FC: Intel analyst accuses American journalists of "treason"

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A54650-2002Jun14.html By Dennis Pluchinsky Sunday, June 16, 2002; Page B03 I accuse the media in the United States of treason. I have been analyzing terrorism for the U.S. government for 25 years. My specialty is "threat analysis." This is a rathe

FC: Snapnames.com: ICANN must approve "wait list" for expired domains

--- From: Cameron Powell <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: Mason Cole <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Posting Requested Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 16:33:14 -0700 MIME-Version: 1.0 Dear Declan, Would it be possible for you to post on your Politech list a document we

FC: Euroconf: Does technology help or hinder freedom?

[Of course Americans may generally define freedom differently than Eurocrats (specifically, the freedom to be free from Eurocrat-types), but it's an interesting question nonetheless. --Declan] --- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:51:28 +0200 From: "Marco Cappato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Gianluca Era

FC: Illinois student detained for "nat'l security," secret evidence

--- From: "James Bond" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: UIUC Student detained by INS as "National Security Threat" Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 03:17:13 + If you feel like forwarding this to the list, go ahead. It just amazed me how close to home this has finally struck. I'm

FC: Install automated speedcams, kill drivers?

--- From: "Diamond, Richard" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Subject: 4000 injured/killed by UK speed cameras Date: Mon, 17 Jun 2002 20:52:57 -0400 As reported in the London Sunday Times, the number of UK drivers injured or killed in accidents has risen by 4,000 since 1997, despite the massive expans

FC: E-voting paper analyzes "usability" problems of current systems

--- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 04:00:00 -0400 (EDT) To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Vincent J. Lipsio" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Foe of Electronic Voting on July 11 in Orlando At the suggestion of a regular subscriber to Politech to whom I had sent the below message, I'm forwarding to you. Vince

FC: U.K. may abandon plan for more agencies doing surveillance

Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03633.html --- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 15:31:14 +0100 From: Richard Clayton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FIPR-Bulletin: FIPR welcomes Government rethink on snooping powers

FC: Mirror of Paul Trummel's embattled website is available

[If any other Politech members have set up mirrors, I will dutifully forward, though it may have to wait until I get back from Moscow. --Declan] --- Date: Tue, 18 Jun 2002 10:10:39 -0400 From: Vicki Richman <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Paul Trummel Paul Trummel has been r

FC: Russia poised to restrict online opposition to government

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-938810.html Russia poised to restrict Net activities By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 24, 2002, 12:10 PM PT MOSCOW--Russia's parliament may give final approval this week to sweeping restrictions on using the Intern

FC: Alert! President Bush declares national emergency

On the House floor yesterday: >5:42 P.M. - >The Speaker laid before the House a message from the President >transmitting a 6-month report on the national emergency to deal with the >threat to the national security, foreign policy, and economy of the United >States caused by the lapse of the Ex

FC: CNET Radio interviews embattled scribe Paul Trummel

[FYI the direct links below are for different formats---not two different parts of the interview. Politech archive: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=trummel --Declan] --- From: Tracy Romine <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CNET Radi

FC: House votes 413 to 8, once again, to restrict "morphed" child porn

.pdf --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-939407.html?tag=fd_top House passes ban on "morphed" erotica By Declan McCullagh Staff Writer, CNET News.com June 25, 2002, 10:10 PM PT WASHINGTON--The U.S. House of Representatives voted overwhelmingly Tuesday to restrict computer

FC: NYC Time Warner Cable sending nastygrams to free 802.11 points?

