From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Jul 8, 2002 9:37pm Subject: What's a Military Family Worth? What's a Military Family Worth? by Rush Limbaugh, March 11, 2002 I think the vast differences in compensation between the victims of the September 11th casualty, and those who die serving the country in uniform, are profound. No one is really talking about it either because you just don't criticize anything having to do with September 11th. Well, I just can't let the numbers pass by because it says something really disturbing about the entitlement mentality of this country. If you lost a family member in the September 11th attack, you're going to get an average of $1,185,000. The range is a minimum guarantee of $250,000, all the way up to $4.7 million. If you are a surviving family member of an American soldier killed in action, the first check you get is a $6,000 direct death benefit, half of which is taxable. Next, you get $1,750 for burial costs. If you are the surviving spouse, you get $833 a month until you remarry. And there's a payment of $211 per month for each child under 18. When the child hits 18, those payments come to a screeching halt. Keep in mind that some of the people that are getting an average of $1.185 million up to $4.7 million are complaining that it's not enough. We also learned over the weekend that some of the victims from the Oklahoma City bombing have started an organization asking for the same deal that the September 11th families are getting. In addition to that, some of the families of those bombed in the embassies are now asking for compensation as well. You see where this is going, don't you? Folks, this is part and parcel of over fifty years of entitlement politics in this country. It's just really sad. "Patriotism is not a short and frenzied outburst of emotion but the tranquil and steady dedication of a lifetime." -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 381-9111 Granite Island GroupFax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@tscm.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5764 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Jul 8, 2002 9:39pm Subject: Wish to the Lord A man walking along a California beach was deep in prayer. All of a sudden, he said out loud, "Lord grant me one wish." Suddenly the sky clouded above his head and in a booming voice the Lord said, "Because you have TRIED to be faithful to me in all ways, I will grant you one wish." The man said, "Build a bridge to Hawaii, so I can drive over anytime I want." The Lord said, "Your request is very materialistic. Think of the enormous challenges for that kind of undertaking. The supports required to reach the bottom of the Pacific! The concrete and steel it would take! I can do it, but it is hard for me to justify your desire for worldly things. Take a little more time and think of another wish, a wish you think would honor and glorify me." The man thought about it for a long time. Finally he said, "Lord, I wish that I could understand women. I want to know how they feel inside, what they are thinking when they give me the silent treatment, why they cry, what they mean when they say 'nothing', and how I can make a woman truly happy." The Lord replied, "You want two lanes or four on that bridge?" -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 381-9111 Granite Island GroupFax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@tscm.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5765 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Jul 8, 2002 9:43pm Subject: America Osama Bin Laden, your time is short; We'd rather you die, than come to court. Why are you hiding if it was in God's name? You're just a punk with a turban; a pathetic shame. I have a question, about your theory and laws; "How come you never die for the cause?" Is it because you're a coward who counts on others? Well here in America, we stand by our brothers. As is usual, you failed in your mission; If you expected pure chaos, you can keep on wishing Americans are now focused and stronger than ever; Your death has become our next endeavor. What you tried to kill, doesn't live in our walls; It's not in buildings or shopping malls. If all of our structures came crashing down; It would still be there, safe and sound. Because pride and courage can't be destroyed; Even if the towers leave a deep void. We'll band together and fill the holes We'll bury our dead and bless their souls. But then our energy will focus on you; And you'll feel the wrath of the Red, White and Blue. So slither and hide like a snake in the grass; Because America's coming to kick your ass!!! Keep this email going. PASS IT ON -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 381-9111 Granite Island GroupFax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@tscm.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 5766 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Mon Jul 8, 2002 10:41pm Subject: Voice Stress Analysis On 7 Jul 2002 at 1:29, kondrak wrote: > Im in a discussion on another list about "voice stress analysis", > anyone here have any dealings with the "tools"? My general answer is the tools in untrained hands are useless or even dangerous. I was close friends with a friend who taught polygraph. His courses ran weeks. Even if you would come up with some software or hardware, without training it would be worth little. That said, I think voice stress analysis or PSE or whatever cutesy name they choose to call it this week is pure baloney. Even with polygraph, which I believe in, the skill of the examiner is critical, and the truth, as anyone who has worked with them knows, more often comes out in the pre-test interview. A lot of it is all psychological. VSA/PSE, etc. is pure vaporware in my opinion. Another attempt to forego expensive equipment, training and experience in exchange for some magic box which will let anyone with the money do the job. CCS doesn't sell polygraphs. They do sell PSEs. I've personally seen a number of phony demos of voice stress, and someday when I have time I'll explain how they're done if you haven't figured it out for yourself. I've never seen a faked polygraph demo by the manufacturer, although I have seen plenty of people operating them who had no idea whatsoever what they were doing. Steve (always opinionated) ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* 5767 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Mon Jul 8, 2002 11:14pm Subject: Chad Margita Chad, if you read this list, please give me a call when you can. I have a small assignment for you. We don't seem to have a reliable email connection. Tuesday before 2PM or after 5PM would be best, Thirsday days or Friday. Will be on the street Wednesday day work and Thursday evening. Not before 10AM please. Use my toll free number. It is on any of my stationery or cards. Tell whoever answers I told you to use that number and ask for me if anyone gives you any crap about being on that line. That line switches around to whomever is available for tech support, and they may have to transfer you back to me. Or call the main number and I'll call you back. Leave your # if I don't answer. Tks .. Steve ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* 5768 From: Date: Tue Jul 9, 2002 3:02am Subject: File - Gold List The current version of this list may be found at: http://www.tscm.com/goldlist.html Recommended U.S. TSCM Firms The following is a list of private TSCM firms who specialize in "bug sweeps" and wiretap detection and all of whom have legitimate TSCM training, credentials, and equipment (all are very well respected within the industry). While most TSCM specialists are available for travel outside of a specific geographic area they tend to avoid such engagements, or will limited the services to vulnerability analysis, pre-construction assistance, non-instrumented inspections, simple RF checks, in-place monitoring, or limited TSCM services involving only a briefcase sized in-place monitoring system (such as a single spectrum analyzer, MSS, Eagle, ScanLock, OSCOR, SPECTRE, ROSE, or similar system). These private TSCM firms tend to operate in a specific geographic area limited to a few hundred miles (usually within a four to six hour automobile drive). However, all of the TSCM firms listed here are available for travel anywhere in the United States or the World on short notice, but only provide limited services when operating outside of their normal coverage area. This limited coverage area is due to the logistics involved in transporting hundreds and often thousands of pounds of sophisticated, highly sensitive electronic instruments, equipment and tools. Bug sweeps and wiretap detection involves the use of ladders, pole climbing equipment, LAN analyzers, X-ray systems, large antennas and other equipment which is not easily transported by airplane. TSCM firms also tend to restrict their operations to a specific geographic area to facilitate an expert level of knowledge regarding the RF environment, construction methods used, community zoning, population demographics, civil engineering, aeronautic or maritime facilities, local military bases, and related areas. Knowledge of such regional information is critical for a successful TSCM project. The TSCM specialist must also have an intimate knowledge of the telephone systems, engineering methods, fiber optics, major cable locations, central office switches, test numbers, and related communications infrastructure present or being used in an area (which tends to be very regional). An understanding of what types of eavesdropping devices, methods, and frequencies are being used in an area is also important, as is a knowledge of what type of surveillance equipment is being sold within that region (and other areas). The TSCM Procedural and Protocols Guides used by a specialist also tend to be based on specific issues and variables present in that specific geographic area. On a more interesting note, many of these firms are located in, or near major maritime port cities. The heaviest concentrations are around major cities on the East and West coasts with a very limited presence in the Mid-West, Great Plains, and Rockies. If you are in the Mid-West, Great Plains, or Rockies area you would need to engage a TSCM firm from one of the major port cities. For example customers in Chicago, St. Louis, Memphis, Denver, Salt Lake City, Minneapolis, Billings, etc. would need to fly a TSCM specialist in from Boston, New York, Washington DC, Los Angles, Lexington, or Seattle. ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Please be patient when contacting these firms, as if they are out serving a client they may not be able to return your call for several hours. Rates generally are non-negotiable and reflect the cost of the sweep practitioner's time, investment in equipment acquisition and maintenance, several weeks of in-service training a year, travel, administrative and communications time and expense to coordinate the sweep and written report, and a fair profit for their services. It is very unwise to shop for sweeps by using price as a criteria as it only invites getting ripped off. Legitimate TSCM professionals are not interested in, nor will then engage in negotiating for a lower price. When you contact persons on this list, you are talking with someone in the same league as an attorney or surgeon, not a salesman. In fact most of the people listed on this page have more time in their specialized training than do most attorneys or medical professionals. Anything beyond an initial phone call usually will be billable time. Attorneys and doctors don't consult for free, and neither do legitimate TSCM specialists. If a potential client calls with a long list of questions not pertaining directly to hiring the practitioner, or wants to know how to do his own sweep, or wants to know how to use the sweep kit he purchased on his own, expect to pay an hourly rate in advance for consulting services. If you are considering engaging (or have already engaged) a TSCM firm and they are not listed in the following directory you would do well to immediately ask some awkward questions. It is also important you understand that legitimate services by a competent TSCM firm rarely start at less then several thousand dollars for even a basic sweep. Keep in mind that there only a small number of legitimate and competent TSCM counterintelligence specialists or "Bug Sweepers" in the U.S. private sector. Legitimate TSCM firms are in very high demand, hard to find, and expensive; so be patient when trying to find one to help you. Also, the firms listed on this page are not attorneys and cannot tell you whether it is legal or illegal for you to monitor your own phones. Always call a competent licensed attorney for legal advice. Without exception, no one listed here performs eavesdropping services or sells surveillance equipment to any other than government agencies AND WILL NOT REFER YOU TO ANYONE WHO DOES. When you contact any of the following firms please mention that you saw them listed on this web site. This file is set to automatically go out to list members every two weeks, Please review it, and ensure that you are listed properly (correct address, phone, etc). ------------------------------------------------------------------------ All of New England, Upstate New York, and the Boston Metropolitan Area (MA, RI, CT, VT, NH, ME, New York State including Long Island, and some of New Jersey) James M. Atkinson Granite Island Group 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 (978) 381-9111 Telephone URL: http://www.tscm.com/ E-mail: jmatk@tscm.com ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Stamford, Connecticut Metropolitan Area (also, Manhattan, Long Island, and New Jersey) Sam Daskam Information Security Associates, Inc. 38 Settlers Trail Stamford, CT 06903 (203) 329-8387 Telephone URL: http://www.isa-tscm.com/ E-mail:sales@i... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Norwalk, and Lower Fairfield Country Area (also, Manhattan, Long Island, Philadelphia, and New Jersey) Rob Muessel TSCM Technical Services 11 Bayberry Lane Norwalk, CT 06851 (203) 354-9040 Telephone URL: http://www.tscmtech.com/ E-mail:rmuessel@t... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Greater Philadelphia and Harrisburg Metropolitan Area (also, serving South-Eastern and Central Pennsylvania) Bob Motzer RCM and Associates 609 Sandra Lane Phoenixville, PA 19460 (888) 990-6265 Telephone E-mail: 1RCM@M... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington DC and Baltimore Metropolitan Area (also, Virginia, Delaware, and Pennsylvania) Steve Uhrig SWS Security 1300 Boyd Road Street, MD 21154-1836 (410) 879-4035 Telephone URL: http://www.swssec.com/ E-mail: steve@s... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Houston, Dallas, Austin, and Galveston (also, Gulf Coast of Texas and Louisiana) Rick Udovich Communication Security, Inc. 2 Shadow Lane Bay City, TX 77414 (979) 244-4920 Telephone URL: http://www.bugsweep.com/ E-mail: rjudo@s... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Lexington KY Metropolitan Area (also, Louisville, Cincinnati, and Central Midwest) Bill G. Rhoads Intelcom, Inc. 121 Prosperous Place, Suite 4B Lexington, KY 40509 (859) 263-9425 Telephone E-mail: bgr101@a... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Atlanta Metropolitan Area, Southeastern US (including AL, FL, GA, NC, SC, TN) Buzz Benson Executive World Services, Inc. P.O. Box 33 Braselton, Georgia 30517-0033 (678) 316-7002 Telephone URL: http://www.executiveworldservices.com/ E-mail: sales@e... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Washington State and Seattle WA Metropolitan Area (also, Oregon, and the Pacific North West) Gordon Mitchell Future Focus, Inc. P.O. Box 2547 Woodinville, WA 98072 (888) BUG-KILR Telephone URL: http://www.bug-killer.com/ E-mail: tscm01@b... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ San Francisco and all of Northern California (also, Silicon Valley Area) William Bennett Walsingham Associates, Inc. P.O. Box 4264 San Rafael, CA 94913 (415) 492-1594 Telephone E-mail: walsingham@c... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Los Angles County, San Diego County (also, Riverside County, and Ventura County) Rick Hofmann Microsearch LLC P.O. Box 2084 Cypress, CA 90630 (714) 952-3812 Telephone URL: http://home.earthlink.net/~microsearch E-mail: tscmsweeps@e... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ Los Angeles Metropolitan Area, Beverly Hills, Orange County, Los Angles County, San Diego County (also, Riverside County, and Ventura County) Roger Tolces Electronic Security 6646 Hollywood Blvd. #212 Los Angeles, CA 90028 (323) 462-1351 Telephone URL: http://www.bugsweeps.com/ E-mail: info@b... ------------------------------------------------------------------------ 5769 From: Date: Tue Jul 9, 2002 3:02am Subject: File - mission.txt TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List - Dedicated to TSCM specialists engaging in expert technical and analytical research for the detection, nullification, and isolation of eavesdropping devices, wiretaps, bugging devices, technical surveillance penetrations, technical surveillance hazards, and physical security weaknesses. This also includes bug detection, bug sweep, and wiretap detection services. Special emphasis is given to detecting and countering espionage and other threats and activities directed by foreign intelligence services against the United States Government, United States corporations, establishments, and citizens. The list includes technical discussion regarding the design and construction of SCIF facilities, Black Chambers, and Screen Rooms. This list is also for discussing DIAM 50-3, NSA-65, and DCID 1/21, 1/22 compliance. The primary goal and mission of this list is to "raise the bar" and increase the level of professionalism present within the TSCM business. The secondary goal of this list is and increase the quality and effectiveness of our efforts so that we give spies and eavesdroppers no quarter, and to neutralize all of their espionage efforts. This mailing list is moderated by James M. Atkinson and sponsored by Granite Island Group as a public service to the TSCM, Counter Intelligence, and technical security community. 5770 From: Hawkspirit Date: Tue Jul 9, 2002 8:57pm Subject: CALEA Sent: Monday, July 01, 2002 9:32 PM Subject: CALEA wiretap requirements took effect yesterday FYI, Mike Privacy Villain of the Week: CALEA wiretap tax Consumers looking forward to lower phone bills or the next generation in whizbang wireless technology may have to wait a bit longer. First they have to pay for the privilege of having holes deliberately torn out of their phone security. This Sunday, June 30 is the deadline dictated by the courts and the Federal Communications Commission for telecommunications companies to fall into full compliance with the 1994 Communications Assistance to Law Enforcement Access Act (CALEA) . Compliance in this instance means the installation of an infrastructure giving the FBI the access, at the flip of a switch, to "call content" (i.e., conversations) and "call data" (i.e., who dialed what when) at the flip of the switch. This mandated infrastructure obviates the need for the cumbersome process of going to a judge, applying for a search warrant and installing a tap before listening in. Now, those rather quaint procedures are still on the books in some form or another -- it's just that the infrastructure is now such that the formal niceties of a legal permission slip aren't strictly necessary to listen in on phone calls on the qt. The ready-to-tap system leaves consumer phone calls -- including the Social Security and bank account numbers entered via touch-tone -- much more vulnerable to other parties with the necessary technical know-how. The potential for identity fraud and outright theft is thus increased. Now, of course, all of this doesn't come cheap. One small telephone/Internet provider in Kansas told PCWorld, "We were looking at getting into video, providing movies, cable, and entertainment content," but the costs of the CALEA compliance have pushed that back one or two years. Costs of compliance have been quoted as anywhere from $15,000 to $75,000 per switch. VeriSign, which is looking to provide CALEA services to telecom providers estimates that in addition to the upgrade costs, maintenance of CALEA systems will run about "at a minimum $150,000 annually." And of course these higher costs will restrict supply and raise prices above what they otherwise would have been. But it's all for a good cause -- the easy listening pleasure of any number of Privacy Villains of the Week. The Privacy Villain of the Week and Privacy Hero of the Month are projects of the National Consumer Coalition's Privacy Group. Privacy Villain audio features are now available from FCF News on Demand. For more information on the NCC Privacy Group, see www.nccprivacy.org or contact James Plummer at 202-467-5809 or jplummer@c.... 5771 From: McIntyre Date: Tue Jul 9, 2002 9:24am Subject: Black Hat Briefings Keynotes Include NSA Director and Special Advis. to Bush FYI - I thought this may be of interest to several list members due to recent discussions ---------------------------------------------------------------- For Immediate Release Contacts B.K. DeLong press@b... +1.617.877.3271 BLACK HAT BRIEFINGS 2002 KEYNOTES INCLUDE NSA DIRECTOR AND SPECIAL ADVISOR TO THE PRESIDENT NSA Security Evaluations Group Technical Director Richard George & Richard Clarke - Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security http://www.blackhat.com/ -- Black Hat Inc. today announced the keynote speakers for this summer's Black Hat Briefings and Training 2002, the annual conference and workshop designed to help computer professionals better understand the security risks to their computer and information infrastructures by potential threats. This year's show will focus on 8 tracks of hot topics including Wireless, Firewalls, Access Control, PKI & Single Signon, Routing and Infrastructure, Application Security, Intrusion Detection, Incident Response & Computer Forensics, Privacy & Anonymity, Web, Mail and Other Related Servers, and Deep Knowledge. The event is being held 31 July through 1 August 2002 at the Caesars Palace Hotel and Casino in the heart of Las Vegas. Top-notch speakers will deliver to the conference's core audience of IT & network security experts, consultants and administrators the newest developments on the vital security issues facing organizations using large networks with a mix of operating systems. "Black Hat USA 2002 will be unlike any other security conference in the world- we will be showcasing the work of over 45 of the most knowledgeable and renown security professionals, hosting a gala reception with an unrivaled book signing event that will run concurrent with the never-before-seen Hacker Court," says Jeff Moss, founder of Black Hat Inc. "Black Hat USA 2002 promises to offer an unparalleled networking opportunity in the security arena." The keynote speakers for this year's Black Hat Briefings include: -- Richard George joined the National Security Agency as a mathematician in 1970 and has worked in the Information Assurance Directorate (or its predecessor organizations) for 32 years as a cryptomathematician. He currently serves as the Technical Director of the Security Evaluations Group which is responsible for evaluating security solutions used by the Department of Defense and Intelligence Community. -- Richard Clarke, Special Advisor to the President for Cyberspace Security. Clarke has served in several senior national security posts. Most recently he served as National Coordinator for Security, Infrastructure Protection, and Counter-terrorism on the National Security Council. As National Coordinator, he led the U.S. government's efforts on counter-terrorism, cyber security, continuity of government operations, domestic preparedness for weapons of mass destruction, and international organized crime. In 1992, General Scowcroft appointed Mr. Clarke to the National Security Council staff. He continued as a member of the NSC staff throughout the Clinton Administration. This year's Luncheon Speaker will be Jeff Jonas, President and founder of Systems Research & Development (SRD). Jonas will be talking about Non-Obvious Relationship Awareness (NORA) technology, how this technology is used to catch gaming cheats in the nearby casinos, and how it is being used to catch terrorists these days. Other Black Hat Briefings 2002 speakers include: -- Thomas Akin, Founding Director, Southeast Cybercrime Institute. Akin is a Certified Information Systems Security Professional (CISSP) who has worked in Information Security for almost a decade. He is the founding director of the Southeast Cybercrime Institute where he also serves as chairman for the Institute's Board of Advisors. He is an active member of the Georgia Cybercrime Task Force where he heads up the Task Force's Education committee. Thomas also works with Atlanta's ISSA, InfraGard, and HTCIA professional organizations. -- Don Cavender, Senior Special Agent, FBI Academy. SSA Cavender has twelve years experience as an FBI Agent. The past seven years he has been involved in high technology investigations and digital forensics. He is presently responsible for instruction in Internet and Network Investigations for FBI, Federal, State and Local Law Enforcement Investigators, case support and consultation and research. -- Sean Convery, Network Architect, Cisco. Convery is a network architect in Cisco's VPN and security business unit. Sean works primarily on the SAFE blueprint, and is an author several of its whitepapers. Prior to his four years at Cisco, Sean held various positions in both IT and security consulting during his 11 years in networking. -- Mark Eckenwiler, Senior Counsel in the Computer Crime & Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice. Eckenwiler is Senior Counsel in the Computer Crime and Intellectual Property Section, Criminal Division, U.S. Department of Justice. His areas of responsibility include federal wiretap law, computer search and seizure, and online investigations. An Internet veteran for almost two decades, Mark has written and spoken widely on such issues as anonymity and free speech, e-mail stalking laws, Internet jurisdiction, electronic privacy, and the Fifth Amendment implications of cryptographic keys. -- Carole Fennelly, Partner, Wizard's Keys Corporation. With 20 years as a Unix systems administrator and security consultant, Carole has a wealth of experience in both technical and managerial procedure. Her rather caustic articles, both technical and editorial, have been widely published and she has been quoted in numerous trade publications. -- Halvar Flake, Reverse Engineer, Black Hat Consulting. Originating in the fields of copy protection and digital rights management, he gravitated more and more towards network security over time as he realized that constructive copy protection is more or less fighting windmills. After writing his first few exploits he was hooked and realized that reverse engineering experience is a very handy asset when dealing with COTS software. With extensive experience in reverse engineering, network security, penetration testing and exploit development he recently joined BlackHat as their primary reverse engineer. -- Dr. Ian Goldberg