Politech archive on U.S. v. Sklyarov:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=sklyarov
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http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45548,00.html
Rep: Give Fair Use a Fair Shake
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
12:55 p.m. July 25, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON
http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/world/asia-pacific/newsid_1333000/178.stm
The authorities in Hong Kong have arrested a 14-year-old boy for allegedly
allowing people to download pirated pop songs free of charge on the Internet.
http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-201-6545588-0.html
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 19:11:27 +0200
From: Pawel Krawczyk [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Polish digital signature and freedom of information law
DIGIAL SIGNATURE
Polish Parliament has adopted digital signature law on July 4. The new
act will
?name=kyllo
-Declan
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Date: Fri, 27 Jul 2001 13:31:25 -0400
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: David Sobel [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Marc Rotenberg [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
==
[Electronic
http://www.wired.com/news/print/0,1294,45632,00.html
According to the report accompanying a spending bill that's awaiting a
floor vote in the Senate:
* The FBI will receive an extra $7 million for technology to thwart
encryption. The appropriations committee intends for
[Rick's comments below are well-written, but he makes a factual error when
talking about the Institute for Humane Studies, where Damon works. Contrary
to Rick's assertion that his tax dollars went to IHS, the group is funded
solely by contributions from individuals, corporations, and
seem to be true statements. But from my (outsider's) perspective, I think
it makes sense to be concerned about violations of fundamental human rights
of privacy and property, no matter where they take place. --Declan]
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard M. Smith)
To: 'Declan McCullagh
Conservative icon George Will, allowing that Supreme Court rulings make it
likely that the morphed child porn law will be overturned? Amazing. Next
perhaps the right's favorite pundit might start talking about how the
states and not the Feds should be responsible for most criminal laws.
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/style/postmagazine/A44781-2001Jul24.html
Washington Post Sunday magazine
By Vernon Loeb
Test of Strength
For two years, Air Force general Michael Hayden has waged a secret struggle
to overhaul the world's most powerful spy agency. Nothing's riding on his
Politechnicals may remember that Attorney General Ashcroft personally
approved my subpoena in the Jim Bell case. Federal prosecutor Robb London
threatened to subpoena other reporters writing about developments in U.S.
v. Bell (such as interviewing the defendant) in an apparent and
This is an excerpt from transcript of Monday's hearing of the Senate
Judiciary committee. Free Sklyarov activists had hoped that the case
would be brought up during the confirmation hearings, but I suspect this
isn't what they had in mind. Robert Mueller, of course, is President Bush's
pick
Date: Thu, 02 Aug 2001 09:37:33 -0400
Subject: fyi
From: Roger Parloff [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
hate to always be weighing in on the side of the fuddy-duddies, but here's
my dissenting view on the dmitry sklyarov controversy, in case you think
it's
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,45798,00.html
A DoubleClick executive has taken a top post at the Department of
Commerce.
Nuala O'Connor, DoubleClick's vice president for data protection and
chief privacy officer, will start Aug. 13 as Commerce's deputy
director
Also:
http://washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30393-2001Aug3.html
State and federal prosecutors in the Microsoft antitrust case continue to
wrestle with a critical decision: whether to try to block the release of
Windows XP, scheduled to reach stores on Oct. 25, or to have the company
[I strongly suspect this is more valuable as a publicity stunt than as a
serious exercise, but perhaps I'm just being a wet blanket. --Declan]
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Date: Fri, 03 Aug 2001 10:41:06 -0700
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Michael Teetering [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Jam Echelon
Unfortunately the Bergen Record did not publish the site's address:
http://www.geocities.com/emersoneye/
Legal documents:
http://www.geocities.com/emersoneye/lawsuit/contents.html
Let's look at what the plaintiffs are upset about, from their complaint:
* False claims by Anita on May 1, 2001
.
There are, unfortunately, no laws covering Elcomsoft and their ilk.
If there were, I would hope that Sklyarov and his associates
would be spending a very long time in jail.
Shakib Otaqui
Date: Tue, 7 Aug 2001 16:53:51 +0100
From: David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL
[Also thanks to Kris Singleton and Peter Trei who sent this along too.