--- From: "rick tait" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Cc: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NYC Time Warner Cable sending nasty letters to subscribers who use 802.11 and offer "free" access Date: Wed, 26 Jun 2002 14:22:31 -0400 Declan, I've not seen anything on Pol

FC: Why Ron Paul was only Republican to vote no on morphed-porn bill

Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03688.html The roll call vote: http://clerkweb.house.gov/cgi-bin/vote.exe?year=2002&rollnumber=256 --- From: "Singleton, Norman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: RE: House votes 413 to 8, once again, to restrict "morphed"

FC: "Data retention" scheme marches forward in European Parliament

Politech archive: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=retention --- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:18:13 +0200 From: "Marco Cappato" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: PRESS RELEASE BY MARCO CAPPATO Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/mixed; boundary="=_DA86F1BF.9CFC36A9" PRIVACY/EU

FC: Spain approves LSSI law, lets gvt shut down sites, retain data

Politech archive on LSSI plan: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=lssi El Pais coverage today: http://www.elpais.es/articulo.html?anchor=elpepunet&xref=20020627elpepunet_1&type=Tes&date= Wired article on LSSI debate from May: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,52201,00.h

FC: Jonathan Zittrain on data retention, an "awful idea"

--- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 13:55:15 -0400 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Jon Zittrain <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: "Data retention" scheme marches forward in European Parliament In-Reply-To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> I've written something opposing this at

FC: Peter Swire on "Homeland Security Act": No privacy safeguards

I just spoke to Peter on the phone. He tells me the hearing was cancelled in a few minutes ago since the White House (OMB and OPM) was not ready to show up. The bill in question: http://thomas.loc.gov/cgi-bin/bdquery/z?d107:h.r.05005: -Declan --- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 11:39:33 -0400 From: Pe

FC: NYT reports on Time Warner flap over 802.11 free access

Politech messages from last week on this: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03700.html http://www.politechbot.com/p-03689.html --- http://www.nytimes.com/2002/07/01/technology/01WIFI.html?pagewanted=print July 1, 2002 A Dispute Over Wireless Networks By PETER MEYERS The New York Times Time Warner

FC: In New Jersey, privacy fears trump access to government records

http://www.law.com/servlet/ContentServer?pagename=OpenMarket/Xcelerate/View&c=LawArticle&cid=1024078905402&t=LawArticle New Jersey High Court Retreats From Posting Records on Web Budgetary concerns and privacy issues are setting back a plan that once seemed so promising Six year

FC: Transcript of Senate hearing on FBI counterterrorism efforts

--- Date: Mon, 1 Jul 2002 11:14:35 -0400 From: Mich Kabay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: [FWD] Hearing on FBI Counterterrorism Efforts To: VT INFRAGARD <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>, Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hearing on FBI Counterterrorism Efforts http://www.washing

FC: U.K. royals fret their security info is revealed online

http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/uk/england/newsid_2064000/2064388.stm Tuesday, 25 June, 2002, 10:36 GMT 11:36 UK security details 'listed on web' Police footage of the 2 May disorder at Millwall football club Were security frequencies used by Millwall hooligans? The safe

FC: CALEA wiretap requirements took effect yesterday

-- Date: Thu, 27 Jun 2002 17:55:03 -0400 From: James Plummer <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: NCP: Privacy Villain of the Week: CALEA wiretap tax Privacy Villain of the Week: CALEA wiretap tax Consumers looking forward to lower phone bills or the next generation in whizbang wireless technology

FC: More on Howard Berman's war on P2P networks

Previous Politech message: "Rep. Howard Berman declares war on P2P networks, plans new laws" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03702.html --- From: "Ellen Stroud" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'Declan McCullagh'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FW: Rep. H

FC: Photos, text of top Euro antitrustocrat's speech yesterday

Photos from event: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/lowe-aai-antitrust-july02.html News.com article: http://news.com.com/2100-1001-941090.html?tag=fd_top --- http://www.antitrustinstitute.org/recent2/192.cfm "Competition Policy in the European Union"

FC: Salon interviews John Gilmore: "It's time for ICANN to go"

Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-02596.html --- http://www.salon.com/tech/feature/2002/07/02/gilmore/index.html It's time for ICANN to go John Gilmore, original "cypherpunk" and all-around Internet supergeek, explains why the organization that runs the Interne

FC: CEI's reply to Berman's war on trading: What's wrong with DRM?

