From: John McCain Date: Wed Mar 6, 2002 9:20am Subject: Information Leakage from Optical Emanations Another method of data leakage... how fast can you read the blinky LEDs on the front of your modem or router from across the street? Can ya do it in your head the way we used to interpret baudot rtty? Pretty good paper at http://applied-math.org/optical_tempest.pdf . They indicate that in 36% of the equipment tested, they were able to reconstruct the data stream... some times actually from across the street. Cheers, JohnM Manager, Corporate Security Voice: 217-352-3207 Data Comm for Business, Inc. Fax: 217-352-0350 807 Pioneer Web: http://www.dcbnet.com Champaign, IL. 61820 Email: Jmccain@d... 4954 From: Michael Puchol Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 4:56am Subject: Re: mixing countries to sell transmitters Well, based on the ElcomSoft case, where the company's main programmer was arrested during a conference in the U.S., I would say it's not legal at all - the programmer in this case was arrested as his company was based in Russia, but his ISP was in the U.S., and so were the credit card companies processing all the payments for his software (password breaking tools, mainly). Hope it helps, all the best, Mike (Where are you Aimee?) ----- Original Message ----- From: "Matthew Paulsen" To: Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 9:37 AM Subject: [TSCM-L] mixing countries to sell transmitters > Here's a question for the group. > > Stumbled across a website that is Israeli & US based. They are selling bugs > on the web. Their hosting provider is in Florida, an nslookup yields no > data on their dns other than this, so hence no company data, or address on > website. Their website has only phone numbers for support - 310 area code > being one of them. So, can a company like this operate legally or not? If > the items are shipped/stored in Israel, and the website is hosted here, and > payments are processed through a gateway provider for CC's (let assume > Verisign for simplicity), is this legal or not? > > > > [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > 4955 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 9:19am Subject: U.S. Deports Israelis Amid Warnings of Espionage Activities http://ap.tbo.com/ap/breaking/MGAQS1FAGYC.html Mar 5, 2002 U.S. Deports Israelis Amid Warnings of Espionage Activities By Ted Bridis Associated Press Writer WASHINGTON (AP) - Authorities have arrested and deported dozens of young Israelis since early last year who represented themselves as art students in efforts to gain access to sensitive federal office buildings and the homes of government employees, U.S. officials said. A draft report from the Drug Enforcement Administration - which first characterized the activities as suspicious - said the youths' actions "may well be an organized intelligence-gathering activity." Immigration officials deported them for visa violations; no criminal espionage charges were filed. The arrests, made in an unspecified number of major U.S. cities from California to Florida, came amid public warnings from U.S. intelligence agencies about suspicious behavior by people posing as Israeli art students and "attempting to bypass facility security and enter federal buildings." The Israelis were arrested and deported on charges of working in the United States without authorization or overstaying visits on tourist visas, said Russ Bergeron, a spokesman for the Immigration and Naturalization Service in Washington. He described dozens of arrests since early 2001 but gave no exact figures. The DEA report said a majority of the students questioned by U.S. investigators acknowledged having served in military intelligence, electronic signals interception or explosive ordnance units in the Israeli military. The DEA said one person questioned was the son of a two-star Israeli general, one had served as the bodyguard to the head of the Israeli Army and another served in a Patriot missile unit. Israeli Foreign Ministry spokeswoman Yaffa Ben-Ari said it was "nonsense" that the students were spying on the United States. Another Foreign Ministry spokeswoman, Irit Stopper, confirmed that a few Israelis posing as art students were expelled from the United States for working without permits. However they were not accused of espionage, she said. She did not say how many Israelis were expelled and did not give any additional details. The DEA report was first obtained by a French Web site that specializes in intelligence news, Intelligenceonline.com, and confirmed Tuesday as authentic by DEA spokeswoman Rogene Waite in Washington. The Web site said 120 Israelis had been arrested. "That these people are now traveling in the U.S. selling art seems not to fit their background," the report said. An FBI official, speaking on condition of anonymity, noted there were no espionage charges filed against any of the individuals and that they had been deported. Asked whether any spying activity occurred, the official repeated that no charges had been filed. A Justice Department official, also asking not to be publicly identified, said investigators have been aware of some "alleged linkage" between the students and alleged espionage activities in the United States since early 2001, and said authorities have made arrests in Dallas, Chicago, San Diego and in south Florida. INS spokesman Rodney Germain in Miami said five or six people were arrested in that area at least six months ago on immigration counts. Although security experts at the DEA first characterized the youths' behavior as suspicious, and INS authorities later arrested them, the FBI typically investigates espionage cases in the United States. The DEA report said that among U.S. sites apparently targeted was Tinker Air Force Base in Oklahoma City, home to the military's AWACS surveillance planes and the place where many of the nation's B-1 bombers are repaired. Investigators also said that one female art student went to the home of a worker for the Environmental Protection Agency in Denver to sell paintings and returned later to photograph the house, according to the report. No one within the Justice Department has expressed concerns about the Israeli students possibly committing espionage, Justice spokesman Bryan Sierra said. The deputy U.S. attorney general, Larry Thompson, declined to discuss the arrests when asked about them during a news conference Tuesday. The U.S. Office of the National Counterintelligence Executive, a federal agency, circulated a public warning in March 2001 urging employees to report contact with people describing themselves as Israeli art students. "These individuals have been described as aggressive," the warning said. "They attempt to engage employees in conversation rather than giving a sales pitch." Cooperation with Israel, a longtime key ally, is increasingly important in the U.S. war on terrorism. AP-ES-03-05-02 1658EST -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4956 From: Shawn Hughes Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 0:13pm Subject: optical emanations >SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 (Reuters) - By monitoring the flashes of LED lights >on electronics equipment >and the indirect glow from monitors, scientists in the United States and the >United Kingdom have >discovered ways to remotely eavesdrop on computer data. > > >Optical signals from the little flashing LED (light-emitting diode) lights, >usually red and dotting everything >from modems to keyboards and routers, can be captured with a telescope and >processed to reveal all the >data passing through the device, Joe Loughry, a computer programmer at >Lockheed Martin Space Systems >in Denver, told Reuters on Wednesday. > > >"It requires little apparatus, can be done at a considerable distance, and >is completely undetectable," he >writes in his paper, "Information Leakage from Optical Emanations." "In >effect, LED indicators act as little >free-space optical data transmitters, like fiber optics but without the >fiber." > > >Not every LED-enabled device is at risk, though. Affected is equipment used >in low-speed, long-distance >networks typically found in proprietary networks, such as ATM (automated >teller machines) at banks, as >opposed to corporate local area networks or home Internet connections, >Loughry said. > > >He said he was able to collect a strong optical signal from about 22 yards >(20 meters), using optical sensor >equipment. > > >"It is interesting to walk around downtown at night in a large city and look >up at the glass windows and you >see a lot of computers," Loughry said. "I've seen racks of equipment with >LEDs on them visible from the >street. That's kind of what got me to pursue this." > > >Loughry began his research on LEDs in 1994 when he was a graduate student at >Seattle University. Asked >how computer researchers could have overlooked for so long something that >literally stares them in the >face, he said: "I guess nobody ever looked at it before. > > >"I was working very late one night and waiting for a long file transfer to >complete and I was just staring at >these lights on the front of the modem and started to wonder if there was >anything there," said Loughry. > > >The solutions are easy -- locate equipment away from windows, put black tape >over LEDs or de-activate >them when not in use. Equipment manufacturers also can modify the devices. > > >The paper is scheduled to be published later this year in the scientific >journal for the Association for >Computing Machinery, called "ACM Transaction on Information and System >Security." > > >His co-author is his former professor, David Umphress, now a software >engineering professor at Alabama's >Auburn University. 4957 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 0:30pm Subject: Re: Interesting article (Whittier College) OK, As per your request I'll post your message to the list, but the Whittier Police department's account of what happened contradicts your version; and there seems to be some major questions as to who crossed the line on things that they should not be doing. Also, the people at college (and the paper) feels that the the spyshop you brought in is trying to hustle them for goods and service they don't need. There is also some concern that way to many people are scrambling around and trying to turn this into a publicity stunt to drum up more business and leach money out of the college. I would be more then happy to subscribe you to the list so that you can directly post your own version of what happened. I would also be happy to forward any details you would care to share to the list to help clear up any misunderstanding in this matter. -jma At 11:45 PM -0500 3/6/02, LAPRIVEYE@a... wrote: >X-From_: daemon Wed Mar 6 23:46:08 2002 >From: LAPRIVEYE@a... >Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:45:27 EST >Subject: Interesting article (Whittier College) >To: jmatk@t... > >Mr. Atkinson, > >I am presuming that you are a Professional and as such would not >rebroadcast an unsupported web article critical of another >professional, then encouraging others to read it. We are a country >of free speech and I firmly believe in it's use. >As a Professional I was somewhat amazed that you would read an >article which is highly critical another professional by name, in >fact so critically as to be libelous, and rebroadcast it! >Some of the article is accurate however it is an insult to the >Student Body and that of the School Paper Staff that their statement >and report to the Police were not accurate. The facts as I >understand from the Police Department support that the officer did >in fact do what was reported and as such has been counseled over the >incident. >I am not an X-Police or "wanna be" but a retired Law Enforcement >Officer and I just "didn't fall off