-Caveat Lector- from: http://www.aci.net/kalliste/ Click Here: <A HREF="http://www.aci.net/kalliste/">The Home Page of J. Orlin Grabbe</A> ----- Year 2000 Sarin Gas Attack Leader Freed in Japan A new messiah. A SENIOR member of the Aum doomsday cult was released from jail in Japan yesterday amid fears that he will assume leadership of the group, reviving it in time for the Millennium. More than 100 police surrounded the prison in Hiroshima, western Japan, in preparation for the release of Fumihiro Joyu in case he was attacked. But the police were far outnumbered by journalists and television cameras providing blanket coverage of his return to freedom. Joyu, 37, had served a three-year sentence for perjury and forgery in connection with the cult's activities. He was its public relations chief. He was in Russia at the time of Aum's sarin nerve gas attack on the Tokyo underground system in 1995 when 12 people died and thousands were injured. The cult's leader, Shoko Asahara, is still on trial in connection with the gassing and other crimes. Other senior members have been sentenced to death for their part in the attack. Joyu is expected to fill the void left by the guru he still refers to as "messiah". Many cult experts fear that his return just before the end of the century could attract a new wave of young people into the cult. Joyu emerged from the jail looking pale and thin. He did not speak, but released a statement before boarding a plane for Tokyo. He said: "I plan to return to the group in Tokyo but since I have just got out of prison and know nothing about my surroundings, I will not discuss my future now." The London Telegraph, Dec. 30, 1999 Digital Society DVD Round One Goes to Hackers Suit attempts to prohibit WWW links. In a lawsuit that accuses 72 Web site owners of posting -- or linking to -- illegal DVD software code, Santa Clara County Superior Court Judge William J. Elfving declined the DVD Copy Control Association's request for a temporary restraining order on Wednesday. "We think he made the right decision about not having the temporary restraining order," Electronic Frontier Foundation executive director Tara Lemmey said. EFF attorneys provided stop-gap legal defense to prevent the many individuals targeted in the suit from going unrepresented at the hearing. DVD industry attorneys could not be reached to comment on the judge's decision, nor have they ever publicly commented on the suit. The judge's decision came after attorneys for both sides argued in a packed courtroom over the temporary restraining order, which would have forced individuals and Web sites named in the suit to remove the code from the sites. The allegedly illicit code is compiled into the software utility DeCSS. Programmers say the software was first created because of the lack of DVD playback software for the Linux computer operating system. Although the software's exact origin has not been legally established by either party in the case, a group of Norwegian programmers are said to have reverse-engineered Windows player software to provide DVD playback for Linux-based computers. The industry's suit said the DVD protection scheme was unlocked by "hacking" and/or improperly reverse-engineering software created by CSS licensee Xing Technology Corporation. The case takes its next major step at a hearing for a preliminary injunction in January. "It's important to continue to allow the speech to be open and posted while we go through this process," Lemmey said. "And I think the judge understood that importance." Wired News, Dec. 29, 1999 ----- Aloha, He'Ping, Om, Shalom, Salaam. Em Hotep, Peace Be, All My Relations. Omnia Bona Bonis, Adieu, Adios, Aloha. Amen. Roads End DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
