] "Iraq's 11,000-page report to the UN Security Council
] lists 150 foreign companies, including some from America,
] Britain, Germany and France, that supported Saddam
] Hussein's weapons of mass destruction programme, a German
] newspaper said yesterday."

U.S. and Foreign corporations implicated in extensively assisting Saddam Hussein prior to 1991.

Independent - Leaked report says German and US firms supplied arms to Saddam

Decius wrote:
] ] "Hundreds of Iranian and other Middle East citizens were
] ] in southern California jails on Wednesday after coming
] ] forward to comply with a new rule to register with
] ] immigration authorities only to wind up handcuffed and
] ] behind bars."
]
] This is just stupid. If you were a terrorist would YOU show up
] for the INS roundup?

This is so unbelievably fucked up I can't believe it. I was just speculating yesterday that these rules reminded me of the Japanese internments and could possibly be a precursor. But, honestly, I didn't think they would actually go and put these people in jail. This is horrible. Our country is on the brink of some serious problems.

Please take action by expressing your feelings to your government representatives.

RE: Yahoo! News - Hundreds of Muslim Immigrants Rounded Up in Calif.

wh00p! Macworld in SF at the beginning of January. You wish you lived here... plllbht!

Macworld Conference & Expo/San Francisco 2003

Disgruntled employee plants a logic bomb on their ex-employers machines before quitting.

A certain former employer of mine that provided outsourced security management services (who will remain nameless) had me plant a logic bomb on one of their customer's firewalls at one point. They were concerned about non-payment.

In retrospect I should have refused. Interestingly enough the proprietors of that business seem to have problems with my integrity. [snort!]

ABCNEWS.com : PaineWebber Ex-Employee Charged with Fraud

This is a great starting point for a conversation about geo-politics. I'm not about to rush off and join the socialist party, and he certainly doesn't examine his own assumptions, BUT there are many interesting assertions about American power, intentions, and attitudes worth being aware of.

The future scenario he paints shouldn't come as a complete surprise to anybody should it sadly come to pass.

The war against Iraq and America's drive for world domination

"I can assure you that no constitutional questions are raised here" says Condoleeza Rice.

Yeah, if you're reading Idi Amin's constitution, but not the US Constitution!

White House defends CIA killing of US citizen in Yemen

Here we go again, arming dictators to gain control of "strategic" resources. Today they're our cronies, tomorrow our enemies.

This 15 page report by Human Rights Watch has all the details.

Changes to U.S. Military Assistance After September 11th

Is it just me or does racism keep in America just keep charging ahead at full steam.

From a flyer recently handed out on the U.C. Davis KKKampus:

Special Registration Now Expanded to Include Armenia, Pakistan and Saudi Arabia

In an effort to keep you up to date with respect to the INS Special Call-In Registration requirement, SISS is sending out this information. In a notice published in the Federal Register on December 16, 2002, nonimmigrant males aged 16 or older from Saudi Arabia, Pakistan and Armenia who entered the U.S. on or before September 30, 2002 must appear at an INS office for NSEERS registration between January 13, 2003 and February 21, 2003. Please note that although we are attempting to notify individual international students or scholars personally, we want to make sure that this information is available to others who might also be impacted by this requirement. If you have any questions or concerns regarding these requirements, please contact SISS at 752-0864 or e-mail us at siss@ucdavis.edu

INS has made detailed information regarding the special registration
requirements available on its Web site at: http://www.ins.gov (click on special registration)

Requires nonimmigrant aliens who meet all of the following criteria to appear before an immigration officer on or before February 21, 2003 for registration in the National Security Entry-Exit Registration System (NSEERS):

* Males born on or before January 13, 1987;
* Nationals or citizens of Armenia, Pakistan, or Saudi Arabia;
* Last admitted to the U.S. on or before September 30, 2002 and will remain in the U.S. after February 21, 2003.

Wow a movie. Dissenting was never so easy and fun! (except maybe in the sixties when you got to have group sex after the protest.)

Watch it damnit.

[ Originally from the Swater man... --Rek ]

American Civil Liberties Union : Total Information Awareness: Watch the ACLU's New Flash Movie

] "SAN JOSE, Calif.--A jury on Tuesday found a Russian
] software company not guilty of criminal copyright charges
] for producing a program that can crack antipiracy
] protections on electronic books.
] The case against ElcomSoft is considered a crucial test
] of the criminal provisions of the Digital Millennium
] Copyright Act (DMCA), a controversial law designed to
] extend copyright protections into the digital age. "

Hurray!

ElcomSoft verdict: Not guilty - Tech News - CNET.com