a turnip truck" as the article >amply and simply indicates. This article apparently when read >appears to be the product of a self serving bored individual not a >Professional. Professional are not quick to criticize other >Professionals for their own vanity as it appears the subtext of this >article implies. >I am thick skinned and appreciate criticism however a Professional >does not write such an inflammatory article without checking out his >facts as well as the education, training and experience of the >person he is being critical of. >If you were to post an article I think this would and should be the >appropriate article and entitle it the duties of a professional when >criticizing other professionals. As a By line I did immediatly >contact experts in the electronic evesdropping field and within an >hour had agood understanding of the manafacture and capabilities of >this "Bug" that was in part because a Professional will consult >another Professional in the appropriate field before he "shoots his >mouth off." I realize my capabilities even though I have an >education, background and certified training in electronics'. Again >even with that background I felt compelled to contact another >Professional in that specific field. >It should be remembered that we are Professionals and when we assume >the statements made by other Professionals, made by third parties we >have crossed out of the Professional field and into the area of a >Gossip monger. >I would appreciate you posting my article and forwarding it to the >originator / Author of this highly critical article which was good >but lacked research which can only reflect on the writer. >Sometimes we become legends in our own minds, a Professional does >not assume when he decides to make or rebroadcast such erroneous and >quite frankly a "mother-in-law" type article. >I understand we all get excited when an article comes out in our >field of expertise and we all do like to highlight what should have >been done which is constructive and is the proper use of a >professional LISTSERV, However we cross the line when we start >casting stones and the article no longer is instructive but a self >serving article of "I am some much smarter" and he is "a village >idiot." >I might be a "village idiot" but please research or call me to >confirm it before you broadcast it to the world. >If you are a true professional you will put this on your LISTSERV >and redirect it to the original author. >To set the record straight a police report was eventually taken and >the "Idiot" P. I. did immediately secured the services of one of >your contemporary Professionals at the point he was first contacted, >of course had the writer done his research he would of known that >and quite possibly toned down his remarks some of which could be >contributed to the Professionals in his field who were quoted out of >context and not named. We should work together not against each >other, I have learned a great deal from this "back biting" article >and it will assist me in my business so I do thank you for that. > >Thomas Barnes P. I. 8154-11300 >www.LAPrivateEye.com "the village idiot web site" -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4958 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 0:35pm Subject: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. (A wee bit left wing, but an interesting set of messages -jma) 1. U.S. DESTROYS ISRAELI CRIMINAL SPY NETWORK http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1287 2. An Enigma: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. http://www.antiwar.com/rep/lemonde1.html 3. FOX NEWS SERIES ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE U.S. http://www.firefox.1accesshost.com/cameron.html 4. French Reports: U.S. Busts Big Israeli Spy Ring http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0305-05.htm 5. THE ISRAELI SPY RING SCANDAL http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/spyring.html 6. Pro-Israel ADL illegally Spied on American Citizens http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1280 7. The ADL Spying Case is Over, But the Struggle Continues http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspying2.html - The ADL Snoops - Were the Spies "Journalists"? http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspies.html 8. U.S. Deports Israeli Spy Suspects http://www.reportersnotebook.com/newforum/indexforum.html 9. Arab-Americans Spied on by ADL Sue Three Police Departments http://washington-report.org/backissues/0993/9309015.html 10. HOW AMERICANS ARE BLACKMAILED BY ISRAEL http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20020224202106987 AN ENIGMA: VAST ISRAELI SPY NETWORK DISMANTLED IN THE U.S. http://www.antiwar.com/rep/lemonde1.html by SYLVAIN CYPEL Le Monde http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3222--265330-,00.html Translated by MALCOLM GARRIS It is undoubtedly the largest case of Israeli spying in the United States -- that has been made public -- since 1986. In June 2001, an investigative report detailed the activities of more than one-hundred Israeli agents, some presenting themselves as fine arts students, others tied to Israeli high-tech companies. All were challenged by the authorities, were questioned and a dozen of them are still imprisoned. One of their tasks was to track the Al-Qaida terrorists on American territory -- without informing the federal authorities. Elements of this investigation, taken up by American television Fox News, reinforce this thesis: that Israel did not transmit to the United States all the evidence in its possession on the preparation of the September 11 attacks. ISRAELI SPY RING UNCOVERED IN U.S. http://www.intelligenceonline.com The latest issue of the Online Intelligence Letter, a publication specializing in questions of information, has revealed that a vast Israeli spy network operating on American territory was dismantled. It is the biggest affair involving the Mossad (the Israel's external security agency) in activity against the United States since Jonathan Pollard, an employee of the U.S. Navy, was condemned to life in prison, in 1986, for spying for Israel's benefit. Which was the real scale of this network? The facts evoked by an American investigative report do not indicate if the network obtained the information it was after, or if the authorities dismantled it in its initial phase. According to the Chief Editor of Online Intelligence, Guillaume Dasquie, this "vast network of Israeli intelligence agents was neutralized by the counter-espionage services of the Department of Justice." The Americans "would have apprehended or expelled close to 120 Israeli nationals." M. Dasquie gives a report on a "61-page review article" from June 2001, given to the American justice department by a "task force" made up of agents of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and some INS (Immigration and Naturalization Service) agents "who were associated with the FBI and the office of investigation of the U.S. Air Force." Questioned by Le Monde, Will Glaspy, of the Public Affairs department of the DEA, authenticated this report, and said the DEA "holds a copy." This is not the first time that information relating to Israeli espionage appeared in the United States since the Pollard affair. In June 1999, the review Insight had described, at length, a "secret" investigation by division 5 of the FBI regarding Israeli phone-tapping targeting the White House, the State Department and the National Security Council. FOX NEWS SERIES ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE U.S. http://www.firefox.1accesshost.com/cameron.html After the attacks of September 11, very little detailed information had come out about the arrest of some sixty Israelis. Finally, from the 11th to the 14th of December 2001, the Fox News television channel aired an investigation in four parts into Israeli espionage in the United States, in the broadcast "Carl Cameron Investigates." The Israeli Embassy in Washington immediately responded by stating that it did not contain "anything true." American Jewish organizations such JINSA (Jewish Institute for National Security Affairs), AIPAC (America-Israel Political Action Committee) and others denounced the report as a "machination." Fox withdrew from its Internet site, one day and half after its posting, all the material related to this investigation. Le Monde requested three times with Fox News to provide a tape of the broadcast. It was never done. On February 26, Fox told our correspondent in New York that sending it posed "a problem," without being specific. Le Monde, however took note of the whole script in this investigation. Carl Cameron evokes "a vast secret investigation held there" relating to "140 Israelis made to pass for students of the University of Jerusalem or Betzalel Academy of Arts [which have] unceasingly sought to come into contact with civil servants and, according to a document, targeted and penetrated military bases, dozens of buildings of the DEA, FBI and others." His investigation focused on two aspects. Firstly, could the Israelis have had preliminary knowledge of the September 11 attacks and not informed the Americans? His sources, explains Carl Cameron, tell him: "The principal question is 'how they could they have not known?'" On the screen, his Editor-in-Chief tells him thus: "Certain reports confirm that the Mossad sent representatives to the United States to warn them, before September 11, of the imminence of a major terrorist attack. That does not go in the direction of an absence of warning." Cameron's response: "The problem is not the absence of warning, but the absence of useful details" compared to those which American services suspect Israel of having held. The second round of the investigation touched on Israeli companies providing administrative services for American companies, which would conceal information. It was aimed at the manufacturer of Amdocs software, placed on Wall Street, which lists, for the 25 major telephone companies of the United States, all the calls coming into and originating from American territory, as well as the companies Nice and Comverse Infosys, the latter providing the data-processing programs to American law enforcement agencies authorized to eavesdrop on private phone conversations. Comverse is suspected of having introduced into its systems of the "catch gates" in order to "intercept, record and store" these wire-taps. This hardware would render the "listener" himself "listened to." Question to Cameron: "Are there reasons to believe the Israeli government is implicated?" Answer: "No, none, but a classified top-secret investigation is underway." The broadcast had been shown beforehand to the highest persons in charge of the CIA, the FBI, the NSA (the agency in charge of phone-taps), the DEA and the American Justice Department, none of which objected to its airing. The report submitted to the American Justice Department, to which Le Monde had access, shows that many of the "fine-arts students" suspected of illicit activity have a military past in Israeli information or advanced technology units. Some entered and left the United States on several occasions, remaining each time for short periods. Several are related to the hi-tech Israeli companies of Amdocs, Nice and Retalix. Challenged, a "coed" saw her guarantee of $10,000 paid by an Israeli working at Amdocs. Questioned, two others admitted being employed by Retalix. Le Monde obtained other information not contained in this report. Six of the intercepted "students" had a cellular telephone bought by an Israeli ex-Vice-Consul in the United States. Two others, at an unspecified time, arrived in Miami by direct flight from Hamburg, and went to the residence of an FBI agent, to try to sell him artwork, left again for