is internationally recognized as one of the world's leading cryptographers and cypherpunks. Dr. Goldberg is a founder of Berkeley's Internet Security, Applications, Authentication and Cryptography group. In addition to developing many of the leading network software titles for the Palm Pilot, he is known for his part in cracking the first RSA Secret Key Challenge in three and a half hours; breaking Netscape's implementation of the encryption system SSL; and breaking the cryptography in the GSM cellular phone standard. In November 1998, Wired magazine selected Dr. Goldberg as one of the "Wired 25" - the twenty-five people who in 1998 are "about to change the rules all over again." In December 2000 he obtained his Ph.D. from UC Berkeley for his thesis "A Pseudonymous Communications Infrastructure for the Internet," which examined the technical and social issues involved in designing the Freedom Network. -- Jesse Kornblum, Chief, Research and Development, Air Force Office of Special Investigations. SA Kornblum is the Chief of Research and Development for the Air Force Office of Special Investigations Computer Investigations and Operations Branch . A graduate of the Massachusetts Institute of Technology, he has experience running intrusion investigations and supporting other agents in more traditional investigations. He is currently responsible for developing tools and techniques to allow agents to conduct investigations. -- David Litchfield, Managing Director & Co-Founder, Next Generation Security Software. Litchfield is a world-renowned security expert specializing in Windows NT and Internet security. His discovery and remediation of over 100 major vulnerabilities in products such as Microsoft's Internet Information Server and Oracle's Application Server have lead to the tightening of sites around the world. David Litchfield is also the author of Cerberus' Internet Scanner (previously NTInfoscan), one of the world's most popular free vulnerability scanners. In addition to CIS, David has written many other utilities to help identify and fix security holes. David is the author of many technical documents on security issues including his tutorial on Exploiting Windows NT Buffer Overruns referenced in the book "Hacking Exposed". A limited number of books will be available for purchase from our official on-site bookseller, Breakpoint, during the USA 2002 Briefings. Meet and speak with the authors: * Thomas Akin, author of "Hardening Cisco Routers" * Stuart McClure, author of "Web Hacking: Attacks and Defense" ^ * Paul Proctor, author of "The Secured Enterprise: Protecting Your Information Assets" and "The Practical Intrusion Detection Handbook" * Honeynet Project on their book "Know Your Enemy Revealing the Security Tools, Tactics, and Motives of the Blackhat" * Ryan Russell and Dan Kaminsky, best-selling authors of "Hack Proofing Your Network, Second Edition" * Debra Littlejohn Shinder, best-selling author of "Scene of the Cybercime: Computer Forensics Handbook" ^ * Dr. Thomas W. Shinder, bestselling author of "Configuring ISA Server 2000" and the forthcoming "InfoWar for MCSEs: Defending Your Microsoft Enterprise Network" * Robert Shimonski, author of "Sniffer Network Optimization and Troubleshooting Handbook" * Rick Smith, author of "Authentication: From Passwords to Public Keys" * Mike Schiffman, Hacker's Challenge: Test Your Incident Response Skills Using 20 Scenarios ^ Denotes a NEW BOOK- be one of the first to get a copy BEFORE it hits the bookstores! All paid Briefings attendees will receive free admission to the DEF CON conference (http://www.defcon.org), being held August 2, 3, and 4th at the Alexis Park Hotel. Conference-goers also get a free book: "Hack Proofing Your Ecommerce Site" by Ryan Russell, compliments of our official book sponsor, Syngress Publishing. There will also be access to a wireless network during the show; for those without wireless cards, we will be selling them on-site from the BlackHat Store To register for BlackHat Briefings, visit the Web site at http://www.blackhat.com or register at the conference. Direct any conference-related questions to info@b.... For press registration, contact B.K. DeLong at +1.617.877.3271 or via email at press@b.... (For the DEF CON conference, ALL PRESS MUST PRE-REGISTER or pay the $75 entrance fee on-site. For more details regarding media passes to DEF CON, please read this page: http://www.defcon.org/dcx-press.html) About Black Hat Inc. Black Hat Inc. was originally founded in 1997 by Jeff Moss to fill the need for computer security professionals to better understand the security risks and potential threats to their information infrastructures and computer systems. Black Hat accomplishes this by assembling a group of vendor-neutral security professionals and having them speak candidly about the problems businesses face and their solutions to those problems. Black Hat Inc. produces 5 briefing & training events a year on 3 different continents. Speakers and attendees travel from all over the world to meet and share in the latest advances in computer security. For more information, visit their Web site at http://www.blackhat.com ### 5772 From: dp01011 Date: Wed Jul 10, 2002 0:02am Subject: Re: CALEA Are there any attorneys on this list who could give us some constitutional insight on CALEA? Dean 5773 From: Hawkspirit Date: Wed Jul 10, 2002 0:19pm Subject: Sound Weapon > Weapon Sends Message That's Loud & Clear > San Diego tech firm's 'sonic bullets' could be the latest device > in the Pentagon's nonlethal arsenal. > By Peter Pae, Times Staff Writer > SAN DIEGO - The shrill cry of a baby can be one of the most > annoying sounds of daily life, but it is music to Pentagon strategists. > > An electronics company, American Technology Corp., has turned > the wail of a baby into a weapon that fires "sonic bullets," narrow > beams of noise that exceed the human threshold of pain. It can > incapacitate people or compel them to flee. > > "It gives you the equivalent of an intense migraine headache," said > Elwood G. Norris, the company chairman and inventor of the > device. "It's just totally disabling." > > Norris uses 50 different sound tracks, or sonic bullets, in his > new weapon. For instance, it plays backward the sound of a baby > crying at 140 decibels, 0r 20 decibels above the threshold of pain. > The noise-level is similar to that of a passenger jet taking off. > Pentagon officials see many uses for Norris' invention, such as > controlling unruly crowds, foiling hijackers and keeping potential > suicide bombers at bay. A commercial variant also may have > applications in movie theaters, vending machines and retail stores. > > The sound technology is not the first time that Norris, has made > waves. A prolific inventor, he developed and patented a Doppler > system that is a key component of ultrasonic imaging technology. > He also invented the first digital sound-recording device, as well > as a microwave radar that can detect plastic land mines. > > The acoustic weapon is categorized by the Pentagon as nonlethal, > but it could damage hearing or cause psychological harm. It > is one of the more innovative devices among the nonlethal weapons > the military is developing, analysts said. > > "They're very intrigued by these nonlethal weapons," said Loren > Thompson, a defense analyst with the Lexington Institute think tank > in Arlington, VA. "Some acoustic weapons are so powerful that they > can knock you out." > > ACOUSTIC TECHNOLOGY > > Weapons makers have been developing a nonlethal arsenal for decades, > but new advances in microwave and acoustic technology as well as post- > Sept. 11 security concerns have raised interest in such weapons. > (KK's comments: and just where does everybody think these weapons > have been tested? Hmmmmm?) > > The signal emitted by the acoustic weapon can penetrate any opening > and bounce off surfaces before reaching the intended targets. > In Afghanistan (KK's" or your next door neighbor), it could have been > used to drive out enemy soldiers holed up in caves and buildings. > > It could help an airline pilot fend off hijackers without harming > the aircraft or bystanders. And it could help military ships protect > their > perimeters in port. > (snips) > Despite years of research on sound-harassment weapons, Pentagon officials > say this is the first time soldiers will be able to direct the harassing > should > at a particular individual or target. > > A significant feature of the device is the fact that the person > standing behind or next to the emitter can't heard the sound. > It is heard only by the person who is in the sound emitter's > line of fire. > (snips) > American Technology's weapon is based on a beaming technology that > Norris has been trying to perfect for more than seven years. Known > as the hypersonic sound system, it also is creating a major buzz within > the commercial acoustics industry. > > Unlike a traditional speaker, which produces sound by vibrating the > membranes > of a woofer or a tweeter, small crystal wafers project a beam of sound > across > a room like a spotlight. The emitters are semiconductors used by Norris > in a configuration that produces focused sound waves. > > The device sends out two ultrasonic signals that produce sound only when > they hit an object or a person. > > An emitter pointed at a wall will produce a sound that seems to be coming > from > the wall, not the emitter. However, a person who is not in the line of > the beam > will not hear anything unless the beam has been bounced off the wall. > > In a recent test of the device in the company's parking lot, a reporter > stood > about 100 feet from the emitter and could hear a radio broadcast as though > it were coming from within the ear. (KK's: imagine that!) Norris then > pointed > the emitter at a nearby window and it seemed as though the sound were > coming > from within the building. (KK's: just the thing for creating street > scenes.) > (snips) > After seven years of research and development, American Technology > recently received Food and Drug Administration approval to begin marketing > the product. The FDA determined that the new sound technology does not > have adverse health effects, Norris said. > > The weapons version, which does not require FDA approval, uses high- > intensity emitters specially designed for the Pentagon. > (snips) > Stereo-equipment manufacturers also are looking at the technology. > The system would allow individuals in a car to listen to different music > without using headphones, and movie theater operators would be able to > project the system off the screens, giving the audience the illusion that > the > sound is coming from the actors' mouths. > (snips) > A simple version of the commercial system will sell for $200 to $300. > > The sound technology is the future for us," Norris said. > - - - - End of article - - - - - - > 5774 From: Paolo Sfriso Date: Thu Jul 11, 2002 3:36am Subject: Thermal Imagery and TSCM Dear Colleagues. Thanks for the many answers received on the subject. All were enlightening and usefull. I have had the Italian agent for Raytheon visit my offices for a demo of the IR-250. A practical test of trying to view a VHF Walkie-Talkie, battery powered microcamera and bug (all switched on for over an hour) planted inside a wooden cupboard with 3-4 mm wooden panels was unsatisfactory. None of the devices were revealed (N.B. they were not in direct contact with the wood panels but with about 7 cm airspace in between). FYI the Raytheon agent initially quoted a 18.000 USD price. When I told him that the US price is about 12.000 USD and for 18.000 I could fly over to the US, buy one in person and through in a 2 week holiday he immediately reduced the price to 13.000 (including shipping and export license fees which apparently takes 2-3 months to obtain). I have decided not to buy a Thermal Viewer for the time being and shall wait for one of the more sensitive items (Indigo Systems ?) to fall in price following which I'll reconsider purchase. Again, Thanks to all for the suggestions. Kind Regards. 