CEI is a free-market think tank in Washington, a tad more outspokenly libertarian than the Cato Institute. It may be best known for its work on environmental issues, where it has pointed out government reliance on junk science. Jim Delong, who wrote the below message, is an occasional contribu

FC: Photos from WorldCom CEO John Sidgmore hour-long apologia today

Photos from this afternoon's event: http://www.mccullagh.org/theme/worldcom-apology-june02.html --- http://news.com.com/2100-1033-941374.html?tag=fd_top WorldCom CEO apologizes in Washington By Declan McCullagh July 2, 2002, 5:10 PM PT WASHINGTON--WorldCom Chief Executive

FC: H2K2 conference list of speakers: July 12-14 in NYC

cus. Now, instead of investigating crimes, its mission is to prevent them, meaning they have virtual carte blanche to infiltrate any law abiding organization or gathering to make sure all is right. And, even better, their third priority of dangerous crimes to stop (next to terrorism and espi

FC: Freedom-loving Singapore government eliminates online dissent

My report from Singapore, circa 1996: http://www.eff.org/Publications/Declan_McCullagh/nn.singapore.sling.120496.article --- Subject: newsgroup posters accused of 'criminal defamation' in singapore Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 From: [deleted --DBM] To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> dear declan, something that

FC: Entervision.com reportedly retransmits CNN and NBC shows

--- From: "Ben Edelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Entervision Retransmits CNN, NBC Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 14:34:13 -0400 Declan, For the past two weeks, I've been monitoring the web site of a company called Entervision. (You might remember them as the parent of the n

FC: EFF, 2600 give up: Won't appeal loss in DVD descrambling case

Whatever one thinks of the DMCA, abandoning this case was a good move. Remember the history: 1. 2600 loses in federal district court: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,38287,00.html 2. 2600 loses before a three-judge appeals court panel: http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,48726,0

FC: ICANN lawyer Joe Sims to John Gilmore: "Doesn't have a clue"

Previous Politech message: "Salon interviews John Gilmore: 'It's time for ICANN to go'" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03710.html --- Subject: Response to John Gilmore To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: "Joe Sims" <[EMAI

FC: Is the U.S. government a clueless spammer?

[Since it's early in the ayem on the Fourth of July, I suspect we won't get a verification from the Commerce Department today. But this has at least the ring of authenticity. For instance, there is in fact an Amy Magat who works for the DOC in Los Angeles (http://www.usatrade.gov/website/websi

FC: Happy Anniversary-of-American-Independence Day!

[On holidays I try to send out something a bit different, and I've found that free-market.net's newsletter (which generally includes news, but runs a special edition on holidays) is a good choice. Happy independence day! --Declan]

FC: "Hacktivismo" plans to release stego software at H2K2 next week

More on the announcement: http://www.hacktivismo.com/news/modules.php?name=News&file=article&sid=50 --- Date: Wed, 3 Jul 2002 23:27:58 -0700 (PDT) From: "Grandmaster Ratte'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Hacktivismo PR-CAMERA/SHY FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE ADVISORY: The following program may prove d

FC: Alanis Morissette sues Politech subscriber over alanis.net

[Russ is an occasional contributor to Politech. Info on the lawsuit she filed against him is here and at alanis.net: http://story.news.yahoo.com/news?tmpl=story&cid=638&ncid=762&e=2&u=/nm/20020702/en_nm/people_morissette_dc_1 --Declan] --- From: [EMAIL PROTECTED] (admin) To: <[EMAIL PROTECTE

FC: Rep. Berman introduces anti-P2P bill this week -- but no hearing

Previous Politech message: "More on Howard Berman's war on P2P networks" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03708.html --- http://news.com.com/2010-1074-941928.html By Declan McCullagh July 8, 2002, 4:00 AM PT [...] Rep. Howard Berman's war on peer-to-peer networ

FC: Eurocrats say governments should turn to open source software

--- From: David Akin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "'[EMAIL PROTECTED]'" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: FWD: EU govt should share software Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 08:43:58 -0400 Hey Declan -- Hope the new job is going well. Something of interest, likely, for Politech -- [Press release] European adminis