--Declan]
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Date: 8 Aug 2001 20:15:19 -
From: pulsar pulsar [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Judges stage insurrection against surveillance
Declan,
Thought the readers of politech might enjoy
[This is a debate from the Bugtraq list. Richard also forwarded me his
comments separately. My comments are near the end. --Declan]
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard M. Smith)
Subject: Can we afford full disclosure of security holes?
Date: Fri, 10 Aug 2001 14:39:06 -0400
Hello,
The
[I've copied the author of the paper, a Rand analyst named John Woodward.
He is an attorney who lives in Virginia and was most recently a CIA
operations officer for 12 years, according to his bio, in addition to being
the CIA Staff Assistant to the Undersecretary of Defense for Policy at the
A netstrike officially is when activists, usually upset at a particular
for-profit company, sit in front of their computers, load the target's
webpage, and click reload repeatedly in hopes of overloading it.
Unofficially, some quick wget or Perl coding on the part of the activists
might speed
Background from Politech archives:
Net-sex NRC panel asks for testimony, will hold regional mtgs
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01852.html
Patricia Nell Warren's comments to NAS porn panel
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01615.html
National Academy of Sciences panel hears about porn kids
The amicus brief:
http://www.cdt.org/jurisdiction/010813yahoo.pdf
Previous Politech articles:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02118.html
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01602.html
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Date: Mon, 13 Aug 2001 13:39:22 -0400
From: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Industry Groups Rally to Oppose French
[Yesterday I forwarded Thomas' writeup of John Woodward's RAND facecam
report: (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02386.html) I copied John on that
post. He phoned me this afternoon to take issue with the article; I said
I'd be happy to forward his response. Below you'll see it and a reply from
Index of recently-filed documents in Microsoft antitrust case:
http://ecfp.cadc.uscourts.gov/
And a note from Microsoft:
I wanted to let you know Microsoft has posted a response to Kormann
Rubin's article on Passport that has been circulating on the Web recently.
The response
Also see:
http://dailynews.yahoo.com/htx/nm/20010816/tc/industrystandard_dc_4.html
The Industry Standard, whose pages chronicled the hope and the hubris of
the dot-com revolution, announced Thursday it was suspending publication
and laying off most of its staff -- the latest victim of the
The correct URL is:
http://www.x-filez.com/dmcacnet.htm
The WMA Encoder/Decoder has received five Tucows, um, cows and is listed as
a ZDNet editor's pick. The program's Russian authors report that WMA files
with digital right management protection cannot be decoded by their
software -- based
TUESDAY AUGUST 21 2001
Ex-MI6 agent put porn on police computer
http://www.thetimes.co.uk/article/0,,2-2001290847,00.html
BY JOANNA BALE
A FORMER MI6 agent is facing prison after he admitted yesterday downloading
pornographic images of children on to his office computer while working at a
http://www.cluebot.com/article.pl?sid=01/08/25/1849248
Jim Bell Sentenced to 10 Years in Prison
posted by admin on Saturday August 25, @01:37PM
from the do-not-taunt-happy-fun-federal-agent dept.
Internet essayist Jim Bell has been
The case of Vanessa Leggett, an independent, courageous and principled
writer who refused to turn over her unpublished notes to prosecutors
deserves notice. So far, to the shame of the government and the judiciary,
she has been in jail 37 days. Texas prosecutors are attempting a second try
at
[Paul is the First Amendment Ombudsman at the Freedom Forum. --DBM]
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From: Paul McMasters [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Prosecutors, judges keep Vanessa Leggett in jail for 37 days
Date: Sun, 26 Aug 2001 16:03:44 -0400
Declan,
Here's
From: Herb Lin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Wed, 29 Aug 2001 00:37:59 -0400
Subject: for politech
You might be amused about this one
From the July 2001 Scientific American
in July 1901, Scientific American said this:
State Security vs. Technology
The
Previous facecam Politech message:
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02442.html
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FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE
Contact:
Ann Binkley
Borders Public Relations U.S.
734-477-1519
Company Statement
Borders (UK) Ltd.
Re: Security System
Issued: 28 August, 2001
Borders (UK) Ltd. was approached by the
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Date: Thu, 30 Aug 2001 09:50:55 -0400
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
From: Donna Wentworth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Lessig on Sklyarov
Hello, Declan--
I thought the politech list might be interested in reading Larry Lessig's
reply to Roger Parloff on Sklyarov (Free Dmitry? Spare Me.