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] 5775 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Jul 11, 2002 8:44am Subject: al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26134.html al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 10/07/2002 at 17:43 GMT Every few months some naive twinkie in the mainstream press re-writes the government's urban myth of terrorists slithering through cyberspace, preparing to blow up a small city with the awesome power of the computer mouse. Lately the frequency of these press infomercials has been increasing, most likely in response to a Federal PR campaign supporting Dubya's sales pitch for a new Department of Homeland Defence, a piece of bureaucratic window-dressing engineered to produce a nation-wide illusion of safety. For a little historical background, the mother of all such cyber-terror FUD stories is this one by USA Today's Andrea Stone. It's the government's script on cyber-terror, perfectly reproduced and unbiased by any evaluation, skepticism or research by the author. Recently it's been déjà vu all over again. Just over a week ago we had a hysterical item from the Washington Post predicting mass death and destruction from al-Qaeda operatives remotely crashing planes and opening flood gates from secret bases in Internet cafes throughout the world. A few days later, ABC News re-wrote the article, as mainstream outlets like to do with sexy/scary stuff like cyber terror. That same week we had a warning from the Business Software Alliance, which told us that a lot of "IT Pros" are worried about this Internet terror thing (so it must be true), heavily propagated by CNN. Today we find new FUD by USA Today, in which, ironically, an old and fully discredited rumor of al-Qaeda using steganography to share their diabolical plans on Web sites is resurrected and passed-off as news. The reporter (or rather government propagandist), Jack Kelley, tells us that, "lately, al-Qaeda operatives have been sending hundreds of encrypted messages that have been hidden in files on digital photographs on the auction site eBay.com. Most of the messages have been sent from Internet cafes in Pakistan and public libraries throughout the world." A painfully familiar claim for which the author provides not one scrap of evidence, yet expresses as an established fact. We like the way he uses location (his in Islamabad and the criminal images' on eBay) for that extra ring of authenticity. "The volume of the messages has nearly doubled in the past month, indicating to some US intelligence officials that al-Qaeda is planning another attack," Kelly warns. His sources, predictably, are all anonymous 'officials'. He's merely rehashing a New York Times FUD piece written just after the 9/11 atrocity which says exactly the same things, and offers exactly the same disgraceful level of evidence, only with some quotes from identifiable people. The Times piece undoubtedly came from a 'we found terrorist stego' publicity stunt by financially strapped outfit iomart. Now, with the current struggle on Capitol Hill to approve Dubya's new Gestapo, it's essential that the man in the street be frightened and confused by a torrent of 'news' pointing to incomprehensible threats which only Big Bro has the knowledge and skill to protect him from. Look for a lot more of this cyber-terror drivel over the next two months -- or until the Department is created to the administration's satisfaction, or until Enron, Harken Energy and Halliburton cease making headlines. ® -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 381-9111 Granite Island GroupFax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@tscm.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5776 From: Secdep Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 0:14am Subject: CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY? Where does client confidentiality stop? As a rule I will not do work for known criminals. Here is a story where a firm has conducted a TSCM sweep, believed to have found confidential information belonging to their client, then handed it over to the authorities. Mail & Guardian 12 July 2002 http://www.mg.co.za/Content/l3.jsp?a=59&o=5882 Top SA spy linked to Vito Palazzolo by Stefaans Brummer The head of the National Intelligence Agency (NIA) in the Eastern Cape has been suspended following allegations that he solicited money from Cape-based mafioso Vito Palazzolo. The NIA this week confirmed the suspension last month of Dumisani Luphungela, the agency's Eastern Cape provincial manager, on "allegations of corruption". But spokes-person Lorna Daniels added: "We do not want to specify the nature of the allegations except to say that every avenue will be investigated." Luphungela, who was NIA deputy head in the Western Cape until late 2000, earlier served in a multi-agency team formed to investigate Palazzolo. It is not the first time allegations have surfaced that an improper relationship developed between the Sicilian-born businessman and an investigator supposedly on his trail. The Mail & Guardian learnt this week that a private investigating firm founded by former national police commissioner Georg Fivaz had chanced on damning evidence against Luphungela while the firm was doing de-bugging work at a Franschhoek wine farm and mineral water business associated with Palazzolo. The farm, La Terre de Luc, and adjacent mineral water plant, La Vie de Luc, earlier belonged to Palazzolo. Although he formally sold both to Italian playboy and former racing driver Count Riccardo Agusta, Palazzolo still helps manage the business side. Leonard Knipe, formerly a police detective head and now a partner in Fivaz and Associates, this week said: "We did work for Count Agusta on the property. With a de-bugging company we performed duties -- we looked for bugs at the premises and the office complex of the mineral water plant." In the process, Knipe said: "I might have become privy to certain information which was conveyed to the relevant authorities." Investigators, speaking on condition of anonymity, told the M&G that Knipe had chanced on "evidence of a communication" in which Luphungela allegedly asked Palazzolo for about R10 000 to help pay for funeral expenses. From the context, the sources said, it appeared that Luphungela had a pre-existing relationship, possibly financial in nature, with the mobster. One investigator said he had been "surprised to learn" that Fivaz and Associates were "involved in providing security to Palazzolo", but praised Knipe's decision to convey the information. Several sources said it was thought that Palazzolo did not object to the information being handed to the authorities. Palazzolo's lawyer this week advised him not to comment. Knipe is also the investigating officer in the fraud-and-theft trial of Andre Lincoln, the suspended head of the elite Presidential Investigation Task Unit. Although Knipe has left the police, he has been retained part-time by the state to help finalise the prosecution, which resumed this week. Lincoln's unit was tasked by then-president Nelson Mandela in 1996 with investigating Palazzolo. The prosecution's case includes allegations that Lincoln maintained improper relations with Palazzolo. After Lincoln was arrested in 1998, the probe into Palazzolo was taken over first by Piet Disjoin, the police captain who recently grabbed headlines with his arrest of German fugitive J?rgen Harksen, and then by a multi-agency team which included prosecution authorities, the Scorpions and the NIA. Luphungela, then still second-in-charge of the NIA in the Western Cape, was the agency's representative on the team management. The M&G understands that Luphungela cultivated close ties with Cyril Beeka, a Western Cape security company boss and underworld figure who has been described as Palazzolo's "lieutenant". Although Luphungela is said to have denied "handling" Beeka as an informer, there is little doubt that Luphungela indeed had NIA authorisation to handle Beeka and that he indeed obtained some information from him. Investigators are concerned that Luphungela apparently maintained relations with Beeka after the need for it expired. If indeed Luphungela had a corrupt relationship with Palazzolo or his associates, could it have harmed investigations into the mob? A partial answer may lie in the wealth of information to which Luphungela had access. Said one insider: "He was quite hands-on. He knew everything about anything [the multi-agency team members] were doing." " Meanwhile, NIA spokesperson Lorna Daniels this week confirmed a probe into allegations that NIA members had been involved in providing false identity documents to German fugitives associated with Harksen. The M&G understands that investigators are looking at whether Luphungela was involved in this. Allegations of NIA collusion were made early this month in a bail application by a German fugitive, Erwin Heldmann, after his arrest in Cape Town. Heldmann detailed an informal network of German fugitives living in South Africa, with Harksen as contact person. NIA members provided false identity documents, he claimed. A prominent member of the German fugitive network, and an associate of Heldmann, is alleged to be former German junior defence minister Ludwig-Holger Pfahls. He has been wanted since 1999 by prosecutors in his own country on corruption and tax fraud charges amounting to about R20-million. --- From the desk of Raymond van Staden Van Staden and Associates cc P.O. Box 1150 Amanzimtoti 4125 South Africa Tel: +27 (0)31 916-1262 Fax: +27 (0)31 916-1263 Email: raymond@v... Internet: http://www.vanstaden.co.za [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 5777 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 9:19am Subject: 42 Minutes and Holding MY PLANET 42 Minutes and Holding … by Mary Roach Thank you for calling VeriCom Customer Care. Your call is important to us, though not as important as it is to you. If you are calling from a touch-tone phone, press or say 1. If you are calling from a rotary phone, please stay on the line while a Customer Care representative makes mocking, derisive faces. Para assistancia in espanol, go to South America and try your call again. Your call may be monitored and/or recorded for staff entertainment purposes. For unexplainable security reasons, please enter the last four digits of your junior high school locker combination, followed by your mother’s pet name for your father on evenings when she’s had too much sherry. To save us money and expedite the dismissal of Customer Care representatives, our express automated speech response system is now available. To use this system, press or mime 1. To speak to one of our Customer Care representatives, call the Peterson County unemployment office. To hear these options again, hang up and call back. Welcome to the express automated speech response system. Please say your 67-digit personal account number, located on the upper lower left middle corner of the one page of your bill that has gone missing, followed by the pound sign. If you thought the * was the pound sign, say, “Ding Dong”. I heard 894375937462846190087364092634511897253478227465395834575097035044. If this is correct, say yes. If this is not correct, it’s your fault. You are mumbling and/or have a funny accent. For payment information, say Payment. If you have calls and charges you don’t understand, say Pinhead. To hear these options again, say Attention Span of a Gnat. To hear the call of the Long-toed stint, say kirrrr-PIP! Wacka, wacka, wacka. Welcome to our automated payment information center. Our records show a payment of $149 was posted on January 23, 2002, following a 12 day processing period during which time Accounts Receivable Clerk June Smetak was unaccountably absent and consequently your payment was recorded six days after the due date. A late fee of as much as we figured we can possibly charge without government intervention has been posted to your account. Accounts Receivable Clerk June Smetak has been promoted. Whoever said life was fair. To exit the express automated speech response system, press or say 1. To enter your 67-digit personal account number again for no special reason, press or say 2. Please wait, a Customer Care representative will be with you shortly, or will be short with you, or something. Currently, all our representatives are busy helping dilute our profits. Calls will be answered in the order in which we feel like. Your expected wait time is 42 minutes. Your expected blood pressure is 210/130. You may hear clicks followed by silence. You may hear Whole Lotta Love done entirely in strings. You may hear yourself say regrettable things, which may be monitored and/or recorded. For example, our records show that you used the phrase “gabbling nitwit” during your last call to Customer Care. This has been noted in your records and will be reflected in the quality of service you receive and the tone of voice of the Customer Care representative, should you somehow manage to reach one. I’m sorry, 0 is not a valid prompt, even if pushed furiously 11 times in rapid succession. To use our express automated speech response system, press 1. To hear our web site address, press 2. To speak to someone about your anger management problem, press 3. 3 is not a valid response. Thank you for calling. Good bye. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 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) 381-9111 Granite Island GroupFax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@tscm.com -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 5778 From: A Grudko Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 11:17am Subject: Re: CLIENT CONFIDENTIALITY - Original Message - > ... a firm has conducted a TSCM sweep, believed to have found confidential information belonging to their client, then handed it over to the authorities. An interesting ethical and perhaps legal debate. SA law obliges members of the public, who may have limited knowledge of the law, to report information about crime, but Mr Knipe, as a recently former senior police detective officer working on a directly related case, possibly entered the client's premises with a biased view in the convenience of a commercial contract. It is hard to imagen that Knipe was objective given his history. If Knipe was acting in a law enforcement roll, even as a civillian, his actions were probably legally justified - but not then 'going public' with the info. Apart from anything else, to 'go public' would probably prejudice further official investigations. If he was only there in a professional TSCM role he should have recused himself as he would know beforehand that possibly he could not legally maintain client confidentiality. To not recuse damages the reputation of the industry. Andy Grudko (British) - D.P.M., Grad I.S, South Africa - PSIRA investigators Reg. No. 8642 Grudko Associates - www.grudko.com , andy@g... . Est. 1981. International business intelligence and investigations To contact us: (+27 12) 244 0255 - 244 0256 (Fax). ICQ : 146498943. Netmeeting : agrudko@h... IPA, SACI, WAD, CALI, SAMLF, UKPIN, AFIO (OS), IWWA, PRETrust When you need it done right - first time 5779 From: A Grudko Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 10:18am Subject: Gaddafi The last paragraph below is the reason for this post. Of course, journalists are experts on electronic communications :-) There are many more interesting aspects to Gaddafi's visit such as his attempt to bring over 60 full auto weapons into our country and an undisclosed number of RPGs! -------- Gaddafi circus gives Swazis a wake-up jolt July 11 2002 at 08:59PM Johannesburg STAR newspaper By Bhekie Matsebula, Tom Holloway and Basildon Peta Ludzidzini, Swaziland - If South Africans were irritated by "Brother Leader" Muammar Gaddafi and the antics of his huge entourage, spare a thought for Swaziland. The border community of Lavumisa in the south of the country woke up in the early hours on Thursday to find the town packed with soldiers, police and prison warders. Some thought South Africa was invading the country, but nerves were calmed when they saw the Swazi security forces not fleeing, but waiting at the border post. Lavumisa businessman Johannes Nkwanyane said: "I usually wake up as early as 5am to open some of my shops, and as usual, I always find a few people walking around the town. But things were different when soldiers were seen patrolling the streets, armed with automatic rifles, looking at everyone with an eagle eye." The Swazi security contingent waited tensely until 10.30am, when a convoy of government officials joined to wait even longer for the arrival of Gaddafi. King Mswati III himself arrived at the border gate around 11am. Prime Minister Sibusiso Dlamini arrived some time later. Mswati had to wait until 12.15pm for Gaddafi's arrival, in a disappointing convoy of only six cars. But by the time the army band had played both the Libyan and Swaziland national anthems, the convoy had grown to more than a hundred vehicles. After facing the music, they left for the Ludzidzini royal residence, where Gaddafi was due to pay a courtesy call on Mswati's mother before going to rest. All roads leading from Lavumisa to Manzini, 250km away, were heavily guarded by soldiers. Motorists were searched for weapons. Residents were deeply puzzled. The confusion was heightened by Gaddafi's notorious jamming equipment, which blocked telecommunications systems in the tiny kingdom from Thursday morning until late in the evening. Angry cellphone users besieged (cellphone SP) MTN's complaints lines, but these were inoperative too. * My comments in ( ) brackets. Andy Grudko (British) - D.P.M., Grad I.S, South Africa - PSIRA investigators Reg. No. 8642 Grudko Associates - www.grudko.com , andy@g... . Est. 1981. International business intelligence and investigations To contact us: (+27 12) 244 0255 - 244 0256 (Fax). ICQ : 146498943. Netmeeting : agrudko@h... IPA, SACI, WAD, CALI, SAMLF, UKPIN, AFIO (OS), IWWA, PRETrust When you need it done right - first time 5780 From: Hawkspirit Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 0:26pm Subject: Sweep needed Sweep needed near Birmingham, Alabama or Gulf Shores, Alabama (near Pensacola, FL Area, a spectrum analyzer or surveillance receiver to 18GHZ a requirement. Contact me by e-mail. Roger Tolces Electronic Security 5781 From: kondrak Date: Thu Jul 11, 2002 2:32pm Subject: Spookz awards > >The Spook Awards > >July 11, 2002 >By WILLIAM SAFIRE > > > > > > >LONDON > >How fare the espionage agencies? Who's hot and who's >not? >Most agents and spymasters resolutely refuse to talk >about >their own agencies, but cheerfully rat on each other's >intelligence gathering, evaluation and tradecraft. >Time now >for the Golden Cloak & Dagger Awards, based on >professional >assessments by a half-dozen of my spooky sources >around the >world. > >America's C.I.A.-N.S.A. combine is rated by its peers >as >unrivaled in elint (electronic intelligence), >shorthanded >in humint (human ears in foreign ministries or >terrorist >organizations) and sometimes fatally weak on timely >evaluation of data. Although it has some of the best >analysts in the field, they rarely get out in the >field and >tend to skew their evaluations to the wishes of our >director of central intelligence. > >Russia's impoverished spies, their morale bolstered by >one >of their own, Vladimir Putin, at the top in the >Kremlin, >have worked out a way to finance their operations: >using >the old Primakov network in Iraq, they take fat >commissions >on illegal oil deals. This enables them to carry out >their >primary mission - stealing technology from the West - >though Russian operatives are babes in the woods >compared >with those in the vast international Chinese network, >peer-reviewed as best in the world at filching arms >production know-how. Russia still excels at using U.N. >cover, often through Scandinavian penetrations. > >Most-improved agency in Europe is Dutch intelligence, >stunning others with its technical sophistication. In >France, intelligence agents who leaked embarrassing >data >about Jacques Chirac must now cover their tracks after >his >re-election triumph. Germany, despite its failure to >penetrate cells of Hamburg terrorists, is well >regarded for >its cold-war ability to triple double agents. >Britain's >agency, the one most trusted by the data-overwhelmed >C.I.A., shines in the field of analysis. > >The growing terror networks in the Far East are >getting >fair attention from South Korea's K.C.I.A., which >cooperated with Singapore in uprooting a Hezbollah >operation misidentified publicly as exclusively Al >Qaeda. >Indonesia's spymaster impressed his hosts at a >Langley, >Va., meeting recently with his Elvis Presley haircut, >but >has yet to get a handle on Islamic groups based in his >far-flung country. > >In the Middle East, individual Spook of the Year is >Gen. >Saeb Khier of Jordan, though no panel member is >willing to >say why. Israel's Mossad, making a comeback after a >slump >in the past decade, is admired by fellow professionals >for >its recent wetwork. The well-heeled gumshoes of the >Saudi >network, their loyalties riven by royal family >dissension, >are no longer at the top of the Arab field. Egyptian >intelligence is more effective, thanks largely to >interrogation techniques that some other agencies envy >but >cannot stomach. > >Syria, say members of the peer-review panel, is >runner-up >for the Golden Cloak & Dagger for its post-Sept.-11 >strategic coup. Damascus is said to have made a deal >with >the C.I.A.: We'll help you track down Al Qaeda, saving >American lives, if you don't give us a hard time on >Hezbollah based in Syrian-occupied Lebanon, which >costs >only Israeli lives. As a result, even though the U.S. >solemnly tut-tuts at active Syrian support of these >terrorists, Syria was not included in President Bush's >"axis of evil." > >This unverified account goes further: in return for a >promise of secret U.S. use of Syrian territory near >Iraq in >the next attack on Saddam Hussein, as took place when >Syria >joined the allied coalition in Gulf War I, the U.S. >has >turned a blind eye to Syria's payment in oil from Iraq >for >being the conduit of Russian replacement parts for >Saddam's >aging MIG-29 planes and T-62 tanks. > >Practitioners of espionage everywhere salute Bashar >al-Assad. The eye doctor, who succeeded his father as >dictator, is taking excellent instruction in duplicity >from >his experienced spymaster. > >Push the envelope, please: > >The non-judgmental Golden Cloak & Dagger Award this >year >goes to Iran, guardian of the heritage of takia, "the >need >to conceal," for sponsorship of its covert arm, >Hezbollah, >now spreading throughout the Shiite diaspora >worldwide, >from Lebanon to Indonesia. While Al Qaeda gets the >publicity as designated global villain, the quietly >metastasizing cells of Iran's Hezbollah get the >intelligence insiders' acclaim. > >Copyright 2002 N.Y. Times > >===== 5782 From: Johnston, Richard Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:18am Subject: RE: al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet So, what is your point? How does it apply to TSCM? Who is Dubya? -----Original Message----- From: James M. Atkinson [mailto:jmatk@tscm.com] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:45 AM To: TSCM-L Mailing List Subject: [TSCM-L] al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26134.html al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 10/07/2002 at 17:43 GMT Every few months some naive twinkie in the mainstream press re-writes the government's urban myth of terrorists slithering through cyberspace, preparing to blow up a small city with the awesome power of the computer mouse. Lately the frequency of these press infomercials has been increasing, most likely in response to a Federal PR campaign supporting Dubya's sales pitch for a new Department of Homeland Defence, a piece of bureaucratic window-dressing engineered to produce a nation-wide illusion of safety. For a little historical background, the mother of all such cyber-terror FUD stories is this one by USA Today's Andrea Stone. It's the government's script on cyber-terror, perfectly reproduced and unbiased by any evaluation, skepticism or research by the author. Recently it's been déjà vu all over again. Just over a week ago we had a hysterical item from the Washington Post predicting mass death and destruction from al-Qaeda operatives remotely crashing planes and opening flood gates from secret bases in Internet cafes throughout the world. A few days later, ABC News re-wrote the article, as mainstream outlets like to do with sexy/scary stuff like cyber terror. That same week we had a warning from the Business Software Alliance, which told us that a lot of "IT Pros" are worried about this Internet terror thing (so it must be true), heavily propagated by CNN. Today we find new FUD by USA Today, in which, ironically, an old and fully discredited rumor of al-Qaeda using steganography to share their diabolical plans on Web sites is resurrected and passed-off as news. The reporter (or rather government propagandist), Jack Kelley, tells us that, "lately, al-Qaeda operatives have been sending hundreds of encrypted messages that have been hidden in files on digital photographs on the auction site eBay.com. Most of the messages have been sent from Internet cafes in Pakistan and public libraries throughout the world." A painfully familiar claim for which the author provides not one scrap of evidence, yet expresses as an established fact. We like the way he uses location (his in Islamabad and the criminal images' on eBay) for that extra ring of authenticity. "The volume of the messages has nearly doubled in the past month, indicating to some US intelligence officials that al-Qaeda is planning another attack," Kelly warns. His sources, predictably, are all anonymous 'officials'. He's merely rehashing a New York Times FUD piece written just after the 9/11 atrocity which says exactly the same things, and offers exactly the same disgraceful level of evidence, only with some quotes from identifiable people. The Times piece undoubtedly came from a 'we found terrorist stego' publicity stunt by financially strapped outfit iomart. Now, with the current struggle on Capitol Hill to approve Dubya's new Gestapo, it's essential that the man in the street be frightened and confused by a torrent of 'news' pointing to incomprehensible threats which only Big Bro has the knowledge and skill to protect him from. Look for a lot more of this cyber-terror drivel over the next two months -- or until the Department is created to the administration's satisfaction, or until Enron, Harken Energy and Halliburton cease making headlines. ® -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- 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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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] 5783 From: pballaera Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 1:04pm Subject: Hello Everyone! Hello members thanks for having me aboard,Im 28 yrs as a Private Investigator/Bodyguard/Surety Bailbonds Man.Id really like to learn the Bizz ive done some minor stuff but never this advanced.Im a hard working dedicated man available for work at anytime/anywhere.My resume, Id be more than happy to fax anyone whos interested in taking on a guy who deeply shows a desire to work in your field of expertise.Please feel free to drop me an email. Sincerly,Paul pballaera@y... 5784 From: gkeenan Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 5:44pm Subject: Re: al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet Well, I'm just in "learning mode" re TSCM. I'm more on the physical/analytical/research side of terrorism. However, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to see the connection between cyberterror and TSCM. After all, from what I've been able to glean from this list alone over the last couple of years -- there are MANY areas of overlap between them. So I would think that that's the point. We all have to be aware. If you have such a narrow focus on TSCM only -- you're a prime candidate for an attack from another direction (I only speak from 25 years of military experience -- and another 20 as a security specialist and consultant). As for Dubya? Where've you been? He just happens to be the President of the USA. Jerry Keenan West Islip, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnston, Richard To: 'James M. Atkinson' ; TSCM-L Mailing List Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: RE: [TSCM-L] al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet So, what is your point? How does it apply to TSCM? Who is Dubya? -----Original Message----- From: James M. Atkinson [mailto:jmatk@tscm.com] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:45 AM To: TSCM-L Mailing List Subject: [TSCM-L] al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26134.html al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 10/07/2002 at 