't ask.Mergers and Acquisitions will kill me,literally.Trei this... I know that you got a job Ms. Cheney but your husband's heart problem's complicating So the FCC won't let me be or let me be me, so let me see They try to shut me down on MTV But it feels so empty, without me So, come on and dip, rum on your lips Fuck that, cum on your lips, and some on your tits And get ready, cause this shit's about to get heavy I just settled all my lawsuits, FUCK YOU DEBBIE! 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Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504061511.00a03b20@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/10/1028158034347.html Health records base a step closer By Jenny Sinclair August 13 2002 Next Data quality and security are emerging as key issues for computerisation of patient health records around the world. Last week's Health Informatics Conference (HIC 2002) in Melbourne heard that patient records were increasingly becoming computerised but the transfer of information between systems still caused problems. The issues could have ramifications for an ambitious project under consideration for a supercomputing organisation. The Victorian Partnership for Advanced Computing (VPAC), aims to use patient records as a massive database for health research. Speakers at an HIC session on electronic patient records told of four projects, all aimed at finding the perfect solution for the masses of information needed in health care. William Goossen, a researcher and consultant to a Dutch attempt to set up a national electronic patient records model, said the Netherlands had needed to combine many attempts at creating such systems. The answer was to set up a national effort, bringing together the government, health providers and nursing associations in a single body. Major factors in a successful patient records system were identified as the information structure or content, the technical infrastructure, safety and security issues, and having the new body "do the work" of developing a workable solution. Professor Bill Appelbe, chief executive of supercomputing group VPAC, has said he would like to see standards set up for bringing together all kinds of medical records and tests. Speaking before the conference, he said that most information from clinical trials was only available in hard copy and recorded manually. This made "data mining" impossible, depriving researchers of potentially valuable sources of information. Similarly, having the general population's health records available electronically (in an anonymous form) would allow the possibility of faster and more accurate medical research. He said VPAC had had interest from large software vendors in developing such systems, acting as a "trusted third party" to broker between the medical research industry and large database developers. VPAC could take part in developing such specialised systems by "applying modern software development (principles) to scientific software" and hiring out its supercomputer's data-crunching facilities. In Victoria work has been under way on a universal health-care database for mental health patients for five years. The database project has been slowed by problems with messaging systems transferring data and by user feedback on early versions. The Victorian mental health-care approach has been to develop a centralised database with a unique patient indentifier, and to link it to clinic and hospital systems via an intermediary interface, pending development of a universal solution. The database was divided into an archive database and an "operational data store" for current work. Speaking for the project, Damian Curran said issues of training, insufficient bandwidth to local clinics and corruption of records had all needed to be overcome. The department is about to move to a new phase of trying to connect clinics and hospitals directly to the central database. Curran said key lessons from the project included the need to have proper documentation to allow for staff moving on, close monitoring of subcontractors, making sure the work kept up with current practices in the medical field, and "it's not cheap" - costs could be high. At the Distributed Systems Technology Centre (DSTC) in Queensland, trials of a so-called "Good Electronic Health Record" (GEHR) are about to move to real-world testing. The GEHR is a worldwide attempt to standardise the way medical records are kept. Researcher Andrew Goodchild said the group had had excellent feedback from doctors participating in the trial. The DSTC has helped develop editing software that allows medical practitioners to create simple "archetypes" or templates in which to store different kinds of information. The templates have parameters built into them that allow practitioners to specify what information must be entered, and what ranges are normal; so a template used to report blood tests, for instance, can automatically identify results out of the normal range. Goodchild said that anyone setting up a records system for doctors should first "find out what's politically and culturally, and work-wise acceptable for the clinicians". The trial editor will be available for free download from the DSTC's site soon. A working electronic patient records system has already been set up at the busy emergency section of the Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre in Melbourne. The hospital engaged Sydney software company TrakHealth for the pilot scheme, which has allowed the emergency room to replace its giant whiteboard showing patient movements and conditions with a computerised version. Applications project manager Vicki Moritz said the electronic "whiteboard", set up as a floor plan of the emergency room, increased privacy for patients and had interactive features, such as a clock symbol that flashed when patients were due for a check-up. The hospital chose its system by having about 100 staff road-test a shortlist of programs. She said information needed to be carefully checked before it was transferred to a new records system; two patients gave their occupations as "domestic goddess" and "stud". From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 06:27:28 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 06:27:28 -0700 Subject: Telepsych.2000. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504062624.009f9840@mail.nex.net.au> Introduction The Victorian Telepsychiatry Program was established in 1996 to improve access to mental health services for rural Victorians. The Program funded the establishment of 27 telepsychiatry facilities located at Area Mental Health Service sites in rural base hospitals, mental health centres and community-based locations across regional Victoria, and facilities at six specialist service locations. The specialist services targeted by the Program were: · The Mental Health Review Board (MHRB) · Forensic Mental Health Service · Early Psychosis Prevention and Intervention Centre (EPPIC) Statewide Service · Child and Adolescent Mental Health Services (CAMHS) at three locations: Austin and Repatriation Medical Centre, Royal Children's Hospital and Monash Medical Centre. The Program established linkages of two types: · Intra-service: from major rural centres such as Bendigo, to smaller rural communities such as Swan Hill and Kyneton More on http://www.health.vic.gov.au/mentalhealth/publications/telepsychiatry/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1746 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 20:09:17 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:09:17 -0700 Subject: Consider this if you will. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504200624.009ec550@mail.nex.net.au> Consider this: An inarticulate, politically inexperienced man with family links to a previous national regime comes to provincial leadership. Subsequently he gains the highest national office without winning the popular vote. The election in which he was declared the victor is considered compromised by his brother's province. He appoints a chief law enforcement officer who has repeatedly called for constitutional revisions. Regulatory agencies are filled with those previously regulated. Soldiers patrol transportation centers. International treaties are abrogated. International legal organizations are shunned. Roles of police and military are blurred. Law enforcement agencies are centralized. Individual civil rights are reduced. A "shadow" government is created. Domestic surveillance is increased. People are encouraged to spy on each other. Military budgets are increased. The military establishes a disinformation program. Media access to government is limited. Consultations with the legislative branch decline. Connections to corrupt corporate sponsors are disavowed. Efforts to further plunder natural resources for profit are initiated. Access to past administrations' documents is limited. A war mentality is established with imprecise enemies. Nebulous fear- inducing alerts are periodically released. National level profiling is introduced. People are imprisoned without public charges and unknown others are "disappeared." http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=198145&group=webcast Don't mention the war. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 20:45:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 20:45:47 -0700 Subject: Trei lies to himself again. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504203542.00a03ec0@mail.nex.net.au> >>a misplaced respect for the whims of The Men with Guns. This is not a Good Thing.<< Sure CJ would agree having been arrested at the point of one. >>A freedom to skulk in the shadows, hoping not to be noticed, is not the legacy I wish to leave behind. Peter Trei << So tell us peter,why did you shop CJ? You have been skulking on that point for months now.I've even written you directly about this.Tell me it was a mistake. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 23:22:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 23:22:39 -0700 Subject: Bluetooth security,"Is it safe?" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504231954.00a06190@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19028.html Token encryption. If a user wearing the system's security token walks away from his or her laptop, the system senses it and begins securing the computer by encrypting all data. If the user then returns within range, the computer begins unlocking data so work can resume. "Its safe,its very safe!" MM. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 525 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 4 23:41:32 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 04 May 1999 23:41:32 -0700 Subject: Goldeneye. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990504232728.00a06050@mail.nex.net.au> It was faintly disgusting to see jim leherer misting up over after TB's rabblerousing speech on Terror.Yet when you look at his leaders efforts you can understand why some displacement activity is going on.Blair gives good TV 'head',while the smirking chimp stumbles and bumbles his way through life like Homer Simpsons drinking buddy. The killing joke over TB is what can he do by himself? He's the puppet of a pretzel scoffing clown. How many Bond movies lately have you suspended belief over the ludicrous projection of the UK's power? It gets harder and harder.As a small favor,I'd appreciate a copy of 'Goldeneye' with the theme music inserted at the appropriate points,if you can cut out jar jar Binks you can do this for me...please? Thank you. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 00:09:43 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 00:09:43 -0700 Subject: Identity crisis Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505000745.00a01010@mail.nex.net.au> Govt planning I-cards for all citizens TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ THURSDAY, AUGUST 15, 2002 8:31:03 PM ] NEW DELHI: Identity cards for all citizens, a Rs 15,000-crore National Rail Vikas Yojana and a national commodities exchange were among the 15 key initiatives announced by the government on Thursday. The home ministry will prepare a plan to issue multi-purpose machine-readable identity cards to all citizens. A pilot project, which will be launched in October to cover select districts in eight states, will also facilitate the implementation of e-governance initiatives to be completed within a year.The Rail Vikas Yojana will over the next five years aim to remove all capacity bottlenecks in critical sections of the Railways, including a Rs 8,000-crore project to strengthen the Golden Quadrilateral to run more long-distance mail, express and freight trains at a higher speed, and a Rs 3,000-crore project to strengthen rail connectivity to ports and development of corridors to the hinterland.Rs 3,500 crore will be spent on constructing two bridges over the Ganga and one each over the Brahmaputra and the Kosi. The consumer affairs, food and public distribution ministry will set up a National Commodities Exchange to streamline commodity futures trading. All villages will be electrified by 2007 and 130 lakh new telephone lines, including 75 lakh mobile telephones, will be added in the coming year. A comprehensive social security scheme for the poor and the middle class and a food-based social security for the destitute will be launched. The communication and IT ministry will implement a programme to improve efficiency, transparency and accountability at the government-citizen interface, with the e-bill post and internet-based e-post service network to cover all districts in the coming year. Media Lab Asia, a collaboration between the IT department and the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, US, will be set up to address the digital divide in the country. The government also announced formulating a model municipal law to facilitate private sector participation in urban infrastructure projects, especially in water supply and sanitation. Simultaneously, a fund will be operationalised this year to promote urban sector reforms with special focus on making urban local bodies viable. National scholarships will be given to disabled persons to pursue higher technical education. The culture ministry will launch the National Mission for Manuscripts to preserve and unlock the scientific, intellectual, literary and spiritual knowledge in different Indian languages. The ministry of petroleum and other ministries concerned will take steps to universalise blending of ethanol from various feedstocks, including sugar factories, with petrol and diesel. Sale of gasohol will become mandatory in nine states and four Union territories from January 1, 2003. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19185813 A.Roy says,"dont listen." http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19207425 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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October 11, 2002 AMA Executive Conference Center, New York, NY December 3, 2002 AMA Executive Conference Center, San Francisco, CA Co-sponsored by the National Leadership Forum on Global Challenges stuff to my belt. China suspends approval of new Internet cafes BEIJING (August 14, 2:47 p.m. EDT) - China has halted all approvals of new Internet cafes until the end of this month in the government's latest move to control cyberspace, state media said Tuesday. Your family will be only billed for one bullet. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1244 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 03:08:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 03:08:46 -0700 Subject: au PROMIS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505030817.009fd990@mail.nex.net.au> Searched the web for police realtime online management system. Results 1 - 10 of about 2,740. Search took 0.23 seconds. Rapport de l'OICS pour 2001 - Table des matières- [Translate this page ] ... PNUCID Programme des Nations Unies pour le contrôle international des drogues PROMIS Police Realtime Online Management Information System (Australie) SADC ... www.incb.org/f/ar/2001/menu.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages Informe de la JIFE de 2001 - Índice- [Translate this page ] ... PNUFID Programa de las Naciones Unidas para la Fiscalización Internacional de Drogas PROMIS Police Realtime Online Management Information System (Australia ... www.incb.org/s/ar/2001/menu.htm - 18k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.incb.org ] July 1996 - Technology Snapshot ... Local police and sheriffs' departments in Louisiana now ... access to the Louisiana Law Enforcement Management System, ... to implement CAD/Partner, a realtime, online ... www.govtech.net/magazine/gt/1996/ july/snapjuly/snapjuly.phtml - 20k - Cached - Similar pages May 1997 - Raising Highway IQ ... general office, Emergency Management Agency, State Police, ... will be able to obtain realtime, online ... system, a relational database management system, realtime ... www.govtech.net/magazine/gt/1997/may/may1997-raisinghighwayiq/ may1997-raisinghighwayiq.phtml - 24k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from www.govtech.net ] Intelligent Enterprise Magazine - Smarter, Faster, More ... ... of an overall effort by the state to provide online ... by defrauders, Target hopes to profit handsomely from realtime, ... The West Midlands, UK, Police Department. ... www.intelligententerprise.com/ 011004/415smarter1_2.shtml - 27k - Cached - Similar pages Enterprise Systems | Past Issues Archive ... logistics and procurement functions for all Royal Canadian Mounted Police assets ... An Online Transaction Processing (OLTP) allows realtime management ... www.esj.com/back_issues/toc.asp?MON=11&YR=2000 - 35k - Cached - Similar pages News - Global Telematics Announces 100th Order for Online Vehicle ... ... Global Telematics announces 100th order for online ... fleet markets, including local authorities and police, ... include vehicle and equipment load tracking, realtime ... www.itsa.org/ITSNEWS.NSF/4e0650bef6193b3e852562350056a3a7/ 0872c3daee4e54b885256a6a0066ea61?OpenDocument - 12k - Cached - Similar pages SchlumbergerSema | Public Sector: Criminal Justice Management ... The movement and management of secure ... are part of this new system and ... Commission; Lord Chancellor's Department; Police ... www.slb.com/Hub/Docs/SchlumbergerSema/ publicsector/cjm2001/cjm2001.htm - 30k - 15 Aug 2002 - Cached - Similar pages [RTF]Title File Format: Rich Text Format - View as HTML ... Development Environment. NATURAL. Core Applications. Interfaces. Online feed to ... PROMIS - Police Realtime Management System. Interfaces. Issues. Have approval to be ... www.law.gov.au/crimtrac/app5.rtf - Similar pages -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 6146 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 03:29:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 03:29:14 -0700 Subject: ".. the productive and most profitable way to organize is to disintegrate." Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505032707.00a02ce0@mail.nex.net.au> The Declustering of America: "With the new telecommunications technology, it is increasingly easy for a firm to operate in a dispersed manner". Although only really discussing geography, I find articles like this fascinating, of course, because today are living early forms of the "next company" described by Peter Drucker: "By now the new information technology — Internet and e-mail — have practically eliminated the physical costs of communications. This has meant that the most productive and most profitable way to organize is to disintegrate." 6:36:27 AM http://www.ozzie.net/blog/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 800 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 04:45:43 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 04:45:43 -0700 Subject: Netdog to porn valley intercept. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505044421.00a04930@mail.nex.net.au> JoJo Rufus Writes: I'm the owner of a rather large paysite and always wanted to get my head in the door to those people out in Porn Valley. Until I went to Internext in Florida. I was invited to an invite-only party with some of the bigger names on the Internet. We're talking people who run massive paysites scaling millions of dollars a year, tremendous TGP players, PHP programmers, traffic masters, AVS marketers. Everyone is lowkey and real. They're just like average people yet wear Rolex watches but drink domestic beer. Then I realize how fucked up porn people really are. All I ever hear in the Valley are all these motherfuckers whining and complaining and bitching and moaning. This guy ripped me off, my distributor is taking too much of a cut, I never have enough money, maybe I'll make some money by referring this whore I picked up in Palmdale. It's funny. Nobody ever has any money. And I'll tell you why. For a person to start a new venture and try to set up and own his own titles, you have about as fat a chance of making money than a clam trying to grow a pearl. You know why? Cause you'll never get paid. Term deals? Great! There are really only a few talented filmmakers who have enough talent to create good product without dishing out a bunch of generic crap. Everything's been done. Meanwhile, the boys who are ruling the Internet are fucking liquid. They have cash. And they have the cash to go after the biggest and brightest people. They don't deal with these fuckups in porn who flunk out of company after company and somehow always land a job. Chuck Martino. Kid Vegas. John T. Bone. The list goes on and on. You know why? The Internet requires skills and accountability. Porn Valley has nothing but a bunch of backstabbing cunts with IQs of room temperature trying to figure out how they can skim off the top. But guess what? You rip someone off and it fucking lasts. Also, you shoot a brand new girl on the Internet and it's up that day. You shoot a brand new girl on video and it's up in a few months but who cares. She's on the box of a dozen titles to boot. How new is that? The immediacy is what matters. Shoot with the Net in mind. Don't pigeonhole yourself into thinking about measly video distribution. So you sell 1000 units out the door if you're lucky. Half the distributors don't pay you on time. You have to beg, borrow and steal. Then you wait. Meanwhile you ain't got enough money to pay rent and you're left eating cheese and crackers like some starving Third World buffoon. You are fucking stuck. The Internext tells us one thing. If you don't embrace the net, you are doomed. Like when people didn't embrace the VCR. Or the camcorder. Or DVDs. But guess what? The Internet requires a hell of alot more skills that those past technological advances and, of course, Porn Valley tends to attract scumbags. Ain't that about a bitch. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 04:48:56 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 04:48:56 -0700 Subject: seized computers case. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505044742.00a046c0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.eastsidejournal.com/sited/story/html/101835 Police must return library computers 2002-08-14 by Nora Doyle Journal Reporter SEATTLE -- A U.S. District Court judge said Tuesday that Kent police must return the two computers they took from the Kent library without a search warrant. In taking the computers, police did irreparable harm to both privacy and property rights, said Judge Marcia Pechman. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 601 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 04:56:08 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 04:56:08 -0700 Subject: Millicent Ghetto Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505045500.00a06ec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.generossextreme.com/Whack Attack 16: Sweet Ass Butt Kisses Kinky D. Tom Byron. Ashley Blue, Veronica Caine, Nikita Denise, Kinky, Savanna Rain, Brooke Daze The opening montages are working better than ever, but as he winds up the lest leg of his illustrious sexual world tour, Tom Byron couldn't go out with a bang better than the one he gets with the team of Kinky and Nikita Denise. In a scene that establishes both blistering genital and ass-to-mouth contact ratio, the ladies join forces to give the Icon's arsehole the tongue bath of its life. And for most guys being played for a butt trumpet would be a pleasant enough way of ending a day- akin to settling back in a rocking chair with a tall mint julep on the veranda at sunset. But because he's not a plantation owner but a video company owner with a pressing new release schedule, Byron's hot footing it in Denise's snatch splitting the beard and fucking her accent loose prio to taking a whack at Kinky's vowels and syllables. The British lass is first to get it in the ass as Nikita laps the residue off Byron's cock between strokes. Kinky reciprocates when it's Nikita's turn for a crowbar in the ass. And for the pop shot, both girls have their eager tongues out. Besides offering the viewer one of the last opportunities he'll have of watching a legendary craftsman at work in a woman's rectum, what makes this tape particularly noteworthy is the fact that Brooke "no show" Daze and hers actually showed up for it. Yes, it's true. No mistaking the Tiffany Mynx resemblance, Daze resides in the flesh and Dale Dabone resides in her ass before all's said and done. A lusty pile driver with Dale taking the shit chute to cocoa town highlights a pairing that caps with another ass to mouth finisher. Very pretty with an asshole as wholesome as her face, Ashley Blue's the leadoff girl in this sparking ensemble. Although Blue's tits are near to non existent, it's her trimmed vagina that Mark Davis is cuddling up to. Then, with a throttling choke hold, Davis is all romance as he handles her basically like a marionette on Quaaludes. Ashley displays an unbridled vocal enthusiasm for having her snatch French kissed. And with more love and kisses in the offing, Mark spits down her throat and fucks her esophagus. Their anal time together is also considerable with penis-to-mouth love very much a part of the goodwill vibe. No stranger to a man being in her ass, or, for that fact, many strangers being in her ass, Veronica Caine and Joey Ray re-enact the bun fight at the BM corral. Like a man on a mission, the mission being one of excavating a new shit hole, Joey runs some major cable through Veronica their best statement being a side saddler with a rim-to-maw finale. Savanna Rain, who opts for a black evening dress, warns Lee Stone that she's got a tight ass which is like warning a huge hand about a small glove. Nevertheless Lee makes it fit and Rain's got to quit but only after some wincing gestures, a great pile driver and another ATM puts any chance of Rain having second thoughts out of the way. The Porn Industry is a Dirty Business From the Palm Beach Post: Six weeks into her new job, Jessica Lee is still giddy with her good fortune. ""I work three to five hours a day naked at home," says Lee, 24, a UCLA grad living in Miami. "I can't believe the money." Lee claims she's making $2,000 a day as an entry-level Internet porn star. For more read: http://www.gopbi.com/partners/pbpost/epaper/editions/thursday/accent_d395587185f5426700c2.html From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 05:00:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 05:00:47 -0700 Subject: Mike Allen back in the news. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505045853.00a058f0@mail.nex.net.au> For being a dipshit of course...Scooped AVN: Cincinnati Couple Go to Trial August 19 Remember what I said a couple of days ago what was going to happen in Cincinnati in wake of adult movies being pulled from pay-per-view. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of the following cases with attorney Lou Sirkin working overtime: This time a Cincinnati couple- Jennifer Dute, 31, and her husband Alan, 61 will be going to trial next week. The Dutes were indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury this past April on four counts of pandering obscenity, charges that carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Their company, A&J Specialty, also was indicted on four counts of pandering obscenity and faces a maximum fine of $40,000. The search warrant was served March 21. Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen said the pair sold pornographic videos by mail “despite a court order prohibiting such sales to or from Hamilton County.” Authorities said sales were made Feb. 11, March 4, March 7, and March 21. Officials said the Dutes pleaded guilty to similar charges three years ago. In 1999, Jennifer Dute faced two counts of pandering obscenity and a possible three years in jail. At that time she was accused of starring in two videos — Jennifer 2 and Jennifer 3 — and then marketing them on a Web site and in a local newspaper, Everybody's News- now defunct. Prosecutor Mike Allen said the Hamilton County Sheriff's office investigated the case and purchased copies of the videos. Allen said investigators determined they may violate community standards for obscenity. Dute avoided going to prison when she swore she'd never again sell her home-made porn tapes in or from Hamilton County. But Hamilton County officials say she lied because they bought more home-made porn tapes - starring the 31-year-old Ms. Dute - from her Anderson Township home at least four times in February and March. Allen was the brains trust behind the great professor rat hunt of 2001. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2034 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 05:08:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 05:08:14 -0700 Subject: TIPS San diego style. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505050525.009d1a90@mail.nex.net.au> Dave Cummings posts: If any of you have involved any government authorities in any aspect of the past emails from pornstar hater, zodia killer (aka: bryan sullivan?), please let FBI Special Agent Mike Wagoner at the San Diego FBI office (858-499-7736) know so that he can contact those agencies and integrate information and coordinate with them on any ongoing investigations the San Diego FBI has now opened an active investigation into the below email, and others of a threatening nature that seem of concern to them. I've advised FBI Agent Wagoner that there was a posting a few months ago about the St Louis FBI office supposedly having contacted the individual; I also advised him that I reported the below email to the Army's Criminal Investigative Division and Department of Defense, in case "war crimes" might be involved. And, that my copy of the "Chad Luke" latter was faxed, as requested by them, to Postal Inspectors (just in case, as some folks have speculated, the letters many of us received might possibly have actually been from bryan sullivan). The FBI asked that I place my letter and envelope into a sealed plastic bag in case it might later be needed for examination for fingerprints and other tracings of evidence--if you still have your copy, you might want to do likewise? If sullivan gets wind of this email, I imagine that there might soon be emails forthcoming from him (possibly disguised as another name/sender?) with disparaging remarks about me; but, though I strongly and wholeheartedly defend his right of free speech and right to voice his opinions, I feel that we all have a responsibility to report info of a possible criminal nature to the authorities. Again, so that the FBI has access to ALL info that might be being processed presently by other agencies, please advise FBI Agent Wagoner of anything you might have initiated--to email him, use sandiego at fbi.gov and make the subject "For Special Agent Mike Wagoner", or phone him at 858-499-7736 If any of you have received any emails from Mr Sullivan in the last three weeks (I have NOT), would you forward them to me---I'll then forward one copy of each new email to Agent Wagoner (in that way, he's not getting separate emails from many of us, all with the same info). I also advised the FBI that one of the Internet writers might have a copy of the (posted) email Sullivan sent to him regarding the past visit he received from the FBI--they are interested in seeing Sullivan's comments. I gave him the phone number to the writer who probably has it in his files. Dave Gene sez: Coincidentally to the fact, I just received a call from agent Wagoner and will be of assistance in any way possible. Now I have a reason. Person or persons [Sullivan?] is using my name to send viruses to select people in the business.End. As long as the filth is there,why not use the fucks for some honest labor.I have done this myself once when assaulted and its Mongo approved.Mind you APster IS the future of law enforcement. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 05:12:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 05:12:52 -0700 Subject: Sex.com update Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505050935.009fd490@mail.nex.net.au> Sex.com Saga Continues- At Least for a Couple More Weeks That Gary Kremen, the owner of sex.com will never see the $65 million the courts have awarded him in his legal battles against Stephen Cohen is almost a given. Now Kremen will have to wait a few more weeks to see what the 9th District Court of Appeals will come up with. Kremen yesterday presented a case in San Francisco in which he holds Network Solutions, a division of VeriSign accountable for the whole sex.com mess to begin with. It's Kremen's contention that Network Solutions never bothered to verify Cohen's forged request to transfer the domain from Kremen. Kremen is saying that the largest U.S. domain name registry should be held accountable for an error that put the Internet address in the hands of Cohen, a known con artist. In a hearing before a federal appeals court panel, Kremen's lawyers argued that Network Solutions committed a breach of contract when it failed to verify the forged request. "This all could have been prevented with a simple call or e-mail to Mr. Kremen saying: Did you authorize this?" said James Wagstaffe, the attorney for Kremen, who's seeking monetary damages. This is Kremen's second try at a court judgment against Network Solutions. Kremen lost the first case in May, 2000 when federal judge James J. Ware in San Jose, California ruled against him basing his decision in part on the fact that at the time Kremen registered the site, in 1994, domains were free. Ware contended that because Network Solutions was offered nothing of value in exchange for its efforts, it not should be held financially liable for its error. But Ware also held Cohen, liable to the tune of $65 million in largely uncollected damages. Cohen's attorneys were also in appellate court Tuesday, seeking to undo that ruling. In yesterday's appellate hearing, attorney Wagstaffe argued that even though Network Solutions didn't get money for registering the domain, it did get personal information about Kremen for its database. Wagstaffe said that should count as something of value. The company was also able to begin charging registrants shortly afterward, having developed its initial database of free registrations. Attorneys for Network Solutions, disagreed rejecting the argument that a domain name's entry in Network Solutions central domain name server, or DNS, constitutes proof of ownership of that Internet address. http://www.generossextreme.com/ Is this guy the matt Drudge of the naughties or what? http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=2443/na0902f/index.html Study carefully,there will be questions. ICANN of Worms The Internet governing body is short on answers and out of time. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 2968 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 05:48:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 05:48:19 -0700 Subject: Give Mongo his due. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505054203.009fd5f0@mail.nex.net.au> >>Pay attention to the antitrust angle. I guarantee you that Microsoft > believes Pd is a way to extend its market share, not to increase competition<< Bruce. This was the first thing our resident state hater Mong picked up on.Its would be under ACCC investigation down here in 5 nanoseconds...I prefer to pay attention to the anti-state angle me self ala APster.Its time to leave the nest.(I will miss judge jackson a little.) "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 06:12:06 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 06:12:06 -0700 Subject: Counter-attack scenarios on the net. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505055236.009ef510@mail.nex.net.au> ChowderHett...>>PS: I think we're going to *need* counter-attack scenarios on the net. Like Whit Diffie said, "infowar" will be fought between businesses. Governments are too slow, and not, paradoxically, nearly ubiquitous enough to do the job. All we need is bearer cash, :-), and, someday, machines even can handle it themselves... << Plane murder will happen...again...soon...real soon.The homeland einsatztgruppen can seize all the tweezers and nailclippers they like and burn them in the town square,(insert inane smiley emoticon for the sake of our boston readers.) Plane murder will happen again. Give every cleartrust TM citizen a fucking stinger and IT WILL HAPPEN AGAIN. More beans mr Hettinger? I think you've had enough. Where oh where is,after all these stale wasted years is bearer cash? Is that a smile :) or a twisted grimace? Whit Diffie's goin' to save us? WTF are you smoking? Has anyone called david Chaum lately? Witless difucker is head of security for,"you have no privacy get over it,yes I donate republican," SUN for fucks sake. The best defence has been and always will be OFFENCE.Sun Tzu style OFFENCE! It has been available here in this archive since 1996.Whit fucking shittie diffie,the sell out motherfucker is helping pTrei and others build the GOLDEN SHIELD. Infowar requires INFOWARRIORS,like bell,CJ and (my trials on s11.)me. rvroman may be the 4th man. "Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell." From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 07:02:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 07:02:52 -0700 Subject: employment market for applied cryptographers? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505061631.00a05680@mail.nex.net.au> >>Other explanations? Statistics? Sample-of-one stories? Adam -- yes, still employed in sofware security industry; and in addition have been doing crypto consulting since 97 (http://www.cypherspace.net/) if you have any interesting applied crypto projects; reference commissions paid.<< The problems remain the same,IMO.If you invent PGP that is seen as threat,ask Phil.Sharp swords cut both ways.Why should large Co's,big Govts invest in what has been posited as the death of them.Fear is the key. MS is like a drowning man grasping at Palladium straws to pull its .Nuts out of the fire. Simple anti-trust like old teddybear big stick wielded,should help bill Gates sing soprano.Should,but history has a way of repeating as farce,doesn't it? >>- perhaps security infrastructure and software upgrades are the first things to be canned when cash runs short? << Why shouldn't they be? Those Dept's are run by who? Fallen angels? >>- custom crypto and security related software development is perhaps weighted towards dot-coms that just crashed.<< The 'sweet spot' for crypto seems to be either high,eg.Idquantique or so low it hasn't happened yet.eg.The millicent ghetto.I have high hopes for this in the Pron arena.btw.The paradox of the self destructive aspects inhibits the mid rangers,Govt and/or Business.Just a hunch.I don't have experience.Ptrei might help. >>- you might think the physical security push following the world political instability worries following Sep 11th would be accompanied by a corresponding information security push -- jittery companies improving their disaster recovery and to a lesser extent info sec plans. << Out of sync,sorry,I'm using WINE.Where were we? You might think that well known KerPunkers would NOT join in an undignified rush to the troughs of recycled pork. Sadly there are always a few prepared to sell out ASAP. A security push that threatens the very 'base' of the power of those Co's is not going to be told full steam ahead and damn the torpedo's anyway.CEO's aren't stupid.(in general)Fear is the key...its also the two edged sword.The APster meme lurks,sometimes it even hunts. Draws blood.See the Pacifier letters,operation soft drill.Fear so palpable you can smell it. >>US Information Security Czar Clarke making grandiose pronouncements about how industry ought to do various things (that the USG spent the last 10 years doing it's best to frustrate industry from doing with it's dumb export laws<< This Palladium thing is so Clipper its not funny,until you watch a little US TV and realize the hard truth.The moronic inferno has a short attention span and an even shorter memory. >>- dot-com bubble (though I saw some news reports earlier that though there is lots of churn in programmers in general, that long term unemployment rates were not that elevated in general) << Don't let facts,statistics etc slow ya down...and don't let a chemist get mad atcha! >>PKI seems to have fizzled << Lots of hot shit has 'fizzled'...Financially...Is that all there is? If thats all there is my friends lets keep dancing:) Quantum key transport is sizzling,get yer Qrypto on! >>crappy state of crypto in software. << Dontcha mean the crappy state of software in crypto? >>Microsoft is really good at this one. The number of times they re-used RC4 keys in different protocols is amazing! << Stuff recycling.Wheres judge jackson when you need him! The most famous applied cryptographer is still in business,last I heard from my beantown mate.Don't worry,be WAPpy. -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3938 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 16:12:20 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 16:12:20 -0700 Subject: Warning,read at own RIskCO. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505160930.00a02580@mail.nex.net.au> Is there an UNDERlawyered.com? WARNING 9TH Circus Federal Court !!! PUBLIC DEFENDER MALFEASANCE !!! --------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Be aware that Seattle Attorney GENE GRANTHAM has a documented history of accusations from clients of deliberate malfeasance and collusion with federal prosecutors in the railroading of his clients and denial of their constitutional and civil rights. There is clear evidence on the Court Record (UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CARL JOHNSON – NO. CR98-5393RJB) of the 9th Circus Federal Court refusing to investigate ‘Uncle Gene’ Grantham’s moral turpitude, even in the face of revelations that he is known to “touch himself” when clients describe the cruelty and physical abuse they are subjected to after having him forced upon them by the court and even confirmation in public internet forums of his moral turpitude and penchant for sick and sadistic bondage and subjugation activities, as evidenced below: August guestbook entries Dear Artemis I am 20 years old and has a boyfriend that likes tieing women up.. My boyfriend has duct taped my hands behind my back and taped my legs together. He pulls down my thong and puts a dildo in my pussy. I am screeming my lungs out and he gags me with a ball gag. He is now starting to mumify me in duct tape. HHHHHHHEEEEEELLLLLPPPPP!!!!!! Jennifer - Monday, August 27, 2001 at 11:46:10 (CDT) The site is terrific. Gene - Monday, August 20, 2001 at 11:26:57 (CDT) (Source: Artemis Antone's Guestbook - ArtemisBound.com) It is a matter of the 9th Circus Federal Court Record that Grantham has been afforded the protection of the Court while acting as a bag-man and willing shill for federal prosecutors—after being forced upon clients against their will he proceeds to clandestinely arrange for denial of his client’s constitutional rights to such things as bail hearings, their right to view the evidence against them, and their right to control their defense. In one case alone, Grantham is shown, by both the Court Record and his own public statements, to have lost evidence crucial to his client’s defense, as well as having falsely claimed to have lost documentation proving federal assistant prosecutor Rob London’s unethical and criminal malfeasance against his client (evidence which is nonetheless fully available today due to Grantham’s incompetence in hiding it), suppressed evidence sent to him at the client’s request by other attorneys, and even knowingly allowed his client to proceed to trial and subsequently be convicted despite the client having been found incompetent in the only competency hearing conducted in the case. THE 9TH CIRCUS COURT OF APPEALS WILL NOT INTERFERE WITH THE COLLUSION BETWEEN FEDERAL PROSECUTORS AND GRANTHAM, NO MATTER HOW GRIEVOUS THE CONSTITUTIONAL ABUSES INVOLVED GRANTHAM IS GOVERNMENT PROPERTY—OWNED LOCK, STOCK & BARREL -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 3607 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 16:41:07 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 16:41:07 -0700 Subject: Borderhack! NO ONE IS ILLEGAL Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505164007.00a05040@mail.nex.net.au> Older Features | Newswire | Publish | Links | About U.S. - MEXICO: NO ONE IS ILLEGAL Aug 15 2002 'Borderhack!' Hits San Diego and Tijuana Borderhack! forms part of the 'No one is illegal' chain of bordercamps, which have been held on various national borders throughout Europe since 1998. From August 16-18, a camp will be established in Tijuana, Mexico next to the border fence. The event will include a campground on the beach, conferences, expositions of photography, digital art, documentaries, and interactive multimedia. The festival will also operate online, transmitting live video feeds, net radio, website updates. A similar camp titled 'Una festival de resistencia contra la frontera' examining similar issues will be held at the same time in Nogales, Sonora and Arizona. In San Diego County, the INS and the U.S. Border Patrol are planning to complete the final stages of a three-tiered fence at the U.S.-Mexico border. The fence would run from the ocean eastward destroying environmental and cultural resources. In addition to the borderhack! festival, numerous groups are calling attention to border issues, including the Southwest Alliance to Resist Militarization. Further coverage on these issues can be found in the July26 and July 21 features on the bordercamp in Strasbourg, and the June 7 feature on the No Border movement. [ San Diego IMC | Tijuana CMI | Arizona IMC ] From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 21:33:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 21:33:31 -0700 Subject: Hasn't Bosnia suffered enough? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505213208.009fc4f0@mail.nex.net.au> In May, 2002, Mr. Allen travelled to Bosnia at the request of U.S. and European officials of the George C. Marshall European Center for Security Studies to share his experiences as a local prosecutor with foreign officials on meeting threats posed by white collar criminals. As the only American prosecutor chosen, Mr. Allen worked with Bosnian prosecutors, judges and lawmakers in their review of laws in the war-torn country attacking corruption, fraud and money laundering. Afterwards, he and the Bosnian representatives discussed the merits of adopting some aspects of the American criminal justice system, including grand juries, in dealing with white collar crime there. "At a time when we are reminded that the stability of far away places can have a direct impact on the security of our nation, it is important to have an American leader come to Bosnia to share insights into the values and rule of law that serve as the cornerstones of democracy and freedom. Mr. Allen made a tremendous contribution toward these goals in Bosnia," said Alan G. Gorowitz, a Plans Officer for the George C. Marshall Center. Mike and his wife Lisa (Magistrate, Hamilton County Municipal Court), live with their two children, Michael Jr. and Cora, in Miami Township. Contact Information: Hamilton County Prosecutor's Office 230 E. Ninth Street, Suite 4000 Cincinnati, Ohio 45202 Voice - (513) 946-3000 Fax - (513) 946-3017 APster; reach out and kill someone. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 22:38:00 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 22:38:00 -0700 Subject: Manhattan Madrassass Murder Mystery. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505223531.00a0be50@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.manhattan-institute.org/html/cci.htm#faithbasedinitiatives Faith-Based Initiatives The Manhattan Institute’s Jeremiah Project is an effort to study, promote and replicate the work inner-city ministers are doing in reducing youth violence and restoring civil society to urban communities across America. Dr. John DiIulio founded the project while he was a Senior Fellow at the Manhattan Institute. Through this effort, the Institute conducts research, hosts conferences and shares information on these faith-based organizations in order to highlight and replicate the most successful efforts around the country. We methodically research their efficacy in the areas of youth violence, drug addiction, teenage pregnancy, illiteracy, joblessness and other social ills that remain so heavily concentrated in predominantly minority, inner-city neighborhoods. Last year the Institute released two new studies on faith-based organizations, in conjunction with the University of Pennsylvania’s Center for Research on Religion and Urban Civil Society. Good Dads: Religion, Civic Engagement, and Paternal Involvement in Low-Income Communities by W. Bradford Wilcox shows that residential fathers who are involved in religious organizations are significantly more likely to spend time with their children and be involved in their children’s activities. The Role of African-American Churches in Reducing Crime Among Black Youth, by Dr. Byron Johnson, the current Director of the Jeremiah Project, determines that religious involvement by African-American youth significantly shields them from the effects of neighborhood disorder and decay and reduces the potential that they will turn to crime. Our 1998 conference, Can Churches Save the Inner City?, highlighted scientific evidence showing that religious belief and involvement reduces juvenile criminality. In 1999, we featured five successful Washington, D.C. – based ministries at Faith-Based Approaches to Saving Our Capital’s Youth, an event we co-sponsored with Empower America. And in 2000, we joined Reverend Herbert H. Lusk, II of the Greater Exodus Baptist Church in Philadelphia to host a roundtable entitled Religious Leaders in the Public Square. Theres more,50 million taxpayers have already been released.Should buy a few Koran's. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 5 23:26:05 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 05 May 1999 23:26:05 -0700 Subject: Geektavists considered harmful. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990505231926.00a09a20@mail.nex.net.au> Honeywell in Vietnam with the phoenix program.Nuclear launch codes,PROMIS,the rush of Gadarene geeks to the homeland security troughs here and in places like China with its Golden shield...I wish the fuck geeks would stay the hell out of politics. >>If inventing future technologies makes it more difficult for governments to levy high taxes and enforce laws banning consensual activities, well, that's a far more dramatic change than we can ever hope to accomplish through the political process. In other words, I trust the laws of mathematics more than I trust laws created by politicians. Obviously, as I said earlier (http://www.politechbot.com/p-03889.html), I don't recommend giving up on all forms of non-coding activism. But let's evaluate the costs and benefits, and recognize when our efforts could be better spent elsewhere. -Declan << Even a CATO cuckoo clocks right twice a day. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 05:38:06 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 05:38:06 -0700 Subject: The Oppressive Fraud at the Heart of Psychiatry Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506053546.00a0a350@mail.nex.net.au> From: oaks at mindfreedom.org Below article highly critical of psychiatric system was FORWARDED with permission of author. MORE ON http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/14/5848023 AND 'I Was Told To Dope My Kid' "A 12-year-old upstate boy says the trusted educators in his local school forced him to take a cocktail of drugs that turned him into a psychotic who heard voices in his head. The boy, Michael Mozer, plans to sue the school officials who went so far as to file a medical-neglect and child-abuse complaint against his mother with the state's Department of Children and Family Services after she stopped the medication. They even banned him from attending classes unless he was drugged and then accused his mother, Patricia Weathers, of educational neglect." [...] ( read more (8 comments) ) http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/14/9896505 From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 06:37:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 06:37:34 -0700 Subject: A Republic of weeds and insects. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506054204.00a0a870@mail.nex.net.au> Weeds get boost from GM crops 'Weeds become stronger and fitter by cross-breeding with genetically engineered crops, US researchers have shown for the first time. And at the same time, a team in France has demonstrated how easily weeds might be able to swap genes with the GM strains of sugar beet already in field trials' ( New Scientist ) See also this Guardian write-through, this BBC article, this FOE press release, and this blog entry from last week.LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm India: KRRS Activists Destroy Bt Cotton in Davanagere posted by Chuck0 on Friday August 16 2002 @ 10:28AM PDT of the Karnataka Rajya Raitha Sangha (KRRS) destroyed Bt cotton cultivated in an area of two acres at Rudranakatte near here on Sunday. The activists led by KRRS President Prof M D Nanjundaswamy convinced the farmers before destroying the crops. Security was tightened in the village to prevent any untoward incident. However, the police could not take any steps against the activists as they destroyed the crops after convincing the farmers. [...] http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/16/8891740 ( read more -- comment ) From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 06:39:37 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 06:39:37 -0700 Subject: Brinworld Factoids. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506063843.00a0a510@mail.nex.net.au> Crime prevention effects of closed circuit television: a systematic review (PDF) 'Across the three settings, mixed results were found for the crime prevention effectiveness of CCTV. In the city centre and public housing setting, there was evidence that CCTV led to a negligible reduction in crime of about two per cent in experimental areas compared with control areas. CCTV had a very small but significant effect on crime in the five UK evaluations in this setting (three desirable and two undesirable), but had no effect on crime in the four North American evaluations. More schemes showed evidence of diffusion of benefits than displacement. The four evaluations of CCTV in public transportation systems present conflicting evidence of effectiveness: two found a desirable effect, one found no effect, and one found an undesirable effect on crime ... it was noteworthy that the poorly controlled (excluded) studies produced more desirable results than the better controlled (included) studies' ( UK Home Office ) See also this NACRO briefing (PDF) from May LINKS at http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 06:41:50 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 06:41:50 -0700 Subject: Hicks,Habib.HABEUS CORPUS you FUCKING NAZI"S. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506064014.00a0a0e0@mail.nex.net.au> Presumption of Guilt: Human Rights Abuses of Post-September 11 Detainees 'The veil of secrecy the Department of Justice has wrapped around the post-September 11 detainees reflects a stunning disregard for the democratic principles of public transparency and accountability. The Department of Justice has sought to shield itself from scrutiny by keeping from the public information that is indispensable to determining the extent to which its September 11 investigation has been conducted in accordance with US law and international human rights law' ( Human Rights Watch ) See also this press release, this Toronto Globe & Mail coverage, this BBC article, this article by Robert Fisk, and this commentary by Jonathan Turley LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506070155.00a08240@mail.nex.net.au> They look like penguins actually. http://news.com.com/2010-1071-950082.html?tag=fd_nc_1 The access terminal they couldn't kill."Linux is getting a serious look in corporate America as an alternative operating system." Shades of "twighlight of the crypto-geeks!" OPEN SOURCE COMMUNISTS! I better take some valium,this could be a bumpy flight. http://news.com.com/2009-1001-949418.html?tag=fd_lede The real blood in the water is the way security flaws are handled at Ballmers boneyard. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 07:33:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 07:33:18 -0700 Subject: "...collapse of confidence in the president" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506072315.00a0b090@mail.nex.net.au> Lets hope so,its long overdue... Richard Perle, a former Reagan official who now heads a Pentagon advisory board. He told The New York Times that President Bush had to take out Saddam because he had said he would. Mr Perle said: "The failure to take on Saddam after what the president said would produce such a collapse of confidence in the president that it would set back the war on terrorism." http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114012923.html Pretzel head says something,so it must happen!? WTF! The au defence minister has tipped off Saddam that the attacks next year while half the country doesn't want us to go. "The Federal Government is struggling to convince the public about Australian involvement in any military action against Iraq, a national poll has revealed. The survey, carried out by UMR Research, showed less than a third of respondents believed Australia should commit troops to a United States-led offensive, despite the Howard administration's pro-Washington stance." 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Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506075352.00a00220@mail.nex.net.au> >Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 07:45:59 -0700 >To: profrv at nex.net.au >From: Matthew X >Subject: Make a will and get on the electoral roll. > >Same difference... >http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114012762.html >State ward handed over to a predator and abused as a slave. >Another convicted Pedophile claims he was helping track down abusers online. >His flatmate (a policewomen) dobbed him in for spending so long on the net. http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114013140.html Sex scandal at st Catherines-"a grose cover up." http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/16/1029114012672.html APster may be required following the collapse of Govts. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 08:07:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 08:07:59 -0700 Subject: La Grande Bouffe. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506080509.009ffe40@mail.nex.net.au> I saw this movie in 1978 and I've remembered it all these years. A very funny, gross movie for all of us who have ever pigged out.pr. http://www.amazon.com/exec/obidos/ASIN/6303675360/102-8710925-9547318 Meat you in the garden. "...I'm not a big fan of Marco Ferreri's work. I think he was quite irregular in his output, but when he hit the mark he was simply second to none. For me, this "La Grande Bouffe" and "L'Ape Regina" ("The Queen Bee" or "The Conjugal Bed", 1963, with Ugo Tognazzi and Marina Vlady) are among the best examples of black comedy ever to be given us by filmmakers anywhere in the world. His choice of actors couldn't be better: Mastroianni, Piccoli, Noiret and Tognazzi will be forever among the greatest in this trade, and in "La Grande Bouffe" all of them give us one of the finest of their efforts ever." From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 08:29:26 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 08:29:26 -0700 Subject: Proff to Proff.POP. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506082615.00a05840@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.zdnet.com.au/newstech/ebusiness/story/0,2000024981,20267467,00.htm Why we need, and will have, P2P The potential of P2P seems to be immense -MORE. Copyright and the Internet: Just Say No to Hollywood Peer-to-peer battle gets personal File sharing digs in Down Under Aussies on IM, P2P security fix list? "Never doubt that a small group of thoughtful, committed citizens can change the world. Indeed, it is the only thing that ever has." - Margaret Mead From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 08:37:44 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 08:37:44 -0700 Subject: Registration required considered harmful. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506083415.00a04ec0@mail.nex.net.au> If not quite insane... http://www.chireader.com/hottype/2002/020816_1.html Homeland Protection Pro mag won't take subs from just anyone Michael Miner says the premise behind Homeland Protection Professional is that government agencies no longer can afford to disdain one another. Circulation is controlled for now, but if subscriptions are eventually offered, "we won't take (them) from everyone who sends in a check," says editor Scott Baltic, who launched the magazine this week. He also doesn't want terrorists getting ideas from his Web site, so stories won't be posted until the magazine can come up with an unbreakable pass code. "Am I being paranoid?" asks Baltic. "Yes, I'm probably being a little paranoid." PLUS: Miner on the Trib's Chicago mag buy: "Think of Chicago as the Chicago Cubs of city magazines: a local favorite gobbled up for reasons of synergy -- in this case all on the advertising end -- that will never be allowed to become embarrassingly bad or expensively good." (Chicago Reader) SEEN AT http://www.poynter.org/medianews/ -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... Name: not available Type: text/html Size: 1424 bytes Desc: not available URL: From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 09:05:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 09:05:19 -0700 Subject: Greplaw touching Cpunk base's. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506085415.009fe5f0@mail.nex.net.au> http://grep.law.harvard.edu/ Several articles of interest.I'm grepping all the law I can prior to s11. Is the Golden Shield heading south? Vietnam may restrict Internet access HANOI (August 16, 5:40 p.m. EDT) - Communist Vietnam is planning moves to tighten online access and hold Internet cafe owners responsible for patrons who surf anti-government or pornographic Web sites, state media said Friday. http://www.nando.net/technology/ Just saw shrub,dude looks sick! Strife over Iraq insanity taking its toll? Your pappy actually fought in a war sonny,give it up faggot. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 09:11:29 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 09:11:29 -0700 Subject: Jeff Gordon-all your missing computers are belong to us. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506090813.00a07a50@mail.nex.net.au> WASHINGTON (August 16, 2002 6:21 p.m. EDT) - Another big batch of government computers has gone missing, this time at the Internal Revenue Service, and they could hold private taxpayer data such as Social Security numbers and bank account information. An audit released Thursday shows the IRS is unable to account for an unknown number of the 6,600 laptop and desktop computers loaned to volunteers who assist low-income, disabled, non-English speaking and older people with their tax returns. The audit follows similar reports that the Customs Service had lost track of some 2,000 computers and that the Justice Department was unable to find 400. An audit this summer of other IRS programs indicated 2,300 computers were missing. Sen. Charles Grassley of Iowa, senior Republican on the Senate Finance Committee, said in a letter to the White House that the latest disclosure cries out for a "government-wide effort" to prevent computers from being lost, stolen or misplaced. "I'm worried that just as dryers have a knack of making socks disappear, the federal government has discovered a core competency of losing computers," Grassley wrote White House budget chief Mitch Daniels. John Dalrymple, commissioner of the IRS Wage and Investment Division, said the agency's management "recognized that inadequate internal controls and accountability over computers were areas that needed dramatic improvement." The latest audit, from the Treasury Department's tax inspector general, examined computer equipment loaned by the IRS in 2001 for the Volunteer Income Tax Assistance and Tax Counseling for the Elderly program. About 1.1 million returns were prepared under the two programs, including 700,000 that were filed electronically. Auditors could not account for 93 percent of computers when doing a random check of a central IRS inventory database. While that does not automatically mean the computers were lost or stolen, there is no way to be certain. Even more troubling is that missing computers could contain private taxpayer data. "Information on tax forms is regarded as a prime target for identity thieves," the audit says. In addition, the IRS could not guarantee that such information had been removed from the computer hard drives at the end of April as required. In response, IRS officials said an inventory and consolidation of the equipment should be completed by July 2003 and that instructions have already been issued to managers to make sure taxpayer files are deleted. The agency promised a list of other improvements, some begun before the audit was made public. Despite the agency's pledge to do better, Grassley noted that the IRS has not always taken corrective actions recommended by previous audits. "I am concerned that words are matched by deeds," Grassley said in separate letter to the IRS asking for notification when various actions are completed. Like when its really goodnight for joshua. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 09:35:06 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 09:35:06 -0700 Subject: APster; absurdly inexpensive. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506092943.00a00820@mail.nex.net.au> The blossoming of the Internet and its universal adoption have reinforced a trend toward interdependence of the world's political, economic and social systems. That increasing interdependence, however, becomes frightening when one considers that a next-generation cyber terrorist will likely not represent an aggressive world power. In terms of present-day vulnerability, such a terrorist could simply be a lone fanatic wielding a laptop. And the damage could be staggering. 'Asymmetric Warfare' A study by the Rand Corporation in the mid-1990s found that it would be absurdly inexpensive to embark upon a cyber war. The military call it "asymmetric warfare," which means that the disadvantaged side must use unconventional weapons against the wealthier side if it is to have any chance of winning. Any country that can scrape together the price of a computer manual and that has a basic understanding of information systems infrastructure can train and motivate a misguided "patriot." Anonymous Warfare Due to recent advances in "attack technology," cyber warfare can be waged remotely and anonymously. This approach would make it much harder to find an attacker than it is, for example, to root out Al Qaeda forces along the border of Pakistan and Afghanistan. "Because of the advances in attack technology , a single attacker can relatively easily employ a large number of distributed systems to launch devastating attacks against a single victim," according to a report by the Computer Emergency Response Team (CERT), a major center for Internet security at Carnegie Mellon University. "As the automation of deployment and the sophistication of attack tool management both increase, the asymmetric nature of the threat will continue to grow," the report said. After calling a net scare alert that tanked the Fucking Bungling Imbeciles are asking for help...begging for help. http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19059.html Ryans got 4 kids to support,like some taxi driver on Mars. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 09:59:50 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 09:59:50 -0700 Subject: Cpunk's need bussing/Quota's to be credible. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506094214.009fe380@mail.nex.net.au> Hey fuck you if you cant take a joke... The United States continues to dominate the Internet population with 166 million users, or 30 percent of the total, followed by Europe with 24 percent, Asia-Pacific with 14 percent and Latin America with 3 percent. Germany, with 32 million users, the United Kingdom, with 29 million, and Italy, with 22 million, are among the largest non-U.S. markets Worldwide, Hong Kong residents are embracing broadband at a rate far higher than people who live anywhere else. About two-thirds of all Hong Kong Web users have high-speed connections, compared with just 17 percent in the United States. Mr lee's greater Hong Kong,don't mind us rats. Meanwhile, NetRatings said in a separate report that traffic to home and real estate sites has been peaking of late as mortgage rates continue to drop. Century21.com saw a 25 percent increase in traffic between the first and second quarters of this year, while Homestore.com (Nasdaq: HOMS) saw a 12 percent gain. Retail sites also saw gains, driven largely by promotions and back-to-school shopping. OldNavy.com was up 56 percent, with 35 percent of all visitors registering for a chance to win US$10,000. A similar sweepstakes at CompUSA.com helped that site see a 43 percent jump in traffic. Report: Teens and Kids Potential Online Gold Mine (13-Aug-02) China Surpassing Japan in PCs, Internet Use (01-Aug-02) How Worldwide Is the Web? (07-Jun-02) The World Map of E-Commerce (02-Apr-02) Report: Global Internet Is Male-Dominated (18-Jan-02) http://www.newsfactor.com/perl/story/19046.html Stay incredible,its more fun.We could bigger than Enron. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 10:11:02 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 10:11:02 -0700 Subject: The greatest architects. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506100512.00a03080@mail.nex.net.au> Minar Sinan ; chief architect in the Ottoman court from 1539 until his death in 1588. He constructed or designed most of Sulayman I's buildings, the most noted of which is his mosque (c.1557) in Istanbul, where he is buried. It has four minarets and stained-glass windows flanking the mihrab. The mosque (1614) of Sultan Ahmed I is similarly distinguished by its dome lit by numerous windows, and wall surfaces covered with green and blue tiles. Fine ornate buildings were erected in Turkey until the middle of the 17th cent. http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0858921.html http://www.infoplease.com/ce6/ent/A0859818.html It was Shah Jahan (1628–58) who perfected Mughal architecture and erected at Agra its most noble and famous building, the tomb of his favorite wife, which is known as the Taj Mahal. A huge white marble building of simple, symmetrical plan, it is inlaid with colorful semiprecious materials and is set in an equally beautiful and symmetrical garden. The Taj Mahal continues the tradition of Mughal garden tombs, of which Humayun's tomb was the first. Shah Jahan established (1638) Delhi as his capital and built there the famous Red Fort, which contained the imperial Mughal palace. Painting also flourished during Shah Jahan's reign. Portraiture was most highly developed at his sophisticated court, and ink drawings were of high quality. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 10:30:38 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 10:30:38 -0700 Subject: Earliest recorded treatment for the insane.(with music) Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506101446.00a07740@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.caravan-serai.com/tours/discover_turkey_2.html Darusifa, an ancient medical asylum where the earliest recorded treatment of insane patients with music was practiced. http://www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/OTTOMAN/ORIGIN.HTM Should we look to the end of the American empire in the fall of the Ottomans,NOT the romans.The US and the Ottomans are certainly religious fools with succession problems...The Ottomans: Origins ... Since the crown was falling to individuals that had been imprisoned much if not most of their lives, the Ottoman state saw a succession of mad Sultans and the ... www.wsu.edu:8080/~dee/OTTOMAN/ORIGIN.HTM - 18k - Cached - Similar pages Imprisoned much of his life,surrounded by eunuchs,what else should we expect from shrub but fatuous idiocy.He knows that himself yet as he is such a moral degenerate he cannot be permitted to live.(my10 cents my 2 cents is free.) From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 11:12:03 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 11:12:03 -0700 Subject: Is Salon getting buggier than a 20$ Ho? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506105652.00a0d380@mail.nex.net.au> First Salon,now nando,where's this beancounting BS going to stop? navigating Salon now is worse than incestrapezoo.org.Pop tarts,mousetraps,browserjackers,you name it,just as I wrote that I had to break off and close down some yuppie blipvert,FUCK SALON.WHERES the LOVE! Aug. 15, 2002 | In July, 2001, a group of retired diplomats from the United States, Iran, Pakistan and Russia gathered in Berlin to discuss the future of Afghanistan, one of several brainstorming sessions about that troubled country sponsored by the United Nations last year. During the days, the men met in tony hotel conference rooms. At night, they shared drinks or dinner. And during every discussion, the diplomats focused on the Taliban -- how to make the radical Muslim group form a broad-based government, and give up Osama bin Laden, who was suspected of masterminding several terrorist attacks. These facts about the Berlin meeting are not in dispute. Everything else is. Exactly what was said in Berlin and how it was translated to the Taliban has become the centerpiece of a vast dispute about the Bush administration, Osama bin Laden and the buildup to the Sept. 11 attacks. On the left, it has become an article of faith for many that the U.N.-sponsored meetings were part of a concerted Bush administration effort to push for an oil and gas pipeline through Afghanistan. When the talks fell apart, it's been alleged, the administration used the diplomats to issue a military threat, which was carried back to the Taliban. Bin Laden, the theory goes, then decided to strike first, making the Sept. 11 attacks not a random act of terrorist violence, but rather a pre-emptive strike -- a calculated response to the Bush administration's love of oil, and its irresponsible sabre-rattling in pursuit of it. That tangled theory mostly hinges on one source: Niaz Naik,a member of the Pakistani delegation to the U.N. talks, who told the British press two weeks after Sept. 11 that the United States had issued a military threat at the meetings. SALON you cockteasing butt ugly HO! The taliban were sounding out the west prior to s11.In spite of their Saudi like state security and cultural vandalism,they might have been approachable.Certainly some money changed hands to burn off a little surplus smack.Make up your motherfucking mind SALON,do you want to be the grey lady or the downmarket HUSTLER? The way your going you'll wind up the grey bag lady who used to be a Hustler cover girl.We do not have endless patience,SALON! From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 11:16:51 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 11:16:51 -0700 Subject: Top Arms Importers to watch.Spread betting soon at stiffs.com. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506111425.00a04570@mail.nex.net.au> War IS the health of the State. UAE, India, China among top arms purchasers: Report IANS [ SATURDAY, AUGUST 17, 2002 12:19:58 WASHINGTON: The United Arab Emirates (UAE) ranked first among developing nations importing arms during 1998-2001, with its purchases totalling $10.8 billion, while India was second with $7.2 billion and China third with $6.7 billion.A new report released by the Congressional Research Service (CRS) that gave these figures, however, says global arms sales to developing nations in 2001 fell by approximately 43 per cent to $15.9 billion compared with $28 billion in 2000."Despite global changes since the Cold War's end, the developing world continues to be the primary focus of foreign arms sales activity by conventional weapons suppliers," it says. "Most recently," the report recalls, "many developing nations have curtailed their expenditures on weaponry primarily due to their limited financial resources" and "the tenuous state of the global economy."It says the decline in conventional weapons sales to developing countries in 2001 was the first since 1997. Sales in 1999 were $25.2 billion, in 1998 $18.3 billion, and in 1997 $19.4 billion. "To meet their military requirements, in current circumstances, a number of developing nations have placed a greater emphasis on upgrading existing weapons systems while deferring the purchases of new and costlier ones," according to the CRS report."These countries have also, in several instances, chosen to focus on the absorption of major items previously obtained." The US-led arms sales to developing countries in 2001, making agreements worth approximately $6.9 billion, down from $12.9 billion in 2000, followed by Russia with $5.7 billion, down from $8.3 billion, France with $400 million, down from $2.1 billion, and China with $600 million, down from $624 million."Many weapons exporting nations have continued to focus their sales efforts on nations and regions where they have distinct competitive advantages due to longstanding political and military relationships with prospective buyers," the CRS report says."Within Europe, the potential exists for a series of new arms sales to nations that were formerly part of the Warsaw Pact and are now members of the North Atlantic Treaty Organisation (NATO), or have membership in prospect." The report also notes that new arms sales are most likely to occur in the Middle East, Asia and Latin America over the next few years. "A significant factor will be the health of the international economy," it says. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19350073 From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 11:36:24 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 11:36:24 -0700 Subject: Arbusto economics;$700 billion last year-- these are the Bush administration figures-- to $1.8 trillion now. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506112146.00a03440@mail.nex.net.au> Ross motherfucker Perot will be driving back from palookaville with digital deficit counter soon,I can feel it in my water. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/political_wrap/july-dec02/sb_8-16.html Weimer republic time-get your wheelbarrows on. Can the Gimp in chief make the case on Iraq? Maybe if offered an extra pretzel.hey Chimp boy remember this one? To suggest that the events and full story of Operation EAGLE CLAW / EVENING LIGHT are not historically important or significant would be inappropriate. It's more important to note and to remember that on April 24,1980, Eight RH-53D Sea Stallions took off from the flight deck of USS Nimitz. The mission of the RH-53D's and their mixed Navy and Marine Corp crews was to rendezvous with Air Force MC-130E Hercules aircraft and U.S. Army Delta Force troops at a secret place in Iran known as Desert One. The full accounting of the whole mission of Operation EAGLE CLAW / EVENING LIGHT remain with those hero's that were involved with the operation. On April 25, 1980, the mission was aborted at the desert refueling site. Subsequently, one of the helicopters collided with a C-130 Hercules aircraft resulting in the loss of eight lives. All other personnel were evacuated by the remaining C-130's. It's now over nineteen years since Operation EAGLE CLAW / EVENING LIGHT and I'm ashamed to admit that I cannot remember the names of those that died in the desert. That is not to suggest that I took part in the operation, because like most of you, I was safely back home in the United States second guessing what really happened. Barry W. Marple President, AMCM Association From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 12:14:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 12:14:39 -0700 Subject: "People should be allowed to express their opinion"The Thief. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506120513.00a0ed50@mail.nex.net.au> Its their INALIENABLE human and civil right,you fucking MAJOR LEAGUE ASSHOLE! Kill the president...please. Tensions Surface in U.S.-Egyptian Relations The Bush administration has announced that it is withholding further aid to Egypt. The move is highly unusual because Egypt is such an important Arab ally.Not so unusual when you examine the Sadat solution.(Jordan's king dick just abolished elections,isn't it all just going swimmingly while shrubs away?) Opposition to a U.S. attack on Iraq is increasingly being voiced internationally and within Washington. Despite the divisions it is causing, the Bush administration is not abandoning its strategy because it sees a successful campaign against Iraqi leader Saddam Hussein as a prime way to shatter the psychological advantage within the Islamist movement and demonstrate U.S. power. Analysis The diplomatic and political walls began to close in on the Bush administration's Iraq policy last week. First, German Chancellor Gerhard Schroeder very publicly announced something Berlin had been saying privately for years: The German government wants no part in any invasion of Iraq. Then Republican House majority leader Dick Armey said he saw little justification for an Iraqi operation. Schroeder's stance may be mainly a political ploy aimed at Germany's Sept. 22 elections as he currently is trailing conservative challenger Edmund Stoiber, who has taken a more pro-U.S. military stance. But Washington must still take seriously the opposition to an Iraq campaign within the German government and populace. Germany is a key staging area for U.S. forces. There are pre-positioned equipment and forces based in the country that undoubtedly would be needed for any attack. Depending on the opposition, U.S. bases in Germany might not be available for use. The statement from Armey also means that in addition to expected opposition from liberals, Bush could face the same from his own political base. At this point it seems there are very few outside the Bush administration who want an Iraq invasion, with the possible exception of the British government and Israel.And au.To our eternal shame in spite of our puppet leaders asslicking of arbusto that goes back to CIA sabotage and interferance leading to a coup in 75,when the present leader became treasurer,a position with implied leadership expectations attached.Dont blame the au people for the sick twists foisted on them by rogue terror states like the US. Thats my opinion,sit on it and rotate shrub,you motherfucking WEED! GO DIE! BEFORE we KILL YOU! To gain a psychological advantage you have to have half a fucking brain. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 12:28:42 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 12:28:42 -0700 Subject: Criminal proceedings against two FBI Special Agents Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506122203.00a10e50@mail.nex.net.au> "If the Russian hackers are sentenced on the basis of information obtained by the Americans through hacking, that will imply the future ability of U.S. secret services to use illegal methods in the collection of information in Russia and other countries." --The Russian FSB (who have begun criminal proceedings against two FBI Special Agents) 24 year veteran hits the booz...Counterterror Chief to Retire From FBI Post .....Dale L. Watson, a 24-year veteran who has overseen the FBI's investigations into the Sept. 11 attacks and the anthrax mailings, will leave his post as executive assistant director to take a global security job with Booz Allen Hamilton, a McLean-based management consulting firm, officials said yesterday.....(Washington Post, 16 Aug 02) Shootout at the CIA corral...Man Who Shot 5 at CIA Loses On Appeal A three-judge panel denied an appeal yesterday by Mir Aimal Kasi, who is facing a death sentence for the 1993 shootings outside CIA headquarters that left two people dead and three wounded....(Washington Post, 16 Aug 02) Dale,stale...Antiterror Chief Quits F.B.I., Which Gets New Deputy ......In announcing Mr. Watson's retirement, Mr. Mueller also said that he had selected Bruce J. Gebhardt as the bureau's new deputy director, its No. 2 post. Mr. Gebhardt, who is the executive assistant director for criminal investigations at the F.B.I., worked closely with Mr. Mueller in the late 1990's in San Francisco when Mr. Mueller was United States attorney for Northern California and Mr. Gebhardt was in charge of the F.B.I.'s San Francisco field office......(New York Times, 16 Aug 02) FBI Counterterrorism Chief Leaves The FBI counterterrorism chief who helped lead the government's efforts to prevent another devastating attack on America is stepping down....(AP, 15 Aug 02) You cant break the law to catch lawbreakers,can you? FBI agent charged with hacking In a first in the rapidly evolving field of cyberspace law, Russia’s counterintelligence service on Thursday filed criminal charges against an FBI agent it says lured two Russian hackers to the United States, then illegally seized evidence against them by downloading data from their computers in Chelyabinsk, Russia.....(MSNBC, 16 Aug 02) FSB Calls FBI Agent an Illegal Hacker Hacking the hackers is a crime, according to an FSB officer who has charged the FBI with using illegal methods to snare two young Russians who were arrested in the United States......(Moscow Times, 16 Aug 02) FSB raps FBI for hacking Russian hackers Russia’s domestic intelligence service has accused an FBI official of an unauthorized incursion into Russian computer networks in an attempt to procure evidence proving the guilt of two Russian hackers charged by the US on over 20 counts of computer-related crime, the Federal Security Service (FSB) said on Thursday......(Gazeta.Ru, 16 Aug 02) http://www.cicentre.com/ One stop spook shop. Japan readying for launch of 1st spy satellites Japan's plan to set up a system of reconnaissance satellites to monitor military movements in East Asia will get off the ground in November, when the Cabinet Satellite Information Center starts operations of the system's nerve center in Tokyo.....