FC: Anonymous remailer operators start to take remailers offline

[Aimee Farr]

> While it's understandable that people want to avoid being swept up in
> hysterical backlashes against people involved in this morning's terrorist
> activity, it's worth remembering - especially for people interested in
> aiding law enforcement - that a lot of investigations begin and move
> forward with anonymous tips which are later corroborated by witnesses
> willing to testify. Given the clear indifference for human life shown by
> the terrorists, the ordinary witness-protection steps taken by law
> enforcement may not be comforting enough to allow aiders and abettors of
> this morning's actions to report their knowledge with confidence - so it
> may be more important than ever that the remailers continue to operate.
>

I agree, and I'm a "wuss ninnie," according to many. They are broadcasting
the hotlines/website: http://www.ifcc.fbi.gov (slashdotted, on my end). They
want everything.

...Could the remops collaborate in some fashion so as to offer collection
assistance?

...Could you set up a working group to assist with these situations in the
future?

...Could you build something to facilitate anonymous reporting? I'm
brown-nosing Steele again, but terrorism seems to support a Whitehat
Blacknet (what I called an OSINT Intellagora). Isn't this a perfect example?

I think a working group on something like this would put crypto in a
positive light.

~Aimee