17:43 GMT Every few months some naive twinkie in the mainstream press re-writes the government's urban myth of terrorists slithering through cyberspace, preparing to blow up a small city with the awesome power of the computer mouse. Lately the frequency of these press infomercials has been increasing, most likely in response to a Federal PR campaign supporting Dubya's sales pitch for a new Department of Homeland Defence, a piece of bureaucratic window-dressing engineered to produce a nation-wide illusion of safety. For a little historical background, the mother of all such cyber-terror FUD stories is this one by USA Today's Andrea Stone. It's the government's script on cyber-terror, perfectly reproduced and unbiased by any evaluation, skepticism or research by the author. Recently it's been déjà vu all over again. Just over a week ago we had a hysterical item from the Washington Post predicting mass death and destruction from al-Qaeda operatives remotely crashing planes and opening flood gates from secret bases in Internet cafes throughout the world. A few days later, ABC News re-wrote the article, as mainstream outlets like to do with sexy/scary stuff like cyber terror. That same week we had a warning from the Business Software Alliance, which told us that a lot of "IT Pros" are worried about this Internet terror thing (so it must be true), heavily propagated by CNN. Today we find new FUD by USA Today, in which, ironically, an old and fully discredited rumor of al-Qaeda using steganography to share their diabolical plans on Web sites is resurrected and passed-off as news. The reporter (or rather government propagandist), Jack Kelley, tells us that, "lately, al-Qaeda operatives have been sending hundreds of encrypted messages that have been hidden in files on digital photographs on the auction site eBay.com. Most of the messages have been sent from Internet cafes in Pakistan and public libraries throughout the world." A painfully familiar claim for which the author provides not one scrap of evidence, yet expresses as an established fact. We like the way he uses location (his in Islamabad and the criminal images' on eBay) for that extra ring of authenticity. "The volume of the messages has nearly doubled in the past month, indicating to some US intelligence officials that al-Qaeda is planning another attack," Kelly warns. His sources, predictably, are all anonymous 'officials'. He's merely rehashing a New York Times FUD piece written just after the 9/11 atrocity which says exactly the same things, and offers exactly the same disgraceful level of evidence, only with some quotes from identifiable people. The Times piece undoubtedly came from a 'we found terrorist stego' publicity stunt by financially strapped outfit iomart. Now, with the current struggle on Capitol Hill to approve Dubya's new Gestapo, it's essential that the man in the street be frightened and confused by a torrent of 'news' pointing to incomprehensible threats which only Big Bro has the knowledge and skill to protect him from. Look for a lot more of this cyber-terror drivel over the next two months -- or until the Department is created to the administration's satisfaction, or until Enron, Harken Energy and Halliburton cease making headlines. ® -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- 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) 381-9111 Granite Island Group Fax: 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 mailto:jmatk@tscm.com ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- "People sleep peaceably in their beds at night only because rough men stand ready to do violence on their behalf." - George Orwell ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- 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] Yahoo! Groups Sponsor ======================================================== 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] 5785 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 6:09pm Subject: Surveillance catalogs, manuals and lit for sale Hi all, I am serious about cleaning this place out and am trying to raise enough money to rent a huge construction dumpster and a bulldozer to help me clean out the shop. I need to cut down to no more than 20 bookcases full of lit, so I am offering a package of older and some more recent surveillance catalogs, individual product sheets, instruction manuals, photographs and related stuff. Much of this stuff was never available to the public, produced in tiny quantities, hand delivered only, serial numbered to the recipient, and considered extremely sensitive. Most of this no one on this list will ever actually see, but most will claim to already have it. Here's a reasonably complete list in no particular order. I may throw in other items not listed with the below package as I come across them: ==================== Department of Justice Report on Body-Worn FM Transmitters dtd Dec 1978. Evaluation of several models. Desired characteristics and design criteria for body wires. Legal requirements of the hardware. Single source of a lot of interesting info. National Intelligence Academy (NIA) textbook on Surveillance Operations, dtd 1980. Exhaustive, heavily illustrated, extremely scarce. NIA was the educational arm of AID (Audio Intelligence Devices) and is still in operation. Controlonics Scrambler Instruction Manual. This was a popular unit 20 years ago. 1995 Wiretap Report issued by the federal government. Covers court orders for electronic surveillances by state, type of intercept, length of intercept, number of intercepts, number of arrests, number of convictions, cost of intercept, etc. Lots of information, thick book. EVERY legal non-FISA intercept for 1995 is in this book. See below for other annual issues of this report. Large (size of small phone book) heavily illustrated generic spy shop catalog. 136 pages. Don't remember company, almost certainly out of business by now. Probably ten years old. Same tired old crap everyone is still selling. One of the largest of this type of catalog. Mostly garbage, nothing professional (which is still the case with these sort of things). Law Enforcement Associates (LEA) Intelligence Equipment Catalog Vol 5, dtd 1997. Highly restricted. After LEA's conversion from a garbage spy shop to an allegedly professional law enforcement equipment supplier. LEA is owned by Sirchie. Many sensitive items, heavily illustrated. Commercial van equipment catalog. Not specifically surveillance vans, but a company who makes various accessories for construction and commercial vans, with much overlap to surveillance van building. Old, but you will get a lot of ideas on how to use ordinary stuff in your van. Company probably still in business. R&R Surveillance Van Brochure. R&R/Larry Rhoades was one of the original surveillance van manufacturers. They were based here in MD and I used to have an office right around the corner from them back in the early 1980s. Their front operation was a dirtyshirt Harley Davidson shop, with open drug trafficking in the parking lot and hogs in and out at all hours and motorcycle carcasses all over the place. In the back, hidden from view, was a hospital clean professional surveillance van operation; a secret facility. R&R did some of the best van work of anyone, and a large number of government vans, especially on the East Coast, were done at R&R Speed and Cycle Shop. R&R no longer is in the van business, unfortunately. This brochure shows some of the best examples of their work. Includes detailed specs. Get lots of ideas on how professional quality surveillance vans were put together. Most are still in use. Many AID (Audio Intelligence Devices) surveillance van catalogs, brochures, photographs and specs. One is an 8x10 color glossy photo of the inside of the most expensive surveillance vans commercially available, and the fanciest. Starting prices for AID vans are about what most people pay for a starter house (well in the 5 figures). Very tightly controlled information, extremely sensitive. Their latest design of vans are fully digital, controlled by touching icons on computer screens with your fingers, not switches. Some very interesting features here. This alone is a fantastic package. Same as above, but from Sirchie's surveillance van facility in Medford, NJ. Delicate info. Large photos. Few new concepts as most of LEA and Sirchie's stuff is copied from someone else. Good info, though. Westinghouse/AID (W/AID) Video Catalog. The early days of AID degenerating from a superb outfit to just another spy shop selling other people's stuff. Perfect example of AID's current philosophy. Take an ordinary WATEC camera, triple the price, tell everyone you sell it only to police, and law enforcement will pay 3x the price for the thing. Works for them. LEA Catalog Vol 2, Dtd 1994. I seem to recall this being the early years of them trying to turn around their image from a spy shop to a reputable outfit. They're still trying. LEA International Surveillance Equipment Catalog. Dtd 1990. National Intelligence Academy (NIA) Vol 2 Electronic Intelligence textbook, covers primarily audio surveillance techniques. Several hundred pages. Dated 1974, but many of the basics are the same. Highly restricted item. Many photos, charts, drawings, op plans, etc. NIA is the educational facility associated with AID. HDS (another formerly reputable, high end but now defunct surveillance equipment manufacturer who dealt exclusively with government) brochure and spec sheets, dated 1996 and 1997, when they were in their final death throes. HDS stood for Household Data Services, if anyone cares. Perfect name for a surveillance manufacturer. HDS specialized in super small microwave wireless video and had a full line out before most of you had heard of wireless video. NIA course schedule dtd 1996. See all you could learn at the world's largest private spook school. NIA literally would not even acknowledge the existence of some of these courses. Westinghouse/AID 3rd generation digital surveillance van brochure. Many color photos. Picture the bridge of Star Trek in the back of a van and you'll get the idea. Wonder how many of these they made? Their catalogs showed something like 8 bays, and they probably had more than that. I personally have seen and operated these vans, and it is very easy to become spoiled in a short period of time and never be happy with anything lesser again. 1994 Wiretap Report. See above for description. CCS/STG (CCS we've all heard of. STG is Surveillance Technology Group, another of the endless names CCS adopted to give them a chance at approaching the law enforcement market where the CCS name was mud). Surveillance and countersurveillance equipment catalog. Several hundred pages. Heavily illustrated. Dated approximately 1990. Almost exclusively vaporware. See if you can spot the very few genuine products in this catalog, and if you can, identify who actually made them before CCS repackaged them in a Halliburton Suitcase and multiplied the price by 100. Probably the single largest catalog they've ever produced. Would be good for an English class as a superb example of hyperbole. For the majority who never got beyond 6th grade English, hyperbole is a term meaning gross exaggeration, like 'world's smallest'. I always ask the question when 200 spy shops all claim to be the manufacturer of the 'world's smallest' whatever, does that mean they have examined each and every one on the planet and compared the volume and weight of every one of them to their own product? FYI, manufacturing involves more than pasting your label on someone else's product. Scott French Book 'Big Brother Game' dated 1975. Anything involving Scott French is another example of hyperbole in its purest form. Very little if any of French/Lapin's stuff is worth the postage to ship it. NATIA membership brochure. NATIA = NAtional Technical Investigator's Association. The top electronic spooks in the world. Membership open to government employees only, and not just any government employee. You must know how to play golf. ESC Technical Security Measures Catalog. I forget what ESC used to stand for, but he was an early scum spy shop, large catalog dtd 1987 packaged in a 3 ring notebook. Very fancy product sheets, some nonexistent products, some other people's stuff, nothing genuine which was original. Long defunct operation. Many many photos. Scott French Book 'High Tech Harrassment' dtd 1990. Original price listed as $45, which apparently some were foolish enough to pay. For the record, I have never bought a French/Lapin book in my life. All were sent to me by French when he was trying to butter me up. Worked for about 2 weeks. 1999 Wiretap Report. Description above. LEA (Law Enforcement Associates) Spy Shop Catalog dtd 1988, back when they were just another scummy spy shop, heavily illustrated, 85 pages, extensive knockoffs of other companies' products, thinly disguised as LEA's own. An example of the earlier days of sleazy spy shops promising a lot of things they couldn't deliver, yet taking tens of thousands of dollars from victims who believed their crap. Winkelmann Hawk Model 450 Nonlinear Junction Detector brochure dtd 11/99, color photos, specs, etc. Seems like a fairly decent low end unit, although I have never seen one. Winston Arrington Book 'Now Hear This', numerous schematics of his surveillance devices, all of which are valid and most of which a talented hobbyist with a good junkbox and electronic construction skills could reproduce. This is the real thing. Schematics only, no construction info, not for the inexperienced or faint of heart. You will need to know some theory to make these circuits work, as some require calculating values of inductance and capacitance to hit certain frequencies. You also likely will need a spectrum analyzer and a wide coverage receiver for the transmitter projects. Excellent info from one of the masters of the trade. Many items formerly sold assembled, then later as kits, then dropped altogether after legal harassment. 