FC: White House advises "cybersecurity" insurance, by Brian Krebs

[Brian says he cut and pasted the story below because "the link expires 14 days after the story runs, which in this case would be Thursday." --Declan] --- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 09:52:17 -0400 From: Brian Krebs <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: hacker insurance To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Organization: Wa

FC: Famous former NYC cop laments loss of individual liberties

--- From: "Danny Yavuzkurt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Declan McCullagh" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Frank Serpico publicly criticizes 'anti-terrorism' measures Date: Sat, 6 Jul 2002 21:20:00 -0400 http://www.centredaily.com/mld/centredaily/news/nation

FC: India worries about Carnivore's prowl, warrantless searches

By way of background, an article from last December: http://timesofindia.indiatimes.com/articleshow.asp?art_id=37906058 "NEW DELHI: The Intelligence Bureau (IB) has prepared a list of new keywords that are to be used to intercept mails emanating from IP addresses in India. The move comes after

FC: Free Prozac in the mail draws a lawsuit, from NYT

[It seems to me that the invasion of privacy claim is weak: I fail to see a real difference between receiving a Prozac pill in the mail vs. a tailored ad beginning "Dear former Prozac user..." The real claim, to the extent there is one, seems to be dispensing drugs near-randomly. --Declan] ---

FC: Case against Goner worm suspects starts in Israel, closed to press

Background on Goner worm, which was written in Visual Basic: http:[EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.fsecure.com/v-descs/goner.shtml Article from last December: "Israeli Teens Held in Goner Virus Probe" http://www.eweek.com/article2/0,3959,30628,00.asp --- Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 22:21:52 +0200 From:

FC: Verisign deviltry? Its reply to a customer who wants to leave

--- From: "Thomas Leavitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fwd: [NIC-020704.4568] Your Registrar Transfer Request Date: Sun, 07 Jul 2002 18:44:13 -0700 Declan, I thought you might be interested in seeing how Verisign responds to a registrar change request... you get what ap

FC: David Scott Anderson: An unapologetic resume spammer, and a twist

David Scott Anderson is not merely a resume spammer -- he's a singularly unapologetic one. Last Tuesday, Anderson spammed me with his resume ("Robust understanding of Internet and other new-economy technologies"), which listed a [EMAIL PROTECTED] address as a reply point. I dutifully forwarded

FC: Replies to "free Prozac in the mail draws a lawsuit"

his means that she is in a marketer's database (sharable) as a person with depression. Suppose it were AIDS, or VD, or whatever? -E. --- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 15:48:43 + From: robin <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: Free Prozac in the mail draws a lawsuit, fr

FC: Computers, Freedom, and Privacy conf. is in NYC next April

[And 2004? Anyone for Amsterdam? --Declan] --- Date: Mon, 8 Jul 2002 20:23:26 -0700 (PDT) From: Computers <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: CFP2003 - April 1-4, 2003 - New York City MARK YOUR CALENDAR CFP 2003--APRIL 1-4 IN THE BIG APPLE Dear Friend of CFP, I am happy, althou

FC: ABC News features Neal Horsley, Abortioncams.com tonight

Neal Horsley is best known for his role in the "Nuremberg Files" case: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=nuremberg ABC News' website (http://abcnews.go.com/Sections/WNT/) teases tonight's segment thusly: "Is a woman's privacy in jeopardy? The controversy over Web sites that p

FC: Three tales of firsthand problems with "anti-spam" blacklists

lends a glimmer of hope that future systems will recognize or investigate genuine reports of spam such as your initial one, as opposed to false accusations such as Anderson's. However, until companies like Earthlink clearly define what spam is -- is sending an unsolicited resume to you, for in

FC: Politech challenge: Decode Al Qaeda stego-communications!