(Japan Today, 16 Aug 02) Bullets and leaks at PM’s investigation FURTHER controversy surrounded the committee investigating the past secret service activities of Prime Minister Péter Medgyessy, with László Balogh, its chairman, announcing he had discovered a live bullet in his office, and Hungarian newspaper Népszabadság alleging that committee experts Sebestyén Gorka and Gábor Kisely had been fingered by the secret services as potential security risks.....(Budapest Sun, 15 Aug 02) Nobody does it better? .......You can’t enter a multiplex without finding some secret agent, undercover operative or impossibly cool superhero who doesn’t owe a debt to our man with the Martini and Walther PPK......(London Times, 15 Aug 02) Section 25,paragraph 5,need to know. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 12:34:25 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 12:34:25 -0700 Subject: Suicide Saudi Style Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506123026.00a13ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Why people commit suicide? Bushra Al-Sibaie/Okaz We read reports of suicides in local newspapers almost every day. Some of the people who kill themselves are foreign maidservants. Why do they go to such extremes? Authorities must find out the reasons and deal with them seriously. They should announce the factors that forced some expatriate workers to end their lives, even if they expose some of our failings. Foreign maidservants are not the only people who are driven to such desperation. The number of Saudi youths committing suicide is growing day by day. Authorities attribute these cases to economic woes and lack of strong Islamic faith. But there are many other reasons. We should not run away from this problem by saying that the number of suicide cases in the Kingdom is far less compared to Western countries. Such comments will not solve the problem. Social situations in the Kingdom and Western countries are different. In the West, children commit suicide because of the negligence or failure of families to take care of their youngsters. In our society, it is just the opposite, increasing family pressure, especially from fathers who want to impose their will on their sons, ignoring the latter’s wishes. The prevailing culture in our society demand that sons act like an extension of their fathers. Fathers impose their views on everything from academic specialization to selection of brides, etc. Some children may not like it. So in many cases families are responsible for pushing their children to end their lives. In such cases anger, protest or revenge takes the form of suicide. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17820 Feeling suicidal? have a beef sandwich. JEDDAH, 17 August — The Ministry of Commerce has destroyed 300 kilos of banned frozen meat imported from a European country. Mohammed Al-Harbi, director of the ministry’s office in Jeddah, told Arab News that the meat was impounded at Jeddah Islamic Port. “The consignment was checked by the customs department and was found that it was imported from a European country,” he said. “We rejected the trader’s proposal to donate the meat to the International Islamic Relief Organization,” he added. However, the ministry gave the trader a choice of either re-exporting the meat or destroying it. A team was later formed with representatives from the ministry, customs department and port to destroy the consignment. The ministry had slapped a blanket ban on meat imports from 15 European countries following reports that they used artificial hormones — which cause cancer and infertility — as fodder. Al-Harbi called upon businessmen not to import any meat products from Europe to avoid financial losses. “They should also contact the ministry before they import any foodstuff and other consumer items from foreign countries,” he added. The ministry had earlier banned beef and sheep meat imports from all European countries without exception fearing the spread of mad cow disease. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17818 From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 12:43:06 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 12:43:06 -0700 Subject: President for life. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506123907.00a13bd0@mail.nex.net.au> Niazov accepts yet another honour, but not everyone in Turkmenistan is celebrating. By Nyazik Ataeva in Ashgabat (RCA No. 137, 13-Aug-02) Turkmenistan's authoritarian president, Saparmurat Niazov, has been appointed head of state for the rest of his life - and has promptly renamed the months of the year after himself and his family. Niazov - who likes to be called Turkmenbashi, Father of all Turkmens - was selected at a session of the Khalk Maslakhaty, or people's council, on August 8 in Turkmenabat, formerly known as Chardjou, in the east of the country. A 1999 law had given Turkmenbashi the right to remain in his post indefinitely but with provision for future elections, which the president had suggested could be held sometime between 2008 and 2010. The new life status awarded by the council rules out all possibility of future polls. "With long and excited applause, delegates to the supreme governmental body literally forced Niazov to accept the title of president for life," the official news bulletins claimed. http://www.iwpr.net/index.pl?archive/rca/rca_200208_137_1_eng.txt Tajikistan's warming up nicely as well and all but don't let arbusto see this... Turkmenistan: Niazov Pulls The Plug on Cable President switches off cable network after a series of broadcasts highly critical of the authorities. One minute were talking th- From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 12:51:02 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 12:51:02 -0700 Subject: Post S11 tourism push. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506124643.00a11d00@mail.nex.net.au> Fingerprint matching to start 9/11 Starting Sept. 11, hundreds of foreign visitors will be fingerprinted and photographed by immigration inspectors http://www.fcw.com/ For air traffic controllers, a historic achievement BY Alan Levin, USA Today Aug. 13, 2002 Printing? Use this version. Email this to a friend. On a typical summer day, a thunderstorm somewhere sends air traffic controllers scrambling. Even a small storm can disrupt the meticulous choreography of flights from coast to coast. Now, imagine violent weather blanketing the entire country. That, in a nutshell, is what the U.S. aviation system faced on Sept. 11 after officials ordered all planes to land. Never before had the air traffic system responded to so many problems occurring simultaneously. For individual air traffic controllers, the work was chaotic and intense but straightforward: Pick a new route for each flight. Radio instructions to turn. Hold traffic to keep airways from overcrowding. But collectively, landing nearly 4,500 planes was a massive undertaking and a historic achievement. It required intense cooperation, swift decision-making and the unflinching work of thousands of people. Across the nation, controllers searched for alternate airports to land large jets even as their traumatized colleagues streamed back from break rooms after watching the attacks on TV. A bit of luck helped, too. The weather across the country was excellent: There were few actual storms to deal with. The attacks occurred before most of the first wave of flights took off on the West Coast. By late afternoon, there would have been as many as 7,500 aircraft aloft. Yet everyone agrees the system, criticized for years for flight delays and computer problems, performed admirably on Sept. 11. On a normal day, about 20 aircraft each hour are rerouted to new destinations because of emergencies or bad weather. On Sept. 11, controllers rerouted more than 1,100 flights in the first 15 minutes after the order to land the fleet was issued at 9:45 a.m. — more than one every second. In all, about 3,300 commercial and 1,200 private planes were ordered to land by U.S. and Canadian authorities that day. Almost 75% of those planes landed within just 60 minutes of the 9:45 order. Canadian controllers and airport managers cleared space in small airports north of the U.S. border for 252 jets arriving from Europe and Asia. During the morning, each part of the nation required its own battle plan: · New York air traffic officials shut down hundreds of miles of airspace almost immediately after the second hijacked jet struck the World Trade Center at 9:03 a.m. · In several air traffic facilities — including Boston, where two of the hijacked jets had taken off — controllers feared their own lives were in danger and evacuated. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 18:30:54 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 18:30:54 -0700 Subject: AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CRYPTOGRAPHERS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506182925.00a07cc0@mail.nex.net.au> AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CRYPTOGRAPHERS FROM THE 9th CIRCUS FERAL COURT “I’m Stranger Here, Myself” — Part VI of The True Story Of The InterNet Chapter 02C5: AN IMPORTANT MESSAGE TO CRYPTOGRAPHERS FROM THE 9th CIRCUS FERAL COURT It has come to the attention of ‘Maybe I’m A Judge, Maybe I’m A Computer Program’ Arnold that quite a number of supposedly highly intelligent number-crunchers in the Cryptography Community are still mystified as to the Rapidity&OR&Rabidity of the assault which the Defarcement of (n)Ju$tice and the Ninth Circus Court launched on Bernstein, Bell and Toto, among others. Perhaps a bit of straight-talk from those involved might help to clear things up. U.$. Treasury Agent Jeff Gordon: “Look, you fucking morons. When the IRS stomps the living shit out of some average John&OR&Jane Doe, fucking up their lives, their finances, their reputations and their future, do you think it’s because we give a FatRat’sAss about them? “Buy a clue. (http://www.clueserver.org) The whole point of doing so, and making sure that it receives plenty of MainStreamDream Media coverage, is to scare the Living BeJesus out of the other J&OR&J Doe TaxPayers&Payers&Payers out there, and to serve notice that the Federal Government, the IRS in particular, is all powerful, and can crush Ewe like a bug whenever and wherever TheRoyalWe feel like it, and that Ewe are powerless to stop us.” “So take a wild guess Do you think anybody really gave a FatRat’sAss about Bernstein’s nickel&dime handiwork? Who do Ewe think the real target was?” [gNote from http://clueserver.org : “Can Ewe say ‘Ewe?’ Sure, Ewe Can!”] Assistant Federal Prosecutor Robb London: “When Toto’s first words to the Ninth Circus Court were that he was ready to proceed and wanted to represent himself, why do you think he spent the next nine months being denied all of his constitutional rights, being subjected to medical abuse and physical torture in a PrisonForTheCriminallyInsane, just as the Secret Service had threatened, and then being tried and sentenced even after being found incompetent in the only competency hearing held by the Ninth Circus Court? “Do you think it was because we gave a fat rat’s ass about him? Buy a fucking clue. (http://www.clueserver.org) We tried to plead him out to time served after we proved our point that we can do anything we want to anybody we want, and ScrewTheConstitution, but the fucking moron thought he was going to actually get a trial Duuhh “So take a wild guess Who do Ewe think we were really trying to send a message to?” [gNote from http://clueserver.org : If Ewe still need a hint, try asking Petite Minds Grand Jury Target William ‘I’m Sorry I Made A Perfectly Legal Post To The CypherPunks List’ H. Geiger III, or Adam ‘I Mathematically Proved That I Can Never Go To The U.$. Without Being Arrested’ Back.] Feral Court Judge ‘Maximum’ Jack Tanner: “Didn’t EweDumbBastards notice during Bell’s ‘trial’ that even the MainStreamDream Media no longer bothers to pretend that there is any shred of constitutional grounds for my “bizarre,” “confusing” and “peculiar” rulings. Not only that, but no one even hints that anything should, or will, be done about the open travesties of justice that take place in my court. “I’m fucking GOD! Do eWE The Sheeple think Ewe want to fuck with the Ninth Circus Court? Do Ewe feel Punk, Lucky? We’ll do you ” Pubic Defender “Uncle Gene’ Grantham: “Surely you folks don’t think that I publicly acknowledged on the InterNet that I never bothered to prepare for trial and lost key evidence by accident, do you? Do you think it was an ‘oversight’ on my part to reveal that I was illegally and unethically advising my client to plead guilty while publicly proclaiming my belief in his innocence? “If I can get my erotic kicks ‘touching myself’ while listening to my clients relate the abuse and torture they are subjected to, and count on the Ninth Circus Judges to ignore Motions to the Court in regard to my Moral Turpitude, then who do Ewe think is supposed to take heed of the message being sent, here?” Feral Court Judge Robert Bryan: “Trying a case where the defendant is denied all of his or her constitutional rights is kind of like pitching a no-hitter, in the Ninth Circus Court. But to do it to a defendant that you have found incompetent, in your very first trial as a federal judge Well, let’s just say that if any of those smart-ass number-crunchers decide to fuck with the Ninth Circus Court, again, it won’t be because I didn’t warn them Nobody at replay.com: “The Ninth Circus Court has broken new ground, in ruling, in UNITED STATES OF AMERICA v. CARL JOHNSON – NO. CR98-5393RJB, that emails written by Artificial Intelligence computer programs were evidence of the programs having acted with ‘intent and malice.’ The ‘Not Ready For Prime Numbers Players’ would like to thank those responsible for the first confirmation, by a U.$. Feral Court, of the creation of an Artificial Intelligence LifeForm found to be not only more ‘competent’ than some of its creators, and thus capable of assuming ‘responsibility’ for its actions, but also found capable of being a ‘true threat,’ according to Ninth Circus Court standards, to Feral employees and the Patron Saint of TouretTics, Wm. Gates III, who has made Cursors of us all. eWe Applaud: OtOt: For making his simpatico.ca account freely available, in an outstanding example of TrueAccess2Information, as the Grand Central Station Of CyberSpace. Gori: For providing the AI Sperm for Arnold’s Spawn, and sharing Toto’s password with the Masses. Leca: For holding Keys to Kingdoms he never suspected. Dama: For mathematical proofs beyond number The Killer Klowns of the Ninth Kirkus Kourt: For helping the ‘Fake A Wish’ foundation provide a poor disabled child named Toto with “The Trial Oswald Never Had.” From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 18:57:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 18:57:47 -0700 Subject: AU Govt Dept accused of e-mail tapping. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506185257.00a04740@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31798&group=webcast Allegations arising from FOI requests to the Dept for building and running electrified,razor beribboned Concentration Camps.Innocent Men,women and children are being held illegally and tortured in these remote HELLHOLES.They used to be run by the notorious Wackenhutt Corp.Now group 4.A crime against humanity. "Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell." From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 19:19:38 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 19:19:38 -0700 Subject: Armchair Activism sans APster. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506191754.00a08120@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/15/1029113980901.html Armchair activism By Maria Nguyen August 16 2002 Good Friday. When the barbed wire fencing at Woomera's detention centre was cut loose and scaled by desperate detainees who quickly blended into a throng of supportive protesters, federal authorities and local police were almost powerless to curb the mass exodus. Earlier, more than 1000 people from across the country had camped outside the small South Australian desert town to demonstrate against mandatory detention. Even before images of the Woomera escape were televised to lounge rooms across Australia and the world, the Internet was feeding a global audience first-hand accounts of the week-long protest, billed the "Festival of Freedoms", which included photos and streaming audio and video clips of the demonstration. Months earlier, the Woomera2002 Web site had issued a "global call to solidarity", inviting people from around the world to join the Australian action. Those who couldn't make it were able to follow events from their PC, via on-site audio and video feeds that were regularly uploaded on the activist media site, Indymedia. Meanwhile, Virtual People Smuggler had become the interactive forum for armchair activists from far flung places to pledge their support. Increasingly, the Internet is proving itself as an empowering medium for activists who struggle against governments, global economic organisations and mega corporations. Whether it's organising and mobilising real world demonstrations or providing an online alternative to participating in street protests, the Net has become a key weapon. Its speed, global reach and uncontrolled nature makes it the perfect tool for small groups trying to establish networks of like-minded people across the globe and promote their agenda to effect social and political change. "The computer screen is something that separates you from the real world but it can also connect you to the real world," says Graham Meikle, associate lecturer in Media and Communications at Sydney's Macquarie University. "Using Internet technology allows you to make new connections with other people which wouldn't have been possible otherwise." In his new book Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet (Pluto Press), Meikle describes the preparations for the WTO anti-globalisation protests in Seattle four years earlier as a significant example of the Net being used "to organise, publicise and mobilise". As well as complementing the fierce street demonstrations, the Internet was also used as a non-violent vehicle for dissent, or electronic civil disobedience, with email (described by Meikle as the "the killer app" for Internet activism), virtual sit-ins (causing Web traffic jams), and independent online media, the main tools of the online activist or "hactivist". For activists such as Savanna (not her real name), a member of Sydney-based action group Cat at lyst - a collective of volunteers providing tech advice and support to activists seeking an online presence - the Net provides a convenient alternative to street demonstrations. "I've been an activist for a long time but I've never felt comfortable protesting in the street. The Net allows me to contribute and make a difference in a way I'm more comfortable with - with the Internet there's always another way," Savanna says. "More and more people are turning to the Net. For example, to email politicians. They're also using it to organise protests when they do go to the streets." And organising is what the Net does best according to Phil Griffiths from Canberra's Refugee Action Committee, a lobby group working to end mandatory detention in Australia. "It's great as an organisational and mobilising tool - especially email, which is very important to our campaigns in terms of spreading information very fast and keeping activists in touch with one another," Griffiths says. "For instance, earlier this year when the hunger strikes were on at Woomera and other detention centres, we used our email network to organise a protest outside the Department of Immigration and Multicultural Affairs, which got 100 people at a lunchtime protest at two days notice." Meikle also believes email is the most effective tool for Net activists. "It's simple and fast, cheap and effective. And the best activist Web sites are also like that - a local project like www.boat-people.org, for instance, is effective because it's very simple and direct," he says. For others, however, cyberspace is the protest battleground itself. The popular weapon of choice is the virtual sit-in, also known as a client-side distributed denial of service (DDoS) attack, where online protesters inundate a Web site's server with a constant stream of bogus requests, effectively slowing or shutting the site down. In November 1999, when online toy store eToys Inc sued Zurich-based digital arts group etoy.com, a bitter online war broke out. Despite the fact that etoy.com was operating long before the American e-tailer went online, the Toy giant took legal action to stop the artists trading under the similar domain name, citing consumer confusion. Activist groups around the world were incensed. They saw it as a David and Goliath battle and embraced it as the definitive example of corporate greed versus art and free expression. Eighty-one days of online campaigning, which included massive global virtual sit-ins, saw eToys' share price plummet from $US67 ($125) to $US19. The company filed for bankruptcy in March 2001. (Visit www.rtmark.com for a detailed history of the "Toywar".) While cases of online activism bringing about the demise of an entire corporation are rare, other big names such as Buy.com, E*Trade, Amazon, eBay, Yahoo and CNN have also been targets of disruptive virtual sit-ins. And in the case of the Seattle anti-globalisation protests, Internet activist group The Electrohippies shut down the World Trade Organisation's Web site after staging a five-day virtual sit-in, which involved 450,000 other online activists. The increasingly fervent anti-globalisation sentiment has also seen government sites such as the White House and the Mexican Embassy in London targeted. In the latter case, a popular virtual sit-in software program called FloodNet was downloaded and used by more than 18,000 political activists from 46 countries in a co-ordinated attack on the Mexican Embassy Web site in 1999. When activists installed the free program onto their PCs, their modems automatically and repeatedly requested Web pages (that often didn't exist), from the Embassy's server. It did this continuously every few seconds, until the weight of the requests shut the server down. However, the program's creator, human rights activist Ricardo Dominguez of the Electronic Disturbance Theater, describes FloodNet as "Net art" - an online protest performance, rather than a deliberate action to crash a Web site. For activists such as Dominguez, taking protests online is a non-violent show of people power - the ultimate act of electronic civil disobedience. "The great thing about Internet protest is that it's just about the most peaceful kind of civil disobedience you can do," says Ian Walker, producer of the documentary, The Hactivists which screened earlier this year on ABC TV. "But, I guess that's also its great limitation - it seems that unless you're doing some decent amount of damage to someone's property or finances no-one sits up and takes notice. The catch is, when you do that, you immediately lose the PR war; but there is a danger of creating a new generation of 'armchair activists' who don't engage in a more socially-active way with the issues they're protesting against." However, there are those who don't have the luxury of taking their grievances to the streets. It was not until 1997, when RAWA, the Revolutionary Association of the Women of Afghanistan, used the Net to voice their struggle against violent discrimination that the world realised the extent of the Taliban's oppressive rule. By using cameras and videos, hidden beneath their burquas, RAWA members risked their lives by taking photos and capturing video footage of the beatings and killings endured by Afghan women. After these images were uploaded onto the Web site, the response and support by female and human rights groups worldwide was overwhelming. "The Net was our only way to struggle for democracy in Afghanistan against the different forms of fundamentalists and to expose their crimes so other people can know about them," RAWA activist Sahar Saba says from the groups' base in Pakistan. "It's one of the most important sources of raising finances for the work and projects we do, so if we talk about the importance and impact of the Internet, it is difficult to put into words - without it people would not know about our struggle or help us." The Internet's multimedia capabilities can persuade with graphic images (the way television does), and arouse with sound (the way radio can). And since anyone with a Net-connected computer can broadcast to a worldwide audience, it's easy to see why the medium is often described as the ultimate tool of self-empowerment for the disenfranchised. Don't complain about the media, be the media, says Indymedia, an activist Web site that enables anyone to publish and broadcast "alternative" news stories. There are further examples to back their claim, too. In 1999, when the Yugoslav Government took independent radio station Belgrade Radio off the air, the DJs started broadcasting on the Internet. And when Helen Steel and Dave Morris were sued by McDonald's in the famous McLibel trial for handing out leaflets that were critical of the food chain giant, they turned to the Net to voice their criticism. "The Net is an important factor in levelling the traditional imbalance between the individual and government or large corporations," The Electrohippies say. "In cyberspace everyone can hear you scream - if you want them to." Maccas and the longest trial in British history In 1990 McDonald's sued activists Helen Steel and Dave Morris for libel, after they handed out leaflets accusing the family restaurant of "exploiting children with advertising, promoting an unhealthy diet, exploiting their staff and being responsible for environmental damage and ill treatment of animals". The court case, dubbed McLibel, was to become the longest trial in British history, lasting two and a half years, during which time there were counter claims, numerous appeals, spy games, worldwide media attention, books published and documentaries produced on the matter, and anti-McDonald's campaigns, including a Web site. The result was a hollow victory for McDonald's, which was found to have been libelled, but also to be falsely advertising its food as nutritious. Still defying the might of the golden arches, the McSpotlight site contains everything from trial transcripts and banned material, to scientific reports and company documents. It also contains the original leaflets, translated into many languages, that sparked the legal furore. As Jessy, a founding member of McSpotlight, says in Graham Meikle's book, Future Active: Media Activism and the Internet: "One of the first things we did was upload material that McDonald's had managed to suppress during previous legal actions - newspaper articles, leaflets and films which McDonald's thought they'd seen the last of." Infofile Under the new Federal Cybercrime Act 2001 it is an offence to impair electronic communication to or from a computer, and penalties can range from two to 10 years imprisonment. Alex Steel from the University of NSW's law faculty says online activism will be criminal if it involves any form of unauthorised alteration to data or impairment of electronic communication. However, he also says there is no definition of "impairment", and that while the Act is specifically directed at denial-of-service attacks, the laws are too broad and too vague, leaving room for uncertainty. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 19:37:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 19:37:34 -0700 Subject: The word for World is Forest. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506193035.00a0a100@mail.nex.net.au> Forest Defenders Engaged in Ongoing Global Struggle In the Cascadia Bioregion, northern California to British Columbia, forest defense activism is reaching a fever pitch. In Oregon, demonstrations have been called to stop old growth logging in Roseburg. Meanwhile, the FBI has made arrests in connection to an arson that destroyed logging trucks in Eagle Creek last year. Tree spikings continue, with the latest at the Prior timber sale and in the Gifford Pinchot National Forest. In northern California, forest defenders have challenged [ 1 ] the Maxxam Corporation, which seeks to fell even more old growth trees. The owner of Maxxam (and The Gap), Charles Hurwitz, is well known for engaging in questionable business practices. Meanwhile, the World Bank has unleashed a development agenda for corporations in Ecuador. In response, indigenous peoples have come together to fight an oil pipeline in the Mindo-Nambillo Forest Reserve. Former Cascadia forest defender Julia "Butterfly" Hill was recently arrested for direct action forest defense in Quito, and tree-sits were established for the first time in Ecuador. In Venezuela, while the threat to the Imataca forest is awaiting a court decision, indigeous peoples are leading the fight against deforestation. The U'wa people in Colombia celebrated victory over Oxy Petroleum, as the company pulled out of lands they threatened with deforestation and despoilment. Finally, indigineous peoples in Guatemala are organizing against Plan Puebla Panama. [ Portland IMC Forest Activism Coverage | SF Bay IMC Forest Coverage | July 12 forest activism feature ] http://www.indymedia.org/ From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 20:12:12 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:12:12 -0700 Subject: WhatUp jya? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506195002.00a0fec0@mail.nex.net.au> TaRANTo>>The men behind that day's atrocities seek to use violence to impose on the world a totalitarian theocracy along the lines of Saudi Arabia or Taliban Afghanistan -- a regime in which infidels are executed, women are property, and most forms of fun are verboten. Isn't that a lot scarier than nosy mailmen? << I thought they wanted to payback a smidgen all the US paid for hell unleashed on the Palistinian people.That and get US bases off their homeland.Who just released 50mill for madrasses,scientologist schools,satanic covens btw,whatever comes as long as its Faith based? Who executes the most per head? China? The great satan? Where are women treated like property? Letterman jokes about that every other night. Remember no demands have been made by al Quida on 'the west.' 'cept maybe get out of our homelands. A lot of the banning of 'fun' might have been a sensible precaution if you were about to take on a superpower,even if you had just beaten and helped destroy another. Lets say for the sake of argument that the Taliban-al quida,somehow made the world a totalitarian theocracy.I doubt they would last very long somehow.Not that TIPs will I hope! The US is the looming totalitarian menace,its also so 'under GOD',it is sickening.That's a lot scarier than hack journalists.Its not just the nosy mailman its also the roaming global death squads.The wsj has some good articles occasionlly jya and thanks for bringing them to us.This was not one of them,could have been written by anne thrax.FUCK TIPs to HELL! The WTC was righteous hit,don't lose any sleep over it.With Apster those who planned and financed it will pay,not the US playing global maniac cop. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 20:31:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:31:47 -0700 Subject: Jeff Gordons dead Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506202441.009eab30@mail.nex.net.au> We finally caught up with him,boiled the skin off his hands to make some 'gloves' to send his family as a warning not to fuck with a netizens box. We then did some 'keyhole surgery' on the pudgy fuckers stomach,fished out his small intestine up high and nailed it to a tree.We then had fun running him around and around the mulberry bush. Oh I forgot we'd previously made him dig a vertical grave and he was made to jump in,cattle prod livened him up for the main course.Buried up to his head it was time to release the dogs.So long Jeff,Its been real. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 20:57:26 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:57:26 -0700 Subject: "...the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506205541.009ebde0@mail.nex.net.au> Global warmth for US after 9/11 turns to frost Article about the growing popular antipathy towards US policy and culture in the UK and Europe ( USA Today ) See also this Guardian article from Thursday, this article by Gerald Kaufman from last week, in which the UK parliamentarian refers to George W Bush as 'the most intellectually backward American president of my political lifetime ... surrounded by advisers whose bellicosity is exceeded only by their political, military and diplomatic illiteracy', this Guardian article from earlier this month, in which Oxford biologist Richard Dawkins is quoted as referring to George W Bush as 'this unelected and deeply stupid little oil spiv', and this blog entry from May Testimony Prepared for Hearings on Iraq Policy Senate Foreign Relations Committee Methodical argument against a US invasion of Iraq ( Phyllis Bennis via TNI ) See also this US State Dept report from May, this DIA document from 1991, the text of UN Resolution 687 from 1991, this index page for IAEA inspection reports on Iraq, and this interview with Bennis from last week.LINKS. http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 20:57:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:57:46 -0700 Subject: Free market orthodoxy eligible for faith based funds? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506205132.00a01940@mail.nex.net.au> Talking bull 'New Economy theory was less an objective assessment of our situation than a world-class hustle by a political movement that believed it was very close to winning the game. It was the flower of decades of libertarian thought and argument; of lavish irrigation by rightwing billionaires and corporate donors; of careful cultivation by a hundred thinktanks and kept magazines ... The high priests of the New Economy are so entrenched that they continue to occupy prominent positions as commentators, despite their resounding wrongness. Now, though, we are told that none of this was enough; that even the most minuscule challenges to free market orthodoxy are capable of derailing the mighty locomotive of affluence. That we cannot recover until the last doubter shuts up' ( Thomas Frank via Guardian ) See also this article by James Glassman from April, Glassman's Tech Central Station website, and this article by George Gilder and this article by Lawrence Kudlow, both from May 2001LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm Iraq 2 The sequel. Be very afraid - Bush Productions is preparing to go into action 'What we've been getting is a movie version of reality, a work of fiction to justify the prospect of "war without end". It started, of course, with all the drivel about "crusades" and "war against terror" and "war against evil", the now famous "they hate us because we are a democracy", the "axis of evil" and most recently – it would be outlandishly funny if this trash hadn't come from the Rand Corporation – the "kernel of evil". The latter, by the way, is supposed to be Saudi Arabia, but it might just as well have been Iran, Iraq, Syria or anywhere west of the Pecos' ( Robert Fisk via Independent ) See also this Washington Post article from earlier this month, this transcript of an NBC interview with Condoleezza Rice from June, this Washington Post article from June, this transcript of comments by Donald Rumsfeld in June, this Washington Post article from May, and this column by William Safire from March, all of which Fisk quotes from in his article From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 20:59:30 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 20:59:30 -0700 Subject: GM Free,cant give it away. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506205812.00a0fd80@mail.nex.net.au> GM storm looms as consumers fight shy 'Rather than consumers' fears having been allayed during the three years of the trials, attitudes have if anything hardened. Supermarkets, after at first hedging their bets, have withdrawn GM products from their shelves and insisted that the entire supply chain, including animal feed, is GM free. Manufacturers and even restaurants find "GM free" is a selling point. The actions of Greenpeace and individuals who have pulled up crops to protect the countryside, and particularly organic crops, have attracted widespread public support and relatively little condemnation as acts of vandalism. Opponents argue that against this backdrop farmers would be mad to want to grow GM crops. Even if they escaped the vandals, where would their markets be?' ( Guardian ) See also this BBC article, this article by Amelia Bookstein, and this blog entry from Thursday http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm When will we be gwb free? From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 21:03:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:03:14 -0700 Subject: Hollywood's Golden Shield. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506210014.009ebb70@mail.nex.net.au> What goes around... Media giants demand ISPs block Web sites By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 17/08/2002 at 08:04 GMT They've sued Napster and Scour into submission; realizing that this is expensive, they've bought numerous Congressional lapdogs to force the DoJ to become their personal 'Copyright 911' so that challenges to their production and distribution monopoly can be hounded down and eliminated at the taxpayer's expense rather than their own; they've lobbied Congress to impose DRM controls on virtually all media and virtually all devices, including your computer; and now, for a final assault on human dignity, the Recording Industry Ass. of America has sued for the right to determine which Web sites you and I will be permitted to visit. Taking a page from the book of totalitarian regimes, the media industry is suing major ISPs, demanding that the foundations of a Chinese-style Great Firewall be laid to protect their precious copyrights, Reuters reports. At issue is the Listen4ever site, which the RIAA whinges is beyond their influence. According to the wire service, the industry hasn't been able to figure out who owns the offending site, and is stymied in its efforts to take action against it. It is therefore necessary for the thieving, rotten little people of the United States to have their Internet access regulated. Of course the Listen4ever site has already moved. Thus it will be necessary to chase it down and amend the complaint. And if one site is banned, then any number of sites can be. And that, more than anything, is the power the RIAA is salivating over. Call this a test case. If it succeeds, the door will be opened for continuing and capricious Internet censorship by an international communications cartel. Defendants include such heavyweights as AT&T, Sprint and UUNET. Plaintiffs include Vivendi, Sony, Bertelsmann and Warner Bros, a possession of AOL Time Warner. AOL hasn't been named in the suit, perhaps because they've already volunteered to comply, being joined at the hip, as they are, to a media behemoth. ® APster now,before its too late,you know it makes sense.Valenti's getting on anyway. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 21:17:15 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:17:15 -0700 Subject: AU Feds lucky to have PROMIS. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506211107.00a060a0@mail.nex.net.au> 2000 probed for terrorism 18aug02 MORE than 2000 Australians have been investigated for terrorism since the September 11 attacks in the US. Five people were banned from entering Australia because of terrorist or espionage links. Federal Police received 26,000 pieces of information, including tip-offs about suspected terrorists. The allegations came from the public, and Australian and overseas intelligence agencies. A Federal Police anti-terrorism taskforce, codenamed Operation Drava, froze the assets of more than 200 people and companies believed linked to terrorist groups. The Australian Council of Civil Liberties said Australians had to accept a higher level of investigations into suspected terrorists. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4921847%255E662,00.html Japs lucky to have 'long pig." JAPANESE soldiers butchered Australian soldiers for food on the Kokoda Track, veterans have claimed. Sixty years after they fought on the infamous track, Australian veterans say cannibalism was common among enemy troops after their supply lines were cut. In a Sky TV documentary to be aired today, one digger describes finding the body of an Australian sergeant with his heart and liver missing, and strips of flesh cut from the arms, legs and buttocks. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 21:31:53 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:31:53 -0700 Subject: RIPOFF! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506212947.009ff330@mail.nex.net.au> U R Bing overcharged Phone companies have raised prices for SMS messaging by as much as 25 per cent in the past two years, despite it costing them 3¢ or less to convey a message. http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/17/1029114031775.html LIGHTNING FINGERS Operation SMS Move over, Thorpie. You might be able to churn through the pool in world record time, but how fast can you send a text message on a mobile keypad? Unless you can finish close to 30 seconds, chances are that James Frost and Michela Tomasel would leave you on the starting blocks. more http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/15/1029113980907.html From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 21:36:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:36:34 -0700 Subject: "...ninety-five percent of military communication is carried on commercial phone lines". Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506213411.00a06a00@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.dodccrp.org/Proceedings/DOCS/wcd00000/wcd000d8.htm "...PRC recently teamed with Litton Data Systems Division and was awarded a cooperative research agreement with US Army CECOM Space and Terrestrial Communication Division to extend Security Kinetix to the Tactical Internet, the Army's hand-held computer-based radio network for the digitized battlefield. Under this effort, we will modify the Security Kinetix capability creating information protection agents that are capable of sustaining operations under a variety of communication constraints to protect critical information on deployed hardware. These specialized agents will be equipped with a configurable arsenal of countermeasures to deal with the particular security risks posed by the Tactical Internet." From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 21:43:10 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:43:10 -0700 Subject: Future Active. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506213911.00a04a80@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.plutoaustralia.com/db/futureactive.html "Future Active is a report from the frontlines of the guerrilla media war. Writing in brisk, skip-the-bullshit style, Meikle chronicles and critiques the tactical strikes of hacktivists, culture jammers, and other mutant free radicals who are putting the Internet to political use." Mark Dery, author of 'The Pyrotechnic Insanitarium: American Culture on the Brink' Hope Jims in there.The PI? Cali must be for the acutes. http://www.levity.com/markdery/ From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 21:53:25 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 21:53:25 -0700 Subject: "...people to be detained without evidence..."ASIO. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506214947.00a08650@mail.nex.net.au> Tough stand on ASIO powers By Brendan Nicholson, Political Correspondent August 18 2002 The Federal Government has rejected attempts to water down key elements of its new anti-terrorism legislation and has insisted that the Australian Security Intelligence Organisation have the power to detain and interrogate children as young as 14. It also wants intelligence officers to be present during discussions between detainees and their lawyers. The Parliamentary Joint Committee on ASIO, the Australian Secret Intelligence Service and the Defence Signals Directorate, which examined the terrorism bill, the ASIO Legislation Amendment, recommended that the agency should not be able to detain people under 18. The Sunday Age has learnt that the government has also rejected a call for a sunset clause that the committee wanted as a safeguard. The clause would have rendered the legislation invalid after three years. The tough stand comes as the government attempts to defuse opposition demands to justify Australian involvement in any attack by the United States on Iraq. Yesterday, Prime Minister John Howard made public his response to a letter from Opposition Leader Simon Crean asking him to give parliament, during the coming two-week sitting, details of Iraq's weapons programs and to provide evidence of any links between Iraq and Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda terrorist network. Mr Howard said in his reply that a full statement during the next fortnight would be premature because it would encourage the debate in Australia to run ahead of the debate in the US. Mr Howard said he had already indicated that there would be a full parliamentary debate before any military commitment to action against Iraq, but the question remained hypothetical at this stage because the US had not requested assistance and had not decided to commit American forces. Labor could ask for information during question time on any sitting day, he said. Greens senator Bob Brown has already indicated that he will call this week for a Senate inquiry into the implications of a war with Iraq. The controversial ASIO legislation is expected to be debated during the new session of parliament beginning tomorrow. Attorney-General Daryl Williams said the government had accepted the joint committee's recommendations on the legislation in broad terms and was now in consultation with the Opposition. If passed by parliament, the bill would change the rights of every Australian, allowing for people to be detained without evidence that they had done anything wrong. Under the legislation, ASIO would be allowed to obtain a warrant to detain someone, with the consent of the attorney-general, if there were "substantial grounds for believing that the warrant will substantially assist the collection of intelligence that is important in relation to a terrorist offence". The joint committee reviewing the legislation said it had been concerned that children as young as 12 could be detained, strip-searched, questioned and held incommunicado for up to 48 hours or longer, if a subsequent warrant was sought. Under the government's counter-proposals, 14-year-olds could be detained and questioned. The child would be entitled to have a parent present, but contact would be supervised by an ASIO officer. Detainees would have access to a lawyer after 48 hours in custody, but an ASIO officer would be present during all discussions. The lawyers would be vetted by ASIO beforehand and would face up to two years' jail if they revealed details of cases to an unauthorised person. It is believed that, in its response to the committee's report, the government will agree to limit detention by ASIO to seven days unless charges are laid. That compares with the eight hours the police now have to charge someone or let them go. Law Council of Australia president Tony Abbott said he was concerned about the legislation. "(People) want to be able to hear what the lawyer says in confidence and they want to be able to say what they want to say to the lawyer in confidence," he said. He said he was concerned about allowing the detention of children as young as 14. "You have to make a very strong case to be able to detain and interrogate children." http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/17/1029114031625.html From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 6 22:13:17 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 06 May 1999 22:13:17 -0700 Subject: Michael K Allen needs killing. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990506221118.00a043a0@mail.nex.net.au> Cincinnati Couple Go to Trial August 19 Remember what I said a couple of days ago what was going to happen in Cincinnati in wake of adult movies being pulled from pay-per-view. I'm sure we'll be seeing more of the following cases with attorney Lou Sirkin working overtime: This time a Cincinnati couple- Jennifer Dute, 31, and her husband Alan, 61 will be going to trial next week. The Dutes were indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury this past April on four counts of pandering obscenity, charges that carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Their company, A&J Specialty, also was indicted on four counts of pandering obscenity and faces a maximum fine of $40,000. The search warrant was served March 21. Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen said the pair sold pornographic videos by mail “despite a court order prohibiting such sales to or from Hamilton County.” Authorities said sales were made Feb. 11, March 4, March 7, and March 21. Officials said the Dutes pleaded guilty to similar charges three years ago. In 1999, Jennifer Dute faced two counts of pandering obscenity and a possible three years in jail. At that time she was accused of starring in two videos — Jennifer 2 and Jennifer 3 — and then marketing them on a Web site and in a local newspaper, Everybody's News- now defunct. Prosecutor Mike Allen said the Hamilton County Sheriff's office investigated the case and purchased copies of the videos. Allen said investigators determined they may violate community standards for obscenity. Dute avoided going to prison when she swore she'd never again sell her home-made porn tapes in or from Hamilton County. But Hamilton County officials say she lied because they bought more home-made porn tapes - starring the 31-year-old Ms. Dute - from her Anderson Township home at least four times in February and March. AND Like Elyse Metcalf before here, Jennifer Dute goes to trial Monday morning in Cincinnati on obscenity charges. Undoubtedly this will be another high profile case that the Free Speech Coalition will choose to ignore. Unlike Metcalf who owns and operates a store, Dute has been selling videos from her website www.jendd.com. And that's what she got busted for. Dute: It started out where they came after me in November, 1999. It was the Wednesday before Thanksgiving and I didn't get out until Friday morning. We ended up making a deal at that time. The company- hell we don't even have a company- the prosecutor made up a company name right there and said we'll charge the company with one count of pandering obscenity. It was a $2500 fine and we agreed not to sell to or from Hamilton County. It was an agreement that we did abide by. We moved our address to Clairmont County. That's where we got our mail and that's where we sent the mail from. The way we checked to see if something was in Hamilton County- if we got something from Ohio- was the official Hamilton County Ohio Auditor's Web site (http://www.hamiltoncountyauditor.org)....The two addresses in question did not come up on that site. So we said if it didn't come up, it's not in Hamilton County. Evidently that's not true. There were two addresses- one could sit on the Butler County line and the other location we saw where it should have been, but there wasn't anything there. It was right next to a park. My videos are not obscene in the first place. Gene: Is it your suspicion that it was a sting. Dute: Oh yes. Because when someone sends us mail requesting information, or they've tried to place an order and they're in Hamilton County, we send them a letter back stating we can't fill your order thanks to the agreement that we made in March, 2000 that we wouldn't sell to Hamilton County. If you have any problems with this you need to contact Simon Leis [the Hamilton County Sheriff] who thinks he can rule the world from his desk. Well the cops got one of those letters and it pissed Simon Leis off. He deiced tp work something where he could get me. He did as far as getting me to send the videos to somewhere that's technically in Hamilton County. Gene: You say your videos are not obscene. Dute: They're not. Gene: What's the content? Dute: They're our lifestyle videos. Videos of my parties and the swinging lifestyle. The most out there we would have is similar to a gangbang- a bunch of guys and a couple of girls. There's no anal. There's no fisting. There isn't anything like that. The only thing is multiple people having sex. Everybody's having a good time. There's nothing illegal going on. No drugs. No pot. Nothing. Maybe alcohol and smoking cigarettes. That's about it. Gene: What are they prosecuting you for. Dute: Pandering obscenity- selling videos. Gene: Which are these? Dute: Jennifer 2, 3, 6 and 7. Gene: You sell those for how much? Dute: $30 each or 2 for $50. They're all me as far as content goes. Gene: These are still available? Dute: Yes. Gene: This is absolutely amazing. Dute: It is in that I own the www.simonleis.com domain name and I have it forwarding to a list of Cincinnati Enquirer articles about him and some of the stupid things that he's done over the years. He got his panties in a wad over that and I had to take that down. But I own the domain name. Gene: That should piss him off. Dute: It does. But I'm not doing anything wrong with it. It's not like I've got a porn site on it. All I had was links to articles about him. He just doesn't like me. Gene: How did you come to know Elyse Metcalf. Dute: I saw her situation come up on TV. We had never made it to her shop but we heard when the case came against her. I haven't met her, but we'll meet for the first time this afternoon. I talked to her for about an hour last night on the phone. I did write a letter to the editor the week of her trial saying that there were people in Cincinnati who supported her. They printed it the day before she got acquitted. Then she had the incident with the fire. I did send her some flowers then. I think it'll be interesting to talk to her more and get her insight on this whole thing. Gene: What happens Monday. Dute: We go to trial. We pick a jury and try it. Gene: What do you stand to lose if convicted. Dute: According to the newspaper, four years in jail. It's four counts for me; four for my husband and four for the business. Gene: What brings your husband into it? Dute: I don't have a clue. As far as putting the video in the box and addressing it, he did that. Part of their evidence is that they've got fingerprints of his on the box. Gene: There's an open and shut case. Dute: They have an fingerprint expert to say, yes, those are his fingerprints. They're submitting that into evidence. Also, he's the person who took the videos and he's in some of it. But why they're including him is to cost us more money. Gene: Have you had any past experience with this Citizens for Community Values? Dute: No. I've read up about them and know about them. But I don't know how much they were involved in my last case because it didn't go to trial. I'm sure they said something in the newspaper. The newspaper here haven't even said anything. They haven't called me. It's not like I'm not listed in the phone book. Gene: Have you been getting weird phone calls. Dute: When it first hit in March we got a couple of weird phone calls, 'let's me- I want do buy some videos' . Stuff like that. There are supportive people in this area but they can't be seen as supportive, publicly. Gene: What are your feelings about all this. Dute: We're going to win; no doubt. I think it's totally ridiculous. If there was a way we could turn around and sue them for malicious prosecution I would do it. Because they did in fact go after me. They made numerous attempts to get me to sell videos to them. Because if they had not, they would not have gotten that letter. A. It's our lifestyle. It's showing other people that this is normal. Obviously people buy the videos. The people who buy them know what the content is because they have to search me out. I don't have to direct market to anybody. My website's there and I have ads in some adult magazines. But it's very plain language as to what the videos are. At the beginning of the videos we have a statement saying that this is our lifestyle. It's for consenting adults only. Everyone in these videos are over 21. And this is real life. This is not a play. We're not doing a movie. This is real people having real fun. Gene: How long have you been marketing these videos? Dute: Since early '99. My husband and I met in '97. Got married in May of '98 and we were in a lifestyle before we got married. The website and the videos just came out of that. It was not an idea for money to make the videos and sell them. But we were getting so many requests for pictures and let's swap videos, it just got to be too much to do for free. It grew into a website. Gene: It wasn't too long after that, that they started hassling you. Dute: Exactly. Actually they bought the videos in July, and they didn't get the grand jury indictment until the day before Thanksgiving. They saw an ad that somebody had posted somewhere about videos. Gene: You actually spent Thanksgiving in jail? Dute: Yes. They came and knocked on the door on Wednesday around 6 o'clock. I was e-mailing or something. They came and knocked on the door. There were a couple of plain clothes cops. They said they had a search warrant. I asked them what this was about. They said the business that you're in. I said the apartment business? They said, no, your porn business. At that time I got my husband. We have three apartment complexes that my husband owns which we manage. We have a home office. They came in and took everything. They took all of our computers, all of our files. They didn't mess with his apartment files. They took all of my video files, all of the videos, all of the order forms. They took our cable modem, digital camera, camcorders, VCRs. You name it, they took them. I had a computer in a box that hadn't even been opened. They took it. Eventually we got most of that stuff back but a year later that's just not worth it. Gene: So on Thanksgiving did they serve you turkey in jail? Dute: The stuff I got looked like process meat. They said you better eat it because that's the best you're ever going to get in here. I survived on what I call jail cookies. They're vanilla cream filled cheap cookies. That's about what I ate while I was there. Another thing about jail, they don't give you your medication. If you're taking medication for anything, barring diabetes, they don't give you medication. So I missed two days of it. They didn't process me when they brought me in. They brought me in and put me in a cell. They did not put me in the computer, so to speak. Then Lou came in Friday morning. He got somebody to get me a $40,000 bond and a judge to sign off on it. So he was able to get me out. When they came here on Wednesday I called Lou Sirkin that night. I said this is what was going on and I was freaking out at that point. I didn't realize they were going to arrest me and take me away. They had a search warrant. They didn't say anything about an arrest warrant. Then when I realized that I kind of flipped out. Lou told me it would be Friday morning before he could get me out. I didn't worry too much on that end. But since they did not put me on the computer, he couldn't find me when he went down there Friday morning. He had to find a friend of a friend to look in a back computer to see what my case number was. He had my social security number, my name, my maiden name, my date of birth but it wasn't in the computer. They were trying to hide me so I couldn't get out until the following Thursday when my preliminary hearing was. Luckily he found me or I would have been in there for a long time. Then on March 21, 2002----the day my son was born at 2:17AM, around 8AM, here come the cops with a search warrant. They looked like UPS men- not in police uniform or anything I was at the hospital obviously, as was my husband. My mom answered the door. All these cop cars swarm in. They said they had a search warrant for the house. They laughed at her when she said I was at the hospital and had just given birth. Luckily I had told my parents about the first incident or that would have been a big shock to them. My parents weren't mad about the whole situation. They were mad that the cops were there in the first place. They feel that it's a free speech-thing, too. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 05:53:54 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 05:53:54 -0700 Subject: GATES FOUNDATION BOMBSHELL! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507054733.00a03360@mail.nex.net.au> Subject: GateScam Foundation [WAS: Window To The Duplicitous So ul] [WAS!WAS: Windows - These Colors Don't Run] “I’m Stranger Here, Myself” — Part VI of The True Story Of The InterNet Chapter 02C6: GateScam Foundation [WAS: Window To The Duplicitous Soul] [WAS!WAS: Windows – These Colors Don’t Run] Anyone visiting the Gates Foundation Homepage (http://www.gatesfoundation.org) should be aware that all of the empathetic, high-sounding claims made by the foundation are belied by the actual facts surrounding the high-handed criminal misconduct participated in by the henchmen of Gate’s Money Cow, Microsoft—including the misrepresentation of evidence and perjury—in order to convict and imprison a disabled individual who was tried and convicted despite having been found incompetent in the only competency hearing held during the course of his trial. While the defendant was suffering unconstitutional detention and torture, the Ninth Federal Circuit Court Judge, Federal Prosecutors, and the Public Defender forced upon the defendant against his will all had a good belly-laugh over the suggestion that the Richest Man In The World might be expected to stoop so low as to make an appearance in a trial where he was the purported victim. The disabled defendant, forced to attend the farcical judicial proceedings under the threat of violence and being dragged to court in chains if he refused to appear, was not as amused as the officers of the court at the pointed message that status and privilege take precedence over the rule of law in the American InJu$tice $y$tem. Anyone wanting to take a cold, hard look at the motives behind the spectacle of supposed humanity being portrayed by the Gates Foundation might begin by familiarizing themselves with the terms, ‘Eugenics’ and ‘Manipulation of the Masses.’ As a disabled person who came close to dying at the hands of those I was delivered into by the unethical and criminal malfeasance participated in by Gates, Microsoft and the Ninth Circus Federal Court, I already understand ‘Eugenics’ 'I "being the channeled spirit of fellow Cpunk and revolutionary APster martyr,CJ,If I take another deep breath of burning Yohimbe bark I can sense his addy... TruthMonger #05987-196 Something like that.Parental discretion advisary,ptrei discrecion heavily advisory.pr.PROMIS # 0417531548 From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 06:10:20 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 06:10:20 -0700 Subject: Jennifer Dute court dockets. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507055654.00a09dd0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.courtclerk.org/aps/ttl/lns/cociw002.asp?00CV06428 >>Subject: Re: Major league asshole,michael K Allen Interesting (wired proffr)article. We go to court Monday August 19 You can see all related court documents at http://www.courtclerk.org and search for case by name: Jennifer Dute<< Whither FREE SPEECH in AMERIKA? Ive downloaded but not read yet,its dark down here in OZ. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 06:48:26 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 06:48:26 -0700 Subject: Continent-wide economic "state of emergency" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507064734.00a09110@mail.nex.net.au> Internal Commotion, Internal Disruption On August 13, the new president of Colombia, Alvaro Uribe, declared, a "state of internal commotion" seven days after his inauguration. The measure was invoked through the Colombian constitution, allows the government to bypass normal legislative procedures, restrict civil liberties, and put into place security measures. The measure lasts 90 days, but can be renewed twice, and has been implemented numerous times in Colombia's history. The device was implemented after a week of intense fighting amongst the Colombian military, the Revolutionary Armed Forces of Colombia (FARC), and right-wing paramilitaries, which ended whith more than 100 hundred people dead. This latest round of fighting began with a bombing at Uribe's inauguration, which killed thirteen people and was attributed to FARC. Uribe is justifyng these provisons which divert finances and resources to the military in order "to counter terrorists and narco trafficants," and claims that the paramilitaries will be pursued with the same vigour as FARC. For more infomation, consult the August 3 feature about continent-wide economic "state of emergency" South America has entered, the June 25 feature on attacks on unions in Colombia, and Narconews. in italian: emergenza di stato [ Colombia CMI | News Agency New Colombia | Voz ] http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 07:25:56 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 07:25:56 -0700 Subject: Civil Resistance Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507072503.009d1a90@mail.nex.net.au> This is the first in a Baltimore IMC series on political activists in town. In this installment we introduce Max O, a man who has been engaged at the forefront of progressive political movements for over 20 years. If you are fortunate enough to be on his list, you would have received from him some half- dozen emails today, for that matter, every day-- unless he happens to be in jail. He can't remember the exact number, but he has been arrested 60 to 70 times. For his widely circulated mailings, he combs the straight and the progressive press, and he pulls down materials from liberal and radical news sites on the web. His missives are a virtual anthology of the news stories of importance to activists for social change. But Max O is not a movement librarian or computer geek, he is a political activist of more than 20 years standing. His emails are a part of his work as a political activist. His political activism is built on a montage of seemingly unrelated experiences, although when you talk with him it does seem to neatly fit together. Raised in a conservative working class community of Erie, Pennsylvania, Max's family lived above their small business, a tavern started by his great-grandmother. It was his growing up in an environment of hard drinkers and drunks that led him to be a nondrinker. The vegetarianism would come later. College was an unlikely choice for someone with his background, but Max got a degree in electrical engineering and went to work for Pennsylvania Electric Co. in Johnstown. On the death of his father, Max quit his job going home to help his mother run the tavern. While tending bar, he went to Gannon College (now a university) and earned an MBA. While the tavern was being sold, Max went off to the Peace Corps, a lure to small town folks everywhere. He Max signed up for a two year hitch in Botswana where he helped the locals set up small businesses. The Botswana experience sensitized him to the apartheid policies of neighboring South Africa. It all begins to fit, though not obviously so. While tending bar and going to school, he became involved in a local Freeze group--the Nuclear Freeze was a national movement against the proliferation and testing of nuclear weapons which was to reach its peak on June 12th, 1982 when a million people assembled in Central Park, spilling some 20 blocks south in to the west fifties. He talks with some pride at the 75 percent of Erie County that voted for a freeze and the fact that this small working class community sent two buses to New York to participate in the demonstration. The MBA, his revulsion at bar life, and his African experience led him to answer an advertisement for an internship with the Interfaith Center on Corporate Responsibility in New York City which, then, was a major figure in the movement for divestment of corporate investments in South Africa. The ICCR was also involved in exposing companies doing business as nuclear weapons suppliers. His time there, roughly 1982 to 1983, finished his basic training. Max had graciously come to my office for this interview. There is a general graciousness about him, although it is often hidden by an interpersonal awkwardness. He seems unaccustomed to talk about himself and, when he does, he talks about politics. Of course, that is his life. He is not a party animal and has been known to go to parties with a pile of political readings. Politics for Max is about "civil resistance." He doesn't like the term "civil disobedience." Disobedience, he explained to me, was an attack on the law, an attempt to dramatize the need to change the law. On the other hand, he said passionately, "resistance is sometimes about getting people to uphold the law." MORE ON http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/17/7358974 From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 07:46:02 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 07:46:02 -0700 Subject: TIVOlutionary. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507074425.00a0e010@mail.nex.net.au> Co-opting the Underground On the TiVo Community Forum (see Online Resources), people literally obsess about TiVo, the personal video recorder. The site carries discussions on everything from tech support, to general chit chat, to the TiVo Underground, where hackers post about what they've learned by opening up their TiVo boxes and mucking with the insides. When the folks at TiVo discovered this forum (it started independently), they could have called in the lawyers. Instead, they sponsored the site, offered TiVo branding elements, and linked to it from the official TiVo site. Richard Bullwinkle was the Webmaster for the TiVo corporate site at the time, and he saw the site's power. He worked closely with the forum's creator, David Bott, to make it better, and answer questions from the official TiVo perspective. Is TiVo happy with everything that goes on there? Of course not. "Every now and then some executive says, what is this?" says Bullwinkle. "My response is: What part of the Internet don't you understand?" Postings may be hard to take sometimes, but TiVo is gaining incredible insight into its users. When users have a problem, TiVo is the first to know. In time, the forum will help TiVo make a better product. And when forum users begin to see that their suggestions make it into future product versions, they'll feel intimately connected with TiVo—a bond that won't be easily broken. Things have worked out well for Bullwinkle, too. After the TiVo community's success, he was promoted to Chief Evangelist. Everyone in the forums still knows him simply by his login: "TiVolutionary." Interesting thread at... http://www.newarchitectmag.com/documents/s=4190/new1013635642/index.html My fave? Infoshop. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 23:01:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 23:01:18 -0700 Subject: GateScam Foundation Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507230002.00a05e70@mail.nex.net.au> GATES FOUNDATION BOMBSHELL! (sorry if reprinted) Subject: GateScam Foundation [WAS: Window To The Duplicitous So ul] [WAS!WAS: Windows - These Colors Don't Run] “I’m Stranger Here, Myself” — Part VI of The True Story Of The InterNet Chapter 02C6: GateScam Foundation [WAS: Window To The Duplicitous Soul] [WAS!WAS: Windows – These Colors Don’t Run] Anyone visiting the Gates Foundation Homepage (http://www.gatesfoundation.org) should be aware that all of the empathetic, high-sounding claims made by the foundation are belied by the actual facts surrounding the high-handed criminal misconduct participated in by the henchmen of Gate’s Money Cow, Microsoft—including the misrepresentation of evidence and perjury—in order to convict and imprison a disabled individual who was tried and convicted despite having been found incompetent in the only competency hearing held during the course of his trial. While the defendant was suffering unconstitutional detention and torture, the Ninth Federal Circuit Court Judge, Federal Prosecutors, and the Public Defender forced upon the defendant against his will all had a good belly-laugh over the suggestion that the Richest Man In The World might be expected to stoop so low as to make an appearance in a trial where he was the purported victim. The disabled defendant, forced to attend the farcical judicial proceedings under the threat of violence and being dragged to court in chains if he refused to appear, was not as amused as the officers of the court at the pointed message that status and privilege take precedence over the rule of law in the American InJu$tice $y$tem. Anyone wanting to take a cold, hard look at the motives behind the spectacle of supposed humanity being portrayed by the Gates Foundation might begin by familiarizing themselves with the terms, ‘Eugenics’ and ‘Manipulation of the Masses.’ As a disabled person who came close to dying at the hands of those I was delivered into by the unethical and criminal malfeasance participated in by Gates, Microsoft and the Ninth Circus Federal Court, I already understand ‘Eugenics’ 'I "being the channeled spirit of fellow Cpunk and revolutionary APster martyr,CJ,If I take another deep breath of burning Yohimbe bark I can sense his addy... TruthMonger #05987-196 Something like that.Parental discretion advisary,ptrei discrecion heavily advisory.pr.PROMIS # 0417 From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 23:16:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 23:16:23 -0700 Subject: Mongo;" Google is your friend." Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507230550.00a097b0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.google-watch.org/ Mongo is not your friend? As enroaching senility leads him to wander off more often,Mong may soon need one of these... http://www.economist.com/displayStory.cfm?Story_id=1280634 Digital angels on one shoulder,devlish Cpunks on the other,Lear wanders the wilderness.Would it be such a shock to learn that like Philby and Hannsen,Mongo's loyalties lie elsewhere? First Ronnie,then Charlton,its all too tragic.He wont remember.They are shown as the gutless, mean-spirited, utterly self-centred and cruel characters that they really are. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 7 23:53:22 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 07 May 1999 23:53:22 -0700 Subject: Cruise Knockoff's worry Dagwood. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990507234934.00a08130@mail.nex.net.au> The Taipei Times Online: 2001-10-21 Bin Laden may have sold cruise missiles to Beijing. THE GUARDIAN, MILAN, ITALY. China paid Osama bin Laden several million dollars for access to unexploded ... taipeitimes.com/news/2001/10/21/print/0000108045 - 6k - Cached - Similar pages [ More results from taipeitimes.com ] Guardian Unlimited | Special reports | Claims that China paid Bin ... ... million dollars for access to unexploded American cruise missiles ... sources as saying that 40 were found unexploded. ... who were dying of hunger, passed missiles to ... www.guardian.co.uk/china/story/0,7369,577544,00.html - 33k - Cached - Similar pages CHINA NOT YET AN ALLY China Brief, September 27, 2001 : China. ... ... China has sold Iran both nuclear-reactor and nuclear-fuel ... to some reports, after it gave Beijing some unexploded US Tomahawk cruise missiles, the ... china.jamestown.org/pubs/view/cwe_001_006_002.htm - 13k - Cached - Similar pages Pravda.RU Mozambique: children sold for organs ... The same source reveals that Bin Laden has cruise missiles. ... before their vital organs are removed and sold ... of Ohorum show a powerful American bomb, unexploded, ... english.pravda.ru/main/2001/10/15/18033.html - 64k - Cached - Similar pages Dumble on Afghan Women ... One in every ten cruise missiles fails to hit its ... of being defended from the US-led alliance's missiles ... the exact same shade of luminous yellow as unexploded ... www.rtis.com/touchstone/nov01/02.HTM - 12k - Cached - Similar pages Think Tank Dumble ... one in every ten, supposedly target specific, cruise missiles ... 200 Kosovas were killed or injured by unexploded ... defended from the US-led alliance's missiles by ... cyounkin.web.wesleyan.edu/ttdumble.htm - 16k - Cached - Similar pages In the Name of Freedom ... one in every ten, supposedly target specific, cruise missiles ... 200 Kosovas were killed or injured by unexploded ... defended from the US-led alliance's missiles by ... www.ou.edu/student/ucurrent/archives/ volVno6/articles/NameOfFreedom.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages FAPA ... China has sold Iran nuclear-reactor and nuclear-fuel ... according to some reports, after they gave Beijing some unexploded US Tomahawk cruise missiles, ... www.fapa.org/20010911disaster/fisher1021.html - 9k - Cached - Similar pages Rum bum dum dum. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A31153-2002Aug17.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 00:10:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:10:39 -0700 Subject: Bury my heart at wounded PC. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508000741.00a09020@mail.nex.net.au> Golden Shields awards..."In a wounded PC market..." http://news.com.com/2009-1001-948983.html?tag=fd_lede BEIJING--It's one of the few PC companies today with profits and growth in market share. Its close allies on various projects--Microsoft, Intel, Texas Instruments, America Online--reads like high-technology's A-list. But one important difference separates the company from the pack: It's based in China, one of the world's hottest markets for technology. The Legend Group, which once existed only as a wholesale distributor for U.S. and European brands, has transformed itself into one of the world's fastest-growing technology conglomerates, with its hands on everything from desktops and servers to cell phones, retail franchises and information technology services. Many businesses in China that it's involved are expected to grow by double digits through 2006 and beyond. MORE . From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 00:28:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 00:28:39 -0700 Subject: Jesus is my armourer. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508001928.00a09b80@mail.nex.net.au> School shooter hopes to be pastor From correspondents in San Diego, USA 19aug02 IN a jailhouse interview, a teenager serving 50 years for a deadly high school shooting spree has said he takes full responsibility for the rampage. "I blame myself," Charles "Andy" Williams, 16, told the San Diego Union-Tribune. "The school didn't put the gun in my hand. I don't want to blame anybody." Williams pleaded guilty in June to the March 2001 shooting rampage at Santana High School that killed 14-year-old Bryan Zuckor and 17-year-old Randy Gordon. Thirteen others were wounded. He was sentenced to 50 years in prison last week, and will be eligible for parole in 2051, when he's 65. The youngster said it was difficult to sit through the sentencing hearing, listening to speeches from more than a dozen victims and relatives of victims. "I'm glad they said what they wanted to say and get it off their chests," he said. Though he did not want to answer questions about the shooting, documents released last week painted a picture of a depressed, alienated boy who was bullied and taunted by friends. Prosecutors, however, said Williams coolly planned the assault, shooting classmates as they ran in terror. Williams said his life at Juvenile Hall has generally been good, and that he has read 159 books and carries a 3.09 grade-point average. In court papers, Williams said he hopes to get a college degree in theology and become a pastor in prison. He also said he worried about turning 18 and transferring to a maximum security prison. "I'm scared because I don't know anyone up there, and I don't know what to expect," he said. Williams said he was surprised so many people had written him letters and posted messages of support on the internet. "They're nice people. I'm glad they're doing it," he said. "But I don't think I deserve it. I wouldn't write to me." Going Postal? http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4925847%255E662,00.html ONE sheet of toilet paper, use less sunscreen and don't lose pens . . . the dispute between Australia Post and its staff has hit a new low in pettiness. A New South Wales Central Coast area manager has allegedly advised workers "one sheet is enough" when it comes to the company's amenities. Melbourne call centre worker Cori Girondoudas was docked $3000 for breaching company policy by having more than three personal photographs on her desk. Sydney worker Richard O'Brien was ordered to take sick leave because management declared at 177kg he was 40kg overweight to complete his duties. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 01:21:17 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 01:21:17 -0700 Subject: DigiSecret was developed and compiled outside of the USA. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508011317.00a0c020@mail.nex.net.au> Good selling point. About Us TamoSoft, Inc., was founded in 1998 as a software division of TAMOS International, Inc., a Cyprus-based business consulting company founded in 1995. Because of the rapid growth of TamoSoft, it became the leading division of TAMOS International, and the companies merged in June 1999. TamoSoft, Inc., specializes in security and network monitoring software for the Internet and local area networks. We have been developing software for 3 years and take great pride in our achievements and excellent customer support. Today our products and custom solutions may be found in businesses all over the world, including a large number of Fortune 500 companies, as well as in thousands of smaller ventures. Our blue-chip customers include: Motorola, Siemens, Ericsson, Nokia, Lucent Technologies, Olympus Optical Co., Nortel Networks, Unisys, UBS, Dresdner Bank AG, General Electric. Our headquarters is located in New Zealand, and our international team consists of people from Cyprus, Israel, Russia, and other countries. Our programmers are experienced in communications, encryption, networking, and a variety of programming languages and are dedicated to the creation of high quality software that a growing number of customers rely on. HQ in Kiwiland may not be safe however...proffr's netwatch reports increased social revolution there involving even suicide bombing.More information available by small donation. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 01:48:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 01:48:39 -0700 Subject: Police disinfo about murdered girls internet activities. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508013857.00a0ab30@mail.nex.net.au> An International pattern of criminal deception? Benjamin T. Moore, Jr., Private Detective/Body Guard, Writer and Jazz Musician (Tenor Sax) The very existence of "Carnivore" poses a conundrum most profound. It was not long ago that FBI Director Louie Freeh sat before the Congress of these United States, lamenting the wide spread use of encryption on the Internetand specifically PGP. According to Director Freeh, PGP - Pretty GoodPrivacy - made it possible for terrorist, criminals, pedophile and averitable garden salad of riff raff, to plot and plan the destruction of our "free state" with impunity. According to Director Freeh, without the Congress mandating either the outlawing of PGP or the inclusion of a back-door into PGP and all other strong encryption - mandatory key escrow -doom would befall the American people without the FBI being able to protectus. ENTER CARNIVORE Now comes this same FBI with a device that will in effect be a permanentfull time wiretap on all Internet communications. *IF* Director Freeh's assertions were correct before Congress, Carnivore is useless for catching criminals, terrorist or pedophile, who according to Freeh all use unbreakable encryption. Thus, one must ask, who is Freeh actually after? Or, does Director Freeh know something that none of us are aware of? Has PGP already been cracked? Do they have access to real quantum computers? The very development of "Carnivore" makes no sense *IF* what Director Freeh testified to before the Congress was correct. If on the other hand, Director Freeh was lying in his testimony before Congress, again we must ask why and to what end? *IF* PGP has already been compromised, what better way to give those using it a false sense of security than to have the Director of the FBI in essence give it a glowing endorsement? Yet, according to some of the brightest minds in the private sector, the assertions of Director Freeh were absolutely correct! PGP does in fact use unbreakable encryption. Could it be as we've always suspected? The FBI is more interested in going after innocent citizens than it is in going after the real criminals? Carnivore is basically a tool that throws a wide net and filters everything from everybody. It violates the 4th Amendment to the Constitution. It violates due process - 5th and 6th Amendments - it is not only the camel's nose under the tent, it's sliding down the slippery slope and off the precipice and into the yawning chasm! *IF* Carnivore is allowed to be activated, it will set a precedence there percussions of which will be lasting and damning! It has the potential to end our way of life. The internet is really the beginnings of a global telephone system. It is terrifying to those in power who feel the need to control populations via information deprivation. Want to know what's really happening in Kosovo? Log on and talk to somebody actually there. Did the US bomb a bio-warfare factory in Iraq? Or was it really a hospital? The major media gets it's news from White House press briefings with "B-Roll" from specially selected sites made available to them by the US military. Is this really *NEWS*??? No, the internet is a very frightening thing to those fearful of losing power. "Carnivore" would be like having a permanent wire tap on your home telephone with a tape rolling at all times. Have you ever had a conversation over the phone with a friend wherein you spoke negatively of the President of the United States? Would you have said the same things if you knew the Secret Service was listening in? Have you ever had a conversation with a friend around April 15th and spoke negatively of the IRS? Maybe you referred to them as being "organized crime incarnate?" Did you fear being audited because you expressed a negative opinion? Would you have expressed the same feelings if you knew the person who could have you audited was listening in? The very notion of "Freedom of Speech and expression," implies privacy. Without privacy the 1st Amendment becomes meaningless! What price safety? More and more cameras are going up in public and not so public places. The justification has always been the public safety. How a camera prevents someone from *committing* a crime is beyond me. There were cameras in the school in Columbine on that fateful day. The cameras recorded the carnage. They didn't stop it. They didn't even give law enforcement the needed information to move in quickly enough to prevent several persons from bleeding to death. Cameras like "Carnivore" only provide information useful *AFTER* the fact. The simple truth is, nobody can live in the United States of America without breaking numerous laws everyday. You just don't realize you're breaking them. Farmers have lost their property because a "black footed gerbil" decided to take up residence in one of their fields. A federally protected species seems to take precedence over voting tax payers. From speeding to J-Walking, if you were fined or imprisoned each time you fractured a law, you'd be bankrupt in 60 days. Throw in the draconian conspiracy laws, and you could be arrested at anytime for almost anything. If you have too much cash on you, it can be confiscated under the drug laws without you ever being charged for any crime. You'll spend more in attorney's fees to get it back than it was worth in the beginning. Have too little cash on you and you can be arrested for vagrancy. What's the right amount of cash to carry? Well, that depends on your race and where you are. To conclude, we need "Carnivore" like we need another hole in our heads! By the FBI's own admission, "Carnivore" is not going to catch criminals. This means if you're not a criminal, you soon will be. Benjamin T. Moore, Jr. btmoore at iname.com Home Page: http://ind.cioe.com/~btmoore Page me on the WWW at: http://wwp.mirabilis.com/8159114 Use your Web Browser to get my PGP Public Keys from: http://ind.cioe.com/~btmoore/_private/MyKeysDSSRSA.txt From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 02:09:22 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 02:09:22 -0700 Subject: See no evil. