FC: MS-NIPC-CERT-SANS publish joint alert on Code Red worm

2001-07-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
[I don't remember seeing all of these folks signing a joint alert before. This may be a first. --Declan] -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- We the CERT/CC, along with other organizations listed below are jointly publishing this alert about a serious threat to the Internet For Immediate Relea

FC: DOJ jails reporter, Ashcroft allows more journalist subpoenas

2001-07-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 reprehensibl

FC: Washington Post magazine cover story: NSA's secret struggles

2001-07-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
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 s

FC: George Will on Ohio man arrested for dirty diary entries

2001-07-29 Thread 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. Back

FC: Business Software Alliance targets NYC with "truce" campaign

2001-07-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
** From: Mark Milone <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: "[EMAIL PROTECTED]" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Michael E. Smith (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, "Jay Sulzberger (E-mail)" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: BSA is Watching You (or NYC, at least) Date: Sun, 29 Jul 2001 11:05:20 -0400 Taki

FC: Fed hijinks: IRS sabotage, FBI "conference" as cover for party

2001-07-29 Thread Declan McCullagh
[Caspar Bowden <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> writes in about the "U.K. anti-terrorism law imperils hackers, privacy, property" Politech post. He says that the most disturbing sections of the law apply only to people living in Northern Ireland and said some stringent restrictions have already existed. Tho