-Caveat Lector- from: http://jya.com/jg121098.htm <A HREF="http://jya.com/jg121098.htm">Carl Johnson - Report of Investigation </A> ----- This is just a small part of an over 100k extant file on the case at the site. Om K ----- 27 March 1999 Source: Hardcopy from Seattle, WA, postmarked 12 March 1999. See related files: http://jya.com/cejfiles.htm Note: xx indicates that text was not legible. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPORT OF INVESTIGATION (Inspector General - Washington, D.C. 20224) Office of Origin: Treasury Inspector General for Tax AdministrationDate of Report: [Blank]xxxe (Name and address): JOHNSON, CARL 702 Railway Bienfait, Saskatchewan Canada Type of Investigation: Assault Type of Report: [ ] Preliminary [X] Final [ ] Supplemental Social Security Number: 456-45-0297[ ] Employee [ ] Applicant [X] NonemployeeDate of Birth: May 6, 1949Place of Birth: [Blank]Position and Grade: [Blank]Headquarters (City): [Blank]Date Entered on Duty: [Blank]Post of Duty: [Blank]Period of Investigation: April 21, 1998 - December 10, 1998 [Blank] Distribution No. Case Number: 7-9804-029 Signature of Special Agent Making Report: Jeff Gordon [Signature] Inspector General For Tax Administration 2 Regional Inspector for Investigations 1 Asst. U.S. Attorney 1 Signature of Person Examining Report: R. E. JOHNSON [Signature] Other (Specify):Title: Supervisor-In-Charge (Acting) Office (City): Seattle ____________________________________________________________________ Form 2028.WR Rev 01/99 Treasury Inspector General for Tax Administration - Investigations 1 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPORT OF INVESTIGATION (Chief Inspector - Washington, D.C. 20224 Type of Investigation: Assault Case Title: JOHNSON, CARLCase Number: 7-9804-0029 BASIS OF INVESTIGATION On April 21, 1998, Royal Canadian Mounted Police (RCMP) Investigator STEVE FOSTER identified CARL JOHNSON as the subscriber of an Internet account which was involved in threatening activity. BACKGROUND On April 1, 1997, IRS Inspectors executed a search warrant on the residence of JAMES BELL (case 7-9610-0046). BELL was the proponent of a scheme he called "Assassination Politics", where anonymous persons could use the Internet to post a reward for the death of Government officials. In BELL's scheme, an assassin could place a "bet" on which day the Government official would die, and then collect the reward if his death prediction was accurate. BELL often discussed the Assassination Politics scheme with an Internet discussion group known as the "Cypherpunks". BELL had discussed the scheme in e-mail messages with a Cypherpunk using the name "TOTO". BELL was arrested by Inspectors on May 16, 1997. Copies of many of the documents involved in the BELL investigation, including copies of the search warrant, were posted to the Internet by members of the Cypherpunks. RESULTS OF INVESTIGATION On September 30, 1998, JOHNSON was indicted for violating Title 18, United States Code, Section 115, Threatening Federal Officials. DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION (EXHIBIT) On June 23, 1997, an anonymous message was posted on the Cypherpunks Internet group. The message stated that a "Dead Lucky" Assassination Politics (AP) computer program (Bot) had been implemented due to the "unconstitutional actions of Federal employees". The message listed as "leading eCa$h candidates for dying at an opportune time" three IRS Inspection employees and a Magistrate Judge, all of whom were listed on BELL's search warrant. The posting included dollar figures for each person named. (3, 2) On September 4, 1997, a second anonymous posting to the Cypherpunks group also discussed "Dead Lucky", and cross-referenced an Internet Web Page. The Web Page contained the actual interactive Dead Lucky program, and stated "If you can correctly predict the date and time of death of others, then you can win large prizes payable in untaxable, untraceable eca$h". The site also stated that until rules were posted it was for entertainment purposes only." (4, 5 ) On December 9, 1997, an encrypted message was anonymously posted to the Cypherpunks group titled "Encrypted InterNet DEATH THREAT!!! / ATTN: Ninth District Court Judges / PASSWORD: sog". This message contained additional threatening statements involving appeals court Judges hearing an encryption case, and contained the statement "I can also be tied into Jim Bell's Worldwide Conspiracy to assassinate government authorities, through my implementation of an Assassination Bot..." (6) RCMP Investigator FOSTER reported that the RCMP was investigating CARL JOHNSON regarding documents on his Internet web page, and had executed a search warrant on (8, 9) ____________________________________________________________________ Form 2028.WR Rev 11\95 Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service 2 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPORT OF INVESTIGATION (Chief Inspector - Washington, D.C. 20224 Type of Investigation: Assault Case Title: JOHNSON, CARLCase Number: 7-9804-0029 JOHNSON's residence. RCMP seized one of JOHNSON's computers and another was seized by Canadian Customs authorities. RCMP also established through Sympatico, the Internet provider, and phone records that JOHNSON was the person who was maintaining the Web site which contained the Dead Lucky program. FOSTER provided a copy of the computer encryption "Secret Key Ring" which was located on one of JOHNSON's computers. Using encryption software, Inspectors were able to directly link a "secret key" on the "ring" as having been the key which was used to sign the December 9, 1997 death threat message. (11) FOSTER also provided documents seized from JOHNSON's residence during the execution of RCMP's search warrant. Among these was