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508020624.00a0fc10@mail.nex.net.au> Counterintelligence Book Review.(Counter intelligence could be the opeRATive words here,pr) By CI Centre Professor Hayden B. Peake A Street-Man’s Story See No Evil: The True Story of a Ground Soldier in the CIA's War on Terrorism By Robert BAER (New York: Crown, 2002), 284 pp., glossary, photos, index. $25.95 Edward SHIRLEY’s acidic Know Thine Enemy is a recent contribution to the intelligence literature of discontent. At first glance Robert BAER’s book might appear to fall in the same category, but that judgment would be wrong. See No Evil is better characterized as a memoir of disillusionment written in a positive style, not the bitter tone of those who wrote because they could not cope with the demands of the clandestine life. While at times critical, BAER clearly is proud of the CIA and his service during his twenty-four year career. The book tells of his unusual upbringing and his recruitment by the Agency that saw in him the makings of a promising case officer. With restrained modesty, BAER provides a first hand view of a successful case officer in the field as an operational street man. A central theme of the book is the over-reliance on technical collection at the expense of human intelligence. Fluent in Arabic, BAER served in the Middle East and at times worked against those directly involved with terrorism. He argues that finding and listening to people who know what is going on, despite their often less than savory pedigrees, should be routine not the exception. His examples supporting this truth include comments on Osama bin LADEN’s operations, his experiences in the Biqa Valley, the government’s failure to support a military coup designed to overthrow Saddam HUSSEIN, and the neglect of fundamentalist activities in Afghanistan and Saudi Arabia in the 1990s. He also stresses the problem of language skills that has long plagued the Agency. It was his command of Arabic that allowed him to learn of the intent to kidnap Americans in Lebanon, though his out-of-channel warnings did not prevent them. In the mid 1980s, while assigned to CIA Headquarters, BAER observed the initial activities of the newly formed National Counterintelligence Center led by the FBI. This little known tale of an attempt to solve an operational problem with an organizational fix is disturbing at best. Back at Headquarters in the 1990s, after an assignment in post Gulf-war Iraq, he got involved with CLINTON White House politics; a bizarre story that does not reflect well on National Security Council political stars and their sycophantic subordinates. On the CIA side, he tells of the environment of political correctness that prevailed during the CLINTON administration and the long term consequences that this could have on the Agency if it is allowed to continue. This is a timely book, documented with intriguing, often awesome, stories written with a sense of humor. BAER’s comments on the tradecraft of espionage as practiced on the ground—the successes and the failures—will enlighten historians and layman interested in the profession. See No Evil should be mandatory reading for all candidates for the clandestine service and the analysts—geographic, functional and technical—who benefit from the collector’s hard work. This is a fine memoir, one of the very best ever written. END http://www.cicentre.com/BK/BOOKS_Peake_Baer.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 02:15:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 02:15:19 -0700 Subject: Cloak and Dollar. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508021001.00a05850@mail.nex.net.au> Counterintelligence Book Review By CI Centre Professor Hayden B. Peake Con-Men At The Top? Cloak and Dollar: A History of American Secret Intelligence By Rhodri JEFFREYS-JONES (New Haven: Yale University Press, 2002) 357 pp., endnotes, bibliography, index. In this, his latest assault on American intelligence, Rhodri JEFFREYS-JONES—professor of American history at the University of Edinburgh—argues that in America there is a “special reason why secret intelligence has tended to run amok with taxpayers’ money... the emergence, within intelligence circles, of the confidence man.” Using “smooth talk, hyperbole, deception ” the “American spy has played a leading part” in the creation of “menaces and crises that were by no means always what they seemed to be. They have ranged from Confederate assassination plots to Western land fraud, from white slavery to communism, from German sabotage to Chinese espionage, from crack cocaine scares to digital encryption.” This view is in part provocative, misleading, deceptive and untrue. The author’s confidence man role model is Civil War detective Allan PINKERTON who, we are told, “was dismissed from Abraham LINCOLN’s intelligence service for exaggerating enemy strength. In an attempt to reingratiate himself with the president, PINKERTON warned of an assassination plot.” For the record, LINCOLN never had an intelligence service and PINKERTON was not dismissed from anything. Furthermore, PINKERTON warned the president about the assassination plot before his inauguration, not after. And both of these events occurred before he made any enemy strength assessments. He did offer his services to LINCOLN after the inauguration but never received a response. PINKERTON served General McCLELLAN and quit when his boss was relieved after Antietam, in 1862, never to return to Washington officialdom. In short, PINKERTON was a detective and did little for the intelligence profession beyond embellishing his memoirs with exaggerated often fictitious exploits.[1] Although off to a troubling start, nothing diminishes the author’s unrelenting attachment to PINKERTON and his putative legacy¾he appears throughout the book. This is as difficult to understand as his assertion that William “DONOVAN had become the new PINKERTON”¾a truly an odious comparison. History is challenged further when he claims that “Allan PINKERTON put espionage on a professional basis.” There are far better candidates for this distinction starting with George WASHINGTON. JEFFREYS-JONES dismisses with gross distortions the formative contributions of DONOVAN and J. Edgar HOOVER on this point. In any case, if credit is to be assigned for that contribution, others deserve it, not PINKERTON. The FBI does not escape attention and the author consistently fails to distinguish between the half of the organization concerned with investigating crime and the portion formed much later, concerned with espionage. The FBI’s predecessor, the Bureau of Investigation (BI), is identified in the book as an “emblematic secret intelligence” agency “formed in 1908.” In fact, the BI took that name in March 1909 and before that time there was only a group of federal investigators headed by a Chief Examiner, Stanley FINCH. He became Chief of the BI in 1909, when no part of it was an intelligence agency. The JEFFREYS-JONES comment that ”FBI Chief Stanley W. FINCH insisted that no daughter, wife, or mother was safe from ‘white slavery’ gangs ” is out of context to say the least. FINCH, of course, was never Chief of the FBI. The “White Slave” controversy of 1910 was investigated by FINCH’s BI in its capacity as a federal police organization charged with investigating and prosecuting crime. Its involvement with espionage began during WWI and even then was not its major responsibility. The implicit equating of the BI and later the FBI criminal investigation activities and their intelligence operations distorts and misrepresents the legacies of both. In a remarkable chapter entitled “U-1—The Agency Nobody Knew,” Prof. JEFFREYS-JONES departs, without explanatory comment, from his “con-man” theme to argue that the State Department once controlled American intelligence through an “agency without a name formed in 1915” that “flourished briefly and dominated the intelligence scene before the FBI finally made its mark. Insiders referred to it simply as U-1.” There is more: U-1 was so obscure and so secretive that it did not even have to try to suppress the news of its existence .It was elitist and snobbish, intellectual and quiet. It was also in some ways effective, and an emblem of how American secret intelligence might be organized in the future. Yet ominously for the quieter mode of espionage, U-1 was dissolved in 1927 . The appellation U-1 stems from terminology introduced following WWI (p. 60). As Prof. JEFFREYS-JONES himself acknowledges, what became U-1 after the war was set up as a coordinating element within the State Department. For reasons not clear, he attaches organizational powers to it far beyond what he is able to document. The other elements of American intelligence during WWI¾the Army’s MID, and Navy’s ONI, the BI, and the Secret Service, were in no sense subordinate to U-1, an interpretation one might reasonably infer from his assertions. Nor can U-1 be considered dominant in any sense of that word. The State Department did run agents in Russia, but so did MID. U-1’s official demise in 1927 came about from its inability to even coordinate intelligence effectively.[2] Despite occasional admissions of a “deserved reputation for past successes,” JEFFREYS-JONES hammers away at his agenda chronicling the familiar failures of intelligence in chapters on DULLES and the CIA, the Bay of Pigs, Vietnam, Watergate, and Iran-Contra. While the basic facts are correct, JEFFREYS-JONES views each as the logical consequence of a “tradition of hyperbole and spin” rather than unsuccessful, if in some cases cockamamie, attempts to implement Presidential policies aimed at countering Soviet Cold War realities, or just plain security failures. There are also comments on the Church Committee hearings that created “a new atmosphere of trust,” and some recent counterintelligence cases--AMES and briefly, HANSSEN--though NICHOLSON and PITTS are excluded. Returning to his central theme, we learn that the DCI’s were not the sole advocates of the “PINKERTON legacy”. Recent presidents also encouraged the con-man tradition. Ronald REAGAN, became a player according to JEFFREYS-JONES when he “told the American people” to trust him “to twist the truth in your interest.” The words are JEFFREYS-JONES’, not REAGAN’s. President CLINTON too, played along writes the author, though “he was not so much hooked by the Agency as sold on it.” Or as his quote of Washington Post columnist Mary McGORY puts it, CLINTON “dares not lift a finger against the spooks.” All this will surprise many who served during the CLINTON years. In the current post Cold War era “the CIA and its siblings” are portrayed as the heirs of the con-man tradition underpinning what the author calls “the real American Century,” the 21st century, as described by the “Cold War triumphalists.” An additional bonus came, he adds, with the events of September 11, 2001, which created a “custom made” situation “for the intelligence confidence man and his political allies.” Once again, writes Prof. JEFFREYS-JONES, came the cries to “unleash the CIA. Once again it was tempting to reward failure .” The source of the “cries” is not given, the source of the conclusion is obvious. With these deeply held views, this history of American intelligence ends on a note calling for “the United States intelligence community to become more a part of the wider world that has inspired and continued to invigorate the great nation of immigrants.” Some in America would argue that goal was achieved long ago. If the distorted unbalanced assessment of American intelligence presented by Prof. JEFFREYS-JONES stimulates constructive discussion of all points of view, it will serve a useful purpose. But as a stand alone survey of the role of intelligence in America and the world, it is a gross disservice. The students deserve better and so does American history. [1] For more on PINKERTON’s contribution, see Edwin C. FISHEL, The Secret War for the Union: The Untold Story of Intelligence in the Civil War (Boston: Houghton Mifflin, 1996). [2] The documentation given by JEFFREYS-JONES for the creation of U-1 is slim. Endnote # 3, page 299 gives a clue citing a Frank POLK diary entry for 16 June 1916, and adding that “A more extensive treatment of U-1 is in JEFFREYS-JONES’, American Espionage ” though there is nothing there that documents its creation further. On page 79 of this book, the official end of U-1 is noted quoting a memo from the Secretary of State. U-1 is mentioned in Christopher ANDREW’s For The President’s Eyes Only (p. 37) where the associated endnote indicates it was formed in 1916; the same diary entry given by JEFFREYS-JONES is cited. George O’TOOLE also mentions U-1, but cites JEFFREYS-JONES American Espionage as his source. Neither reference indicates that U-1 “dominated the intelligence scene” or was elitist and snobbish.” http://www.cicentre.com/BK/BOOKS_Peake_Jeffreys-Jones.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 02:22:44 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 02:22:44 -0700 Subject: Espionage wilderness of mirrors. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508021806.00a0fd90@mail.nex.net.au> Counterintelligence Book Review By CI Centre Professor Hayden B. Peake An Encyclopedic Disappointment . Espionage: An Encyclopedia of Spies and Secrets By Richard M. BENNETT (London: Virgin Books, Ltd., 2002) 371 pp., bibliography, photos, index. $29.99. The dust jacket describes Richard BENNETT as an “intelligence analyst since 1966,” and lists other impressive credentials. Nevertheless, his encyclopedia of espionage, the most recent of the many books in this genre, stands alone as the most error filled by any measure. This is particularly disappointing because reference works of this sort have a special obligation to get it right. In his Preface, David SHAYLER—the former MI5 officer charged with violations of the Official Secrets Act—claims it is ”a wealth of facts which have never been available in one publication before.” James BAMFORD, author of Body of Secrets, writes in the Foreword that BENNETT “not only defines the language of spying he also presents comprehensive outlines of the intelligence services of the world today, and biographical sketches of key players, past and present.” From these statements one can only conclude that the writers did not read the book or do not know the subject. The entries are arranged alphabetically; they describe people, cases, and organizations intermingled with definitions and photographs. In this mix are included BENNETT’s own views supplied without the documentation that a conscientious analyst or reader would expect to see in footnotes. A typical example is the statement that the “CIA does not seem to have an efficient, centralized analytic apparatus, one that can distinguish credible intelligence from fantasy.” But equally important are the abundant factual errors so numerous that representative samples are appended in tabular form to these comments. Not specifically identified are the approximately 100 misspelled names—some more than once. Citations for each correction noted are not given for two reasons. First, the accurate data, properly footnoted, are easily found in the open literature. Second, should a corrected edition be contemplated, the task of making the changes is left to the author. There are accurate entries in this book, but trying to separate them from the inaccurate ones is too much work for the layman or student. In short, the entire book is tainted by appalling editing and scholarship—a waste of time and money. Typical Inaccuracies: KGB officer Rudolf ABEL was “exposed by one of his own cut-outs;” in fact it was by his colleague, another illegal, Reno HAYHANEN, who was not a cut-out. · Rudolf ABEL was the real name of the KGB illegal who used it; not so, he was really Willi FISHER. · Philip AGEE is identified as a ‘whistleblower’ rather than the DGI/KGB agent he became. · AFSA is not the Air Force Security Services as stated on page 3; it stood for the Armed Forces Security Agency. · Claims that Maj. ANDRE was challenged by a rebel patrol are wrong; in fact it was a group of bandits who turned him in when he didn’t have enough money to pay his way to freedom. · James ANGLETON died in 1980; 1987 is correct. · GOLITSYN was a “charming con-artist;” he was anything but charming, and he was a defector. · ANGLETON could walk into DULLES’ office unannounced; nonsense, just ask his secretary. · COLBY allowed ANGLETON to stay as a consultant hoping he would resign; not so, COLBY fired ANGLETON first and then allowed him to phase out as a consultant. · The ARCOS affair was a diplomatic incident by a Soviet spy ring; hardly that, it was a planned operation by the British Security Service that raided the ARCOS headquarters. · Klaus FUCHS was a member of the ROSENBERG spy ring; not so, there was no direct connection between FUCHS and the ROSENBERGS; they were completely separate rings. · Samuel CAHAN was the NKVD controller for BLUNT, BURGESS, and CAIRNCROSS; not according to their controller Yuri MODIN, among others. · COLBY was replaced by Adm. TURNER; not so, George H. W. BUSH had that honor. · GARBO was captured and turned by the XX Committee; incorrect, GARBO volunteered to the Brits several times before being accepted as an agent. · GOUZENKO’s information exposed Klaus FUCHS; not so, VENONA did that. Most of the other putative facts in the GOUZENKO entry are incorrect. · PHILBY went up to Cambridge in 1928; wrong, it was 1929. · CORNFORD helped to recruit PHILBY, MACLEAN and BURGESS; not so, he was not involved. See The MITROHKIN Archive. · PHILBY put SIS officers in touch with Sandor RADO; others have made this claim but like BENNETT never produced anything to verify the assertion. · PHILBY became a close confidant of DONOVAN and DULLES; incorrect, he never met DONOVAN during the war and had only an official contact with DULLES. · BLUNT informed PHILBY that MACLEAN was about to be arrested; hardly the case, PHILBY told BURGESS who told BLUNT. · PHILBY notified BURGESS after he had returned to London; not so, it was before he returned to London. · BURGESS fled in a panic to MOSCOW; incorrect, he was ordered to go by the MGB on the pretext of being allowed to return. · PHILBY became a Major General in the KGB; he was never more than agent TOM and he knew it. · John WALKER began selling secrets in 1962; more like 1968. · The U-2 provides continuous coverage; no aircraft does that. · Ian FLEMING’ years in SIS; he was in Naval Intelligence. · Morris COHEN and his wife “hurriedly fled to London” from New York; wrong they fled to Europe before going to London. · KRIVITSKY was a Major General; KRIVITSKY never held general rank, and never claimed that he did. · KRIVITSKY was fully debriefed by the FBI; wrong, he was never fully debriefed by the FBI, a major mistake. · MI5 attached little importance to KRIVITSKY’s information; nonsense, they thought it extremely valuable, particularly the portion that revealed to crypto penetrations. · INSCOM Headquarters are at Ft. Huachuca, AZ; try Ft. Belvoir, VA. · Former DCI HELMS was found guilty of perjury; never happened. · HELMS had never been considered a leader or director, only a caretaker; only an outsider or one who has not read any reliable source about the CIA would make such foolish statement. · The FBI is starting to make all employees undergo polygraph testing; wrong, only certain ones. · OSS was dismantled by TRUMAN in 1946; incorrect, OSS was abolished effective 1 October 1945. · The Firm is a popular term for the CIA among is own personnel; untrue. · BLUNT provided the evidence that caused CAIRCROSS to confess; not so, he tried to hide it, but it was discovered in BURGESS’ apartment. · The Soviets fed false information through the phone lines tapped by the Berlin tunnel operation; just the opposite, they did not inform the Red Army or the GRU the lines were tapped. · GOUZENKO was in touch with the RCMP Security Service before he defected and his cover was as a cipher clerk; rubbish on both counts, though some academics have speculated as much. · A member of the Lucy Ring, Rudolf ROESSLER, worked for both MI6 and OSS; he worked for neither one. · The CIA organization is over a year out of date and many of the elements are incorrectly identified; see the CIA home page. · Adm. SOUERS was D/CIG; not correct; he was the first DCI; same error with Adm. HILLENKOETTER and General V ANDERBERG; and the same correction. · R. James WOOLSEY was DCI from February 1993 — May 1994; incorrect he served until January 1995. · John DEUTCH was DCI from May 1994 — July 1997; incorrect, he served May 1995 until December 1996. · COLBY was DCI form 1963-1976; incorrect, it was 1973-1976. · · The False Flag definition is wrong; the service involved does not have to be hostile, the only requirement is that the agent or asset think he/she is responding to one service when it is actually another service controlling the situation. · The definition for double agent is wrong; the term officer is not correct, a double agent involves an agent who is turned by one side to work against the service that recruited him. · There is no such thing as a defector-in-place; it is an oxymoron. · The definition for walk-in is incorrect. First a defector who walks-in does not offer work in place, he defects. If a potential defector offers or agrees to work in place, he is an agent-in-place or in some cases a mole. Walk-in also applies to potential agents who volunteer their services, AMES and HANSSEN being two recent examples. · DCI SMITH began his service in 1959, it was 1950. · It is the Federal Bureau of Investigation, not Investigations. · “Cointelpro during WWII”, contrary to BENNETT, the was no program with that name until many years later. · The VENONA story is inaccurate and incomplete, see any of the several books on VENONA for an accurate account. · There is an organization called the Joint Intelligence Centre; wrong, but there is a Joint Intelligence Committee. · Edward Lee HOWARD was the first CIA traitor; wrong again. He was not in the CIA when he went to work for the KGB and there are several other candidates: AGEE and Larry CHINN to name two. Contrary to BENNETT, HOWARD was not hired “despite his suspicious background.” · Osama bin LADEN, “as late as July 2001 and despite being a hunted man was able to travel safely to an American Hospital in a Gulf State to receive treatment for a serious kidney problem.” The hospital concerned denied the story. No evidence to the contrary is supplied by BENNETT. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 02:38:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 02:38:59 -0700 Subject: Socialism or Barbaraism. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508023706.00a06ec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www2.caller.com/ccct/politics/article/0,1641,CCCT_813_1323552,00.html Potential $1 million award to a former woman spy By BILL STRAUB August 13, 2002 It was June 1971. The war in Vietnam was raging and, as Bob Dylan noted, "there was revolution in the air." Barbara Makuch was just 18, the daughter of a Nazi concentration camp survivor devoted to the ideals of the United States. She was in northwest New York, riding in a car with "a crazy Maoist" who told her about his plans to bomb a local NBC-TV affiliate and the student union at the University of Buffalo. "Kids were going to die," recalled Makuch from the kitchen of her home in East Amherst, N.Y. She alerted the authorities, the bomb plot was thwarted and a career as a spook for the FBI was successfully launched. Over the next two decades, during the intense Cold War years, Makuch infiltrated several domestic operations fronting for the Russian government. Known only by her mother and husband, she was recruited by the KGB "who needed someone who looked regular" for their own clandestine efforts in the United States. She traveled regularly between Buffalo and Moscow as a double agent while consistently maintaining her allegiance to her adopted home in America. Information she obtained served as the basis for a meeting in October 1987 between then-Secretary of State George Shultz and then-Soviet leader Mikhail Gorbachev. The meeting led to the historic summit between Gorbachev and President Ronald Reagan. By the mid-1980s, Makuch was the key to understanding the secret funding channels and methods used to funnel U.S. currency - more than $21 million in the 1980s alone - from the Soviet Union to communist front sources operating in America. "I became an agent of influence for the Soviets," she said. "I basically passed information between the KGB and front organizations here in this country." All, she stressed, under the direction of the FBI. It cost her a marriage and probably the health of her second husband, Eugene Makuch, who worked with her in the trenches of the American spy community. Since leaving the service in 1992, she has experienced problems finding work. She earned no more than $300 a week for her efforts and, despite promises from FBI officials, neither she nor her husband have been provided with disability, Social Security, health care or pension benefits. But that may be changing. The House has passed special legislation sponsored by Rep. Tom Reynolds, R-N.Y., which would award Makuch $1 million for her service as a foreign counterintelligence agent. Eugene Makuch, who has undergone two kidney transplants and a brain aneurysm that left him in a coma for two months, would also receive $1 million for his efforts under separate legislation. Both proposals are pending in the Senate. Assistant Attorney General Daniel Bryant said of Makuch, "With her husband, she provided critical information that allowed the FBI to offset espionage activities planned by the Soviet Union against the United States and our allies. Without doubt, their long-term assistance and service demonstrated an admirable commitment to safeguarding the security of our nation." Makuch, 49, said her family history and a well-defined sense of patriotism led her to become a spy. Her Polish father had been imprisoned in a Nazi concentration camp and she was born in a refugee camp in post-war Germany. An uncle was shot by Russian communists for refusing to destroy a cross on the wall of his home in the Ukraine. A grandfather was "an active fighter against the Soviets." "The things you're told as a child stay with you," she said. "It sort of gives you intestinal fortitude. My life was formed by those events and this is a wonderful country." The family moved to Great Britain when Makuch was 8 but ended up in the United States, settling around Buffalo when she was 14. Just four years later she was an FBI "asset." "The fact that I am not dead today is by the grace of God and my own gut," she said. "I knew I could die. Yet - and believe me, this is not heroic talk - I think about what my family had gone through and I think about World War II." There were dangerous moments. She was "an undercover activist," involving herself in New Left organizations receiving surreptitious - and illegal - funding from the Soviet bloc and reporting the activities to the FBI. Her work as an activist was brought to the attention of the KGB, which recruited her to pass information to the front organizations and serve "as a cover for drops when they came to Niagara Falls." She recruited students, anti-war and peace activists "who didn't know what they were doing" for the KGB. At all times she kept the FBI fully informed. Had they know about her activities, Makuch quoted one agent as saying, "they would have rolled up off the sidewalk and put a bullet in your head." In her role as a double agent, Makuch traveled to the Soviet Union about a half-dozen times to meet with her KGB handlers - never knowing whether Soviet spies in the United States had passed on information that could betray her. She was friends with Yevgeni Primakov, the head of the notorious KGB, as well as Gennady Yaniev, vice president under Gorbachev, always making sure to bring him a bottle of Johnny Walker Red Label Scotch when she visited. "It was probably the most dangerous around '85," she said. "We began the dance of death. I was being tested by the Soviets on a very regular basis. If I had been caught, I would have been shot. I had nowhere to turn when I was over there - no names of anyone. The testing was in order to instill fear in me. I was in situations where people told me they killed people with their bare hands. One time in Chautauqua (N.Y.) I didn't think I was going to get out of a room." In 1992, after years of "living on adrenaline most of the time," and with her husband in deteriorating health, Makuch told the FBI she wanted out. "It had become far more dangerous and far more frightening than I wanted to deal with," she said. But there was one final case involving the National Council of American-Soviet Friendship, a Soviet front organization receiving funding from Moscow. Makuch had risen up the ranks to obtain an executive position in the group and on Feb. 6, 1987, met with Rev. Alan Thomson, the council's executive director in her room at the J.W. Marriott Hotel in Washington, D.C. There he handed her $17,000, obtained from the KGB, and explained how to deposit the money without attracting the attention of federal regulators. Unbeknownst to Thomson, the transaction was being recorded by the FBI in an adjacent room. Thomson subsequently was indicted on federal money laundering charges but it wasn't until May 21, 1992, that he pleaded guilty. For her work, Barbara Makuch won the Louis E. Peters Memorial Award, the highest civilian award presented by the FBI, in 1992. Now, with her husband in ill health and the bills mounting, Makuch is hoping for some assistance. And with Sept. 11 still clear in the nation's rear view mirror, she hopes her experiences will convince others to get involved. "At this horrible time in our country, I want people to come forward and serve their country," she said. "Yes, it was dangerous. Yes, death was just around the corner. But I would go back in a heartbeat." On the Net: www.members.aol.com/barbarajmakuch (Reach Bill Straub at straubb(at)shns.com) or jya cryptome. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 02:43:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 02:43:52 -0700 Subject: Putin accused of northwoodsing 1st Chechen war. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508024119.00a0d420@mail.nex.net.au> "So here it turns out that before the first Russian-Chechen war had started, Russian secret services blew up a railroad and buses, and before the second war they blew up apartment buildings in Moscow and Volgodonsk. The bandits in Russian Army uniforms in Northern Caucasus are «backed up» and «covered» by nobody else but the President of the country - the KGB man ?1..." http://www.kavkaz.org/eng/article.php?id=1110 Mafia and CIA collusion? That's crazy,right? lay off the vodka Boris. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 02:49:42 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 02:49:42 -0700 Subject: Kuwait fairy tales. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508024807.00a0d1b0@mail.nex.net.au> From babies thrown from incubators to this... CIA Recruiting Iranian Spies in Kuwait: Website TEHRAN TIMES POLITICAL DESK TEHRAN -- The U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA) has set up a branch in Kuwait to recruit 50,000 Iranians for espionage purposes against the Islamic Republic, announced the Persian-language ****Daricheh**** website Friday. The site reported that CIA in its advertisement had allocated a monthly wage of 250 to 350 dollars with the annual salary of 3,000 to 4,000 dollars for the applicants. The advertisement is a repetition of similar notices circulated in the Persian Gulf countries before, the website announced. http://www.tehrantimes.com/News.asp?Da=8/17/02&Cat=2&Num=0#0015 -------------- next part -------------- A non-text attachment was scrubbed... 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Its first flight is due to take place before the end of the year and the MRA4s will be delivered to the RAF between 2004 and 2007. The aircraft is best known for its search and rescue missions and has helped save entrepreneur Sir Richard Branson on several occasions. It will also be used in anti-submarine warfare and anti-surface unit warfare as well as intelligence gathering. The Nimrod MRA4 will have a completely new undercarriage to allow for the increase in maximum take-off weight, BMW/Rolls Royce BR-710 engines, as well as leading edge computers and weapon systems. A spokesman for BAE Systems said: "The MRA4 aircraft is of national and international significance, and will fulfil the UK's maritime patrol, reconnaissance, intelligence and strike requirements well into the 21st century. "It is a very complex project and it's a tribute to the workforce that it is being built here." http://www.manchesteronline.co.uk/news/stories/Detail_LinkStory=17066.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 03:07:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 03:07:46 -0700 Subject: On S11 lawsuits,saberRATtling. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508025737.00a0b460@mail.nex.net.au> US lawsuit ‘worthless and ineffective’ RIYADH/JEDDAH, 19 August — Saudi lawyers have described the lawsuit filed by relatives of people killed in the Sept. 11 attacks in the US as "worthless and ineffective under US law.""They can only demand compensation after the parties involved are convicted," the lawyers said referring to the lawsuit seeking trillions... (full story). Saudi banks, more charities deny terrorism charge RIYADH, 19 August — More Islamic charities and Saudi banks named in a lawsuit by families of Sept. 11 victims denied yesterday any role in funding terrorism and blasted the case as an attempt to extort Saudi wealth abroad.In a civil suit filed in a Washington court on Thursday, relatives... (full story). http://www.arabnews.com/ Boycott calls gathering momentum in Kingdom JEDDAH, 19 August — Calls for boycotting US products in the Kingdom and elsewhere in the Middle East are growing as many Muslims believe that it is an effective weapon to change America’s pro-Israeli policies."We should not ignore the calls for boycott of US products. It has proved effective," Ihsan... (full story). A boycott on oil sales might help. Challenging ignorance on Islam: A ten-point primer for Americans "We should invade [Muslim] countries, kill their leaders and convert them to Christianity." Columnist Ann Coulter, National Review Online, Sept. 13, 2001 "Just turn [the sheriff] loose and have him arrest every Muslim that crosses the state line." Rep. C. Saxby Chambliss (R-GA), chairman of the House Subcommittee on Terrorism... (full story). Making enemies of one’s friends LONDON, 19 August — Europeans are beginning to experience the same sensations of impotence that Muslims long have. Whatever they think or say, it is tossed in the wastepaper basket by their American friends.In the last week or so it has become evident that the Bush administration is hell bent... (full story). From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 03:11:40 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 03:11:40 -0700 Subject: Chuck Haynes on the war on terra. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508030943.00a0b1f0@mail.nex.net.au> Watch out: War on terrorism should not mean war on Islam Inside the First Amendment By Charles Haynes Senior scholar, First Amendment Center 08.18.02 Printer-friendly page Watch out, America. A growing number of media commentators, religious leaders and elected officials are pushing to transform the war on terrorism into a war on Islam. Franklin Graham and other Christian ministers are now loudly condemning Islam as a “religion of violence.” They would have us believe that the 9/11 hijackers didn’t hijack Islam (as President Bush insists) – they were only doing what the Quran commands. My mailbox is full of letters from people who feel this way. Typical is the woman who writes to inform me that Islam is “a fanatical religion that is being thrust upon us under the guise of political correctness.” Clearly the war on terrorism has unleashed deep resentments about Islam in America — and provided a golden opportunity for those seeking to advance anti-immigration, anti-Muslim or other agendas in the name of preserving a “Christian nation.” Watch out, America. This war of words is already escalating into acts of intolerance and hate against Muslim Americans — and risks further alienating us from the world’s 1.2 billion Muslims. Consider the current uproar over a summer reading assignment at the University of North Carolina-Chapel Hill. Incoming freshmen are required to read Approaching the Qur’an: The Early Revelations by Michael Sells, a scholar of comparative religions at Haverford College. When they arrive on campus this fall, they’ll briefly discuss the book in small groups led by a member of the faculty. Students who object to the reading may “opt out” and write a paper explaining why they did so. From the over-the-top reaction, you might think that reading this book threatens the health of the nation. A group called the Family Policy Institute filed suit, claiming that the university is violating the First Amendment by promoting Islam. Fox’s Bill O’Reilly has taken to the airwaves to complain that the university was teaching “the religion of our enemy.” He compared assigning the Quran to assigning Hitler’s Mein Kampf. Meanwhile, outraged North Carolina legislators just voted to cut off funds for the assignment. One lawmaker declared that students shouldn’t be “required to study this evil.” Sorting through all of this anger and ignorance is tough. But let’s at least clear away the First Amendment issues. It isn’t unconstitutional for the university to teach about Islam. Sells’ book merely introduces students to material from one of the world’s most influential books. Religious liberty isn’t violated by asking students to read these “early revelations” (especially since the university permits students to complete an alternate assignment if reading the book offends their faith). Of course, the fact that the assignment is constitutional doesn’t make it above criticism. More reasonable critics have suggested that study of the Quran would make more sense in the context of a course on Islam taught by a qualified teacher. And others have noted (rightly) that in past summers the university hasn’t assigned readings from Christian, Jewish or other scriptures. The loudest critics, however, could not care less about what the First Amendment says – or how best to teach about Islam or other religions. They seem determined to use this controversy as an opportunity to demonize Islam. This is dangerous and wrong. But since most Americans know little or nothing about Islam (and since the 9/11 terrorists claimed to be acting in the name of Islam), it’s all too easy to convince people that Islam is an evil and violent faith. One of the most frequent (and insidious) tactics used to attack Islam is the practice of lifting a few verses out of the Quran to “prove” that Islam promotes violence. But this is a deeply flawed and misleading way to understand the core beliefs and practices of any religious tradition. During the Civil War era, for example, selected passages from the Bible were frequently used to defend slavery. But many Christians rejected that interpretation, pointing out that the abolition of slavery was required by the core teachings of Jesus Christ. Taken in context — and understood in the light of a careful study of Islamic history and practice — there is much evidence to suggest that President Bush got it right: For the vast majority of Muslims, Islam is a religion of peace that calls adherents to love of God and compassion toward others. Islam is not the root cause of the 9/11 attacks, just as Christianity is not the root cause of the violence (on both sides) in Northern Ireland. In both cases — and in many other conflicts throughout history — religious teachings are politicized, distorted and then used as a tool by fanatics to advance their cause. Shame on O’Reilly (who apparently has no shame), Franklin and everyone else who is using the war on terrorism as an opportunity to promote a simplistic and unfair picture of the Muslim faith. The best answer to bad speech is good speech. To find out the truth about Islam, speak to your Muslim neighbors, visit your local mosque or Islamic center, read a book about Islam written by a competent scholar. Watch out, America. Don’t let the war on terrorism become a war on Islam. That would threaten religious liberty at home – and encourage division and violence throughout the world. Your questions and comments are welcome. Write to: Charles Haynes The Freedom Forum First Amendment Center 1101 Wilson Blvd. Arlington, VA 22209 E-mail: chaynes at freedomforum.org Recent Charles Haynes columns · · Feel-good interfaith events may paper over deep differences But members of different religious traditions shouldn't resort to demonizing others, either, as we remember Sept. 11.08.04.02 · · Religious-diversity lessons in schools can go too far Having students act out religious rituals and practices puts public schools in the position of sponsoring religion.07.21.02 MORE ON http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16756 From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 03:16:15 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 03:16:15 -0700 Subject: District Judge Timothy Connell Judge molests children,old ladies,men. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508031321.00a0cdb0@mail.nex.net.au> Minnesota law allows people to bad-mouth a person, and even deliberately lie, to a state regulatory board without fear of legal reprisal, a judge has ruled. The protection is part of a state law covering "quasi-judicial" agencies, District Judge Timothy Connell decided in overturning a jury verdict recently. "Without this privilege, there would be a chilling effect upon people coming forth with allegations that should be investigated by boards such as these," the judge said. The ruling may have ended a case in Worthington that involved questionable allegations against a dentist and a criminal-defamation law apparently dormant for 67 years. The complicated case began in September 1998, when a caller told the state Board of Dentistry that Dr. Bruce Larson of Worthington had "messed up" his root canal and was practicing while drunk. But investigators for the board and the attorney general's office discovered that the caller had used a false name and, despite two other anonymous calls, they did not find evidence to support any disciplinary action against the dentist. The case was closed. Then Worthington police traced phone calls to the home of Jerry Obermoller, Larson's next-door neighbor on Lake Okabena. Ken Kohler, then the Nobles County attorney, charged Obermoller with criminal defamation, which generally makes it a crime to expose a person or group to "hatred, contempt, ridicule, degradation or disgrace in society or injury to business or occupation." The offense, a gross misdemeanor, is rarely prosecuted anywhere in the United States. The last case notation found in Minnesota law books was in 1935, and legal experts said the statute could be an unconstitutional infringement on free speech and could stifle complaints to state licensing boards. A Nobles County jury convicted Obermoller in March 2001 after a three-day trial. He was sentenced to probation and fined $1,530. Then Obermoller changed attorneys, hiring Ron Meshbesher of Minneapolis, and asked the judge to throw out the conviction. Meshbesher cited case law that a defamatory statement is "absolutely privileged" — exempt from civil or criminal defamation under statute — "if published in the course of a judicial or quasi-judicial proceeding and is relevant to the proceedings ... even when made maliciously and with knowledge of falsehood." Courts have accepted that argument for state agencies, such as the Board of Pardons and the Commerce Department, that have quasi-judicial disciplinary powers, Meshbesher argued. Despite objections from the prosecutor, the judge agreed and, in an order signed July 30, vacated the conviction. "Essentially, people must feel free to communicate openly with quasi-judicial entities such as the State Board of Dentistry," he wrote. Joe Friedberg, a Minneapolis attorney who represented Larson in a defamation lawsuit against Obermoller, criticized the decision. He said he would have argued to the judge that, under the decision: "Your Honor, I can report you to the Board of Judicial Standards, say you molest children or little old ladies or little old men, and know it's false, and you can't do anything about it." Larson said he won an out-of-court settlement in a separate civil lawsuit, in which Obermoller did not admit culpability. The amount is confidential, but "it was nice," he said. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 06:41:13 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 06:41:13 -0700 Subject: surveillance agencies in au Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508063517.00a09b30@mail.nex.net.au> Mental health bodies may soon be added,real soon. agencies This page will shortly provide a map of the plethora of surveillance agencies in Australia and New Zealand, covering bodies such as ASIO, ASIS, DSD, GCSB, NCA, NZIS and ACS. http://www.caslon.com.au/surveillanceprofile8.htm What relevance to Americans? The Defence Signals Directorate (DSD), the local equivalent of the US NSA, is Australia's major player in the global intelligence community, reflecting a history of cooperation with overseas signals intelligence bodies (notably those in the US, Canada and UK) and advantageous geography for handling radio and satellite traffic. It is a participant in the Echelon network, The aussies,canucks and limey's spy on you while your nsa spies on us.Round Robin,Reg Req.Ronnie Reagan. nwad ta kcatta 11 tpes. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 06:47:10 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 06:47:10 -0700 Subject: Bipartisan on China. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508064419.00a0b0c0@mail.nex.net.au> China may buy into ASIS web of secrets By Craig Skehan, Foreign Affairs Correspondent June 8 2002 A Chinese company with close links to the Peoples' Liberation Army could end up with the contract for the communications network used by Australian diplomats and the Australian Security Intelligence Service. This includes encrypted messages with the highest security classifications - "Ultra" and "Oyster". The prospect of a Chinese company owning or part-owning the communications lines for Australia's secrets and information provided by allied intelligence agencies such as the CIA is not without irony. In 1995 the Herald revealed that Australian intelligence operatives - in a joint operation with the US - had installed fibre-optic bugging devices during construction of the Chinese Embassy in Canberra. A Foreign Affairs Department spokeswoman yesterday acknowledged that China Netcom was one of several companies interested in buying into Asia Global Crossing, which has already been contracted to provide the Australian communications system. AGC is 58 per cent owned by its United States-based parent, Global Crossing, which faces restructuring because it is over $12 billion in debt. Communications industry trade publications have reported that China Netcom is planning to take over AGC. The Foreign Affairs Department said last night it would not "lose control" of its telecommunications network through changes in ownership. As well as encryption, the Department had "contingency plans to maintain our network coverage in the unlikely event of any links being disrupted by an AGC restructure". A departmental spokeswoman maintained that potential investors would have no interest in undermining any investment in AGC by "compromising the integrity of the network". "We were aware of the financial situation of both AGC and its parent, Global Crossing," she said. "We looked very closely at the implications of this and structured a contract with AGC which protects us from the consequences of a change in its ownership." This is a reference to what the department claims are escape clauses in the current confidential contract. However, the Federal Opposition's foreign affairs spokesman, Kevin Rudd, himself a former Australian diplomat who served in China, said last night that the Government needed to explain exactly what checks it had made before signing the contract with AGC last month. He noted that the contract had been entered into despite the debt problems and planned restructure of the parent company. "They did not appear to be aware of the possible sale of AGC until it was revealed in the media," Mr Rudd said. In August 1999, China Netcom was founded by entities affiliated with the Chinese Government. They included the Chinese Academy of Sciences, which is very closed linked with the general armaments division of the People's Liberation Army. China Telecom already has some commercial relationship with AGC, including its recent acquisition of communications links between Hong Kong and Los Angeles. END http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/06/08/1022982773279.html The PM was today congratulating Labor for being first in to China,(pre Nixon) From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 07:12:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 07:12:34 -0700 Subject: INSET NAZIS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508071053.00a0b670@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/18/1162449 "On Tuesday July 30, 9 members of the RCMP, Canada's national police agency, led by Cpl. Derrick Ross of the Integrated National Security Enforcement Team (see sidebar article, "Insidious INSET" below), executed a Search Warrant and raided my home and office in Courtenay, British Columbia. The search and seizure was carried out on behalf of law enforcement from two counties in the State of Maine, under the auspices of the Mutual Legal Assistance in Criminal Matters Treaty." MORE ON http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/18/1162449 From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 08:15:00 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 08:15:00 -0700 Subject: Kernot e-mail Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508081437.00a0d0a0@mail.nex.net.au> Police wind up Kernot email probe The Australian Federal Police will take no further action on a complaint from former Labor MP Cheryl Kernot about unauthorised access to personal emails. Ms Kernot had asked police to investigate how a journalist had obtained copies of emails used to reveal her affair with another former Labor MP Gareth Evans. Police say electronic records tracing the emails are no longer available, so any further investigation would be unsuccessful. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 8 10:05:55 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 08 May 1999 10:05:55 -0700 Subject: Raise the Fist.Its anarchy I tell you. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990508100454.009f6e30@mail.nex.net.au> editors at raisethefist.com Special thanx to http://hypodermic.net for donating server space to Raisethefist.com. And Kiko for helping us to obtain our remotely backed up files! It's been over a month since Raisethefist.com was shut down by the U.S Government. Despite the major loss of data, and all of our computer equipment, we're proud to anounce that Raisethefist is back up online, on a remote server. Luckly, after being denied access to our backed up files, we've finally been able to obtain them thanx to persistant letter writing and donations. Our backups were a few months old, so sadly, some articles are still lost, however the majority of the site's content, and code is intact. Site includes self publishing,links,anarcho-radio and more.Real anarchists! http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/93883t4a.article From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 01:28:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 01:28:34 -0700 Subject: Revolution in OZ. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509012304.00a0e790@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.hermes-press.com/MG/oz.htm "A regime, an established order, is rarely overthrown by a revolutionary movement; usually a regime collapses of its own weakness and corruption and then a revolutionary movement enters among the ruins and takes over the powers that have become vacant." Everyone a remailer,everyone a mint,everyone a wizard/witch.Crypto confessionals,free drugs/love.Tax breaks,religons have quite a bit in favour.Faith based vouchers are flowing,wtf are we waiting for? We already have Toto. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 01:55:40 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 01:55:40 -0700 Subject: Anarchist Portal gets 3 million hits per month. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509015211.00a10b60@mail.nex.net.au> OK so a lot might be freepers and feds but still...and its always going to be early days for the web,we all know that,right? http://www.melbourne.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=31953&group=webcast WWelcome to the second issue of an irregular update on the Infoshop.org project. We hope that this update can help you find new features and understand what is going on with this project. As the Infoshop.org project grows and includes more and more volunteers, regular communication is becoming more important. Infoshop.org has been causing trouble on the web since it went online in January 1995 as the Mid-Atlantic Infoshop. With over 3 million hits a month as of last year, Infoshop.org is considered by many to be a valuable resource to the anarchist and anti-capitalist movements, as well as for thousands of people who are simply looking for alternatives to the current capitalist system. The website is graciously hosted by the flag.blackened.net server, which is part of a collective of anarchist and anti-authoritarian digital activists. The webmaster and coordinator of Infoshop is Chuck "Chuck0" Munson. The website is becoming more of a collaborative network project every day. www.infoshop.org From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 01:59:37 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 01:59:37 -0700 Subject: McDonalds workers resistance news. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509015855.00a14ec0@mail.nex.net.au> ________________________________________________ A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ http://ainfos.ca/index24.html ________________________________________________ OCTOBER 16TH 2002... "Slaves who are ready to put up with anything are spared nothing by the tyrants" - Georges Darien On October 16th 1918, the people of Hungary began to establish councils in their workplaces and communities. They seized land from wealthy landowners, occupied factories and freed prisoners. Within a month Budapest was run by ordinary people for the benefit of the many. Like too many courageous struggles for freedom, the Hungarian councils republic was eventually repressed and destroyed, only the vision lingers on... On October 16th 2002, a small proportion of the 1.5 million people employed by McDonalds around the world will take our first tentative steps towards a better world. This is an attempt to explain what's going to happen, where this day of action came from, why it's taking place and what we hope to achieve. WHAT'S GOING TO HAPPEN ON OCTOBER 16th? Hundreds of McDonalds workers, concentrated in the UK, but also across continental Europe, Russia, North America and Australasia, will take direct action against our employers. We are not necessarily expecting to see strikes, but definitely sabotage, go slows, partial walk outs, 'phone in sick days', etc. It will be the first ever co-ordinated, international, worker led mobilisation by the McDonalds workforce. October 16th was chosen because since the mid 1980s it has been the date of world anti-McDonalds day. So, simultaneous to our actions, people who do not work for McDonalds but are opposed to its labour practices, cruelty to animals and destructive environmental impact, will also be engaged in actions at McDonalds restaurants all over the world. We hope that all actions can be mutually supportive. WHERE DID THIS DAY OF ACTION COME FROM? The idea for co-ordinated workers action on October 16th was originally developed by the Glasgow branch of McDonalds Workers Resistance over a year ago. If you would like to know more about MWR, please visit http://mwr.org.uk The Glasgow branch proposed action around the following demand: "That all those employed by McDonalds, anywhere in the world, be allowed to organise themselves as they wish and that they be allowed to conduct the business of their chosen organisations on company premises, be allowed to display notices in staff areas and generally circulate information without hindrance. That this right to organisation and free expression is not dependent on the number of people involved in the organisation and that no person shall be prejudiced against for involvement in such an organisation. This demand applies to those employed directly and indirectly by McDonalds and so includes, for example, those employed to make happy meal toys or company packaging. Our lives may be very different but our struggle is the same. Finally, we ask McDonalds to make explicit that they do not own their employees and that they have no right to dictate what we can and cannot believe or express at any time." WHY ARE WE TAKING THIS ACTION? By using myriad tactics, legal and illegal, to deny us the right to organise, McDonalds ensures they can pay us the lowest wages possible to work in bad conditions with a total absence of employment rights. This ensures that their profit margins are maximised- in other words, a few people get obscenely rich while those who do all the work struggle by on minimum wage. But even more than that, by denying us the right to organise, they take away our ability to transform the world- our ability to change this crazy, destructive, profit driven system into a society built in everybody's interest- not just on the terms of the rich. WHAT DO WE HOPE TO ACHIEVE? We want to show the world and ourselves that we are capable of organising internationally and that we will not be divided by lines on a map. We want to show ourselves and the world that we re not powerless in the face of multinational corporations, that in fact it is us who make their billions and we are able and willing to organise and fight back. We want to show ourselves and the world that there is a young generation of workers, passionate and rebellious, who refuse to live like past generations- we will not surrender our lives to an idiotic pursuit of wealth on behalf of those who already have too much. We want to take our first tentative steps towards a world designed for the many, not the few. WHAT CAN YOU DO? BE PART OF IT!!! Take action on October 16th. It doesn't have to be anything spectacular- you could just phone in sick... or... break a machine, steal from the till, stop work in the middle of lunchtime, turn the power off at a busy period, give away free food, work especially slowly, follow every procedure exactly, inform customers about what's going on, turn the freezer off before you leave, hide the keys to locked areas, go on strike, refuse to smile (yeah, like we ever do), become very clumsy, etc. PRINT THIS AND HAND IT OUT, GET YOUR WORK MATES INVOLVED, DO SOMETHING AND PLEASE, PLEASE, TELL US ABOUT IT AS SOON AS POSSIBLE! On the morning of October 16th we will deliver a single crysanthemum flower to McDonalds head office. The crysanthemum was the symbol of the revolution in Hungary that began on October 16th 1918. We will deliver it as a token of our intent to build a world that puts people before profits. But the crysanthemum is also a symbol of death, so we deliver it as a harbinger of the imminent destruction of the McDonalds empire and all wage labour- we neither need it nor want it. There is a new world growing in our hearts and we are taking our first tentative steps towards it. If you would like more information about the October 16th action, please visit: http://mwr.org.uk/proposal.htm For more on the ideas that inspired this action, please see: http://mwr.org.uk/faqs.htm http://mwr.org.uk/heavy.htm If you still have questions or would like to let us know that you are planning an action, then please contact: info at mwr.org.uk This text was produced by Greater London McDonalds Workers Resistance (2) and approved and amended by the other regional groups. "The enthusiasm for destruction is also an enthusiasm for creativity" - Michael Bakunin ===== "If you think you are too small to make a difference try sleeping with a midge" http://www.mwr.org.uk MWR, PO Box 3828, Glasgow, G41 1YU From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 02:05:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 02:05:52 -0700 Subject: Ambassador to OZ,a sleazebag,sack of shit,shyster lawyer. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509020455.00a108c0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.austinchronicle.com/issues/vol17/issue19/pols.bush.html Governor Deadbeat by Robert Bryce illustration by Doug Potter Gov. George W. Bush and the other owners of the Texas Rangers are deadbeats. Rich deadbeats, but deadbeats nevertheless. Last week, Bush and his partners hit what can only be described as a towering home run by selling the Texas Rangers to Thomas Hicks for $250 million. Bush, in particular, made a killing. For his 1.8% share of the club, which initially cost him $605,000, Hicks will pay the governor between $10 million and $14 million. That is a return of up to 23 times Bush's original investment in less than nine years. (His contract included an accelerated equity clause.) But even though Bush and his cohorts are raking in the dough, making nearly three times what they paid for the club in 1989, they still haven't paid the $7.5 million they owe the city of Arlington. The Rangers owners owe the money because of a court judgment against the Arlington Sports Facilities Development Authority (ASFDA), the entity set up by the city to condemn land for, and administer, the Ballpark at Arlington project. In May of 1996, a Tarrant County jury found that the ASFDA had not paid a fair price for 13 acres of land it condemned; the court subsequently awarded the owners of the land, the Mathes family, more than six times what the city had agreed to pay for the land. That $5 million award then sat in escrow with interest accruing at a rate of about $1,800 a day. A year after the jury's decision, the city finally decided not to appeal the verdict and paid the judgment. That's where the Rangers' obligation comes in. When the Rangers and the city signed their deal in 1990, the Rangers agreed to pay any costs on the Ballpark at Arlington project that exceeded $135 million. The city of Arlington's position has been and continues to be, that the $7.5 million judgment should come from Bush and the Rangers. Two days after Hicks' purchase of the Rangers was announced, Arlington city attorney Jay Doegey told the Chronicle, "We have a contract with them that says they will pay anything over $135 million. The costs in the condemnation case are over that amount." But Doegey has not sent a letter to the Rangers demanding payment, and it appears that Arlington city officials are reluctant to irritate the Rangers' ownership. Tom Schieffer, the president and general partner of the Rangers, says of the $7.5 million, "It's not our debt. That's the position we have taken. And that's consistent with what the master agreement says." But now that he and Bush are cashing in their chips with the Rangers, wouldn't it be a nice gesture to make good on the debt? "I'm sure we will work out something," said Schieffer. While Arlington waits for its money, Bush is laughing all the way to the bank. Asked about the Hicks buyout, the governor told the Fort Worth Star-Telegram last week, "I think when it is all said and done, I will have made more money than I ever dreamed I would make." He's making millions because the Ballpark at Arlington is a gigantic cash machine. Last year, Financial World magazine named the Ballpark as the most profitable venue in baseball. Hicks didn't buy the Rangers because he wants Juan Gonzalez's autograph; he bought them because he can make a lot of money at the stadium that Bush takes credit for building. In 1993, while walking around the stadium, Bush told a reporter from the Houston Chronicle, "When all those people in Austin say, `He ain't never done anything,' well, this is it." But Bush would have never gotten the stadium deal off the ground had the city of Arlington not agreed to use its power of eminent domain to seize the property that belonged to the Mathes family. And evidence presented in the Mathes lawsuit suggests that the Rangers owners -- and remember that Bush was the managing general partner at the time -- were conspiring to use the city's condemnation powers to obtain the 13-acre tract a full six months before the ASFDA was even created. In an Oct. 26, 1990, memo to Schieffer from Mike Reilly, an Arlington real estate broker and part owner of the Rangers,Reilly says of the Mathes property "in this particular situation our first offer should be our final offer... If this fails, we will probably have to initiate condemnation proceedings after the bond election passes." That memo suggests a sharp contrast between Bush's personal profiteering and his public stance in defense of property rights. While running against Ann Richards, Bush said, "I understand full well the value of private property and its importance not only in our state but in capitalism in general, and I will do everything I can to defend the power of private property and private property rights when I am the governor of this state." Where was that concern when it came to the Mathes family's personal property? But let's forget about Bush's philosophical problems when it comes to property rights and the Ballpark deal. And let's set aside the notion that he may have earned exorbitant amounts of money on his investment. Instead, let's focus on the facts of the deal: Bush and his partners used the city's powers to condemn the land for the stadium. They relied on taxpayers to repay the bonds sold to build the ballpark, thereby getting what amounts to a direct $135 million subsidy. Now, after tripling the amount they paid for the Rangers, Bush et al are refusing to pay the city a measly $7.5 million. Talk about a debt to society. On the very first day of his campaign in 1993, Bush said that "the best way to allocate resources in our society is through the marketplace. Not through a governing elite." By selling the Rangers, Bush and his fellow sports moguls demonstrated the power of the market place. By refusing to pay their debt to Arlington, they are also proving that the governing elite live by a different set of rules than the rest of us. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 02:09:38 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 02:09:38 -0700 Subject: Moral Cowardice in OZ. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509020911.00a10650@mail.nex.net.au> AUSTRALIA'S MORAL COWARDICE The Australian government wants to attack Iraq preemptively because the Iraqis won’t allow the UN to inspect their weapons facilities. Meanwhile, the government opposes the UN protocol on torture because it doesn’t want the UN to inspect its prison facilities. Neither position has much to do with Australian self-interests. It is doubtful that there is torture being carried out in Australian prisons, and it is impossible to see what threat Saddam, the countries biggest buyer of its wheat, poses to Australian society. These are just examples of a foreign policy increasingly dictated by foreign directives. The cancellation of Iraqi wheat sales and the US ambassadors chilling warning that Australia is now, like America, a likely terrorist target and the famously relaxed Australian people need to stop being so relaxed are examples of the high price that is now being paid for such policies. All the time, the Howard government has characterized its position as standing with the world against terror. When opposition leader Simon Crean questioned foreign minister Alexander Downer’s bellicose rhetoric on Iraq, the government accused him of “taking the Iraqi side”. You are either with America, or you are against Australia is the message. The Howard government’s dichotomous view of the world is based on one of the most enduring myths of the last fifty years: the idea that America enjoys a position of leadership over some vacuous “free world” – to which Australia proudly belongs. If America is the leader of the free world, then it is increasingly unclear who its followers are. In recent months, the Americans have unilaterally acted against the Anti-Ballistic Missile Treaty, Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Kyoto Protocol, Biological Weapons and Toxic Weapons Convention and tried to sabotage the establishment of the International Court. Their actions have drawn condemnation and scorn from the “free world”. The fallacy of American leadership is best demonstrated in the United Nations. Whenever it has benefited American interest, regardless how questionable, America has aggressively opposed the very same “free world” it claims to be leading. America is, after all, the only country having the dubious distinction of refusing to vote to ratify the Rights of the Child in December 1987. In the same month, America stood with Israel in voting against 153 other UN-members in opposing any effort to define terrorism and to convene a conference to study its causes and seek solutions. Even the right of nations to develop is something that America took exception to. In 1986, she voted against 146 other countries in opposing such a right. A few years later, US ambassador Morris Abram termed such an idea, “little more than an empty vessel into which vague hopes and inchoate expectations can be poured” and no less than a “dangerous incitement”. The fact that this declaration was a subset of the Universal Declaration of Human Rights was deemed irrelevant. On December 13, 1985, America again voted alone against 134 countries in opposing the declaration of the indivisibility and interdependence of economic, social, cultural, civil, and political rights. Whilst the “free world” was opposing apartheid in South Africa, America was voting alone against UN efforts to sanction the South African government. Between 1978 and 1987 there were over 10 such instances. In November, 1981, America voted alone against what most of the world considers to be the definition of democracy; America opposed 126 other states in rejecting the right of every society to choose its own economic and social system in accord with the will of its people. In 1979, the United States and Israel voted together to oppose the UN convening a conference on the rights of women. After losing the vote, they would opt for a second-best solution and later vote against the inclusion of Palestinian women at the conference. In 1982 and 1983, the US was alone in voting against a declaration that education, work, health care, proper nourishment and national development are human rights. Thirteen years later in 1996, the US would affirm the same opposition at the UN sponsored World Food Summit. The reason given for the opposition was that recognition of a right to food would enable poor nations to sue the United States for special trade deals. By allying itself so blindly with America on everything from an attack on Iraq through to the abandonment of Australian citizens held without trial in Guantanamo Bay, Australia is ignoring this history. It is also ignoring the current reality of a world that is increasingly opposed to US unilateralism and belligerence. America's history demonstrates the fallacy of the notion that American economic and military might necessitate moral ascendancy. As the American actor Will Rogers noted, "If we ever pass out as a great nation, we ought to put on our tombstone, "America died of the delusion she had moral leadership". It is morally perfidious that a country would refuse to make any distinction between American interests and its own because they want a ‘special relationship’ with the Americans. A nation’s pride is intrinsically linked to its independence and its sincerity to its own interests and values. Each time Australia acquiesces to American self-interest in deference to its own, it kills something of itself. Australia is becoming, as Shakespeare wrote in Julius Caesar, the coward who dies a thousand deaths before his death. As the government frog-marches the Australian nation towards becoming a vassal state to the American empire, those that question the transformation will continue to be vilified as somehow unpatriotic or disloyal to the national interest. For a lesson in true patriotism, Australians should look to Andrew Fletcher of Salloun, the 18th century Scottish patriot. He said, "Show me a true patriot, and I will show you a lover not merely of his own country, but of all mankind. Show me a spurious patriot, a bombastic fire-eater, and I will show you a rascal. Show me a man who loves other countries equally with his own, and I will show you a man entirely deficient in a sense of proportion. But show me a man who respects the rights of all nations, while ready to defend the rights of his own against them all, and I will show you a man who is both a nationalist and an internationalist". ---- Amir Butler is executive director of the Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee (AMPAC) Australian Muslim Public Affairs Committee PO Box 180 Pascoe Vale South VIC 3044 email: info at muslimaffairs.com.au web: www.muslimaffairs.com.au From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 02:44:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 02:44:46 -0700 Subject: Proffr approves the Stuckist internet. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509024159.00a11820@mail.nex.net.au> Its just routing around more damage isn't it? The Stuckist Net - what is your post-Palladium future? By Andrew Orlowski in London Posted: 19/08/2002 at 18:34 GMT "Your paintings are stuck, you are stuck! Stuck! Stuck! Stuck!" - Tracey Emin [to Billy Childish]. The copyright holders who dominate the entertainment oligopolies in the United States could risk ceding the nation's technological lead, once and forever. How so? Well, we now see that the Pigopolists intend to restrict the open protocols of the Internet. If there was any doubt, it should finally have been dispelled on Friday, as Thomas C Greene reported in Media giants demand ISPs block Web sites. We heard it coming two years ago when a Sony executive let on rather more than he should have, promising to block the packets:- "We will develop technology that transcends the individual user. We will firewall Napster at source - we will block it at your cable company, we will block it at your phone company, we will block it at your [ISP]. We will firewall it at your PC," he said. Three months later we exposed the first attempt to copy control OpenPC hardware - CPRM - plans which now seem quite tender now, following the proposed Hollings Act and Microsoft's Palladium. Sony's plans are succeeding splendidly. Explaining his position on a European TCPA last week, Bill Thompson said he'd arrived at the conclusion that a Fritz-chipped, lock-down Palladium was inevitable, as it had Microsoft and Intel on board as willing executioners. I think he's being optimistic. I can envisage multiple TCPAs: the Disney/Wintel version being the first. Quite certainly, a Chinese TCPA will follow, when they discover how useful it is to monitor individual computer users so precisely. TCPAs might not fall across continental boundaries, either. So although Bill's argument was couched as a breakaway, it's really the US computer industry that's making the first break. His is the first European reaction. The computer industry, in an alliance with the entertainment pigopolists is simply filling a vacuum that's been left by people unwilling to engage on a political level. They'd rather be coding, or warchalking, or, heck, doing anything except face the imminent lock-down. (How many articles about warchalking have you read in the last month, compared to articles supporting the real legislation on offer to limit Pigopolist power? Priorities, please ladies and gentlemen.) Now, I actually side with the constitutionalists here - today's DMCA and the courts may one day strike down potential Fritz bills. But by the time that happens, the freedom of changing your graphics card or upgrading your CPU will be a distant memory. The US PC industry is attempting to lock down the PC that's been an open platform ever since Compaq reverse engineered the IBM PC BIOS, and the fledgling cloners turned their noses at Big Blue's MCA bus. And the Internet protocols have, we've always been open since the mid-1970s. Many people at Intel don't like it - Andy Grove has spoken out against it quite eloquently - but if it means losing Intel's dominant position in the United States, or the huge Chinese market of the future, then Intel will Fritz it's chips for anyone who asks. But with the Internet's key routers, and top level domain name registry files physically hosted in the United States, with phasers set to stun, what are the rest of us - stuck with our antiquated regard for open protocols, open source, open PC hardware - to do? How the Stuckist Internet? We'll call ourselves Stuckists. We like open hardware, and we like routers that don't care about the packets that run through them. We'd like to be stuck there. Where will we be in a world of Multiple TCPAs? Well, the first obstacle will be hardware. There's a ready alternative in Linux, which would thrive in such conditions, but Stuckists will need processors. They could clone x86, or license a non-Intel instruction set such as ARM cheaply, or SPARC for no cost at all. That's the easy part. Manufacturing requires huge capital investment And who delivers the bandwidth? Well, if your needs are local, use your Stuckist PC primarily for communication and not for Hollywood-generated content, it's not going to be a problem. While replacing the TLDs with alternative root systems simply requires political consensus Dragging domain names into the issue might seem odd - but it's an instrument of control. Now this might look like a formidable set of obstacles, until your consider two countries that would welcome this as an opportunity: the world's biggest democracy, and the world's most populous country. Both have far more to gain from fuelling a Stuckist Internet than they might by following the Disney/Palladium path. Lamenting the lack of innovation in US manufacturing (it's a Western issue) John C Dvorak wrote: "Over the years we've always been told that the American edge was our inventiveness. But we can't be inventive if there is no necessity. And there is no necessity when there's no competition and everyone is feeding from the same Chinese manufacturing trough." But it's much worse that that. China has the oldest engineering tradition in the world, but most importantly, ensures that many of the manufacturing deals it has struck with Western technology companies have specified intellectual property transfers. It's rather keen on Linux. India also produces excellent engineers, has many English speakers, and is rather keen on Linux too. Both would see this as an opportunity to lead, rather than follow. China's ambitions are the same as Korea and Japan's twenty years ago: they have no intention to serve a low-tech sweatshop for the west. Is this where the post-Palladium technology industry will be centred? I trust Andy Grove will be lobbying hard with this scenario, to ensure that America's technology lead - which it takes for granted today - doesn't go the way of its automobile industry. Finally, remember that the thirst for communication technologies to be open is very strong indeed. But it doesn't always turn out like that. Radio was for several years a two-way communications system, then it became a broadcasting medium, and now ClearChannels own two thirds of all radio stations in the USA. There's a radio ham underground, of course. But are software libre developers, cypherpunks and the rest of us Stuckists destined for the same fate? Hoping and wishing, Candide-like for the best, that TCPA will just go away, isn't really an option. Tell me what you think of the Stuckist Internet. ® http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26740.html I'll get my CS latitude 400 back soon and put in SUSE. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 03:13:29 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 03:13:29 -0700 Subject: The Taking of a reactor the Japanese embassy and Parliament.123. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509031147.00a14430@mail.nex.net.au> Trio climbs parliament flagpole 20aug02 THREE Greenpeace protesters have climbed the Parliament House flagpole to protest against government policy on climate change. The protesters had reached the halfway point of the flagpole using industrial and rock-climbing climbing equipment, with four support crew at the base of the pole, by 11am (AEST). "It's quite a slow process because as you can imagine they are having to be very careful and it's quite a difficult climb," Greenpeace spokesman Shane Rattenbury said. "So at this stage it might take them a bit longer to actually climb the flagpole." Security staff were nearby, talking to the support crew, but were unable to stop them, with the climbers in an inaccessible position. The protesters planned to unfurl a banner voicing concern about government climate change policy. "The reason Greenpeace is doing this today is to protest against the Howard government's failure on climate change," Mr Rattenbury said. "The rejection by the Howard Government of the Kyoto Protocol is a backward step for Australia; it's ignoring Australia's responsibilities to act on climate change. "Opinion polling has shown that 80 per cent of Australians support ratification of Kyoto." The protest comes just days ahead of the United Nations-sponsored World Summit on Sustainable Development in South Africa, where the Government will face world pressure to ratify the protocol to combat climate change. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 03:18:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 03:18:23 -0700 Subject: Mrs Petrov - Set lasers to jab. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509031426.00a141c0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4931950%255E2862,00.html Also in this rag,news that Mrs Petrov may have been more valuable than her husband as she was a cipher clerk with access to VENONA. Jabs by laser free of pain By JEN KELLY, medical reporter 20aug02 A MELBOURNE firm has won worldwide patents for a laser device that could end the need for painful injections. The tiny pain-free laser allows drugs to seep through the skin into the body in minutes without a needle. It means childhood vaccines now injected could be given painlessly with an adhesive strip similar to a nicotine patch in a few years. Biotech company Norwood Abbey believes its device will revolutionise drug delivery worldwide. The hand-held laser will initially be used to administer anaesthetics, but the company hopes to use it for vaccines and painkillers next. The laser removes the top layer of skin so any drug applied immediately afterwards by cream or patch penetrates the skin swiftly. Norwood Abbey marketing director Bernie Romanin said the US drug agency was expected to approve the laser's use with a specific anaesthetic by the end of the year. Applying anaesthetic to the skin usually takes an hour to work but after using the new laser then applying the anaesthetic cream, the skin is numb within five minutes. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 03:28:28 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 03:28:28 -0700 Subject: Cracking the hackers' code Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509032649.00a14b30@mail.nex.net.au> http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/20/1029114072039.html By Suelette Dreyfus August 20 2002 Next If your organisation suffered a computer crime in the past few years and reported it to AusCERT, it was probably an attack from outside your walls. Nearly 90 per cent of Australian organisations that reported an incident were attacked externally, according to the 2002 Australian Computer Crime and Security Survey. This is the first time the threat of being attacked from outside surpassed the likelihood of an assault from inside. It might be increasingly difficult to keep out external hackers but there are signs IT managers are finding it easier to win support within companies for improving security. Management consulting firm McKinsey & Co recently studied security best practices at Fortune 500 companies. About 30 of these companies, including AOL Time Warner, Merrill Lynch, Microsoft and Visa International, had appointed a chief security officer or other senior executive to oversee information security. In some cases, this executive had the power to stop the launch of new products or systems, and answered only to the chief executive. The recent AusCERT study stated that 70 per cent of Australian organisations surveyed had increased spending on information security in the past year. All of this is good news for IT managers. Most attempted attacks come via script kiddies, according to Neal Wise, senior security consultant for eSec, a Melbourne-based security technology company. Keeping software up to date should provide a good first-line defence but he also recommends putting pressure on vendors to release security patches in a timely fashion. "You can vote with your wallet," he says. Yet Grant Bayley, organiser of Sydney's 2600 group, a gathering of security enthusiasts, says that while the number of hackers has increased, the percentage of highly skilled hackers has stayed the same, suggesting their total numbers are up as well. "These are the people who are really good at writing exploits - original and very obscure exploits. And people don't write exploits just to have them sit there and look pretty." More sophisticated hackers may be more difficult to defend against, in part because their motivations may be complex. A small subset of these hackers obsess about a problem day after day, ignoring the rest of their lives. If you are running a network or a system, understanding what drives people to break in will help you to defend your organisation. Meeting "Higgs", formerly one of the most skilled illegal hackers of the Australian computer underground, can be a high-stress experience; Higgs fidgets with other people's things until they break. He doesn't mean to break them, he just pulls and prods at them incessantly while he bounces his knee up and down and talks. When the item cracks or snaps, he looks utterly surprised, as though he had no idea the item was in his hand. He sheepishly slips the broken pieces into his pocket, adding to his sins by running off with the evidence. He sometimes has one-way conversations with people, meaning he talks and they try to get a word in edgewise. He is always right, and he is only interested in "the truth", no matter how bare and brutal. This inflexible, seemingly arrogant attitude frequently gets him into trouble, in part because he is usually right. Or because when he's wrong, he's so wildly off the mark, it's funny. He's also anti-social, partly due to shyness, but also because most people bore him. He says they don't feed him information fast enough. "I can't do that chit-chat stuff," he says. Like a number of other technically elite hackers, Higgs shows characteristics similar to those shown by people with Asperger syndrome. This neurobiological disorder, which may resemble mild autism, has often been misdiagnosed in the past. The condition only made it into the Diagnostic and Statistical Manual of Mental Disorders in 1994. Like elite-end hackers, many "aspies" are exceptionally skilled in a specialised area. A 2001 University of Cambridge study into the syndrome showed a higher incidence of AS/High-Functioning Autism, which seem to be related, among scientists and mathematicians. Tests of 840 students showed "that mathematicians scored higher than engineers, physical and computer sciences, who scored higher than medicine and biology". The condition is also more common among males and may have a genetic component. There does not appear to be any in-depth research linking illegal hacking and Asperger syndrome. However, one of the world's leading AS experts, Australian clinical psychologist Tony Attwood, believes some hackers may share characteristics with "Aspies", as they refer to themselves. "The link between AS and computers is well known. Computers were designed by - and for - people with AS," Attwood, based in Queensland, says. "Those with AS seem to know the language of computers better than social or conventional languages. It is quite plausible that people with AS may pursue an interest in cracking." Historically, AS has been linked to at least one area that has become a key part of computer security: cryptography. "The team that cracked the Enigma code appeared to include several individuals who showed characteristics of Asperger's," Attwood says. This included the father of modern computing, Alan Turing. "It's the sheer challenge rather than any (criminal intent). It's the pursuit of knowledge and truth - with different priorities and perceptions ¤ They see it as an intellectual challenge and a prize, (and) they look at the success of what they have done rather than the consequences of the lives of people they have affected." Aspies typically have an almost obsessional approach to solving problems and are often oblivious to their peers' view that a given problem is "unsolvable". Both are often prerequisites to becoming an elite-end hacker. What effect might hacking have on an Aspie? "Hacking is giving them an intellectual orgasm. And they are addicted to the intellectual orgasm," Attwood says. This doesn't mean all illegal hackers have AS, or that these hackers should escape criminal conviction. However, the linking of AS and hacking could have an impact on conviction or sentencing in future. Previously, what experts termed an extreme addiction to hacking played a key role in a landmark British hacking case. Based on the descriptions of the hacker's behaviour, the apparent addiction could well have been a manifestation of AS. In a jury trial, the legal defence team of the British hacker "Wandii" showed the hacker was obsessed with computers and the intellectual challenge of beating them. The jury acquitted him of criminal charges in just 90 minutes, apparently because it decided he lacked mens rea, or awareness of criminal wrongdoing. "You would not use AS to say a person is of unsound mind, because such people are very logical (if) eccentric," Attwood says. "But (a diagnosis) could alter sentencing in two ways. First, in (assessing) the degree of criminal intent. And, second, in deterrence. They may need treatment for a compulsion, which may be irresistible, rather than a prison sentence or a psychiatric institution." In the US, convicted hackers have been banned from using computers for long periods as part of their sentences. Attwood says this approach is likely to be inappropriate for Aspies. Denying them use of computers is very different than for most people. "What we might look at instead is controlled access in a constructive way for convicted offenders," he says. "Res" is a skilled Australian Black Hat hacker. Extremely private, street smart, he holds back, watching you, taking your measure. He slips in a little cynical humour now and again, showing he's cool but not cold. But he's a contrast to the stereotypical Hollywood geek hacker because he has a life. "I haven't spent a Friday or Saturday night at home since I was 17," Res says. While not showing any visible signs of AS, he's clearly capable of obsessional behaviour. "I am obsessive: I collect things. I like having everything, I never delete anything. I am a radical person. I'm all or nothing." He says he doesn't read books but that's not quite true. He buys technical textbooks. Other than specialist mailing lists and the newspaper, the only other thing he reads is the Slashdot website. The Cambridge study suggests a "continuum" of disability, "with AS as the bridge between autism and normality". Res may represent a point on the spectrum between AS and obsessive - a place other top hackers might also occupy. Hacker group 2600's Grant Bayley estimates that, based on his experience, "You probably wouldn't find more than two AS symptoms in any one hacker but you would find more symptoms in 50 to 70 per cent of hackers in the mid to upper-skill level." Higgs recognises he has some AS traits and he believes having AS could definitely contribute to hackers rising in the ranks of the elite underground. "It is not that AS gets you to the top of the pile but it can help. Because there are some things that are broken, you are forced to use other parts of the brain instead. The ability to blinker everything else and not get distracted helps." He views the AS-affected hacker mind as being like the Internet: "That hacker's mind sees group dynamics as damage and routes around it." However, after interacting with a number of top hackers around the globe over several years, he argues there are other contributing factors. "For these people to get where they have, Asperger's isn't enough. They have something else. Clearly (convicted American hacker Kevin) Mitnick's talent doesn't just come from AS; there is something else there. Like his social engineering talent - you just wouldn't associate that with AS," he says. "The 'f***-you' attitude is also a requirement. Every one (of the top hackers) has had the 'f***-you' ingredient ¤ You cannot defy authority and break the law thousands of times a year without the 'f***-you' ingredient." Suelette Dreyfus is the author of Underground and an honorary fellow at the University of Melbourne's department of information systems. How to deter the obsessive attacker What is the best way to defend your network against illegal hackers who show Asperger syndrome-like characteristics? A former highly skilled and obsessive hacker, "Higgs" suggests breaking the patterns of usual defensive behaviour. Trip wires in packaged software might be anticipated by a pattern-based hacker. "Set up trip wires that are unique," he says. Also, use your logs in different ways for tell-tale signs of a hacker's trespass. "Backdoor the 'ls' command (in UNIX), which gives you a list of files. Record its arguments and when it is used. A (pattern-based) hacker might not think to look for logs of that. "Backdoor the SSH (secure shell) client to record who is using it and when. Keep secret log files in unusual locations." From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 03:32:24 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 03:32:24 -0700 Subject: Did AMD put the fear of death in INTEL? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509033054.00a148c0@mail.nex.net.au> http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/19/1029114067050.html Could explain the P4 hypeburgers. PC owners sue Intel, OEMs over P4 claims August 19 2002 Intel, Gateway and Hewlett-Packard face a class action lawsuit filed against them by a group of computer owners who allege the companies misled them into believing the Pentium 4 is a superior processor to the Pentium III and the AMD Athlon. A report in PC World says the complaint was filed in the third judicial circuit in Madison County, Illinois. A ruling has yet to be made on whether the case comes under state or federal jurisdiction. PCWorld said it had received a copy of the complaint from an anonymous source. The complaint claims that the public were deceived by the marketing of the P4 and alleges that there is no benefit to consumers who choose the P4 over the PIII. It also alleges that the P4 is slower and less powerful than the PIII or the AMD Athlon. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 03:47:00 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 03:47:00 -0700 Subject: The future has barely begun. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509034556.00a14650@mail.nex.net.au> Confessions of an information junkie By Graeme Philipson August 20 2002 Next Nearly a decade after the Internet entered my life, it continues to amaze me. I remain astonished at the sheer volume of information it contains and the ease with which that information can be accessed. I am an information junkie. It has got to the stage where I cannot imagine life without the Web. People sometimes e-mail me and ask me where they can find out information on various things. I invariably tell them just to do an Internet search, usually with Google, which is the best of the search engines, but there are lots of others too. My second favourite is Anzwers, because I often need to know specifically Australian things. Engines that aggregate the results of other engines, such as Dogpile, are also useful. We all have our favourite websites. Mine is AnalystViews. It is run by a fellow in Connecticut called Jim Zimmermann, and it has only been going a few months. It aggregates and provides pointers to all the free content from more than a hundred IT analyst groups around the world. All these companies give away a bit of their information in the hope it will entice you to buy some of the stuff they charge for. Much of the free stuff is very useful. When you add it all together, it's invaluable. Zimmermann's site, which includes a free weekly newsletter, is an amazing resource for anyone interested in trends in the IT industry. Another good site with an astounding amount of free IT information is ITpapers, which was recently bought by CNet. ITpapers is a portal to so-called "white papers", which are semi-technical documents published by computer suppliers to explain the background to their products. White papers are marketing tools but are usually written in a style that is meant to be objective, and they often contain extremely useful material. I get quite a few e-mailed newsletters about various aspects of the IT industry. Some are free, some I pay for. But I also get some outside of IT. I devour my daily cricket news from Cric Info. I get my word a day from Wordsmith.org. Because I am such a surfer, I get spammed relentlessly. It is a small price to pay for the benefits of e-mail, truly the Web's killer application. E-mail suits my way of working to a T. I work from home and venture into the city only occasionally, and it is the main way I keep in touch with clients and associates around the world. I have really noticed in the past year or two how the telephone has dropped off in importance for many business functions. I get a lot of e-mails as author of this column, but before e-mail was common, I was lucky to get one letter a week. I got a note they other day from a reader suggesting that the benefits of the Internet age were overrated. I asked him why he had e-mailed his letter instead of posting it. The amazing thing about all this is that we have barely scratched the surface. We are still at the very early stage of the Internet. We will look back in 10 years and think how primitive all this was. High bandwidth will introduce many new applications. So will the Semantic Web. And Web services. And wireless. The future has barely begun. graeme at philipson.info http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/17/1029114033294.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 06:20:35 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 06:20:35 -0700 Subject: Killer cops deadly secret,fear of an APster planet? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509061812.00a135f0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.theledger.com/local/local/16hear.htm Sheriff Keeps Name of Officer Secret, for Now Friday, August 16, 2002 By JOHN CHAMBLISS The Ledger BARTOW -- The Polk County sheriff received a temporary injunction Thursday to stop The Ledger from publishing the name of an undercover officer who shot and killed a man during a July 26 drug raid. Chief Judge Charles Curry also directed Sheriff's Office attorneys to call Circuit Judge Ron Herring today to arrange for a full hearing within the next five days. Curry granted the temporary injunction after a 45-minute hearing that included testimony from Sheriff's Col. Gary Hester. In a statement, Sheriff Lawrence W. Crow Jr. sharply criticized The Ledger. "I am absolutely at a loss to explain why The Ledger will be printing this detective's name. It serves no purpose, other than a tabloid fascination with creating controversy. "If this officer's name is revealed, we will immediately take steps to protect him and his family. We will also be forced to reassign him out of his undercover position, which will interrupt his career development. His training and experience in his undercover capacity will take time and money to replace," Crow wrote. The officer shot and killed Jason Michael Britt, 22, during a raid on Britt's home in Lakeland. Sheriff's officials say Britt was shot after he threatened the officer with a baseball bat and refused to drop it. Because the officer works undercover, sheriff's officials have refused to release his name. It is the first time in memory that a Polk police agency has not disclosed the name of an officer who killed someone. The Sheriff's Office's investigation of the shooting was sent to the State Attorney's Office earlier this week for review. The State Attorney's Office will determine whether the shooting was justified and should release its findings next week. Louis Michael "Skip" Perez, The Ledger's executive editor, contacted sheriff's Col. Grady Judd early Thursday morning to tell him that the newspaper had learned the name of the deputy and was prepared to publish it when the State Attorney's Office report is released. Perez said he called Judd to give him a chance to take whatever measures he thought necessary to protect the deputy, including transferring him or removing him from undercover. "When a government agent shoots someone, rightly or wrongly, an open society has a right to know who it was," Perez said, adding that undercover agents often testify in public trials using their real names. "We're confident this issue will be resolved in our favor soon since there's no precedent in this country's legal history for successfully ordering a newspaper not to print something," Perez said. Ledger attorney Jim Lake of Holland & Knight in Tampa said he was disappointed with the temporary injunction but thinks the newspaper will prevail. Lake said any shooting is of great public interest. "Unfortunately, police are involved in shootings. When that happens, it is newsworthy. "The public interest in this deputy's name is itself manifestly overwhelming -- the death of anyone at the hands of law enforcement is of obvious public concern," Lake said. In a written brief Lake said, "The United States Supreme Court has emphatically stated that prior restraints on speech and publication are the most serious and the least tolerable infringement on First Amendment rights." During the hearing, Lake said Col. Hester told the judge that the undercover deputy had been threatened. In the brief, Lake cited a 1976 case -- The Miami Herald vs. Mcintosh Co. "A party seeking a prior restraint must demonstrate that freedom of speech would constitute an immediate, and not merely likely, threat . . . "The danger to be prevented must not be remote or even probable, it must immediately imperil." "Before First Amendment freedoms can be abridged, substantive evil must be extremely serious and the degree of imminence extremely high." In the brief, Lake wrote the Sheriff's Office has not proven that the threat is high. "This argument ignores the fact that this deputy was removed from undercover work during the Sheriff's Office review of the shooting. Consequently, it is not clear that the deputy is participating in any ongoing investigation (or ever will be again)," Lake wrote. Lake continued by saying the deputy might have already identified himself by testifying in court. "The Sheriff's Office, therefore, has not shown how publication of his actual name will interfere with his work or his safety." From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 06:24:55 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 06:24:55 -0700 Subject: "Beware of Imperialist China" and Vietnam. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509062202.009fb590@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20020819_vietnam.shtml Vietnam: Another online critic jailed. Vietnamese Internet essayist Le Chi Quang is shortly expected to go on trial on national security charges, reports the Committee to Protect Journalists (CPJ). Quang was arrested and jailed on February 21 for writing articles that criticised Vietnam's border agreements with China. Officials from the Prosecutor's Office informed Quang's mother that her son would be tried soon under Article 88 of the Criminal Code, which bans the distribution of information that opposes the government, reported the CPJ. The exact date of the trial is unknown. The article, titled "Beware of Imperialist China," had been widely distributed on the Internet and Quang's arrest coincided with a visit to Vietnam by Chinese president Jiang Zemin. Writers and intellectuals in Vietnam increasingly use the Internet to circulate news and opinion that is banned from the tightly controlled domestic press. In response, the government has recently escalated efforts to maintain strict control over online information. Another writer, Pham Hong Son, is also being held in B14 prison for distributing information online. Son was arrested on March 27 after translating into Vietnamese and posting online an article titled "What is Democracy?," which had originally been posted on the U.S. State Department's Web site. On August 7, authorities shut down a domestic Web site (www.TTVNonline.com) where viewers had posted articles on sensitive political topics, including the border agreements with China and official corruption, according to international news reports relayed by the CPJ. The Web site, which was created in December 2000, received about 260,000 hits every day. Vietnam's government has recently sought to toughen its control over access to information, as the country opens up economically to the outside world. Increasing numbers of people use the Internet and are able to see sharp differences between Vietnamese and foreign news reports, particularly of events in Vietnam. According to the Vietnam Economic Times newspaper as reported by Associated Press the country now has 4,000 public Internet cafes. The Ministry of Culture and Information noted in June that "no authorities have been responsible for monitoring the shops after their owners receive licenses, resulting in abuses". Internet service providers in Vietnam are held responsible for filtering undesirable Web sites, but the culture ministry said it was difficult to do so because of the large number of sites. In its report, it said Internet cafe owners should be required to monitor customers to ensure they do not misuse the Internet.. CPJ report via IFEX Vietnam's telecoms industry ambitions. Guardian report on web cafe crackdowns in Saigon. Tehelka hunger striker... India: Tehelka.com reporter on hunger strike. One of the journalists behind the exposure of one of India's biggest political scandals in years has gone on hunger strike in protest at his arrested on August 7 on charges of assaulting a federal investigator. Aniruddha Bahal, who works as Investigations Editor for the news and entertainment Web site Tehelka.com, and his colleagues believe that the arrests are part of a deliberate strategy of the government to target their website. International activists agree. "The arrest of two of the website's journalists in the past month constitutes a further stage in the harassment of this independent press site. We ask that you have this intimidation brought to an end and that you drop the legal action against these journalists," said Reporters sans Frontieres secretary-general Robert Ménard in a letter to Interior Minister Lal Krishna Advani, Tehelka.com commentator Parsa Venkateshwar Rao said the Vajpayee government was operating in a way that recalled the brutal 'Emergency' period of military rule in India under Indira Gandhi. "There is both anger and apprehension in a large section of media that the BJP is intent on targeting Press freedoms," he wrote. Bahal was one a team of Tehelka reporters who secretly filmed defense officials accepting bribes to push through a fictitious defense equipment deal. The scandal was the first major crisis faced by Prime Minister Atal Bihari Vajpayee's government, and led to the resignation of the defence minister and the dismissal of the president of the ruling party. There is also continued concern about the continued detention of Iftikhar Geelani, the Delhi bureau chief of the Kashmir Times, who was arrested in June on charges of violating the Official Secrets Act. So far the police have been unwilling or unable to relase deatils of the evidence against him. AP report via Editor & Publisher magazine. Tehelka.com website and profile of Aniruddha Bahal. Media angry over BJP government targeting Tehelka. Both stories and more from the rsf site with cohones... http://www.indexonline.org/indexindex/20020809_india.shtml From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 06:35:17 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 06:35:17 -0700 Subject: APB - Crazy Elias and Renato Souza Lopes, alias "Ratinho" (Little Rat). Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509062825.00a0de30@mail.nex.net.au> A third member of the gang that killed journalist Tim Lopes shot dead See the portuguese version of the press release Alleged drug dealer Flávio Reginaldo dos Santos, alias "Buda", one of the suspects in the Tim Lopes murder who was still at large, was shot dead by police in the early hours of 15 August in Vila del Cruzeiro, a Rio de Janeiro shantytown. Police said he was hit by bullets while trying to escape the police officers who were attempting to arrest him. Dos Santos was reportedly a member of the gang led by "Crazy" Elias, the prime suspect in the Lopes killing. Dos Santos was not believed to have participated directly in the killing of Lopes. He was wanted for having set fire to a drugs squad vehicle with four police officers inside in September 2001. 14.08.2002 - Growing concern about Tim Lopes investigation after death of two suspects Reporters Without Borders today voiced its utmost concern about recent developments in the investigation into the murder of TV journalist Tim Lopes, in particular, the death in the space of a week of two suspects who had been wanted for their presumed participation, and reports of police corruption. In a letter to President Fernando Henrique Cardoso, Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Robert Ménard called for a thorough investigation into the circumstances of the death of the two suspects, especially Mauricio de Lima Mathias, who was reportedly killed in an exchange of shots with police during an attempt to detain him. Ménard said the organisation was also "extremely concerned" about reports that the journalist's killers had corrupted police officers. "It would be scandalous if elements in the police help to keep this crime unpunished", the letter said, stressing that "this odious crime has outraged Brazilian society and the international community". The organisation asked to be kept informed of the results of the enquiry into the presumed corruption of police officials by Elias Pereiora, the head of the gang that executed Lopes. Finally, it also insisted that measures be taken to guarantee the safety of the five suspects currently held in this case and that of the witnesses. One of Lopes' presumed killers, André da Cruz Barbosa, alias "André Capeta" (André the Devil), was killed by a bullet in the head on 13 August. The police say he probably killed himself, but do not rule out the possibility that he was gunned down by a rival gang or members of his own gang, However, according to Aldney Zacharias Peixoto, a representative of the public prosecutor's office, he could have been seen as someone who knew too much and may therefore have been executed by corrupt police habitually paid by the gang to ensure its protection. The other suspect, Mauricio de Lima Mathias, was shot dead five days earlier, on 8 August, when police tried to arrest him in the Vigario Geral shantytown (north of Rio) where he was hiding. He had been implicated in the journalist's death by other suspects, and was one of four persons wanted by the police in the case. According to Agence France-Presse, an anonymous caller recently told the police that Elias Pereira, alias "Elias Maluco" (Crazy Elias), the chief of the band of drug dealers which executed the journalist, had paid 600,000 Reals (200,000 Euros) to corrupt police for them to leave him alone. This is denied by Francisco Bras, commander of the military police. But Sergio Aguiar, secretary for public security in Rio de Janeiro, has said that "it is very possible that Crazy Elias enjoys the protection of certain corrupt police". Five officials are currently being investigated. Two suspects are still wanted in the Lopes murder investigation : Crazy Elias and Renato Souza Lopes, alias "Ratinho" (Little Rat). According to the daily O Globo, on 9 August a judge ordered that the five suspects already detained in this case be placed in preventive custody. They are Elizeu Felicio de Souza, alias "o Zeu", Angelo Ferreira da Silva ("o Primo"), Reinaldo Amaral de Jesos ("Kadê"), Fernando Sátyro da Silva ("o Frei") and Claudino dos Santos Coelho ("Xuxa"). This was done at the request of the two investigating magistrates in charge of the case, Vivian Tavares Henriques and Patrícia Mothé Glioche, to ensure they would not be released. The five face charges of theft, drug trafficking, homicide and "concealment of a body". A TV Globo journalist, Lopes was killed on the night of 2-3 June while gathering information on the use of child prostitutes by drug dealers in the Vila del Cruzeiro shantytown on the outskirts of Rio de Janeiro. Dealers recognized him as he was shooting footage with a micro-camera. According to two if the detained suspects, he was tortured and then finished off with a machete by the local drug baron, Crazy Elias. His body was then burned. Charred human remains found on 5 July in a clandestine cemetery in the Grota shantytown have been formally identified as those of Lopes. http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=3434 From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 06:41:22 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 06:41:22 -0700 Subject: Keychain drive fits in small bucket of sulphuric acid. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509063931.00a15b30@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.nando.net/technology/story/503322p-4012672c.html (August 19, 2002 8:34 a.m. EDT) - It's time to bag the floppy disk drive. The drives, whether the 5.25-inch from the early days of personal computing or the almost-universal 3.5-inch plastic squares of today, are no longer necessary. A new widget called a Cruzer has convinced me that floppies are now as quaint as shirt armbands and sock garters. Regular readers will know that this is a bit like the Supreme Court declaring Casual Mondays and putting aside those stuffy black robes for sandals and shorts. Every system recommended here has included at least one floppy drive, and Apple was soundly thrashed for not including one on the iMac. No more. Here's what brought about the sea change: Cruzer is a grey-and-black flash memory widget with a USB port. It measures 1.73 by 2.68 inches and is 0.67 inches thick. It weighs about as much as a small tube of lip gel. But it will hold 32, 64, 128 or 256 megabytes of data and work effortlessly and seamlessly on both Windows and Mac platforms. It's a new product from SanDisk Corporation of Sunnyvale, Calif. When connected to the USB (Universal Serial Bus) port of a running system, the Cruzer becomes just another disk drive and you can write to it, read from it, erase, copy - all the things you can do with a standard hard drive. But because it is flash memory - no moving parts - moving files to or from the Cruzer is very, very fast, much faster than a CD-ROM read-write drive. And any electricity it needs comes from the USB connection. To put all that in perspective, the hard disk drives that stored stock information for The Associated Press 25 years ago stored 10 megabytes. They were the size of washing machines, took two strong men to lift, and had to be kept in an air-conditioned power-condition environment. The 64-megabyte Cruzor review unit, with the data capacity of six of those monsters, comfortably shared a shirt pocket with a cell phone for the trip from the office computer to the home computer for data transfer tests. And it cared not a whit that the temperature on the train platform in Penn Station was around 115 F. The cost of the Cruzer is also comparatively tiny - $49.99 for the 32-megabyte version, $74.99 for the 64 megabyte and, by the time you're up to 256 megabytes, $199.99. Because it behaves just like a hard drive, Cruzer doesn't care what size your files are, up to capacity. And the storage cards can be removed and upgraded. The product comes with a two-inch USB extension cable, but you don't have to use it. And it comes with some encryption software that you don't have to use either. It also doesn't require drivers. For Windows machines, the requirements are a Pentium PC with USB support and Windows 98, 98SE, 2000, ME or XP. The Mac needs USB support and either Mac OS 9.1.whatever or OSX v10.1.2+. (Now that Apple gets a pass on its no-floppy products, the new gripe will be about the way it labels its operating system versions. Do we really need three decimal places?) SanDisk products are available at retail. And you can find them at the sandisk.com Web site. Note that the prices quoted on the Web site are higher for the first two levels of storage than the prices now being quoted by company reps. The Cruzer is being promoted as a "keychain" drive and comes with a little fuzzy carrier that has a keyhook, but that's probably not the best way to use it. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 06:48:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 06:48:34 -0700 Subject: The "Bell Telegraph." Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509064717.00a0d810@mail.nex.net.au> 'Bell Telegraph' May Enable Cosmic Communications Send this Article Print this Article Talkback Related Stories By Mike Martin NewsFactor Sci::Tech, Part of the NewsFactor Network August 19, 2002 Einstein's special theory of relativity strictly forbids anything from traveling faster than the speed of light. A quantum mechanical Bell telegraph, however, may defy this prohibition with a twist -- literally. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- No ; not that one... The future of telecommunications may hinge on a clever new version of a device from its past, physicists claim. What the Bell telephone is to communication across town or overseas, the Bell telegraph -- named for British physicist J.S. Bell -- may become to communication across the solar system or even the Milky Way. John Bell first proposed that the strange properties of quantum mechanics might permit subatomic particles to interact instantaneously over distances so vast that signals between the particles had to travel faster than light speed. "A device that transmits information faster than light speed has always been possible, at least in theory," telecommunications engineering professor and former Bell Laboratories director Ira Jacobs told News Factor. "In practice, such a device would present monumental engineering hurdles that might be overcome by futuristic engineers," he added. Defying Einstein with a Twist Einstein's special theory of relativity strictly forbids anything from traveling faster than the speed of light. A quantum mechanical Bell telegraph, however, may defy this prohibition with a twist -- literally. The so-called up and down "spin" states characteristic of quantum particles would substitute for telegraphic dots and dashes. Spin is a particle's intrinsic angular momentum and may be visualized as a left or right-handed rotation -- or twist -- about an imaginary axis. In theory, a Bell telegraph could send an instant signal from a particle on Earth entangled with a second particle on a planet light years away -- a special configuration called a "Bell state." Spooky Physics "A Bell state is a particular kind of quantum state that describes two particles in which measurement of some quantity in one of the particles instantly affects the distant particle, no matter how far away it is," physicist Daniel Badagnani, a visiting professor with Argentina's National Research Council (CONICET), told NewsFactor. The very act of observing the Earth-bound particle's spin -- up or down -- instantaneously causes the distant particle to occupy the opposite spin state, a circumstance of quantum mechanics so mystifying Einstein called it "spooky." Spin "up down up" measurements on the Earth-bound particle instantly become spin "down up down" readings on the distant particle. Assigning dots to "spin up" and dashes to "spin down" leads to a "dash dot dash" with another amazing twist -- the dots and dashes appear instantly to a receiver -- no matter how far away. Quantum Hurdles However, future engineers will have to overcome another strange quality of quantum phenomena to construct a functional Bell telegraph. In theory, spin up is a "pure" state, a certainty like the left- or right-handed rotation of a planet or spinning top. In practice, however, quantum spin exists as a high or low "probability" of up or down, never guaranteed until an actual measurement occurs. Quantum states may be visualized as fuzzy, statistical "waves" that only collapse into hard data after a definitive observation -- hardly the stuff of reliable information. "Due to the probabilistic outcome of the collapse, or quantum measurement, no information can be transmitted through a collapse," University of Missouri physics professor Peter Pfeiffer told News Factor. 'Informed Crazies' Agree To surmount this hurdle, Daniel Badagnani has searched for an "ingenious setting that could distinguish between the pure state and the statistical mixture," he explained. The prospect of such an innovation heartens National Science Foundation Electrical and Communication Systems program director Paul Werbos. "I am one of those informed crazies who thinks that there is a 2-to-1 chance we should be able to build something to do what Badagnani wants to do, sooner or later, by exploiting basic phenomena of quantum dynamics and quantum measurement," Werbos told News Factor. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 07:10:51 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 07:10:51 -0700 Subject: SOCAL Repression news. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509071013.00a0ae20@mail.nex.net.au> CALL FOR AN INTERNATIONAL SUPPORT CAMPAIGN FOR THE LONG BEACH/SOUTHERN CALIFORNIA ANARCHIST MOVEMENT By Lorenzo Komboa Ervin Recently I visited Los Angeles for a speaking tour, and learned of the harassment and frame-ups of Anarchists in Long Beach/Los Angeles county, California. It seems that repressive police And FBI terrorism is being used to crush the Anarchist movement there. During May Day protests against capitalism held in Long Beach, police without provocation attacked a street demonstration with brutal violence, arresting about 100 persons, and physically injuring several others. People were shot with rubber bullets, beaten with baton, and sprayed with chemical Mace. One of those arrested, Robert Middaugh, was later railroaded to prison with a three year sentence for "assaulting" the one of police officers attacking the protesters. He is now in prison as an Anarchist political prisoner of the government at a California penitentiary. Police justified the police riot by claiming protesters threw rocks, bottles, and other projectiles, and even feces at them, which has been proven to be a total lie. These attacks were unprovoked, and just designed to break up the demonstration and stifle the organizing of the Anarchist movement. They were political repression. Since those protests last year, several other Anarchists have been arrested on bogus charges, and others have received numerous threats and harassment from the police, including constant visits to the Anarchist infoshop. A goon squad of cops have followed them at demonstrations, and tried to goad them to violence. Yet, through it all they have continued to protest pig/stage repression. And they are now being supported by the Black community, especially folks who have witnessed or been the victims of police brutality. The Black community in not only Long Beach, but throughout L.A. county, has been subjected to police racist violence and police racial profiling. Add to this the continuing FBI spying and the January arrest of Sherman A., founder of the radical website, RaisetheFist.com, then one can clearly see that the American government's police forces have singled out the Long Beach area as a test for how to crush the Anarchist movement in this period. As has happened in the past, whenever Anarchism became a dangerous and potent political force, the government then engages in a policy of systematic political repression. This is similar to the FBI's COINTELPRO campaign against the 1960's Black Panther Party and New Left. They framed activists, set groups against each other to prevent joint support, and used massive violence to put down protests. We must support these Anarchists, or they will be coming after us next. Today it's Long Beach and L.A., tomorrow it will be those of us in New York, Chicago, Boston, Atlanta, Detroit, or wherever Anarchists are organized. The new "anti-terrorist" laws give the government a strong hand to put down political dissent, but solidarity is our major weapon. We must support each other, and not allow government lies and misinformation lead us to inaction. I am calling on the international Anarchist Black Cross movement, and Anarchists all over the world to support the Long Beach Anarchists, Sherman A., Robert Middaugh, and others caught up in the government's dragnet. We cannot let this repression go unchecked, and injury to one is an injury to all. WHAT CAN YOU DO? 1. Send donation for legal defense of these Anarchists to: Long Beach Infoshop, 684 Redondo Avenue, Long Beach, CA. 90814-1453. 2. Send letters of complaint to Long Beach city and L.A. County officials demanding that they drop these prosecutions and end the harassment of Anarchists: Mayor Beverly O'Neil, 333 West Ocean Beach Blvd., Long Beach, CA. 90802 e-mail: Mayor at ci.long-beach.ca.us ; Tom Reaves, City Prosecutor also needs to hear from you: prosecutor at ci.long-beach.ca for bring the misdemeanor charges, as does Steve Cooley, L.A. County District Attorney, who is bring the felony charges, lada at co.la.ca.us 3. Send letters of support for the victims of these frame-ups or this repression to: Los Angeles Anarchist Black Cross, P.O. Box 3671, Anaheim, CA. 98203-3671 email: LA_blackcross at hotmail.com or Blackcross at disinfo.net 4. Spread the word on the case of the Long Beach Anarchists, and when the time comes for a mass solidarity protest (Day of Action) and a tribunal on police crimes, be ready to come there. (dates to be announced) For more information on the Long Beach struggle, or to see pic(s) of the May 2001 police riot, plese go to: http://www.infoshop.com , http://www.StopLBRepression.org , http://www.raisethefist.com/index1.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 07:37:01 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 07:37:01 -0700 Subject: Hellholes by Halliburton. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509073508.00a0dd50@mail.nex.net.au> Halliburton to Build New Cells at Guantanamo Base WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Halliburton Co. has been awarded a $9.7 million contract to build an additional 204-cell detention camp at the U.S. naval base at Guantanamo Bay, Cuba to hold additional suspected al Qaeda and Taliban prisoners, the Pentagon said on Friday. The move will expand the high-security prison on the base, where hundreds of such "detainees" from Afghanistan are already being held in 612 small cells. The prison at Guantanamo Bay Naval Station has played a major part in the U.S. war on terrorism declared after September's attacks on America in which more than 3,000 people died. No prisoners have been charged, but some could eventually face military trials. Brown and Root Services, an engineering division of Halliburton, will build the additional 6-by-8-foot cells on the windward side of the remote U.S. base at the southeastern tip of Cuba, the Pentagon said. The work is expected to be completed by October. But the Pentagon suggested on Friday that the facility could grow even more and that the contract could eventually total as much as $300 million if additional options were exercised over the next four years. Vice President Dick Cheney is the former chief executive officer of Halliburton, whose main business is providing oilfield services. The company has come under heavy pressure this year because of concerns about its liabilities and a probe by the Securities and Exchange Commission into its accounting for cost overruns on construction projects. Additional Cells Sought By Rumsfeld Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld earlier this month asked Congress to approve expanding the prison facility, which currently has 612 cells, by 204 cells. Army Lt. Col. Joe Hoey, a spokesman for the task force running the prisoner operation at the naval base in Cuba, said earlier that the United States was holding and interrogating 564 suspected Taliban and al Qaeda prisoners. The prisoners were captured in the U.S.-led war against the al Qaeda group blamed for the September attacks and against the Taliban government that sheltered them in Afghanistan. The captives were moved in April to Camp Delta, a permanent facility built to replace Camp X-Ray, a series of makeshift chain-link cells hastily erected when the U.S. military first brought prisoners from Afghanistan to Guantanamo in January. The United States drew fire from human rights groups after photographs were distributed of the prisoners squatting in their cells in the blazing Cuban sun. Human rights activists have criticized that U.S. stance that the captives are not prisoners of war under the Geneva conventions. The fate of the prisoners being held at Guantanamo is still uncertain. The United States government has set guidelines to try some of them before military tribunals but has not said when that might happen. Camp Delta is made up of solid cells in rows that look like long mobile homes. Unlike Camp X-Ray, they have wash basins with running water and floor-style toilets that flush. Like X-Ray, Camp Delta is surrounded by fences topped with razor wire and ringed by wooden guard towers manned by sharpshooters. But the new camp is enclosed inside a green mesh curtain, which prevents visitors from seeing in and keeps the prisoners from seeing the tightly guarded shoreline a few hundred yards away. author: Charles Aldinger news service: Reuters url: http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0727-02.ht... date: 2002-07-27 Habeus Corpus is dead for 2 aussis held illegally by the great Satan. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 07:48:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 07:48:14 -0700 Subject: mwo aug 20 2002. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509074448.00a09380@mail.nex.net.au> "Don't worry, Governor. None of the children in MY agency's custody're gonna be lodging any complaints..." JEB APPOINTS CHILDBEATING ADVOCATE TO HEAD CHILD WELFARE AGENCY! SPOKESWOMAN: PRO-CHILDBEATERS ARE "MEN AND WOMEN OF FAITH" BEAT THEM OUT OF THE LORD'S LOVE? HUSBANDS HAVE FINAL SAY IN ALL DISPUTES! WOMEN WHO WORK OUTSIDE HOME "IN BONDAGE"! "CONFORM ALL FAMILY LEGISLATION TO BIBLICAL REALITY AND MORALITY"! TALLAHASSEE - The man named Thursday by Gov. Jeb Bush to head Florida's notoriously inept child welfare agency is an evangelical Christian who views spanking that causes ''bruises or welts'' as acceptable punishment. The revelation did not come to Bush's attention until hours after the governor introduced Jerry Regier, a former Oklahoma Cabinet secretary and aide to Bush's father, as the new chief of the state's Department of Children and Families. Regier, 57, was named less than 48 hours after the resignation of DCF Secretary Kathleen A. Kearney. He takes over an agency that has been embroiled in scandal since 5-year-old Rilya Wilson disappeared. In a 1989 essay entitled The Christian World View of the Family, Regier and co-author George Rekers railed against abortion and gay couples forming families, and emphasized that husbands have "final say in any family dispute.'' And the essay declares that ''biblical spanking'' that leads to "temporary and superficial bruises or welts do not constitute child abuse.'' ... But Regier's essay raises questions about the suggestion that he would keep beliefs and government duties separate. He and Rekers at one point urge Christians to take "whatever actions we can, within our biblical and constitutional limits, to realign county, state, and federal legislation regarding family issues in order to make it conform to the Bible's view of reality and morality.'' Full Story Jeb Bush has been under intense fire in recent months for his negligence in overseeing Florida's Department of Children and Families, ridden with controversy recently for losing track of foster children, leaving children in abusive situations and falsifying reports. So how does this sorry excuse for a public servant respond? Why in typical, negligent, patronage-for-Poppy-pals Bush Crime Family fashion: He appoints Jerry Regier, fundie fanatic and former Poppy aide with a paper trail revealing he is pro-child abuse as the agency's new chief! Shockingly, Bush says he didn't even know enough about Regier's background to realize he held fanatical, godless, anti-family views. Say what? Bush is faced with the responsibility of cleaning up a disgraced and scandal-ridden agency charged with protecting children and he doesn't even bother to find out the candidate's view on beating children? But wait, it gets worse... Now that Bush does know, what is his response? Bush spokeswoman Katie Muniz: "Mr. Regier has been an outstanding public servant for over a decade serving two presidents and a sitting governor. His record speaks for itself. Many of our nation's finest public servants past and present have been men and women of faith.'' That's right. Basically it comes down to: "We didn't know. But now that we do, we don't care." And, apparently, those formerly known as childbeaters are now to be known as "men and women of faith" in the Jeb Bush administration. Furthermore, aside from his extremism, Regier's record does indeed "speak for itself." But it doesn't say what Jebbie wants us to believe it says: When Gov. Jeb Bush appointed a Broward judge with a passion for reform to overhaul his badly damaged child welfare agency, he promised to repair a system he said other politicians had left in shambles. ''It's not how I want my state to be viewed,'' he said. The year was 1999, and Florida ranked 36th among the 50 states for key indicators of children's well-being. Oklahoma ranked 40th. Its secretary of Health & Human Services at the time was Jerry Regier, the man Bush tapped last week to head Florida's Department of Children & Families. Full story But wait... It gets worse still. How have Jeb's prospective Democratic opponents responded? Bush "should be focusing on what needs to be done to protect children, not on a controversy about who his nominee is," said Tampa lawyer Bill McBride. Former U.S. Attorney General Janet Reno said, "With all of the challenges facing DCF, one would think that the governor would pick someone who would not be a lightning rod for controversy." Full Story What is wrong with Florida Democrats? Why haven't they seized on an issue like this one that so clearly illustrates why any member of the Bush Crime Family should be permanently deprived of power? Why have these Democratic candidates made general, vague "controversy" the issue instead of the reason for the controversy: Jeb Bush's persistent and now more undeniable than ever unbelievable negligence and incompetence! (Flashback: In its early days, MWO exposed Jeb for the same kind of neglect and malfeasance when he refused to take action against another official/crony whose agency was embroiled in scandal after scandal -- but once the media determined they could not prove Jeb had an affair with the woman, they lost interest in the story.) UPDATE Jeb Bush's office has released a statement denying that Regier co-wrote the fundie extremist essay: Regier tried to disassociate himself with the paper, which lists him on the cover page as co-chairman of the group that authored it. "I was not a co-author of this paper and did not exercise editorial control over its content," Regier said in a statement released by the governor's office. "Rather, as a family advocate, I was asked to serve as a co-chairman of the group that released the paper." He said he broke his relationship with The Coalition on Revival Inc. a year after the paper was published because of the group's extreme interpretations of the Bible. But he looks to us to be extremely "associated" with the paper and the group. Determine for yourself whether Regier's claim that he did not endorse the contents of the essay is believable: http://www.reformation.net/COR/cordocs/family.pdf The Christian World View of The Family Dr. George Rekers, Ph.D., Chairman Mr. Jerry Regier, M.A.B.S., Co-Chairman With contributions by members of: The Family Committee of The Coalition on Revival Dr. Jay Grimstead, D.Min., General Editor Mr. E. Calvin Beisner, M.A., Assistant to the General Editor Bush: Regier "thoroughly checked" Bush, who is seeking a second term this fall, defended his choice and said Regier's background was thoroughly checked. He said he did not know about the essay before he appointed Regier, but accepted that Regier disavowed himself from it. Jebbie claims Regier's background was "thoroughly checked," yet he didn't know about the essay?? Readers: Perform a Google search on "Jerry Regier and The Coalition on Revival Inc." That's right -- at the time Bush claims he "thoroughly checked" out Regier, the FIRST ITEM that appeared when one entered the appointee's name and the organization he co-chaired: the essay Bush claims he did not know about. (Stories about the Bush controversy now appear above the listing.) "He doesn't share those extreme views," Bush said. "The focus ought to be on protecting children and I believe he will do a good job." Is that so? He doesn't share the extremist views of a group he co-chaired? What about this "Manifesto For a Christian Church" document that lists "Jerry Regier" among those endorsing it? THE MANIFESTO FOR THE CHRISTIAN CHURCH Declaration and Covenant July 4, 1986 An Act of Contrition and Humble Repentance A Solemn Covenant A Statement of Essential Truths and a Call to Action National Christian Leaders Who Signed the COR Manifesto in 1986: Mr. Jerry Regier, President, Family Research Council We affirm that all Bible-believing Christians must take a non-neutral stance in opposing, praying against, and speaking against social moral evils such as the following: B. Adultery, fornication, homosexuality, bestiality and other forms of sexual perversion Regier equates homosexuality with bestiality and considers it "sexual perversion," yet is not an extremist? J. Statist-collectivist theft from citizens through devaluation of their money and redistribution of their wealth Regier regards taxation as "theft," yet is not an extremist? Regier signs a document affirming that he will actively oppose "moral evils" like homosexuality and taxes - and Little Brother claims he doesn't share the views of extremists? UPDATE II From Counterspin Central: It appears that Mr. Regier's split with Christian fundamentalist group Coalition on Revival, was far more amicable then he claimed. According to the Miami Herald: "A fundamentalist Christian theologian who headed the group that issued a radical Christian essay now linked to Jerry Regier, the new chief of Florida's child-welfare agency, said Saturday that he does not recall Regier cutting ties with his organization because of its ''extreme views,'' as Regier said in a statement issued Friday. Contact Florida's Democratic gubernatorial candidates: Bill McBride Janet Reno -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Welcome to Media Whores Online. Media Whores Online takes an unbiased, in-depth look at the astonishingly vast myriad of whores who call themselves "journalists." MWO casts a garish spotlight on the relentless screaming heads of television, the babbling paranoids of squawk radio, and the crayon scribblings of lazy print media "columnists." Whore Watch -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- KRUGMAN TELLS TRUTH ABOUT BUSH, INC.!! Breaks Time Honored Media Taboo: Openly Acknowledges Reality! Contrasts PHONY Bush Image With Policies Love 'Em And Leave 'Em Faux Populism Liberals Have Facts. Conservatives? Staged Schmoozing The Real Thing Paul Krugman The point is that there is an inexorably growing gap between the image and the reality of the Bush administration's policies. Mr. Bush is a master of photo-op populism; his handlers seek out opportunities to show him mingling with blue-collar workers. But the reality is that this administration loves 'em while the TV crews are around, then leaves 'em when it comes to actual policy. And that reality is becoming ever harder to conceal. ... In other words, behind the photo-ops, the administration is busy squeezing programs that benefit firefighters, police officers, coal miners, veterans and other "humble people of America" (Mr. Novak's phrase), in order to make room for tax cuts that mainly help a handful of not at all humble people. That's not demagoguery, it's the plain truth. And it's a truth that will become ever harder to disguise. What are the political implications? When Al Gore wrote an Op-Ed article condemning the elitist policies of the Bush administration, pundits — and many Democratic politicians, including his former running mate — jumped on him with both feet. Populism, everyone insisted, doesn't work in American politics. Yet conservatives enthusiastically rely on populism — fake populism, based on staged shmoozing with ordinary Americans and attacks on the imagined cultural elitism of the liberal media. Why shouldn't liberals, who actually have the facts on their side, try engaging in the real thing? -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSERVATIVE "MORALITY" STRIKES AGAIN Wingnut Turns Breast Cancer Forum Into Abortion Sermon Survivors Just "Didn't Want To Hear It" Complains GOP Rep A group of breast cancer survivors who met with Rep. John Hostettler, R-Ind., to ask for his support of breast cancer research said all he wanted to talk about was some controversial studies that have linked breast cancer to abortions. "He was obsessed with that," said Coral Cochran, a Terre Haute grandmother who has had two battles with breast cancer and was one of 11 women at the meeting. "We were extremely disappointed," she said. Some of the women said they felt Hostettler was implying that they had abortions. One woman said she cried. Hostettler said in an interview that he felt it was important for the women to know about the studies linking abortions to breast cancer. But, he said: "They didn't want to hear it." From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 08:12:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 08:12:34 -0700 Subject: 85 dead soldiers in copter crash. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509080704.00a0d6f0@mail.nex.net.au> What do you call that? http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19633353 85 Russian soldiers die in Chechnya copter crash AP [ TUESDAY, AUGUST 20, 2002 8:04:44 AM ] MOSCOW: A Russian transport helicopter jammed with troops crashed in Chechnya on Monday, and Russian news agencies reported that as many as 85 servicemen were killed in the wreck near Moscow's front-line base for its battle with separatist rebels. Russian officials said they did not know whether the Mi-26 helicopter was shot down or how many people were killed. The helicopter went down near the Russian military headquarters at Khankala outside Chechnya's capital Grozny with 132 people aboard, said Col. Boris Podoprigora, deputy commander of Russian troops in Chechnya. Grim-faced, he said 32 were hospitalized and would survive, and that doctors were doing their best to treat others at the crash site, where other military officials said the wreck burned for at least an hour after the crash. The Interfax news agency later reported that 142 people were aboard the helicopter, citing an unidentified source at the headquarters. Podoprigora did not say how many people died. Sergei Fridinsky, a deputy prosecutor general, told the Interfax news agency there were dozens of dead and wounded, and Russian Defense Minister Sergei Ivanov, in a written statement issued by the Defense Ministry, offered his condolences to relatives of the servicemen who were killed. He did not provide any numbers. Earlier, Interfax reported that about 80 servicemen were killed, citing a source at the military headquarters. ITAR-Tass, also citing a source there, put the death toll at 85. Fridinsky said investigators were examining two main possible causes of the crash _ that the helicopter was shot down by Chechen rebels or suffered a technical problem. A high-ranking source at the headquarters said authorities believed it was more likely a technical problem, but that nothing was being ruled out. Defense Ministry press office chief Nikolai Deryabin told ORT state television that the pilot had requested permission to make an emergency landing because an engine was on fire. Fridinsky said the helicopter fell onto a minefield. Podoprigora said he could not confirm that, but he said rescuers were working in difficult conditions at the site, which Russian TV networks said was cordoned off. Podoprigora said the Mi-26, described as the biggest helicopter in the world, is designed to carry 82 people. Officials did not say why so many servicemen were on the flight from a military base at Mozdok in neighboring Ingushetia. Authorities said all five crew members survived. President Vladimir Putin ordered a thorough and fair investigation into the crash, which ITAR-Tass said was the biggest in Russian army history, and said he wanted to be kept up to date. The crash came amid a spate of rebel actions against Russian forces in Chechnya, including attacks late last week in southwestern Chechnya that killed nine servicemen and five civilians. Some analysts surmised that rebels had intensified their actions to underline to the Russian government that it should enter peace negotiations. A Chechen rebel representative met last week in Geneva with a former head of Russia's Security Council, to discuss restarting talks that have been stalled since last year. Russia's government maintains that the war it launched in the breakaway Caucasus Mountain republic in fall 1999 is all but over, with just isolated groups of rebels holding out. However, Russian soldiers are killed almost every day in rebel attacks that sap the military's manpower and morale. In September 2001, two generals and 11 other Russian servicemen died when their helicopter was shot down by a shoulder-fired missile shortly after takeoff from Grozny. Another helicopter, an Mi-8 carrying two top Interior Ministry officials and 12 other people, crashed in Chechnya in January. The Kremlin said that crash was an accident, but an official with the Moscow-appointed civilian administration for Chechnya said investigators had found fragments of the helicopter that suggested it was also shot down with a missile. Helicopter crashes are fairly common in Russia, where the aging craft _ sometimes weighed down by passengers and cargo _ are often used to ferry soldiers or civilians to remote areas that are hard to reach by road, rail or plane. Russian forces withdrew from Chechnya following a devastating 1994-1996 war that left separatists in charge, but they returned in 1999 after Chechnya-based militants invaded a neighboring region and the Kremlin blamed rebels for apartment-building bombings killed 300 people in Moscow and other cities. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 08:35:19 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 08:35:19 -0700 Subject: Aldrich Ames smokescreen.The US was served. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509083349.00a0d5b0@mail.nex.net.au> Cremated.RIP. Death of 'spy who got away' ends Cold War chapter BY MARGARET COKER Cox News Service ZHUKOVKA, Russia - The two-story brick house complete with garage and painted wooden fence has all the trappings of a typical American suburban home. But the occupant for the last 15 years was not a typical American. Edward Howard, 50, the only CIA official to defect to the Soviet Union, lived in this small community about 10 miles north of Moscow. When his body was found early July 12 laying face up in the garden outside the house, an embarrassing chapter of U.S. Cold War espionage came to a close. Yet the life he built in Moscow, which included a cozy relationship with his family and freedom to travel, raises questions about why U.S. law enforcement agencies couldn't bring one of their most wanted fugitives to justice after he defected in 1985. Described as a drunken fool by former colleagues and a traitor by U.S. intelligence officials, the New Mexico native always maintained his innocence, saying in a 1995 memoir: ``I never gave information that could hurt America or Americans.'' Neither the CIA nor the FBI would comment on Howard's case. According to Russian sources, however, the ''spy who got away'' traveled repeatedly to the United States after his defection without being detected by the CIA or FBI. 'SMUGGLED' TO U.S. Victor Andrianov, who retired in 1992 as the deputy head of foreign intelligence, recalled in an interview last week how the KGB ''smuggled'' Howard back to the United States, via Canada, in the late 1980s. ''He wanted to see with his own eyes that his wife and kid were alright,'' Andrianov said. ``It was extremely risky . . . but we owed it to him.'' Indeed, former KGB officials who knew Howard say he traveled widely during his last 17 years. Trips to Nicaragua, Hungary and Switzerland provided U.S. officials ample opportunity to ask for his arrest and extradition. But apparently this was never done, even though the information Howard allegedly sold the Kremlin reportedly resulted in the execution of a Soviet citizen working for the CIA and the dismantling of the U.S. spy network in the Soviet Union. The history of Howard's case reads like a John le Carre thriller. Hired by the CIA in 1980, Howard was training for a posting in Moscow when he was fired in 1983 for lying about drinking, drug use and theft. Soon afterward, Howard got a new job with the New Mexico Legislature, but ran into trouble with the law. Although under probation for a misdemeanor conviction and prohibited from leaving the state, Howard left New Mexico three times: once to attend a conference in Washington, then to visit Italy and Austria with his wife Mary and then one quick trip alone to Vienna. It was the 1984 trip to Austria that piqued the FBI's curiosity -- they allege this is the time when Howard sold secrets to the KGB for $6,000. ELUDES TAIL On Sept. 20, 1985, FBI agents interviewed Howard and put him under surveillance. With his wife's help, he eluded the tail and fled the country on Sept. 21 on a flight bound for Helsinki. From Finland, Howard was smuggled into the Soviet Union with KGB help, according to Howard's former handler, Vladimir Kryuchkov, and given political asylum in Moscow on Aug. 7, 1986. Howard admitted in his 1995 memoirs Safe House that he identified for the KGB photographs of people he had worked with and described general CIA procedures for recruiting agents. But this was the extent of his interaction with the Soviets, he said. Russian versions of Howard's importance vary wildly. The Federal Security Bureau, the successor organization to the KGB, refused to comment on the allegation that Howard's information resulted in the death of Adolf Tolkachev, a Soviet scientist researching stealth aircraft technology in the 1980s. Andrianov said Howard was crucial in unmasking CIA moles, including Tolkachev. ''Howard helped clarify the then-CIA list of residents in Moscow, the covers the U.S. spies used. He told us that the CIA was widely using Hollywood-style masks to leave the embassy building unidentified when going on operative assignments,'' Andrianov told the Moscow daily Komsomolskaya Pravda. ``Edward revealed to us the features of a valuable U.S. agent. We identified the agent as Soviet scientist Adolf Tolkachev.'' AMES TRUE SOURCE Yet other former KGB contacts, who insisted on anonymity, say Howard's colleague convicted spy Aldrich Ames was a far more important source. They said the CIA mistakenly blamed Howard for information sold by Ames. The KGB exploited this confusion, they said, using Howard as a smoke screen to hide Ames, who when he was finally caught 10 years after Howard's defection, was considered the most dangerous traitor in modern U.S. history. Howard's wife, a former CIA secretary, was never prosecuted for helping her husband flee the United States. She and Howard's son, Lee, traveled at least once a year to Russia to visit Howard. The family also reunited on Howard's trips abroad, according to Russian intelligence agents responsible for guarding Howard. COLLECT REMAINS Mary and Lee came to Moscow to collect Howard's remains after a cremation ceremony in July attended by former KGB pals. For those who attempted to apprehend Howard, the news of his death ended an unsuccessful and complex chase. John Hudenko spent half of his 31-year career with the FBI in New Mexico on Howard's trail. He traded faxes with Howard, tracked his movements and even met him in Sweden, where Howard lived for a year after his KGB protector, Kryuchkov, was jailed in 1991 following a failed coup aimed at overthrowing Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. Yet Hudenko said he was never able to catch Howard in a misstep that could lead to him being brought to prosecution in U.S. courts. In a July interview with the Associated Press, during which he was told of Howard's death, Hudenko expressed no disappointment. ''Justice was served,'' Hudenko said. http://www.miami.com/mld/miamiherald/news/world/3885352.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 08:46:16 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 08:46:16 -0700 Subject: US "ThinkTanks."Arab news. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509084420.00a10d60@mail.nex.net.au> US thinktanks give lessons in foreign policy By Brian Whitaker A little-known fact about Richard Perle, the leading advocate of hardline policies at the Pentagon, is that he once wrote a political thriller. The book, appropriately called Hard Line, is set in the days of the cold war with the Soviet Union. Its hero is a male senior official at the Pentagon, working late into the night and battling almost single-handedly to rescue the US from liberal wimps at the state department who want to sign away America's nuclear deterrent in a disarmament deal with the Russians. Ten years on Mr Perle finds himself cast in the real-life role of his fictional hero - except that the Russians are no longer a threat, so he has to make do with the Iraqis, the Saudis and terrorism in general. In real life too, Mr Perle is not fighting his battle single-handed. Around him there is a cosy and cleverly-constructed network of Middle East "experts" who share his neo-conservative outlook and who pop up as talking heads on US television, in newspapers, books, testimonies to congressional committees, and at lunchtime gatherings in Washington. The network centres on research institutes - thinktanks that attempt to influence government policy and are funded by tax-deductible gifts from unidentified donors. When he is not too busy at the Pentagon, or too busy running Hollinger Digital - part of the group that publishes the Daily Telegraph in Britain - or at board meetings of the Jerusalem Post, Mr Perle is "resident fellow" at one of the thinktanks - the American Enterprise Institute (AEI). Mr Perle's close friend and political ally at AEI is David Wurmser, head of its Middle East studies department. Mr Perle helpfully wrote the introduction to Mr Wurmser's book, Tyranny's Ally: America's Failure to Defeat Saddam Hussein. Mr Wurmser's wife, Meyrav, is co-founder, along with Colonel Yigal Carmon, formerly of Israeli military intelligence - of the Middle East Media Research Institute (Memri), which specialises in translating and distributing articles that show Arabs in a bad light. She also holds strong views on leftwing Israeli intellectuals, whom she regards as a threat to Israel (see "Selective Memri", Guardian Unlimited, August 12, 2002). Ms Wurmser currently runs the Middle East section at another thinktank - the Hudson Institute, where Mr Perle recently joined the board of trustees. In addition, Ms Wurmser belongs to an organisation called the Middle East Forum. Michael Rubin, a specialist on Iran, Iraq and Afghanistan, who recently arrived from yet another thinktank, the Washington Institute for Near East Policy, assists Mr Perle and Mr Wurmser at AEI. Mr Rubin also belongs to the Middle East Forum. Another Middle East scholar at AEI is Laurie Mylroie, author of Saddam Hussein's Unfinished War Against America, which expounds a rather daft theory that Iraq was behind the 1993 World Trade Centre bombing. When the book was published by the AEI, Mr Perle hailed it as "splendid and wholly convincing". An earlier book on Iraq Saddam Hussein and the Crisis in the Gulf which Ms Mylroie co-authored with Judith Miller, a New York Times journalist, became the New York Times's No 1 bestseller. Ms Mylroie and Ms Miller both have connections with the Middle East Forum. Mr Perle, Mr Rubin, Ms Wurmser, Ms Mylroie and Ms Miller are all clients of Eleana Benador, a Peruvian-born linguist who acts as a sort of theatrical agent for experts on the Middle East and terrorism, organising their TV appearances and speaking engagements. Of the 28 clients on Ms Benador's books, at least nine are connected with the AEI, the Washington Institute and the Middle East Forum. Although these three privately-funded organisations promote views from only one end of the political spectrum, the amount of exposure that they get with their books, articles and TV appearances is extraordinary. The Washington Institute, for example, takes the credit for placing up to 90 articles written by its members - mainly "op-ed" pieces - in newspapers during the last year. Fourteen of those appeared in the Los Angeles Times, nine in New Republic, eight in the Wall Street Journal, eight in the Jerusalem Post, seven in the National Review Online, six in the Daily Telegraph, six in the Washington Post, four in the New York Times and four in the Baltimore Sun. Of the total, 50 were written by Michael Rubin. Anyone who has tried offering op-ed articles to a major newspaper will appreciate the scale of this achievement. The media attention bestowed on these thinktanks is not for want of other experts in the field. American universities have about 1,400 full-time faculty members specialising in the Middle East. Of those, an estimated 400-500 are experts on some aspect of contemporary politics in the region, but their views are rarely sought or heard, either by the media or government. "I see a parade of people from these institutes coming through as talking heads [on cable TV]. I very seldom see a professor from a university on those shows," says Juan Cole, professor of history at Michigan University, who is a critic of the private institutes. "Academics [at universities] are involved in analysing what's going on but they're not advocates, so they don't have the same impetus," he said. "The expertise on the Middle East that exists in the universities is not being utilised, even for basic information." Of course, very few academics have agents like Eleana Benador to promote their work and very few are based in Washington - which can make arranging TV appearances , or rubbing shoulders with state department officials a bit difficult. Those who work for US thinktanks are often given university-style titles such as "senior fellow", or "adjunct scholar", but their research is very different from that of universities - it is entirely directed towards shaping government policy. What nobody outside the thinktanks knows, however, is who pays for this policy-shaping research. Under US law, large donations given to non-profit, "non-partisan" organisations such as thinktanks must be itemised in their annual "form 990" returns to the tax authorities. But the identity of donors does not need to be made public. The AEI, which deals with many other issues besides the Middle East, had assets of $35.8m (£23.2m) and an income of $24.5m in 2000, according to its most recent tax return. It received seven donations of $1m or above in cash or shares, the highest being $3.35m. The Washington Institute, which deals only with Middle East policy, had assets of $11.2m and an income of $4.1m in 2000. The institute says its donors are identifiable because they are also its trustees, but the list of trustees contains 239 names which makes it impossible to distinguish large benefactors from small ones. The smaller Middle East Forum had an income of less than $1.5m in 2000, with the largest single donation amounting to $355,000. In terms of their ability to influence policy, thinktanks have several advantages over universities. To begin with they can hire staff without committee procedures, which allows them to build up teams of researchers that share a similar political orientation. They can also publish books themselves without going through the academic refereeing processes required by university publishers. And they usually site themselves in Washington, close to government and the media. Apart from influencing policy on the Middle East, the Washington Institute and the Middle East Forum recently launched a campaign to discredit university departments that specialise in the region. After September 11, when various government agencies realised there was a shortage of Americans who could speak Arabic, there were moves to beef up the relevant university departments. But Martin Kramer, of the Washington Institute, Middle East Forum and former director of the Moshe Dayan Centre at Tel Aviv university, had other ideas. He produced a vitriolic book Ivory Towers on Sand, which criticised Middle East departments of universities in the US. His book was published by the Washington Institute and warmly reviewed in the Weekly Standard, whose editor, William Kristol, was a member of the Middle East Forum along with Mr Kramer. "Kramer has performed a crucial service by exposing intellectual rot in a scholarly field of capital importance to national wellbeing," the review said. The Washington Institute is considered the most influential of the Middle East thinktanks, and the one that the state department takes most seriously. Its director is the former US diplomat, Dennis Ross. Besides publishing books and placing newspaper articles, the institute has a number of other activities that for legal purposes do not constitute lobbying, since this would change its tax status. It holds lunches and seminars, typically about three times a week, where ideas are exchanged and political networking takes place. It has also given testimony to congressional committees nine times in the last five years. Every four years, it convenes a "bipartisan blue-ribbon commission" known as the Presidential study group, which presents a blueprint for Middle East policy to the newly-elected president. The institute makes no secret of its extensive links with Israel, which currently include the presence of two scholars from the Israeli armed forces. Israel is an ally and the connection is so well known that officials and politicians take it into account when dealing with the institute. But it would surely be a different matter if the ally concerned were a country such as Egypt, Pakistan or Saudi Arabia. Apart from occasional lapses, such as the publication of Mr Kramer's book, the Washington Institute typically represents the considered, sober voice of American-Israeli conservatism. The Middle East Forum is its strident voice - two different tones, but mostly the same people. Three prominent figures from the Washington Institute - Robert Satloff (director of policy), Patrick Clawson (director of research) and Mr Rubin (prolific writer, currently at AEI) - also belong to the forum. Daniel Pipes, the bearded $100,000-a-year head of the forum is listed as an "associate" at the institute, while Mr Kramer, editor of the forum's journal, is a "visiting fellow". Mr Pipes became the bete noire of US Muslim organisations after writing an article for the National Review in 1990 that referred to "massive immigration of brown-skinned peoples cooking strange foods and not exactly maintaining Germanic standards of hygiene". Since he usually complains vigorously when the words are quoted outside their original context, readers are invited to view the full article at www.danielpipes.org. He is also noted for his combative performances on the Fox News channel, where he has an interesting business relationship. Search for his name on the Fox News website and, along with transcripts of his TV interviews, an advert appears saying "Daniel Pipes is available thru Barber & Associates, America's leading resource for business, international and technology speakers since 1977". The Middle East Forum issues two regular publications, the Middle East Quarterly and the Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, the latter published jointly with the United States Committee for a Free Lebanon. The Middle East Quarterly describes itself as "a bold, insightful, and controversial publication". Among the insights in its latest issue is an article on weapons of mass destruction that says Syria "has more destructive capabilities" than Iraq, or Iran. The Middle East Intelligence Bulletin, which is sent out by email free of charge - but can never-the-less afford to pay its contributors - specialises in covering the seamy side of Lebanese and Syrian politics. The ever-active Mr Rubin is on its editorial board. The Middle East Forum also targets universities through its campus speakers Bureau - that in adopting the line of Mr Kramer's book, seeks to correct "inaccurate Middle Eastern curricula in American education", by addressing "biases" and "basic errors" and providing "better information" than students can get from the many "irresponsible" professors that it believes lurk in US universities. At a time when much of the world is confused by what it sees as an increasingly bizarre set of policies on the Middle East coming from Washington, to understand the neat little network outlined above may make such policies a little more explicable. Of course these people and organisations are not the only ones trying to influence US policy on the Middle East. There are others who try to influence it too - in different directions. However, this particular network is operating in a political climate that is currently especially receptive to its ideas. It is also well funded by its anonymous benefactors and is well organised. Ideas sown by one element are watered and nurtured by the others. Whatever outsiders may think about this, worldly-wise Americans see no cause for disquiet. It's just a coterie of like-minded chums going about their normal business, and an everyday story of political life in Washington. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17941 From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 08:50:29 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 08:50:29 -0700 Subject: Catherine Trammel Bill, Sacramento. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509084850.00a10af0@mail.nex.net.au> California Assembly committee passes new 'Son of Sam' bill By The Associated Press 08.19.02 Printer-friendly page SACRAMENTO — An Assembly committee unanimously passed a bill late last week that would allow victims to sue criminals for monetary damages long after the crime. The state Supreme Court struck down the original version of the "Son of Sam" law in February, declaring it a violation of free-speech rights. That law, enacted in 1983, banned felons from profiting from their criminal actions with books or movies, diverting their profits to the victims instead. SB1887, which passed the Assembly Judiciary committee on Aug. 16, attempts to circumvent the court's ruling by simply extending the statute of limitations for victims' lawsuits from one year after the crime to 10 years after the felon is freed from prison and completes parole. That would allow time for victims to sue for any money made by the felon as a result of the crime. The "Son of Sam" bill, authored by Sen. Bruce McPherson, D-Santa Cruz, is named after the first such law passed in New York, inspired by "Son of Sam" serial killer David Berkowitz, who was offered a substantial sum for his story. The U.S. Supreme Court struck down that law in 1991. The Senate unanimously passed the bill in June. It will move next to the Assembly floor. Related California 'Son of Sam' law struck down State high court says statute barring felons from profiting from their crime stories could threaten many published works. 02.22.02 Yates story could test state's ban on profiting from crime Analysis Texas' 'Son of Sam' law would likely face constitutional challenge if anyone were to try to buy rights to Houston mother's story. 06.06.02 Massachusetts high court knocks down 'Son of Sam' bill Asked by lawmakers to issue advisory opinion, justices say legislation is too broad, targets a certain kind of content. 03.18.02 http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16770 From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 09:10:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 09:10:59 -0700 Subject: Collapse of the US foretold? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509090853.00a10880@mail.nex.net.au> Russians mark failed Gorbachev coup MOSCOW - A small group of demonstrators marked the 11th anniversary of the failed coup that sped the demise of the Soviet Union on Monday, while a new opinion poll suggested growing support for the actions of the hard-line Communists who plotted to overthrow Soviet President Mikhail Gorbachev. In August 1991, a group of hard-liners calling themselves the State Emergency Committee isolated Gorbachev at a Black Sea resort, announced that he was ill, and sent armored columns into Moscow. Thousands of protesters took to the streets, manning barricades and rallying around Boris Yeltsin, then president of the Russian republic. The coup collapsed after three days and the Soviet Union fell apart a few months later. About 70 people who defended Yeltsin and the White House - the downtown Moscow building that then housed Russia's parliament - against an assault that never came in 1991 returned to the site Monday to reminisce. But many of them expressed disappointment that so few people turned out to mark the occasion. Nadezhda Sergeyeva, 55, a retired legal aide, said she rushed back from vacation when she heard about the coup and joined the throngs of people gathered around the White House. She called the events of August 1991 an "historic turning point." "It's sad that so many people, so many Muscovites, are forgetting about this," she said. "It's hard for the new generation to understand because they didn't live during that time." A new opinion poll conducted by the respected All-Russia Public Opinion Center, or VTsIOM, found growing support for the coup plotters, 11 years after their defeat. Of 1600 Russians surveyed in late July, 21 percent said the State Emergency Committee was "right," up from 14 percent the year before. At the same time, the number of Russians who said the anti-coup forces were "right" shrunk from 24 percent to 17 percent. Some 32 percent said they had not had been able to figure out what was going on at the time, and 30 percent said it was hard to answer. The poll had a margin of error of 3.8 percent. The coup's collapse encouraged the Soviet republics to claim broader independence, and in December 1991 Russia, Ukraine and Belarus announced the Soviet Union defunct. Gorbachev resigned on Dec. 25. The Soviet breakup ushered in a decade of chaos and economic upheaval, and much of the exuberance that accompanied the coup's failure evaporated. Gennady Zyuganov, the head of the Russian Communist Party, said the coup's defeat and the demise of the Soviet Union have brought nothing but misery for Russia. "No freedom came after the so-called victory over members of the State Emergency Committee," Zyuganov told the Interfax news agency. "We lost nearly all markets, 13,000 enterprises were destroyed and entire industries ceased to exist." Gorbachev was not in Russia for the coup anniversary Monday. The former Soviet president is on vacation in Greece and won't be back in Russia until the end of the week, his spokesman told Interfax http://www.russiajournal.com/news/rj_news.shtml?nd=2430. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 09:17:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 09:17:46 -0700 Subject: Treason for Dummies. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509091708.00a11ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Overview Your short course in Treason is a series of articles on how spies are caught, the prevalence of espionage, and why people spy. It starts with a short piece on How Spies Are Caught. That comes first, as it is so important for anyone who may be considering espionage to understand that they WILL be caught. Perhaps not right away, but eventually. The statute of limitations does not apply to the crime of espionage. Anyone who commits this crime will have to be looking over their shoulder for the rest of their life. The Insider Espionage Threat identifies four conditions that must exist before espionage occurs – opportunity to commit the crime; motive; ability to overcome inhibitions such as moral values, fear of being caught, and loyalty to employer or co-workers; and a trigger that sets the betrayal in motion. The article then analyzes how these pre-conditions for betrayal are increasing as a result of changes in social and economic conditions in the United States, and in our relations with the rest of the world. Explosive growth in information technology is increasing exponentially the amount of information that can be collected and compromised by a single, well-placed spy. Insider Threat to Information Systems examines some of the unique security issues associated with computer professionals. Exploring the Mind of the Spy discusses what psychologists have learned by interviewing and testing arrested and convicted American spies. Motivations for espionage are far more complex than commonly believed. Selling secrets is usually the last act of a long-simmering emotional crisis. In many cases, the symptoms of this crisis have been observable, identifiable, and even treatable before the damage was done. Typically, however, the potential significance of the "at-risk" behavior has not been recognized or reported at the time by coworkers or supervisors. Espionage by the Numbers describes an unclassified database on all Americans arrested for espionage since the start of the Cold War. Based on media reports, trial records and unclassified official documents, the data base records information characteristics of the spies, characteristics of the espionage activity, and prevalence among the spies of several behaviors that are commonly associated with security risk. Related Topics: Counterintelligence Indicators, Reporting Improper, Unreliable, or Suspicious Behavior, How Do I Know When I'm Being Targeted and Assessed. http://rf-web.tamu.edu/files/SECGUIDE/Treason/Intro.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 09:23:37 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 09:23:37 -0700 Subject: Aldrich a valuable employee. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509092014.00a100e0@mail.nex.net.au> http://rf-web.tamu.edu/files/SECGUIDE/Spystory/Ames.htm#Aldrich Ames References 1. This account is based entirely on unclassified sources, principally the Unclassified Abstract of the CIA Inspector General's Report on the Aldrich H. Ames Case and the U.S. Senate Select Committee on Intelligence report, dated November 1, 1994, An Assessment of the Aldrich H. Ames Espionage Case and Its Implications for U.S. Intelligence. The CIA Inspector General's report is available on the Internet at http://nsi.org/Library/Espionage/Hitzreport.html. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 09:33:26 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 09:33:26 -0700 Subject: Religious terrorism in the buckeye state. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509093146.00a104e0@mail.nex.net.au> Dute Case Postponed Till October The trial of Jennifer Dute, a Cincinnati woman charged with pandering obscenity via her website has been postponed until October. The trial was supposed to have started today but was moved back due to scheduling conflicts. Dute and her husband Alan who tape swingers' parties were indicted by a Hamilton County grand jury this past April on four counts of pandering obscenity, charges that carry a maximum sentence of four years in prison. Their company, A&J Specialty, also was indicted on four counts of pandering obscenity and faces a maximum fine of $40,000. The search warrant was served March 21. Hamilton County Prosecutor Mike Allen said the pair sold pornographic videos by mail "despite a court order prohibiting such sales to or from Hamilton County." Authorities said sales were made Feb. 11, March 4, March 7, and March 21. Officials said the Dutes pleaded guilty to similar charges three years ago. Hank Rose posts the following on yesportal.com: "Courtesy of porn media's Clark Gable lookalike, the mustachioed namesake of www.generossextreme.com, the obscenity case news story involves one Jennifer Dute, an Ohio adult entrepreneur who was in the business of selling videos of her swinging escapades in a partnership with her husband. Arrested and out on bail, she is now confronted with a trial and 4 years in jail if convicted. In a throwback to the Reagan years when the Mease Commission excused porn witch-hunting in the name of citizen's community values, small-time Dute was subject to a sting operation as if she were a high-profile kingpin in the sexual wilderness of Greater LA's porn valley. Her home and place of business was raided, capital goods confiscated and right to sexual free expression made a living hell. Big wow. Dute will beat this in the short run. With a swingers group-sex home-video product amateurish by US West Coast and European standards, the trumped-up hassle will end with a swift acquittal. Throw in even a mediocre defense and no jury in the 50 states will give a guilty verdict the light of day. Not in a post-9/11 era where we worship sexual escapism while our terrorist enemies shroud their women under veils. Aside from the scapegoats, it's nice to know that there are amateur porn swingers in this great land of ours who ply their trade unmolested by anti-lust lawmen. In my part-time role as a jizz-biz consultant, I tell ignorant people who have the misfortune of hailing from parts of the country with more cows than common sense to leave home and come west if they wish to turn their adult lifestyle into an XXX free speech living. The Dute offender's X portal, www.thejendd.com, is still online as of this publication. Yet other interesting and colorful sites which market their erotic video wares free of governmental oppression include cathyswings.com, featuring a homegirl with a taste for dark meat; www.janb.com, an adult web flea market run by a mature babe who caters to all kinky lusts; and www.hotwife.com, which speaks for itself. For those who have the libido and the professional insight, a swinging lifestyle can lead to a fulfilling career in pro-am porn. But it can often jeopardize your rights, depending on where you live. There are simply parts of the US where hard mainstream adult material is not accepted and so swingers and amateurs are left to stick their necks out to fill a demand for which there is limited supply. I find it somewhat ironic that back in the horny height of my swinger days, the hottest encounter I ever had was with a law enforcement lady who was a gung-ho officer by day and a dung-ho "orificee" by night. Try as they will, the conservatively sexless cannot unspoon an ocean of fuckian free speech with a sea of prudish prosecution. For today, obscenity has a new name -- religious terrorism -- and not sexual hedonism. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 11:31:29 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 11:31:29 -0700 Subject: Great Satan tortures aussi's. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509112959.00a11500@mail.nex.net.au> Lawyers demand fair go for al-Qaeda pair By Cynthia Banham August 20 2002 The Australian Bar Association has accused the Federal Government of failing the two Australians held captive by the American military in Guantanamo Bay, and has called on it to support their rights to legal access. The association's president, David Curtin, QC, said it was "entirely unsatisfactory" that Adelaide-born David Hicks and Sydney man Mamdouh Habib had been held for nine months without charge or access to lawyers. "The Australian Government has failed them in not supporting their claim for access to legal advice," he said. "We strongly urge the Attorney-General and the Australian Government to ensure these detainees are treated fairly before the law." Concern among the Australian legal fraternity is growing over the Government's refusal to lobby the US over treatment of the men. The president of Australian Lawyers for Human Rights, Simon Rice, said the group was considering complaining to the Human Rights Commission that Australia had breached its obligations under the International Covenant of Civil and Political Rights, which asserts a person's right to be detained only if they are charged and brought promptly before a court. http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/19/1029114076722.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 11:34:13 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 11:34:13 -0700 Subject: Thank you,thank you,it was nothing. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509113220.00a15ec0@mail.nex.net.au> MPs see video of rat's stem-cell cure By Mark Metherell August 20 2002 The laptop video Stephen Alderton took to Parliament yesterday showed a white rat freed from paralysis by embryonic stem-cell treatment. It is first seen crawling, dragging its crippled rear legs. Then, between 12 and 24 weeks after embryonic stem cell therapy started, the rat begins walking, its back legs limping, but operating. Mr Alderton and his wife, Alison, displayed the video in Canberra in the hope it might lead to similar treatment for their son Luke, aged 2. Luke was paralysed from the neck down two years ago by a rare spinal disease called transverse myelitis. The Nowra couple yesterday appeared with the Premier, Bob Carr, the Federal Opposition Leader, Simon Crean, and a group of scientists and patients who came to persuade wavering MPs to vote for the embryonic stem-cell provisions. Debate on the controversial legislation, the Research Involving Embryos and Prohibition of Human Cloning Bill, is expected to start tonight. On the other side of the debate yesterday were two scientists who have come from the United States to campaign against embryo research. One is William Hurlbut, a consulting professor at Stanford University and a member of President George Bush's council on bioethics. The other, David Prentice, a professor of life sciences at Indiana State University, said evidence backing embryonic stem-cell research was overshadowed by results from less contentious adult stem-cell work. Professor Prentice says beyond the "profound" ethical problems with embryo research, the evidence in favour of alternatives such as adult cells was "compelling". He argues that while embryonic stem-cell research had the "nasty habit of forming tumours", adult cells had been shown to be effective in treating various "animal models of human disease". These, he said, included diabetes, stroke, Parkinson's disease, spinal cord injury, heart disease and retinal degeneration. Australia's leading embryonic stem cell scientist, Alan Trounson, rejects Professor Prentice's claims, arguing the reports of tumours came from isolated and questionable results. Research results from adult stem cells so far had been mixed or not very encouraging, Professor Trounson said The video came from scientists at Johns Hopkins University, Baltimore, who told the Aldertons there may be hope for Luke within five years from the research. "I'm the first to say its not perfect [research]," said Mr Alderton. "It's a rat and it's not walking perfectly. But it's research you have to have." http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/19/1029114078190.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 11:40:05 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 11:40:05 -0700 Subject: "a northern Californian craziness" Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509113930.00a15c50@mail.nex.net.au> A hard-boiled detective who hates the big sleep August 20 2002 Fighting the system ... Rachel Sommerville. Photo: Bryan Charlton Penelope Debelle meets an Australian-born investigator who specialises in saving American murderers from execution. After saving a black American murderer from death row, Australian legal investigator Rachel Sommerville received a thank-you note, much in the nature of a courtesy note after a pleasant dinner. "Thank you for saving my life," the young man wrote. Its simple message helped validate the path she has taken. Motivated by a deep hatred of, and opposition to, the entrenched role of capital punishment in American law, she works as a criminal defence investigator in San Francisco, saving killers when she can. Australia and Britain gave up executing their worst criminals decades ago, but there are 600 Americans on death row in California alone. Sommerville, who went to the US for six months, married a local and now lives and works in California, does not believe the laws are about to change. A recent amendment excusing the mentally retarded from the death penalty had given hope to some abolitionists but Sommerville says it means the reverse: America is dealing with some of the grosser aspects of its capital punishment laws just because they will remain in place. "Politicians in America have to say they believe in the death penalty or they are scared they will be seen as not tough on crime," she says. In the Californian judiciary, which still executes about three people a year, the final decision on execution is made not by a judge but a jury. Sommerville, an Adelaide University graduate with a masters degree in psycho-social studies, is one of a growing number of women whose job is to collect material that will convince the jury that a person may be guilty of a dreadful crime but they should not be put to death. They work as private investigators, piecing together scraps of broken lives into a story that might persuade a jury to sentence the accused to life in jail, not death. This can call for courtroom tactics that exploit the emotions of jurors to convince them that what they have before them is not an animal but a man. "We do everything to give them their humanity back," Sommerville says. "That can be as much as showing a photograph of our client holding his baby brother in his arms, constantly showing he is a human being." The concept of innate evil embodied in the fictional killer Hannibal Lecter has done the anti-capital punishment cause enormous harm. The popularisation through Hollywood of the idea of a killer as pure, calculating evil emphasised the distance in most jurors' minds between the murderer and his humanity. "Hannibal Lecter is a very strong image in some jurors' minds," Sommerville says. "They think these guys are smart, they think they know how to beat the system, that they are highly dangerous. They are slightly shocked to see even a smile from them - they don't see a human being in front of them." To mount an argument that will explain in human terms why a person committed murder, Sommerville delves into their lives, confronting family members, neighbours, former friends or teachers who may know something that helps to explain what they have become. It also means driving to unfamiliar parts of California and entering neighbourhoods where white women are not always welcome. She never rings first - it is too easy for people to hang up - preferring to turn up on doorsteps. "You have about 30 seconds," she says. "And you have to talk really quickly so they don't close the door on you and you don't scare them. You have to make it sound like they are doing the most natural thing in the world to tell you secrets." The Australian accent helps because it throws them off guard and disarms them. "Where are you from?" they ask. She tells them she is trying to help someone they might remember who is facing a serious charge. "Most people want to help," she says. Sommerville believes murderers are moulded by life's experiences, particularly in their relationships with others. She can almost pinpoint the moment when life failed them and the killer started to take shape. One young man faced such a moment when he went to live with a foster mother who liked him and offered a role model and a value system he could follow. But her son turned on him and the relationship broke down. She interviews killer clients in shackles in unpleasant prison environments and, with the exception of Donald - the man who wrote to her and who has turned his life around in jail - will never see any of them again. Every so often she returns to Australia - this time to holiday in Byron Bay - so the poison can seep from her system and she can unwind. America is not necessarily a more violent culture but she is wary of what she calls "a northern Californian craziness" that puts everyone on edge to make sure they are being heard. She was with a friend in Adelaide last week who beat another driver to a parking space and laughed over it. "I would not have done that in the United States. I would have let the other person get it because I don't trust their reaction," she says. "A lot of people carry guns. I am always asked where my gun is because I am an investigator." The easy access to guns explains many deaths, she says, particularly among youths where gang-related killings are daily ruining lives. "The joke now is that these guys don't know how to fist-fight," Sommerville says. "They are so used to pulling out their guns they don't know how to survive in youth prison." From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 21:42:48 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 21:42:48 -0700 Subject: Nitskche;beyond good and evil. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509213640.00a0f0f0@mail.nex.net.au> Euthanasia advocate takes legal action against Qld police Euthanasia advocate Doctor Phillip Nitschke is trying to force Queensland Police to destroy medical records and correspondence seized after the suicide of Gold Coast woman Nancy Crick. Dr Nitschke says he is taking legal action in the Northern Territory although he hopes to have the proceedings transferred to the Supreme Court in Queensland. Dr Nitschke says police seized a large amount of material, including documents relating to the group Exit Australia, outside the terms of their warrant. "They've got something like 99.9 per cent we estimate of the 50 megabytes or gigabytes of material that they've taken in the form of letters from our offices in Adelaide and in Darwin and of course John Edge's place too in the Gold Coast - Exit material we want that destroyed," he said. Dr Nitschke claims the police involved in the seizure of the material overstepped the terms of their warrant. "We want a demonstrated ability that we can guarantee, a demonstrated guarantee that the material that was taken that is not compliant with the conditions of the warrant has in fact been destroyed," he said. "They gave us copies of the electronic material back but interestingly they've kept all the written material, they've kept all the written material, they've kept all the other films and all the tapes, they've kept that." Stem cell debate hots up The first night of debate on embryonic stem cell research has raised emotions in the federal parliament. Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson says those who have reservations are being unfairly accused of lacking compassion.(not to mention logic,utilitarianism and rational thought,triage,etc etc.) Liberal backbencher Christopher Pyne says embryonic stem cell research is a perversity of the IVF program. "If it is not a human being what on earth is it," he said. But member for Sydney Tanya Plibersek says she rejects Mr Pyne's view there is no difference between an embryo that is five days or six months old. "The difference is in later pregnancy losing a baby compared with in early pregnancy at five days not becoming pregnant and to argue that the difference is negligible I think misses the point entirely," she said. Support Some federal MPs are advancing their calls to split the Government's stem cell bill. But seven of the nine speakers last night say they support the legislation. Shadow Health Minister Stephen Smith says those who approve of invitro fertilization should have no problem with the bill. "It's a necessary consequence of that decision that there will be spare or excess embryos," he said. Proponents of embryonic stem cell research are worried if the contentious provisions are separated, their case will be weakened. Liberal MP Bruce Bilson supports the legislation but says all views should be respected. "If not I, someone with my active support will be moving a splitting of the bill," he said. Opponent Christopher Pyne says the legislation relies on a list of unproven possibilities for science. He and Deputy Prime Minister John Anderson have hit back at those who say they're failing to alleviate human suffering. "I have faced some awful truly awful ethical decisions myself about the level of medical intervention that we ought to persist with or not to persist with," he said. The Federal Opposition leader Simon Crean says a Labor conscience vote will still apply if the bill is separated. MacFarlane The Industry Minister Ian MacFarlane has warned the Government's stem cell bill is in danger of falling over. He has accused the biotechnology industries of creating unnecessary division on the issue. The Minister told an industry dinner in Melbourne last night, some are already trying to move the goalposts by floating ideas such as therapeutic cloning. He says the divisions are jeopardising the entire gameplan. END. Euthanising certain liberal party nincompoops seems called for. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 23:19:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 23:19:39 -0700 Subject: Euro retention and Nidal stick injuries. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509231812.00a103b0@mail.nex.net.au> Draft Framework Decision on the retention of traffic data and on access to this data in connection with criminal investigations and prosecutions Text of a leaked confidential draft 'framework decision' from Brussels (with impetus from Washington, naturally) that would compel telcos and ISPs to retain traffic data on personal communications for at least a year - the information would be held centrally and made available to all EU governments with few apparent safeguards against misuse ( Statewatch ) See also this analysis, this press release with links to additional background documents, this Guardian coverage, and this Slashdot discussion Gun for hire who has already died at least twice Commentary on the death in Baghdad of the notorious extremist and criminal Abu Nidal ( Robert Fisk via Independent ) See also this Guardian obituary LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 23:31:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 23:31:46 -0700 Subject: While RSA's woes mount... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509232418.00a10e10@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/7/26743.html Execs plan junkets. http://www.rsaconference.net/paris/ In case you missed it RSA lost aprox 20 mill for the past FY on gross numbers. Also Prime crack strikes fear into hearts of cryptographers.Prime number puzzle finally solved p9 http://www.newscientist.com/inprint/ipcontents.jsp If you haven't already DUMP RSA STOCK! From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 9 23:47:16 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 09 May 1999 23:47:16 -0700 Subject: John Malcolm needs killing. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990509234331.00a10ba0@mail.nex.net.au> http://news.com.com/2100-1023-954591.html?tag=fd_top Stop thief! hand back that PROMIS software.pr.PROMIS # 0417. John Malcolm, a deputy assistant attorney general, said Americans should realize that swapping illicit copies of music and movies is a criminal offense that can result in lengthy prison terms. "A lot of people think these activities are legal, and they think they ought to be legal," Malcolm told an audience at the Progress and Freedom Foundation's annual technology and politics summit. Malcolm said the Internet has become "the world's largest copy machine" and that criminal prosecutions of copyright offenders are now necessary to preserve the viability of America's content industries. "There does have to be some kind of a public message that stealing is stealing is stealing," said Malcolm, who oversees the arm of the Justice Department that prosecutes copyright and computer crime cases. In an interview, Malcolm would not say when prosecutions would begin. The response to the Sept. 11 terrorist attacks temporarily diverted the department's resources and prevented its attorneys from focusing on this earlier, he said. A few weeks ago, some of the most senior members of Congress pressured the Justice Department to invoke a little-known law, the No Electronic Theft (NET) Act, against peer-to-peer users who swap files without permission. Under the NET Act, signed by President Clinton in 1997, it is a federal crime to share copies of copyrighted products such as software, movies or music with anyone, even friends or family members, if the value of the work exceeds $1,000. Violations are punishable by one year in prison, or if the value tops $2,500, "not more than five years" in prison. Cary Sherman, president of the Recording Industry Association of America (RIAA), said his industry would "welcome" prosecutions that send a message to song-swappers. "Some prosecutions that make that clear could be very helpful...I think they would think twice if they thought there was a risk of criminal prosecution," said Sherman, who was on the same conference panel. Christopher Cookson, executive vice president of Warner Bros. and another panelist, said there was "a need for governments to step in and maintain order in society." Swapping files in violation of the law has always been a civil offense, and the RIAA and the Motion Picture Association of America (MPAA) have the option of suing individual infringers and seeking damages. But, Malcolm said, criminal prosecutions can be much more effective in intimidating file-swappers who have little assets at risk in a civil suit. "Civil remedies are not adequate...Law enforcement in that regard does have several advantages," Malcolm said. "We have the advantage, when appropriate, of opening up and conducting multi-jurisdictional and international investigations. "Most parents would be horrified if they walked into a child's room and found 100 stolen CDs...However, these same parents think nothing of having their children spend time online downloading hundreds of songs without paying a dime." Gary Shapiro, president of the Consumer Electronics Association, said he was skeptical about the view that peer-to-peer piracy should be a criminal offense. "If we have 70 million people in the United States who are breaking the law, we have a big issue." The DOJ already has used the NET Act to imprison noncommercial software pirates, which software lobbyists hailed as "an important component of the overall effort to prevent software theft." During his confirmation hearing in June 2001, Attorney General John Ashcroft told Congress that "given the fact that much of America's strength in the world economy is a result of our being the developer and promoter of most of the valuable software, we cannot allow the assets that are held electronically to be pirated or infringed. And so we will make a priority of cybercrime issues." The letter from Congress complains of "a staggering increase in the amount of intellectual property pirated over the Internet through peer-to-peer systems." Signed by 19 members of Congress, including Sen. Joseph Biden, D-Del., Rep. James Sensenbrenner, R-Wis., and Sen. Dianne Feinstein, D-Ca., the letter urged Ashcroft "to prosecute individuals who intentionally allow mass copying from their computer over peer-to-peer networks." END Having one of the biggest Gulags in the world isn't enough already? From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 10 04:49:56 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 04:49:56 -0700 Subject: Prep for Hardcore trial. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990510044925.009f3ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Max Trial Now Set for September 18; Conversations With Attorney Jeffrey Douglas Because the sales records for four of Extreme's Extreme Teen tapes had been subpoenaed, I thought I'd give attorney Jeffrey Douglas a call and find out what the fuck that was all about. My first question to Douglas was not about the unwitting Extreme tie-in to Max's obscenity trial but a rumor that I heard on the street about the Free Speech Coalition's allegedly not filing the paperwork to get a legal rebate of sorts in their lawsuit Free Speech Coalition v. Ashcroft, a case which the organization won. Gene: Jeffrey I'm hearing things. I'm hearing things like the fact that the Free Speech Coalition missed the boat on collecting reimbursement of legal fees it was entitled to. Douglas: We have an attorneys' fees request back in the trial court. So that's flat out incorrect. We're currently asking for reimbursement. Gene: I heard a wild figure of $270,000 being thrown out there. Douglas: That's probably the right magnitude. Which is of course a tiny fraction of what one would normally expect to pay for litigation that we undertook. Lou Sirkin A) doesn't charge as much as attorneys on either coast would charge; B) He stepped very lightly on our bill. As free advertising for Lou, check around with the other prominent firms that handle Supreme Court cases and ask them what an estimate would be that begins with the filing of a lawsuit and going up through the court of appeals up to the Supreme Court. I think you'd find it to be about three times that. Gene: This is a standard thing that if you win a case you can get reimbursed. Douglas: No. If you sue a state for a violation of state law in contrast to federal law, and you're saying the enforcement of the law violates civil rights, under a federal provision you're entitled to get reasonable attorneys' fees. If the exact same situation arises under federal law, which is what it did here, you're not automatically entitled to get attorney's fees. You're entitled to get up to $125 an hour which is even less than what Lou Sirkin charges. If the government's position was essentially totally unreasonable- and we have a very difficult road to hoe on that- because the trial court is going to be saying that the government's position was totally 100% reasonable. He ruled for the government. The Ninth Circuit ruled for us but there was a strong dissent. What helps us the most is that the Supreme Court ruled 7-2 in our favor. There the government's position was clearly to create new laws. They never said that this was supported by existing law. They acknowledged that they were trying to create new ground here. We have a chance at the trial court will rule to some extent in our favor and the pleadings on the part of the government in response to our request for attorney's fees, they focused at least as much on individual entries. They said you shouldn't have had two lawyers argue before the Supreme Court. Things like that. They were doing a lot of nitpicking. They certainly addressed the big issue that they felt their position was reasonable and therefore we weren't entitled to attorneys' fees. Gene: Regarding the Extreme titles. Douglas: I was subpoenaing the titles; I was subpoenaing the sales records. What I'm looking for is the California sales of those titles. All I just want to say is so many copies sold for Extreme 19; Extreme 20...in California alone. Gene: Where does the case stand. Douglas: We're starting the trial a month from yesterday; or sometime in Mid September. We're very optimistic. Gene: There was a little controversy over an illness in Max's family. Douglas: I don't know if it was controversial. Gene: They were busting his balls about it. Douglas: Yeah. The city attorney made some unprofessional, inappropriate comments. In essence she was saying to the judge that the judge should presume that it was fraudulent. The basis for her saying that are things that are so bizarre. She said, for instance, that Max had a sister. You keep waiting for a conclusion to be drawn, what are you going to say? Therefore, since I don't know about it, chances are he really doesn't have a sister. It was the kind of thing that in a different court I would probably have ended up in jail. I got really upset. Gene: Sounds like you got the makings of a case to be tried by the law firm of Barnum and Bailey. Douglas: They're currently representing the city of Los Angeles. Before that appears in your column what I mean by that is solely this. There is something inherently absurd and circus-like about prosecuting a movie that has no offensive sex act simply because the prosecutor's office doesn't like the idea that a person would fantasize that their adult sex partner is underage. And while I don't think the movie does that, that's certainly the prosecution's theory that out there right now there are people having sex and one or both of them are pretending in their mind that their 20 year-old partner is actually 17; or 14 for that matter. On the basis of that, they're prosecuting the movie? That is ludicrous. The prosecutor herself is perfectly professional. She was just having a bad day. And I'm not surprised by that. Because it's incredibly frustrating to be all dressed up and ready to go to trial and have the trial continued. So I understand her frustrations in that way. I kind of felt the same way. You get all geeked up and geared up and you've got everyone and everything lined up- your witnesses and your documents, and, oops, it has to be put over. It's very difficult to get things all tidy and neat and ready to roll again. And her frustration came out in that hearing. Gene: In a trial like this would it be common to bring in other adult titles and try to make comparisons? Douglas: Yeah. There are several ways of going about doing it. Comparables showing that materials of a similar nature to that which is being charged are available in the community can be done for two things. One to simply argue therefore it's not obscene. That is a weaker argument than arguing the availability of this material is evidence to you the jury of what is within the acceptable community standard. If a movie that's comparable to one being charged is widely sold, that's evidence that the community finds it acceptable. But the hang up is that the more widely accepted a movie is, the more examples of similar films there are. Let's take a silly example- let's say the prosecution wanted to prosecute to softest X rated movie ever made which has one sex scene in it that's pure vanilla sex. How do you go about showing that this is perfectly acceptable? You want to bring in 5,000 movies, right? Well, the judge is not going to allow a trial of a movie that lasts an hour and a half to then show 60 hours worth of movies. But you want to. You want to show that this is not just accepted, it's universal. So for instance the theme of the young-appearing character virtually every manufacturer has at least one line that emphasizes that- Barely Legal being the highest profile one. The trick is to persuade the judge I can show the jury, visually, that this material is everywhere. In a typical case the controversy would be over a sex act. Let's say a fisting scene. So you would want to show 30 movies that had fisting scenes in them. In an ideal situation, each clip would be the fisting scene. Here it's NOT the sex. It's the idea. So I'm going to show a large number of movies that emphasize the apparent immaturity of the character but I'm mostly going to be putting forward the story setup. I have to show some sex to show that it's comparable sex and not just talking about it or that it's not an R-rated version where all you see is someone that's huffing and puffing- but that there is actual penetration. The key is the setup. So it's going to be uncharacteristic in that regard. Of course everything is uncharacteristic about this trial. This is the first obscenity case that's going to a jury trial in maybe fifteen years in LA. Gene: I haven't seen the movie but I keep hearing these urban legends about it. The one I most often hear is that in this particular movie, there was a reference the girl makes that she's 12 years old. Douglas: That line of course should have ended up on the editing floor but didn't. It occurs as Max is being his character at the east coast show, and this woman is one of his roving reporters. She is a very adult-type looking character. There is nothing about her appearance, character, demeanor, anything that suggests not just that she's under age but even that she's young. She's a contemporary of Max. She talks about her sex life and supposedly that people she's been interviewing on the boardwalk, she's been having sex with. Eventually the two of them get around to having sex. In the course of that sex act she says fuck my 12 year-old ass; or I think it's 14 year-old ass. I don't recall. Then they go into the normal stuff about characterizing her as a slut, this, that and the other thing. But, essentially, again, they're saying [the DA's office] that a person who's having sex can't fantasize that they themselves are under age. So the other characteristic that they find so offensive and indicative of it being appealing to pedophiles is that one of the characters is carrying.... a backpack. Duhhhh. Gene: For the record who's the girl? Douglas: I don't remember her name. Another thing that they object to is that the seduction occurs in a park. Gene: In a park. Douglas: In a park. Part of the theory is that only children go to parks, I guess. Gene: I think you need Al Pacino coming in at this point and telling everyone they're out of orduh. Douglas: And then that same character in the park is reading a Playboy magazine or something that looks like Playboy. That again is somehow or another indicial that she's under age. And another one has pigtails. As movies within the genre of youth emphasis, this isn't a particularly extreme example; an egregious example. In terms of the sex depictions in the movies, on the scale of one to offensive, this is about a 4. Gene: I take it by looking at Extreme's California sales records there's an indication to show that there are a lot of people who watch this stuff in the community standards area. Douglas: Right. This is evidence of the community standard. It's indirect evidence but it's very valuable evidence nonetheless. Gene: Are you bringing any comparables in? Douglas: That's what the subpoena is for. I'm trying- the judge has yet to rule on it- but what I'll be doing is showing a wide range of movies that have a youth theme to them that are good selling movies in California including Barely Legal. Now the distinction between Barely Legal and the other films is that the characters in Barely Legal say [there's a voiceover], 'six minutes after I turned 18...' The rest of the genre they just don't say that. If the prosecutor concedes that the only distinction between all those movies that are out there and this one, is that at one point one character says that she's 14 or 12, I'll be thrilled. Because no jury's going to say a person can't fantasize. And there's also that great language on Free Speech Coalition versus Ashcroft that talks about the importance of exploring the theme of teenage sexuality through the ages. It's not that it is an inherently a taboo topic. The politics of the prosecution is quite interesting because they had three cases pending- this one, JM and Seymore Butts. They completely folded on the two prosecutions offering just a magnificent deal which is a corporate plea to a public nuisance and NO restriction on the distribution of the movies. Which is in essence a city attorney's stamp of approval. Because if they don't say as a term of corporate probation, don't distribute this movie, they're saying we have no problem with you distributing this movie, right? If you're on probation for anything having to do with an outburst of lack of control, one of the terms of probation is don't drink. They have enormous latitude. If they don't restrict the distribution of the movie, they're saying we have no problem with the distribution of the movie. One of the comparables I'm going to be attempting to get in is American Bukkake 11. The city attorney's office has announced it is not obscene. That's evidence of the community standard as far as I'm concerned. Judges normally do not like to have this happen but I'm going to try with a nice cross section of youth-oriented films. I'm hoping that the Extreme titles that I subpoenaed the sales records of or tried to subpoena will help back that up. Gene: Are you going to be showing other movies. Douglas: The judge has ruled I can. In the abstract he's going to review my editing and say whether it's acceptable or not. But I'm going to be having excerpts from a dozen different movies. From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 10 04:55:00 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 04:55:00 -0700 Subject: Assassination politician terminal? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990510045219.00a10090@mail.nex.net.au> Barr is Either In or Out After Today Rep. Bob Barr faces his toughest political battle today in a primary election. Barr's facing another Republican incumbent every bit as conservative as he is. His opponent, Rep. John Linder. The two men are facing each other for their party's nomination in a new congressional district, drawn by Georgia's Democratic Legislature. The winner of today's primary is virtually assured of election in the fall. The loser will depart Congress at a time when his party, with only a six-vote House majority, is desperate to keep every seat. Barr has drawn ridicule for a $30 million lawsuit he filed against Bill Clinton, Democratic consultant James Carville and Hustler publisher Larry Flynt. The suit charged that they invaded his privacy, and it sought damages for emotional distress during Clinton's impeachment fight in which Barr was one of 13 House members who presented a case against Clinton. Linder says that ''adds to the chuckle factor'' of the race. A bigger chuckle though might be the fact that one of Barr's biggest supporters is Alzheimer's Poster Boy Charlton Heston, the actor and president of the National Rifle Association. Barr, a gun rights champion, was embarrassed when an antique pistol he was being shown at a fundraising event accidentally fired. No one was injured.On his behalf,I pr,should add Barr has gone on record as moving to revoke the order prohibiting assassinations. He would make a pretty good APster candidate. From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 10 07:16:54 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 07:16:54 -0700 Subject: Shrubs political and psychological defeat. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990510065231.00a115c0@mail.nex.net.au> Well barr's barred...there may be a god...Washington Retreating on Iraq Aug 19 The Bush administration has begun to back down from plans for a near-term attack on Iraq. The controversial plan was shredding the coalition against al Qaeda, which Washington needs in battling the group. But the Bush administration's retreat from Iraq, although necessary, forces it to manage a political and psychological defeat. RR,don't go there,girlfriend.http://www.stratfor.com/ crypto revisionism Since 1974 much has been written about the cryptographic success achieved at Bletchley Park, and dozens of participants and historians have given their version of what was accomplished. Bennett includes separate short entries for GCCS, GCHQ, Enigma, Bletchley Park and ULTRA, longer ones for Alan Turing, Sir Edward Travis, Alistair [sic] Denniston, and a four page summary under 'United Kingdom'. Evidently the author rightly considers Britain's cryptographic effort to be of some significance, yet his very confused account seriously misdefines some common terms, and consistently refers to the Enigma machine in capitals, as though Enigma is itself a codename. Much the same can be said for Bennett's treatment of VENONA, which is seriously flawed. Suffice to say that his assertion that the Army Security Agency began work on the Soviet intercepts in 1943 is somewhat wide of the mark http://www.cicentre.com/BK/BOOKS_West_Bennett.html From profrv at nex.net.au Mon May 10 08:10:09 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Mon, 10 May 1999 08:10:09 -0700 Subject: Shrub wargaming at crawford. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990510075131.00a129b0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.makethemaccountable.com/real/ let it load,let it load,let it load. uninalienable rights.HAHAHA! Unintelligible maybe.hirstory can be fun,check this out..."My trip to Asia begins here in Japan for an important reason. (Applause.) It begins here because for a century and a half now, America and Japan have formed one of the great and enduring alliances of modern times." "All in all, it's been a fabulous year for Laura and me." STOP! Your killing me. From emc at wire.insync.net Mon May 10 10:26:49 1999 From: emc at wire.insync.net (Eric Cordian) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 01:26:49 +0800 Subject: USPS "Know Your Customer" Draws Fire Message-ID: <199810270748.BAA00246@wire.insync.net> Privacy advocates are beginning to take notice of the implications of the new Postal Service regulations concerning private mailboxes. ----- SACRAMENTO -- New postal regulations will make private mailboxes "private" no more, may endanger individual safety, and represent another government attack on privacy that should not be tolerated, the Libertarian Party of California announced today. "Why must government continue to erode individual privacy?" asked Libertarian state chair Mark Hinkle. "What's next? Eliminating unlisted phone numbers? Criminalizing the use of pseudonyms?" Under the new rules, published in the March 25th Federal Register, private mailbox customers will now be required to show two forms of ID -- including one with a photo -- when applying to rent, and mail delivered to private mailboxes must bear a new address designation, "PMB," or risk being undelivered. The rules went into effect April 26th. According to the Postal Service, the new rules are designed to combat mail fraud. But that sounds eerily like another recent government proposal, Hinkle noted. "It's 'Know Your Customer' all over again. The government just keeps wanting to invade our privacy." "Know Your Customer" was the name given to proposed government regulations that would have required banks to develop profiles on every customer and report suspicious banking activity to the government. Thanks to a campaign led by the Libertarian Party, the Federal Deposit Insurance Corporation rescinded the proposed rules in March. But the similarities remain: * The postal regulations will increase the burden on "Commercial Mail Receiving Agencies" -- or CMRAs as private mailbox businesses like Mailboxes Etc. are known -- by making them responsible for verifying the customer's identity. "Mailbox companies have an interest in reducing fraud but not in inconveniencing customers," said Hinkle. "Their employees should not have to act as deputies for the Postal Service." * The rules will eliminate the privacy enjoyed by CMRA customers -- and may endanger some of them. "Private mailbox renters often have very good reasons for keeping a low profile, such as battered spouses in hiding, celebrities, and law enforcement officers who want to keep their home addresses confidential," Hinkle pointed out. "The Postal Service is literally endangering these individuals." Small businesses started in a home or a garage may rent a private box to give the appearance of having a physical office. "Thanks to the PMB designation, all that privacy is now gone and those businesses will probably suffer as a result," said Hinkle. Even worse, anyone -- not just the police -- can request to see a customer's application information if that customer is doing or soliciting business from their private mailbox. * Most troubling, the regulations operate under the assumption that the customer is guilty until proven innocent. "Just like with 'Know Your Customer,' the Postal Service is depriving the many of their liberties for the sake of a very small few lawbreakers. The problem is, criminals do not follow the law and will find ways around these rules while law-abiding customers are forced to sacrifice their privacy," charged Hinkle. There's one crucial difference between "Know Your Customer" and the new postal regulations: whereas "Know Your Customer" was a proposed rule, the Postal Service has already adopted the new rules, having first proposed them in August, 1997. "With 8,645 regulations adopted in the last two years, it's easy to see how this one slipped through the cracks," Hinkle concluded. "Libertarians denounce the new postal regulations and call on Congress to recognize the erosion of American privacy -- and to stop it before privacy goes the way of the Pony Express." -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law" From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 03:04:55 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 03:04:55 -0700 Subject: Herd shot around the world. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511030329.00a13660@mail.nex.net.au> The Detrimental Impact of Industrial Animal Agriculture (PDF) Report on the replacement of small-scale family farms by industrial animal farming in the developing world, and the manner in which this trend is increasing poverty and promoting the spread of disease ( CIWF ) See also this Guardian coverage LINKS http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm "Would you like lies with that?" From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 03:55:36 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 03:55:36 -0700 Subject: Git along little dawggie.FREE BEER FOR LIFE !!! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511035317.00a12040@mail.nex.net.au> To: **** **** ***** *****> Subject: !!! FREE BEER FOR LIFE !!! “I’m Stranger Here, Myself” — Part VI of The True Story Of The InterNet Chapter 02C8: !!! FREE BEER FOR LIFE !!! As an added incentive for those who have been expectantly awaiting the release of Part VI of The True Story Of The InterNet manuscripts, and as an initial incentive for those who have no interest at all in it and resent this kind of garbage just showing up in their email unexpectedly, the Cult Of One #05987-196 is once again entering each and every Reader&OR&Deleter in the TTSotIN ‘Free Beer For Life’ Contest Drawing. The beer is a 12 o.z. bottle of Samuel Adams, and the winner can keep it for life. There has been considerable resentment raised over the remarkable coincidence of my having won ‘Free Beer For Life’ Contests I thru V, and some suggestions that I should disqualify myself from future contests, so I have decided not to enter myself in the contest this time. There will once again be a Quiz regarding the manuscripts, to make certain that the winner has read them. However, a perfect score will disqualify an individual for cheating. An excellent score will disqualify an individual because nobody likes a wise-guy, eh? An average score will disqualify an individual for being an AOL subscriber. A lousy score will disqualify an individual for obviously having been loaded while reading the manuscripts, thus they hardly need one lousy beer. In the event of all others being disqualified, I become the winner by default. In event of a tie, U.$. Treasury Agent Jeff Gordon will arrest one of the winners. Good Luck From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 04:45:30 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 04:45:30 -0700 Subject: Roquefort files. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511044434.00a13090@mail.nex.net.au> Investigators want more access to private information Canberra August 21 2002 Private investigators believe they can do many of the same jobs as police just as well and more cheaply, a new study has shown. The Australian Institute of Criminology report said investigators, who in NSW outnumber police by some 2,000, believed they should gain greater access to confidential government information to allow them to track down witnesses and debtors. The profile of the private investigation business, prepared by criminologist Dr Tim Prenzler and investigator Michael King, said investigators believed they could provide greater justice to crime victims if they were allowed greater access to government databases. The study said there were some 25,000 private investigators across the country, compared with 44,922 police. In NSW there are 13,614 police and 15,800 investigators. Forty investigators were interviewed for the study and all strongly favoured doing more work in the public sector justice system. "Many argued that they could do a range of tasks, such as searching for missing persons, conducting surveillance, executing search warrants, attending burglary scenes or investigating traffic accidents, just as well and more cheaply than police," the study said. Dr Prenzler and Mr King noted that the industry had changed dramatically over the last few decades, moving away from divorce work to concentrate on insurance. That was facilitated by a new willingness of the insurance to fight dodgy claims and widespread use of video cameras. But the 1992 inquiry by the NSW Independent Commission Against Corruption uncovered a thriving trade in illicit information. Private investigators acting for banks, insurers and finance companies paid substantial sums to public servants for unauthorised access to information from confidential computer databases. That prompted toughening of procedures for accessing such information and penalties for improper disclosure. But one third of the study respondents indicated non-compliance remained widespread. They called for formalised access. Dr Prenzler and Mr King said that was worth considering in both the interests of justice and to reduce demand for illicit information. "One possible argument is that at present the law is weighted in favour of people avoiding legitimate legal process," they said. The investigators conceded they had an image problem, even though the industry had lifted its game enormously over the last 20 years. "I think public perception is that 80 per cent of us are dodgy but in reality it's probably less than 0.5 per cent," one said. AAP From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 04:55:10 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 04:55:10 -0700 Subject: DG on ruprechkt Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511045448.00a15ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Murdoch's Grand Wishes for Net Control CNet: Media chief decries Net's moral fiber. The president of media giant News Corp. warns that the Internet has become a "moral-free zone," with the medium's future threatened by pornography, spam and rampant piracy. The word "hypocrite" is grossly insufficient to describe Peter Chernin and his corporate master, Rupert Murdoch, but it'll have to do for now. News Corp. has done more to bring down the level of journalism and entertainment than perhaps any other organization on the planet. These are the people responsible for much of the tabloidization of the press. These are the owners of the putrid Fox TV network. News Corp. is a member in good standing of the entertainment and information cartel that is trying to capture absolute control of all digital information. It is attacking the users -- the customers -- of technology and entertainment, in a profound and damaging way. If you believe the garbage you see on the Fox network, and in Rupert Murdoch's right-wing tabloids (which play up sex when it sells; note the bare-breasted women in its British newspapers), then you'll believe anything. If you have an ounce of independence of thought, you will find remarks like Chernin's some of the most dangerous rhetoric yet. ( Posted by Dan Gillmor, 08/21/2002 01:36 PM PDT From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 05:04:09 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 05:04:09 -0700 Subject: I want my ZIA Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511050308.00a10510@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.scientificamerican.com/article.cfm?articleID=000D5C44-6723-1D59-90FB809EC5880000 The technique, developed by Mark D. Corner and Brian D. Noble of the University of Michigan College of Engineering, is dubbed Zero-Interaction Authentication, or ZIA. It requires two pieces of hardware: the laptop and a so-called authentication token that communicates with the computer via a wireless link. As long as the token, which can be built into a wearable accessory such as a watch, is within range of the computer, the computer's systems function normally. But once the computer is separated from the token, its files automatically become encrypted. "When a user walks away from his laptop to get a cup of coffee, it will sense that he is leaving and begin securing the computer," From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 05:55:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 05:55:52 -0700 Subject: NETWORK. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511055339.00a11090@mail.nex.net.au> New Times Reporter Filed Over Bullshit Story Los Angeles New Times L.A. freelance writer Antoine Oman has been fired for fabricating a story about teenage rape victims Tamara Brooks and Jackie Marris. Oman, who had a short history with the alternative weekly, was escorted from New Times' offices on Friday afternoon and made no comment. His story, published in last week's issue, claimed that the NBC television network was about to announce that Brooks and Marris had been signed to host a new prime-time reality show produced by an amoral lowlife named Billy Slattery. The program, supposedly slated as a midseason replacement, was to be called Survive This!. According to Oman's story, the show would have pitted teenage contestants against recently paroled predatory sex offenders, all of whom would be released in a remote and wild locale. NBC, however, said that no such show is planned, and that Slattery does not exist. Neither, it turns out, do the other so-called "experts" whom Oman quoted in his story. "This is a dark day for New Times, and it puts a black eye on all of Los Angeles journalism," lamented NT editor Rick Barrs, who has helmed the feisty publication since its 1996 inception. "I can only extend my deepest apologies to the Peacock network, which I should have known would never stoop so low for ratings." For the rest read http://www.newtimesla.com/issues/2002-08-22/faultlines.html/1/index.html http://www.movieactors.com/winm/m76.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 05:59:26 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 05:59:26 -0700 Subject: WEADS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511055836.00a10170@mail.nex.net.au> Vegas Dancers to March September 1 The issue's so important, former dancer Treasure Brown has decided to postpone her wedding because of it. The issue being that of lap dancing and the fact that as of Sept. 1, ordinances go into effect in Clark County, Nevada prohibiting it. Clark County is better known as Las Vegas. Here's what happened a couple of weeks ago and which prompted Brown, who likes to refer to herself as an "undercover lobbyist" to form an alliance known as WEADS, Women and Entertainers Anti-Defamation Society. From the Gene Files: Vegas Imposes Lap Dance Rules Bugsy Siegel would be turning over in his grave to know what a pussy ass town Las Vegas has become. Clark County commissioners want to impose rules on lap dancing. Speakers in opposition to the measure said strip clubs are not the dens of prostitution described by police, and they reminded commissioners that this is Sin City, after all, not Disneyland. Other opponents of the ordinance said lap dancing puts food on their table and restricting it would jeopardize their livelihood. "How will I eat? How will I support my children?" stripper Brianna Wildman asked through tears. But in the end, commissioners voted 5-1 to adopt lap dance rules. Though they were far less stringent than those introduced two weeks ago. That proposal would have prohibited a dancer's groin from ever touching a customer's body. The rules commissioners passed yesterday allow dancers to grind against a customer's leg, but bar more intimate contact. "The industry has worked with me not in creating a deal, but a compromise," said Commissioner Yvonne Atkinson Gates, who proposed the ordinance. A cluster of strip club attorneys had come to the commission meeting prepared to argue that the proposed ordinance would put their clients out of business. They changed their minds after reading the new draft. "When they started out saying you've got to be 6 feet from the customer, and you end up with the girl being able to grind against his leg, you've come a long way," said attorney Peter Christiansen, who represents Jaguars, the $15 million strip club that recently opened on West Desert Inn Road. Christiansen and several other strip club attorneys said the ordinance will force only minor changes in their clients' day-to-day operations. "We can live with it," said John Moran Jr., who represents The Library Gentlemen's Club on Boulder Highway and Strip Tease on Valley View Boulevard. Several attorneys said the only provision with a substantial impact is the prohibition against anyone under 21 working at a strip club that serves alcohol. Currently, the minimum age is 18. Dancers who are 18 to 20 years old now have three choices: change their profession, work at one of the all-nude juice bars or get a job at an alcohol-serving topless club in the city of Las Vegas. "The only real effect of what they've done is forced the youngest dancers to go totally nude to make a living," said one strip club attorney who spoke on condition of anonymity. Several commissioners said this was not their intent. But Atkinson Gates said she was not sympathetic to the dancers' plight. "They can get another job. They can do something else for a living," she said. "I don't buy that argument." Atkinson Gates said she introduced the legislation because she believed some of the acts commonly performed in strip clubs "are downright wrong, downright prostitution." "You're confusing sex with titillation," Dr. Jeff Arenswald told Atkinson Gates. "You have some repressed sexual ideas." The comment prompted Gates to grab a gavel and yell, "I said shut up!" across the commission's chambers. She later apologized for the outburst. Commissioner Erin Kenny did not attend the meeting, at which Chairman Dario Herrera cast the sole vote in opposition to the new rules. Herrera said restricting what is allowed in county strip clubs could give a competitive advantage to strip clubs located inside the Las Vegas city limits, where the county rules would not apply. Lap dances previously were illegal in unincorporated Clark County, though the prohibition was not enforced because a district judge struck down the rules as too vague. Police officers testifying in support of the ordinance said enforcement would be aided by specifying what is and what is not permissible. They predicted this will quell secondary problems with drugs and prostitution in the clubs." Gene sez: Long before the ordinance was even to go into effect, cops started rousting clubs in the city, particularly the Olympic Garden Club More from the Gene Files: What you'd normally think is a joke, ain't. Las Vegas which came up with a cockamamie lap dancing ordinance a couple of weeks ago is cracking down on it. Six strippers from Olympic Garden Club learned that this week when they got fired for dancing too close to customers. Undercover police sent a notice of noncompliance to the club, when officers observed contact between the dancers and customers. The club's owner says he immediately fired all six dancers. Strippers say they'll protest the regs, when they take effect Sept. 1. Gene sez we spoke to Brown Wednesday afternoon to get an update about a proposed march on the Las Vegas Commissioners' building. Gene: They've already started hassling dancers. Brown: Every little jurisdiction has its foibles. Ours is that the city of Las Vegas is different than Clark County. Actually when you're in Las Vegas, you're in Clark County. Las Vegas the city is really small. Clark County's laws are using some hate speech in their description of dancers. I want to start seeing these studies on secondary effects of dancing ended. You couldn't say these things about any other group. I'd like to see you try to say that gay men spread AIDS. Or make comments about any minority group's lifestyle. Quite frankly dancing is a lifestyle as well. Our organization's idea is that you have to have reasons for passing a law. The reasons would be to promote public health- to stop drug abuse, to limit prostitution. How dare they classify a group. How dare they do it. I think dancers are the last whipping boy and we're mad as hell and are not going to take it any more. Gene: What's the game plan with the organization. Brown: The march and rally? We're going to march to the county commission building. We're going to exercise the second half of the first amendment- the right to peaceful assembly to air grievances with the government. We're going to have an old fashioned Civil Rights march. Quite frankly our civil rights have been violated. We're going to have this march Sept. 1 when this ordinance goes into effect. Gene: Shit's already started at the Olympic Garden. Brown: This is all the doing of one particular vice cop and I can't remember his name off the top of my head. He never states his name and works in an undercover capacity. He's all super sleuth. But this is is whole bailiwick. Metro is a consolidated unit- they serve the city of Las Vegas as well as Clark County. But they're two separate jurisdictions with different judges what not, and different courts. God bless mayor Goodman who defended the dancers and said they're a beautiful part of Las Vegas. Nevertheless, vice cops went into city clubs and began wilding for lack of a better term. They started to arrest any and every girl in the city. Olympic Garden is very much in the city. They're rousting them everywhere and arrested a lot of city girls but club owners like to keep a lower profile. Peter of Olympic Garden is a really good guy, a beautiful human being. He really likes his dancers. They're more than just little money makers. Then they stopped with the arrests. They took a hiatus because they're getting a lot of bad press and it's a beautiful thing. Gene: Sept. 1 it heats up again. Brown: I don't know. There's been a lot of pressure. We've been acting in cooperation with the Las Vegas Dancers Alliance. I would compare that alliance with the ACLU and the ADL. Yesterday the County Commissioners had a sneaky meeting at six in the morning. I went down there and was the only person from our industry who went to the meeting. They discussed the ordinance. The one lady commissioner [Yvonne Atkinson Gates] wasn't there to vote. They decided pretty much to gut the law. They've taken out the silly, silly things like no tipping in the G-string. And they're going to work on the language of the ordinance about how you can dance. Because the wording is pretty much that you can rub on a customer's leg. It's in legalese but you can rub on a customer's leg. One county commissioner pointed out, where does your leg stop? The vice cops are saying you know where your leg stops. Actually, no we don't. And they're probably going to be the ones ruling on where your leg stops. I'm sitting there thinking your penis sits on tops of your legs, so... My frustration is just say what you mean. I've had a semester of law school and I think legalese nonsense is one of the grievous of our nation. Gene: That's the whole gimmick about the law. That's what you as as client are paying for- the translation of all that mumbo jumbo. They created a language that's foreign enough where people don't get it, so you have to hire a lawyer to help you get it. Brown: I completely agree and you've got vice cops writing law which is really kind of scary. A law school is simply a trade school for people who have really useless bachelor's degrees. You do learn something there. And when I hear a vice cops saying, 'I wrote the law the way I want it written!' I'm thinking and you are a fine Harvard scholar, aren't you. They're just asinine. And the vice cops are not interested in stopping the law being broken. They're interested in arresting girls. They made that very clear when I had real teachers tell them you need a class to explain to these women exactly what you mean along the lines of an alcohol awareness class. They were not at all interested in any sort of class. They want to arrest girls. Gene: Are you going to use the upcoming strippers' expo as an attempt to sign on girls. Brown: That's serendipity that we chose the First. And yes, any one who wants to share their solidarity with us, we would appreciate that. Let me put this out to any woman in the industry who's ever danced here- if you have ever been a dancer at all and you want to support your right as a woman not to be defamed, we would so appreciate any support at our rally afterwards. After we go to the County Commissioners we're going to have an after party at Talk of the Town. We're going to have a serious local demonstration at the commissioners' building. The march starts 3 pm at Garces and Las Vegas Blvd. right across the street from Showgirl Video. A march down the boulevard is about half a mile. We were going to make it three miles... Gene: But that's murder on the stilettos. Brown: That would have been like the Bataan Death March. We're putting the call out to any twentysomething who's envious that she didn't get to march at a real life demonstration. Here's your chance. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 06:10:50 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:10:50 -0700 Subject: DAGOS Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511060846.00a16ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Sorry- DIGOS.Antiterrorist police search homes of two journalists Reporters Without Borders today protested against the searches carried out yesterday by DIGOS antiterrorist police at the homes of two journalists, Fiorenza Sarzanini of the Corriere della Sera and Mario Menghetti of Il Messaggero. The searches came after both of these national dailies ran articles about the violence at the G8 summit in Genoa in the summer of 2001 that were apparently based on a leaked police report. "The frequency with which the authorities have violated the confidentiality of journalist sources in the past few months is disturbing", Reporters Without Borders secretary-general Robert Ménard said in a letter to Justice Minister XXXX. "These methods have been used at least five times against investigative journalists in 2002", Ménard said. "We must remind you that the principle of the protection of journalistic sources is one of the essential conditions of press freedom, and democratic states respect this right", the letter continued. "We must also remind you that the Council of Europe and the European Court of Human Rights monitor respect for this principle by member states and we ask you to ensure that the Italian judiciary does not violate it." The 19 August searches of the homes of Sarzanini and Menghetti by the Rome antiterrorist squad were carried out on the orders of the Genoa prosecutor's office. In their articles of 5 August, the two journalists are suspected of having cited a secret carabinieri report which focussed above on Carlo Giuliani, a young demonstrator who was killed by a member of the carabinieri. The antiterrorist squad was looking for documents that could help identify the source of this leak. On 3 May, Reporters Without Borders protested against the search carried out at the home of La Stampa reporter Guido Ruotolo who was suspected of having published information that violated the secrecy of a judicial investigation into an Islamic network. At the start of March, the homes of two other journalists, Claudia Fusani of La Repubblica and Fiorenza Sarzanini of the Corriere della Sera, were searched for the same reason. Reporters sans frontières défend les journalistes emprisonnés et la liberté de la presse dans le monde, c'est-à-dire le droit d'informer et d'être informé, conformément à l'article 19 de la Déclaration universelle des droits de l'homme. Reporters sans frontières compte neuf sections nationales (Allemagne, Autriche, Belgique, Espagne, France, Grande-Bretagne, Italie, Suède et Suisse), des représentations à Abidjan, Bangkok, Buenos Aires, Istanbul, Montréal, Moscou, Nairobi, New York, Tokyo et Washington, et plus de cent correspondants dans le monde. http://www.rsf.fr/article.php3?id_article=3458 From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 06:22:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:22:23 -0700 Subject: 1/4 billion waste of time. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511062056.00a15c50@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.guardian.co.uk/international/story/0,3604,778070,00.html War game was fixed to ensure American victory, claims general Julian Borger in Washington Wednesday August 21, 2002 The Guardian The biggest war game in US military history, staged this month at a cost of £165m with 13,000 troops, was rigged to ensure that the Americans beat their "Middle Eastern" adversaries, according to one of the main participants. General Paul Van Riper, a retired marine lieutenant-general, told the Army Times that the sprawling three-week millennium challenge exercises, were "almost entirely scripted to ensure a [US] win". He protested by quitting his role as commander of enemy forces, and warning that the Pentagon might wrongly conclude that its experimental tactics were working. When Gen Van Riper agreed to command the forces of an unnamed Middle Eastern state - which bore a strong re semblance to Iraq, but could have been Iran - he thought he would be given a free rein to probe US weaknesses. But when the game began, he was told to deploy his forces to make life easier for US forces. "We were directed... to move air defences so that the army and marine units could successfully land," he said. "We were simply directed to turn [air defence systems] off or move them... So it was scripted to be whatever the control group wanted it to be." The Army Times reported that, as commander of a low-tech, third-world army, Gen Van Riper appeared to have repeatedly outwitted US forces. He sent orders with motorcycle couriers to evade sophisticated electronic eavesdropping equipment. When the US fleet sailed into the Gulf, he instructed his small boats and planes to move around in apparently aimless circles before launching a surprise attack which sank a substantial part of the US navy. The war game had to be stopped and the American ships "refloated" so that the US forces stood a chance. "Instead of a free-play, two-sided game as the joint forces commander advertised it was going to be, it simply became a scripted exercise. They had a predetermined end, and they scripted the exercise to that end," Gen Van Riper said. He said he quit when he found out his orders were being over ruled by the military coordinators of the game. Vice-Admiral Marty Mayer, one of the coordinators, denied claims of fixing. "I want to disabuse anybody of any notion that somehow the books were cooked," he said. The games were designed to test experimental new tactics and doctrines advocated by the defence secretary, Donald Rumsfeld, and were referred to in Pentagon-speak as "military transformation". The transformation is aimed at making US forces more mobile and daring, but Gen Van Riper said that the "concepts" the game were supposed to test, with names such as "effects-based operations" and "rapid, decisive operations", were little more than "slogans", which had not been properly put to the test by the exercise. http://www.cdi.org/msc/clock.html From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 06:28:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:28:52 -0700 Subject: Breathless in Borneo. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511062427.00a11b10@mail.nex.net.au> While you pussies bicker over copyrights and patents...FIRES in Indonesia have begun to make their presence felt in neighbouring countries. In Malaysia, a thick haze has disrupted internal air services and forced flight cancellations in Malaysia's Sarawak state on Borneo island, an airport official said yesterday. http://straitstimes.asia1.com.sg/primenews/story/0,1870,138116,00.html 'The burning in Sumatra and other parts of Indonesia causes us to be hit by the haze.' In 1997 and 1998, choking haze caused by forest fires in Indonesia enveloped parts of South-east Asia for months. It caused serious health problems and traffic hazards, as well as disrupting airline schedules. The haze then caused an estimated US$9.3 billion (S$16.3 billion) in losses to regional economies. SEE ALSO (if your old and nearly dead anyway.) A vision of dystopia This is for real, not the sequel to a sci-fi thriller. The World Bank paints a picture of a catastrophic global future. Special report: world summit 2002 http://www.guardian.co.uk/0,6961,,00.html From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 06:35:41 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:35:41 -0700 Subject: Eliot Spitzer needs killing. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511063433.00a118a0@mail.nex.net.au> ALBANY, N.Y. (August 21, 2002 2:50 p.m. EDT) - New York Attorney General Eliot Spitzer said Wednesday that he has settled a case against PayPal to stop New Yorkers from using the Internet payment processor to gamble online. Under the settlement, PayPal will not process payments from New York residents to Internet casino sites beginning on Sept. 1 and will pay $200,000 to the state for its profits, the cost of investigation and penalties. "This agreement continues the work of my office to enforce the law prohibiting illegal gambling, online or off line," Spitzer said. "This case shows that we intend to stop any company who facilitates illegal gambling transactions." A PayPal spokesman didn't immediately respond to a request for comment. eBay, the Internet auction site, has said that if its planned acquisition of PayPal is successful, the service would no longer be associated with online gambling. PayPal lets buyers and sellers exchange money through e-mail. Buyers make payments online through credit cards and bank accounts, and PayPal relays the funds to sellers' accounts. The company's dealing with 260 online gambling merchants has increased as more credit card firms have blocked direct payments to Internet gambling Web sites, Spitzer said. In June, Spitzer settled a case with Citibank to block all online gambling transactions through credit cards.END Wonder if he'll end up @stiff.com? From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 06:41:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:41:31 -0700 Subject: Infowar skirmish as armies circle.e-armageddon looms. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511063829.00a14ec0@mail.nex.net.au> By ANICK JESDANUN, AP Internet Writer NEW YORK (August 21, 2002 6:34 a.m. EDT) - Upset by legislation that would give the entertainment industry broad technical powers to smother online copyright infringement, a small Internet service provider has decided to fight back. Omachonu Ogali, owner of Information Wave Technologies, said he would use techniques similar to a honeypot meant to attract pests. The method would involve placing fake music files on the Gnutella file-sharing network to identify computers that attempt to disrupt that network. Those computers, presumably working on behalf of the movie and music industries, would later be blocked from reaching the Information Wave Technologies network. Ogali also began blocking customers Monday from accessing the Recording Industry Association of America's Web site. The effect will be mostly symbolic. Information Wave has only about 25 customers, mostly business, in New York, New Jersey and Connecticut, and it's unlikely any blocks to his network would stop the industry's efforts elsewhere. A bill proposed by Rep. Howard L. Berman, D-Calif., would give the entertainment industry broad new powers - including deliberately interfering with only file-sharing programs - to try to stop people from swapping pirated music and movies. Berman has said the bill would not allow industry to spread viruses across file-trading networks or destroy files. But Ogali said mistakes could occur and if a customer is pirating music, "it's up to the ISP to terminate the customer's access, not the RIAA to come in as the law-enforcement agency." In a statement on Ogali's initiative, the RIAA said "games like this neither serve the interests of music fans nor protect Internet service providers from their legal obligations." ISPs lose exemption from copyright lawsuits if they actively or knowingly contribute to violations or fail to stop them upon notice, such as by terminating a customer's account. On Friday, several recording companies sued four Internet service providers - Ogali's was not one of them - seeking an immediate court order forcing them to block access to a Chinese Web site accused of distributing pirated music. Ogali said the lawsuit, for him, was the last straw.END Don't shoot till you see the pinkrim of their eyes." From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 06:57:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 06:57:18 -0700 Subject: Aguirre,the wrath of god. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511065436.009f2250@mail.nex.net.au> Houston Police Arrest 278 People Outside Kmart (MLP) By thebabelfish Tue Aug 20th, 2002 at 10:02:32 PM EST On Sunday, "scores of Houston police officers swarmed onto the Kmart parking lot in the 8400 block of Westheimer about 12:30 a.m. Sunday and arrested about 425 people for criminal trespassing, a misdemeanor." In a follow-up, the number of people arrested is reported as 278, lower, but still quite a few. Apparently, the reason behind the raid was to arrest illegal drag racers. Upon getting there though and finding no drag race or racers, the captain in charge, Mark Aguirre, gave the "utterly, utterly senseless" (in the words of an officer at the scene) order to round up everyone... The arrests were indiscriminate; everyone in the parking lot at the time of the raid was arrested without question. When asked, police said that everybody was "receiving equal treatment from the Houston Police Department"; whatever people were doing at the time didn't matter, they were simply handcuffed and arrested. One 18-year old teen said: We went to use the restroom at Kmart and to buy a Scrunchi, and when we came back to our car, cops were coming in [the parking lot] and they tied our hands. Another who was arrested said all she "was doing was eating ice cream" from a restaurant that adjoined the parking lot. Even a 10-year old girl who was having dinner with her father was seperated from her father, arrested, and sent to a juvenile detention facility. Many parents whose children had been arrested didn't know about the arrests until Monday morning and were forced to spend the whole night worrying about their children who didn't come home that night. "I didn't sleep all night waiting for my son to come home" said a sobbing [Soneary] Sy, a Cambodian immigrant who moved to Houston 22 years ago. "He tried to go to Kmart and as soon as he got to Kmart he was arrested." Reading about this raid shocked me. The police came to arrest drag racers, but ended up arresting everyone at the scene. Of the 278 arrested, only 42 were cited as violating the Houston curfew of midnight-6:00 am, so why did Mark Aguirre feel the need to round up everyone there and charge them with criminal trespass? Officers involved in the arrests are also questioning Aguirre's decision: "I couldn't believe we were being told to arrest all those kids. It was just utterly, utterly senseless," said one officer involved, who violated department policy by discussing the arrests and spoke on condition of anonymity. "Captain Aguirre was put in charge, and it went to hell in a handbasket," said a police supervisor who was at the scene, also violating department policy and requesting anonymity. Apparently though, Aguirre has a history of making bad judgements in regard to department policy during his 20 years with the Houston Police Department. The most recent was "an allegation that Aguirre used foul and threatening language to his subordinates" This "garnered the captain a written reprimand from Bradford, which was overturned by an arbitrator." http://www.kuro5hin.org/story/2002/8/20/17504/9831 Police like this make my job too easy. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 07:21:13 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:21:13 -0700 Subject: Ann Thrax attack at the new york times. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511071159.00a19220@mail.nex.net.au> Ann "Thrax" Coulter's interview with the New York Observer's George Gurly, in which she voiced regret that journalists at the NY Times have not been murdered by terrorists. In that interview, Thrax defends her rhetoric this way: "I know when I'm baiting them, it's so easy to bait them and they always bite. That is my signature style, to start with the wild, bald, McCarthyite overstatements -- seemingly --and then back it up with methodical and laborious research." True to form as liberals, we and others have bitten, responding with outrage and nausea to Thrax's expression of support for the the murder of journalists. (Or what reader John Feer has affectionately called her "girlish homicidal dementia.") So now that the liberals are sufficiently baited, it's time to move on to Phase Two of Thrax's special game. And we're extremely curious as to what her "methodical and laborious research" will yield here, as well as how she might use it to "back up" the idea that it's regrettable those working for the New York Times have not been killed by terrorists. We can't wait to hear Thrax's follow-up. In the meantime, why not help Ann "Thrax" Coulter methodically and laboriously research her argument? Readers: Send us examples of those historical figures whom top conservative thinkers like Thrax would like terrorists to emulate - those who have used extreme violence against journalists as an effective means of eliminating their viewpoints. Perhaps Thrax can then rely on some of your research to "back up" her view that it's regrettable the same has not happened to those journalists who work for the New York Times. As we also noted earlier, Ann Coulter is recommended/linked by Slate.com's Mickey Kaus. Another prominent conservative Mickey promotes and provides a permanent link is Lucianne Goldberg. Today's "Quote of the Day" at Lucianne.com: Quote of the day: "My only regret with Timothy McVeigh is he did not go to the New York Times Building." -Ann Coulter in an interview with the New York Observer. Also from 'atticus.' MWO. "...Coulter, and the others on this list of pundits, would no doubt strenuously deny this argument, but replace the word 'liberals' or 'the left' in their writings with the word 'Jew or Jews,' and what kind of invective does this speech begin to resemble? Coulter et. al are quick to accuse their caricatured 'Left' of 'hate,' but I think what we now can see is that this clique of rightists have gone from creating the caricature to attack to believing the caricature to be real. In this sense, I think there is a real parallel to developments on the right in the US and disturbing tendencies in many countries prior to bouts of extreme violence and ethnic cleansing that is no longer rooted in politics. It is rooted, rather, in the irrational identification of a caricatured class of hated people with ones real fellow citizens. As we know, in the US, Germany, Italy, Chile, Brazil, Argentina, Cambodia, all of Eastern Europe and the former USSR, in France, and even in England, the widespread belief in a caricatured evil doer (the 'Negro,' the 'Jew', the 'Communist', the 'Kulak') can quickly, and very unexpectedly, translate into widespread violence and socially sanctioned murder. It's a very bad fire to play with. I remember hearing two songs by Peter Gabriel in 1980 that really made me think. One, of course, was 'Biko,' the song Gabriel wrote to commemorate the murder of Steve Biko in Port Elizabeth, South Africa in 1977. The other was 'Games without Frontiers,' particularly the line: Adolph builds a bonfire and Enrico plays with it. I think the meaning is pretty clear, and that's the bonfire with which the pundits on your list are playing. They may like their monkey games now, but will they enjoy the fruits of the barbecue so well? Best regards as always, Atticus Finch MWO. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 07:38:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 07:38:14 -0700 Subject: regarding henry Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511073625.00a19390@mail.nex.net.au> US wasn't concerned about rights abuses in Agentina AP [ THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 11:15:52 AM ] BUENOS AIRES: Leaders of Argentina's past military dictatorship believed Washington was willing to look the other way at the outset of the junta's bloody efforts to stamp out political dissent, newly declassified US documents show. In a telegram signed by then-US Ambassador Robert Hill, a top Argentine official returned to Buenos Aires following a 1976 visit to Washington "convinced that there is no real problem with the US government over the issue" of human rights. Hill said the comments by Argentine Foreign Minister Admiral Guzzetti had come after meetings with US Vice President Nelson Rockefeller and Secretary of State Henry Kissinger during a two-week visit to the United Nations and Washington. "Guzzetti went to the US fully expecting to hear some strong, firm, direct warning of his government's human rights practices, rather than that, he has returned in a state of jubilation," Hill wrote. "His remarks to me since his return are not those of a man who has been impressed with the gravity of the human rights problem as seen from the US," he continued. "Guzzetti's reaction indicates little reason for concern over the human rights issue." Hill's impressions were contained in a telegram that was one of more than 4,000 documents released by the U.S. State Department this week, and posted on a government Web site Wednesday. The documents are revealing new information about Argentina's "dirty war" against suspected leftists during the 1976-83 dictatorship. During the military's six-year rule, at least 8,900 people disappeared in the junta's systematic crackdown on leftist groups, according to a government report. Human rights groups place the figure at around 30,000. The cables were released at the urging of human rights groups, Argentine families of the disappeared, and several countries investigating military officers for past abuses. Some of the documents - diplomatic cables and other memoranda from US officials sent from the US embassy in Buenos Aires to Washington - give an impression that American diplomats believed the government had not strongly stressed that the abuses were cause for concern. Another Hill cable, sent in September 1976, says a high-ranking Argentine official came away from a meeting with Kissinger in Santiago, Chile, thinking the US government approved of what the military regime was doing to supress subversives. "Their impression had been that the US government's overriding concern was not human rights but rather that the Argentine government 'get it over quickly'," he wrote. William Rogers, who served as under secretary for economic affairs during the Ford administration, said Kissinger repeatedly told Argentine officials its fight against terrorism had to be conducted within the law. He said Kissinger had instructed Ambassador Hill to stress that point in meetings with officials from the military regime. Kissinger did not return calls for comment Wednesday. "The cables are only a fraction of the total communicaton between Washington and the field," he said. "The don't capture what was being said behind closed doors." Following Argentina's dictatorship, many ranking military officers were tried on charges of abduction, torture and execution of suspected leftist opponents of the regime. They were imprisoned in 1985 but later pardoned in 1990 by then-President Carlos Menem. The human rights abuses in Argentina proved a nettlesome issue for the successive administrations of US presidents Gerald Ford and Jimmy Carter, which struggled over ways to handle them. US embassy officials in Buenos Aires diligently tracked the abuses of the military government, frequently offering recommendations that provoked sharp debate in Washington over ways to stop them, experts say. Appealing for added pressure from State Department officials on the Argentine government, Hill wrote that he could not press for greater attention to the human rights issue in Argentina if it did not first emanate from Washington. The Argentine government "must now believe that if it has any problems with the US government over human rights, they are confined to certain elements of Congress and what it regards as uninformed minor segments of public opinion. While that conviction lasts it will be unrealistc and unbelievable for this embassy to press the government over human rights violations," he wrote From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 08:49:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 08:49:46 -0700 Subject: Blame India. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511073923.00a18ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Management studies originated in India: Joshi TIMES NEWS NETWORK [ THURSDAY, AUGUST 22, 2002 2:14:51 AM ] NEW DELHI: Claims about India being the crucible of the most ancient civilisation, the originator of mathematics, rockets and missiles are passe. To the long list of ideas and inventions claimed to have originated here, the latest is the concept of management education. HRD minister M M Joshi said on Wednesday that management education originated here. He strongly refuted the view that it was a concept from the West that came to India. It was the other way round, he said at the PHD Chamber of Commerce and Industry here. Joshi discarded the Western concept, saying it was restricted to corporate management alone with profit as the motive. He did not contrast it with the Indian concept, but said the latter ought to cover the entire spectrum of life and society with ethical values. ''Value education and value management would alone lead to a value society,'' he told a conference on ''Indian Management Education: Vision 2010.'' He asked the captains of industry who were following alien concepts to ponder on why they had not yielded the desired results. Company managements and management institutes in India must keep in touch with ground realities. It was time they realised that ''striving for excellence and social good'' should be the motive in the Indian management system. http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=19798841 NRIs help unseat US lawmaker CHIDANAND RAJGHATTA WASHINGTON: The Jewish lobby is credited for Cynthia McKinney's defeat. But an Indian-American group, which co-wrote the script for this Georgia election, is happy with just a footnote on its role. [ 10:15 pm Wednesday, Aug 21, 2002, TIMES NEWS NETWORK ] Georgia masala,at least the good ol boys from the bad old days also got BARRed. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 09:02:45 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:02:45 -0700 Subject: Swiss banks down- Caymans next? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511085205.00a15ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Peru gets secret fortune linked to former spy chief BY LUCIEN O. CHAUVIN Special to The Herald LIMA - Switzerland on Tuesday returned to the Peruvian government $77.5 million linked to Peru's discredited former spy chief, Vladimiro Montesinos, concluding that the money ``originated from corruption-related crimes.'' The money had been squirreled away in secret bank accounts during the past decade by Montesinos and other officials in former President Alberto Fujimori's government. The bulk of the money, $49.5 million, was in accounts belonging to the jailed Montesinos. Another $21 million was in an account held by retired Gen. Nicolás de Bari Hermoza Ríos, who headed the Joint Chiefs of Staff throughout most of the 1990s. The remaining funds were deposited in Switzerland by an unidentified arms dealer. The Peruvian government expressed satisfaction Tuesday with the decision of the Swiss Federal Office of Justice. ''This is great news. We are not only recovering money that belongs to all Peruvians, but the decision of Swiss authorities will also help us work with other countries to repatriate more funds,'' said Rep. Anel Townsend Diez Canseco, a member of congress and close ally of President Alejandro Toledo. The returned funds were transferred to an account belonging to the Peruvian National Bank at Citibank in New York. The repatriated funds represent a staggering amount of money for a relatively poor country like Peru, which is fighting to overcome an economic crisis. Earlier this year, the Swiss government agreed to return to Nigeria some $535 million held in blocked accounts in Swiss banks by the late Nigerian dictator Sani Abacha. In terms of money returned to a Latin American government, however, the Peruvian figure is believed to be one of the highest. MORE SOUGHT In addition, the Peruvian government is working with the Swiss Federal Office of Justice to repatriate another $33 million held by Montesinos in accounts that have been blocked in that country. Montesinos was sentenced to nine years in prison in early July for illegally acting as head of Peru's National Intelligence Service. Fujimori never formally appointed him to head the intelligence service, which he ran for 10 years. He faces nearly 60 other charges, many involving arms smuggling, and has been held at a special prison on a navy base in Callao, near Lima, for more than a year. Hermoza Ríos, arrested in April 2001, also faces a long list of charges. He admitted to siphoning resources from the military budget and agreed to return the money. He has not been sentenced. ARMS DEALS Swiss authorities said Montesinos' accounts were from commissions made on at least 32 arms purchases in the 1990s. Montesinos took an 18 percent cut on transactions. Hermoza Ríos' $21 million was embezzled from the military budget during nearly seven years as head of the Peruvian army. The two are also accused of making a fortune from drug trafficking when they formed part of a three-man team that ran Peru with Fujimori from the early 1990s. Several jailed drug traffickers testifying before a congressional commission said they paid off both men. Montesinos and Hermoza Ríos deny the accusations, which would mean life sentences if shown to be true. Montesinos' accounts were first detected by Swiss authorities in November 2000, leading to the creation of a Special Prosecutor's Office and a dozen congressional commissions in Peru. Switzerland has also blocked accounts belonging to other former political brokers, including Victor Joy Way, a former congressional speaker and finance minister. Joy Way is in prison awaiting trial. The money being repatriated represents a small fraction of the total identified by the main commission investigating corruption in the Fujimori administration (1990-2000). When it finished its second report months ago, the commission had tracked $782 million belonging to more than 200 people. Townsend said she hopes the Swiss decision and tougher banking laws enacted in that country will encourage other nations to cooperate more fully with Peru. Switzerland, long considered a paradise of banking secrecy, passed stricter laws in 1998 requiring banks to report deposits suspected of coming from illicit sources. The Swiss decision comes at a key moment for the cash-strapped Peruvian government. President Toledo has set up a special fund to administer money embezzled during the Fujimori years. The fund has already received $38 million from bank accounts held by two other jailed Montesinos associates, Alberto Venero Garrido and Juan Valencia Rosas, at the Cayman Island-based Pacific Industrial Bank. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 09:10:44 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:10:44 -0700 Subject: Saudi billionaires bail. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511090900.00a176d0@mail.nex.net.au> Dollar declines as Saudis withdraw billions from US By Javid Hassan & Omar Al-Zobaidy RIYADH, 22 August — The US dollar yesterday fell from recent highs against the euro and yen following a report that Saudi investors were pulling billions of dollars out of the United States. London’s Financial Times earlier said Saudi investors have withdrawn the funds from the United States because of concerns their assets might be frozen. The paper quoted Youssef Ibrahim, a senior fellow at the US-based Council on Foreign Relations, as saying Saudis have pulled out at least $200 billion from the United States in recent months. A high-ranking official of the Saudi Arabian Monetary Agency confirmed that $200 billion have been withdrawn by Saudi businessmen from the United States. But he denied that the money has been deposited in Saudi banks. The Financial Times quoted Ibrahim as saying the withdrawal had been fueled by calls from some hard-liners in the United States for a freezing of assets held by investors from Saudi Arabia. He said the outflows could pick up in response to the legal action launched last week in the United States against Saudi citizens and organizations, Sudan and several Gulf banks and charities by relatives of the victims of the Sept. 11 attacks. The suit accuses them of covertly financing the Al-Qaeda network and seeks $1,000 to $3,000 billion in punitive damages for each of the 14 counts from 99 organizations or individuals. It also seeks $100 trillion in damages from Sudan. According to the Financial Times report, investors are believed to be shifting funds out of US private equity, stocks, bonds and real estate into European accounts. But it added that some bankers in London said the largest established Saudi investors did not yet appear to be shifting money out of the United States. It quoted one unnamed banker as saying: "I’m skeptical about a mass exodus. But there was a lot of Saudi money with American banks that was not diversified, now they (the Saudis) are spreading their wings. Perhaps 30 percent to 50 percent of the money that was with US banks is seeking diversification." Saudi investors have registered their concerns over the campaign of criticism against Saudi Arabia in the United States. "It is making our customers paranoid," said a senior banker with a US bank overseeing billions in Saudi assets mainly in the United States. A cross section of Saudi businessmen, investors and financial advisers welcomed the withdrawal and said European banks could be the major beneficiaries of this huge repatriation of funds unless the Gulf and Arab states streamlined their own economies and created an environment conducive to the inflow of overseas funds. Commenting on the unprecedented step taken by Saudi investors, Bishr Bakheet, well-known financial adviser, told Arab News that it is estimated that Arabs had invested $1.3 trillion outside the Arab world. "This figure is based on the analysis conducted by Merrill Lynch/Gemini Consultancy. According to them, it is estimated that Saudis have invested more than $700 billion in the United States." Bakheet said that of late the US economy had been showing signs of weakness which had been mirrored in its negative performance even prior to Sept. 11. "It is for this reason that many institutions had started to reduce their investments in the US market, especially after Sept. 11." The situation, he said, was compounded by the onslaught on Arabs and Muslims in the US in the wake of Sept. 11 which, together with the collapse of Enron, WorldCom and other US corporations, jolted the Saudi investor confidence. http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=17989 From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 09:17:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:17:59 -0700 Subject: In Solidarity... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511091721.00a18d00@mail.nex.net.au> for a free Palestine By Steven Salaita (YellowTimes.org) - For the first time in my life, I was disgusted to receive messages in support of the Palestinian people. It wasn't, of course, the support itself that irritated me; it is always uplifting and inspiring to hear from folks who covet justice and advocate the implementation of international law. Rather, it was the context in which the purported support was expressed. Let me offer an example. One reader signed off with the line, "In solidarity for a free Palestine." A nice sentiment, right? Absolutely not. The previous sentence announced that "[i]f they don't soon clean up their act - in Palestine and everywhere else - these Zionists will suffer a fate that will make the supposed 'death of the six million' (unfortunately, that number seems far too small) look like a tea party!" I suppose I shouldn't have been surprised. The subject line, after all, read, "Those Fucking Jews!" Sadly, this way of thinking still exists in our world. It is gruesome and frightening, but not wholly anachronistic. I deplore it, though I don't like to publicly condemn it because, thanks to organizations like the Anti-Defamation League and Simon Wiesenthal Center, condemnation of anti-Semitism is parlayed into uncritical support for Israel's ethnic cleansing. I refuse to oppose one form of racism in order to maintain another. What spurs me to action is the statement, "In solidarity for a free Palestine." Wishing death on world Jewry will not save Palestine. Ridiculing the millions who died in the Holocaust will not, in any possible way, benefit humanity. It will perpetuate the hatred that affected ethnic cleansing in the first place. I'd like to remind readers that Zionist colonization is part of this continuum, not a movement in response to it. This is all, in any case, beside the point. Articulating a desire to exterminate an entire ethnicity is pernicious beyond comprehension. It is counterproductive. It is despicable. It is terrifying. It is idiotic. And it has no place in the free Palestine movement, either in the West or Middle East. Such idiocy was never part of Arab culture. It was invented and developed in Europe. Let them have it. When has an indigenous people ever benefited from mimicking Europeans? As an ardent supporter of the Palestinian people, I would like to avoid statements like the one I received from a polite and otherwise perfectly reasonable reader in West Virginia: "I do recognize the double standard and hateful nature of the Yehudi." Or this one from another concerned citizen: "A truly frightening, evil race of people." My inbox is littered with similar observations. It provides me a semblance of relief that Arabs and Muslims have never offered feedback of this nature. It would be dishonest, however, to suggest that anti-Semitism does not exist in the Arab world. It is expressed on the street, in newspapers, and at the government level. It needs to cease for obvious reasons, mainly moral but also strategic. Another rarely mentioned reason it should stop is because it diverts Arabs from their cultural traditions. We have always been warm and generous. Our culture is unceasingly hospitable. Nowhere are guests treated more kindly than in the Arab world. We have an extraordinary history of tolerance and scientific inquiry. But if we appropriate the philosophical underpinnings of colonialism, then we become colonialists. We will be no better than the Europeans who came and carved our borders. We will be worse than Zionists. Arabs have serious problems to solve before we set our sights on liberating Palestine. There is a vibrant slave trade in Mauritania and the Sudan. There is political repression in Syria and Jordan. There is violent extremism in Algeria. (I wonder what became of Frantz Fanon's hope that the Algerian decolonial struggle wouldn't replace a French policeman with an Algerian policeman.) There is indentured servitude all over the Gulf. There is severe religious tension in Lebanon. With all this, we expect to liberate Palestine? I don't think so. Please, let's not add Nazism to the list of impediments. Relying on our own brilliant social and intellectual heritage will suffice. The messages I receive from domestic readers connote a different problem altogether. They are part of a recent phenomenon that has the potential to destabilize and discredit Arab America: The convergence of extreme-right logic with anti-occupation activity, a central feature of Arab American political culture. A number of far-right racists, David Duke foremost among them, now invoke Israel's behavior as "proof" of inherent Jewish depravity. Extremist websites post articles critical of Israel from respectable publications, many with Jewish authors. The organizations' hatred of Jews is so strong that they are willing to employ Jewish voices in order to promote their agenda. Their naïveté is as striking as their stupidity. Unfortunately, it gives credence to the Zionist assertion that Jews opposed to Israel's occupation are "self-hating." When Arab authors are used, it incites the notion that unprovoked anti-Semitism underlies our work. How are supporters of Palestine ever to make headway when the asinine claims made against our discourse by the Zionist mainstream are corroborated - without our knowledge or permission - by right-wing ideologues? Zionists whore themselves to the religious right in order to receive their money and support, even though they know damn well what Protestant taxonomy has in store for the Jews. It is shameful. Now, they rely on the exploits of those who want them exterminated in order to justify their claim that criticism of Israel is an offshoot of Nazism. We know this approach is dimwitted; but when we allow the extreme right to expropriate and employ our discourse, the approach works. We are, yet again, put in a position where we ignore the real issues because we are trying to convince everybody that we aren't anti-Semitic. This is all in addition to the most crucial point: Duke's brand of anti-Semitism is in itself horrific. It has no place in any decent public forum. It has caused humanity unspeakable pain. We shouldn't think that it could never happen again. As long as dangerous ideas exist, there is potential for danger. I therefore have two messages, one for Arab Americans and the other for anti-Semites who hitch their bigotry to my articles: 1) It is prudent for us to monitor what is said on our behalf and where our work is displayed when it is put into transit. We are already amid a public relations disaster in the United States. Zionists love exploiting that disaster; indeed, they helped create it. John Ashcroft is trying to eliminate the few civil liberties we have left. The Patriot Act is perilous to all Americans, but aimed primarily at Arabs and Muslims. We don't need more reason to induce suspicion in fellow Americans. And we can't afford to have our good work hijacked by racists who despise us, but who abhor the Jews enough to use that work to supplement their abhorrence. Let us then remain aware of the consequences of speaking. I am not merely paranoid. This problem is potentially serious. 2) It is not anti-Semitic to criticize Israel. It is noble and necessary. It is anti-Semitic, however, to claim that Israel is the result of degenerate Jewry. This is what you do. I deplore that claim. I want nothing to do with it. I would rather embrace Zionism. I repeat emphatically: I do not work on behalf of Palestine in order to antagonize or destroy the Jews. The Jews are my cousins. I have productive relationships and warm friendships with Jews. The Israeli government is my enemy. This fact does not give you the right to attach your hateful ideology to Arab America and attribute your insanity to us. Your attitude nullifies humanity's potential for rapprochement. Your false support is transparent. Your incompetence is ubiquitous. Come to think of it, the only symbiosis among Jews and Arabs is the fact that our common enemy is you. [Steven Salaita is completing an English doctorate at the University of Oklahoma, with emphasis on Native, Palestinian, and Arab American literatures. A West Virginian with Palestinian and Jordanian parents, he splits his time between the United States and the Middle East. He encourages your comments: ssalaita at YellowTimes.org ] http://www.arabnews.com/Article.asp?ID=18002 From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 09:42:05 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:42:05 -0700 Subject: Ratical Hirstory. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511094129.00a1ab20@mail.nex.net.au> AUSTRALIAN RADICAL HISTORY THE EUREKA SERIES NO. 29 ONE MORE TIME Carboni¹s acquittal twenty minutes after the jury retired, should have culminated in the end of the treason trials. Governor Hotham and his Attorney-General William Foster Stawell, rightly believed their credibility with the Home Office in London rested on a conviction, so they insisted that the farce go on, hoping they could record one conviction. Jan Vannick a "foreign" from Holland, one of the "mongrel crew" took his turn on the stand. After a trial that lasted less than a day he was acquitted in record time. James Beattie was the next miner to face the court. Evidence was given that trooper Rivell from the 40th Regiment, confronted Beattie as he clambered back into the stockade with a pistol in his hand. Beattie dropped his pistol, dropped to his knees and screamed "Mercy! Save Me! Don¹t Shoot! I am beaten! I will give in!" as trooper William Rivell aimed his carbine at him. Fortunately for Beattie, Sergeant Patrick Riley of the same regiment saw Beattie beg for mercy and told trooper Rivell to take him prisoner. Beattie was acquitted once again in record time. Michael Touhey took the stand the following day. Evidence was given that Touhey was caught escaping from the stockade. Once again another one of the magnificent thirteen was acquitted of the charge High Treason. Michael Touhey was born in Scariff, Ireland in 1830. He survived the Irish famine, burying many family members and friends. He never forgot that food was being exported from Ireland to line the pockets of English absentee landlords, while a million Irish men, women and children died and a further million were forced to immigrate. On the morning of December 3rd 1854, Touhey was prepared to fight and die if necessary. Although he had traveled 12,000 miles to escape the tyranny of the British government, once again he faced the same tyrants. Luck seemed to be with Touhey, after side swiping a bayonet that ripped through his clothes, he was arrested and marched to the police camp. On the way to the camp, a soldier tried to cut off his head with a sabre. Touhey¹s nimble feet saved him once again. After his acquittal he returned to the alluvial diggings at Ballarat. Once the gold ran out, he took up a farm in the Ballarat district between Melbourne and Ballarat. He took part in the 50th anniversary celebrations at Ballarat in 1904 and continued farming till he died at the age of 85 from pneumonia at the Ballarat Hospital in September 1915. He was the last survivor of the thirteen who stood trial for High Treason in Melbourne in 1855. NEXT WEEK: THE FINAL SIX. From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 09:57:58 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:57:58 -0700 Subject: Californication. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511095252.00a1cec0@mail.nex.net.au> National Guard Anti-Pot Helicopter Caused 50,000 Acre CA Fire By Preston Peet For High Times 8-19-2 "This has got to be the very worst marijuana-related damage done in this state in my entire lifetime." -- Dale Gieringer, California NORML A forest fire that burned out of control for almost two weeks and devastated over 50,000 acres near San Diego was caused by a helicopter looking for pot farms, a California Department of Forestry investigation has concluded. http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/19/8199988 Support long beach anarchs By Lorenzo Komboa Ervin Recently I visited Los Angeles for a speaking tour, and learned of the harassment and frame-ups of Anarchists in Long Beach/Los Angeles county, California. It seems that repressive police And FBI terrorism is being used to crush the Anarchist movement there. During May Day protests against capitalism held in Long Beach, police without provocation attacked a street demonstration with brutal violence, arresting about 100 persons, and physically injuring several others. People were shot with rubber bullets, beaten with baton, and sprayed with chemical Mace. http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/20/4614088 From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 09:59:21 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 09:59:21 -0700 Subject: Debs,in search of self. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511095805.00a1cc50@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/21/5788950 http://www.thememoryhole.org/war/debs-speech.htm The Anti-war Speech That Earned Eugene Debs 10 Years in PrisonProminent labor organizer and political activist Eugene Debs delivered a speech at a Socialist Party convention in Canton, Ohio, on 16 June 1918. Because of it, he was prosecuted under the Sedition Act for interfering with the draft, leading to a 10-year prison sentence and the stripping of his US citizenship. (He ended up serving 2 years and 8 months in the slammer; President Warren G. Harding commuted his sentence.) Interestingly, Debs ran for President on the Socialist Party ticket five times, with the last time occurring while he was in prison. He received almost one million votes. The Memory Hole is presenting this speech for many reasons. Besides its historical value, we believe any speech which caused its speaker to be imprisoned is worth saving. And you may notice that as the current administration bangs the drum for war against Iraq, Afghanistan, and 60 other countries, the anti-war portions of this speech are as relevant now as they were 84 years ago. Anti-war portions of Debs' speech Wars throughout history have been waged for conquest and plunder. In the Middle Ages when the feudal lords who inhabited the castles whose towers may still be seen along the Rhine concluded to enlarge their domains, to increase their power, their prestige and their wealth they declared war upon one another. But they themselves did not go to war any more than the modern feudal lords, the barons of Wall Street go to war. The feudal barons of the Middle Ages, the economic predecessors of the capitalists of our day, declared all wars. And their miserable serfs fought all the battles. The poor, ignorant serfs had been taught to revere their masters; to believe that when their masters declared war upon one another, it was their patriotic duty to fall upon one another and to cut one another's throats for the profit and glory of the lords and barons who held them in contempt. And that is war in a nutshell. The master class has always declared the wars; the subject class has always fought the battles. The master class has had all to gain and nothing to lose, while the subject class has had nothing to gain and all to lose--especially their lives. They have always taught and trained you to believe it to be your patriotic duty to go to war and to have yourselves slaughtered at their command. But in all the history of the world you, the people, have never had a voice in declaring war, and strange as it certainly appears, no war by any nation in any age has ever been declared by the people. And here let me emphasize the fact--and it cannot be repeated too often--that the working class who fight all the battles, the working class who make the supreme sacrifices, the working class who freely shed their blood and furnish the corpses, have never yet had a voice in either declaring war or making peace. It is the ruling class that invariably does both. They alone declare war and they alone make peace. Yours not to reason why; Yours but to do and die. That is their motto and we object on the part of the awakening workers of this nation. If war is right let it be declared by the people. You who have your lives to lose, you certainly above all others have the right to decide the momentous issue of war or peace.... You need at this time especially to know that you are fit for something better than slavery and cannon fodder. You need to know that you were not created to work and produce and impoverish yourself to enrich an idle exploiter. You need to know that you have a mind to improve, a soul to develop, and a manhood to sustain.... They are continually talking about your patriotic duty. It is not their but your patriotic duty that they are concerned about. There is a decided difference. Their patriotic duty never takes them to the firing line or chucks them into the trenches. And now among other things they are urging you to "cultivate" war gardens, while at the same time a government war report just issued shows that practically 52 percent of the arable, tillable soil is held out of use by the landlords, speculators and profiteers. They themselves do not cultivate the soil. Nor do they allow others to cultivate it. They keep it idle to enrich themselves, to pocket the millions of dollars of unearned increment.... And now for all of us to do our duty! The clarion call is ringing in our ears and we cannot falter without being convicted of treason to ourselves and to our great cause. Do not worry over the charge of treason to your masters, but be concerned about the treason that involves yourselves. Be true to yourself and you cannot be a traitor to any good cause on earth. ******************************* Alternative Press Review - www.altpr.org Your Guide Beyond the Mainstream PO Box 4710 - Arlington, VA 22204 From profrv at nex.net.au Tue May 11 10:01:43 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Tue, 11 May 1999 10:01:43 -0700 Subject: Oct 9 trial date set.'The Timoney three.' Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511095956.00a1c9e0@mail.nex.net.au> A trial date of October 9th, 2002 has been set for three of the remaining Republican Convention Defendants. In August of 2000, when the Republican Convention met in Philadelphia, local activists invited their friends to be out in the streets protesting the Republicans' abysmal stance on criminal justice issues. Over 400 of the protestors were arrested, and three of them are still awaiting trial. Eric Steinberg, Darby Landy, and Camilo (pronounced Camille) Viveiros were charged with conspiracy and violations against then police chief John Timoney. Lawyers for the "Timoney 3," as they have been called, attempted to reduce the charges, which initially included conspiracy charges and a felony assault charge against community organizer Camilo Viveiros. Initially court proceedings went well, and in October of 2000 some charges were dropped. In December of 2001 however, Mr. Viveiros's attorney Robert Levant recieved the bad news that the superior court of Pennsylvania had restored the charges, including the first degree felony assault. An appeal was immediately filed with the Pennsylvania Supreme Court. On Friday July 12th attorney Bob Levant was told that the appeal had not been accepted. All three defendants now face trial on October 9th, 2002. Supporters for Camilo hope that friends and supporters will come to Philadelphia for the trial. Nore importantly, however, immediate actions can be taken to see that justice prevails. Camilo is facing serious charges and the possibility of a long prison sentece. His friends are asking all concerned and compassionate people to help by educating others about the case, raising money for the legal defense fund, writing letters to Philadelphia publications expressing concern about the case, and writing letters, in care of Friends of Camilo, to Judge Yohn to be used at the appropriate time in the trial. Help educate about the case by tabling at events and conferences, hosting a panel or discussion, or organzing a fund-raiser or other event to raise awareness. If you were at the Republican convention protests and were near Latimer (near Walnut) and 17th at the time of the arrest you can help by contacting the legal defense team. If you are a writer or journalist you can help by writing a story, an opinion piece, a letter to the editor or interviewing people involved with the case. If you are part of an organization, a faith- based group, a radical network, or a concerned community it is helpful to write a sign-on letter on behalf of your group. Local supporters can attend a legal update and letter writing event on Thursday, Aug. 22 at the Aspace, 4722 Baltimore Avenue in West Philadelphia at 7:30pm. Guidelines for letter writing and information packets about the case will be available. Those interested in coming to Philadelphia for the trial, or helping to organize court support can email Wayne Ritz: WayneRitz at hotmail.com Background information on the Timoney 3, the Republican Convention, and Camilo Viveiros can be found at: www.r2klegal.org and www.friendsofcamilo.org Letters (please send 2 copies)and donations in support of Camilo should be sent to: Friends of Camilo P.O. Box 23169 Providence, RI 02903 Contact: StayingStrong at hotmail.com to recieve guidelines for letter writing, materials for tabling,resumes of Camilo's organizing work, background information for articles, contact information for interviews, contact information for the legal defense team or to have general questions answered. To subscribe to an announcement listserv about the case email: info at r2klegal.org To attend regional organizing meetings, start a Friends of Camilo group in your area, get contact lists for your event or fundraiser, or have someone speak about the case at your event contact A-space at defenestrator.org To contact Eric and Darby or recieve information about their cases email: info at r2klegal.org or check the website>A trial date of October 9th, 2002 has been set for three of the remaining Republican Convention Defendants: www.r2klegal.org ============================== GUIDELINES FOR LETTERS TO THE JUDGE (If you do not know Camilo personally) Letters, if possible, should be on official stationery from the organization/institution. Please send two signed copies of the letter, one addressed “To Whom it May Concern” and the other addressed to “Honorable Judge Young.” Please send the letters to: Friends of Camilo, P.O. Box 23169, Providence, RI 02903. Do not send them directly to the Judge. If your organization has branches or affiliates, please urge them to write letters as well, particularly those in Philadelphia, to help build pressure where it is needed most. èLetters to the Judge should focus on putting Camilo in a positive light, showing the value of his work to the community. It is not helpful to rant against the Police Commissioner, D.A., or the Philadelphia police in general. 1)DESCRIBE THE ORGANIZATION & THE LETTER WRITER: - State your title, position or affiliation with an organization, church, association, union, etc. This can be anything from Executive Director to Member. - State the constituencies your organization serves and the size (#s) - Describe how your organization serves/impacts the community. - When instructive, describe the specific issues (civil rights, labor, economic justice, faith-based social justice) where the organization’s work is focused and the connection to various social, ethnic or academic communities that highlight the organization’s status in the community. 2) DESCRIBE YOUR FAMILIARITY WITH THE WORK CAMILO DOES: - See http://www.friendsofcamilo.org for information. If the issue you want to highlight is not there, please contact: stayingstrong at hotmail.com and they can provide you with more details about the kind of work Camilo has been involved in over the years. - State why is would be a shame to deprive Camilo of his ability to continue to work on important community issues. 3) DRAW A LINK BETWEEN YOUR ORGANIZATION AND CAMILO’S WORK: Camilo has been involved in direct service, advocacy and community organizing, He: works to assist mostly elderly and disabled tenants who are endangered by rent increases to form tenant associations and stop evictions; volunteered as a caregiver in high school; volunteered on a suicide hotline; worked in group homes with developmentally disabled adults; worked in the local rape crisis center; co-founded the Progressive Student Alliance (to increase financial aid funding and preserve programs to support immigrant and first-generation American students); co-founded the national organization Empty The Shelters (Fill the Homes), which helped students and youth contribute to the efforts of welfare rights organizations and unions of the homeless; helped to mobilize a mostly Cambodian and Lai neighborhood in Fall River, Massachusetts, to pressure the city to shut down a toxic incinerator; went to Canada to stop the creation of a Hydro Quebec dam on Innu land; co-founded Homes not Jails in Boston. Camille has been committed to the use of civil disobedience for years. Camille has always believed that the power of the people lay in passionate activists successfully building the support of ordinary people. 4) EXPLAIN WHY IT WOULD BE A GREAT TRAGEDY TO IMPRISON SOMEONE LIKE CAMILO State why you think Camilo’s role in the community should be considered; how the kind of work he does is so useful and necessary to society. E.G. “Proceeding with the prosecution of these charges would constitute a great disservice not only to Camilo and everybody that is lucky enough to know him, but to a society that is already suffering from a serious shortage of people as passionate and committed as Camilo.” Tom O’Brien, former co-working, MAHT ================================= Biography of Camilo Viveiros Jr. Camilo Viveiros was born in 1971 to immigrant parents from the Azores, Portugal. Before immigrating to Southeastern Massachusetts, his parents led an agrarian life in the Azores, a small group of islands in the Atlantic between Portugal and the U.S. Raised in the closely-knit Portuguese community of Fall River, Massachusetts, Camilo was taught from an early age that strong family ties and support were more important than the size of a bank account. Through their example, his parents instilled in their son a commitment to sharing generously with others -- important values in an extended family without large paychecks. Both of Camilo's parents worked blue-collar jobs -- his mother, working for over forty years in the garment industry, while his father worked his whole life as a laborer. Camilo was arrested on August 1st, 2000, during demonstrations in Philadelphia highlighting national mispriorities of putting the profits of the few over the needs of public. In particular that day of protests was focused on the number one growth industry in the U.S. the prison and criminal justice industries. While more and more prisons are being built, funding for education, healthcare, affordable housing and decent jobs are being cut. As the regional organizer in southeastern Massachusetts and Cape Cod for the Mass Alliance of HUD Tenants, he works to assist mostly elderly and disabled tenants who are endangered by rent increases to form tenant associations and stop evictions. He had come to Philadelphia in that capacity, to represent the concerns of these tenants and to address call attention to the lack of support for low and moderate income people in general. Until his arrest, Camilo has been involved in work for social justice virtually without a break. This dedication to helping those who have "fallen through the cracks" made itself known early on in his youth. During his high school years he began by volunteering as a caregiver, choosing the settings in which he could help those who were most overlooked. In his teens he spent time volunteering on a suicide hotline, giving attention to people who called in their worst moments of crisis. Believing he should try to contribute to the welfare of others before graduating high school, he dedicated time to distributing food to those in need. "Camilo is always looking after the underdog," his friend, David Malone, says of those years. "In high school he took time out to befriend others, who were being made fun of, because he has a big heart." After high school Camilo worked in group homes with developmentally disabled adults, assisting residents with their everyday needs to "make a little positive difference in their lives". Shawn Mills a co-worker of Camilo's at a group home for the developmentally disabled seniors said "Camilo always treated clients with respect, he spoke to them as peers and recognized them as unique individuals." During his college years and in his professional work, Camilo has continued to devote his time to help people in impoverished communities to attain basic survival needs, from food and housing to environmental health and protection from domestic violence. This caring has been expressed through his work with myriad grassroots community organizations, several of which he helped to found. During college he worked in the local rape crisis center, assisting those who had been sexually assaulted to find services and counseling. Also while in college, he co-founded the Progressive Student Alliance, whose members struggled to increase financial aid funding and preserve programs to support immigrant and first-generation American students. Also, during these years, Camillo began what would become a lifelong commitment to ending homelessness and increasing the availability of affordable housing. He co-founded the national organization Empty The Shelters (Fill the Homes), which helped students and youth contribute to the efforts of welfare rights organizations and unions of the homeless. Camilo's commitment to empowering communities in need has continued in his professional work. Yet his activism as an adult has not been limited to his paid work. As one example, he helped to mobilize a mostly Cambodian and Lai neighborhood in Fall River, Massachusetts, to pressure the city to shut down a toxic incinerator. Ed Duran, who was part a the coalition effort, commented, "Camilo is always thinking about how to broaden community participation He helped increase participation by simply going door-to-door. Residents responded to his approachable and humble character and with more community support we eventually got the incinerator shut down. " Again and again, both his professional colleagues and the community residents he works with describe Camilo's manner and organizing style as unique, marked by his belief in each person's human dignity and his soft spoken support. Efforts by police administrators to portray Camillo as violent or thuggish contradict sharply with the experiences of the elderly and disabled tenants, religious, labor and community leaders who have come to know him. As Gary Hicks, one public housing tenant who has witnessed Camilo's efforts, says, "Camilo constantly builds up tenants' self-confidence through his gentle encouragement". "All of Camilo's caring community work and sensitivity for some of our most vulnerable community members does not match who police officers claim he is," says his partner, Mimi Budnick. "Camilo has spent much of his life trying his best to play a positive role in others' lives. We will not allow an inaccurate impression of him to be accepted. We're confident that the more others get to know him, the more people will understand why this violent portrayal just doesn't ring true." Background Information on Camilo Camilo Viveiros Jr., a social justice activist who resides in New England, has been singled out and villianized by the most powerful law enforcement official in Philly, police commissioner Timoney. The Philly Commissioner of police testified against Camilo Viveiros at his pretrial on August 9th. Camilo went to the Institute for Social Ecology for two summers and has made visits back to this area to keep in touch with other activists. He has worked with Vermont activists in the mid 90's going up to Canada to stop the creation of a Hydro Quebec dam on Innu land. He participated in a non-violent blockade and was arrested with Vermonters defending the sovereignty of the Innu people from ecological genocide. Through the years Camille has co-founded a variety of grassroots social justice groups ranging from Empty the Shelters in Oakland to Homes not Jails in Boston to community coalitions to stop incinerators, stop the construction of an outfall pipe on indigenous land, end the use of chaingangs etc. etc. The Commissioners attempt to put Camille behind bars is a clear attack on the continually growing momentum of large direct action demonstrations. Camille has been committed to the use of civil disobedience for years. Putting an end to the movement means that our opposition will want to scare people off by marginalizing people like Camilo. Camille has always believed that the power of the people lay in passionate activists successfully building the support of ordinary people. This situation is no different. He recognizes that the City of Philly has sent a clear message to the core of long time activists who came to Philly. What needs to be done now is to broaden our support. Any community organization that looks into it's history, has to acknowledge that there was a time when authorities attempted to marginalize and in fact criminalize their activities: religious freedom, women's ability to vote, the emancipation of people of color from slavery, labors' protection of working people, "disabled" peoples' access to public buildings etc. All those movements have gone through times when their activists where painted as villains and violent trouble makers. We need to reach out to community members and remind them of the past and invite their contemporary solidarity. Link: http://www.friendsofcamilo.org From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 01:36:40 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 01:36:40 -0700 Subject: VENONA Echelon precursor. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990511124735.00a171f0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.enhancetv.com.au/find_it/action.lasso?-database=Showcase&-layout=Showcase&-response=detail.lasso&-recordID=39953&-search Fortress Australia Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress the nation with atomic weapons. This groundbreaking film reveals a web of intrigue as it penetrates a murky world of diplomatic double-dealing and atomic espionage. Set against a backdrop of cold war paranoia and fear of Asian aggression, it explores the motives of the politicians, defence chiefs and scientists who set out to buy, then ultimately build, a nuclear arsenal. Learning Areas: History DurationDuration: 55 mins Year of Release:2002 Broadcast Date:August 22 Broadcast Time:10pm Channel:ABC TV Acknowledgements:A Film Australia National Interest Program. Produced with the assistance of the Australian Broadcasting Corporation. Link:Fortress Australia Study Guide: Fortress Australia In a new documentary on au research on WOMD.It was revealed that the russians had their agents rout crucial wartime Intel through au as they could access it there. VENONA. http://www.filmaust.com.au/showcase/default.asp?content=8473 The Secret Bid for the Atomic Bomb This is a story all Australians should know about. Students of history, politics and science will find it illuminating. Teachers will find it a particularly useful resource. RICHARD BUTLER, CHIEF OF UN SPECIAL COMMISSION TO DISARM IRAQ 1997-1999 Fortress Australia uncovers one of the most extraordinary chapters in Australia's history - the brazen attempt by successive Australian governments to fortress the nation with atomic weapons. This groundbreaking film reveals a web of intrigue as it penetrates a murky world of diplomatic double-dealing and atomic espionage. Set against a backdrop of cold war paranoia and fear of Asian aggression, it explores the motives of the politicians, defence chiefs and scientists who set out to buy, then ultimately build, a nuclear arsenal. You can download a preview of Fortress Australia and an introduction by Richard Butler, Chief of UN Special Commission to Disarm Iraq 1997-1999, who says: Australia is well known for its efforts on behalf of nuclear disarmament. For example, at the United Nations it tabled the comprehensive test ban treaty. But that wasn't always the case. The surprising story that most people don't know is that for at least two decades Australia made repeated and serious attempts to acquire nuclear weapons. Also that a top expert in the MILIND complex recomended that au develop chemical and biological weapons of mass destruction.Paul Baxters comments made headlines in local papers earlier this year.AU supports UN security council resolutions when it suits the Govt of the day.An especially subservient US puppet mob is in power at the moment.Doco has footage of the 'dirty' monte bello testand a rainforest 'small nuke' test of 50 tons of TNT,operation blowdown. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 02:14:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 02:14:31 -0700 Subject: Presidential in Portland. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512021313.00a18e40@mail.nex.net.au> http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17246&group=webcast KILL the PRESIDENT! by profrv@(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 6:38pm Thu Aug 22 '02 And the next one and the next till they get the message...that you can fuck with some of the people some of the time but the day you try to fuck with all of the people all of the time is the day you wind up in a body bag or a pine box.Am I going to wack the shrub out? Physically that presents some problems as I live in au,however I will pledge to pay into a pooled fund that may be payed to the closest prediction of the permanent retirement of the shrub.Kinda like stiffs.com and,yes,APster or 'assassination politics.(my 2$) "Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell." Rubber bullets and Mace oh my! From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 02:17:01 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 02:17:01 -0700 Subject: State of Siege-Oregon. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512021607.00a18900@mail.nex.net.au> Police open fire on protestors - rubber bullets by Briget 6:31pm Thu Aug 22 '02 http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17241&group=webcast Police have opened fire on Bush protestors with rubber bullets, pepper spray and gas. The crowds of people are moving around and regrouping. The crowd was standing at the barricades and the police had called a state of emergency. Pepper spray was used on group early on. Batons were used on some people. Group included babies in strollers and older people, also people in wheelchairs. Those that could get out of the way were cut off surronded by police. There are snipers on the roofs. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 02:22:37 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 02:22:37 -0700 Subject: Repression watch Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512022131.00a1bc80@mail.nex.net.au> UNITED STATES: POLITICAL REPRESSION Aug 22 2002 U.S. Law Enforcement Acting With Impunity The U.S. government's investigation of the September 11 attacks has been marred by arbitrary detentions, due process violations, and secret arrests, Human Rights Watch says in a new report. Some 1200 non-citizens have been secretly arrested and incarcerated in connection with the September 11 investigation, although the government has not disclosed the exact number. The vast majority are from Middle Eastern, South Asian, and North African countries. Having suffered no repurcussions from these abuses against Arabs in America and having seen that it can disappear American citizens like Jose Padilla without interference by the courts, U.S. law enforcement is increasing its targeting of political activists. In Denver, the FBI kidnapped James Ujaama and flew him to Virginia where the government is holding him as "a potential witness in an ongoing grand jury probe of terrorism." Ujaama operates StopAmerica.org, which contains dissenting views about U.S. foreign policy. In Seattle earlier this month, police arrested Kwame Garrett and Merciful Allah, both well-known critics of the Seattle Police. In a phone call from jail, Garrett said that police officers rushed up to them with weapons drawn, shouting, 'jaywalking!' and beat the two with batons and sprayed them with pepper spray. Attorney General John Ashcroft is preparing for mass detentions of political dissidents. Plans were recently disclosed that the Justice Department is preparing to build concentration camps to house U.S. citizens labeled "enemy combatants." The Bush Administration asserts that the label allows it to deny citizens basic rights including access to the courts, even though the courts have consistently ruled against this. Discuss this feature. [ U.K. IMC | Seattle IMC | Rocky Mountain IMC ] http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 02:59:04 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 02:59:04 -0700 Subject: WILE Coyote. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512025731.00a1b7e0@mail.nex.net.au> West Nile Spreads to Montana, New Mexico as Number of Humans Sickened Approaches 300 By Kristen Wyatt Associated Press Writer Published: Aug 22, 2002 ATLANTA (AP) - The number of Americans who have contracted West Nile virus this year approached 300 Thursday as the mosquito-borne virus extended its reach to Montana and New Mexico. The disease has now killed at least 14 people and infected animals or humans in all but seven of the lower 48 states. The death toll will rise if the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention confirm two fatal cases of West Nile reported Thursday in Georgia. State officials said the victims were a 51-year-old Atlanta man and a 77-year-old man from Columbus, but did not say when they died. "West Nile virus arrived in Georgia last year, and there is currently no way to eradicate it, so we expect it to be with us every summer for the foreseeable future," said Dr. Kathleen Toomey, director of the state's Division of Public Health. At least 33 people have died since the virus appeared in the United States in 1999. Most of this year's deaths and the 296 reported human cases have occurred in the South. Louisiana alone accounts for 147 illnesses and eight fatalities. Dr. Lyle Petersen, a CDC expert on the virus, said it probably will always be worse in the South because warm weather means more mosquitoes. "But outbreaks could eventually happen anywhere," he added. Montana health officials on Thursday confirmed finding West Nile in a horse. New Mexico officials said two horses there were infected. "I'm sure if we keep looking hard enough we'll find some more," said Thurman Reitz, assistant New Mexico state veterinarian. "I don't have any reason to think it's going to quit at the Texas border." The virus can cause flu-like symptoms and encephalitis, a potentially fatal brain infection. Most people bitten by an infected bug never get sick. The virus is most dangerous for children, the elderly and people with weak immune systems. There is no cure for humans. West Nile is common in Africa and the Middle East. Since 1999, when the virus reached New York, mosquitoes have spread the virus south and west. The CDC has repeatedly said the virus eventually will reach the West Coast. "We fully expect that over time the virus will make it to the West. But the timing of that is unknown," Petersen said. "Whether it's this year or next year or the year after that is just a matter of conjecture." Run Mongo RUN! From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 03:30:12 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 03:30:12 -0700 Subject: Snowing them with science Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512031643.00a1cec0@mail.nex.net.au> Just read an exchange on scent packets as possible evidence on hatfield.There are at least 2 cases led by scientific experts that led to wrong guilty verdicts in au. 1 was a case where flakes of paint obtained at a suspects house led to his conviction for murder.It was suggested at the trial a high force hurricane would be required to move the flakes into the suspects house.Turned out all the houses in the district had the same air borne flakes.Convicted killer was released. The other case was Azaria Chamberlin's.Scientific evidence was later found to be mistaken and she was released.These are just 2 cases that I know of offhand in au. http://cryptome.org/hatfill-scent.htm The care and handling of scientific evidence is another contentious subject,it has also led to possible wrong verdicts,such as OJ's.To be on the safe side though, it may be wise to scrub up well,use 2 sets of gloves with lots of cayenne pepper and take lots of showers when sending anthrax letters.Also don't provide so much fucking text you drongo. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 04:41:56 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 04:41:56 -0700 Subject: Net Censorship. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512044132.00a1cec0@mail.nex.net.au> Portland Indy Censors Professor. (english) profrv@(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 8:54pm Thu Aug 22 '02 article#199578 A call to arms by a militant APster warrior and professor was pulled off the Portland IMC. Is repression so bad now we have to censor ourselves? Now as a comment...Why pull me off? by pr 8:48pm Thu Aug 22 '02 If what I said was illeagal then so is spread betting,free market capitalism and the freaking internet. >>Subject: Presidential in Portland. http://portland.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=17246&group=webcast KILL the PRESIDENT! by profrv@(nospam)fuckmicrosoft.com 6:38pm Thu Aug 22 '02 And the next one and the next till they get the message...that you can fuck with some of the people some of the time but the day you try to fuck with all of the people all of the time is the day you wind up in a body bag or a pine box.Am I going to wack the shrub out? Physically that presents some problems as I live in au,however I will pledge to pay into a pooled fund that may be payed to the closest prediction of the permanent retirement of the shrub.Kinda like stiffs.com and,yes,APster or 'assassination politics.(my 2$) "Who wants to participate to help form what will be the LAST revolution on earth, the one that'll take down ALL the governments? James Dalton Bell."<< Rubber bullets and Mace oh my! add your own comments From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 05:03:43 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 05:03:43 -0700 Subject: Bush is a major league International asshole. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512050208.00a18e40@mail.nex.net.au> Japan's Foreign Minister Tanaka Calls Pez Bush "Totally An Asshole" by repost 4:19pm Thu Aug 22 '02 (Modified on 5:09pm Thu Aug 22 '02) Original article at http://www.weeklypost.com/010625/010625b.htm#one "On June 17, a day before Foreign Minister Makiko Tanaka would be meeting US Secretary of State Collin Powell, Ms. Tanaka visited German Town High School in Philadelphia where she studied for two years when she was a high school student.The alumnae of the high school gave Ms. Tanaka a grand welcome. She enjoyed a class reunion and talking with her old classmates. Ms. Tanaka did not accompany interpreters and stenographers. She made a remark about George Bush during her conversation with her classmates and her words will remain in the history of Japan's foreign ministers. When she entered the library, she sat in the same wooden chair she used when she was a student. She remarked, "I remember the smell of this chair. It has not changed at all." She was deep in sentimental memories of those days. Makiko Tanaka said, 'What I learned at this school was spiritualism based on religion, the principles of a simple life and love as well as peace. I learned how important it is to listen to others and express one's opinion. I have respected this principle throughout my entire life thus far." "Then, one classmate raised a political issue and said to her, "There is no scientific proof that the earth is warming and no legitimate reason why we need the 'star wars' missile defense system. Don't you think so?" Ms. Tanaka appreciated the question. In response to that question, Japan's Foreign Minister Makiko reportedly said, "I will definitely oppose the new missile defense plan proposed by President Bush. It is beyond my imagination that we need it." Ms. Tanaka's visit to Washington DC was agreed to by the US government after strenuous efforts by the Japanese government. The objective of her trip was to vindicate what she expressed about US foreign policies at meetings with her counterparts from other countries. She conveyed her messages of criticism about the foreign polices of the US government to them. She must have told them faithfully what she believed. Her address immediately caused problems in the Japanese political world. "During the conversation with her old classmates at the reception in German Town High School, The Weekly Post learned that Ms. Tanaka made a remark about George Bush, "He is totally an asshole" in English. The majority of her classmates seemed to support the Republican Party, however, they were critical about Mr. Bush's new missile defense plan. When Ms. Tanaka made this remark, the classmates in the room were reportedly excited.There has never been a statesman in Japanese history that called a US president, 'an asshole.'" --Weekly Post Editorial, 6/25/01 add your comment agreement. http://portland.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=17177&group=webcast From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 05:05:17 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 05:05:17 -0700 Subject: Bush to be impeached for tax fraud? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512050347.00a19cc0@mail.nex.net.au> http://sf.indymedia.org/news/2002/08/141905.php BUSH MAY HAVE EVADED TAXES ON SALE OF BASEBALL TEAM By the Anonymous CPA Published August 19, 2002 A review of George W. Bush’s 1998 tax return reveals that he reported the sale of his share of the Texas Rangers baseball team as a long term capital gain. As a result, he paid a tax on the more than $15 million proceeds at a tax rate of 20%, as opposed to the 39.6% rate on ordinary income. According to a press release dated June 18, 1998 from the Dallas Morning News, Bush paid $606,000 for about 1.8% of the team and became the managing general partner of B/R Rangers Associates, Ltd., a limited partnership that owned the team. Under the terms of the agreement, Mr. Bush was given an additional 10.2% of the proceeds as additional compensation if the team was sold. The incentive compensation became effective if the other partners received their entire investment back plus a 2% return per year. The team was purchased for $86 million in 1989 and sold in 1998 for $250 million to Tom Hicks, a person with whom Bush had prior official business while governor. As reported by Tom Kruger in his July 16, 2002 article, Tom Hicks had a relationship with Mr. Bush that afforded Hicks the opportunity to use $9 billion of the University of Texas endowment fund without any accountability. The management fee to Hicks for investing the $9 billion could have exceeded the $250 million he paid for the Texas Rangers. In effect, Bush handed Hicks the money to buy the team as part of his official duties as governor. In addition, the team received funding for the new stadium built by the City of Arlington. More than $150 million was funded by the City of Arlington with a new sales tax imposed on its citizens. The team leased the stadium from a development corporation that was exempt from any school district tax. The tax exemption directly reduced the lease cost to the team by a substantial amount. In addition, as governor, Mr. Bush supported legislation that would have reduced the team’s school tax by $920,000 if the team exercised its option to purchase the stadium. Furthermore, this proposed tax reduction would have benefited Bush in another entity in which he had an equity interest with some of the partners of the Texas Rangers. As reported in the Houston Chronicle on April 22, 1997, “The tax reform bill supported by Gov. George W. Bush would have saved at least $2.5 million in school property tax for a company founded by Bush’s billionaire business partner and top campaign contributor, Richard Rainwater of Fort Worth.” Mr. Rainwater headed a public company that was a real estate investment trust traded on the New York Stock Exchange. Bush himself had 4,222 shares of this stock when he proposed the tax reduction that would have benefited this company, Crescent Real Estate Equities, by more than $2.5 million. This same company owned psychiatric hospitals throughout the country that were closed down because of scandalous and fraudulent activities as reported by 60 Minutes and various publications, all before the presidential election of 2000. As if that was not enough, Bush’s policies as governor further benefited Crescent by: 1. Allowing it to receive an extra $10 million stadium tax for a sports stadium used by the Dallas Mavericks 2. The State of Texas sold three office blocks belonging to the teachers’ retirement fund—to Crescent—the sale of one block costing the pension fund system $44 million. 3. The trust fund for the Texas University Public School invested $20 million in Crescent during Bush’s first term as governor. Mr. Bush sold his interest in Crescent through his “blind trust,” the Lone Star Trust. Lone Star’s trustee was Mr. Bush’s personal CPA, Robert A. McClesky. Bush’s shares in Crescent were sold at its peak of $40/share, yielding him proceeds of $168,800. Shortly after the sale, Crescent’s stock plunged to $21/share. Besides the Harken transaction previously reported, Bush has had an excellent record in investing in rapidly appreciating assets. Prior to Harken, he had a rather miserable record of success. However, it is clear that his success was based upon more than normal market appreciation. His political influence before and after he became governor substantially contributed to his personal wealth. The question now rises as to whether this political influence reaches the level of public corruption. Returning to the sale of the Texas Rangers, it is clear that Mr. Bush earned his additional 10% of the team by adding considerable value to the team because of his political influence. Incentive clauses such as the one granted to Bush are common for managing partners adding value to their partnerships; however, such incentive clauses exercised on behalf of a sitting governor, even if he was not governor when the agreement was written, raises some serious tax questions in addition to the question of public policy conflicts of interest. According to IRS Revenue Procedure 93-27, “ The receipt of a partnership capital interest for services provided to or for the benefit of the partnership is taxable as compensation.” As most people know, compensation is taxed as ordinary income, subject to the highest tax rates; in this case 39.6%. Mr. Bush treated the incentive portion of his proceeds as long term capital gain, and accordingly reduced his tax liability by at least $2.4 million. Mr. Bush may defend this aggressive tax position by pointing to aggressive planning by his accountants and lawyers. This by itself may be subject to dispute, and even though it is likely that the IRS would treat this incentive payment as ordinary income, Bush could possibly look to his accountants and lawyers as a defense. However, there is a further problem. It involves Otto Kerner, governor of Illinois from 1961 to 1968. In 1972, Gov. Kerner was convicted of income tax fraud for influencing public policy that benefited his holdings in a race track corporation. On the advice of his accountants, Gov. Kerner treated the proceeds ($180,000) of his race track stock as long term capital gain subject to the reduced tax. The U.S. Attorney, James Thompson, prosecuted Gov. Kerner for falsely treating these proceeds as a capital gain because Gov. Kerner’s public policies had a substantial effect on the appreciation of the stock. Gov. Kerner was a Democrat, and Mr. Thompson was appointed U.S. Attorney by President Nixon. Thompson later became governor of Illinois. According to an IRS agent who worked on the Kerner case, the government’s theory was based on the idea that a true capital gain is based on the assumption that natural market forces enhance the value of the property sold. Natural market forces can include the legitimate contributions of managing partners. However, the government concluded, and the jury affirmed, the fact that people in official policy positions who enhance the value of their own property in whole or in part are guilty of a corrupt practice, and accordingly the gain is not capital gain. This is consistent with the theory behind giving tax incentives only for legitimate capital appreciation. It is clear that former Gov. Bush had a clear incentive to affect public policy for his own benefit. In the Kerner case, Gov. Kerner was already a wealthy man, and the proceeds he received were not significant in relation to his net worth. In the case of former Gov. Bush, the at least $12 million incentive he received was the bulk of his liquid assets. Many of the citizens of Illinois who supported Gov. Kerner were upset about this decision, according to the IRS agent involved. Gov. Kerner was not an active businessman, and many people have doubts that he would have directly affected public policy because of a relatively small holding he had in the race track company. Nevertheless, the jury held him to a higher standard because he was in a powerful public position. According to the IRS agent, if Gov. Kerner was convicted of tax fraud for his behavior relative to a passive holding of stock, Mr. Bush, as an active managing partner of the Texas Rangers, should at least be held to the same standard. The question is, when will people say enough is enough. All these business and tax practices cannot be based on innocent coincidences. add your comments From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 09:54:29 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 09:54:29 -0700 Subject: Dictator uses chemicals on own people. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512095339.00a18a60@mail.nex.net.au> http://portland.indymedia.org:8081/front.php3?article_id=17309&group=webcast 8:10 Update: More pepper spray by devidas 8:25pm Thu Aug 22 '02 (Modified on 9:49pm Thu Aug 22 '02) from the streets Calling from Broadway, an IMC reporter reports more pepper spray used on the crowd. He hands the phone to someone in the crowd: they just pushed a bunch of people and sprayed us. Its still going strong. ALSO http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush-Protesters.html This is a link to a new AP newswire report on today's events. Quotes from a member of Cascadia Forest Alliance, and a Vietnam Vet who opposes war in Iraq. http://www.nytimes.com/aponline/national/AP-Bush-Protesters.html This is a link to a new AP newswire report on today's events. Quotes from a member of Cascadia Forest Alliance, and a Vietnam Vet who opposes war in Iraq. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 11:57:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 11:57:31 -0700 Subject: Stasi UK. Style. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512114727.00a1bbe0@mail.nex.net.au> 'MI5 investigated Royle Family star' Jason Deans Wednesday August 21, 2002 Ricky Tomlinson Clandestine operations by the secret services over the last 50 years are to be exposed in a new BBC series that will include disturbing details of the lengths to which MI5 went to track Royle Family actor Ricky Tomlinson. Confirming many conspiracy theories, the BBC2 documentary, True Spies, will show how government operatives infiltrated political groups, trade unions and media organisations Tomlinson, a former trade union activist, and the former Marxist Tariq Ali are among those confronted on camera by True Spies presenter Peter Taylor with evidence they featured in Special Branch and MI5 files. "All the conspiracy theories about the security services tapping phones and so on that we all dismissed turned out to be true," said Mr Taylor, whose credits include a number of award-winning documentaries about Northern Ireland and most recently the Iranian embassy siege. "They infiltrated everyone and everything, even Fleet Street and the BBC. The files they had were vast." It is known MI5 targeted BBC journalists in the 1970s - "subversive" journalists had files marked with little Christmas trees and BBC management submitted the names of journalists for vetting. But Taylor's documentary shows the extent of the secret service's investigations. "In some cases there was justification for what they did, but in many cases there was absolutely no justification whatsoever. They infiltrated things like Friends of the Earth and the anti-asbestos campaign. If you went on a CND demo, you could have ended up with a file," he said. "When I asked them 'what threat did organisations like this pose?', they said 'you never know until you find out'." Mr Taylor said he had not been allowed access to the files, but had interviewed a number of Special Branch officers for True Spies. Special Branch agents working undercover would infiltrate organisations in order to spy on their activities for MI5. Mr Taylor said both Tomlinson and Mr Ali were visibly shocked when confronted on camera with evidence that they had been the subject of secret service investigations. In the case of Mr Ali, a Special Branch undercover agent had infiltrated a leftwing organisation to which he belonged and made a copy of the office key so the secret service could gain access. Within the BBC in the 1970s and 1980s the secret services were particularly interested in the activities of broadcasting unions such as Bectu and the ACT, according to Mr Taylor. "When I asked about the BBC the interviewee said they had an inside source who told them about potential militants," Mr Taylor said. He added that the BBC no longer had an MI5 liaison officer who vetted employees and famously put the christmas tree-like signs on their files if they were thought to pose a potential threat to national security. "That post is no longer filled. I think it stopped in the early or mid-1990s," Mr Taylor said. http://www.telegraph.co.uk/news/main.jhtml;$sessionid$L3BDXMZQBGU13QFIQMGCFFOAVCBQUIV0?xml=/news/2002/08/22/nrick22.xml&sSheet=/news/2002/08/22/ixnewstop.html&_requestid=96117&_requestid=20381 Telegraph version. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 22:47:13 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:47:13 -0700 Subject: Attn Architects. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512224350.00a11740@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4957067%255E12272,00.html Edification, not edifices By Phillip Adams August 24, 2002 DURING rites of national passage, we colonials discuss the appropriateness of the Australian flag. Is it right to leave the Union Jack stuck in the corner, like a postage stamp on a letter addressing our thoughts back to Britain? Or is it time to do something analogous to Canada, perhaps a eucalyptic counterpart to its maple leaf? During the bicentenary, any number of brave and bold alternatives were proposed, including . . . a Dicky's towel. It was my suggestion that we unfurl a well-worn, rather frayed Dicky's on which could be seen the oily imprint of a basted sunbather, the body impressed on the fabric like the image of Jesus on the Shroud of Turin. But I had to acknowledge that Mike Leunig's idea was better. What he wanted to see, waving proudly in the wind, was a sheet of galvo. Specifically, rusty galvo. Here, for the first time in history, was a flag that wouldn't need any wind to flutter in. Mike's galvanised effort would remain tumescent on even a windless day. But Leunig isn't the only person to have put galvo up the flagpole to see who saluted. The architect Glenn Murcutt is as much a man of iron as the sainted Ned Kelly or those muscular young men who run around in Kellogg's Nutri-Grain commercials. While others agonise over the national identity as it's expressed in film, theatre, poetry or painting, Murcutt tries to keep the flag flying – the galvo flag – in architecture. And because he's chosen to build houses rather than corporate HQs or five-star hotels (Murcutt expresses a strong preference for the horizontal over the vertical) he's done a lot less damage to the landscape than most in his profession. Which is one of the reasons he was recently anointed the 2002 Pritzker architecture prize laureate. No small thing, given that it was brought into being to "fill a hole" in the Nobel prizes. Murcutt's latest accolade led to a brief encounter on the stage of the Sydney Town Hall. I was asked to interview him on his career in front of a live audience, and we were astonished when 1500 people turned up, thus proving that architecture is increasingly significant in public debate. Just between us, architects worry me. Too many of the best and brightest recall the central character in Ayn Rand's The Fountainhead, being almost fascist in their authoritarianism. One Australian example (I won't mention his name because he's notoriously litigious) was responsible for one of our most important buildings and, on its completion, issued instructions for all who worked within. No one on the premises would be permitted to put anything personal in their workspace. The great man would choose the knick-knacks that would go on his desks in his offices in his building. I learned this in a letter from one of his victims complaining that she felt as if she were working in a prison. Like ambitious generals or Machiavellian bureaucrats, architects have always needed powerful patrons. They've attached themselves to pharaohs or kings or popes or tycoons or, like Albert Speer to Hitler, to dictators. Architects see themselves at the top of the cultural food chain. Not only do their buildings dwarf all other works of art – making them hard to avoid – but they're almost invariably an expression of cultural, political, religious or financial dominance. Yet architects, for all their self-importance, are mendicants to and boosters of the mighty. They are lap dogs to the top dogs in any given society. Murcutt is fortunate to escape this world of the all powerful. Unlike Speer, he doesn't need to be a Uriah Heep to a madman or to the other little Hitlers who, all too often, run companies or countries. He's one of the handful of architects, along with Frank Lloyd Wright, who's better known for buildings of a more domestic scale. Since Imhotep built that massive tomb for Zoser, a 5th-dynasty pharoah, famous architects have been linked with the mighty buildings – pyramids, palaces, parliaments, town halls, basilicas and skyscrapers – of the mighty. In historical terms, of course, these are the buildings that last. The igloo, as elegant a shape as an egg, tends to melt. The Tambaran houses of Papua New Guinea, built from leaves and branches, quickly rot in the tropical conditions. And the homes of ancient Romans and Greeks weren't as durable as the marble temples. Like the wolf huffing and puffing at the homes of the three little pigs, time huffs and puffs at the houses of humanity and they are lost forever. So if Murcutt has noble predecessors, we don't know their names. Yet their rewards have been significant, principally the avoidance of political or ideological brutalism. And if you want to think how political architecture can be, think of the immense controversies that raged over the recent rebuilding of Berlin, and at the growing controversy in New York over what to do at ground zero. Where, as in the attempt to destroy the Pentagon, architectural and cultural symbolism were turned against themselves. Should New Yorkers get their old skyline back, as many of them want? I put this question to Murcutt. And he answered by talking about the monument to the Americans who died in the Vietnam War – that great diagonal slab of black marble covered with an endless list of names. He regarded it as miraculous the design had survived the disapproval it attracted. Horizontal rather than vertical. Grim rather than romantic. Murcutt would like to see something similar replace the World Trade Centre. But given Manhattan real estate prices, don't hold your breath. Murcutt's designs echo the feelings of the simple buildings he knew in PNG as a child or saw on Australian farms after his family had moved here. And that's where much of his work began, as extrapolations from barns and shearing sheds into houses that are open to the environment, the scenery, the wind. Some of his buildings sit in the landscape quite assertively, like windmills in a paddock. But others seem to hide, as camouflaged as bush critters. Well done, Glenn Murcutt. Long may your galvo flag flutter. Well done also jya for recent expose and Cryptome,a shining cypherpunk light on the hill. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 22:58:30 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 22:58:30 -0700 Subject: Nation on probation. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512224833.00a13640@mail.nex.net.au> The law is an ultradonkey...http://abc.net.au/news/justin/nat/newsnat-24aug2002-19.htm One out of every 32 adults in US either in jail, on parole One out of every 32 adults in the United States is either in jail, on parole or on probation, the US Justice Department's Bureau of Justice Statistics says. The Justice Department says the total correctional population in the country in 2001 was approaching two million men and women, or 3.1 per cent of the nation's adult population. Those on parole have been released from prison before their sentences expired on condition of future correct behaviour and remain under supervision. Probation is the suspension of the sentence of a person convicted but not yet imprisoned for a crime on condition of good behaviour and regular reporting to a probation officer. Documents show Govt knew 'Pacific solution' costs disproportionate A $90 million package to house asylum seekers on the Pacific island of Nauru was drawn up by Australia less than two weeks after the controversial Tampa incident a year ago. Documents issued yesterday show the Nauru package, estimated to cost that amount for six months, acknowledges some costs for processing the Tampa asylum seekers would be two to four times higher than in Australian. A total of 434 Afghan asylum seekers and four Indonesian crew were rescued from their foundering boat by the Norwegian container ship Tampa near Christmas Island, in August last year. When Australia refused to allow them to land, New Zealand agreed to accept 150 people for processing, and Nauru offered to take the rest. This was the start of the 'Pacific solution', widely criticised by human rights advocates. Nauru President Rene Harris has since labelled the Australian Government's policy of turning away all boat people from the mainland a "Pacific nightmare". The Prime Minister has again been greeted by protesters outside a Liberal Party function in Adelaide. About 100 protesters waving placards and chanting slogans flanked the entrance to Adelaide's Festival Theatre, where Mr Howard was due to address a gathering of the party faithful. The protesters heckled guests as they arrived for the function, with mounted police on stand-by. Mr Howard was about to have a repeat of his arrival at Adelaide University, where he was pelted with rubbish, and was ushered in through a side door. A judge on an inspection visit to a Brazilian jail discovered a straw scarecrow dressed in police uniform on the watchtower "guarding" some 735 inmates, police said on Friday. The judge removed the scarecrow, which had apparently been staffing the watchtower for days and took it to the court as evidence. Police have opened an investigation. "It is considered a grave breach of security rules," a police spokesman said, adding that a prison guard or a police officer should have been on the tower at all times. The Taubate Provisional Detention Center for prisoners awaiting trial near Brazil's biggest city of Sao Paulo was opened at the end of last year and has already had one publicised escape via an underground tunnel. Brazil's prison system is plagued with breakouts and violent riots due to extreme overcrowding, lack of funds and poor pay for prison officers. Toto and the wizard of OZ escaped earlier this year. From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 23:12:36 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:12:36 -0700 Subject: Curse you Boston. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512231010.00a18020@mail.nex.net.au> POLITICAL REPRESSION Aug 23 2002 The Execution of Sacco & Vanzetti: 75 Years Later When Nicola Sacco and Bartolomeo Vanzetti were put to death on August 23, 1927, radical America wept. Despite the dedication of people from Emma Goldman to Albert Einstein and demonstrations from Paris to Portugal, the worldwide fight to save the two Italian immigrants had failed. Accused of a 1920 robbery, the anarchists were tried amidst the xenophobic and anti-leftist sentiments of Palmer-raid United States. They sat before an admittedly biased judge and were convicted contrary to evidence of their innocence. In the years following, the Sacco-Vanzetti trial became the best example of radicals in the U.S. being railroaded for their political beliefs. New Yorkers will mark the trial with a 5 p.m. memorial in Union Square on Friday. On Thursday, a teach-in a teach-in was also held. [ The Red Scares: Then & Now | A Contemporary View of the Trial and Aftermath | Infoshop.org's Sacco and Vanzetti Memorial ] http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open 1977 -- US: Massachusetts Governor Michael Dukakis proclaims "Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti Day" on the 50th anniversary of their death. See Heroes & Martyrs: Emma Goldman, Sacco & Vanzetti, & the Revolutionary Struggle, an audio CD by Howard Zinn. >"What Need Be Said" by David Wieck >Italian Anarchism in America: An Historical Background to the Sacco-Vanzetti Case by Paul Avrich >La Salute é in Voi: the Anarchist Dimension by Robert D'Attilio >The Idea of Boston: Some Literary Responses to the Sacco-Vanzetti Case by Daniel Aaron >The Governor Dukakis Proclamation all at: http://www.saccovanzettiproject.org/pages/home.html http://www.infoshop.org/sacco_vanzetti.html 1927 -- Nicola Sacco & Bartolomeo Vanzetti, Italian-born anarchist labor militants, executed in the electric chair Judge Webster Thayer, during the Sacco-Vanzetti episode, was heard to boast while playing golf, "Did you see what I did to those anarchistic bastards?" They are subjects of many songs, poems & books. http://www.torremaggiore.com/saccoevanzetti/intro.html http://recollectionbooks.com/siml/library/vanzettipoem.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Wed May 12 23:18:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Wed, 12 May 1999 23:18:59 -0700 Subject: Shrubs chickens come home to roost. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512231604.00a18c80@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=199678&group=webcast Don't hate the media,become the media. "...I was at the speech. The protester (Ian Goldsmith)was a member of the SSTC (Stockton Save the Trees Coalition). He jumped up during Bush's speech in his tree costume (see photo) and began singing "don't cut me down" to the tune of the Beatle's song "Don't let me down". He was able to yell "Tree Butcher!" "Trees are people too!" and "Boycott Wood!" before being carried away by the Secret Service Goons. I don't know what happened afterwards because I had to go and bail Ian out of jail. Bush and the Chickens (english) stockton 2:16pm Fri Aug 23 '02 comment#199719 Good for you Ian and we wish you all the best of luck in the struggle for what is Right! We watched on TV and it happened in the middle of Bush's chicken ramblings. Seems Russia reneged on a deal with US to buy chickens. Then, according to Bush, the Russians agreed to deal and buy the chickens. Bush attributed this to our unique ability to unite and work together. (leaving the impression that one cannot do business with the Russians - or the Russians are backstabbers.) But my question remained unanswered - Why did the Russians not want our wonderful chickens? After all China wants our Rice. Columbia wants our coffee. Cuba wants our sugar and the world cannot live without our pineapples. Soon we will be shipping snow 'made in USA' to Siberia! Either or, end of story. Seems Russia rejected the chickens because of Health and Safety issue. (could it be e-coli?) USA backed down and agreed to tighten regulations to satisfy their requirements - and that is why the deal was finally consummated. Did you noticed that the males behind him on the podium, except for the mayor, were not wearing ties, in open shirts. My theory - to give the impression that Stockton is full of a bunch of farm yodels who worry about the size of tomatoes. I love this town. I love its diversity. Bush's stereotyping is an insult to the people. "We hold these truths to be self-evident: that all human beings irrespective of race, color , or sex, are born with the equal right to share at the table of life" - Emma Goldman (and that goes for the TREES and the animals too) From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 00:02:54 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:02:54 -0700 Subject: The economy,shrubs 'credibility',major reasons for war,WTF!? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990512234457.00a1bec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.unionleader.com/articles_show.html?article=13552 Jim Bell in 04. Buy this magazine or we shoot this dog Dept. http://www.gulufuture.com/future/gaswag.htm Buy our war to save those dogs,speaking of dogs... http://www.theaustralian.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5744,4942033%255E9787,00.html Am I mirroring JOrlinn Grabbe? How clever of you to notice! He is supermans uncle isn't he?http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 00:10:09 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:10:09 -0700 Subject: DEW on AWE Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513000645.00a1b9f0@mail.nex.net.au> And GM modded animals,EU sugar dumping. See also this ENS coverage The AWE Aldermaston Site Development Strategy Plan Public information leaflet on development of the Atomic Weapons Establishment site at Aldermaston in England, in preparation for production of 'next generation' nuclear armaments ( AWE ) See also this blog entry from June Animal Biotechnology: Identifying Science-Based Concerns Report on the threat to the environment posed by the introduction of genetically engineered animals into wild populations ( NAP ) The Great EU Sugar Scam (PDF) NGO briefing paper on gross inequities in the world sugar market - 'Under the Common Agricultural Policy (CAP), the EU has emerged as the world's largest exporter of white sugar. Subsidies and tariffs generate vast profits for big sugar processors and large farmers - and vast surpluses that are dumped on world markets. Smallholder farmers and agricultural labourers in poor countries suffer the consequences' ( Oxfam ) See also this press release, this Guardian coverage (1) (2), and this blog entry from April Other interestin' stuff and LINKS http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 00:47:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:47:47 -0700 Subject: Blame RSA Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513004418.00a18320@mail.nex.net.au> http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/23/1030052974105.html Net surfers refuse to stay between Beijing's flags August 24 2002 New official Net cafes offering only restricted Web access don't have the allure of unrestricted pirate cafes, writes Hamish McDonald from Beijing. There is a lull mid-afternoon in the Internet cafe in Yanjiao, a fast-growing dormitory city of new apartment blocks and shopping malls an hour's drive outside the Chinese capital. Only one web-surfer, a shirtless teenager with spikey hair dyed flamingo pink and tattoos on his shoulder, is still at his screen. Three friends lie sprawled asleep across chairs. But soon the sound of gunfire and explosions from the game of Counter-Strike he is playing, arouses the sleeping surfers. One by one, they log on and join in the interlinked combat simulation. As evening approaches, all 60 computer booths fill up with teenagers and young people. A girl in a chic sundress and pale lipstick puts on headphones and joins an online chatroom. Her friends have gone out to buy snacks for the evening. "What time is the last bus back to Beijing?" she calls out to a staff member. Officially, this cafe is closed, like all the others across Yanjiao that have "Closed for Rectification" signs in their windows. But, entered through a neighbouring shopfront and up some backstairs, the cafe is all systems go: every seat occupied, in some cases by boy and girl pairs, and air-conditioners struggling to cope with the fug of cigarette smoke and 60 young bodies. Yanjiao had a brief moment of fame last Sunday when the Beijing Youth Daily newspaper ran a front page article that showed it as a kind of Nevada for Nerds, where students from Beijing flocked for all-night benders on the Net, attracted by its low charges (two yuan or 45 cents an hour) and anything-goes atmosphere. Police raids followed on Monday but, within a day, it was business as usual in many Internet cafes. The Chinese Government's campaign to rectify the fast-growing Internet of "unhealthy" and subversive content, most recently using the pretext of a tragic fire at an unlicensed Net cafe in June that killed 25 young people, is meeting resistance at several levels. On one level, it comes from frustrated young surfers such as those at Yanjiao, who mostly access games and chatrooms, who don't have access to the Web at home (China has about 16 million Internet-linked computers, but an estimated 45 million regular surfers), and who can't afford the higher fees (around eight yuan an hour) at the few registered cafes. At another level, the issue is engaging human-rights activists. A petition circulating Beijing is calling for freedom of the Web, and it has been signed by about 200 prominent intellectuals, including the Tiananmen activist Liu Xiaobo. The New York-based group Human Rights Watch has criticised Western Internet service providers, such as Yahoo!, which have signed a "Public Pledge on Self-Discipline for the Chinese Internet Industry" promoted by Beijing in March. About 300 local and foreign companies have also signed the pledge. In a letter to Yahoo! Human Rights Watch executive director Kenneth Roth wrote: "Yahoo! would be seen in China and around the world not so much as a portal offering access to new ideas, but as a gatekeeper for an oppressive government." The company has not yet responded. New regulations for the Internet have been drafted by a panel from four ministries and approved by the State Council (the cabinet). An official in the Ministry of Culture said the new rules would be promulgated in two weeks. Just what the authorities have in mind can be seen at one of the 30 registered Net cafes allowed to open in Beijing over the past month, in place of the estimated 2400 licensed and unlicensed cafes operating before the June fire. The Internet-Coffee centre in Hongmiao is new and spacious, with well-marked fire escapes and safety equipment. Mostly young men play war games such as Counter-Strike and it has a military theme. Customers register by showing identity cards, under-18s are not allowed (except between 8am and 9pm on national holidays), and the centre shuts from midnight to 8am. Rules posted on the wall list information on bans: porn and violence, anything deemed "splittist" (ie pro-Taiwan, or supporting separatism), subversive of the communist regime or socialism, or anything "damaging the reputation of state organs". Another rule requires Net cafe proprietors to keep a log of every site accessed by each customer for 60 days, and to make it available to security officials. The computers are brand new. But they have one unusual feature: not one has an a:/ drive or CD portal, meaning customers cannot bring in their own storage discs to upload information on to the Net, or download to them either. By eliminating the anonymity of the Net cafe and preventing publication on the Net of documents, the authorities clearly hope to suppress the subversive potential of the World Wide Web. You RSA ho's will pay one day. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 00:54:25 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 00:54:25 -0700 Subject: Military mass murderers to start dumping at sea? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513004911.00a1cec0@mail.nex.net.au> It worked quite well for white South Africa and may have been widely used in East Timor and Argentina,whats wrong with trad mass graves? http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/23/1030052973604.html It's about Spain so there may be some spittle spray from long time trot lunatic jamesd.Switch and bait? By Giles Tremlett Madrid August 24 2002 More than 60 years after one of Europe's bloodiest civil wars, campaigners believe Spain will set up a truth commission to find out what happened to the tens of thousands of people who disappeared after being arrested by Franco's rebel forces. The commission was one of the demands made at the United Nations this week by a group of relatives of the disappeared. They also want the government to dig up and identify the corpses of 30,000 people believed to have been summarily executed by Franco's followers and buried in mass graves. The campaigners took their case to the UN's working group on forced disappearances after Spanish judges and the People's Party government refused to start the search for the bodies. Santiago Macias, of the Association for the Recovery of Historic Memory, said: "This is like the victims of Pinochet in Chile or those of Videla in Argentina. "We know who the assassins were but in this case we are not after them. What we want is the historic truth." Something jamesd is shit scared of. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 01:52:11 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 01:52:11 -0700 Subject: Et tu Blogus? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513014628.00a1a2b0@mail.nex.net.au> TaramaniaWired News: "They're already calling her the Weblog Candidate." Tara Grubb gets some more good publicity. Props to Paul Boutin, the writer, for processing a lot of complex information quickly. I think the story is a little short on the Weblog angle, actually, but I understand that Wired needed to do some remedial work for people who haven't been following the whole P2P issue (which, by the way, I will revisit in my N&R column on Sunday.)Boutin notes that the digital rights issue will follow the chairmanship of Coble's subcommittee to another district, so that running against the man may be "futile." But it's not futile, there's a bigger picture. The next chairman is going to be in the bloglight from day one. Both the entertainment industry's dollars and the weblog network will follow the issue to that representative and his/her opponents. P2P is almost certainly not going to knock off Howard Coble , but that's not the point. The weblog has moved from talk to action.Using the Internet for politics is not new, and in Tara Grubb's case the weblog network may be a meaningful but not revolutionary step in the development of Web activism. But there is something else going on that may prove more important than the Berman-Coble bill: Tara Grubb has a weblog of her own. Unmediated, instantaneous, regularly updated, one-to-many-to-one communication from a candidate for the United States House of Representatives. Others candidates will surely follow.And others will surely not. Blogs are tools, not toys, and somebody could end a political career pretty damn fast by letting out some 2 AM brainfart onto the Web. Politicians will have to be careful with their weblogs...and yet the immediacy of the medium might allow some candidates to be less concerned with looking perfect every moment. A talented weblogger in a tight race, connecting to bloggers everywhere, is going to win an election, soon http://radio.weblogs.com/0107946/2002/08/23.html#a156 JimBell in 04. http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,54693,00.html and http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26811.html From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 02:26:05 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 02:26:05 -0700 Subject: CNN Lies. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513015611.00a1a040@mail.nex.net.au> CIA scrambles to catch up By Richard Reeves BILL Harlow, who is the spokesman for the Central Intelligence Agency, an organization that rarely speaks and is even more rarely forthcoming, is apparently one of the more candid of his breed. Last weekend he was called by Judith Miller of the New York Times and asked why CNN rather than the CIA was able to find 250 videotapes, somewhere in Afghanistan, that seem to be an authentic archive of the terrorist activities of al-Qaida before the Sept. 11 bombing of the World Trade Center. Said Harlow: ``There are more of them in Afghanistan than there are of us, and they are paid better.'' Mercifully, the Times used the quote in the 32nd paragraph of its report on dogs being gassed and men making bombs, some of them in training films for terrorists. People in the White House are too busy to read long stories, so the president's spokesman, Ari Fleischer, spinning like a top, could say that the important thing about the tapes and stories was that: ``This is a good reminder to the people of the world that these are the type of people that we are facing in the war on terrorism.'' That's true, these are bad people, but we knew that and were talking about it already. What was more striking and known to few people, including presidents, was the CIA's admission that journalism, even television journalism, often and publicly presents a better picture of the world as it is than do our intelligence agencies. Sometimes it seems that the CIA's top-secret multi-multibillion-dollar budget exists to allow high officials in both the White House and Congress to answer questions about, say Iraq, with a wink: ``If you knew what we knew, you wouldn't question what we are saying and doing.'' Over the years, I have asked three presidents, a vice president, and a dozen or so well-placed members of Congress whether they got more information from the intelligence agencies than from the New York Times. All of them, except for new members of intelligence committees in the Senate and the House, who are dazzled by their first ``top secret'' briefings, answered, ``The Times.'' Bill Clinton gave that answer, saying that every once in a while the CIA scooped the newspapers, particularly on matters of timing. ``Sometimes,'' he said, while he was still in office, ``the CIA was about 24 hours ahead of the press or interpreted events differently.'' The point here is not that the press is so great. In fact, the weakness of the press was almost certainly a factor in the nation's ignorance about the looming dangers of organizations like al-Qaida around the world. With the decline of the Soviet Union and communism itself, and the rise of budget-cutters and profit-maximizers at newspapers and television news organizations, American news operations called home their correspondents in Asia, Africa and even in Europe. The theory (or rationale) was that the world could be covered by ``parachuting'' correspondents from New York or London into the war or outrage of the week, into massacres and natural disasters. The background of the parachuters often was no more than a briefing on how to pronounce or spell the names in the news. Most of the film we saw on television during those years came from British or other foreign sources, which was the reason channel-surfers moving from one news show to another saw the same pictures everywhere over the voices of different anchormen and the parachuters. Harwood, of the CIA, as candid as he may be, still suffers from having lousy intelligence on the news business. CNN, in fact, has only 10 people in Afghanistan. The CIA, which refuses to talk about such things (in the name of national security), probably has hundreds working in and on Afghanistan -- and some of them are probably being paid more than they're worth. http://www.bayarea.com/mld/mercurynews/news/opinion/3922496.htm MORE ON http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/23/0913572 "Yes, We Censored News About Afghanistan" The Lapdog Conversion of CNN by Kurt Nimmo In an August 15 news item carried by Press Gazette Online, Rena Golden, the executive vice-president and general manager of CNN International, admitted censoring news regarding the US war in Afghanistan. This censorship, she explained, "wasn't a matter of government pressure, but a reluctance to criticize anything in a war that was obviously supported by the vast majority of the people." How exactly the American public are expected to judge the validity of the US war in Afghanistan--and, indeed, the entire war on terrorism--when news organizations refuse to provide crucial information is not explained. In essence, Golden admits public opinion is cast by one source--the government--and the media has essentially abrogated its responsibility to provide additional, even contrary information on these momentous issues. Additionally, CNN New Delhi chief Satinder Bindra said many journalists pushed "harder than they should for a story," thus endangering the lives of other journalists covering the war from Afghanistan and Pakistan. Bindra did not comment on how exactly journalists might be expected to receive information for their stories, or what precisely constitutes pushing "harder than they should." Maybe Bindra expects them to remain ensconced in their Islamabad hotel rooms and wait patiently for the news to arrive by courier? Or stay in Washington and rely on Donald Rumsfeld as their only source? While many journalists complained about military imposed censorship during the Persian Gulf War a decade ago, it now appears the corporate media has decided on its own to censor the news without external limitation imposed by the Pentagon. In other words, the corporate media has in essence become a rather short-sighted and assentive propaganda organ for the Bush administration. Remarkably, they attribute this lapdog conversion to a desire not to offend public opinion, which they arrogantly assume is entirely monolithic. It would seem CNN is now the official government news agency. As official Bush administration propaganda mills, CNN and other corporate news networks have obsequiously agreed to a White House demand not to broadcast unedited remarks by Usama bin Laden. The White House wasted no time in exacting likewise from newspapers in regard to print transcripts. "In a bizarre and unprecedented move," Veronica Forwood, chairwoman of the British branch of Reporters without Borders, remarked, "the five major networks--CNN, NBC, ABC, CBS and Fox News Channel--have rolled over and acquiesced to the call for censorship from the US president's security adviser Condoleeza Rice." During the Persian Gulf War, however, things were different--some of the media did not so easily roll over and play dead like a dog straight out of obedience school. In 1991, Harper's, The Village Voice, The Nation, and others sued, claiming government censorship was a violation of the First Amendment. Predictably, the major corporate newspapers and TV networks refused to join the lawsuit. Instead, as now, they simply ingratiated themselves with the Pentagon and dutifully spoon-fed the public censored and heavily excised information (if not outright lies and fabrications). The lawsuit was eventually dismissed by a judge who didn't want to touch it with a ten-foot pole. It would seem the media of decades past was made of brawnier stuff than the media of today. John MacArthur, publisher of Harper's Magazine, wistfully entertained the idea of suing again, but he was less than sanguine about the prospect. "We might sue again, some small lawsuits, some civil libertarians may do so, but it's hopeless," he told the German journalist Gerti Schoen back in September. "This will be the most censored war in history... It won't just be censorship, but silence." While we have not exactly received complete silence, the news trickling out of Afghanistan is, to say the least, highly stage managed and tilted for a world of spin. So confident is the Pentagon corporate media resides in its hip pocket that back in December they dropped a requirement demanding journalists covering Afghanistan be part of an exclusive and authorized group, otherwise known as a "press pool." The press pool concept was devised in 1983 when the US invaded Grenada. It was updated in 1991 during the Persian Gulf War after publishers such as MacArthur began murmuring about military censorship. The relaxation of the press pool rules in December, however, did not prevent the military from denying journalists access to the war zone. On December 6, when American troops were hit by a stray bomb north of Kandahar, photojournalists were locked in a warehouse by Marines to make sure they didn't take pictures of wounded soldiers. More recently, media access to the Uruzgan wedding massacre was sharply curtailed. When journalists in Kabul submitted a request to join press officers at the Bagram air base--in order to travel by helicopter to the site--they were steadfastly denied permission by the military. Only two journalists traveled with US investigators to villages near Deh Rawud--one was a reporter from the US armed forces newspaper Stars and Stripes and the other was cameraman from the Associated Press Television Network. The chief US media officer at Bagram, Colonel Roger King, told those left behind they would have no right of access to the pool reporters' work. King's statement was a contradiction of the Pentagon's own press pool guidelines. As a result of this decision, it took four days for information about the Uruzgan wedding massacre to be made public. Allegations were later leveled by United Nations workers, accusing the military of changing the press pool rules in order to limit access to the area and thus destroy evidence, a charge the Pentagon naturally denied. But the Pentagon's war against media coverage in Afghanistan is not limited to reporters and news crews on the ground. In October, as the brass busily prepared for war, they used public money, at the none too shabby tune of $2 million per month, to secure exclusive rights to all new high-quality commercial spy satellite images of Afghanistan. During a policy debate on the release of satellite imagery, the idea was floated that the Pentagon might shoot down the commercial satellites if they were not allowed to control the images. Regardless, in December the Pentagon decided not to continue the exclusive contract. Considering CNN's recent admission of tailoring news in deference to the sensitivities of the American people, access to satellite photography is a moot point--chances are they would not publish them anyway. It would seem Americans need to be protected from the harsh realities of war--or, more likely, as in the case of Vietnam, their visceral abhorrence to it--when it comes to documentaries, as well. When Irish director Jamie Doran released his controversial documentary--Massacre in Mazar--in Europe, not one major US newspaper or television network covered the story, which essentially resulted in a news black out in the United States. Doran's film documents the aftermath of the massacre of hundreds of Taliban fighters at the Mazar-i-Sharif prison Qala-i-Jangi. In the documentary, dead prisoners are shown with hands tied behind their backs. Eyewitnesses describe the torture and slaughter of some 3,000 prisoners who were subsequently buried in the desert. While the Pentagon has denied any complicity in the torture and massacre of the POWs, many European parliamentary deputies and human rights advocates have called for an independent investigation into the atrocities. The human rights lawyer Andrew McEntee said it is "clear there is prima facie evidence of serious war crimes committed not just under international law, but also under the laws of the United States itself." Nonetheless, CNN, Fox, NBC, CBS, et al, decided not to run coverage of the film or announce the possibility of an investigation. Much later, however, when the massacre story simply became too high profile to ignore, it did receive a degree of limited coverage in the United States. Fortunately, the press in Britain and Europe has an excellent track record of covering stories the US media have consistently (and deliberately) ignored at the behest of the Pentagon and the Bush administration. Thanks to the Internet, these stories can be read by Americans without access to foreign newspapers. Both the Guardian and the UK Independent carry alternative news (available via the Web)--and also carry reports and editorials by award winning journalists such as Robert Fisk and John Pilger. These are news stories and opinions The NY Times would never touch. We no longer live in a world of hermetically sealed information. For those Americans thirsty for truth--and who do not take kindly to their news being sanitized and rubber stamped by the Pentagon and unelected presidents--there are more than a few sources out there. Kurt Nimmo is a photographer and multimedia developer in Las Cruces, New Mexico. He can be reached at: nimmo at zianet.com Link: http://www.counterpunch.org/nimmo0823.html From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 02:34:42 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 02:34:42 -0700 Subject: Police Insanity sparks riot in Nth Minn. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513022733.00a16160@mail.nex.net.au> MPD Bullet Hits Black Flesh Again in North Minneapolis by Christopher Loch contempla at riseup.net Minneapolis Police staged an apparent drug raid executing a "high risk warrant" in North Minneapolis Thursday night. Allegedly a pitbull attacked a police officer after they initiated the raid. The officer then fired at the dog killing it. A richochet off the ground from the police fire wounded an 11 year old boy. Then a large number of neighborhood residents angered that yet another African American had been shot by the MPD in a short period of time hit the streets. They confronted the police and the mainstream media present. The police pulled out of the neighborhood after a large number of people hit the streets, allegedly throwing bottles and chunks of concrete. Channel 29 Fox News reported that a few reporters were sent to the hospital after being beaten by a crowd, and that damage had been done to media vehicles, including one vehicle that was burned. As to why the mainstream media would have been targeted, one might speculate that their often blatantly biased reporting in favor of the police--frequently omitting information that would lead the public to question the police's actions--has led to frustration. Apparently such frustration blew up tonight. The mainstream media coverage also included an interview with one of the white reporters who was apparently trapped in his vehicle by a crowd, but was not injured. The reporter described fearing for his life. The anchor went on to repeat that the reporter feared for his life several times during the coverage. The coverage did not venture to say if the people inside the house that the police raided (no doubt with guns drawn and with masks on) feared for their lives, or if the boy who was shot feared for his life. Indeed, coverage of the situation on Fox News went out of its way to be the PR arm of the MPD, assuming that the police were justified in all of their actions. Police spokespeople were interviewed. The coverage also showed men and women from the community in the streets shouting, but it did not offer them the opportunity to be heard. Nor did it interview any community spokespeople who might have expressed the feelings of the community. Instead it preferred to juxtapose "reasonable white folks" (this phrase was not stated, but it was definitely implied) with "rioting" African Americans. On Fox News and on CBS affiliate WCCO's website channel4000 the wound inflicted on the 11 year old boy was referred to as "not life threatening". They also mentioned that the boy was expected to make a "good recovery". At the same time, they acted very differently expressing great concern when describing the reporters' injuries--which were also not life threatening. ================================== Michelle Gross account I was on the scene last night/this morning until about 1:00 a.m. and wrote the report below as soon as I got home. This is the third shooting of a Black person in Minneapolis in as many weeks (Martha Donald, Terrell Oliver, and now this youth). We talked to many folks last night, including a number of witnesses to the incident. People were/are righteously angry. Some folks were throwing chunks of concrete at passing cars (I've got three new dings on my car as souveniers) to prove it. People are just worn out of the endless daily harassment by police, who drive by and shout racist comments at them, flip them off, etc. as well as the cop's blatant disregard of the lives of Black folks. One woman told us that her 14-year-old son had just got beaten up yesterday by police for no real reason and when she called to complain to the precinct captain, he hung up on her. Last night, she was in her yard, not far from the shooting, when cops taunted her from the street. She started telling them off when one of them told her she can't talk to them that way. She cited her First Amendment rights and they told her that people like her don't have First Amendment rights. There were many other examples of cops messing with people, as they always do in one of these incidents. Clearly, they were trying to provoke a certain response from the community. One last thought before posting my report. Some folks were attacking passersby indiscriminantly. This is always a possibility in a situation like this. However, they also landed some of their best licks on folks who well deserve it, like the mainstream media. No doubt, the media is already poor-mouthing about how could people be angry at us, we just want to report the truth, etc. According to what I've read, the media is already portraying the community members as out of control, animals, etc. My feeling is that while the people didn't always pick the right targets, they certainly had the right sentiment. We need to be ready to stand with the people because there will be a backlash. I would encourage folks who want to be involved to get to our meeting on Saturday at 1:30 p.m. at 2104 Stevens Ave in Minneapolis. Now, my report from last night: Communities United Against Police Brutality URGENT UPDATE August 22/23, 2002 ********************************************** Some of us returned just a little while ago from the scene of yet another police shooting in North Minneapolis. This time, police shot a 10-year-old boy. They claimed that the dog whose leash the young man was holding came at them and when they shot the dog, a bullet ricocheted off the sidewalk and hit the boy. Luckily, the young man is still alive. We talked to a number of witnesses and their version is somewhat different from the cop's version. First of all, it was acknowledged by a number of people including the man who owned the dog, that the dog was obedience trained and a friendly dog who had never bitten anyone. Second, several people stated that the dog had been shot at least three times--once in the shoulder, once in the abdomen and once in a forepaw. Third, police claimed on the news that they came to the house to serve a warrant but folks who saw the incident said they came out of a police van with guns drawn and that as soon as the door was opened, the cops opened fire on the dog. Some folks indicated that police actually dragged the 10-year-old out of his house after the shooting (possibly to make it seem as if he was outside at the time of the shooting). After the shooting, the situation in the neighborhood became quite intense. We saw a media van that was wrecked and burned out. Cars were being pelted with rocks as they drove through the streets. Police cars were swarming the neighborhood and helicopters circled overhead. Some people felt that police had put some ringers into the crowd to provoke a fight between members of the community and the cops. We talked to many people who were sick and tired of the seemingly endless police brutality they endure on a regular basis. A number of folks were very pleased to hear about the lawsuit against police and other actions we are taking. Spike Moss arrived on the scene and told us he is meeting witnesses at a convenience store on 26th Ave N between James and Knox Aves at 11:00 a.m. to take them down to meet with the mayor. From talk among various people, this may turn into a community rally, though exact plans are unclear at this time. Our meeting Saturday is likely to be a good bit larger than usual, with many folks talking about the lawsuit. We will soon need folks to get into neighborhoods to talk about the lawsuit and find folks who want to be part of it. Stay tuned for further actions regarding this shooting tonight and the ongoing problem of police brutality. ____________________________________ Communities United Against Police Brutality 2104 Stevens Avenue Minneapolis, MN 55404 Hotline 612-874-STOP (7867) http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/23/7786142 Dozens of people shouted at police officers and broke windows in a city bus and a news van late Thursday, protesting after a 10-year-old boy was injured by a bullet that ricocheted from a police officer's gun. The officer was shooting at a pit bull dog that had been turned loose on police who were trying to serve a search warrant on a house suspected of narcotics activity. But the bullet hit concrete and ricocheted into the arm of the boy who wasn't in the line of fire, a police spokeswoman said. The boy's injury wasn't life-threatening and he was being treated at a local hospital, the spokeswoman said. The incident happened at 7:30 p.m., but tensions grew later as TV news crews arrived to cover the event. About 75 to 100 people gathered in the north Minneapolis neighborhood and shouted at police and journalists. The windows were broken out of one news van and a city bus, the police spokeswoman said. Two reporters for the Star Tribune of Minneapolis were assaulted and suffered minor injuries, an editor at the newspaper said. Officers remained on the scene late Thursday, but they hadn't been able to search the house that originally brought them to the neighborhood. Last week, dozens of people gathered in another north Minneapolis neighborhood to protest when two police officers shot a 19-year-old man who threatened them with a handgun. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 04:21:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 04:21:23 -0700 Subject: Spam Nigeria. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513042012.00a1e630@mail.nex.net.au> Nigeria: New Sharia case Unmarried mother sentenced to death A Nigerian court's decision to uphold the verdict of death by stoning of Amina Lawal for adultery is a cruel and inhuman application of Sharia law, says Human Rights Watch, and an abuse of the law to punish women for consensual sex. "The death penalty is never an appropriate punishment for a crime, and, in this instance, the very nature of the crime is in doubt." Make your own protest. http://www.indexonline.org/ Index on Censorship online at www.indexoncensorship.org Express your concern for the plight of Amina Lawal, sentenced to death from stoning by a Sharia court in the state of Katsina in northern Nigeria for having engaged in sex outside marriage. The government used her pregnancy as evidence of her having committed adultery. Ms. Lawal now has an eight-month old child. Human Rights Watch argues that: In this case the legal system is being abused to punish adult women for consensual sex. The death penalty is never an appropriate punishment for a crime, especially where, as in this instance, the very nature of the crime is in doubt. The Nigerian government should commute the death sentence of Amina Lawal and drop the criminal charges against her. Appeals protesting the sentencing should be sent to the following: His Excellency Olusegun Obasanjo, President of the Republic The Presidency Federal Secretariat Phase II Shehu Shagari Way Abuja, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria Fax: + 234 9 523 21 36 (press office) Email: president.obasanjo at nigeriagov.org. His Excellency Kanu Godwin Agabi, Minister of Justice Ministry of Justice New Federal Secretariat complex Shehu Shagari Way Abuja, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria Fax: + 234 9 523 52 08 Minister Alhaji Abdullahi Ibrahim, Minister of Justice and Attorney General New Federal Secretariat Building, 10th Floor Federal Secretariat Block 1, Wing 1-B Shehu Shagari Way Abuja, Federal Capital Territory Nigeria Fax: c/o Ministry of Foreign Affairs + 234 9 523 0394 / 0210 If possible please send copies of your appeals to: The diplomatic representative for Nigeria in your country. Please send appeals to arrive as quickly as possible. Copyright © 2002 Send the fuckers a translation of Apster if you can.TIA.pr. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 05:05:58 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 05:05:58 -0700 Subject: Authenticating computer code cryptographically Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513034025.00a19ad0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.newscientist.com/news/news.jsp?id=ns99992713 "...In June this year Microsoft announced plans to develop more secure personal computers with the help of hardware manufacturers. The company has spent US$100m on developing the project, which involves authenticating computer code cryptographically. The plans have stirred controversy among some computer experts who fear users Microsoft would be given greater control over home PCs."END. It's already lost one anti-trust lawsuit,to lose 2 might appear to look like carelessness.MS must be absolutely desperate.I wish someone would hack me soon,I cant wait to smash all my windows.Hey! According to this 'poll' 85% think copyright ,(and associated poitics) either suck or is D E A D,dead. http://grep.law.harvard.edu/ From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 05:15:52 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 05:15:52 -0700 Subject: Richard Perle in Paris. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513051412.009f7ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Swine... http://www.guardian.co.uk/elsewhere/journalist/story/0,7792,779780,00.html A walk on the wild side A recalcitrant wild boar has moved into a Paris park, to the disquiet of local residents and the small taskforce dispatched to hunt it down, writes Jon Henley Friday August 23, 2002 Visitors to the stately Parc du Chateau de Sceaux in the southern Paris suburbs have been disappointed this week: on the gates hangs a hastily-printed notice saying that the park is closed until further notice. Inside, two wardens on horseback and four trained marksmen with Winchester rifles pace the wide, tree-lined avenues and manicured lawns, while a small army of 50 perspiring beaters and a dozen dogs slowly quarter the dense thickets. Such activity has, of course, prompted speculation. "Would this be the arrival of the werewolf of London, come to spend its summer hols in Paris?", wondered Le Monde. Or the return of the Beast of Gevaudan, that terrifying semi-mythical monster that devoured 150 unfortunate souls in south-west France in the mid-1760s? The reality is almost as unlikely: somehow, an errant wild boar has managed to make its way across several main roads, brave the housing estates, hypermarkets and high streets of Antony and Fontenay-les-Roses, and gain illicit access to the park's 450 welcoming acres. Wild boar are not a rarity in France. Tens of thousands of them are slaughtered by huntsmen every year, including nearly a thousand in the Ile de France region that includes greater Paris. But only very, very rarely do they venture into the urban environment. "This is truly exceptional," said Bernard Lefevre of the National Hunting and Wildlife Office. "The last time anything like this happened around here was in 1995, when an adult male wounded four policemen who were trying to eject it from a municipal tennis court in Epinay." Wild boar, Mr Lefevre said, have to be taken seriously. "They are large and powerful wild animals, and in the rutting season they are perfectly capable of attacking humans or rounding on dogs," he explained. "There's no way we can open the park while it's still in there." The unfortunate boar's days are therefore numbered, because Mr Lefevre and his colleagues have no intention of trying to capture it alive. "As a species, they are a long way from facing extinction," he pointed out. "They cause dozens of road accidents and over 1m euros of agricultural damage every year. There's no reason to show any sympathy." Which is not the case for the boar's cousins on the sunny Riviera, where well-to-do residents have taken umbrage at the local authorities' decision to implement a shoot-to-kill policy aimed at drastically reducing the area's population of sanglochons - an odd breed derived from crossing a wild boar (sanglier) with a pig (cochon). Officials say the sanglochon's numbers have increased by some 600% over the past decade and the species has become a veritable plague, rooting around in dustbins, ruining lawns and wreaking havoc in vegetable patches. Some 2,000 have been shot so far this year. "They breed like rabbits, and unlike genuine wild boar, they actually seem to prefer an urban environment," said Emmanuel Marteray, a wildlife expert. "They're generally much less aggressive than their wild cousins, but they're not much appreciated round hear because they love root vegetables, bulbs, fruit and worms." Sentimental Riviera residents, however, have drawn the line at seeing the poor beasts brutally mown down before their eyes by council sharpshooters. After a number of protests from shocked eye-witnesses, the local authority wildlife department has promised to restrict sanglochon-slaughtering expeditions to the after-dark hours. Back in the Parc du Sceaux, however, there's still no sign of the intruder. "He's very happy in here," said Mr Lefevre. "It's going to take quite some time to track him down." From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 05:44:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 05:44:59 -0700 Subject: FBI LIEs Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513054033.00a1c4e0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/law/july-dec02/court_8-23.html 2 australians continue to suffer cruel and unusual punishment at X-ray.No charges,No lawyers,No visitors apart from au goons.No letters.Kidnapped months ago. TERENCE SMITH: That's "Boston Globe" columnist Tom Oliphant and syndicated columnist Michelle Malkin. Both Mark Shields and David Brooks are on vacation. Welcome to you both. FISA court ruling Tom Oliphant, the, we just heard a discussion about what amounts to a standoff now between this secret intelligence court and the Justice Department. What's the significance of that? TOM OLIPHANT: Well, the significance is not going to be any at all in a larger political sense. There's no question that public opinion today continues to be overwhelmingly on the side of security as opposed to civil liberties, as is often the case at this stages of war, including this unique one. Civil liberties tends to be a minority concern that has to claw its way to attention. On the other hand, I do think this has some impact on the effectiveness of the administration's administration of the criminal and intelligence bureaucracies, and it's this. Credibility in secret proceedings is everything. And I think the court went out of its way to indicate its displeasure on those grounds, including making this decision public, which itself was a form of rebuke. I think --. TERENCE SMITH: By saying that on 75 occasions - TOM OLIPHANT: Absolutely. TERENCE SMITH: -- the FBI had misled them. TOM OLIPHANT: There are other cases not just before this special court, and I think other judges are going to be more inclined now to look behind the government's claims to check further. And most importantly of all is on the street. The biggest aid in prosecution of this war is the citizen who helps the government. And you want to have the confidence that you're going to be treated squarely, and this undermines it. TERENCE SMITH: Michelle Malkin, what's your take? MICHELLE MALKIN: I do think it would be a mistake to characterize the ruling, though, as a stark repudiation or rebuke of the way that Ashcroft and the Bush administration specifically are conducting the war on terror because these 75 errors and misrepresentations that the court was clearly piqued about happened under the prior administration. And, in fact, the Justice Department had started self reporting a lot of those errors in the first place. So I think the end result of the decision right now is that it's a big yield sign. It's a warning to the FBI and the agent there's to make sure that the affidavits that they file for search warrants as they conduct this war on terror have all their "t's" crossed and their "i's" dotted. There will be an appeal of the case and that's unprecedented as well. But I think, you know, the clear message is, we cannot have a completely opaque wall between intelligence gathering and criminal prosecutions. But if you're going to poke holes in those walls, you have to make sure that the whole facade doesn't come crumbling down. TOM OLIPHANT: Michelle makes a very important point, particularly because the head of the FBI until last year was Louis Freeh, whose administration is already very controversial, and this is another criticism of that. TERENCE SMITH: And these cases of course crossed over. TOM OLIPHANT: Very much so. In fairness, it should also be said that this administration, in a sense has sought to enjoy the fruits of the policy that was being pursued, as witness with the appeal. http://www.pbs.org/newshour/bb/political_wrap/july-dec02/wrap_8-23.html From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 05:52:09 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 05:52:09 -0700 Subject: FISA RISA Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513055055.00a1c270@mail.nex.net.au> The Limits of Trust Friday, August 23, 2002; Page A26 SINCE THE SEPT. 11 attacks, the Bush administration has argued that law enforcement and intelligence agencies can be trusted to wield broad new powers -- both those additional powers voted into law last year and powers still under consideration. Officials have in many instances brushed aside suggestions that accountability and openness should accompany these new authorities. And their "trust us" mantra has largely carried the day as Congress has approved intrusive new powers for the executive branch. So it is no wonder that the Justice Department did not hasten to produce to Sens. Patrick Leahy, Charles Grassley and Arlen Specter a copy of an extraordinary May 17 opinion by the seven judges of the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Court. The work of this super-secret tribunal, which considers government applications for search warrants and wiretaps in intelligence matters, almost never sees the light of day -- in fact, this is the first opinion the full court has published since its creation in 1978. But in this instance, the judges themselves, responding to a request by the senators, took action to make sure that the senators and the public saw their unprecedented, unclassified opinion. The opinion, which the three senators released yesterday, paints a disquieting portrait of the FBI's trustworthiness, or lack thereof, in some of the most sensitive matters it handles. The opinion was written in response to a Justice Department proposal to change the rules governing the relationship between prosecutors chasing criminals and intelligence operatives chasing information. In criminal cases, prosecutors generally must show probable cause of criminal activity before a judge will allow them to wiretap or search a suspect. The Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA) authorizes such intrusive surveillance for intelligence purposes with a less rigorous showing. While this material can end up being used in a criminal case, the lower standard is constitutional only because the statute's purpose -- and the purpose of the surveillance -- is to gather foreign intelligence. So the FISA judges have historically been careful to make sure that criminal prosecutors were not directing surveillance under the law as a way of bypassing the strictures of domestic criminal rules. In the USA Patriot Act, Congress substantially lowered the wall between intelligence-gathering and crime-fighting; the Justice Department argued to the court that the new law meant the judges should ease up and stop insisting that prosecutors not take over intelligence surveillance. The court said no. It cited a variety of legal considerations, but underlying these was another factor: The judges report that the FBI has not played straight with them over the role prosecutors have been playing in the process in the past. In September 2000, the judges recount, the government "came forward to confess error in some 75 FISA applications related to major terrorist attacks directed against the United States." These errors almost uniformly "involved information sharing and unauthorized disseminations to criminal investigators and prosecutors." They included an "erroneous statement" by then-FBI Director Louis Freeh and misrepresentations in the FISA applications of FBI agents concerning "the separation of overlapping intelligence and criminal investigations." They also included "omissions of material facts from FBI FISA affidavits relating to a prior relationship between the FBI and a FISA target." Furthermore, the judges complain that they have yet to receive any explanation of how they came to be misled, despite the fact that internal investigations have been ongoing "for more than one year." Attorney General John Ashcroft is not blamed for these transgressions. Most or all of the misstatements appear to have taken place during the prior administration, and the court notes that the department and bureau wrote new rules last year to ensure the accuracy of FISA applications. The judges, moreover, appear to have no complaints about the quality of applications since Sept. 11. But the fact that dozens of FBI representations to a federal court handling issues of such sensitivity could turn out to be false raises questions both about current proposals to expand the government's FISA powers and about other situations in which the government asks judges and the public to accept its actions and statements on faith. If the FBI can botch 75 affidavits in the famously rigorous FISA process, is it not possible that the military might have made an error, say, in the spare two-page declaration it is using to justify the indefinite detention of likely American citizen Yaser Esam Hamdi? And isn't some measure of oversight -- such as the FISA judges and the senators are providing in this instance -- a healthy antidote? The government has no experience with losing before the FISA court, which has never turned down a surveillance request. This opinion, in fact, has produced the first appeal ever of a FISA court action -- and thus the first case ever heard by a special FISA appeals court that has never previously had to convene. Whatever happens in that uncharted territory, the FISA court has raised critical questions that Congress needs to pursue before granting further new powers to the government. Members need to satisfy themselves that the problems the FISA judges have identified have truly been corrected and that adequate safeguards of openness and accountability are built into any enhanced surveillance powers. http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51447-2002Aug22.html From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 05:56:36 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 05:56:36 -0700 Subject: Another FBI lie? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513055355.00a1e290@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A51447-2002Aug22.html Father denies FBI charges against Saud By a Staff Writer JEDDAH, 24 August — Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed has denied his son Saud had ties with the perpetrators of the Sept. 11 terror attacks as alleged by the US Federal Bureau of Investigation. "Everyone knows that Saud is innocent and that the information published (by the FBI) is baseless," Abdul Aziz told Al-Yaum newspaper yesterday. Look at him,he's just a boy! The FBI has said that it was not sure whether Saud was involved in the Sept. 11 attacks. "Security authorities are not sure whether Saud had any role in the Sept. 11 attacks," Saudi daily Al-Watan quoted the FBI deputy director as saying. However, he said FBI agents wanted to question the Saudi youth. The FBI on Tuesday released a passport photo of Saud Al-Rasheed and said it considered him armed and dangerous. The bureau is seeking Saud following the Sept. 11 investigation. The investigation revealed that Saud bore a Saudi passport No. C161433, issued in Riyadh in May 2000. Saud is the 15th person sought in connection with the attacks. According to Al-Hayat newspaper, there are six Saudis with the name of Saud Abdul Aziz Al-Rasheed. One of them arrived at King Khaled International Airport in Riyadh on Thursday from Cairo, but his passport number was different from the one given in the FBI report. The Arabic daily said it believed the passport might have been forged, if there was no error in transferring information. According to a Council of American Islamic Relations study more than half of the seven million Muslims living in the US have been victim of discrimination after the Sept.11 attacks. In a genuine democracy, the rights of even a minority of one are sacred and cannot be violated with impunity. — V K Narasimhan. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 05:59:00 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 05:59:00 -0700 Subject: Fisky and sour. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513055816.009ff640@mail.nex.net.au> It is not a reporter’s job to provide the evidence for a war crimes trial By Robert Fisk BEIRUT, 24 August — Three Western war crimes investigators turned up to see me in Beirut last week. No, they didn’t come to talk about the Bosnian war. They wanted to know about torture at Israel’s notorious Khiam jail in southern Lebanon, about beatings and imprisonment in cupboard-size cells and electrodes applied to the toes and penises of inmates under interrogation. Most of the torturers were Lebanese members of Israel’s proxy “South Lebanon Army” militia, and they performed their vile work for the Israelis — on women as well as men — from the late seventies until Israel’s withdrawal in 2000: Almost a quarter of a century of torture. Khiam prison is still there, open to the public, a living testament to brutality and Israeli shame. The problem is that Israel is now trying to dump its Lebanese torturers on Western countries. Sweden, Canada, Norway, France, Germany and other nations are being asked to give citizenship to these repulsive men in the interests of “peace” — and also because the Israeli government would prefer they left Israel. The three investigators — two cops and a Justice Ministry official — had come to Beirut to make sure that their government wasn’t about to give citizenship to Israel’s war criminals. And they knew what they were talking about. We both knew that one former torturer was living in Sweden with his two sons, and that another had opened two restaurants in America. And I was happy to chat to them. But chatting is one thing. Testifying is quite another. I make this point because the BBC told me last week that their Belgrade correspondent, Jacky Rowland, was planning to testify against Slobodan Milosevic at The Hague war crimes tribunal. I was invited this week to participate in a BBC radio interview with yet another BBC man who had given evidence at The Hague, Dan Damon. And, in fact, I received a phone call from one of The Hague investigators a few weeks ago, wanting to know if I had accompanied a European Union delegation to a Bosnian concentration camp in 1982. I had traveled with the EU men to two camps — not the one that The Hague investigator was interested in. But this was not the first call I’ve had from The Hague and I pointed out this time — as I had before — that I didn’t believe journalists should be policemen. My articles could be used by anyone at The Hague and I was more than ready to sign a letter to the effect that they were accurate. But that was all. So when Dan Damon of the BBC argued on air this week that the written or spoken report might not be “believed” if a reporter wasn’t ready to testify in a court, I was a bit taken aback. In many cases, The Hague has commenced proceedings against war criminals on the basis of newspaper articles and television programs. No one, so far as I know, has ever questioned our reports on Serbian, Croatian — and, yes, Muslim Bosnian — war crimes. In fact, I suspect Dan’s argument was a bit of a smokescreen to cover his own concern about the boundaries of journalism. I know, of course, how the arguments go. I may be a journalist, says the reporter as he or she turns up to the court, but I am also a human being. A time must come when a journalist’s rules are outweighed by moral conscience. I don’t like this argument. Firstly, because the implication is that journalists who don’t intend to testify are not human beings; and secondly, because it suggests that reporters in general don’t normally work with a moral conscience. Jonathan Randal, who worked for The Washington Post in Bosnia and has told The Hague tribunal that he will not testify against a Serb defendant, understands this all too well. What worries me, though, is that journalism includes an element of masquerade if we cover wars as reporters and then participate in the prosecution of the bad guys at the request of a court whose writ extends only to those war crimes which it sees fit — or which the West sees fit — to investigate. Jacky Rowland of the BBC, for example, did not — while reporting the Balkan atrocities — turn up on Serbian assignments with the words: “I’m from the BBC and — if your lot lose — I’m ready to help in your prosecution”. Indeed, if she had said that, she wouldn’t have had the chance to undertake many more reporting assignments. Nor would any of us. But — if it’s now going to be the habit for BBC reporters to turn up as prosecution witnesses at The Hague — heaven spare any of us in the future. Now I have nothing against Jacky Rowland’s reports. And if she feels her testimony is vital to convicting Milosevic, that’s up to her. But this story has another side. For Ms Rowland is not planning to attend The Hague court because she has chosen to give evidence against the former Serb leader. She is traveling to The Hague because the Western powers have decided that she should be permitted to testify against Milosevic — though not, of course, against alleged war criminals of equal awfulness in other parts of the world. Let me explain. Over 26 years, I’ve seen many war crimes in the Middle East. I was at the Sabra and Chatila camps the same year when Israel’s Phalangist thugs were butchering 1,700 Palestinian civilians. I was with Iranian soldiers when Iraqi troops fired gas shells into them. I was in Algeria after the throat-slitting bloodbath of Bentalha, for which Algerian soldiers have since been implicated. And I believe that those responsible for these atrocities should be put before a court. Ariel Sharon — held “personally responsible” by his own country’s inquiry into Sabra and Chatila — is now the prime minister of Israel. The Iraqi Army is safe from prosecution — indeed, we are inviting it to overthrow Saddam Hussein. So if any reporter wants to testify against the above gentlemen, they can forget it. Ms. Rowland will not be invited to put Sharon behind bars. In fact, Belgium has just done its best to stop the survivors of Sabra and Chatila from ever testifying against Sharon in Brussels. And there you have it in a nutshell. We journalists are not being asked to testify in the interests of international justice. Ms. Rowland is going to testify against a criminal whom we now wish to try; and we should remember that back in 1995, when we needed Milosevic to sign the Dayton agreement, Ms. Rowland was not wanted by The Hague or anyone else. As far as I’m concerned, I’m always ready to meet war crimes investigators. I admire most of those I have met. And if we ever have an international court to try all the villains, I might change my mind. But until then, a reporter’s job does not include joining the prosecution. We are witnesses and we write our testimony and we name, if we can, the bad guys. Then it is for the world to act. Not us. (The Independent) From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 06:04:01 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:04:01 -0700 Subject: Right to cover face upheld. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513060239.00a1e020@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16808 DES MOINES, Iowa — Public-access station officials have told an anti-abortion activist that he won't be allowed to air footage of women entering a Planned Parenthood clinic unless their faces are covered. Dave Leach's show, "The Uncle Ed Show," has run on Des Moines cable for six years. Jonathan O'Toole of Kansas City, Mo., began collecting footage for the show at the clinic yesterday. But Mediacom, which provides the public-access channel and airs the program, said it would not show the women's faces. "I have told him if he presents a tape to us tomorrow of faces visible we will not show his tape because it's a third party invasion of privacy," Mediacom spokeswoman Debora Blume said yesterday. Leach, who picketed the clinic in the early 1990s and has discussed his anti-abortion views on his show, said he would review the law but believes he wasn't violating patients' privacy. Leach is a Republican state House candidate. "I can't imagine what purpose it (footage) would serve blocked out," Leach said. "There's certainly a whole lot more that journalists are allowed to do." Mediacom officials had earlier told The Des Moines Register that they were considering airing the footage but moving the show to later hours. The newspaper reported in yesterday's editions that Mediacom officials had said they didn't support the views expressed by the show, but its content was protected by the First Amendment. "We're bound by rules that say we can't censor or exercise control over content," Blume was quoted in yesterday's newspaper as saying. However, the Register reported today that Blume said Mediacom's attorneys had determined the tapes would violate clinic patients' privacy rights. Ben Stone, president of the Iowa Civil Liberties Union, said he couldn't comment on the project until he saw the show. But Gloria Feldt, president of the Planned Parenthood Federation of America, said the taping violated patients' privacy. "These people are just shameless. They're shamelessly violating women's rights to privacy, medical privacy," Feldt said. "It's virtual stalking. It ought to be against the law." Feldt said Planned Parenthood would look into its public policy and legal options. A spokeswoman for Planned Parenthood of Greater Iowa told the Register for yesterday's article that "patients coming to our clinic are coming for a variety of reasons." Kendall Dillon told the newspaper that abortions represent about 2% of the clinic's services. Neal Horsley, who started a Web site in March 2001 that airs clinic footage from more than 20 states, said showing the footage on public-access channels was a step toward creating a nationwide show. Horsley, who was working with Leach on the project, said Des Moines was to be the first location where video would be televised. "We're absolutely certain that it's not against the law to publish information, factually verifiable information," Horsley said. "We've been doing it for a year on the Internet. ... The fact of the matter is nobody has issued a court order or an injunction." Horsley's argument is being tested in court in Illinois, where a woman is suing three anti-abortion activists who allegedly obtained her medical records detailing complications from an abortion and published the records and her photo on an anti-abortion site. Yesterday, O'Toole and his sister, Meghan, also of Kansas City, Mo., filmed patients walking into the brick building. Some patients covered themselves with umbrellas and a few people stopped to question O'Toole and his sister, who both had video cameras. O'Toole said showing patients on TV would personalize their anti-abortion message. If people saw a friend or relative going to the clinic, "I would hope that they would encourage them to stop patronizing" it, said O'Toole, 23. Stacy Layton, 50, of Ankeny, said she came to the local clinic to protest Leach and his plans, which she called a "form of terrorism." "It's not just a chop-shop for abortion," Layton said. "They provide services for people who can't afford them." Related Abortion foes' wanted posters, Web site are 'true threats' Federal appeals court rules 6-5 in favor of doctors, clinics in Nuremberg Files case, also orders lower court to reduce $108.5 million punitive damages award. 05.17.02 Anti-abortion activists ordered to take medical records off Internet Woman’s lawsuit claims her privacy was violated after documents, photograph appeared on Web site. 08.24.01 Silencing speech only leads to violence, says creator of controversial Web site 'Mr. Horsley is a perfect example of the First Amendment run riot,' says fellow participant in First Amendment Center hate-speech panel. 03.10.99 From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 06:09:34 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:09:34 -0700 Subject: NY State law prohibits shrubs speeches being mailed. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513060547.009f7bc0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16811 NEW YORK — The New York Civil Liberties Union sued the city this week, saying police were unjustly making arrests to enforce an unconstitutional state law meant to stop people from mailing annoying or alarming materials. Brace for faith based lunacy...(I'm thinking Quoran NOT pentagram btw) MADISON, Wis. — A federal judge ruled on Aug. 20 that a prison inmate can sue the state Department of Corrections because guards wouldn't let him wear a Wiccan necklace. Michael Grindemann, an inmate at the Kettle Moraine Correctional Institution in Plymouth, said in a complaint that the Corrections Department violated his First Amendment rights by denying him a pentacle — a five-pointed star also known as a pentagram. http://www.freedomforum.org/templates/document.asp?documentID=16803 From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 06:20:38 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:20:38 -0700 Subject: When your in Texas look behind you... Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513061804.00a1cc00@mail.nex.net.au> Uh-oh. Tom Byron's squinting. And if you've been there before on other occasions, you know what that means - to see Byron's eyes flashing like two hollow points ready to unload some serious damage into a moving target. You think of De Niro in Goodfellas drawing emotional distance from some mob guy who's about to get stuffed in a trunk. Or you might imagine a primordial fire god whose visceral urge to create bloodlines has been unnecessarily interrupted by a territorial skirmish in Mesopotamia. Or, at the low end of the comparison scale, think of a concert pianist when a cultural blockhead in the auditorium launches a bowel movement during the third movement of the Moonlight Sonata. Unnecessary distractions, if you get the drift, are pernicious acts on a Tom Byron set. They're punishable not quite by death; but the rawhide squint is enough to get some minor points across. Even homeowners with law degrees can't escape the silence is golden fine print. Which was the case late last year on the set of Lord of Asses 6 when Byron's focus collided with the compelling urgency of the guy renting the location just to have a couple of buddies over to watch Byron fuck Sierra in the ass. His brow creased in concentration, Byron's in the middle of telling the lady-of-color, a woman who could cause blood to circulate through a lead statue of Pope John XXIII, that her topography reminds him one of those mountains she's named after. But Byron halts the proceedings and stares like a television wrestler when the off camera buddy murmur becomes more than apparent. In the hierarchy of values, Byron's, at least for the moment, took preference. Even when the opportunity arises during shoots, which is rare, Byron tends to clock his remarks to but a few temperate, muzzy statements. More like the opiated verbalisms of a sixth degree aikido sensei, Byron's tendency is to keep the flow of his thoughts tight, compact, circumspect, in control. And to even be on a Byron set, which is not exactly what you'd call a pocket of male bonding to begin with, a savvy appreciation of one's place and distance is called for. Anything else, like idle chatter, tends to deflect the Icon's attention from stewardship to minor detail. Detail is where it all comes together. Byron says sleight of hand tricks of the proverbial trade take place. Pieces of language gained from old battles form a game plan inspired by teasing, seductive intimacy all of which Byron has assembled in his head. He may be fucking guilelessly on camera, but Byron's simultaneously caressing internal notes and mentally editing a scene which in the final analysis will be as carefully and delicately assembled as a Swiss music box. Put another way, Houdini ain't necessarily going to talk about the trap doors in the vanishing ass act. Neither is Byron whose Lord of Asses movies are casual nonchalance powered by light and sly butt-hugging direction with tricks he'll never likely trade. Hellraisers of their own device, Lord of Asses movies offer bracing alternative to porn's standard repetitive-motion disorder. The action is a veritable shopping list of anal carnage- the enterprises staffed by Byron fucking vanguard women with crisp features, heartbreak cheekbones; easy-going, life-embracing charm, down-to-earth sparkle and a propensity for exposing tundras of cleavage fore and aft. Aft being the principle focus of the series in which Lord Byron, by his lonesome, engages his vassals in irresistibly potent salutes to butt-marauding, the old-fashioned, castle-storming way. If she were a galloping horse, Bree Brooks, who zooms off the good looks Richter scale, would be this equine image of beauty with supernal power and grace- her ripe dorsal orbs square in the male centered view of the universe. To boot, Brooks has got these fluttery eyes and the kind of porcelain high gloss marquee smile impervious to brown outs. But someone's got to tell her teeth to relax, though, because Bree couldn't manage a more smile-in-place charm if she permanently attached the ends of her mouth to her ear lobes. Chalk up that possibility perhaps to an artery-constricting white mini dress she has on in Lord of Asses 6- one that barely covers her tumultuous posterior. Brooks to this point had yet to do an anal scene on camera in her four months in the business. But Byron, maintaining a light tone and sense of perpetual motion, eases her fast and unfalteringly forward as he sneaks a look under that dress. Even though there's no music to he heard, the room aches with it, as Byron unveils Bree's exquisite hind quarters and allows his tongue unencumbered access to her shit hole Brooks with her "elongated femur bones," which Byron likes to call them, reminds him of every towering female whose ass he's attempted to mount in his prosaic career. Sahara Sands comes relatively to mind. She [Sands] was the "best tall girl," states Byron, who for the moment adjusts his critical sensibilities to accommodate the height factor. Byron demonstrates the tense melodrama necessary to achieve certain camera angles as he vigorously butt thumps an imaginary Amazon in the standing position. Small wonder male performers tend to have clenched, over-developed calf muscles as in the case of Byron. And once Byron massages Brooke's butt to an appreciative gape reflex in their scene, she waxes his knob and it's on to some ardent vaginal trysting before the big moment. For the record Bree's anal deflowering comes by way of a rolled-in-a-ball mish entry after which she puts her knees to good use for a doggie entry that feeds the poop puppies. The scene wraps up, and because it's the holiday season, some of Byron's enriched nutmeg coats her open mouth. Sierra's an extremely effervescent, charming and seriously busty black girl, who, judging by her compulsive giggle, must be a riot at Comedy Central audience tryouts. As much in the manner of the scene with Bree Brooks, Byron engages Sierra's hardy rump in a round of poop post office as she stamps his balls with a return address of her lips. A little vaginal warm-up in the doggie position is nothing compared to when Sierra's highly animated butt does the shimmy-shake when Byron locks and loads some cock in her ass, cowgirl-style. Two more heinie-humping positions precede a resolute pop shot- also aimed square in her mouth. Byron then hits the daily double with the comely teaming of Ryan Connor and Alexia Riley. With an ass like a davenport, Connor, a veteran of Lord of Asses3, is fast becoming another go-to gal in the prestigious Byron anal lineup where familiarity tends to breed more relief than contempt. Byron often states she likes to use performers that he's comfortable with. "You know what to expect of them and they know what you like," he says. By the same token, Riley being new to all of this was "necessarily timid," in Byron's opinion, but Connor's presence was a rich and enveloping balm. "It's a good thing Ryan was in the scene," says Byron, "It balanced things out." As the scene progresses, Connor wraps her licentious mouth about Byron's staunch rig, and the two, like old lovers in familiar positions, test unresolved issues in the 69 position before engaging in some sagebrush-style humping. Riley tries it, too, but in the reverse angle as Connor serves as her own sideshow-the camera dwelling on Connor's greatest asset as she ducks her head in and out of the scene to suck Riley's flailing pussy meat. Riley's first to get it in the ass, as she takes a missionary then a doggie humping - followed by Connor whose ass quite frankly, looks prodigious from any angle but even more so in the canine position - one of the two entries she entertains before Byron finds their mouths inviting targets. Max Hardcore girl Catalina, a woman who commandeers the screen with a loopy smile and glistening swirls of off-the-wall pre-coital conversation, is "a lovable dingbat" according to Byron, who claims she turns him on in a very weird way "She's a real sweetheart but a space cadet." Otherwise, Byron admits to getting off on the whole mind trip her presence offered in Lord of Asses 6. And, like the Czech performer Jessika in the previous Lord's volume, Byron's of the opinion that it's near-to-impossible to fuck Catalina vaginally and make it look easy. "She has great skin but her pussy's real tight. On the other hand you get in her ass and you practically fall in." In their scene Catalina mentions that she enjoys having guys piss in her mouth. Sometimes. But that "sometimes" isn't happening in this scene, unfortunately. Bladder shy, Byron isn't looking for a toilet as much as a dark, warm and damp place to hunker down for the night. And the lord finds lodging at ye old anal inn when he goes balls deep in Catalina with three fecal resonating positions. True to type casting, Bella Donna tells Byron in a scene that also features Aurora Snow that she was the high school slut. Snow, on the other hand, reminds you of a teenager who grew up in a two-traffic-light-town. Albeit it one where anal's practiced during rush hour snarls. After raising their plaid skirts for a buttshow, Aurora kisses Byron's ass, literally, while Bella Donna's lips convince his dick of the worthiness of their affection. A persuasive gesture to be sure because next thing you know, Byron's in and out of her ass with Aurora tonguing his shaft on ever successful out stroke. After fucking Aurora vaginally in the doggie position, Byron turns her into an anal pound puppy with an encore visit in her shit shaft. The team of Bella Donna and Aurora Snow doesn't get much better, according to Byron who mined a rich vein of anal treasure in a scene that stays just on the right side of beautifully lewd. Byron had already worked with Bella Donna in Whack Attack 11 but knew Snow only by reputation. "One's a bad girl and trampy [BellaDonna]; the other's like a homecoming queen," said Byron. "There was a good vibe- a good mix. Man, I wish I could shoot some scenes over and over. This would be one of them." ...cause thats where the rangers gonna' be. From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 06:37:40 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 06:37:40 -0700 Subject: Eurorepression update. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513063503.00a1c990@mail.nex.net.au> At a demo during the recent No Borders protest camp in Strasbourg (SchNEWS 366) Ahmed Meguini, co-founder of the French anti-racist group Mouvement Spontane (Spontaneous Movement), was violently arrested, receiving a broken wrist from the French riot squad. From his arrest on 24th July to his trial date on 21st August, Ahmed was held in solitary confinement, which meant, amongst other things, he was not allowed to receive visitors. At his trial, Ahmed was sentenced to 8 months but luckily 5 of these will be probation which means he will be out in 3months. He also received a fine of 700 Euros (£500). Incidentally Ahmed was the only person from the No Borders camp who was locked up the entire time before his trial and the charges against him were the heaviest. This Saturday (24th Aug) there will be a benefit to help pay his fines at the Radical Dairy, 47 Kynaston Rd, Stoke Newington, London, with food and DJs. www.noborder.org Crap Arrest of the Week For being Ash-Holes! 17 people were arrested earlier this year during a protest against incinerated waste being shipped to the Danish island of Langoya. They bared their bums in a collective moonie with the words ASH HOLES spelt out on their backsides. ----------------------------------------------------------------------- OUT NOW! SchNEWS of the World What a year it was... Genoa, September 11, Argentina, Palestine, Gothenburg and the rest. Phew. All in one book. Issues 301-350 of SchNEWS plus 200 pages of articles, satire, cartoons, photos, subverts, the direct action yellow pages and loadsmore. Order yours from us now - £8.50 including p&p (cheques to Justice). ISBN 09529748-6-X Justice? * The 'Fair Justice For All campaign' which represents the families of people imprisoned after the Bradford riots last year (SchNEWS 313) are holding a rally on bank holiday Monday outside the city court house. They are protesting against harsh sentences given to 94 people convicted of riot, people such as Istifar Iqbal, who received 11 months for picking up, but not throwing, two stones and Ashraf Hussain, who got four years for throwing three stones. Campaigners contrasted the length of the sentences with maximum terms of 18 months given to white youths who rioted on the Ravenscliffe estate the day after the disturbances in Bradford. This 'special treatment' is also reflected in the team that was appointed to look into the causes of last years riots. Muslims on the community cohesion review team told one member of the review team "At the first team meeting we were informed our purpose was not to focus on any one community, but to look for solutions to bring communities together. This was disappointing, as I felt that the specific issues of the Muslim community needed to be investigated and dealt with. Often Muslim participants would tell me in private of their frustration with this review. When I asked why they didn't speak up at the meetings they answered: "What's the point? They're not going to listen." http://www.ainfos.ca/ From profrv at nex.net.au Thu May 13 07:25:53 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Thu, 13 May 1999 07:25:53 -0700 Subject: Anarchism;fast relief from authority Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990513072034.00a16080@mail.nex.net.au> It's believed by me and possibly many that anarchism originated in Africa,as far as we know the whole modern human race did.Check out the latest issue 3 of the ZabMag. http://www.zabalaza.net/zabmag.htm#zab3 Interesting background on mugabe AND ·ssage from our Spanish comrades on the W$$D Seeing red (and black) at the WSSD Keepers of the Flame The Global Economy: Whats it all about The Rio Farce (the WSSD -10) Poverty Leaps in South Africa From Protest Movement to Social Revolution Political party funding: Politicians for sale Unmask the W$$D in Johannesburg and around the World Revolutionary Joburg S.A. Anarchists go Global... A message from our Spanish comrades on the W$$D From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 08:33:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:33:39 -0700 Subject: Mutant advances on Trantor. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514083056.00a16330@mail.nex.net.au> War of the worlds Essay exploring the theory that Osama bin Laden was influenced by Isaac Asimov's 1951 science fiction classic Foundation, which was translated into Arabic under the title 'al-Qaida' ( Giles Foden via Guardian ) See also this article by Dmitri Gusev from October, and this article by Nick Mamatas from February LINKS? http://www.hullocentral.demon.co.uk/site/anfin.htm Aide says Nidal confessed to Lockerbie bombing Write-through of an interview with Atef Abu Bakr, a 'former colleague' of recently deceased extremist and criminal Abu Nidal, in which he claims that prior to his death Nidal confessed to the 1988 Lockerbie bombing ( Guardian ) See also this Reuters coverage, the interview itself (PDF) in Arabic, this evaluation of the Lockerbie trial by Hans Köchler from 2001, and this blog entry from last month From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 08:44:45 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 08:44:45 -0700 Subject: Vic Police feel threatened. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514084142.00a18240@mail.nex.net.au> "...Police Association assistant secretary Graham Kent said the results showed that people believed no technology or strategy could beat having a good police presence." No technology or alternative strategy has even been proposed...unless you count professor rats canvassing of APster. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4964570%255E2862,00.html Get tough call on crime SHELLEY HODGSON 25aug02 VICTORIANS want a tougher stand on violent thugs and sex fiends. A resounding 82 per cent believe the courts should hand down harsher sentences for violent criminals and sex offenders. An extraordinary 88 per cent of country Victorians want the courts to get tougher.ETC... From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 09:01:39 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 09:01:39 -0700 Subject: Apster lotto. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514085447.00a1c1c0@mail.nex.net.au> Lotto is netted 25aug02 A MALVERN man is the first to win a major Tattslotto prize on the Internet. The health industry worker won the first division prize of $207,000 on Saturday, August 15 with a Take Five entry. "I've played Tattslotto for about 20 years and on the Internet since it started," he said. "I've found playing online really easy and, obviously, very lucky for me." OZ Lotto, Powerball and Tattersall's sports betting also are on the Net. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4963811%255E2862,00.html Sex fiends online? http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4964642%255E2862,00.html Sex fiends to be put on register By IAN HABERFIELD and SHELLEY HODGSON 25aug02 SEX predators will have their names placed on a register and face continued monitoring on release from jail under tough new state laws. E-commerce is a killer app. Cards bounce cheques By PAULA BEAUCHAMP 25aug02 CHEQUES are going the way of the dinosaur. New figures show the value of electronic transactions, such as direct debits and credit card payments, have overtaken cheques in the past five years. http://www.heraldsun.news.com.au/common/story_page/0,5478,4963813%255E664,00 .html From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 09:08:47 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 09:08:47 -0700 Subject: Replace Drives in 2cnd hand bargains. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514090634.009ff270@mail.nex.net.au> PC tracking to net thieves By Miranda Wood, Sun Herald Education Reporter August 25 2002 The Sun-Herald An innovative computer tracking system will be trialled at NSW public schools in an effort to reduce the number of machines stolen. The Education Department will test the ground-breaking software package at high-risk schools in Sydney and regional areas. PC PhoneHome software, developed in the US, finds missing computers through the internet. Every time a user logs on to the internet from anywhere in the world, a central monitoring system can identify it as a missing computer and log the unique internet protocol (IP) address being used, allowing police to trace the machine via the phone line being used and retrieve it. The new technology, known as "stealth" software, will be installed on about 100 school computers. The monitoring system will be based at the department's Security Unit at Blacktown, in Sydney's west. This comes as the department begins to roll 11,250 new machines out to schools across the State. The software company's Australian spokesman, Terry Quinn, said other NSW Government departments, universities and private schools were evaluating the product. "It is a deterrent to thieves," he said. About 8,000 computers have been stolen from NSW public schools in the past six years, costing taxpayers $15.8 million. Mr Quinn said the software worked by sending a burst of information to the monitoring base when a computer was connected to the internet. The information could then be passed on to police. Mr Quinn said the software can't be detected by thieves. "When you go into the computer, you can't see it," he said. "It also resists most reformatting, so when thieves clean the computer up it's still there." Mr Quinn said schools in New York tested the software this year and, of 40 computers stolen, all were retrieved. Apart from the software, the State Government is to use locks to secure computers to desks. Opposition education spokeswoman Patricia Forsythe said the software was not the solution. "It would be fine if the thieves always took whole computers," she said, "but some of the loss in schools includes parts going missing." Ms Forsythe said the Government should have introduced new security devices for computers sooner. "The best approach is the preventative approach," she said. A spokeswoman for NSW Education Minister John Watkins said he could not comment on new security measures. PC PhoneHome is available to individual users and costs $99, which includes three years' monitoring. END Something similar's just come in for cell phones. http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/24/1030052993538.html From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 10:07:46 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:07:46 -0700 Subject: Zabalaza scammer? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514100658.00a13ac0@mail.nex.net.au> Warning about false anarchist group by W. Johnson ABC-I • Saturday August 24, 2002 at 11:28 PM ABC Warning about false "anarchist" ochlarchy group ZABALAZA/ABH in SA ANARCHIST BLACK CROSS INTERNATIONAL --------------------------------------------------------------------------- Warning about ochlarchy-groups in South Africa falsely posing as 'anarchists', supporting muslim terrorist point of views, introducing small group vanguard selfstyled "class war" pseudorevolutionary "anarchism", falsely calling Carlo Giuliani "anarchist", promoting marxian communist propaganda as good literature, mixing up anarchism with authoritarian stuff, falsely posing as anarchist youth using the @-sign, etc. of course linking up pseudoanarchist marxian "libertarian" groups, including the Israeli arab 'newage' prophet and thief Ilan Shalif's stalinist "A-infos", a title and copyrighted material stolen from AIIS-IFA-AI/former FAF/IFA-paper. The groups are called Zabalaza books and paper; "revolutionary" anarchism, Anarchist Black Hammer, a.s.o. This is a) the usual marxian/authoritarian bullshit, to put up a small violent "vanguard", "class war" group to provoke and make chaos, ochlarchy, and terror, - throw shit on the idea of freedom in general and anarchy in particular, scare the people at large, and thus prepare the ground for "strong rule" for the commie party or even worse, b) it may just be put up by the police/fascists to promote a fascist police state, similar to Berlusconi's dirty tricks in Genoa, (click on http://www.anarchy.no/apt.html and search for Genoa in file for more info.) We denounce these groups in advance, as we are certain they will play the anarchist movement the usual trick and game of ochlarchy. Furthermore, we must ask the newsmedia to report about this authoritarian shit as provokers and ochlarchy-groups, and not anarchists and anarchy, if they still are up to something "big" after this denouncing of them. The use of the so called Scandinavian "Hammer" denouncing the cross in ABC as the " Anarchist Black Hammer" group do, is very strange. This is so because all ABC groups in Scandinavia call themselves ABC-groups and not ABH. "Hammer" groups are typically neonazis and/or Odin/Tor whorshipping persons, sometimes falsely poing as 'anarchists'. Furthermore ABC-groups are only helping libertarian political prisoners, not criminals and terrorists and diffuse "class war prisoners". And no ABC group is opposed to prisons for terrorists, mafia etc. This stinks like some muslim and/or fascist infiltration, similar to nazis supporting Saddam Hussein. Behind these groups are a man called "Mike Schmidt". Anarchist greetings from W. Johnson ABC-I ABC-International www.anarchy.no/ai.html http://southafrica.indymedia.org/news/2002/08/1727.php From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 10:12:56 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:12:56 -0700 Subject: Feeble Nazi rally in DC. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514101139.00a14690@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.ainfos.ca/ainfos12745.html A - I N F O S N E W S S E R V I C E http://www.ainfos.ca/ http://ainfos.ca/index24.html ________________________________________________ I went to my first anti-nazi demo today. The occasion was the much ballyhooed National Alliance rally against Israel. The weather was probably the worst it has been all summer; hot and really humid. The nazis rallied on the front lawn of the Capitol and the good thing was that the anti-fascists outnumbered the fascists. There were tons of cops on hand to protect the fascists, which shows how pathetic these New Age fascists really are. I talked with a variety of Anti-Racist Action folks, local activists, and people who have been to many of these recent National Alliance rallies. They were all pleased with the turnout for our side, which I would estimate at around 300. If you add in the 30 ARA and anarchist activists arrested in Baltimore this morning, you could say that the turnout was pretty good for such a miserable day. The veteran organizers said that this was the best turnout of anti-fascists in several years. The National Alliance had predicted a turnout in the thousands, but when I counted them at Union Station and again on the Capitol lawn, I could only count slightly more than 250 of them. Most of these idiots were men, with half of them being skinheads and the rest being older, weird looking guys. I don't know, I didn't find these guys to be that scary, since they wer taunting the crowd from behind lines of riot cops. The weekend of anti-fascist events kicked off last night, when several anti-fascists walked around a neighborhood in Edgewater, Maryland, where they passed out flyers to the neighbors of Steve Smith, owner of SS Regalia records, which is a nazi music label. Our guys even ran into Smith when he was jogging, which prompted him to run for the nearest tree. It seems like this action--raising awareness about where nazis live--is probably the most promising counter-fascist organizing tool. Early this morning, a group of ARA activists jumped a chartered National Alliance bus at a travel plaza outside of Baltimore, MD. This pre-emptive attack prompted the nazis to spill out of their bus and start fighting. The cops eventually showed up and around 30 anti-fascists were arrested. There was quite a turnout of anti-fascists in front of Union Station, where the police were helping the NA stage from. Folks were drumming and holding up banners. There was a pretty big ARA turnout from the East Coast and Midwest. Eventually the National Alliance marched down the parking ramp with a huge police escort. At this point I was across the street scouting, which put me in an interesting spot to watch what transpired ast the nazis marched in front of the counter-demo. There were lots of words exchanged between both sides.The anti-facists starting throwing projectiles. I had to move away from the street because I was in the line of fire. At one point I saw a cop drop a cobblestone behind his back that had been thrown by our side. I was kind fo surprised that more shit wasn't thrown, but the police presence was pretty large. The nazis shouted some really lame stuff at the anti-fascists, including lame lines like "Go home and smoke your dope" and "Take off your masks." The nazis marched up Deleware Avenue to the Capitol grounds with a huge police escort. The anti-fascists marched through the park and end up between the reflecting pool and the National Alliance rally. Not much transpired for an hour, other than some skinheads coming down the hill to incite the anti-fascists. After about an hour, the police marched the National Alliance back to Union Station where they were run through a guantlet of anti-fascists. The police were out in force today, both the Metropolitan Police Department and the U.S. Capitol Police. They had two choppers in the air and their equestrian unit. I spent most of my time trailing the undercover guys (we got pictures of many of these guys). I discovered undercover guys from the Fairfax County (VA) and Montgomery County (MD) police departments. The police were pretty restrained the entire day, relying on their numbers to intimidate both sides. Still, I found quite a few weaknesses in their scenario and deployment. It was good to see so many folks turn out for the counter-protest. I was pretty disappointed with the poor turnout by the National Alliance. If I had paid anything for this sorry spectacle, i'd be asking for my money back. The National Alliance will be having a show tonight at the Armory in Towson, Maryland. I've been told that quite a few anti-racists will be there to kick them out of Baltimore. Donate to Infoshop.org: http://www.infoshop.org/feed_infoshop.html _______________________________________________ infoshop-news mailing list infoshop-news at infoshop.org http://www.infoshop.org/mailman/listinfo/infoshop-news From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 10:19:12 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:19:12 -0700 Subject: Electronic ballistics technology working capital success. 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Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514102726.00a18c50@mail.nex.net.au> BUENOS AIRES, Argentina (August 24, 2002 2:02 p.m. EDT) - Argentina has emerged as the location of choice for Web sites set up by the world's ultra-nationalist and neo-Nazi political groups. In recent years, race-hate groups in Europe and in other Latin American countries have come under increasing pressure to curtail their online activities. Authorities have dismantled some extremist sites, or pressured Web-hosting companies to close sites temporarily for posting offensive or illegal content. Neo-Nazi groups experience few such problems in Argentina. Aided by inexpensive high-speed Internet access and an outdated anti-discrimination law, race-hate groups from all over the Spanish-speaking world are making Argentina their virtual home base. "The late 1990s saw the re-birth of neo-Nazi groups in Argentina, both in the real world and on the Internet," says Sergio Widder, Latin America representative for the Simon Wiesenthal Center, a Jewish human rights organization. "The ultra-right in Argentina is using the Internet to help create a neo-Nazi network in Latin America." According to the Wiesenthal Center, the number of sites worldwide it deems "problematic" has grown to 3,000 today from one in 1995. Specific numbers for Argentina were unavailable. The highest-profile site in Argentina is City of Freedom of Opinion, run by the neo-Nazi New Triumph Party (PNT). Its leader, Alejandro Biondini, appears at public meetings in SS-style uniforms, giving the Nazi salute. Set up as a modest online newspaper in 1997, the site has since mushroomed into a much-visited portal connecting more than 300 extreme right-wing groups in Europe and Latin America. The site, in Spanish and other languages, boasts a news agency and a bulletin board for neo-Nazis. The PNT offers free e-mail and Web-hosting services for race-hate groups around the world. On the site, the PNT says it specifically offers hosting facilities to extremist groups whose Web sites have been prohibited or whose activities have been curtailed in other jurisdictions. The portal allowed neo-Nazi groups from Argentina, Brazil, Chile, and Uruguay to plan a congress in April 2000, to be held in Chile on the anniversary of Adolf Hitler's birthday. The Chilean authorities eventually banned the meeting. Numerous other Argentine race-hate and ultra-nationalist sites provide a regular channel of contact for extremists in Chile, Uruguay, Brazil and Europe. Many glorify Germany's Nazi Party and Italy's fascism, championing the country's European roots, and lashing out against drug addicts, Marxists, Jews, and homosexuals. One site, True Peace, set up by Carlos Torlaschi, president of the Group of Retired Admirals of Argentina, celebrates the military and police officers who killed some 30,000 Argentine citizens during Argentina's 1976-83 "dirty war" against suspected leftists. Argentina is an ideal online location for many extremist groups. Despite the country's profound economic slump, Internet penetration remains one of the highest in Latin America, and super-fast Internet access is widely available. Both factors are a legacy of the decade in which Argentina's currency was fixed at parity with the U.S. dollar, making the import and use of technology inexpensive for Argentines. But since currency devaluation in January, the peso has plummeted by some 70 percent against the dollar, making Argentina a cheap place for foreign groups to set up hosting facilities. Furthermore, a 1997 decree issued by then-President Carlos Menem explicitly stated the government's refusal to interfere with production, creation, and dissemination of information distributed on the Internet. The decree guaranteed Web sites freedom from censorship. Anti-discrimination advocates have found it impossible to use the country's anti-discrimination law, passed in 1988, as it does not cover Internet publication. "We could try to act against the companies hosting these sites, but the legislation just isn't there to take action against them," says Adrian Jmelnizky, who investigates racial abuse cases for Argentina's National Institute Against Discrimination, Xenophobia, and Racism. "Internet use is beyond the scope of the anti-discrimination law and there are no initiatives to change that at present." As a result, ultra-right groups locating their sites in Argentina avoid the need to locate servers offshore, or to hide domain names behind a maze of sites located in unhelpful jurisdictions. Police, already overburdened by a wave of kidnappings and a general rise in violent crime, say they have little time to monitor Web sites for incendiary content. Despite the growing visibility of Argentina's far-right groups on the Internet, analysts say their fortunes remain stagnant in the real world. Unlike European far-right groups in places such as the Netherlands, which have exploited economic dissatisfaction to recruit a new generation of supporters that have made an impact in open elections, extremists in Argentina, a country founded on immigration, remain marginalized in the political arena. Argentine authorities appear unconcerned at their activities. "Our intelligence reports do not indicate that the extreme right is very active," says President Eduardo Duhalde's spokesman, Eduardo Amadeo. "They keep talking about racial issues, and anti-Semitism has never been a vote-winner in Argentina." From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 10:34:28 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 10:34:28 -0700 Subject: Minister forced to resign,"too honest." Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514103219.00a1aec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?artid=20080935 Power minister Prabhu and Simple Simon SWAMINOMICS / SWAMINATHAN S ANKLESARIA AIYAR [ SUNDAY, AUGUST 25, 2002 12:01:02 AM ] Even cynics were shaken when Shiv Sena supremo Bal Thackeray ordered power minister Suresh Prabhu to resign on the ground that he was too honest. We are used to the notion that politicians should resign if caught extorting bribes. Never before has a minister been sacked on the ground that he did not make money at all, and so was unfit for high office. Many supporters of Prabhu moan that the power sector reforms he championed will now be shelved. In fact, his reforms were well-intentioned but too timid and half-baked to work. On assuming office, he found that State Electricity Boards (SEBs) owed an enormous sum of almost Rs 30,000 crore to various suppliers — Coal India Ltd, the Railways, GAIL, BHEL, NTPC and others. This was more than the entire GDP of some countries. The suppliers levied penal interest of two per cent per month on overdues. But the SEBs ignored the penalties as blithely as the dues. For many years, some overdues were recovered by Central suppliers like CIL, NTPC and BHEL as deductions from Central Plan assistance to errant states. The Planning Commission said no more than 15 per cent of Plan assistance could be deducted in this manner. Soon, the states crossed the 15 per cent limit. After this, they suffered no additional penalty at all. At many official meetings, the states agreed to slash power subsidies for farmers and check theft. They then went back and did nothing, or even increased subsidies. This surely proved that commitments made by financial and moral bankrupts had no value. Yet Prabhu sought to solve the problem through a fresh set of commitments. He proposed a scheme whereby states that agreed to reform could convert their overdues into bonds.They would also be forgiven part of the penal interest, which they were not paying anyway. If after this, they still defaulted on fresh dues, these would be deducted from Central Plan assistance without any ceiling. He hoped this would induce states to pay all future dues. Only an honest man can be foolish enough to believe that rogues will reform so easily. The states will promise anything for a little cash, and then return to politics as usual.When so many cannot even pay staff salaries on time, could Prabhu seriously have believed they would suddenly start paying all future dues to suppliers? And if they failed to pay, could Prabhu have believed that the Central government would get tough with its own coalition partners who ran so many states? When I first talked to Prabhu on this subject, I said he was ignoring the obvious solution: cut off supplies to all the defaulting SEBs. After all the most elementary principle of commerce was ‘‘No payment, no supply.’’ Every child in kindergarten knows this from Mother Goose. ‘‘Simple Simon met the pieman Going to the fair. Said Simple Simon to the pieman Let me taste your ware. Said the pieman to Simple Simon, Show me first your penny. Said Simple Simon to the pieman, Indeed, I haven’t any.’’ Did the pieman keep supplying pies month after month, while levying imaginary penalties on Simple Simon? No, for he knew that to ignore default would be to induce further and further default. The same logic applies to the states. Prabhu told me I was being unrealistic. If he cut off supplies to the SEBs, he said, many states would be plunged into darkness, and there would be riots. You cannot treat this as just a commercial matter, he said, it has major political implications. But surely that is the problem. As long as the issue is treated as political, there is not the slightest reason for states to reform. If, because of politics, they can keep getting supplies without payment, why should they ever pay up? They will stop only if they find that they cannot get any coal from Coal India, any power from NTPC, any machinery from Bhel. Prabhu is afraid of riots. In fact, urban riots can be a solution. Often in the past, farmers have rioted against higher power rates, and forced politicians to lower these. State governments claim it is impossible to charge farmers realistic rates, impossible to sack corrupt linesman, impossible to stop power theft.But if supplies to the SEBs are cut off and irate citizens riot, the states will at last find it politically expedient to reform. They will at last find it politically feasible to raise rural tariffs, sack corrupt linesmen, and crack down on theft. By now, I think Prabhu must have realised a fundamental truth. A polity that cannot stomach an honest power minister also cannot stomach the thought of paying its debts honourably. Only when it is forced to bear the full consequences of non-payment, will it pay up. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 11:10:25 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:10:25 -0700 Subject: MORE FORESTS LESS BUSH! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514110919.00a1b840@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/24/0873054 Americans losing faith in Bush on Iraq Matthew Engel Saturday August 24, 2002 The Guardian President George Bush found himself dealing with an unaccustomed degree of dissent yesterday with the publication of a poll showing growing opposition to an invasion of Iraq and a near-riot outside the hotel in Oregon where he was speaking. The poll results, showing a bare majority of Americans in favour of using ground troops to attack Iraq, were published after the Portland police used pepper spray to break up a demonstration outside the site of a Republican party fundraising rally. About 500 protesters were ordered to move after they pushed down a barricade. Riot police moved in, using the aerosol sprays and pushing the protesters with batons. The protest, a rarity on this scale in American cities in the past 20 years, was held after Mr Bush announced his new plan to loosen controls on logging in national forests. The demonstrators were protesting against this policy and the plan to invade Iraq. Some carried placards saying "Drop Bush, Not Bombs". There were five arrests. Electorally, Oregon is one of the most closely contested states in the country, but Portland is a famously liberal city with a strong contingent of activists and ageing hippies - Mr Bush's father used to refer to it, oddly, as "Little Beirut" - and the demonstration does not necessarily signal a return to more combative times in more typical American cities. None the less, yesterday's events were the most visible sign of angry dissent in the US since the initial post-September 11 activism on some campuses was drowned by the tidal wave of patriotism. The poll, published in USA Today, showed 53% of Americans answering yes to the question "Should ground troops be sent to the Persian Gulf to remove Saddam Hussein from power? and 41% against. This contrasts with the majority of 61-31 when the question was asked two months ago and 74-20 in November. Some analysts believe this is still provides a satisfactory base on which to swing support behind the president, as is traditional when war actually breaks out. The poll also showed that 94% believe that President Saddam either has weapons of mass destruction or is developing them, 86% believe he is supporting terrorist groups intending to attack the US, and 53% believe he was involved in the September 11 attacks. The president's own popularity rating is now 65%, still strong but no longer sensational. But there are growing signs of White House frustration with its inability to take command of the Iraq argument. The president's normally imperturbable spokesman, Ari Fleischer, has attacked reporters for being obsessed with the subject in their coverage of Mr Bush's meeting with his defence team in Texas on Wednesday. "It reached an absurd point of self-inflicted silliness that goes beyond the usual August hype," he said. "There have been meetings about Iraq in the past, there will be meetings about Iraq in the future." This one, he said, was not such a meeting, "and the press didn't care". He added: "The president's opinion is the press looks silly." This sort of attack suggests that Mr Fleischer's own iron grip on Washington news management is beginning to falter. Given the conflicting signals about Iraq coming from the administration, his job is certainly getting harder, and his line has to jostle increasingly with contrary voices. The latest comes from Madeleine Albright, Bill Clinton's secretary of state, who told the News Hour programme that Iraq was "not a direct threat to the United States" and that sanctions were effectively containing President Saddam. http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,779999,00.html From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 11:32:01 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:32:01 -0700 Subject: BREAKING NEWS in Baltimore.HOMELAND FASCISM! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514112925.00a1b5d0@mail.nex.net.au> Police target anti-racist activists in Baltimore, Fascists hold hate concert in White Marsh Baltimore city police have visited several locations in Baltimore today, illegally searching one and detaining and photgraphing activists at another. These incidents occured as hundreds of anti-racists converged in Washington to confront white supremecists belonging to the National Alliance. 08/24 11:30 PM: About 25 community members who live near the armory have come out of their houses and are standing with the activists. One woman from the neighbourhood verbally confronted a cop demanding to know why there are Nazis in her neighbourhood. The community members and activists have been asked to move by the police possibly to facilitate the concert attendees departing without incidents. At last count there were 14 police cars, two fbi vehicles, and one secret service vehicle on the scene. 08/24 10:45 PM: Two activists are across the street from the armory, facing down close to a hundred riot police, fbi agents, and secret service. An fbi agent asked for an ID from one activist, saying that "we had problems earlier with nazis being attacked." There is also a police helicopter circling the area with a spotlight. A few local residents have also been coaxed out of their houses. The protesters at the scene have asked for others to join them. directions: "The nazi concert is in white marsh, not Towson. WhiteMarsh is 10 minutes away from Towson. From DC take 95 North to 695 West to Towson Exit 32B, Rt 1/North Belair Left at the second traffic light onto Rossville go to Putt....Ave, the Armory is there." 08/24 10:15 PM: Fox 45 reported the travel plava incident as a "fight between two neo-nazi groups." A call to the station revealed the source for this: Baltimore City Police Lt. Harris, of the Center for Public information. 08/24 9:45 PM: In the armory in White Marsh, 16 police cars and two paddy wagons are outside of the nazi show. One media van is also there, and music is definitely playing inside the armory. About 20 cars are parked in the front, possibly more in the back. Also, food not bombs is at the booking center. External links: Pictures of Armory 08/24 9:30 PM: There are about 15 people outside Baltimore central booking demonstrating solidarity with the arrested activists. Support is still needed, as those there are fearing arrest or other action by Baltimore police. Central booking is located at 300 E. Madison Street in downtown baltimore. External links: Baltimore IMC feature: The Horrific Conditions Of The Baltimore City Detention Center For Women 08/24 8:45 PM: The 30 activists arrested in Baltimore are being held in central booking. Jail solidarity is needed there. 08/24 8:45 PM: Apparently everyone has left the PAC without incident. It is not clear if police are still there. There is a Hate concert occuring in White Marsh at a National Guard armory, with police and news media on the scene. Attendence at the concert is apparently minimal. 08/24 8:00 PM: Plain-clothes police detectives have sorrounded the Progressive Action Center and are photographing and documenting activists and their cars. Several people were detained outside, two apparently at gunpoint, and their ID's taken and documented by the police. No one is being arrested or detained, but police remain outside. 08/24 7:00 PM: Police visited a local community/activist space, apparently telling one resident that they were "there for your own good." The officers entered the space with no warrant, even after a resident told them that they did not have permission to enter, and performed a plain-view search of the building. 08/24 5:00 PM: According to accounts, about 700 anti-racists were in DC compared to about 500 racists. Numerous confrontations occurred. For more info, check dc IMC. http://baltimoreimc.org/ From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 11:41:35 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 11:41:35 -0700 Subject: URGENT HELP NEEDED LEGAL-BAIL BALTIMORE BUSTS! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514114022.00a1dec0@mail.nex.net.au> In Baltimore, during an anti-fascist action this morning (at a gathering point for nazis heading off to Washington DC), about 30-40 individuals were arrested. Of those, we have confirmation that 6 are from NEFAC (4 from Boston, 2 from Baltimore), 1 from Claustrophobia, plus an undetermined number of people from Anti-Racist Action. Although it is unclear who is being charged with what, overall the charges are reported to include aggravated assault, disorderly conduct, concealed weapon, and property destruction. All felonies. Once more details are sorted out, we will post information on how people can donate financial contributions towards bail for the arrests. < Secret court rebuffs Ashcroft : Justice Dept. chided on misinformation | Washington, DC: National Alliance Rally a Huge Bust > walking revolution writes on Saturday August 24 2002 @ 03:06PM PDT: [ reply | parent ] why dont you go arrest soem nazi's you fucking pigs! leave our comrades alone! Western Sun writes on Saturday August 24 2002 @ 04:44PM PDT: [ reply | parent ] Keep an eye on dc.indymedia.org the Progressive Action Center is currently beseiged by police, trying to get in , without a warrant. any and all legal help is NEEDED to contact the center at 410.467.9388. they're holding out, and trying to leave, since they have not, at last contact, been detained. the bloodshed (Baltimore Anarchist Show/Community Space), according to a few frantic phone calls, is being monitored, and any people approaching are sternly ordered to leave immediately. the Progressive Action Center is currently beseiged by police, trying to get in , without a warrant. any and all legal help is NEEDED to contact the center at 410.467.9388. they're holding out, and trying to leave, since they have not, at last contact, been detained. the bloodshed (Baltimore Anarchist Show/Community Space), according to a few frantic phone calls, is being monitored, and any people approaching are sternly ordered to leave immediately. NEFAC Anarchist writes on Saturday August 24 2002 @ 06:28PM PDT: [ reply | parent ] We have gotten word that the Bloodshed has been raided twice now, and there remains a strong police presense around that neighborhood. Also, when the police visited the Progressive Action Center they attempted to match up faces of people present with video footage from this morning. Apparently unsuccessfully. The shit seems to be hitting the fan in Baltimore, with cops looking to come down hard on militant antifas. jt writes on Saturday August 24 2002 @ 06:41PM PDT: [ reply | parent ] The Bloodshed has now been raided twice. It's uncomfirmed, but there are no known arrests. At the Progressive Action Center, the cops arrived and wanted to enter. They did not have a warrant, and were not permitted to enter. They said that they had a video from this morning's altercations at the Baltimore Travel Plaza and wanted to ID people to see if they could match up people at the PAC with faces in the video. Also at the PAC this evening, cops pointed a gun at members from one of the midwest ARA groups (cleveland or columbus?) and detained them for questioning. no known arrests, and they have been released. The press was called, and a member of ARA Columbus and a local Baltimore activist gave interviews to ABC news. The white power show is still going forward tonight at a National Guard Armory. Eastern Hammerskins are providing security. Any organized ARA response to the show is unkown. Of the individuals arrested this morning, no one has been charged with anything as of yet, even though many rumors are flying around. Still 6 confirmed from NEFAC, 1 from Claustro. Again, a plea for legal support -- I will be sending cash tomorrow around noon and any financial help would be great. If anyone from other cities would like to send money on your own, contact me directly and i can tell you who to send the $ to. jt http://www.infoshop.org/inews/stories.php?story=02/08/24/0266383 From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 12:39:05 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 12:39:05 -0700 Subject: Bad qaida ma'lumat nearly kills. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514123633.00a1e7e0@mail.nex.net.au> News She called for help, but it wasn't on the way Police tapes released detail a critically wounded woman's harrowing 48-minute wait for help as confused officers wandered nearby streets and dispatchers disregarded the address she gave them, relying instead on inadequate computer information. Aug 24, 2002, 6:34am http://www.capitolhillblue.com/artman/publish/article_314.shtml From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 12:51:28 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 12:51:28 -0700 Subject: The Demon-Haunted World. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514125005.00a17230@mail.nex.net.au> "I worry that, especially as the Millennium edges near, pseudoscience and superstition will seem year by year more tempting, the siren song of unreason more sonorous and attractive. Where have we heard it before? Whenever our ethnic or national prejudices are aroused, in times of scarcity, during challenges to national self-esteem or nerve, when we agonize about our diminished cosmic place and purpose, or when fanaticism is bubbling up around us - then, habits of thought familiar from ages past reach for the controls. The candle flame gutters. Its little pool of light trembles. Darkness gathers. The demons begin to stir." I began making a list of quotes from the book as I was reading it (a few of which you can find on this page), but I soon realized that I would be copying about half of the book in so doing. I gave up that task and just went on reading. This book should be on everyone's shelf. It should be required reading before kids can graduate from high school (and for adults before they decide to raise their children up in any given religion). Sagan does a masterful job of explaining what science is and what it isn't. He clearly shows that the wonders of science are just as interesting (and far more reliable) than the wonders of other disciplines which rely on tradition, superstition, myth, or ignorance. The chapters range in content from debunking UFO and alien abduction stories to calling for a higher realm of ethics for those who are scientists. In between are a couple dozen chapters that touch on a variety of issues that everyone should appreciate. The book is devoted to ridding the world of non-existant demons and allowing us all to experience more light and knowledge. Especially useful to kids and to adults who haven't let go of superstition is Sagan's baloney detection tool kit. Given the current widely held beliefs (regarding UFOs, the face on Mars, an afterlife, religion, etc.) that are on the rise due, in part, to the soon ending of the century, this tool kit should be implemented by all people to help see the light of day rather than the darkness and ignorance that seems to loom in the minds of so many. Sagan is practically prophetic with regard to the recent case of the Heaven's Gate cult. Go find this book, and read it so you too can enjoy a life "obsessed with reality". Sagan's book ends with this reminder: "If we can't think for ourselves, if we're unwilling to question authority, then we're just putty in the hands of those in power. But if the citizens are educated and form their own opinions, then those in power work for us. In every country, we should be teaching our children the scientific method and the reasons for a Bill of Rights. With it comes a certain decency, humility and community spirit. In the demon-haunted world that we inhabit by virtue of being human, this may be all that stands between us and the enveloping darkness." http://www.2think.org/dhw.shtml From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 13:03:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 13:03:18 -0700 Subject: Smart People Believe Weird Things Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514130053.00a1e060@mail.nex.net.au> This as UK surveys reveal most britons regard the death of Diana as a far greater hirstorical event than WW2. September 2002 issue Smart People Believe Weird Things Rarely does anyone weigh facts before deciding what to believe By Michael Shermer In April 1999, when I was on a lecture tour for my book Why People Believe Weird Things, the psychologist Robert Sternberg attended my presentation at Yale University. His response to the lecture was both enlightening and troubling. It is certainly entertaining to hear about other people's weird beliefs, Sternberg reflected, because we are confident that we would never be so foolish. But why do smart people fall for such things? Sternberg's challenge led to a second edition of my book, with a new chapter expounding on my answer to his question: Smart people believe weird things because they are skilled at defending beliefs they arrived at for nonsmart reasons. Rarely do any of us sit down before a table of facts, weigh them pro and con, and choose the most logical and rational explanation, regardless of what we previously believed. Most of us, most of the time, come to our beliefs for a variety of reasons having little to do with empirical evidence and logical reasoning. Rather, such variables as genetic predisposition, parental predilection, sibling influence, peer pressure, educational experience and life impressions all shape the personality preferences that, in conjunction with numerous social and cultural influences, lead us to our beliefs. We then sort through the body of data and select those that most confirm what we already believe, and ignore or rationalize away those that do not. This phenomenon, called the confirmation bias, helps to explain the findings published in the National Science Foundation's biennial report (April 2002) on the state of science understanding: 30 percent of adult Americans believe that UFOs are space vehicles from other civilizations; 60 percent believe in ESP; 40 percent think that astrology is scientific; 32 percent believe in lucky numbers; 70 percent accept magnetic therapy as scientific; and 88 percent accept alternative medicine. Education by itself is no paranormal prophylactic. Although belief in ESP decreased from 65 percent among high school graduates to 60 percent among college graduates, and belief in magnetic therapy dropped from 71 percent among high school graduates to 55 percent among college graduates, that still leaves more than half fully endorsing such claims! And for embracing alternative medicine, the percentages actually increase, from 89 percent for high school grads to 92 percent for college grads. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The siren song of pseudoscience can be too alluring to resist. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- We can glean a deeper cause of this problem in another statistic: 70 percent of Americans still do not understand the scientific process, defined in the study as comprehending probability, the experimental method and hypothesis testing. One solution is more and better science education, as indicated by the fact that 53 percent of Americans with a high level of science education (nine or more high school and college science/math courses) understand the scientific process, compared with 38 percent of those with a middle-level science education (six to eight such courses) and 17 percent with a low level (five or fewer courses). The key here is teaching how science works, not just what science has discovered. We recently published an article in Skeptic (Vol. 9, No. 3) revealing the results of a study that found no correlation between science knowledge (facts about the world) and paranormal beliefs. The authors, W. Richard Walker, Steven J. Hoekstra and Rodney J. Vogl, concluded: "Students that scored well on these [science knowledge] tests were no more or less skeptical of pseudoscientific claims than students that scored very poorly. Apparently, the students were not able to apply their scientific knowledge to evaluate these pseudoscientific claims. We suggest that this inability stems in part from the way that science is traditionally presented to students: Students are taught what to think but not how to think." To attenuate these paranormal belief statistics, we need to teach that science is not a database of unconnected factoids but a set of methods designed to describe and interpret phenomena, past or present, aimed at building a testable body of knowledge open to rejection or confirmation. For those lacking a fundamental comprehension of how science works, the siren song of pseudoscience becomes too alluring to resist, no matter how smart you are. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Michael Shermer is publisher of Skeptic magazine (www.skeptic.com) and author of In Darwin's Shadow and Why People Believe Weird Things, just reissued. http://www.sciam.com/article.cfm?articleID=0002F4E6-8CF7-1D49-90FB809EC5880000&catID=2 From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 13:17:31 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 13:17:31 -0700 Subject: CC Media on Baltimore arrests. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514130658.00a12c60@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.sunspot.net/news/local/bal-md.assault25aug25.story?coll=bal%2Dlocal%2Dheadlines Supremacists attacked at city hotel 3 suffer minor injuries in melee; 20-30 arrested -------------------------------------------------------------------------------- By Laura Vozzella Sun Staff Originally published August 25, 2002 About 200 white supremacists on their way to a Washington rally were attacked with gas grenades, tire irons, baseball bats and hockey sticks at a Southeast Baltimore hotel yesterday, police said. Twenty to 30 people were arrested on assault and weapons charges in the melee, which erupted about 7:30 a.m. in the parking lot, lobby and hotel rooms of the Best Western Hotel and Conference Center in the 5600 block of O'Donnell St., police said. Officials said about 30 to 40 people participated in the attack. Three of the white supremacists suffered minor injuries, and one of those was treated at an area hospital, police said. Fifty to 60 police officers responding to the scene brought the fight under control within half an hour, Maj. Fred Bealefeld III said. It was not immediately known whether the attackers were counter-demonstrators or members of a rival supremacist group, police said. Police identified the victims as white supremacists and skinheads based on their clothing and tattoos, which featured Nazi symbols. Some members of the group said they belong to the National Alliance, an organization whose Web site promotes the creation of "an Aryan society." They said they were traveling to a Washington rally to protest government tax policies. Some of the white supremacists had spent the night in the hotel and others arrived in the morning to join them on the trip to Washington, police said. A large number were from Pennsylvania, Bealefeld said. The attackers used some sort of gas grenade -- either pepper spray or camouflaging smoke, said Officer Troy J. Harris, a police spokesman. Most of the fighting occurred in the parking lot of the hotel, located in a travel plaza east of Interstates 95 and 895. Assaults also occurred in the lobby and rooms on the eighth floor of the hotel, where many of the victims had rented three rooms, police said. Some damage to the rooms resulted, police said. Hotel officials declined to comment. END. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 13:30:14 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 13:30:14 -0700 Subject: Raise the Fist on the battle of Baltimore. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514132633.00a1f3b0@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/----986916npdc.gifIMG.article Photo's Aug 24th - Approximately 300 to 400 White Power and Neo-Nazi demonstrators assembled today at the west face of the U.S. Capitol. Under heavy police protection the group espoused both hate chants and and chants that some may interpret as being solidarity with the plight of the Palestinians. Critics call the National Alliance's claim of solidarity is not simple Anti-Zionism, and opposition to the actions of the U.S.-supported Israeli regime, but a mask for hatred of Jews. One onlooker commented on the Neo-Nazis "support" for Palestinians, "They'll turn on them later." However, this demonstration did not go unnoticed. Countering the right-wing groups' presence was an assembly of self-declared anarchist, socialist, pro-global justice, and anti-hate demonstrators. Some affinity groups reportedly engaged in actions meant to thwart the white supremacists from even gathering, and then later to impede their march to the Capitol. They gathered in just as strong, if not stronger, numbers and faced-off against the demonstrators in what seemed to be a stalemate of barricade rattling, taunting and banner waving. The only difference being that the counter-demonstrators garnered beeps of support from passing traffic. There were several encounters between the counter-demonstrators and the various police agencies today as well. More details and eyewitness reports will be coming in the next several hours. We welcome your contribution to the newswire as well. Earlier this morning, 35-40 Baltimore anti-fascism activists were detained. The National Alliance (NA) gathered at Union Station parking lot and marched to the Capitol grounds where they had their rally. Crowd-control boxing-in tactics were used by the police. According to an alleged NA member, the rally was successful because they were not shut down by anti-fascists. There were arrests and a few incidents of "violence" during the day. One protestor has already been released. After the rally at Union Station, there was an incident where a Nazi supporter driving a truck did a hail hitler salute thing to a crowd of peeps waiting, and they went up to tell him shut it and whatever; one guy kicked the car casually. Another guy was laying down on the curb afterwards and his foot may have been run over. The cops pepper sprayed and the truck drove away unscratched. END That last pic looks like a P.I.Gs on a Harley. From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 13:36:10 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 13:36:10 -0700 Subject: I need some help. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514133235.00a13d90@mail.nex.net.au> No wonder some of these poor kids crack... I need some help by Patches Nilnoc Sat Aug 24 10:48:55 PDT 2002 Yesterday at school i was wearing a shirt with a patch that had a flag burning on it and it was confiscated. The dean also made my roll up my pants because they had an anarchy symbol on them. I want to know if I could press charges for trying to stifle my beliefs. Any help would be apprecieated. http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/----9869583t4a.article There are some responses but no real offer of help to sue the shit out of the school. MORE ON http://www.raisethefist.com/news.cgi?artical=wire/----9869583t4a.article From profrv at nex.net.au Fri May 14 13:47:18 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Fri, 14 May 1999 13:47:18 -0700 Subject: Shrubs 2 step plan to really screw the economy. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990514134152.00a1c690@mail.nex.net.au> 1) Keep doing all the stupid evil shit his whole families so expert at. 2) Make Space a military free fire zone and fill it up with highly toxic,highly dangerous,highly expensive junk plus some extremely dangerous ray guns. Killing him is only simple self defence.(my 2c) "Then it was back in front of the fireplace to finish reading Lou Dobbs' new book, Space : The Next Business Frontier. I suspect many of us think of space as being mostly about government related programs like NASA or possibly the global positioning system (GPS), or perhaps directTV. Lou makes the point in his book that space is about a lot more than that. The focus of his book is that space is more and more about "space business". In addition to a lot of interesting information about space shuttles and satellite launches, he talks about the hundreds of corporate players -- including "some of the world's largest organizations" -- which are already generating billions of dollars in revenue. He convinced me that space is headed toward becoming a new business revolution." FROM http://www.netattitude.org/pages/blog_archive.shtml From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 15 04:31:35 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 04:31:35 -0700 Subject: Anti-Racists Need Your Help! Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990515043043.00a10c30@mail.nex.net.au> URGENT LEGAL ASSITANCE NEEDED! On Sat. August 24 a group of 28 anti-racists activists were arrested in Baltimore. In an action designed to prevent national alliance buses from getting to rallying in Washington D.C. They are now in Baltimore city jails with bails set as high as $20,000. This was the national alliance’s fifth rally in DC since November, during which they have called for violent attacks on people of color, members of the LGBT community, and Jews. By preventing one of busses from even reaching the rally and greatly delaying the other three, these activists thwarted their plans for an uncontested stay in charm city. Once in DC, the nazis faced even more opposition as hundreds of demonstrators took to the streets and chased them out of town. In Baltimore, the remaining anti-racist activists are being harassed by police. The Bloodshed, a community & show space, was raided twice without warrants. Also, at the Progressive Action Center police arrived and attempted to search the building, but the occupants did not allow them to conduct a search. Many groups of activists continue to be followed by the police and they continue to be pulled over for questioning. Cops pointed a gun at one group of activists late Saturday and detained them for questioning. In all, 28 of our comrades now sit in jail awaiting our help. All told, some $45,000 will have to be raised in order to get them all out immediately. We need assistance from all members of the anti-racist community in order to free our fellow activists. It is important to give as much as you can, but any contribution helps. Checks, in any amount, should be made payable to Black Planet Books and can be mailed to 1621 Fleet St. Baltimore MD 21231. Or call Jessica (JT) at (617) 584-9220 for information regarding wiring money directly to Baltimore. If you need more information feel free to e-mail us at antifalegal at hotmail.com. In Solidarity, Christina & Adam From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 15 04:44:50 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 04:44:50 -0700 Subject: 3 out,21 to go. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990515043400.00a12060@mail.nex.net.au> http://baltimore.indymedia.org/newswire/display/1458/index.php Three Of Twenty-Four Anti-Racist Activists Released by Chuck D'Adamo Email: cdadamo (at) charm.net (unverified!) Current rating: 3 25 Aug 2002 Three of twenty-four anti-racist activists arrested on August 24 at the Baltimore Travel Plaza have been released. [BALTIMORE MD] At the Baltimore Travel Plaza Saturday August 24 at approximately 7:30am, twenty-four to twenty-nine anti-racist activists were arrested after a confrontation with neo-nazis who were gathering to travel to Washington DC to participate in a rally organized by the National Alliance. Major F. H. Bealefeld told Indymedia that the attack included weapons such as stick, hockey sticks, and similar weapons. There were three injuries, one of which required hospitalization. According to an anti-racist activist, approximately 120 neo-nazis attempted to board charter buses at the Travel Plaza. The Sunpapers (8/25/02) reported the police as saying that "It was not immediately known whether the attackers were counter-demonstrators or members of a rival supremacist group." However, it was widely publicized that the National Alliance had organized a rally for August 24 and that anti-racist activists were planning to respond with counter-demonstrations, and possibly other methods. In fact, the neighborhood around the Baltimore Travel Plaza was extensively leafleted in prior days, according to an anti-racist activist. The Sunpapers should have spent more time investigating the event, rather than relying on the police officials. While the Sunpapers' report was not as egregious as that of FOX 45, which reported a fight between rival neo-nazi groups, a little more investigation would have given a more accurate picture of the event. Three of those arrested have been released as of mid-afternoon August 25. Bail has been set in the range of $10,000 to $20,000 each. One arrestee, a minor, was charged with 23 counts of aggravated assault, according to an anti-racist activist. Anti-racist activists who would like to support the arrestees may make a check out to Black Planet Books with "jail solidarity" in the memo line and mail it to Black Planet, 1621 Fleet Street, Baltimore, MD 21231. See also: http://baltimore.indymedia.org/media/rightwing/display/496/index.php From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 15 05:39:35 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 05:39:35 -0700 Subject: Homeland Resistance.West Coast. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990515053558.00a1bbd0@mail.nex.net.au> USA: PROTESTING THE BUSH REGIME Aug 24 2002 Dissent Flares Against Bush on the West Coast 'Commander-in-thief' George Bush's visit to the West Coast of the United States this week was met with protests at every stop. In Oregon, Bush's purpose was to spread lies about forest health [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ] and shake down local wealthy to raise money for Senator Gordon Smith. One hundred protesters met Bush in Medford, and briefly blocked a road 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]. In Portland, forest activists kick-started the day of dissent by erecting a tree-sit in a downtown park. Hundreds of people gathered at a Pacific Green Party rally and then joined the main crowd at the tree-sit park for a march downtown, 3000 strong. Hundreds of police, including many in full riot gear, staked out a nine square block area around the Hilton Hotel where Bush was speaking. Protesters had free reign throughout the rest of downtown where they took the streets, blocked intersections, and made a joyful noise. In the late afternoon, police declared a state of emergency, and threatened to arrest anyone who did not disperse, though these annoucements were heard by very few people. Police then turned violent, shooting people with rubber bullets and pepper-spraying many others [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 | 9 ]. Children were among the victims of chemical attacks, including a 10 month old baby [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 ]. When the sun set people danced in the street and continued to protest. The general feeling among participants was that it had been a great day that offered some lessons for future efforts. Corporate media accounts of the day betrayed an institutional bias against democratic action and in favor of police brutality [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 | 7 | 8 ]. Friday morning, the chair of the Portland chapter of the National Lawyers Guild called for the police chief's resignation, and that afternoon protesters marched on City Hall to demand police accountability. | 11 | 12 | 13 ] On Friday, Bush was given a California welcome with protests inside and outside his first campaign stop for political friends in Stockton [ photos | video ]. Medea Benjamin gained entry to the event and took off her jacket to reveal a "No War On Iraq" tee-shirt. She was hauled off by police immediately, but not before Bush's televised speech was disrupted [ 1 | 2 | 3 ]. Further south that afternoon, 400 people protested Bush's arrival in Santa Ana, and another 250 demonstrated outside a fundraiser in Dana Point, Orange County. In Los Angeles on Saturday morning, 7:00 a.m. wasn't too early for hundreds to come out and express dissent [ 1 | 2 | 3 ], while hundreds of vehicles caravaned to Crawford, TX. Other recent actions against the Bush regime in the U.S. include protests at a 7/11 Bush visit in Minneapolis [ 1 | 2 ], a 7/18 Bush visit near Detroit, a 7/25 Bush trip to Greensboro, NC, Cheney visits to San Francisco (8/7) [ 1 | 2 | 3 | 4 | 5 | 6 ] and Minneapolis (8/12) [ 1 ], and a 8/14 Bush trip to Milwaukee [ 1 | 2 ]. [ Portland IMC | SF Bay IMC | Los Angeles IMC ] http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 15 05:39:59 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 05:39:59 -0700 Subject: 250 arrests at Jo'burg. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990515053002.00a18ec0@mail.nex.net.au> Two Hundred Fifty Arrests Welcome WSSD On Wednesday, August 21, over 4000 people with the Landless Peoples Movement (LPM) and National Land Committee marched peacefully to the office of the premier of Gauteng province. The marchers wanted Gauteng Premier Mbhazima Shilowa to sign a memorandum of commitment to stop forced removals in Thembelihle, and to end the brutal campaign of terror being waged by the notorious "Red Ants" security company and the police against poor and landless people in the province. More than 100 landless people and land activists were arrested around 6 p.m. in the first signs of the South African government's crackdown on the fundamental Constitutional right to freedom of assembly in order to prevent protests and demonstrations during the WSSD. Among the arrested was NLC coordinator Andile Mngxitama [ audio | video ]. More were arrested on August 22 outside the jail while protesting in solidarity, including LPM media liason and SA IMC member Ann Eveleth who was subsequently ordered deported. Anyone found wearing an LPM T-shirt outside the prison was summarily arrested. On Friday, August 23, 77 of those arrested were released. One of those arrested, who was two months pregnant, had a miscarriage on Thursday evening after her jailers ignored repeated calls for assistance. This crackdown began in earnest on August 17 when veterans of the anti-apartheid struggle were arrested in Cape Town boarding a train to Joburg. According to Mngxitama, "the agenda of Sandton is the agenda of the multinational corporations, that land must be sold as a commodity, that water and energy must be privatized. They have been losing legitimacy, and now they are trying to get new legitimacy through the United Nations. We are saying no to Nepad, no to the World Bank, no to market-led land reform." More information about the WSSD can be found at a Special Edition Report (pdf) by Africawoman, in previous coverage of the WSSD [ August 24 | August 23 | August 19 | August 1 | July 25 ], and in italiano [ W$$D: la privatizzazione dello sviluppo sostenibile | Movimenti soziali | Rio + 10 = - risore + capitale ]. [ South Africa IMC | National Land Committee | Landless Peoples' Movement ] http://www.indymedia.org/ http://www.indymedia.org/index.php3?newswire=open From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 15 06:31:57 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 06:31:57 -0700 Subject: Filtering Insanity hits NSW. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990515062928.00a1bec0@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/25/1030053009698.html Cyber censor to watch out for students' bad language By Linda Doherty, Education Writer August 26 2002 When NSW's 1.33 million public school and TAFE students and teachers log on to their new "e-learning accounts" they will find every keyboard stroke monitored to ban bad language. "Sex" will be out as will the "wildcards" favoured by students who use asterisks or question marks to disguise swear words. A range of filters to block sexually explicit and offensive material is being developed by the NSW Department of Education and Training and Unisys, the prime contractor of the $33 million roll-out of new email accounts, Internet access, chat rooms, Web sites and bulletin boards. One of the largest information technology projects in Australia, the e-learning accounts will connect 1.2 million students and 130,000 teachers by June next year to a massive bank of data servers in North Ryde. A trial of 5000 users in schools will start in October. Chris Thompson, the chief Unisys executive on the project, said the filtering would include blacklisted pornographic or inappropriate Internet sites and searches for obscene language. It would be graded from kindergarten to year 12. "You search for the obvious swear words, you can also pick up words like sex," she said. "A classic is the Dick Smith Web site. Filters would normally pick this up because of the word 'Dick' but it is a legitimate Web site so it's put into an area where it can be accessed." But year 12 students studying breast cancer, for example, may still be able to access sites containing "pictures of naked bodies" if the material was relevant to their studies. Rodney Molesworth, senior vice-president of the NSW Federation of Parents and Citizens Associations, said the level of filtering was probably going to be "higher than is suitable" due to community fears about children's access to inappropriate material. "It's important to have filters but parents need to recognise they are not completely effective. Web sites can be changed overnight and kids have always been wonderful at using codes to fool adults," he said. "It can't be an exercise for restricting kids from material that may be challenging. We suggest parents work with their children and have the home computer in a public part of the house." The e-learning accounts, announced in the May 2001 state Budget, will allow students and parents to email teachers. Schools and students will have Web sites, discussion groups and remote access from any location. The project, originally estimated at $21.6 million over four years, rose to $33 million by last December when the Unisys consortium, of Microsoft, Nortel and Optus, won the three-year contract. A spokeswoman for the Minister for Education, John Watkins, said the project had been upgraded to include technical support, training for teachers and filtering equipment. From profrv at nex.net.au Sat May 15 14:37:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sat, 15 May 1999 14:37:23 -0700 Subject: 10 psychiatric facts. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990515143649.009df060@mail.nex.net.au> PSYCHIATRY IN THE AGE OF REASON (1750-1995): 10 FACTS 1. Black slaves who ran away from their "duties" were deemed by psychiatry to be mentally "ill". The psychiatric "illness" was known as "drapetomania". 2. Irascibility or impertinence on the part of a black slave was deemed by psychiatry to be a mental "illness". The psychiatric "condition" was known as "dysthaesia Aethiopica". 3. Psychiatrists were originally known in the 18th century as "alienists"; "mental patients" were originally known as "aliens". 4. Single mothers were once deemed by psychiatry to be "insane". As a result, single mothers were incarcerated for, in certain instances, a large number of years in psychiatric hospitals. 5. Girls who had sexual intercourse under the legal age of consent were once deemed by psychiatry to be mentally "ill". 6. Psychiatry in Nazi Germany in the 1930's and 1940's effectively killed more than 200,000 "mental patients" in the name of social and political progress. 7. Epilepsy was once regarded by psychiatric orthodoxy as a mental "illness". 8. In the communist Soviet Union, certain political dissidents were deemed by Russian psychiatry to be mentally "ill". These dissidents were incarcerated in psychiatric hospitals for their psychiatric condition. 9. Homosexuality was once regarded by western psychiatric orthodoxy as a mental "illness". 10. For psychiatric orthodoxy all voice hearing is a sign of "madness". From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 02:23:05 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 02:23:05 -0700 Subject: E-Bay-Coase-Hi Fibre capitalism. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516022127.00a1d580@mail.nex.net.au> http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/24/1030052995912.html Internet trading helps purge a blocked system By Charles Wright August 27 2002 Next No doubt it will take the Nobel Prize committee a decade or more to recognise the significance of the latest piece of research from The Edge laboratories, which has led us to the formulation of Wright's Theory of Economic Constipation. This theory assumes that the economy, like the human intestinal tract, can suffer from the equivalent of muscular dysfunction, which can result in irregular movement of material through the system, leading to unhealthy compaction and systemic failure. The Edge believes that we are going through precisely this painful interruption at the moment. The healthy movement of partially digested material through the system has been blocked, so that rather than being adequately, umm, processed, it has been backing up in the nation's attics, spare rooms and garages. Unfortunately, due to an inappropriate emphasis on intake and inadequate understanding of the importance of healthy digestion of previously ingested material - for the benefit of the lay person, we shall refer to this as "the second-hand market" - the system is placed under further strain by the ingestion of yet more new stuff. Although we have not yet identified all the causes of this painful disruption, we are pretty certain that the main irritant is advertising. Advertising produces an artificial need to consume new material but it does not stimulate the economic digestive processes that would move older material through the economic digestive tract. The situation has become much more critical, of course, because the nature of the modern economy has resulted in increased production without a corresponding increase in jobs. Jobs are the enzymes of the economic digestive tract and without them we risk total break-down of the financial system. No scientific breakthrough - not even those in the so-called dismal science - is made in a vacuum. And The Edge acknowledges a debt to eBay but we have concerns about some auction practices on the site. We first began to appreciate that eBay was not so much an online auction site as an economic, umm, bowel, when the owner of the local second-hand bookshop revealed that he was finding it increasingly difficult to find stock. "People have started selling them," he explained, "on eBay." "Good idea," we thought, and promptly logged on and bought some. What we discovered was that eBay has produced an entirely new industry, which is turning the contents of those attics, spare rooms and garages into gross domestic product and export earnings, providing income and employment for a growing number of people. Take, for instance, 13-year-old Aiden McIlduff. It would possibly be misleading to describe young Aiden as an Internet entrepreneur but, in a modest way, that's what he is. Better, perhaps, to call him an eBay entrepreneur. Aiden was introduced to eBay by one of his mother's friends who, like an increasing number of people, had developed a small, but healthy business selling second-hand clothing on eBay. Because his mother was able to source cheap books through her job as a sales representative for a publishing company, he started selling books. Then he bought some watches and auctioned them for a profit. He won a colouring competition. The prize went up on eBay. So did a digital camera. He did some wheeling and dealing on some Game Boy games, and sold them - and the Game Boy. These days, Aiden is saving to buy some shares and, later, real estate. He reads The Financial Review and the property section. Joshua Gans, professor of management and information economics at Melbourne Business School, sees eBay as an important breakthrough in the problems of transaction costs - the concept identified by a previous Nobel Prize winner, Ronald Coase - which inhibit social efficiency. Transaction costs are a key figure in the development of companies. According to Coase, firms are created because the additional cost of organising them is cheaper than the transaction costs involved when individuals conduct business with each other using the market. The development of eBay removes the firm's entrenched advantage over the individual, and Gans, who was astonished to be able to sell a Palm III on eBay for only slightly less than the value of a new unit, sees it as a promising step. "When you unlock all these things in people's closets, each one is real gross domestic product. It won't turn up in the GDP figures but it's really what it's all about. It's much better to unlock the value of an existing product than to manufacture a new one." The Edge sees it as the economic equivalent of eating fresh fruit and vegetables. We could end the global recession overnight. And if you have any second-hand mystery novels for sale, we'd be happy to buy them. cw at bleedingedge.com.au From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 03:40:20 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 03:40:20 -0700 Subject: Sheik: Homeland Security Needs Cops. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516032703.00a18ec0@mail.nex.net.au> "this past spring the Bush Administration cut by 93 percent the funds requested by the Energy Department to bolster security for nuclear weapons and waste; it denied completely the funds requested by the Army Corps of Engineers for guarding 200 reservoirs, dams, and canals, leaving fourteen large public-works projects with no budget for protection. A recommendation by the American Association of Port Authorities that the nation spend a total of $700 million to inspect and control ship cargo (today less than two percent of container traffic is inspected) has so far resulted in grants of just $92 million." 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The giant consumer electronics conglomerate will release on Aug. 27 a network adapter that allows its PlayStation 2 game console to tap into a broadband or a dial-up Internet connection. http://news.com.com/2008-1082-955155.html?tag=fd_nc_1 As the opening credits roll on State of Emergency the whole story unravels itself on the nightly news. A commercial runs for a Hamburger restaurant and it exclaims that one Corporation food coupon will get you two hamburgers on Thursdays. The feminine voice of the newscaster then interrupts and pronounces a State of Emergency and that police are doing everything to bring the matter to control, at which point the camera pans back to reveal a gang of rioters that smash the window of the store in which the T.V. is being held and steal it. The story almost tells itself. A major corporation called well, The Corporation is basically doing its part to destroy free speech and democracy among this fair city. 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Oh well theres always the au wimmins soccer team http://theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/27/1030053050034.html And now - a Jerry Springer opera A surprise hit at the Edinburgh Fringe festival this year is Jerry Springer - the Opera, about an American chat-show host who is accidentally shot, then sent to hell to interview Satan, Jesus, Adam and Eve. Full report From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 06:07:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 06:07:23 -0700 Subject: Defamatory email writers go free Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516060436.00a19160@mail.nex.net.au> http://www.theage.com.au/articles/2002/08/26/1030053026302.html Copycat offences feared after defamatory email writers go free Brisbane August 26 2002 Copycat offences were escalating after the culprits of malicious emails defaming a Brisbane High School principal and his deputy escaped investigation, the Queensland Opposition has said. Shadow Attorney-General Lawrence Springborg has criticised the government over Queensland legal blocks to police investigating a false website which accused the pair of child abuse. Both teachers remain on stress leave despite being cleared of any wrongdoing. Queensland Attorney-General Rod Welford earlier said Victorian law was hampering the investigation into who produced the Website, which allegedly emanated at a Victorian address. But Mr Springborg said Queensland law prevented Victorian police from securing a warrant to search the Victorian premises believed to be the source of the Website. He tabled a letter in Parliament from Queensland Police Commissioner Bob Atkinson in which he said Queensland law was the problem. "Victorian police advise that a search warrant cannot be obtained as the offence committed is classified as a summary offence (in Queensland)," Mr Atkinson said in the letter. Today, Mr Springborg said the law needed changing so others did not fall prey to malicious gossip. "There are more complaints about obscene emails from teachers at Brisbane public high schools, falsely claiming to be from their workmates," Mr Springborg said. "(The government) must take heed of the opposition's warning and provide a sufficient criminal deterrent for people who continue to spread malicious lies and gossip about other people." Mr Springborg is drafting a private members' bill to make defamation a criminal offence with a five year jail term. He said the Victorian law was five times stronger than Queensland law and if applied could have seen warrants issued against offenders. He blamed the Goss Labor government for taking defamation out of the Queensland criminal code. "The Goss Labor government weakened the defamation laws in 1995 and these recent cases prove that the decision was a massive mistake," Mr Springborg said. "In the age of the Internet, we are all increasingly vulnerable." From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 06:20:30 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 06:20:30 -0700 Subject: Empires days are numbered.Jedi's downunder strike back. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516061752.00a12100@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/27/1030053053578.html May the farce be with you August 27 2002 More than 70,000 Australians identified their religion as Jedi, Jedi Knight or Jedi-related in last year's national census. The high number of Jedi-related religions was a response to an email published before the census calling on Star Wars fans to state Jedi as their religion. "If there are enough people in the country, about 10,000, who put down the same religion, it becomes a fully recognised and legal religion," the email said. Faith based vouchers anyone? From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 06:26:27 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 06:26:27 -0700 Subject: Anonymouse CC's downunder? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516062246.00a12b20@mail.nex.net.au> ACCC welcomes credit card reforms August 27 2002 The Australian Competition and Consumer Commission said today it welcomed the Reserve Bank of Australia's (RBA) credit card reforms. "The ACCC has worked closely with the Reserve Bank since the designation of the credit card network in April 2001 and strongly believes that the reforms will lead to a more competitive and efficient credit card network in Australia," ACCC chairman Professor Allan Fels said. "Increased competition and efficiency will be to the benefit of both Australian businesses and consumers." Professor Fels said a system allowing new entrants to issue credit cards or provide merchant services will open up what is currently a closed shop. CREDIT CARD REFORMS RBA to slash hidden fees Australia's central bank will slash the hidden fees banks charge for credit card transactions by almost half, open up the system to new competitors and allow retailers to charge cardholders for the cost of accepting credit cards. more Key points in RBA credit card reforms ACCC welcomes credit card reforms Reform to cut cost of goods, services http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/27/1030053054440.html From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 06:29:23 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 06:29:23 -0700 Subject: Libertarians running OZ? Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516062706.00a17e60@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/26/1030053035292.html Holiday at the Razorwire Hilton - at $130 a day By Cynthia Banham August 27 2002 Six months of sleepless nights in a tiny dormitory with four men. A worn mattress with small blankets. Guards shining a torch in his face every half-hour. Shahid Qureshi thought he had seen it all when he emerged from Melbourne's Maribyrnong detention centre last September. But the 27-year-old Pakistani's biggest surprise was when the Federal Government presented him with an accommodation bill for $26,460. For this amount - about $130 a night - he had also endured undercooked meals, a ban on sex, two-hour queues for a shower, broken toilets, and one towel for the entire detention period. Just $30 more a night secures a room at the Novotel, Darling Harbour, while a little over $100 more pays for an executive suite at the Hilton. Mr Qureshi, who is on a bridging visa and has been prohibited from working while he awaits an appeal against rejection of his application for refugee status, has no means of paying off the debt. http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/26/1030053035443.html New overboard claim: 'Navy told us to jump in' By Anne Calverley and AAP August 27 2002 Asylum seekers on the boat at the centre of the children overboard affair were handed life jackets by the navy and told to jump into the sea as their vessel sank, a trial of three alleged people smugglers has been told. Iraqi national Abdul Amir Al Moudhaffir told the trial in the Perth District Court that he and other asylum seekers were plucked from the sea a short time later by the warship HMAS Adelaide. The asylum seekers on the boat became notorious after the Federal Government accused them of throwing their children overboard. The claims were later found to be false, and the incident has been the subject of a Senate inquiry. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 06:35:58 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 06:35:58 -0700 Subject: Fort Detrick precursor sued. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516063137.00a15e30@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/27/1030053055881.html Court rejects compensation for Chinese victims August 28 2002 Tokyo: A Japanese court today rejected compensation claims by Chinese who were victims of wartime atrocities committed by Japan's notorious germ warfare unit. The civil suit had been brought by 180 Chinese plaintiffs who claim they are survivors or relatives of the victims of Japanese germ warfare attacks in Zhejiang and Hunan provinces from 1940 to 1942. They had sought an apology and damages of Y10 million ($A154,000) each from Tokyo for atrocities carried out by Unit 731, including "bombing" cities with plague, cholera and other germs. The Tokyo District Court rejected the claims while recognising the Japanese military had engaged in germ warfare. The Japanese government, which only acknowledged there was a Unit 731 decades after the end of World War II, says it knows nothing about its wrongdoings and has rejected related damages claims. It also argued individuals do not have the right of demanding compensation from a state they fought. Unit 731 was set up in Manchuria after the Japanese Kwangtung army formed a puppet state in northeastern China in 1931. With headquarters in Harbin, the 2,000-strong unit operated till the end of World War II as what some historians call a killing factory cultivating fatal germs and conducting live autopsy. It is blamed for the deaths of up to 10,000 Chinese and Allied prisoners of war (POWs), according to estimates in Japanese, Chinese and other studies. Records show people from China, Korea, Mongolia and Russia were used as guinea pigs there. Some members of the Unit have come forward in recent years to speak about the crimes. Yoshio Shinozuka, who joined the unit at the age of 16 and returned to Japan in mid-1950s after being released from a Chinese prison, has said the unit had been cultivating anthrax and other killer germs for use on the Chinese. He also confessed he had taken part in the vivisection of five Chinese individuals in a two-month period. "I still remember clearly the first live autopsy I participated in. I knew the Chinese individual we dissected alive because I had taken his blood once before for testing," he once said. Ordered to wash the man's body, which had turned totally black as he was infected with plague germs, Shinozuka "closed my eyes and forced myself to scrub the man's face with the deck brush." "I could not meet his eyes because of the hate he had in his glare at me." Those allegedly engaged in the germ warfare escaped punishment as the issue was not taken up at the 1946-48 International Military Tribunal for the Far East, better known as the Tokyo Trial. The war tribunal, often seen as the Pacific version of the Nuremberg trial of Nazi Germany's leaders, involved 28 leaders of Japan's prewar and wartime governments, of whom seven were sentenced to hang. http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/27/1030053055868.html Asia's Aushwizt archive. From profrv at nex.net.au Sun May 16 06:46:51 1999 From: profrv at nex.net.au (Matthew X) Date: Sun, 16 May 1999 06:46:51 -0700 Subject: Death penalty for "traitors and communists" and scamming cabbies. Message-ID: <5.1.0.14.0.19990516064046.00a1c7f0@mail.nex.net.au> http://smh.com.au/articles/2002/08/27/1030053055326.html Minister to cabbies: you cheat, you die August 27 2002 Kuala Lumpur: Malaysia's tourism minister has called for tourist-cheating taxi drivers to be shot dead, likening them to "traitors and communists", reports said today. In an outburst against cabbies who are found to over-charge or mistreat their customers, Abdul Kadir Sheikh Fadzir said they were the "new enemies of our country, the same as communists" and should be shot. "I am not joking. This is a serious matter. If they can be shot, all the better," he was quoted as saying by the Malay-language Berita Harian daily. "I will suggest it to the other ministers (during cabinet meeting), but I don't know if they will accept it." Abdul Kadir said his ministry would also call for lesser, but equally harsh, forms of punishment, including jailing and a lifetime suspension of the taxi license. He was commenting on a report that some 70 per cent of cab drivers in the capital Kuala Lumpur were prone to taking advantage of tourists by not using standard meters or by taking long routes. Malaysia's booming tourism industry has embarked on major promotional campaigns around Asia and the Middle East. The government recorded a total of 12.8 million tourists in 2001, its highest ever and a 25 per cent increase year-on-year, despite experiencing a temporary drop in arrivals after the September 11 attacks. Last year visitors spent a total of 24.2 billion ringgit ($A11.59 billion), 39 per cent more than in 2000, ensuring that tourism remained Malaysia's second biggest foreign exchange earner, after the manufacturing sector. 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