--- From: "Richard M. Smith" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Calling all amateur codebreakers Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 08:49:45 -0400 Hi, USA Today just ran an article about Al Qaeda allegedly using steganography to communicate via Web sites using hidden messages in ordinary

FC: Washington's focus on Homeland Defense moves to technology

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-942686.html Homeland defense focus shifts to tech By Declan McCullagh July 10, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Computer security is becoming an increasingly critical part of President Bush's proposal for a homeland defense agency. When

FC: Capitol Hill considers privacy czar for Homeland Security agency

The legislation itself: http://www.politechbot.com/docs/privacyamendment.071002.gif --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-942752.html Privacy central to Bush security plan By Declan McCullagh July 10, 2002, 8:15 AM PT WASHINGTON--President Bush's proposed Department of Hom

FC: SearchEngineWatch.com on "Deep Linking Lunacy"

We've covered this in some detail: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=linking --- Date: Tue, 09 Jul 2002 14:55:29 -0400 From: "Paul Levy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Deep Linking Lunacy Today's issue of Search Day has a cogent discussion of the deep li

FC: Spam and its defense: A system administrator's point of view

Previous Politech message: "David Scott Anderson: An unapologetic resume spammer, and a twist" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03730.html --- Date: Tue, 9 Jul 2002 10:38:52 +0800 From: Suresh Ramasubramanian <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subjec

FC: A defense of David Scott Anderson and resume spamming

Previous Politech message: "David Scott Anderson: An unapologetic resume spammer, and a twist" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03730.html --- Date: Mon, 08 Jul 2002 23:37:49 -0400 From: [named deleted per request] To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: anderson i found this to be very interesting. i also

FC: Replies to "David Scott Anderson, spammer" and bad blacklists

is my best friend. Cheers, Dave Steer --- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:13:47 +0100 (BST) From: James Sutherland <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: Three tales of firsthand problems with "anti-spam" blacklists On Tue, 9 Jul 2002, Declan M

FC: MPAA lawyergrams Gnutella user for sharing "The Simpsons"

--- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 03:59:15 +0700 From: Vanja Hrustic <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Fw: [7.8.2002 44916] Notice of Copyright Infringement Message-Id: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Declan, Just saw this on vuln-dev mailing list. You might be interested. The question is if Co

FC: Feds face "pervasive weakness" in homeland IT security, GAO says

--- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 18:32:39 -0400 From: Mich Kabay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: GAO Critical Infrastructure Protection report Sender: Mich Kabay <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> -BEGIN PGP SIGNED MESSAGE- Critical Infrastructure Protection: Significant Homeland Security Challenges Need to B

FC: A new domain name dispute low: Unix.org loses name to X/Open

[Links to commercial sites is "bad faith?" --Declan] --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED], [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: I guess we can't talk about Unix any more... Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 15:18:58 -0700 From: John Gilmore <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Unix companies have been shooting themselves in

FC: Delaware politico Steve Biener claims he has the right to spam

See also: "Did Florida's Jeb Bush spam voters by using Democratic mail list?" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03330.html "Calif. governor candidate, DNC chairman turn to political spam" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03199.html "Spammer for Calif. gov wannabe Bill Jones refuses to apologize" http://

FC: Double-headed draft bill curtails fair use -- but aids webcasters

new laws" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03702.html --- http://news.com.com/2100-1023-943134.html Copies, Webcasters tangled in draft bill By Declan McCullagh July 11, 2002, 11:35 AM PT WASHINGTON--Legislators are readying a bill that could sharply limit Americans' rights

FC: Reply to Politech challenge: Stegograms found on azzam.com

ewed PGP's author Phillip Zimmerman after 9-11, and wrote an article insinuating the the algorithm was somehow the terrorists' best friend and that Phil was quite happy about it. Sally Ann Quinn, Software Test Engineer West 50 East Broad St., Rochester, NY 14694 Mail Drop A1-N135 Tel (5

FC: Reminder: H2K2 conference begins today in New York

ority of dangerous crimes to stop (next to >terrorism and espionage) is "cybercrime." We all know what a wide net that >can be. Hear the dangers firsthand from the people who follow this kind of >thing. Hosted by Mike Levine, Declan McCullagh, and Robert Steele. and Saturday a