a September 7,1997 message in which "Toto" states "INFOWAR DECALRED!!!" and discusses disseminating encryption secret keys he has created among members of the "Magic Circle". Other documents were related to a possibly threatening e-mail message sent to Washington State Legislator KAREN SCHMIDT. (9) An analysis of the contents of JOHNSON's computers revealed a variety of evidence that JOHNSON was involved in sending threatening e-mail messages to the President of the United States, Microsoft Chairman BILL GATES, and U.S. Senators FEINSTEIN and KENNEDY. The computers also contained copies of the "Dead Lucky" web Site program and evidence that JOHNSON had used anonymous remailers to send messages. Also on the computers were outgoing messages discussing the effects of the "AP-Bot" which included the statement "The Sympatico AP-BOT received bets on the times of demise of even some of the lowliest government paperwork shufflers involved in Jim's (BELL) case." (10, 31) On June 3,1998 an unexploded firebomb was discovered in an Estevan, Canada Courthouse. Canadian police reported that JOHNSON had been formally charged in the attempted bombing and that a warrant had been issued for his arrest. On June 8, 1998, an anonymous posting to the Cypherpunks group indicated that the Courthouse bomber was on a "middle-leg of the .. SoftTarget Tour of Planet Terra." Also on June 8, 1998, reporter DECLAN MCCULLAGH received four encrypted e-mail messages notifying him that two bombs had been placed in Canada, signed by "A. Fiend". "A. Fiend" had also been used as the signature on an e-mail death threat to BILL GATES, which was located on JOHNSON's computer. (12, 13, 15, 10, 27) Microsoft Corporation reported that they had received two Internet death threats to BILL GATES, (relating to documents found on JOHNSON's computers). (27, 28) On July 27,1998, JOHNSON was interviewed by agents of the U.S. Secret Service. JOHNSON stated that the December 9, 1997 death threat message "looks like my stuff", and he explained what he meant by some of the statements. JOHNSON also referenced doing a harmful bomb with a fella from the old days, but he did not comment further on the subject. JOHNSON denied that he intended to harm any Government employees. JOHNSON told the agents his Social Security Number (SSN) was 608-33-5345, and acknowledged using various aliases including "Toto". (17) On August 13,1998, a message from "toto" was posted to the Cypherpunks list in which the (18) ____________________________________________________________________ Form 2028.WR Rev 11\95 Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service 3 ------------------------------------------------------------------------ REPORT OF INVESTIGATION (Chief Inspector - Washington, D.C. 20224 Type of Investigation: Assault Case Title: JOHNSON, CARLCase Number: 7-9804-0029 author discussed getting thrown out of the Plaza Hotel in Las Vegas after making a bomb threat. Plaza Hotel security later confirmed the incident and identified a picture of JOHNSON. (24) On August 18,1998, JOHNSON was arrested by Inspectors in Tucson, Arizona. During a search incident to arrest, Inspectors discovered various documents and computer disks linking him to various Internet messages. Among the items located on the disks was a duplicate copy of the "secret key ring" linked to the December 9, 1997 death threat message, as well as a "public key" which could have been used to send the bomb notification messages to reporter MCCULLAGH. Inspectors also discovered two Las Vegas pawnshop receipts where JOHNSON listed his SSN as 608-33-5345. When interviewed, JOHNSON stated that he did not understand his (Miranda) rights. JOHNSON spit on an Inspector during processing. (19, 20) The Social Security Administration reported that JOHNSON's correct SSN was 456-45-0297, and that SSN 608-33-5345 has never been issued. (23) Documents obtained from Kino Community Hospital in Arizona revealed that JOHNSON listed his SSN as 608-335-345 on a January 1998 registration form. (28) After the arrest and complaint involving JOHNSON became public, members of the Cypherpunks group were able to "hack" the public key portion of the encryption program which had authenticated the December 9, 1997 death threat message. The Cypherpunks were able to create a fake "public key" which falsely authenticated the message. Also posted to the Internet were passwords used by JOHNSON. (30) On October 13, 1998, an anonymous poster posted to the Cypherpunks an authentic copy of both the public and secret key used to encrypt the December 9, 1997 death threat message. (32) Handwritten letters from JOHNSON were obtained from Reporter DECLAN MCCULLAGH. The letters were written by JOHNSON in September 1998, while he was in custody. Among the statements were "..the Complaint seems to amount to... one Entertainment BOT and one anonymous email 'authenticated' by what I suspect will turn out to be a Communal 'Magic Circle' PGP digital signature", "BTW, the 'Dead Lucky AP-Bot' received just three votes..", and "This even 'after' taking into account my spitting in a US Treasury Agent's eye.." one of the letters was addressed to Magistrate Judge NANCY FIORA and was signed "A Violent Psycho Killer To Re Named Later." (40) Interviews with other members of the "Magic Circle" revealed that it was a creation of JOHNSON's, and that JOHNSON had distributed some PGP secret keys. (38, 39, 41) ____________________________________________________________________ Form 2028.WR Rev 11\95 Department of the Treasury - Internal Revenue Service 4 --[entire file at site]-- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, Omnia Bona Bonis, All My Relations. Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. 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