open letter to soc.culture.singapore.moderated readers
Ow...@soc.culture.singapore.moderated
had ever looked into a mirror, this book might have become a
* bestseller. Instead it was published just as the Gulf War allowed us to
* resume business as usual, and went virtually unnoticed.
# The Baltimore Sun, January 27 1997
#
# Amnesty International is calling for a Congressional investigation into
# a CIA torture manual they came into possession of "Counterintelligence
# Interrogation."
#
# The comprehensive manual even includes "medical, chemical or electrical"
# tips for torturers such as "If a new safe house is to be used, the
# electric current should be known in advance so that transformers or
# other modifying devices will be on hand if needed."
: "Above the Law", by David Burnham, ISBN 0-684-80699-1, 1996
:
: Without informing anyone outside the Justice Department, and only a very
: few within, the U.S. Attorney General and the FBI Director agreed upon a
: plan by which the president could suspend many of the key safeguards of
: the Constitution.
:
: Under the top-secret agreement, code-named "Security Portfolio," the FBI
: was authorized, in the event of an ill-defined emergency, to summarily
: arrest up to 20,000 persons and place them in national security detention
: camps.
:
: A watch list of those who should be detained---along with detailed
: information about what they looked like, where they lived and their
: place of employment---was developed by the FBI.
:
:
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Ca...@soc.culture.singapore.moderated
is a re-writeable magnetic card. It's new to us New Yorkers.
They are individually serial-numbered.
* "Metrocards to Replace School Transit Passes"
* By John Sullivan, The New York Times, 8/26/1996
*
* About 500,000 students will now have their bus and subway usage tracked by
* Metrocards, in an effort to save money. Unlike current passes, which
* students can use anytime between 6 A.M. and 7 P.M. on weekdays, the
* Metrocard pass can be programmed to restrict the students to a set number
* of trips a day.
*
* Ms. Gonzalez-Light, a spokeswoman for the Board of Education, said they
* would work with the Transit Authority to individualize the number of
* trips per student to adjust for extra-curricular activities.
Then you could track each individual student? Decide if they might be truant
including if they didn't use it, or went the wrong way?
* "Last Clink for Token-Only Turnstiles"
* By Garry Pierre-Pierre, The New York Times, May 14 1997
*
* The last token-only turnstile was ripped out today.
*
* Officials have spent $700 million over a four-year period to automate the
* system, including upgrading the electrical wiring and the computer systems
* to link up the vast network.
*
* Tokens will be eliminated in a year or so.
*
* For years, transit riders and advocates have been demanding discounts lik
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Qui...@soc.culture.singapore.moderated
to drop its case...
* "...Shabazz...", The New York Times, June 8 1997
*
* Prosecutors dropped the case when it became
* clear she had NOT committed to the crime.
..and instead settle for her getting professional counseling.
Mainly to recover from what Mr. Fitzpatrick and the FBI did to her.
Mr. Fitzpatrick was paid $45,000 of our tax money for his services.
Mr. Fitzpatrick is a cocaine addict.
Remember, it's the 1990s now: same as it ever was.
American citizens are just pawns to be manipulated
by the U.S. intelligence and law enforcement agencies.
Dirt.
Or worse.
* "Above the Law", by David Burnham, ISBN 0-684-80699-1, 1996
*
* At 4:00 A.M. on December 4, 1969, for example, a special fourteen-man
* squad of Chicago police officers raided a house used by the Black
* Panther Party. During the shoot-first-ask-questions-later raid, police
* fired at least ninety-eight rounds into the apartment. Illinois chairman
* Fred Hampton and Peoria chairman Mark Clark were killed.
*
* An FBI informant gave the bureau specific information about where
* Hampton was probably sleeping, and a detailed floor plan of the house
* which the special squad used during its raid.
*
* Thirteen years later, in November 1982, District Court Judge John F.
* Grady determined that there was sufficient evidence of an FBI-led
* conspiracy to deprive the Panthers of their civil rights, and awarded
* the plaintiffs $1.85 million in damages.
: 5/30/97 MSNBC
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Ed...@soc.culture.singapore.moderated
the 'debate' reasons constantly given by the government
are reviewed and debunked. And our nation's experts say it
will hurt security. The GAO says the same thing.
o Part 5: There is no part five.
o Part 6: Louis Freeh & The Creeping Police State
Basically, Louis Freeh is the anti-Christ leading us to Hell.
National ID cards are effectively being implemented without
needing to issue cards. The U.S. Government is trying to
monitor all phone calls and banking transactions, and have
all equipment worldwide designed for their monitoring. They
are bent on controlling the world to the point of there being
no crime left on the planet. Of course, democracy destroyed
is the direct result.
----
This publication advocates five major items:
o Passage of ProCode/SAFE legislation, allowing U.S. companies to
export unlimited strength cryptography, free from "Key Recovery".
Key Recovery means messages are no longer a secret, because the
Government has screwed around with it.
o Killing the CALEA legislation, which orders all communications
equipment be DESIGNED so the Government can spy on it.
o Dismantling domestic ECHELON, the Government listening in on our
domestic phone calls.
o A Cabinet-level U.S. Privacy Commission, with teeth.
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The "average" American has no idea why cryptography is important to them.
It is the only way to begin preventing massiv
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Ch...@soc.culture.singapore.moderated
many countries,
# some of which are far stricter than U.S. policy. Conversely,
# many countries blatantly disregard personal privacy, and might
# not respect our personal rights and business needs. Because of
# this, foreign governments must not be allowed access to the
# escrow key."
# - George Fisher - Chairman and CEO Motorola
#
# "The NIST proposal states that the escrow agents will provide
# the key components to a government agency that 'properly
# demonstrates legal authorization to conduct electronic
# surveillance of communications which are encrypted.' The term
# 'legal authorization' leaves open the possibility that court
# issued warrants may not be required in some circumstances."
# - Robert H. Follett - Program Director IBM
#
# "If people choose to deposit their keys with the government or
# any other escrow agent, they must have some legal recourse in
# the event that those keys are improperly released. The most
# recent draft of the escrow procedures specifically states,
# however:
#
# 'These procedures do not create, and are not intended to
# create, any substantive rights for individuals intercepted
# through electronic surveillance, and noncompliance with these
# procedures shall not provide the basis for any motion to
# suppress or other objection to the introduction of electronic
# surveillance evidence lawfully acquired.'
#
# "Leaving users with no recourse will discourage use of the
# system and is a tacit acceptance of unscrupulous government
# behavior."
# - Jim Hickstein - TERADYNE
#
# "Wiretap subjects must be notified within 30 days after the
# operation is completed. If they
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