FC: Bush administration readies nationwide informant program

The link: http://www.citizencorps.gov/tips.html --- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 20:59:54 + From: "J.D. Abolins" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Aussie paper: US planning to recruit one in 24 Americans as citizen spies Anybody ever heard of Pavlik Morozov? (If not see http://www.cyberussr.com/rus

FC: Judge grants injunction against Gator in NYT/Dow Jones suit

--- From: "Ben Edelman" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Preliminary Injunction Granted - "Judge: See ya later, Gator" Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 20:42:27 -0400 Declan, Your readers may be interested in the outcome of today's hearing in the lawsuit filed against Gator by the Wa

FC: Why politicians shouldn't spam, from a non-spamming politico

--- Date: Thu, 11 Jul 2002 14:54:48 -0400 (EDT) From: Lawrence Kestenbaum <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: Delaware politico Steve Biener claims he has the right to spam Declan, [Adapting and extending some of my earlier comments

FC: Scientists create polio virus, politicos weigh regulations

[From the FAS Project on Government Secrecy (fas.org)... --Declan] --- SYNTHESIS OF POLIOVIRUS FUELS DEBATE The synthesis of infectious poliovirus from mail-ordered chemical components, newly accomplished by Pentagon-funded scientists and reported in Science Magazine online yesterday, is renewi

FC: Do y*u Y*h**? Yahoo bans HTML email text with Javascript tags

--- Date: Sun, 14 Jul 2002 11:03:19 -0400 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Monty Solomon <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Do y*u Y*h**? http://www.ntk.net/2002/07/12/ >> HARD NEWS <<

FC: Vatican succeeds in shutting down "blasphemous" websites

Wait 'til the Vatican finds out about the First Church of Christ, Abortionist (which now, admittedly, seems to be defunct): http://web.archive.org/web/19981201233423/www.contrib.andrew.cmu.edu/org/fcca/ -Declan --- http://www.smh.com.au/articles/2002/07/10/1026185056490.html Vatican complaint

FC: WSJ op-ed argues for banning human cloning for four years

http://www.aei.org/ra/rakass020711.htm This article appeared in the Wall Street Journal on July 11, 2002. Stop All Cloning of Humans For Four Years By Leon R. Kass For the past five years, the prospect of human cloning has been the subject of much public attention and sharp moral debate. Se

FC: Roxio "Toast" CD burning software may limit copying

Background on the Toast software: http://www.creativepro.com/software/news/1345.html --- Date: Fri, 12 Jul 2002 15:20:07 -0400 Subject: Fwd: [X Newbies] Copywrite protection now in CD recording software From: Arthur Amolsch <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] You may wan to share this wit

FC: Public Knowledge hopes to turn geeks into, well, geektivists

http://news.com.com/2010-1074-943785.html?tag=politech Bring in the geeks By Declan McCullagh July 15, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Gigi Sohn hopes that geeks have become so enraged by recent anti-piracy schemes that they'll finally want to fight back. The 40

FC: On CSPAN right now: James Traficant testifying in his own defense

Rep. James Traficant (D-Ohio) is making a blustery but at-times eloquent case for his own innocence and abuse of power by the FBI and IRS. Traficant sees a conspiracy against him. He faces expulsion from the House after a conviction in Ohio. He is asking for permission to have witnesses testify

FC: Does Yahoo currently ban HTML email text with Javascript tags?

ews, and little of your work has been subject to sensationalism. Don't give into it in the same way slashdot has. They have a tendancy to take small bugs like this and turn them into major political events. -john --- From: "Ben Serebin" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: "Declan Mc

FC: Thomas Leavitt replies to WSJ op-ed that wants clone-ban

--- From: "Thomas Leavitt" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Re: FC: WSJ op-ed argues for banning human cloning for four years Date: Mon, 15 Jul 2002 10:16:01 -0700 Declan, This just begs for a response. I'm not tremendously enthused about cloning myself