the Chicago airport to go to the residence of an agent of the Justice Department, then again took a plane directly for Toronto -- all in one day. More than a third of these "students," who, according to the report, moved in at least 42 American cities, stated they resided in Florida. Five at least were intercepted in Hollywood, and two in Fort Lauderdale. Hollywood is a town of 25,000 inhabitants to the north of Miami, close to Fort Lauderdale. At least 10 of the 19 terrorists of 9/11 were residing in Florida. Four of the five members of the group that diverted American Airlines flight number 11 -- Mohammed Atta, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Walid and Wail Al-Shehri, as well as one of the five terrorists of United flight 175, Marwan Al-Shehhi -- resided all at various times in... Hollywood, Florida. As for Ahmed Fayez, Ahmed and Hamza Al-Ghamdi and Mohand Al-Shehri, who took over United flight 75, like Said Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed Al-Haznawi and Ahmed Al-Nami, of United flight 93 which crashed September 11 in Pennsylvania, and Nawaq Al-Hamzi, of AA flight 77 (crashed into the Pentagon), they all at one time resided at Delray Beach, in the north of Fort Lauderdale. This convergence is, inter alia, the origin of the American conviction that one of the tasks of the Israeli "students" would have been to track the Al-Qaida terrorists on their territory, without informing the federal authorities of the existence of the plot. Two enigmas remain. Why was the Israeli network a priority of drug enforcement agents? An assumption: the DEA is the main American agency inquiring into the money laundering. A network such as Al-Qaida used "dirty" [funding], and the Taliban's Afghanistan was the primary exporter of opium in the world. Why this astonishing "cover" of false students canvassers for poor artwork? The Israeli network seemed to hold lists of names. Its members knew at which office or which private residence to go. The objective was apparently to make contact, even for a short time. According to an Israeli specialist in espionage, "this story is a ridiculous joke, and is not serious." Contacted, the services of the Israeli Prime Minister [Ariel Sharon] still had not, as of Monday evening March 4, answered our questions. The American Justice Department indicated to us that "a dozen" of these "students" would still be imprisoned indefinitely, and all the others had been released or deported. The FBI indicated to us that it will not make "any comment at this stage." The CIA, the FBI, the DEA, the INS, the NSA, the Justice Department and the Pentagon have all designated an investigator on this file. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4959 From: Matthew Paulsen Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 2:12pm Subject: RE: Re: Interesting article (Whittier College) So, who were these outside Professionals that were contacted and used? What about their commentary on the article? What about a letter of reference or recommendation of services performed from the University staff and faculty? If these other Professionals are so good why not list who they are now so we can all utilize their Professional capabilities in the future? Noticed this as well - No names or information about training or expertise in this field referenced or equipment used either. http://www.laprivateeye.com/Bugging.htm Why not disclose the name of associated organizations and personnel? A lot of blanks to fill in. Matt -----Original Message----- From: James M. Atkinson [mailto:jmatk@t...] Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 10:31 AM To: TSCM-L Mailing List Subject: [TSCM-L] Re: Interesting article (Whittier College) OK, As per your request I'll post your message to the list, but the Whittier Police department's account of what happened contradicts your version; and there seems to be some major questions as to who crossed the line on things that they should not be doing. Also, the people at college (and the paper) feels that the the spyshop you brought in is trying to hustle them for goods and service they don't need. There is also some concern that way to many people are scrambling around and trying to turn this into a publicity stunt to drum up more business and leach money out of the college. I would be more then happy to subscribe you to the list so that you can directly post your own version of what happened. I would also be happy to forward any details you would care to share to the list to help clear up any misunderstanding in this matter. -jma At 11:45 PM -0500 3/6/02, LAPRIVEYE@a... wrote: >X-From_: daemon Wed Mar 6 23:46:08 2002 >From: LAPRIVEYE@a... >Date: Wed, 6 Mar 2002 23:45:27 EST >Subject: Interesting article (Whittier College) >To: jmatk@t... > >Mr. Atkinson, > >I am presuming that you are a Professional and as such would not >rebroadcast an unsupported web article critical of another >professional, then encouraging others to read it. We are a country >of free speech and I firmly believe in it's use. >As a Professional I was somewhat amazed that you would read an >article which is highly critical another professional by name, in >fact so critically as to be libelous, and rebroadcast it! >Some of the article is accurate however it is an insult to the >Student Body and that of the School Paper Staff that their statement >and report to the Police were not accurate. The facts as I >understand from the Police Department support that the officer did >in fact do what was reported and as such has been counseled over the >incident. >I am not an X-Police or "wanna be" but a retired Law Enforcement >Officer and I just "didn't fall off a turnip truck" as the article >amply and simply indicates. This article apparently when read >appears to be the product of a self serving bored individual not a >Professional. Professional are not quick to criticize other >Professionals for their own vanity as it appears the subtext of this >article implies. >I am thick skinned and appreciate criticism however a Professional >does not write such an inflammatory article without checking out his >facts as well as the education, training and experience of the >person he is being critical of. >If you were to post an article I think this would and should be the >appropriate article and entitle it the duties of a professional when >criticizing other professionals. As a By line I did immediatly >contact experts in the electronic evesdropping field and within an >hour had agood understanding of the manafacture and capabilities of >this "Bug" that was in part because a Professional will consult >another Professional in the appropriate field before he "shoots his >mouth off." I realize my capabilities even though I have an >education, background and certified training in electronics'. Again >even with that background I felt compelled to contact another >Professional in that specific field. >It should be remembered that we are Professionals and when we assume >the statements made by other Professionals, made by third parties we >have crossed out of the Professional field and into the area of a >Gossip monger. >I would appreciate you posting my article and forwarding it to the >originator / Author of this highly critical article which was good >but lacked research which can only reflect on the writer. >Sometimes we become legends in our own minds, a Professional does >not assume when he decides to make or rebroadcast such erroneous and >quite frankly a "mother-in-law" type article. >I understand we all get excited when an article comes out in our >field of expertise and we all do like to highlight what should have >been done which is constructive and is the proper use of a >professional LISTSERV, However we cross the line when we start >casting stones and the article no longer is instructive but a self >serving article of "I am some much smarter" and he is "a village >idiot." >I might be a "village idiot" but please research or call me to >confirm it before you broadcast it to the world. >If you are a true professional you will put this on your LISTSERV >and redirect it to the original author. >To set the record straight a police report was eventually taken and >the "Idiot" P. I. did immediately secured the services of one of >your contemporary Professionals at the point he was first contacted, >of course had the writer done his research he would of known that >and quite possibly toned down his remarks some of which could be >contributed to the Professionals in his field who were quoted out of >context and not named. We should work together not against each >other, I have learned a great deal from this "back biting" article >and it will assist me in my business so I do thank you for that. > >Thomas Barnes P. I. 8154-11300 >www.LAPrivateEye.com "the village idiot web site" -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle ------------------------------------------------------------------------ -------------------------- Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ADVERTISEMENT ======================================================== TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. =================================================== TSKS Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to the Yahoo! Terms of Service. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 4960 From: A Grudko Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 1:10am Subject: Re: FYI, UWB article ----- Original Message ----- From: kirk To: ; John McCain Sent: Wednesday, March 06, 2002 8:34 PM Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] FYI, UWB article > I just wanted to let the group know that I've been a member of the Ultra Wideband Working Group which is a regulating and information group to the UWB industry. More information can be had on Ultra wideband at this website, www.uwb.org/faqs.html. If you feel you have something to add to the furtherance of this technology please feel free to apply for membership. > > Kirk > > > ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- > From: John McCain > Date: Tue, 05 Mar 2002 16:54:12 -0600 > > >There's a pretty good article on ultra wide band (believe it or not, this > >one actually includes some references to Shannon's equations and power > >spectral density) in the March, 2002 Communications System Design > >magazine. If you don't subscribe, read it online at > >http://www.commsdesign.com/design_corner/OEG20020301S0021 . > > > >Naturally, it's written by someone with a product to sell, but it's a > >pretty good intro for those of us who haven't looked into UWB before. > > > >Cheers, > >JohnM > > > > > > > >Manager, Corporate Security Voice: 217-352-3207 > >Data Comm for Business, Inc. 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I am now the proud owner of a 'SH-005 Lipstick size RF Signal Detector' (mine's a sexy silver). Messers Atkinson, Urhig and Kaiser, you can dump all those heavy, bulky SAs, receivers, antennas, filters, amps etc. I HAVE THE ANSWER. This amazing product (quoting from the packaging backboard) : "2. Detecting frequencies from 50 Mhz - 3.0 Ghz covering all Peeping cameras, cellphones, Taps etc. .... 