Date: Sun, 9 Sep 2001 12:14:28 +0100
From: David Cantrell [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: Unix has turned one billion! (seconds, that is)
You may be surprised to learn that contrary to popular belief, there
*is* a chance that some things
[Ralph Mecham, if the quotes in the article are accurate, is one of the
most nasty, snide, and petty characters that I've encountered since I began
covering the federal bureaucracy. Shame on him. --Declan]
Date: Sun, 09 Sep 2001 22:39:37 -0700
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Here's a nice quote (below) from someone who's obviously never visited a
bookstore or magazine rack: Amazon is not a publisher, it's a store. The
First Amendment was not intended for stores, it was intended for the
press. --DBM]
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From: Xeni Jardin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan
/okay/
If you care to publicize this, it may save some people some heartache.
From: Andy Carvin [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Declan McCullagh ' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: listserv set up to discuss today's attack
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:43:41 -0400
MIME-Version: 1.0
Hi Declan.. I just wanted
Original Message
Subject: Harry Browne article on attacks
Date: Tue, 11 Sep 2001 13:50:06 -0700
From: Eric Garris [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I am very happy to say that Harry Browne has submitted an article to
Antiwar.com on the terror attacks.
We will be running it tomorrow, but I
Photos of Washington, DC -- the White House, downtown, and the Pentagon --
that I took yesterday after the attacks:
http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/911-terrorist-attacks.html
A sad, touching Userfriendly cartoon:
http://ars.userfriendly.org/cartoons/?id=20010912mode=classic
SPOT infrared
use
Date: Sat, 15 Sep 2001 00:34:00 +0100
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46852,00.html
Senate OKs FBI Net Spying
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
12:55 p.m. Sep. 14, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- FBI agents soon may be able to spy on Internet users
legally without a court
they
have increased Big Brother in this country.
-Declan
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From: Baker, Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: 'Declan McCullagh' [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED],
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
cc: Albertazzie, Sally [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Baker, Stewart [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: IP: RE
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Date: Sun, 16 Sep 2001 20:36:04 -0400 (EDT)
From: Charles Platt [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: The Enduring Power of Stupidity
The Enduring Power of Stupidity
During the past five days I have read many essays. To me, all
of them have missed a fundamental
?
Esther Dyson
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From: Bosley_J [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: RE: Majority of Americans want anti-encryption laws, poll says
Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 10:19:27 -0400
Declan, as a recovering survey researcher I have to express some doubt that
a random sample
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From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Richard M. Smith)
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Yahoo - Viisage Technology Offers FBI Free Use of Face Recognition
Technology to Aid Investigation
Date: Mon, 17 Sep 2001 14:33:43 -0400
This Viisage press release just went across the wires
[BTW I'm seeing similar attempts on Politech's website. Remember, folks,
Code Red and its progeny only infect Windows systems. --Declan]
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Date: Tue, 18 Sep 2001 11:34:26 -0400
From: Rich Kulawiec [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: It would appear
Deutsch [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: Voracious, nasty new Code Red worm may be spreading quickly
Declan McCullagh wrote:
[BTW I'm seeing similar attempts on Politech's website. Remember, folks,
Code Red and its progeny only infect Windows systems. --Declan]
Declan
[Unfortunately the Hotline, which I quoted from in the previous Politech
message, did not include the full text of the question asked in the survey.
