USA v. Abdallah Higazy

2002-08-30 Thread John Young
Cryptome offers 2 court orders and 22 formerly sealed documents in the case of Abdallah Higazy, an Egyptian national in the US to attend school, who was detained as a material witness based on a false accusation by a hotel guard of possessing an air-to-ground communcation device while staying

Thwarting LE library fishing expeditions

2002-08-30 Thread Steve Schear
After reading this ALA document http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/usapatriotlibrary.html , I believe I have concocted a legal administrative measure to thwart the anonymous fishing expeditions (esp.those authorized under the USA Patriot Act). In a nutshell, libraries would create a database to

Re: The Liberty Dollar

2002-08-30 Thread Steve Schear
At 03:18 PM 8/30/2002 +0100, you wrote: Steve Schear wrote: At 03:52 PM 8/29/2002 -0500, Gary Jeffers wrote: The money is backed by silver and gold and can be redeemed widely in America. True but only fractionally (i.e., the precious metal content is only a fraction of the face value).

Re: The Liberty Dollar

2002-08-30 Thread Ben Laurie
Steve Schear wrote: At 03:52 PM 8/29/2002 -0500, Gary Jeffers wrote: The money is backed by silver and gold and can be redeemed widely in America. True but only fractionally (i.e., the precious metal content is only a fraction of the face value). And this is different from the US

Re: Thwarting LE library fishing expeditions

2002-08-30 Thread Matthew X
One thing we don't have down here is grand bloody juries,thank you jesus! Plea bargaining or as its commonly known,'blackmail' is not so pronounced here though there are hallway 'chats'. Look I don't want to sound like a broken,( or rooted as we sometimes say down here) CD,but isn't Operation

Re: Thwarting LE library fishing expeditions

2002-08-30 Thread Michael Motyka
Steve Schear [EMAIL PROTECTED] wrote : After reading this ALA document http://www.ala.org/alaorg/oif/usapatriotlibrary.html , I believe I have concocted a legal administrative measure to thwart the anonymous fishing expeditions (esp.those authorized under the USA Patriot Act). In a

The Liberty Dollar

2002-08-30 Thread Gary Jeffers
THE LIBERTY DOLLAR My fellow Cypherpunks, To: Steve Schear [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: The Liberty Dollar From: Ben Laurie [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Fri, 30 Aug 2002 15:18:23 +0100 Cc: Gary Jeffers [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL

Re: Cyberpunks: Seattle Activist Is Not an Innocent Webmaster

2002-08-30 Thread james sanchez
Dear Eric: Although I do not know you, I am replying to you heartfelt cry of sympathy for James Ujaama, the Seattle activist you refer to below. I would preface my comments by saying I support civil rights, privacy rights and internet freedom of speech. As for James Ujaama, he is not being held

Re: Cyberpunks: Seattle Activist Is Not an Innocent Webmaster

2002-08-30 Thread Eric Cordian
James Joseph Sanchez writes: Although I do not know you, I am replying to you heartfelt cry of sympathy for James Ujaama, the Seattle activist you refer to below. I would preface my comments by saying I support civil rights, privacy rights and internet freedom of speech. Well good for you.