1st edition dated 1988. I have an infinite amount of respect for Mr. Arrington, and we have spent many hours on the phone over the years. I did a nice very favorable review of this book which for some reason he chose never to use. Good examples even if you don't have any intention of building anything, just to see circuit design. This book would be much more popular if it was slightly cheaper. While it is worth whatever he charges for it, people won't know that until they've seen it, and they won't see it until they buy it. Here's a nice copy. Probably the best piece in this collection. Lee Lapin/Scott French Book 'How to Get Anything on Anybody', dtd 1987. 264 pages. Lee Lapin and Scott French are the same person. Lapin is a pseudonym, and for a while French used the name 'Wolf Security' to pretext companies for their product information. Lapin happens to mean 'Wolf' in Latin, which surprised French when I knew that. Latin is not a totally dead language. This book has more bullshit per pound than anything else I've read in my life, including a CCS catalog. I would consider this book as pure fiction and am including it in this collection only to save the effort of carrying it to the dumpster. National Intelligence Academy (NIA) textbook 'Telephone System Intercept', dated 1986, heavily illustrated. 2nd edition, 130 pages. The real thing. Equipment and techniques still in use today. A dangerous manual in the wrong hands. Even after 30 years in this business, I learn something new every time I pick up an NIA textbook. Full Disclosure Newspaper by Glenn Roberts -- 3 issues, #21, 22 and 23, dtd approx 1990. Scarce. Glenn Roberts is anti anything government and spy related, and he reproduced copies of government requests for bids for surveillance equipment, surveillance equipment product sheets when he could get them, and similar. He is one of those who would take a single small fact and spin gigantic conspiracies around them and appear to speak knowledgeably of things about which he had absolutely no real knowledge. This guy is probably on more government lists than anyone else you could name. Interesting reading, little of real value, written by those who thought they were part of the system but had no idea they had no idea whatever of what was happening in the real world of surveillance. Accu-Quest Corp 8 page illustrated catalog, several years old, very heavy on BS. Take someone else's product, put your label on it, claim you are the manufacturer, write it up as if you personally invented the entire concept of recording on magnetic tape, or the physics of optics, or whatever, charge outrageous prices, claim to teach courses when you have no genuine knowledge on a subject matter other than what you've learned from crap you pick up at every trade show and by reading catalogs. The ultimate spy shop run by one of the ultimate spy groupies. The shell of the company may still be in business here in Maryland. SEMCO Personal Video Surveillance System, color brochure with many photos, dated approx 1990. A law enforcement video body wire intended for uniformed duty use, to record what the officer heard and saw via a 2.4 gig microwave link to a recorder in the trunk of the radio car. Not a bad idea, but the implementation was impractical, multipath rendered operation nearly useless, lots and lots of stuff to wire on the officer every morning when he's already late for roll call. Produce never made it. It was well built, but operated at dangerous power levels. I personally had a unit for evaluation which I used extensively, and while it was a nice system, it just wasn't practical. SEMCO was a former military defense supplier who ran into hard times and thought they could penetrate the law enforcement equipment market. Like many others, they had little understanding of how to function in the law enforcement community, and they failed. The company is still around, I am pretty sure, but I don't believe this product ever went anywhere. Nice brochure and good idea, though, and an honest company. Orion Vehicle Tracking Equipment Catalog dtd 1999. Canadian manufacturer, heavily GPS oriented, changes distributors and products too often for the market to keep up. An honest owner who is a capable engineer runs the place, but like in many companies, 10s hire 9s who hire 8s, and so on, and the larger the place grows the less customer service they offer. I have been to their plant, and they do good work. Heavily illustrated catalog, equipment used in large quantities by the government. Chances are, government tracking equipment will be AID if older or Orion if newer. Rare glimpse of the latest designs in primarily vehicle tracking. W/AID Intelligence Equipment Catalog, Catalog Supplement and Price Sheet (3 documents) dated 1996. Some of the old standbys, and some 'other people's products'. Towards the end of their demise under Westinghouse, although they have yet again risen, like a Phoenix, from the ashes and are trying to make another comeback. W/AID Intelligence Equipment Catalog and separate price sheet dated 1997-98. Smaller catalog than the previous year. Audio Intelligence Systems, Video Surveillance Products, Night Vision Systems, Tracking Equipment, Personal Security Systems, Mobile Surveillance Platforms, Special Purpose Vehicles, Professional Training. ======================= All the above is priced at $300 shipped in the U.S. Shipping will be via priority mail, almost certainly from Florida. Note I AM NOT offering any of the actual equipment described in these documents for sale, neither am I advertising the products. Payment can be by credit card or check. I will ship internationally at higher shipping, of course. This offer to sell the above documentation IS NOT open to just anybody and I reserve the right to deny sale to anyone without explanation. Descriptions of the companies are my opinions only, even though they are shared by most of the industry. Price is firm and I will not split up the package and sell individual items, although if you are willing to buy everything but want me to throw the Scott French books in the trash I will do so and deduct some proportionate amount from the shipping. One or two of the NIA textbooks may be reproductions, although I do not know if the repros were done by AID or later. All other info, as far as I can recall, are originals. ========================= Sold separately from the above, but sold only to a buyer of the above, is an 1992 AID catalog with prices. This is a huge catalog, 400 pages, with illustrations of nearly every product. This is probably the largest and most complete catalog they ever produced. Has charts of frequencies, connector ID and assembly instructions, matrices of what accessories work with what products, photos of everything, and prices listed. Lots of generic technical info useful to the electronic surveillance operative. This is the big one, the one everyone saves when they throw all the rest out. The classic AID. I am offering it separately because it is an expensive piece and someone may feel it is redundant compared to the rest of the package above. Price is $150. Again, this is NOT available separately, only with purchase of the above. ========================= Email if questions, but pretty much everything is described above. Please don't ask me if a certain product is in a certain catalog as this stuff is packed away and I don't feel like digging through it all, neither do I feel like making an appointment with a proctologist which is almost mandatory after reading some of this material. You have been warned. Just think, for the price of only 300 cups of coffee or 10 packs of cigarettes in some states, you can have a huge collection of surveillance equipment documentation which took me much of a career to collect. Some of this stuff is real classics from the early days of surveillance, spy shops and fraudsters. In all of the above, there is more vaporware than real products. But most of the real products ever issued are in one or another of the catalogs from the Real Companies. Buyer may get a bit more than described, as I further clean out files and find more pertinent info. Purchasing business related documentation may be a legitimate tax deduction. A formal invoice will accompany the order. Steve ******************************************************************* Steve Uhrig, SWS Security, Maryland (USA) Mfrs of electronic surveillance equip mailto:Steve@s... website http://www.swssec.com tel +1+410-879-4035, fax +1+410-836-1190 "In God we trust, all others we monitor" ******************************************************************* 5786 From: Matt Paulsen Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:21pm Subject: RE: Surveillance catalogs, manuals and lit for sale For a moment I thought that this was Jim's way of trying to clean up the list and get us back 'on topic'. Then I checked the name and read more. Guess that proves that new parents get delusional after 25+ sleepless days. Hmm.. my wife just said something and walked away.. and I have no idea what she said... >Hi all, > >I am serious about cleaning this place out and am trying to raise >enough money to rent a huge construction dumpster and a bulldozer to >help me clean out the shop. 5787 From: D. Douglas Rehman Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 8:49pm Subject: RE: Surveillance catalogs, manuals and lit for sale Steve: What a trip down memory lane! I have to admit though that "How to get anything on anybody" (on my bookshelf beside me) helped me break into law enforcement electronic surveillance. I was fresh out of college and working as a patrolman for the city of Port Richey, Florida. A friend at the Florida Department of Law Enforcement (FDLE) told me that the Illinois State Police were looking for some tech people. I had been a ham since age 14 and wanted to get into electronic surveillance. I sent an application to ISP and got an interview. (1985) While I was pretty knowledgeable about electronics and communications, I didn't know anything about electronic surveillance. I started looking for some study material and came across Lapin's book. It gave me some insight into surveillance that helped me to answer some of the interview questions. I got hired and spent 2.5 years as a tech agent with ISP, including going to the first NATIA conference and the trial run of the electronic surveillance school at Glynco. We had several HDS systems, including two micro-miniature microwave transmitters- exceptionally advanced for their day. The year prior to my being hired, my unit had done several stings on people selling illegal wiretap equipment. Arrington was one of the targets and we had a large collection of his materials (parts, completed units, modified receivers, original schematics, etc.). We had multiple surveillance vans, but the crown jewel was an R&R Speedshop beauty. After ISP, I spent 10 years as a tech agent at FDLE and saw/have many of the catalogs/items you mention. Boy, now I feel old... Best Regards, Doug Rehman Rehman Technology Services, Inc. Specializing in Computer Forensics and Technology Related Investigations License A-9800119 Mount Dora, Florida (Orlando Area) (352)357-0500 http://www.surveil.com President Florida Association of Computer Crime Investigators http://www.facci.org 5788 From: Matt Paulsen Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 10:00pm Subject: RE: al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet It's a 1 2 3 dance. Facilities, communications, data... TSCM is very related to data security which is very related to facilities controls. All three areas are prime attack areas, all three operate together and all three are responsible for covering the other two butts when their on the pot. Examples - ANSI 709.x, IEEE 802.11, IEEE 802.1x (I didn't say they were GOOD examples) , EIA 852, (D.P.S.S.T.) Oregon Department of Public Safety Standards and Training, ASP certification, CPR certification, etc. Technical capabilities, network capabilities, physical capabilities, etc. We're all doing our piece of the security dance, just in different ways. It's the real players that understand that working with professionals in other overlapping, complimentary fields creates true competencies as long as you know when you're stupid enough to be really dangerous in that area and smart enough to know who to call who is such in yours. What can I say about Mr. Greene... I'd better not, I'd get sued by The Register and like mom always used to say..... But give CheckPoint a call, I'm sure they'll be happy to tell you what they think of Mr. Greene. (Ah, that's much nicer that what I just finished typing after 15 minutes. After all this is a public forum and who knows who's lurking on the list.) With regards to the article, this is a risks avoidance, pension planning, 25 year retirements dreams issue. Information security as it pertains to physical access systems is deplorable in many cases and the abilities to carry out attacks on infrastructure being more readily available than should be. From personal experience I've seen too many lax security managers give out too much access and not do enough to safeguard critical information because they don't want to rock the boat. Fine by me, it's more $ when things blow up (literally) and they don't care because 'it won't happen on my watch' is the predominant mentality. But don't fool yourself into thinking that it's not an issue when I and 100's of others know for a fact it is, especially