I apologize to Evans and PSRA for any possible misunderstanding, and thank
him for this clarification. --DBM]
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From: Evans Witt [EMAIL
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46953,00.html
Bush Bill Rewrites Spy Laws
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. Sep. 19, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- The Bush administration will ask for more power to
eavesdrop on phone calls, the Internet and voicemail
[I've received probably dozens of forwarded email messages, each
spreading the same urban legend and falsely claiming CNN aired file
footage. Time to kill this lie before it spreads any further. --DBM]
---
http://www.snopes2.com/inboxer/outrage/cnn.htm
News coverage:
http://slate.msn.com/code/chatterbox/chatterbox.asp?Show=9/17/2001idMessage=8314
It's the End of the World as Clear Channel Knows It by Eliza Truitt
2001-09-19 05:33:12
http://abcnews.go.com/sections/entertainment/DailyNews/songs010918.html
Network Drops Certain Songs After
Date: Wed, 19 Sep 2001 22:36:59 -0700 (PDT)
From: Len Sassaman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Current Status of the Anonymous Remailer Network
Hi Declan,
I thought your Politech readers might be interested in how the remailer
network looks, just over a week after
Background:
Planned global Net-treaty hands police more power, limits privacy
http://www.politechbot.com/p-01136.html
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Summary from:
http://www.cdt.org/international/cybercrime/
EU Cybercrime Treaty Moves Closer to Adoption - On Wednesday, September 19,
2001, the Council of Europe
The exact link:
http://pfaw.org/issues/expression/VLA_amicus_brief.pdf
Background on COPA (ACLU v. Ashcroft):
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=copa
-Declan
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Fyi, we have posted on our website an amicus brief filed today in the COPA
case before the Supreme Court on
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Date: Thu, 20 Sep 2001 22:50:09 -0700
From: Mike Alissi [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Six options beyond war and peace
Hi Declan -
I thought you might be interested in this.
What Happens Next?
Six options beyond war and peace
1. The Ghandi Option
2. The Kojak
Background on Phil Zimmermann:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=zimmermann
http://www.mccullagh.org/image/6/phil-zimmermann.html
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A1234-2001Sep20.html
By Ariana Eunjung Cha
Washington Post Staff Writer
Friday,
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/21/2220202
WorldNetDaily Reports WTC Terrorists Used Encryption
posted by admin on Friday September 21, @05:17PM
There must be something about encryption and terrorists in
the same graf that makes levelheaded journalists go
More on encryption debate:
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/search.pl?topic=encryption
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http://www.wartimeliberty.com/article.pl?sid=01/09/22/026245
Senator Judd Gregg Prepares Anti-Encryption Bill
posted by admin on Friday September 21, @09:05PM
Sen. Judd Gregg (R-New
http://www.time.com/time/covers/1101010924/bprivacy.html
Now the Bush Administration is considering the establishment of
special military tribunals. Suspected terrorists could be tried
without the ordinary legal constraints of American justice. During
World War II, German saboteurs were tried
http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,47051,00.html
Why Liberty Suffers in War Time
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. Sep. 24, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- Anyone worried about the fate of civil liberties during
the U.S. government's growing war on terrorism
[For once, I don't have anything at all to add. --DBM]
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http://www.newsday.com/news/local/wire/ny-bc-ny--attacks-newyorkpo0924sep24.story?coll=ny%2Dap%2Dregional%2Dwire
Poll: Third of New Yorkers support internment camps for some
By MARC HUMBERT
Associated Press Writer
September 24, 2001
Date: Mon, 24 Sep 2001 20:10:38 -0700
Subject: Fwd: terrorist - computer use - RICO
From: Faisal Jawdat [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I just sent this to Dave Farber. Not sure if you'd seen it.
-faisal
SecurityFocus reports that the new
[These results, alas, aren't as interesting as they could be. I urge Greg
to broaden the search. The article in question
(http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001-02-05-binladen.htm) never
mentioned eBay, so analyzing eBay images isn't that helpful. The article
talked of: sports chat
http://www.govexec.com/dailyfed/0901/092501p1.htm
Mapping agency blocks access, postpones outsourcing pact
By Jason Peckenpaugh
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
The National Imagery and Mapping Agency blocked access to a wide
range of its publicly available maps last week while
[Now how long will it take some enterprising person to go to the
courthouse, pay the clerk to photocopy the journal, scan it in, and post it
on the web? Of course, it might be a good idea not to do that from within
Ohio's borders... --DBM]
Background:
Judge says Ohio man with dirty diary
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47086,00.html
Congress Weighs Anti-Terror Bill
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
2:00 a.m. Sep. 25, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- Few would have predicted it in the immediate aftermath of the
Sept. 11 attacks, but Congress is not rushing to enact
The farewell notice is archived here:
http://guterman.com/guterman_mediagrok/guterman_mediagrok.html
Editor and Publisher article on newspaper websites:wm
http://www.editorandpublisher.com/editorandpublisher/features_columns/article_display.jsp?vnu_content_id=1061806
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From: Patrick
http://www.reason.com/cy/cy092401.html
September 24, 2001
Civil liberties may take a hit
By Cathy Young
[...]