FC: House votes 385-3 for wiretaps, life sent. for malicious hackers

nces for hackers By Declan McCullagh July 15, 2002, 6:00 PM PT WASHINGTON--The House of Representatives on Monday overwhelmingly approved a bill that would allow for life prison sentences for malicious computer hackers. By a 385-3 vote, the House approved a computer crime

FC: Oklahoma ISP filters mystery bookstore newsletter as "unsuitable"

http://news.bookweb.org/621.html The Mystery of the Bounced E-mails Solved: The ISP Filtered It Bookselling This Week Jul 10, 2002 Mary Alice Gorman and Richard Goldman, the husband and wife owners of the Oakmont, Pennsylvania's Mystery Lovers Bookshop, are veteran e-newsletter publishers. They

FC: Abortionismurder.org buys domains similar in name to newspapers

http://www.suntimes.com/output/news/cst-nws-abort11.html Deceptive names promote anti-abortion site July 11, 2002 BY KATE N. GROSSMAN STAFF REPORTER Chicago Sun-Times An anti-abortion activist is buying up Internet domain names with slight variations on names of major news outlets, businesses

FC: Abortionismurder.org replies to Politech with list of domains

Previous Politech message: "Abortionismurder.org buys domains similar in name to newspapers" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03763.html --- From: "William S. Purdy" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: curren list of domain names owned by William S. Purdy - subject of you

FC: DC events: Cato on ICANN (7/23) and CEI on copyright (7/22)

--- Subject: ICANN book forum (7/23, 11:00 at Cato) Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 10:43:08 -0400 From: "Adam Thierer" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Declan... Politech readers may be interested in this Cato Institute ICANN debate next Tuesday at 11:00. As always, it's free and open to th

FC: DOJ responds to informant plan criticism; petition launches

takes no responsibility for, and exercises no control over, the organizations, views, accuracy, copyright or trademark compliance or legality of the material contained on this server." And I can't not find word one about TIPS at the DoJ site. The plot thickens? Or a simple case of nobody

FC: FBI pledges to ditch 1980s computer technology, enter 1990s...

--- http://www.fbi.gov/congress/congress02/higgins071602.htm July 16, 2002 Statement For The Record Sherry Higgins, Project Management Executive for the Off

FC: Brad Templeton on DOJ "TIPS" informant plan: Operation TIPS-TIPS

--- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 23:15:37 -0700 From: Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Re: FC: DOJ responds to informant plan criticism; petition launches Organization: http://www.templetons.com/brad We just need operation TIPS-TIPS.

FC: RIAA escalates attack on music piracy, wants "broadcast flag"

http://news.com.com/2100-1023-944640.html?tag=politech RIAA talks tough on Web radio copying By Declan McCullagh July 17, 2002, 4:50 PM PT WASHINGTON--The Recording Industry Association of America said Wednesday that it has begun pressing for anti-copying technology in

FC: Photos from geektivists disrupting Commerce Dept. roundtable

-944668.html?tag=politech Tech activists protest anti-copying By Declan McCullagh July 17, 2002, 5:55 PM PT WASHINGTON--Enthusiasts of free software disrupted a Commerce Department meeting Wednesday, insisting on their right to debate the entertainment industry over anti-copying

FC: Pennsylvania Republican party becomes latest politico-spammer

--- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: PA GOP committee now engaging in email spamming Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 20:55:02 -0400 From: Dave Touretzky <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Declan, it appears the Pennsylvania Republican Party is now engaging in email spamming. What a revolting development. -- Dave

FC: Politech subscriber wins linking case after sued by church

Previous Politech message: "Churches sue critic for linking" http://www.politechbot.com/p-03192.html --- Date: Tue, 16 Jul 2002 01:05:00 -0500 From: "The Very Rev. Tony Begonja" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Subject: Update on "Churches sue critic for linking" Declan, This round,