5. Fuzzy scanning technique can filter the using envirnment noise to avoid mis-warning." In case you are not familiar with the Fuzzy scanning technique, it does not require any training - just 2 bottles of cheap wine. The SH-005 is so compact that it comes with a keyring loop...wow! Cool! - now I can keep my RF sweep kit in my pocket 24/7. Alas, upon inspection, more electronics have gone into the beep-beep/flash-flash function than the diode detection circuit! Andy Grudko D.P.M., Grad I.S, (S.A.) - Grudko Associates - www.grudko.com , Est. 1981 International business intelligence and investigations - ICQ 146498943 Johannesburg (+27 11) 465 9673 - 465 1487 (Fax), Pretoria (+27 12) 244 0255 - 244 0256 (Fax) SACI, WAD, CALI, SAMLF, UKPIN, AFIO (OS), IWWA, PRETrust, AmChamCom When you need it done right - first time 4962 From: Gordon Mitchell Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 0:38pm Subject: Re: optical emanations It certainly is true that this can be done. Unintentional radiation of electromagnetic signals is something that has been exploited by governments for some time. In the business of commercial sweeping it seems not too relevant, however. Unless a client has a facility that is really secure it's much easier for an eavesdropper to just put something in. Looking around the room for bright IR sources is much more likely to produce optical link discoveries than worrying about a small modulation of visible LEDs. More details on this technique are available from http://applied-math.org/optical_tempest.pdf The author gives some distance/bandwidth tradeoffs that will be useful. Note that his work only employed Si PIN detectors; ranges would improve with APDs or PMTs. Following the author's measurements one can extrapolate the size of lens needed to capture light from the LED of interest. It looks like just glancing around for a huge piece of glass would suffice for countermeasures! -- Gordon phone +1 (425) 489-0446 or toll free (888) 284-5457 Electronic eavesdropping detection Bug-Killer.com Finding clues in computers eSleuth.com Shawn Hughes wrote: > > >SAN FRANCISCO, March 6 (Reuters) - By monitoring the flashes of LED lights > >on electronics equipment > >and the indirect glow from monitors, scientists in the United States and the > >United Kingdom have > >discovered ways to remotely eavesdrop on computer data. > > > > > >Optical signals from the little flashing LED (light-emitting diode) lights, > >usually red and dotting everything > >from modems to keyboards and routers, can be captured with a telescope and > >processed to reveal all the > >data passing through the device, Joe Loughry, a computer programmer at > >Lockheed Martin Space Systems > >in Denver, told Reuters on Wednesday. > > > > > >"It requires little apparatus, can be done at a considerable distance, and > >is completely undetectable," he > >writes in his paper, "Information Leakage from Optical Emanations." "In > >effect, LED indicators act as little > >free-space optical data transmitters, like fiber optics but without the > >fiber." > > > > > >Not every LED-enabled device is at risk, though. Affected is equipment used > >in low-speed, long-distance > >networks typically found in proprietary networks, such as ATM (automated > >teller machines) at banks, as > >opposed to corporate local area networks or home Internet connections, > >Loughry said. > > > > > >He said he was able to collect a strong optical signal from about 22 yards > >(20 meters), using optical sensor > >equipment. > > > > > >"It is interesting to walk around downtown at night in a large city and look > >up at the glass windows and you > >see a lot of computers," Loughry said. "I've seen racks of equipment with > >LEDs on them visible from the > >street. That's kind of what got me to pursue this." > > > > > >Loughry began his research on LEDs in 1994 when he was a graduate student at > >Seattle University. Asked > >how computer researchers could have overlooked for so long something that > >literally stares them in the > >face, he said: "I guess nobody ever looked at it before. > > > > > >"I was working very late one night and waiting for a long file transfer to > >complete and I was just staring at > >these lights on the front of the modem and started to wonder if there was > >anything there," said Loughry. > > > > > >The solutions are easy -- locate equipment away from windows, put black tape > >over LEDs or de-activate > >them when not in use. Equipment manufacturers also can modify the devices. > > > > > >The paper is scheduled to be published later this year in the scientific > >journal for the Association for > >Computing Machinery, called "ACM Transaction on Information and System > >Security." > > > > > >His co-author is his former professor, David Umphress, now a software > >engineering professor at Alabama's > >Auburn University. > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ 4963 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 6:43pm Subject: Reports: U.S. busts Israeli spy ring http://www.msnbc.com/news/719589.asp?cp1=1 Reports: U.S. busts Israeli spy ring French media say spies were operating in U.S. PARIS, March 5 - The United States has broken up a huge Israeli spy ring that may have trailed suspected al-Qaida members in the United States without informing federal authorities, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Tuesday. A SECRET U.S. government report outlining spying activities by Israelis contained "elements (that) support the theory that Israel did not give the U.S. all the information it had about the planning for the Sept. 11 attacks," it wrote. Le Monde said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had confirmed to it the existence of the secret study, which says the Israelis posed as graphic arts students and tried to enter buildings belonging to the DEA and other federal agencies. Intelligence Online, a Paris-based newsletter that reported on the study on Monday, said some 120 Israeli spies had been arrested or expelled and inquiries were continuing. An FBI spokesman on Monday called the Intelligence Online report a "bogus story. ... There wasn't a spy ring." In Israel on Monday, a spokesman told Reuters: "The prime minister's office declines to comment on this matter." VAST ISRAELI ESPIONAGE But Le Monde on Tuesday reported Intelligence Online's findings and added elements it said its reporters had uncovered. "A vast Israeli espionage network operating on American territory has been broken up," Le Monde wrote. It called the case the biggest Israeli spy case in the United States to be made public since 1986, a reference to the life sentence given Jonathan Pollard, an American Jew who passed U.S. military secrets to Israel. The Pollard affair strained relations between the United States and Israel, two traditionally close allies. Guillaume Dasquie, editor of Intelligence Online, said Monday's report did not specify exactly what information the alleged agents were seeking. "The report shows the clandestine network was engaged in several intelligence operations. It was a long-term project, not a one-off coup," he said. Le Monde published what it said were excerpts from the introduction of the June 2001 report, including a comment that the women in the spy ring were "usually very attractive." LINK TO AL-QAIDA? Le Monde said more than one third of the suspected Israeli spies had lived in Florida, where at least 10 of the 19 Arabs involved in the Sept. 11 airplane attacks on New York's World Trade Center also lived. At least five of them resided in Hollywood, Fla., where alleged hijack mastermind Mohammad Atta and four accomplices in the World Trade Center attacks also lived. The United States holds Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Two Israelis lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., near Delray Beach, where hijackers in the planes that crashed into the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania resided temporarily, it added. "This concordance could be the source of the American view that one of the missions of the Israeli 'students' could have been to track al-Qaida terrorists on (U.S.) territory without informing federal authorities," Le Monde wrote. Le Monde said Fox News television reported in December that Israeli agents were sent to the United States before Sept. 11 to warn Washington about a threat, but the agents did not have enough useful information for U.S. officials to act on. Le Monde, which said it had seen a copy of the secret report, said it also had learned that six suspected spies had used portable telephones bought by a former Israeli vice-consul in the United States. Le Monde said several suspected spies had frequently entered and left the United States after only short stays. TECH CONNECTIONS Intelligence Online said the DEA also had confirmed the existence of the report drawn up for the Justice Department by the DEA, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Air Force. Intelligence Online said the suspects, all between 22 and 30, had recently finished their Israeli military service and one was related to a two-star Israeli general. It named several of the Israelis it said had been arrested. The inquiry began in February 2001 and is still continuing, the newsletter quoted the report as saying. "The network targeted some of the most sensitive sites in the United States," the twice-monthly newsletter said, citing an Air Force base near Oklahoma City and unnamed federal offices buildings where the Israelis tried to sell artwork. Intelligence Online said the suspected agents also had cultivated contacts with Israeli information technology companies based in the United States and serving as regular suppliers to various U.S. federal agencies. © 2002 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4964 From: ariel silverstone Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 2:09pm Subject: Re: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. We ought also to say that all spokepersons for the FBi, DEA and INS denied those reports publicly over the pages of the Washington Post. >From: "James M. Atkinson" >To: TSCM-L Mailing List >Subject: [TSCM-L] Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. >Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:35:11 -0500 > >(A wee bit left wing, but an interesting set of messages -jma) > > > >1. U.S. DESTROYS ISRAELI CRIMINAL SPY NETWORK >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1287 > >2. An Enigma: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. >http://www.antiwar.com/rep/lemonde1.html > >3. FOX NEWS SERIES ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE U.S. >http://www.firefox.1accesshost.com/cameron.html > >4. French Reports: U.S. Busts Big Israeli Spy Ring >http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0305-05.htm > >5. THE ISRAELI SPY RING SCANDAL >http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/spyring.html > >6. Pro-Israel ADL illegally Spied on American Citizens >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1280 > >7. The ADL Spying Case is Over, But the Struggle Continues >http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspying2.html >- The ADL Snoops - Were the Spies "Journalists"? >http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspies.html > >8. U.S. Deports Israeli Spy Suspects >http://www.reportersnotebook.com/newforum/indexforum.html > >9. Arab-Americans Spied on by ADL Sue Three Police Departments >http://washington-report.org/backissues/0993/9309015.html > >10. HOW AMERICANS ARE BLACKMAILED BY ISRAEL >http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20020224202106987 > > > >AN ENIGMA: >VAST ISRAELI SPY NETWORK DISMANTLED IN THE U.S. >http://www.antiwar.com/rep/lemonde1.html > >by SYLVAIN CYPEL >Le Monde >http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3222--265330-,00.html >Translated by MALCOLM GARRIS > >It is undoubtedly the largest case of Israeli spying in the United >States -- that has been made public -- since 1986. In June 2001, an >investigative report detailed the activities of more than one-hundred >Israeli agents, some presenting themselves as fine arts students, others >tied to Israeli high-tech companies. All were challenged by the >authorities, were questioned and a dozen of them are still imprisoned. >One of their tasks was to track the Al-Qaida terrorists on American >territory -- without informing the federal authorities. Elements of this >investigation, taken