The movements of foreign visitors will be scrutinized more closely.
Perhaps most alarming to many civil libertarians, it's likely that the
government will
[This article no longer appears to be online, but I've verified that the
below excerpt is accurate. --DBM]
Montreal Gazette
September 25, 2001 Tuesday
Page 14
Ottawa to try to freeze terrorist funds: Tougher rules and changes to
criminal code expected to make it easier to track
reconsider your political
affiliations.
--Charles Platt
Senior Writer, Wired magazine
Date: Wed, 26 Sep 2001 16:41:11 -0700
From: Jason Lindquist [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Cc: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: Reason's C. Young: Encryption
[This is an important and provocative article. --DBM]
http://www.salon.com/news/feature/2001/09/29/democracy/index.html
Democracy held hostage
We are fighting for freedom -- including the right to vigorously
debate. But the war fever crowd wants us all to march in step.
- -
More on anti-encryption proposals after Sep. 11:
http://www.wartimeliberty.com/search.pl?topic=encryption
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From: Caspar Bowden [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: London 'Observer' editorial calls for escrow
Date: Sun, 30 Sep 2001 22:15:50 +0100
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To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FC: Richard Forno on ICANN and Net-stability against terrorists
In-reply-to: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Sat, 29 Sep 2001 21:10:05 -0700
From: John Gilmore [EMAIL PROTECTED]
I agree wholeheartedly with Richard Forno; ICANN is only
Excerpt from the op-ed by Roslyn Mazer, associate deputy attorney general
and criminal division special counsel for intellectual property under Clinton:
Recent developments suggest that many of the governments suspected of
supporting al Qaeda are also promoting, being corrupted by, or at
[Seems more like it was not lack of legal authority but lack of attention
that prevented the search warrant from going through. --DBM]
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Subject: Access denied
From: Billy Harvey [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: 02 Oct 2001 08:44:30 -0400
Declan,
[Note this is a small selection of Business Week readers responding via
email, not a poll of randomly-selected folks. --DBM]
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Date: Wed, 03 Oct 2001 09:54:27 -0400
From: alex_salkever [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: BWOL Poll Results on Personal Freedoms vs.
http://www.wired.com/news/conflict/0,2100,47312,00.html
Patriot Bill Moves Along
By Declan McCullagh ([EMAIL PROTECTED])
7:16 a.m. Oct. 4, 2001 PDT
WASHINGTON -- A key House panel has unanimously approved unprecedented
surveillance powers for police, capping a fiery
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Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 17:19:55 -0400
From: Robert Guerra [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Privacy Commissioner releases finding on video surveillance...
This decision just came out..thought you'd be interested..
regards,
Robert
Privacy Commissioner releases finding on video
Sen. Bob Smith of New Hampshire has introduced an arm-pilots bill in the
Senate:
http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2001/pr100401.htm
Rep. Ron Paul of Texas has introduced it in the House:
http://www.house.gov/paul/press/press2001/pr091401.htm
While the networks have the right to refuse this
Date: Fri, 5 Oct 2001 08:08:32 +1000
From: Roger Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Passport: Notes on MS VP's Presentation
Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (Marc Rotenberg), Chris Hoofnagle [EMAIL PROTECTED],
Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
This is a report on a presentation
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From: Eric Cordian [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: American Death Squads
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:38:58 -0700 (PDT)
Barry McCaffrey, former Drug Czar, making an approved leak on how the US
plans to deal with sub-national groups, their friends, and their
supporters.
More on Nuremberg files case:
http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=nuremberg
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Date: Thu, 04 Oct 2001 15:26:13 -0400
From: Paul Levy [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: FYI
En Banc 9th Circuit to Review Abortion Speech Case
The Recorder
The 9th U.S.
