Tapping cellphones for National Security
Total Telecom is a free (registration-probably-required) news-clipping service covering telecom issues. This lovely article is about the FBI's current hypocritical pretenses of protecting "national security" and "privacy" by increasing their wiretapping abilities, using laws that were written to prevent hostile foreign domination of (ok, and competition with US firms for) critical national infrastructure. (Mind you, I think the laws are bogus, but the FBI is increasing the bogon density around them considerably.) http://www.totaltele.com/view.asp?ArticleID=35057pub=ttcategoryid=0 U.S. works out security issues with VoiceStream DT By Jeremy Pelofsky, Reuters 20 December 2000 U.S. law enforcement authorities are working to address national security concerns about acquisitions of VoiceStream Wireless Corp. and Powertel Inc. by Deutsche Telekom AG , which is partially owned by the German government. The Federal Bureau of Investigation and the companies filed a joint petition made available on Tuesday asking the Federal Communications Commission, which has to determine whether the combinations are in the public interest, to hold off ruling until the parties reach an agreement. VoiceStream , based in Bellevue, Wash., agreed to be acquired by the German telecommunications giant earlier this year in a $34 billion deal. VoiceStream also agreed to acquire Powertel for about $6 billion in August. Law enforcement agencies "have concerns that the merger could, absent an appropriate agreement, impair the ability of authorized governmental agencies in the U.S. to satisfy their obligations to preserve the national security, enforce the laws and protect the public," according to the petition. Germany's 44 percent stake in DT, which the government has pledged to divest, has raised concerns among some in the U.S. Congress about the impact the German government backing could have on competition and U.S. national security. The agencies are seeking assurances of the ability to conduct lawfully-authorized electronic surveillance of domestic calls and those that begin or end in the United States, the petition said, a copy of which was filed with the FCC. The FBI and U.S. Justice Department also said they are seeking to prevent as well as detect foreign-based or other illegal surveillance that could risk U.S. security and the privacy of the nation's telecommunications system. "The parties are currently and in good faith working diligently working toward such an agreement," the filing said. A VoiceStream spokeswoman declined to comment on the petition. The company in the past said it expected to have to address concerns raised by U.S. law enforcement authorities but did not anticipate any problems reaching an agreement. The merged company would represent a "substantial U.S. wireless service provider" offering near nationwide personal communications service (PCS) coverage as well as in Europe using the global system for mobile communications standard (GSM), according to the petition. Sen. Ernest Hollings, a South Carolina Democrat, has urged the FCC to block the VoiceStream-DT deal because he says U.S. law prohibits a telecommunications company that is more than 25 percent owned by a foreign government from acquiring U.S. firms. ~` Thanks! Bill Bill Stewart, [EMAIL PROTECTED] PGP Fingerprint D454 E202 CBC8 40BF 3C85 B884 0ABE 4639
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Re: An A to Z G U N R E F R E S H E R C O U R S E
I followed your 'argument' until "w", "enforce the existing gun laws, don't make new ones" So apparently the currently unconstitutional laws are okay with you? -p "Those who would give up essential liberty for temporary safety deserve neither liberty nor safety" - Benjamin Franklin, 1759 [EMAIL PROTECTED]@cyberpass.net on 12/21/2000 01:36:54 PM Please respond to [EMAIL PROTECTED] Sent by: [EMAIL PROTECTED] To: "Cypherpunks" [EMAIL PROTECTED] cc: Subject: An "A" to "Z" G U N R E F R E S H E R C O U R S E An "A" to "Z" G U N R E F R E S H E R C O U R S E a. An armed man is a citizen. An unarmed man is a subject. b. A gun in the hand is better than a cop on the phone. c. Smith Wesson: The original point and click interface. d. Gun control is not about guns; it's about control. e. If guns are outlawed, can we use swords? f. If guns cause crime, then pencils cause misspelled words. g. Free men do not ask permission to bear arms. h. If you don't know your rights, you don't have any. i. Those who trade liberty for security have neither. j. The United States Constitution (c)1791. All Rights Reserved. k. What part of "shall not be infringed" do you not understand. l. The Second Amendment is in place in case they ignore the others. m. 64,999,987 firearm owners killed no one yesterday. n. Guns only have two enemies: Rust and Politicians. o. Know guns, Know peace and safety. No guns, no peace nor safety. p. You don't shoot to kill; You shoot to stay alive. q. 911 - government sponsored Dial a Prayer. r. Assault is a behavior, not a device. s. Criminals love gun control - it makes their jobs safer. t. If Guns cause Crime, then Matches cause Arson. u. Only a government that is afraid of it's citizens tries to control them. v. You have only the rights you are willing to fight for. w. Enforce the "gun control laws" in place, don't make more. x. When you remove the people's right to bear arms, you create slaves. y. The American Revolution would never have happened with Gun Control. z. "a government by the people, for the people." PLEASE PASS THIS 'REFRESHER' TO -10- FREE CITIZENS.
Re: CDR: One thing about Bell's case...
It seems to me that charging Bell for 'stalking' in relation to the collection of public documents violates his 1st Amendment rights with respect to 'press'. It's probably the showing up on the door step that got him in trouble. Or at least that gave the government the excuse they needed to put him on trial. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ** "Despite almost every experience I've ever had with federal authority, I keep imagining its competence." John Perry Barlow
Re: Tim's Motorcycles
At 11:24 AM 12/18/00 +0200, Ben wrote: Timothy C. May [EMAIL PROTECTED]Corralitos, California Political: Co-founder Cypherpunks/crypto anarchy/Cyphernomicon Technical: physics/soft errors/Smalltalk/Squeak/agents/games/Go Personal: b.1951/UCSB/Intel '74-'86/retired/investor/motorcycles/guns Tim-- Good new sig. Motorcycles? I don't recall motorcycles here. The recent US international crime assessement lists global motorcycle gangs as a major threat to world peace, along with a couple of dozen new horsemen. The report claims all of these have rapidly adopted high-tech and info tools to advance their criminal agendas, and that there simply must be more global law enforcement cooperation, communications intercepts, and massive funding to combat these, these, Zen Fau Long Aum Shirinkyo whirring-spokemeisters. The thought of Mr. May on his R1100RS (Right? 1998?) riding with the Bandidios is... Amusing. -- A quote from Petro's Archives: ** "Despite almost every experience I've ever had with federal authority, I keep imagining its competence." John Perry Barlow