when I've been left with access to information systems after I've walked out of client sites telling them to take my access off their lists and hear that they left it in YEARS LATER (including encryption systems, remote untrusted systems and real-time proxies to highly sensitive locations) "because it's so hard to get accounts like that setup in the first place, so we think we'll keep it around for a while." Lets think that through for a moment.. Yea.. That doesn't make sense. But it DOES happen. DAILY. Ok, lets see if I get on someone's to-watch list...What if major PUC facilities were hit with coordinated attacks on government sites to create government information confusion and public panic and real deaths.. in the millions or at least 10's of thousands and completely decentralize large geographic populations. Control centers, substations, etc. Little onsite security, no major data center offsite facilities, tie-ins with nuclear facilities via t1, oc3, microwave, etc. Lets think about the Portland region alone, since my backyard is a good example of incompetence. We've got now defunct Enron/PGE, Trojan, Hanford, DOE, FBI, Secret Service, the PDX Intl. Airport, and the Port of Portland all in a nice 10 KM area (ties via networks to Trojan/Hanford obviously since their not in the downtown proper). Ok, so we lace a nice tanker from Japan with nuclear waste (this seems to be happening now reasons only God knows why, so why the heck not put it in here), or for simplicities sake, a PPT purity chemicals boat bound for Japan is blown up, we storm PGE for their information controls, blow up the Secret Service building and a few banks (oops collateral damage, the Canadians will be annoyed) and the FBI building (there goes counterterrorism) and for giggles take out the DOE building with a PDX Boeing 7x7 series across the way next to Benson and... oh sh*t we have a problem people. No more power trading today thank-you-very-much. Now the funny part is... just who has backups for data... facilities, and oh yea, those other things that corporate CEO's call streamlined operations.. trained personnel to replace all those dead people, and don't forget the potential for blackout here, radiation issues, mass deaths via waterway contamination and sheer terror. Just who's monitoring services, and what about vendor access and control safeguards. What about actual trained and fire tried guards. Most of these locations are crippling examples of what not to do from a security standpoint. Things are no more secure now than they were pre-9/11, which is why I and not the police are chasing crazies on the streets of NW Portland during my lunchtime when nuts are breaking into cars and attacking my vendor's cleaning lady with sticks on the street. Which is why the Portland Police bureau may as well file bankruptcy, which is why the Oregon legislature can't appear to balance a budget. $38 billion for security... For what I ask. If you ask me, we got lucky 10 months ago and we haven't done anything of any measurable value to fix the real problems at stake with what got us there to begin with, so in the meantime, I'm just going to try to get my lunch without chasing criminals on the street and maybe watch NBR at night when they talk about 300 point daily drops in an overinflated readjusting market. -----Original Message----- From: gkeenan [mailto:gkeenan@s...] Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 3:44 PM To: 'James M. Atkinson'; TSCM-L Mailing List; Johnston, Richard Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet Well, I'm just in "learning mode" re TSCM. I'm more on the physical/analytical/research side of terrorism. However, it doesn't take a brain surgeon to see the connection between cyberterror and TSCM. After all, from what I've been able to glean from this list alone over the last couple of years -- there are MANY areas of overlap between them. So I would think that that's the point. We all have to be aware. If you have such a narrow focus on TSCM only -- you're a prime candidate for an attack from another direction (I only speak from 25 years of military experience -- and another 20 as a security specialist and consultant). As for Dubya? Where've you been? He just happens to be the President of the USA. Jerry Keenan West Islip, NY ----- Original Message ----- From: Johnston, Richard To: 'James M. Atkinson' ; TSCM-L Mailing List Sent: Friday, July 12, 2002 9:18 AM Subject: RE: [TSCM-L] al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet So, what is your point? How does it apply to TSCM? Who is Dubya? -----Original Message----- From: James M. Atkinson [mailto:jmatk@tscm.com] Sent: Thursday, July 11, 2002 7:45 AM To: TSCM-L Mailing List Subject: [TSCM-L] al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/6/26134.html al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet By Thomas C Greene in Washington Posted: 10/07/2002 at 17:43 GMT Every few months some naive twinkie in the mainstream press re-writes the government's urban myth of terrorists slithering through cyberspace, preparing to blow up a small city with the awesome power of the computer mouse. Lately the frequency of these press infomercials has been increasing, most likely in response to a Federal PR campaign supporting Dubya's sales pitch for a new Department of Homeland Defence, a piece of bureaucratic window-dressing engineered to produce a nation-wide illusion of safety. For a little historical background, the mother of all such cyber-terror FUD stories is this one by USA Today's Andrea Stone. It's the government's script on cyber-terror, perfectly reproduced and unbiased by any evaluation, skepticism or research by the author. Recently it's been déjà vu all over again. Just over a week ago we had a hysterical item from the Washington Post predicting mass death and destruction from al-Qaeda operatives remotely crashing planes and opening flood gates from secret bases in Internet cafes throughout the world. A few days later, ABC News re-wrote the article, as mainstream outlets like to do with sexy/scary stuff like cyber terror. That same week we had a warning from the Business Software Alliance, which told us that a lot of "IT Pros" are worried about this Internet terror thing (so it must be true), heavily propagated by CNN. Today we find new FUD by USA Today, in which, ironically, an old and fully discredited rumor of al-Qaeda using steganography to share their diabolical plans on Web sites is resurrected and passed-off as news. The reporter (or rather government propagandist), Jack Kelley, tells us that, "lately, al-Qaeda operatives have been sending hundreds of encrypted messages that have been hidden in files on digital photographs on the auction site eBay.com. Most of the messages have been sent from Internet cafes in Pakistan and public libraries throughout the world." A painfully familiar claim for which the author provides not one scrap of evidence, yet expresses as an established fact. We like the way he uses location (his in Islamabad and the criminal images' on eBay) for that extra ring of authenticity. "The volume of the messages has nearly doubled in the past month, indicating to some US intelligence officials that al-Qaeda is planning another attack," Kelly warns. His sources, predictably, are all anonymous 'officials'. He's merely rehashing a New York Times FUD piece written just after the 9/11 atrocity which says exactly the same things, and offers exactly the same disgraceful level of evidence, only with some quotes from identifiable people. The Times piece undoubtedly came from a 'we found terrorist stego' publicity stunt by financially strapped outfit iomart. Now, with the current struggle on Capitol Hill to approve Dubya's new Gestapo, it's essential that the man in the street be frightened and confused by a torrent of 'news' pointing to incomprehensible threats which only Big Bro has the knowledge and skill to protect him from. Look for a lot more of this cyber-terror drivel over the next two months -- or until the Department is created to the administration's satisfaction, or until Enron, Harken Energy and Halliburton cease making headlines. ® -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------- -- ---------------------- 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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[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/ 5789 From: Hawkspirit Date: Sat Jul 13, 2002 0:25am Subject: Sweep Needed >I have a request for a residential sweep in Western Kentucky, anyone >providing services in that area contact me. Roger Tolces Electronic Security 5790 From: Aimee Farr Date: Sat Jul 13, 2002 1:36am Subject: RE: al-Qaeda poised to strike hard via the Internet > So, what is your point? > How does it apply to TSCM? Hm...I'll make a meek attempt to "spin" some relevance from this story, in regard to TSCM, as linked to espionage collection. Likely, it is one that researchers and subject matter experts tend to be blind to in journalistic, research collaboration, and Delphi approaches. After all, of what importance could it be to give away the impossible, the impractical, and the unimportant? I'm sure some of you saw that clip on Rumsfeld's explanation of "unknown unknowns," in an attempt to explain some intelligence difficulties to the press. We also have "our own unknown unknowns" -- in the forms of discounted policy, impossible or too-future technological developments, seemingly unsound doctrinal approaches, R&D no-gos, special obstacles in policy, law, economics, technology, etc.-etc. Here is often the essence of "non-decisions," which some view as more important than actual decision-making or agenda items. The reason is because these sentiments often seem to coincide with the lines of least expectation and least resistance. (nod to Liddell-Hart) And, one of the most frequent errors in war (or any rivalry) seems to be allowing your enemy time to move where you are not, and, conversely, to move where you are, following the principle of strength against weakness. We all are subject to the "Fallacy of Initiative" to some degree, by which we think adversarial dispositions, intentions, and capabilities are constant and not relative. The general public suffers from "perceptual defense" on an increasing number of issues, because they don't think there is any effective action they can take -- the signal is tuned out, because there is no payoff in it. Together, "our own unknown unknowns," the "fallacy of initiative," and forms of "perceptual defense" can make for a false concept image, a false enemy image and various shades of ignorance and complacency. History would seem to suggest that with a motivated adversary, this is a bad recipe. Many authors have cited these themes, albeit in round-about ways -- in regard to Nazi Germany. We were rather displeased with what some experts said was not possible, practical or feasible, because it seems they didn't agree. ~Aimee 5791 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Sat Jul 13, 2002 9:24am Subject: Re-Airing of C-SPAN 2 Book World with Linda The below is a video review of a book of fascinating history of intelligence and a demo and discussion of some tradecraft items, including miniature photography. Highly recommended. Set up to tape it if you're not going to be around. Below message is forwarded from the gal who is the speaker on the topic, and author of the book being discussed. ... Steve =========== Good morning everyone, C-SPAN called yesterday to say that June 13, 2002 talk I gave at the National Archives in honor of the 60th anniversary of the OSS will air again this weekend on C-SPAN 2. The dates and times are: Saturday morning, July 13 at 9:45 am Sunday evening, July 14, at 6:10 pm For those who missed the first airing a couple of weeks ago, here's a second (and third) chance to see it again. Maybe C-SPAN 2 had a lot of dead air to fill this weekend . . . For more information, log onto www.booktv.org. Yours from Stonewall's Valley, Linda History is a Hoot, Inc. P.O. Box 285 Markham, VA 22643 (540) 622-2074 www.historyisahoot.com ------- End of forwarded message ------- 5792 From: John McCain Date: Fri Jul 12, 2002 6:04pm Subject: OT: Cell phone passive repeater question Hi Gurus, My employer recently moved to a rural office complex, and I'm now "living" on the ground floor of a tight metal building. This place is like a faraday cage... metal window screen, two layers of steel walls with foil-backed insulation behind the sheet rock. I can't even get a broadcast band AM or FM radio to pick up anything here, and my ham HTs are useless inside. The point... I use a TDMA/AMPS dual-band (800/1.9) cell phone, which is useless inside the building now. We're several miles from the closest cell site, and signal levels are so poor in here that I have to do something. I considered adding an outside antenna and coax to the phone the way I've done in the past, but that ties me to one office using the phone. I'm now leaning towards a passive repeater... two antennae and a short chunk of coax. Have any of you tried putting up a yagi outside with a couple feet of coax to a panel or small yagi antenna on the inside of a building like this? I could gain 10 or 15 dB on the yagi, and mount it 20' above the ground , then with a 2' or so run of coax, feed either a monopole, dipole, or flat panel on the inside. We own the buildings, so there's no problem with the install if I'm reasonably comfortable that I'll get enough signal to use. AM I overlooking anything? Is it reasonable? Any suggestions? Thanks, JohnM Manager, Corporate Security Voice: 217-352-3207 Data Comm for Business, Inc. Fax: 217-897-6600 2949 CR 1000N Web: http://www.dcbnet.com Dewey, IL. 61840 Email: Jmccain@d...