[I thank Dov for these details, but I'd hope that ZKS could post vital
information like the why of the shutdown on their website instead of
directing people to comments posted on Slashdot. --DBM]
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From: Dov Smith [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: '[EMAIL PROTECTED]' [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject:
http://www.guardian.co.uk/online/story/0,3605,575821,00.html
Virus villains
While the world worries over the threat of viruses being spread by
terrorists, strange things seem to be happening in the less real world
of computer viruses.
Rob Rosenberger, editor of the V-Myths
http://www.citypaper.net/articles/101801/news.godfrey.shtml
Novel Security Measures
A local man was kept off a recent flight because of a book he was
carrying.
by Gwen Shaffer
Everyone knows it is a bad idea to try and board a plane carrying a
box cutter, a flight
I have no information on who Robert Koontz is or whether he has been
an NSA instructor, or whether this is a brilliant parody, but here's
an excerpt from his website:
http://www.bringmenews.com/Messages/National_Security/Alerts/Alert_003.htm
Interpretation: The yellow mask-like character
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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 15:35:37 -0700
From: Anonymous
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Re: Fwd: Reply from Zero-Knowledge
My comments integrated below:
I want to start by saying that Zero-Knowledge absolutely does not track or
profile
Subject: Microsoft DRM v.2 cracked
Date: Fri, 19 Oct 2001 11:22:22 -0500
From: Andy Ringsmuth [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/4/22354.html
Declan, from The Register:
An anonymous coder named 'Beale Screamer' claims
[EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Date: Thu, 18 Oct 2001 22:00:21 -0700
From: Barbara Simons [EMAIL PROTECTED]
To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Declan,
Would you please post this to your list.
Many thanks.
Barbara
PLEASE CIRCULATE - DEADLINE EXTENSION
Dear friends,
We are extending the submission
Late Thursday night I sent this to Politech:
Virus news site editor reports late-night visit by Feds
http://www.politechbot.com/p-02674.html
Vmyths.com had run an article detailing how one of their editors was
requested not to publish certain information on grounds of national
security.
http://www.interactiveweek.com/article/0,3658,s%3D605%26a%253D16678,00.asp
October 18, 2001
Beyond Carnivore: FBI Eyes Packet Taps
By Max Smetannikov
Expect the FBI to expand its Internet wiretapping program, says a source
familiar with the plan.
Stewart Baker, a partner with law firm
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 07:09:57 -0700
This is a very scary opening sentence:
FBI and Justice Department investigators are increasingly frustrated by
the silence of jailed suspected associates of Osama bin Laden's al Qaeda
network, and
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Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 12:04:02 -0700
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Subject: Re: FC: Oracle's Larry Ellison lobbies hard for National ID card
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Has everyone but me noted that the hijackers were in the country
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 16:46:17 -0700 (PDT)
From: James Ausman [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: Jam Echelon Day!
http://cipherwar.com/echelon/index2.htm
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Date: Sat, 20 Oct 2001 21:09:14 -0700
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Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 13:31:41 +1000
From: Roger Clarke [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: FC: FBI wants to cast aside civil liberties, torture mentioned
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Date: Sun, 21 Oct 2001 22:23:02 -0700
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From: Bretton Vine [EMAIL PROTECTED]
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Subject: national ID cards
Date: Mon, 22 Oct 2001 09:20:55 +0200
Declan
Here in South Africa we are issued with an identity number at birth made up
of date of birth, a number allocation for male or female, a number for race
I replicated what Twila found. Now, cookies, especially session cookies,
aren't anywhere near as awful as many people think, but there are two
points worth noting: (1) CDC appears to be violating a White House
directive from well over a year ago; (2) there's no reason a government
site should
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To: Declan McCullagh [EMAIL PROTECTED]
Subject: Different topic...
Date: Tue, 23 Oct 2001 12:03:55 -0400
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^Magistrate: University's Web critics must
[I wonder how Politech should be rated. Certainly we've had discussions
even today (http://www.politechbot.com/p-02691.html) about violence that
used foul language. Is Politech a news site? How about someone at Geocities
who writes the occasional opinion article? How about
Carl Johnson was convicted in 1999 of threatening federal officials and
Bill Gates through obscure, windy, colorful posts on the cypherpunks
mailing list:
http://www.ccc.de/mirrors/jya.com/cejfiles.htm
Thomas Wales, a federal prosecutor involved in Carl's trial where he was
(wrongly) accused
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