up by American television Fox News, reinforce this >thesis: that Israel did not transmit to the United States all the >evidence in its possession on the preparation of the September 11 >attacks. > >ISRAELI SPY RING UNCOVERED IN U.S. >http://www.intelligenceonline.com > >The latest issue of the Online Intelligence Letter, a publication >specializing in questions of information, has revealed that a vast >Israeli spy network operating on American territory was dismantled. > >It is the biggest affair involving the Mossad (the Israel's external >security agency) in activity against the United States since Jonathan >Pollard, an employee of the U.S. Navy, was condemned to life in prison, >in 1986, for spying for Israel's benefit. Which was the real scale of >this network? The facts evoked by an American investigative report do >not indicate if the network obtained the information it was after, or if >the authorities dismantled it in its initial phase. > >According to the Chief Editor of Online Intelligence, Guillaume Dasquie, >this "vast network of Israeli intelligence agents was neutralized by the >counter-espionage services of the Department of Justice." The Americans >"would have apprehended or expelled close to 120 Israeli nationals." > >M. Dasquie gives a report on a "61-page review article" from June 2001, >given to the American justice department by a "task force" made up of >agents of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and some INS >(Immigration and Naturalization Service) agents "who were associated >with the FBI and the office of investigation of the U.S. Air Force." >Questioned by Le Monde, Will Glaspy, of the Public Affairs department of >the DEA, authenticated this report, and said the DEA "holds a copy." > >This is not the first time that information relating to Israeli >espionage appeared in the United States since the Pollard affair. In >June 1999, the review Insight had described, at length, a "secret" >investigation by division 5 of the FBI regarding Israeli phone-tapping >targeting the White House, the State Department and the National >Security Council. > >FOX NEWS SERIES ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE U.S. >http://www.firefox.1accesshost.com/cameron.html > >After the attacks of September 11, very little detailed information had >come out about the arrest of some sixty Israelis. Finally, from the 11th >to the 14th of December 2001, the Fox News television channel aired an >investigation in four parts into Israeli espionage in the United States, >in the broadcast "Carl Cameron Investigates." The Israeli Embassy in >Washington immediately responded by stating that it did not contain >"anything true." American Jewish organizations such JINSA (Jewish >Institute for National Security Affairs), AIPAC (America-Israel >Political Action Committee) and others denounced the report as a >"machination." Fox withdrew from its Internet site, one day and half >after its posting, all the material related to this investigation. > >Le Monde requested three times with Fox News to provide a tape of the >broadcast. It was never done. On February 26, Fox told our correspondent >in New York that sending it posed "a problem," without being specific. >Le Monde, however took note of the whole script in this investigation. >Carl Cameron evokes "a vast secret investigation held there" relating to >"140 Israelis made to pass for students of the University of Jerusalem >or Betzalel Academy of Arts [which have] unceasingly sought to come into >contact with civil servants and, according to a document, targeted and >penetrated military bases, dozens of buildings of the DEA, FBI and >others." > >His investigation focused on two aspects. Firstly, could the Israelis >have had preliminary knowledge of the September 11 attacks and not >informed the Americans? His sources, explains Carl Cameron, tell him: >"The principal question is 'how they could they have not known?'" On the >screen, his Editor-in-Chief tells him thus: "Certain reports confirm >that the Mossad sent representatives to the United States to warn them, >before September 11, of the imminence of a major terrorist attack. That >does not go in the direction of an absence of warning." Cameron's >response: "The problem is not the absence of warning, but the absence of >useful details" compared to those which American services suspect Israel >of having held. > >The second round of the investigation touched on Israeli companies >providing administrative services for American companies, which would >conceal information. It was aimed at the manufacturer of Amdocs >software, placed on Wall Street, which lists, for the 25 major telephone >companies of the United States, all the calls coming into and >originating from American territory, as well as the companies Nice and >Comverse Infosys, the latter providing the data-processing programs to >American law enforcement agencies authorized to eavesdrop on private >phone conversations. Comverse is suspected of having introduced into its >systems of the "catch gates" in order to "intercept, record and store" >these wire-taps. This hardware would render the "listener" himself >"listened to." > >Question to Cameron: "Are there reasons to believe the Israeli >government is implicated?" Answer: "No, none, but a classified >top-secret investigation is underway." The broadcast had been shown >beforehand to the highest persons in charge of the CIA, the FBI, the NSA >(the agency in charge of phone-taps), the DEA and the American Justice >Department, none of which objected to its airing. > >The report submitted to the American Justice Department, to which Le >Monde had access, shows that many of the "fine-arts students" suspected >of illicit activity have a military past in Israeli information or >advanced technology units. Some entered and left the United States on >several occasions, remaining each time for short periods. Several are >related to the hi-tech Israeli companies of Amdocs, Nice and Retalix. > >Challenged, a "coed" saw her guarantee of $10,000 paid by an Israeli >working at Amdocs. Questioned, two others admitted being employed by >Retalix. > >Le Monde obtained other information not contained in this report. Six of >the intercepted "students" had a cellular telephone bought by an Israeli >ex-Vice-Consul in the United States. Two others, at an unspecified time, >arrived in Miami by direct flight from Hamburg, and went to the >residence of an FBI agent, to try to sell him artwork, left again for >the Chicago airport to go to the residence of an agent of the Justice >Department, then again took a plane directly for Toronto -- all in one >day. > >More than a third of these "students," who, according to the report, >moved in at least 42 American cities, stated they resided in Florida. >Five at least were intercepted in Hollywood, and two in Fort Lauderdale. >Hollywood is a town of 25,000 inhabitants to the north of Miami, close >to Fort Lauderdale. At least 10 of the 19 terrorists of 9/11 were >residing in Florida. > >Four of the five members of the group that diverted American Airlines >flight number 11 -- Mohammed Atta, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Walid and Wail >Al-Shehri, as well as one of the five terrorists of United flight 175, >Marwan Al-Shehhi -- resided all at various times in... Hollywood, >Florida. As for Ahmed Fayez, Ahmed and Hamza Al-Ghamdi and Mohand >Al-Shehri, who took over United flight 75, like Said Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed >Al-Haznawi and Ahmed Al-Nami, of United flight 93 which crashed >September 11 in Pennsylvania, and Nawaq Al-Hamzi, of AA flight 77 >(crashed into the Pentagon), they all at one time resided at Delray >Beach, in the north of Fort Lauderdale. > >This convergence is, inter alia, the origin of the American conviction >that one of the tasks of the Israeli "students" would have been to track >the Al-Qaida terrorists on their territory, without informing the >federal authorities of the existence of the plot. > >Two enigmas remain. Why was the Israeli network a priority of drug >enforcement agents? An assumption: the DEA is the main American agency >inquiring into the money laundering. A network such as Al-Qaida used >"dirty" [funding], and the Taliban's Afghanistan was the primary >exporter of opium in the world. Why this astonishing "cover" of false >students canvassers for poor artwork? The Israeli network seemed to hold >lists of names. Its members knew at which office or which private >residence to go. The objective was apparently to make contact, even for >a short time. > >According to an Israeli specialist in espionage, "this story is a >ridiculous joke, and is not serious." Contacted, the services of the >Israeli Prime Minister [Ariel Sharon] still had not, as of Monday >evening March 4, answered our questions. The American Justice Department >indicated to us that "a dozen" of these "students" would still be >imprisoned indefinitely, and all the others had been released or >deported. The FBI indicated to us that it will not make "any comment at >this stage." The CIA, the FBI, the DEA, the INS, the NSA, the Justice >Department and the Pentagon have all designated an investigator on this >file. > >-- > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, >Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 > Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 > 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ > Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation >of > a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in > a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other >ones, > both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- _________________________________________________________________ Join the world’s largest e-mail service with MSN Hotmail. http://www.hotmail.com 4965 From: kirk Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 3:20pm Subject: Re: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. Deported Israelis Not Spies, U.S. Says Times Headlines By ERIC LICHTBLAU and ROBIN WRIGHT, TIMES STAFF WRITERS WASHINGTON -- Several dozen Israeli students have been deported since last year under a cloud of suspicion over possible espionage, but U.S. authorities said Tuesday that they are confident the youths were art peddlers, not spies. Rumors of espionage by Israeli students have circulated for months only to be denied by law enforcement officials, but new reports Tuesday in the French media revived the issue, prompting Israeli officials to dismiss the articles as "nonsense." The allegations were triggered by an internal memo last year at the Drug Enforcement Administration describing "suspicious" activity by Israeli students. Employees at several federal buildings around the country had noticed dozens of young Israelis selling artwork and toys outside their facilities. "The nature of the individuals' conduct," along with other factors, "leads [DEA security] to believe the incident may well be an organized intelligence-gathering activity," the memo said, according to a law enforcement official familiar with the document. The memo cited an unconfirmed report that the students had visited homes of government employees, apparently to peddle their art. But the DEA memo said there was no reason for immediate concern. The FBI also looked into the issue, but "we determined that there was no counterintelligence issue here. There was no spying," according to a bureau official who asked not to be identified. No one was ever charged with espionage, but some members of the group were deported for selling artwork without a proper work visa. Although he did not have an exact figure, Immigration and Naturalization Service spokesman Russ Bergeron said that in the last year or two, several dozen Israeli students on student or visitor