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From: Rotwang on 18 Apr 2008 21:38 Bamford, 1983 revision, p459 * * When searching for derogatory references to President Richard M. Nixon * [ "I had no prior knowledge of the Watergate break-in," said President * Nixon looking straight at the camera on a national television address, * "It's that simple." ], for example, technicians would have to program * a variety of keywords, such as "Tricky Dicky." This, according to the * former NSA G Group chief, would be converted to 'ky----ky." * * Should this selection process still produce a considerable amount of * traffic, the data could then undergo 'secondary testing', such as the * addition of the words "New York," to reduce the number. You may wonder what keywords excel at picking up "resume condition" traffic. You want the truth? YOU CAN'T HANDLE THE TRUTH Just kidding. That was Jack Nickelson speaking for the NSA. Here is how it is done: o Select all traffic. o Exclude commonplace traffic, such as mailing lists. example: FROM <firewalls(a)greatcircle.com> This is done by selecting keywords that match against the routing information in the email header: who it came from, who it is going to. The phone analogy is recipient and originating phone numbers. This cuts down on "noi
From: Pubkeybreaker on 18 Apr 2008 21:14 of the presidential race * after Bob Dole attacks his joking comments about marijuana on MTV. * * The plan will likely require federal legislation, probably making highway * funds contingent upon a state's implementation of the plan. * * About three million teenagers will seek driver's licenses each year and * therefore be tested for drugs. At a rate of one-percent false positives, * 30,000 completely clean kids will fail their drug tests. They will be * denied driver's licenses. How will their parents react? Many kids are * likely to be emotionally scarred by the false accusations of drug use, * and some may even attempt suicide out of their shame. Thank you very much Free World Leaders for that intelligent discourse on marijuana. What would we do without you? We love being your lemmings. Keep beating the Drums so we can march into your ocean of insanity. "Zero Tolerance" is an extremely dangerous attitude to have regarding crime. Zero Tolerance by definition means excessive vigilancy. # "War on Drugs Runs Up Against the 4th Amendment" # By Tony Mauro, USA Today # # J. LeWayne Kelly went to the Austin, Texas, airport two months ago. # # But because he's black, dressed casually and wore expensive cowboy boots, # he soon was surrounded by strangers---police who suspected him of being # a drug courier. # # Mr. Kelly had gone to the airport only TO PICK UP A FRIEND. # # He felt numb, agreed to be searched because he didn't want to get beaten. # # Kelly tried an experiment. He had a white friend WEAR THE SAME OUTFIT he # had worn that day and retrace his steps at the airport. # # Police gave the friend not even a glance. # # His lawyer filed a class-action suit in a Texas state court. # # "The Supreme Court has hobbled the
From: JSH on 18 Apr 2008 20:33 the Constitution. # # James Madison must be rolling in his grave at that claim. # # The principal of separation of powers, which he wrote into the # Constitution, was designed to let each of the three branches of # Government check abuse by the others. # # Congress does not like to tangle with the executive on claims of # national security. # # But will it lie down before this claim of exclusive, imperial power? The New York Times, June 20, 1997 President Threatens Veto of Senate Bill for CIA By TIM WEINER WASHINGTON -- The Senate on Thursday passed a secret spending bill for U.S. intelligence, but the White House threatened to veto it over a provision that would protect whistleblowers. The Senate bill would let employees of the Central Intelligence Agency and other branches of the government tell members of Congress classified information that would expose a crime, reveal lying to Congress, uncover fraud or stop abuses. They could do so without approval from their superiors and without fear of reprisal. They could only pass on information to appropriate members -- for example, CIA information would have to go to the Intelligence Committee. But the White House said it would veto the entire bill over that provision. In a written statement, it said the whistle-blower measure
From: JSH on 18 Apr 2008 21:31 read a license plate, ship registration, or * aircraft tail number," said 1st Lieutenant Robert J. Ireland of * Phillips's Lasers and Imaging Directorate. * * "But an operator with special eyewear, using a laser spotlight having a * wavelength invisible to the unaided eye, may be able to," he said. * * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- * Air Force News Agency : DSN: 945-1281 * AFNEWS/IICT : (210) 925-1281 * 203 Norton Street : sysop(a)afnews.pa.af.mil * Kelly AFB, TX 78241-6105 : ftp.pa.af.mil * ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Read car's license plates at night? Phillips's Lasers and Imaging Directorate? What is this? * http://www.rockwell.com/te/itsinca.html * * TraffiCam Vehicle Detection Sensor * * Rockwell is working with a variety of state and local authorities, * including several in California, for the introduction of a new, advanced * technology sensor called TraffiCam. The sensor uses machine vision * technology to detect vehicles. The capabilities of the sensor make it * useful for a variety of applications, including freeway surveillance Ugh oh, 'machine vision', I don't like the sound of that... * http://hippo.mit.edu/projects/projects.html#sensor * * NEW TRAFFIC SENSOR TECHNOLOGY * * MIT was responsible for the concept, overall design, and testing of the * sensor. Travel time is measured by video license plate recognition or * radio transponders. Video recognition of the license plate
From: Matthew T. Russotto on 18 Apr 2008 21:35
occurred again and again and again and again... > > I have come to realize that the number of security incidents a firm > has is not related to how often they warn their employees not to send > proprietary/confidential information out via email. > > The number of security incidents is a function of the number of employees. > > If you are a big computer-based firm (banks, brokerage, insurance etc), > then you are guaranteed to have a huge amount of proprietary/confidential > files flowing out of your Internet connection via email. > > Even if you tell them again and again that it is monitored and they will > be fired for misuse. > > Even if you fire people. > > Even if you prosecute them. > > It appears to be just like the general population and regular crime. > > All sites' management expressed confidence that repeated warnings and > firings would soon stop the proprietary/confidential transfers. > > It turned out to be like saying if we have a slew of laws against > crime and throw many people in prison, crime will soon stop. > > Well, it sounded reasonable when the managers said it about warning people > email was being monitored and firing people. > > Even I was amazed at how wrong they were. > > That it didn't slack off (for more than two weeks) after warning people > again and again. Remember the Bob Brain report? Here's another slice: > Note that this email occurred days after Brain's area had been > notified that their traffic was being watched. > > |