FC: Lizard replies to ACLU demanding more Internet regulation

[Original ACLU press release follows. --Declan] --- Date: Wed, 10 Jul 2002 09:44:05 -0700 From: lizard <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Well, first off, the Internet always HAS been under (mostly) private control. The vast majority of the computers w

FC: City of Kirkland drops lawsuit aginst Justicefiles.org

Kirkland of course is that free-speech-friendly town that decided it would be a good use of tax dollars to send lawyergrams to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/kirkland/ Politech archive on Justicefiles.org controversy: http://www.politechbot.com/cgi-bin/politech.cgi?name=justicefiles -Decl

FC: Request for help on documentary film on civil liberties after 9-11

--- Date: Fri, 28 Jun 2002 11:07:34 -0700 Subject: story request From: Jennifer Petrucelli <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Hi Declan -- Thanks again for your time yesterday; It was really helpful talking with you. A brief write-up on the project follows. It would be great if you

FC: John Gilmore sues Feds over secret your-papers-please rule

John Gilmore has been tangling with the airportkops for a while. Here's something I wrote six years ago: http://hotwired.lycos.com/netizen/96/37/special3a.html -Declan --- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 06:22:28 -0700 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: John Young <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Gilmore Sues on

FC: Anti-spam laws opposed by powerful Penis Enhancement lobby

word in the Subject: line or even go to a URL and fill out a why-I-wish-to-contact-this-person form before Politech messages are accepted! (You offenders, including one prominent journalist, know who you are...) --Declan] --- Date: Thu, 18 Jul 2002 09:40:57 -0400 To: Declan McCullagh &l

FC: CFP 2004 may be in Europe, Barry Steinhardt predicts

Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03732.html --- Date: Fri, 19 Jul 2002 17:51:22 -0400 To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> From: Barry Steinhardt <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: CFP in Europe Declan, When you were good enough to post my message about CFP

FC: NSA draws fire on Capitol Hill for 9-11 non-warning, from Time

[Doug covers national security topics for Time in the magazine's Washington bureau. --Declan] http://www.time.com/time/nation/article/0,8599,322587,00.html The NSA Draws Fire A scathing House report charges the agency is badly mismanaged BY DOUGLAS WALLER Saturday, Jul. 20, 20

FC: U.K. fingerprinting of school children draws privacy outcry

--- Date: Mon, 22 Jul 2002 00:38:22 +0100 To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] From: Simon Davies <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Privacy Intl. condemns finger printing of school children PRIVACY INTERNATIONAL MEDIA RELEASE PRIVACY WATCHDOG CONDEMNS MASS FINGER PRINTING OF UK PRIMARY SCHOOL CHILDREN Privacy

FC: Harvey Silverglate on TIPS-informing, obstruction of justice

03) 993-4890 --- To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Cc: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 12:12:25 -0400 Subject: Re: FC: Brad Templeton on DOJ "TIPS" informant plan: Operation TIPS-TIPS > From: Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> >

FC: Doonesbury, Allen Hutchinson on 802.11 networks and security

This is hardly a new topic, but it's a good reminder. Also see Sunday's Doonesbury: http://www.doonesbury.com/shopping/buycomic.cfm?uc_fn=1&uc_full_date=20020721&uc_daction=X&uc_comic=db -Declan --- From: "Allen Hutchison" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Subject: Watch your wire

FC: Brad Templeton on Bush's TIPS program, spam, press credentials

[Some compiled submissions... Brad is a provocative and intelligent writer. Previous Politech message: http://www.politechbot.com/p-03768.html --Declan] --- Date: Wed, 17 Jul 2002 13:25:41 -0700 From: Brad Templeton <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: Declan McCullagh <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sub

FC: Is White House plan tantamount to a national ID? Different views...

http://news.com.com/2010-1079-945347.html?tag=politech Do we need a national ID plan? By Declan McCullagh July 22, 2002, 4:00 AM PT WASHINGTON--Brad Jansen, an analyst at the Free Congress Foundation, has long been a dogged opponent of national identification cards

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