visas have been deported. "Their cases were handled routinely and they were removed, and that's it," he said. There was no allegation of espionage, he said. Mark Regev, spokesman for the Israeli Embassy in Washington, said the allegation of espionage by Israeli students "is baseless." Cite: www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/world/la-000016769mar06.story ---------- Original Message ---------------------------------- From: "James M. Atkinson" Date: Thu, 7 Mar 2002 13:35:11 -0500 >(A wee bit left wing, but an interesting set of messages -jma) > > > >1. U.S. DESTROYS ISRAELI CRIMINAL SPY NETWORK >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1287 > >2. An Enigma: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. >http://www.antiwar.com/rep/lemonde1.html > >3. FOX NEWS SERIES ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE U.S. >http://www.firefox.1accesshost.com/cameron.html > >4. French Reports: U.S. Busts Big Israeli Spy Ring >http://www.commondreams.org/headlines02/0305-05.htm > >5. THE ISRAELI SPY RING SCANDAL >http://www.whatreallyhappened.com/spyring.html > >6. Pro-Israel ADL illegally Spied on American Citizens >http://groups.yahoo.com/group/InfoTimes/message/1280 > >7. The ADL Spying Case is Over, But the Struggle Continues >http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspying2.html >- The ADL Snoops - Were the Spies "Journalists"? >http://www.counterpunch.org/adlspies.html > >8. U.S. Deports Israeli Spy Suspects >http://www.reportersnotebook.com/newforum/indexforum.html > >9. Arab-Americans Spied on by ADL Sue Three Police Departments >http://washington-report.org/backissues/0993/9309015.html > >10. HOW AMERICANS ARE BLACKMAILED BY ISRAEL >http://palestinechronicle.com/article.php?story=20020224202106987 > > > >AN ENIGMA: >VAST ISRAELI SPY NETWORK DISMANTLED IN THE U.S. >http://www.antiwar.com/rep/lemonde1.html > >by SYLVAIN CYPEL >Le Monde >http://www.lemonde.fr/article/0,5987,3222--265330-,00.html >Translated by MALCOLM GARRIS > >It is undoubtedly the largest case of Israeli spying in the United >States -- that has been made public -- since 1986. In June 2001, an >investigative report detailed the activities of more than one-hundred >Israeli agents, some presenting themselves as fine arts students, others >tied to Israeli high-tech companies. All were challenged by the >authorities, were questioned and a dozen of them are still imprisoned. >One of their tasks was to track the Al-Qaida terrorists on American >territory -- without informing the federal authorities. Elements of this >investigation, taken up by American television Fox News, reinforce this >thesis: that Israel did not transmit to the United States all the >evidence in its possession on the preparation of the September 11 >attacks. > >ISRAELI SPY RING UNCOVERED IN U.S. >http://www.intelligenceonline.com > >The latest issue of the Online Intelligence Letter, a publication >specializing in questions of information, has revealed that a vast >Israeli spy network operating on American territory was dismantled. > >It is the biggest affair involving the Mossad (the Israel's external >security agency) in activity against the United States since Jonathan >Pollard, an employee of the U.S. Navy, was condemned to life in prison, >in 1986, for spying for Israel's benefit. Which was the real scale of >this network? The facts evoked by an American investigative report do >not indicate if the network obtained the information it was after, or if >the authorities dismantled it in its initial phase. > >According to the Chief Editor of Online Intelligence, Guillaume Dasquie, >this "vast network of Israeli intelligence agents was neutralized by the >counter-espionage services of the Department of Justice." The Americans >"would have apprehended or expelled close to 120 Israeli nationals." > >M. Dasquie gives a report on a "61-page review article" from June 2001, >given to the American justice department by a "task force" made up of >agents of the DEA (Drug Enforcement Administration) and some INS >(Immigration and Naturalization Service) agents "who were associated >with the FBI and the office of investigation of the U.S. Air Force." >Questioned by Le Monde, Will Glaspy, of the Public Affairs department of >the DEA, authenticated this report, and said the DEA "holds a copy." > >This is not the first time that information relating to Israeli >espionage appeared in the United States since the Pollard affair. In >June 1999, the review Insight had described, at length, a "secret" >investigation by division 5 of the FBI regarding Israeli phone-tapping >targeting the White House, the State Department and the National >Security Council. > >FOX NEWS SERIES ON ISRAELI SPYING IN THE U.S. >http://www.firefox.1accesshost.com/cameron.html > >After the attacks of September 11, very little detailed information had >come out about the arrest of some sixty Israelis. Finally, from the 11th >to the 14th of December 2001, the Fox News television channel aired an >investigation in four parts into Israeli espionage in the United States, >in the broadcast "Carl Cameron Investigates." The Israeli Embassy in >Washington immediately responded by stating that it did not contain >"anything true." American Jewish organizations such JINSA (Jewish >Institute for National Security Affairs), AIPAC (America-Israel >Political Action Committee) and others denounced the report as a >"machination." Fox withdrew from its Internet site, one day and half >after its posting, all the material related to this investigation. > >Le Monde requested three times with Fox News to provide a tape of the >broadcast. It was never done. On February 26, Fox told our correspondent >in New York that sending it posed "a problem," without being specific. >Le Monde, however took note of the whole script in this investigation. >Carl Cameron evokes "a vast secret investigation held there" relating to >"140 Israelis made to pass for students of the University of Jerusalem >or Betzalel Academy of Arts [which have] unceasingly sought to come into >contact with civil servants and, according to a document, targeted and >penetrated military bases, dozens of buildings of the DEA, FBI and >others." > >His investigation focused on two aspects. Firstly, could the Israelis >have had preliminary knowledge of the September 11 attacks and not >informed the Americans? His sources, explains Carl Cameron, tell him: >"The principal question is 'how they could they have not known?'" On the >screen, his Editor-in-Chief tells him thus: "Certain reports confirm >that the Mossad sent representatives to the United States to warn them, >before September 11, of the imminence of a major terrorist attack. That >does not go in the direction of an absence of warning." Cameron's >response: "The problem is not the absence of warning, but the absence of >useful details" compared to those which American services suspect Israel >of having held. > >The second round of the investigation touched on Israeli companies >providing administrative services for American companies, which would >conceal information. It was aimed at the manufacturer of Amdocs >software, placed on Wall Street, which lists, for the 25 major telephone >companies of the United States, all the calls coming into and >originating from American territory, as well as the companies Nice and >Comverse Infosys, the latter providing the data-processing programs to >American law enforcement agencies authorized to eavesdrop on private >phone conversations. Comverse is suspected of having introduced into its >systems of the "catch gates" in order to "intercept, record and store" >these wire-taps. This hardware would render the "listener" himself >"listened to." > >Question to Cameron: "Are there reasons to believe the Israeli >government is implicated?" Answer: "No, none, but a classified >top-secret investigation is underway." The broadcast had been shown >beforehand to the highest persons in charge of the CIA, the FBI, the NSA >(the agency in charge of phone-taps), the DEA and the American Justice >Department, none of which objected to its airing. > >The report submitted to the American Justice Department, to which Le >Monde had access, shows that many of the "fine-arts students" suspected >of illicit activity have a military past in Israeli information or >advanced technology units. Some entered and left the United States on >several occasions, remaining each time for short periods. Several are >related to the hi-tech Israeli companies of Amdocs, Nice and Retalix. > >Challenged, a "coed" saw her guarantee of $10,000 paid by an Israeli >working at Amdocs. Questioned, two others admitted being employed by >Retalix. > >Le Monde obtained other information not contained in this report. Six of >the intercepted "students" had a cellular telephone bought by an Israeli >ex-Vice-Consul in the United States. Two others, at an unspecified time, >arrived in Miami by direct flight from Hamburg, and went to the >residence of an FBI agent, to try to sell him artwork, left again for >the Chicago airport to go to the residence of an agent of the Justice >Department, then again took a plane directly for Toronto -- all in one >day. > >More than a third of these "students," who, according to the report, >moved in at least 42 American cities, stated they resided in Florida. >Five at least were intercepted in Hollywood, and two in Fort Lauderdale. >Hollywood is a town of 25,000 inhabitants to the north of Miami, close >to Fort Lauderdale. At least 10 of the 19 terrorists of 9/11 were >residing in Florida. > >Four of the five members of the group that diverted American Airlines >flight number 11 -- Mohammed Atta, Abdulaziz Al-Omari, Walid and Wail >Al-Shehri, as well as one of the five terrorists of United flight 175, >Marwan Al-Shehhi -- resided all at various times in... Hollywood, >Florida. As for Ahmed Fayez, Ahmed and Hamza Al-Ghamdi and Mohand >Al-Shehri, who took over United flight 75, like Said Al-Ghamdi, Ahmed >Al-Haznawi and Ahmed Al-Nami, of United flight 93 which crashed >September 11 in Pennsylvania, and Nawaq Al-Hamzi, of AA flight 77 >(crashed into the Pentagon), they all at one time resided at Delray >Beach, in the north of Fort Lauderdale. > >This convergence is, inter alia, the origin of the American conviction >that one of the tasks of the Israeli "students" would have been to track >the Al-Qaida terrorists on their territory, without informing the >federal authorities of the existence of the plot. > >Two enigmas remain. Why was the Israeli network a priority of drug >enforcement agents? An assumption: the DEA is the main American agency >inquiring into the money laundering. A network such as Al-Qaida used >"dirty" [funding], and the Taliban's Afghanistan was the primary >exporter of opium in the world. Why this astonishing "cover" of false >students canvassers for poor artwork? The Israeli network seemed to hold >lists of names. Its members knew at which office or which private >residence to go. The objective was apparently to make contact, even for >a short time. > >According to an Israeli specialist in espionage, "this story is a >ridiculous joke, and is not serious." Contacted, the services of the >Israeli Prime Minister [Ariel Sharon] still had not, as of Monday >evening March 4, answered our questions. The American Justice Department >indicated to us that "a dozen" of these "students" would still be >imprisoned indefinitely, and all the others had been released or >deported. The FBI indicated to us that it will not make "any comment at >this stage." The CIA, the FBI, the DEA, the INS, the NSA, the Justice >Department and the Pentagon have all designated an investigator on this >file. > >-- > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- >The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, >Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. >-------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- > James M. 