RE: [TSCM-L] Re: Federal judge orders end to wiretap program - Says governments listening in without warrant is unconstitutional

From: Reginald Curtis <reginal..._at_hotmail.com>
Date: Wed, 23 Aug 2006 21:14:28 +0000
>From - Sat Mar 02 00:57:23 2024 Received: by 10.35.40.10 with SMTP id s10mr735464pyj; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Return-Path: Received: from lvs00-fl-n03.ftl.affinity.com (lvs00-fl-n03.ftl.affinity.com [216.219.253.136]) by mx.googlegroups.com with ESMTP id c18si281991pyc.2006.08.17.12.24.16; Thu, 17 Aug 2006 12:24:17 -0700 (PDT) Received-SPF: neutral (googlegroups.com: 216.219.253.136 is neither permitted nor denied by best guess record for domain of jm..._at_tscm.com) Received: from [151.203.33.84] ([151.203.33.84]:48653 "EHLO nikola.tscm.com") by ams003.ftl.affinity.com with ESMTP id S1394781AbWHQTYQ (ORCPT ); Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:24:16 -0400 Message-Id: <7.0.1.0.2.20060817145936.11678690_at_tscm.com> X-Mailer: QUALCOMM Windows Eudora Version 7.0.1.0 Date: Thu, 17 Aug 2006 15:20:22 -0400 To: TSCM-L2006_at_googlegroups.com From: "James M. Atkinson" Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] Re: Federal judge orders end to wiretap program - Says governments listening in without warrant is unconstitutional In-Reply-To: References: <7.0.1.0.2.20060817123528.110da0f0_at_tscm.com> Mime-Version: 1.0 Content-Type: multipart/alternative; boundary="=====================_41861765==.ALT" --=====================_41861765==.ALT Content-Type: text/plain; charset="us-ascii"; format=flowed This is one of those cases where the Plaintiff's need to bang their heads against the wall. I applaud their efforts, and I am proud of them for doing the right thing and standing up for our collective rights. But I have to point out that only went after the NSA, and that the order only tells the ***NSA*** to pull the plug, doesn't order AT&T, QWEST, MCI, Tyco, Sprint, et al to pull the plug, does not tell DCI to pull the plug, fails to mention DHS, or the FBI, etc. All that AT&T needs to do is start routing the intercepted data to an agency different from the NSA to be compliant with the judges order, they could just as easily route the illegally incepted data streams to a DOD facility, or DCI facility. Olney could also handle the data as it is outside of the NSA charter. If you really want to split hairs (or fiber as it were) then the order should have directed not only against the RBOC's, and Long Lines companies, but also the underseas cable companies like Tyco, and to the military facilities that act as host for several of the agencies that do the initial minimization screening of the East coast intercepts such as McGuire AFB, Ft. Dix, and Ft. Monmouth in the name of homeland security. (Note: The information about McGuire, Dix, and Monmouth being used is already in the public domain and thus is not classified, just seriously embarrassing to the companies involved.) The order needs to be expanded to cover these other agencies as well, and strong punitive actions need to be taken against all involved. -jma At 04:49 PM 8/17/2006, John Young wrote: >The judge's order and memorandum opinion telling NSA to >shut down the illegal operation: > > >http://cryptome.org/aclu-nsa.pdf (46 pages) > >Hooray -- for now. We Hunt Spies, We Stop Espionage, We Kill Bugs, and We Plug Leaks. James M. Atkinson, President and Sr. Engineer Granite Island Group 127 Eastern Avenue #291 Gloucester, MA 01930-8008 Phone: (978) 546-3803 Fax: (978) 546-9467 Web: http://www.tscm.com/ E-Mail: jm...@tscm.com --=====================_41861765==.ALT Content-Type: text/html; charset="iso-8859-1" Content-Transfer-Encoding: quoted-printable
This is one of those cases where the Plaintiff's need to bang their heads against the wall.

I applaud their efforts, and I am proud of them for doing the right thing and standing up for our collective rights.

But I have to point out that only went after the NSA, and that the order only tells the ***NSA*** to pull the plug, doesn't order AT&T, QWEST, MCI, Tyco, Sprint, et al to pull the plug, does not tell DCI to pull the plug, fails to mention DHS, or the FBI, etc. All that AT&T needs to do is start routing the intercepted data to an agency different from the NSA to be compliant with the judges order, they could just as easily route the illegally incepted data streams to a DOD facility, or DCI facility. Olney could also handle the data as it is outside of the NSA charter. If you really want to split hairs (or fiber as it were) then the order should have directed not only against the RBOC's, and Long Lines companies, but also the underseas cable companies like Tyco, and to the military facilities that act as host for several of the agencies that do the initial minimization screening of the East coast intercepts such as McGuire AFB, Ft. Dix, and Ft. Monmouth in the name of homeland security. (Note: The information about McGuire, Dix, and Monmouth being used is already in the public domain and thus is not classified, just seriously embarrassing to the companies involved.)

The order needs to be expanded to cover these other agencies as well, and strong punitive actions need to be taken against all involved.

-jma






At 04:49 PM 8/17/2006, John Young wrote:

The judge's order and memora= ndum opinion telling NSA to
shut down the illegal operation:


http://cryptome.org/aclu-nsa.pdf (46 pages)

Hooray -- for now.



We Hunt Spies, We Stop Espionage, We Ki= ll Bugs, and We Plug Leaks.

James M. Atkinson, President and Sr. Engineer
Granite Island Group
127 Eastern Avenue #291
Gloucester, MA 01930-8008
Phone: (978) 546-3803
Fax: (978) 546-9467
Web: http://www.tscm.com/
E-Mail: jm...@tscm.com

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