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Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > -- Kirk Adirim President TACTRONIX Tactical Electronics for Critical Missions 8497 Sunset Boulevard #28 West Hollywood, CA 90069 USA E: kirk@t... T: 323-650-2880 F: 310-388-5886 W: www.tactronix.com -- 4966 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 7:10pm Subject: Craps [The following sort of reminds me of the fiasco that recently folding out at Whittier College] Two bored casino dealers were waiting at a craps table. A very attractive blonde woman arrived and bet twenty-thousand dollars on a single roll of the dice. She said, "I hope you don't mind, but I feel much luckier when I'm completely nude." With that she stripped from her neck down, rolled the dice and yelled, "Mama needs new clothes!". Then she hollered "YES! YES! I WON! I WON!" She jumped up and down and hugged each of the dealers. She then picked up all the money and clothes and quickly departed. The dealers just stared at each other dumbfounded. Finally, one of them asked, "What did she roll?" The other answered, "I don't know. I thought YOU were watching!" MORAL Not all blondes are dumb, but all men are men. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4967 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 7, 2002 8:49pm Subject: Whittier College Greeting Card Over two dozen people in California are falling all over themselves to horn in and exploit the situation at Whittier College but only one TSCM'er has been able to provide even the slightest amount of insight in the matter. To the other 23, I would like to the provide the following words of encouragement: http://www.tscm.com/cupofsfu.jpg Warmest Regards, -jma -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4968 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 9:06am Subject: US busts Israeli spy ring - French media say spies were operating in U.S. US busts Israeli spy ring French media say spies were operating in U.S. MSNBC PARIS, March 5 - The United States has broken up a huge Israeli spy ring that may have trailed suspected al-Qaida members in the United States without informing federal authorities, the French newspaper Le Monde reported on Tuesday. A SECRET U.S. government report outlining spying activities by Israelis contained "elements (that) support the theory that Israel did not give the U.S. all the information it had about the planning for the Sept. 11 attacks," it wrote. Le Monde said the U.S. Drug Enforcement Administration had confirmed to it the existence of the secret study, which says the Israelis posed as graphic arts students and tried to enter buildings belonging to the DEA and other federal agencies. Intelligence Online, a Paris-based newsletter that reported on the study on Monday, said some 120 Israeli spies had been arrested or expelled and inquiries were continuing. An FBI spokesman on Monday called the Intelligence Online report a "bogus story. ... There wasn't a spy ring." In Israel on Monday, a spokesman told Reuters: "The prime minister's office declines to comment on this matter." VAST ISRAELI ESPIONAGE But Le Monde on Tuesday reported Intelligence Online's findings and added elements it said its reporters had uncovered. "A vast Israeli espionage network operating on American territory has been broken up," Le Monde wrote. It called the case the biggest Israeli spy case in the United States to be made public since 1986, a reference to the life sentence given Jonathan Pollard, an American Jew who passed U.S. military secrets to Israel. The Pollard affair strained relations between the United States and Israel, two traditionally close allies. Guillaume Dasquie, editor of Intelligence Online, said Monday's report did not specify exactly what information the alleged agents were seeking. "The report shows the clandestine network was engaged in several intelligence operations. It was a long-term project, not a one-off coup," he said. Le Monde published what it said were excerpts from the introduction of the June 2001 report, including a comment that the women in the spy ring were "usually very attractive." LINK TO AL-QAIDA? Le Monde said more than one third of the suspected Israeli spies had lived in Florida, where at least 10 of the 19 Arabs involved in the Sept. 11 airplane attacks on New York's World Trade Center also lived. At least five of them resided in Hollywood, Fla., where alleged hijack mastermind Mohammad Atta and four accomplices in the World Trade Center attacks also lived. The United States holds Saudi dissident Osama bin Laden's al-Qaida network responsible for the Sept. 11 attacks. Two Israelis lived in Fort Lauderdale, Fla., near Delray Beach, where hijackers in the planes that crashed into the Pentagon and in Pennsylvania resided temporarily, it added. "This concordance could be the source of the American view that one of the missions of the Israeli 'students' could have been to track al-Qaida terrorists on (U.S.) territory without informing federal authorities," Le Monde wrote. Le Monde said Fox News television reported in December that Israeli agents were sent to the United States before Sept. 11 to warn Washington about a threat, but the agents did not have enough useful information for U.S. officials to act on. Le Monde, which said it had seen a copy of the secret report, said it also had learned that six suspected spies had used portable telephones bought by a former Israeli vice-consul in the United States. Le Monde said several suspected spies had frequently entered and left the United States after only short stays. TECH CONNECTIONS Intelligence Online said the DEA also had confirmed the existence of the report drawn up for the Justice Department by the DEA, the Immigration and Naturalization Service, the Federal Bureau of Investigation and the U.S. Air Force. Intelligence Online said the suspects, all between 22 and 30, had recently finished their Israeli military service and one was related to a two-star Israeli general. It named several of the Israelis it said had been arrested. The inquiry began in February 2001 and is still continuing, the newsletter quoted the report as saying. "The network targeted some of the most sensitive sites in the United States," the twice-monthly newsletter said, citing an Air Force base near Oklahoma City and unnamed federal offices buildings where the Israelis tried to sell artwork. Intelligence Online said the suspected agents also had cultivated contacts with Israeli information technology companies based in the United States and serving as regular suppliers to various U.S. federal agencies. © 2002 Reuters Limited. All rights reserved. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4969 From: D.A.Linsky Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 0:13pm Subject: Low tech vs.high tech Directional antennas made from empty pringles cans. SSC, Inc. David A.Linsky President dlinsky@s... http://www.securesvc.com [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 4970 From: Ed Naylor Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 0:11pm Subject: PRINGLES CAN DIRECTIONAL ANT. http://news.bbc.co.uk/hi/english/sci/tech/newsid_1860000/1860241.stm 4971 From: thoucynic Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 3:25pm Subject: Re: Vast Israeli Spy Network Dismantled in the U.S. > We ought also to say that all spokepersons for the FBi, DEA and INS denied > those reports publicly over the pages of the Washington Post. We ought also say that such a response is to be expected when dealing with such politically sensitive topics, that none on this list are naive, nor any childern, and that a denial concerning matters that are probably classified by individuals with a sworn duty to protect the secrecy of such information in no way indicates that there is any substance to these denials. On a final note: From an article by Justin Raimondo (who is not a left-winger, to the contrary he wrote for a Buchanan anthology): "What I like best about Online Intelligence is that it names names, "A few of the operatives are well known in the Israeli intelligence community. The report cited the names of Peer Segalovitz (military registration number 5087989) and Aran Ofek, son of a renowned two-star general in the Israeli army. The network targeted some of the most sensitive sites in the U.S., such as Tanker Air Force Base near Oklahoma City. Indeed, the U.S. Air Force's Office of Special Investigation sent a letter to the Justice Department on May 16 of last year to ask for assistance in a case against four Israelis suspected of spying: Yaron Ohana, Ronen Kalfon, Zeev Cohen and Naor Topaz." " Source; http://www.antiwar.com/justin/j030802.html Again, no one on this list is a child. 4972 From: Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 2:38pm Subject: Light-bulb carrier current Anyone know of an actual, non theoretical, functioning in the field carrier current device contained in a working light bulb? Might save me a trip if it's in the realm of Elvis sightings and bigfoot. Thanks for any help! Martin Brown Brown & Sikes, Inc. 4973 From: Shawn Hughes Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 6:41pm Subject: the college bug deal Quote: "..To set the record straight a police report was eventually taken..." As a self proclaimed former Professional Law Enforcement Officer, how do you defend this statement? That is exactly like saying, " after finding the corpse, eventually, a police report was taken." It tells me that you do not have any concept of chain of custody, or that as a non-police officer (spelled civilian), your job ended as soon as you found the unit. Regards, Shawn Hughes [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 4974 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 9:37pm Subject: FBI denies reports on Israeli spy ring http://ummahnews.com/viewarticle.php?sid=2968 FBI denies reports on Israeli spy ring 2002-03-06 20:36:45 VOA News 6 March 2002 The FBI has denied reports of a major Israeli spy ring in the United States. The story was reported by "Intelligence Online," a French website specializing in intelligence matters, and by the French daily Le Monde. About 120 Israelis were said to have been arrested or deported by U.S. authorities as a result of a top-secret operation, which reportedly began last April and was ongoing. An FBI spokesman dismissed the story as "bogus" and said there was no such Israeli spy ring. Some media reports have suggested that Israel may have been aware of the preparations leading up to the September 11 attacks in New York and Washington. The French website said the Israeli spies were operating in the states of California, Texas, Arkansas and Florida. Florida was where alleged hijack leader Mohammad Atta and four accomplices had lived. Copyright 2001. This news item is distributed via Middle East News Online (MiddleEastWire.com). All rights reserved. May not be redistributed, published or used for broadcast without prior written authorisation from Middle East News Online. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4975 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 9:46pm Subject: Re: Light-bulb carrier current At 2:38 PM -0600 3/8/02, brnsike@s... wrote: >Anyone know of an actual, non theoretical, functioning in the field >carrier current device contained in a working light bulb? Might save me >a trip if it's in the realm of Elvis sightings and bigfoot. Thanks for >any help! > >Martin Brown >Brown & Sikes, Inc. There are several companies which package a VLF transmitter in the base of a light bulb, the frequency is typically below 300 kHz, and usually between 75 kHz and 250 kHz. VERY easy to detect with a spectrum analyzer and LISN if it is operably. If the unit is off line a physical inspection of the bulb base will show that the original epoxy has been disturbed, and the solder points will have been disturbed. The device will also clearly show up on an X-Ray inspection. Beware of bigfoot sightings in Texas. -jma -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4976 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 10:12pm Subject: Re: the college bug deal You make a good point, It would be one thing if the device had been left in place and the police called in, it would also be something else if they removed it and then drove it directly to the local police station. But "eventually" taking to the police indicates intent and obstruction. If you find a dead body in your living room, you do not load it in your trunk and drive around with it for a few days so you can show it to your friends and perform your own medical experiments on it. Now, lets consider that perhaps the person who found it honestly didn't know what the thing was, and was simply carrying it around trying to get experts to help him figure it out. OK, but at what moment did he stop suspecting it was a bug, and at what point did he have good reason to belive it was an illicit eavesdropping device? -jma At 7:41 PM -0500 3/8/02, Shawn Hughes wrote: >Quote: "..To set the record straight a police report was eventually taken..." > > > >As a self proclaimed former Professional Law Enforcement Officer, how do >you defend this statement? That is exactly like saying, " after finding the >corpse, eventually, a police report was taken." > > >It tells me that you do not have any concept of chain of custody, or that >as a non-police officer (spelled civilian), your job ended as soon as you >found the unit. > > >Regards, > >Shawn Hughes -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4977 From: Shawn Hughes Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 11:24pm Subject: off topic, but confusing none the less >FORT WORTH, Texas (AP) - A judge raised bond to $250,000 Friday for a >nurse's aide accused of killing >a homeless man by hitting him with her car and leaving him to die in her >garage. > > >Chante J. Mallard, 25, had been released on $10,000 bail after she was >arrested Wednesday. Prosecutors >said that amount was too low. > > >``It is no secret that the community is outraged by the offense of the >defendant and I'd remind the court this >is a murder charge,'' said Richard Alpert, a Tarrant County assistant >district attorney. > > >District Judge James R. Wilson raised the amount. Mallard, who wept in the >courtroom, was taken into >custody after the hearing. > > >Mallard is accused of slamming into Gregory Biggs last fall on a highway >near her home, then driving >home with his head lodged in the broken windshield. Authorities say they >were tipped that she had been >drinking and taking drugs that night. > > >Police said Mallard ignored Biggs' cries for help as he bled to death over >the next two days in her garage. >His body was dumped in a park, where it was found Oct. 27. > > >Mallard faces from five years to life in prison if convicted. Police say >they expect more arrests in the case. > > >Mike Heiskell, Mallard's attorney, asked the judge to set the bond based on >the case, not community >outrage. He called on Mallard's parents, married 38 years, and one of her >older brothers, a Fort Worth Fire >Department lieutenant, to testify that she would not flee if freed on bail. > > >James E. Mallard Sr. wept on the stand, saying his daughter had no criminal >record and sometimes worked >two jobs at a time. > > >But when questioned by prosecutors, Chante Mallard's relatives acknowledged >they did not know her >boyfriend or her friends and had not been to her house in months. They also >said they did not know exactly >where Mallard worked and when. > > >``It's evident her family cares about her, but they don't know her,'' Alpert >told the judge. > > >Authorities say Biggs would have lived had he received medical attention. >His legs were broken and he >suffered cuts, but he had no internal injuries, according to the medical >examiner's office. > > >Biggs, 37, had struggled with mental illness and had been staying at a >homeless shelter, where workers said >he often brought them flowers. Biggs was estranged from his mother and sister. > > >His son, Brandon Biggs, 19, lives about 35 miles northeast of Abilene. He >said he is not angry at Mallard. > > >``I pray for her, actually,'' the high school senior told the Fort Worth >Star-Telegram. ``I'd just like to talk to >her - just ask questions and see why, to get a better understanding.'' 4978 From: Hawkspirit Date: Sat Mar 9, 2002 9:06am Subject: R.F. telephones During a sweep of a executives golf course home yesterday I had an interesting experience with his R.F. telephone. The phone was a Panasonic 2.4 GHZ spread spectrum, model KX-T62570B. He happened to be on this phone when I was sweeping with my spectrum analyzer. His conversation came in through the AM slope demodulator in my analyzer. The really interesting thing is that this guy does not own a hardwired telephone. Shows you how convenience oriented we have become. Anyway, can anyone recommend a R.F. phone that would have a frequency hopping format, more like cell phones? I am trying to remember what the Seimens Gigasets format was. For these clients who demand having the R.F. link convenience, what would be the best, most difficult to scan and demodulate R.F. phone? Thanks, Roger Tolces Electronic Security Co. www.bugsweeps.com 4979 From: Charles P Date: Fri Mar 8, 2002 9:35pm Subject: Re: Light-bulb carrier current This one is not exactly a "functioning" light bulb but it does have ir led's in it: http://www.gadgethome.com/cgi-local/SoftCart.exe/scstore/p-SVSB1.html?E+scst ore Charles charles@t... Global Communications Tarrytown, NY www.telephonesecurity.com ----- Original Message ----- From: To: "TSCM-Group" Sent: Friday, March 08, 2002 3:38 PM Subject: [TSCM-L] Light-bulb carrier current > Anyone know of an actual, non theoretical, functioning in the field > carrier current device contained in a working light bulb? Might save me > a trip if it's in the realm of Elvis sightings and bigfoot. Thanks for > any help! > > Martin Brown > Brown & Sikes, Inc. > > > > > ======================================================== > TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List > "In a multitude of counselors there is strength" > > To subscribe to the TSCM-L mailing list visit: > http://www.yahoogroups.com/community/TSCM-L > > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > It is by the juice of Star Bucks that thoughts acquire speed, > the hands acquire shaking, the shaking is a warning. > It is by caffeine alone I set my mind in motion. > =================================================== TSKS > > Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/ > > > 4980 From: Paolo Sfriso Date: Sat Mar 9, 2002 7:13am Subject: Latest Purchase from Steve Uhrig Dear Colleagues. Having recently purchased a Riser Bond TDR from Steve Uhrig of SWSSEC I would like to publicly compliment Steve for his first class assistance. Not only did he supply a piece of equipment in excellent conditions at a very competitive price, but his pre-sale technical suggestions were absolutely priceless being aimed not at selling but at providing priceless suggestions on which model to purchase. Rest assured that for my future equipment purchases Steve will be the first port of call. Have a nice weekend. Paul Sfriso Director GRUPPO S.I.T. Security, Investigations & Technology Quarto d'Altino, Venice ITALY phone +39 0422 828517 fax +39 0422 823224 24hr GSM cellphone +39 335 5257308 www.grupposit.com paulsfriso@t... [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 4981 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Sat Mar 9, 2002 9:16am Subject: Re: R.F. telephones The first rule of communications security is: "If it has an antenna it is not immune from eavesdropping". Instead of trying to find a "secure" cordless phone for your client, your efforts would best be spent educating the client as to why he should not be using a cordless phone if he is concerned about privacy. -jma At 7:06 AM -0800 3/9/02, Hawkspirit wrote: >During a sweep of a executives golf course home yesterday I had an >interesting experience with his R.F. telephone. The phone was a Panasonic >2.4 GHZ spread spectrum, model KX-T62570B. He happened to be on this phone >when I was sweeping with my spectrum analyzer. His conversation came in >through the AM slope demodulator in my analyzer. The really interesting >thing is that this guy does not own a hardwired telephone. Shows you how >convenience oriented we have become. Anyway, can anyone recommend a R.F. >phone that would have a frequency hopping format, more like cell phones? I >am trying to remember what the Seimens Gigasets format was. >For these clients who demand having the R.F. link convenience, what would >be the best, most difficult to scan and demodulate R.F. phone? >Thanks, >Roger Tolces >Electronic Security Co. >www.bugsweeps.com -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. AtkinsonPh: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- As Cuvier could correctly describe a whole animal by the contemplation of a single bone, so the observer who has thoroughly understood one link in a series of incidents should be able to accurately state all the other ones, both before and after. - Sir Arthur Conan Doyle -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 4982 From: Matthew Paulsen Date: Sat Mar 9, 2002 6:31pm Subject: RE: R.F. telephones Look at Panasonic's KX-TG4000B, KX-TG2000B These are 2.4ghz frequency hopping spread spectrum phones for 2 - 8 lines. You can get the 4000 for ~$200.00, and the 2000 for ~$170.00 with mfg rebates (expires this month) in the open market. MSRP is 600-700 on these devices so don't bother buying direct. Links: http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/multi_handset/multi_coupon.asp and http://www.panasonic.com/consumer_electronics/multi_handset/ and http://www.prodcat.panasonic.com/shop/NewDesign/ModelTemplate.asp?ModelId=13 137&show_all=false&product_exists=True&active=1&ModelNo=KX-TG4000B&CategoryI d=2502 -----Original Message----- From: James M. Atkinson [mailto:jmatk@t...] Sent: Saturday, March 09, 2002 7:17 AM To: TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] R.F. telephones The first rule of communications security is: "If it has an antenna it is not immune from eavesdropping". Instead of trying to find a "secure" cordless phone for your client, your efforts would best be spent educating the client as to why he should not be using a cordless phone if he is concerned about privacy. -jma At 7:06 AM -0800 3/9/02, Hawkspirit wrote: >During a sweep of a executives golf course home yesterday I had an >interesting experience with his R.F. telephone. The phone was a Panasonic >2.4 GHZ spread spectrum, model KX-T62570B. He happened to be on this phone >when I was sweeping with my spectrum analyzer. His conversation came in >through the AM slope demodulator in my analyzer. The really interesting >thing is that this guy does not own a hardwired telephone. Shows you how >convenience oriented we have become. Anyway, can anyone recommend a R.F. >phone that would have a frequency hopping format, more like cell phones? I >am trying to remember what the Seimens Gigasets format was. >For these clients who demand having the R.F. link convenience, what would >be the best, most difficult to scan and demodulate R.F. phone? >Thanks, >Roger Tolces >Electronic Security Co. >www.bugsweeps.com -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------- ------------------------ James M. 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