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Computer underground Digest Sun Sep 12 1993 Volume 5 : Issue 71
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
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Ian Dickinson
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Cookie Editor: Etaoin Shrdlu, III
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CONTENTS, #5.71 (Sep 12 1993)
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File 1--Law enforcement in the Elansky case
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File 2--The Elansky Case and the (edited) Anarchy Files Reprinted
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File 3--More Non-Net Sources for CuDs, Phrack, etc
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Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Subscriptions are
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available at no cost electronically from tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu. The
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editors may be contacted by voice (815-753-0303), fax (815-753-6302)
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or U.S. mail at: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL
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60115.
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Issues of CuD can also be found in the Usenet comp.society.cu-digest
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news group; on CompuServe in DL0 and DL4 of the IBMBBS SIG, DL1 of
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LAWSIG, and DL1 of TELECOM; on GEnie in the PF*NPC RT
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libraries and in the VIRUS/SECURITY library; from America Online in
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the PC Telecom forum under "computing newsletters;"
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On Delphi in the General Discussion database of the Internet SIG;
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on the PC-EXEC BBS at (414) 789-4210; and on: Rune Stone BBS (IIRG
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WHQ) (203) 832-8441 NUP:Conspiracy; RIPCO BBS (312) 528-5020
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halcyon.com( 202.135.191.2) in /pub/mirror/cud
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aql.gatech.edu (128.61.10.53) in /pub/eff/cud
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 00:08:31 -0400 (EDT)
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From: ALANDUNKIN@DELPHI.COM
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Subject: File 1--Law enforcement in the Elansky case
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Although the arrest of Mike Elansky, a/k/a "Ionizer", is probably the
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cause of haste and presumption on the part of the West Hartford police
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department, I can not necessarily blame them for putting him in jail
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in the first place.
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For example, let's look at the note included in the instructions for
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the file (without the annoying !'s and spaces):
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"Note to law-enforcement type people: This file is
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intended to promote general havoc and *ANARCHY*,
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and since your going to be the first assholes up
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against the wall.. there isnt a damn thing you can do
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about it, pigs!"
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If you look at other "anarchy" files, such as those in Phrack or other
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underground publications available in the CuD archives, they are
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carefully worded to say nothing of the sort written above. A
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disclaimer would usually include "I am not responsible for the
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information presented within" and "use at your own risk" type
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messages.
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The first line of the note says, "This file is intended to promote
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general havoc and *ANARCHY* . . ." In a law enforcement officer's
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point of view, this looks like encouragement of violence to me, and to
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draw such an example, look at the rapper Ice T and his famous "Cop
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Killer" song.
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Havoc, defined in Webster's Dictionary (1993 ed.), is "great
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destruction or devastation". This note certainly looks like
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encouragement of violence to me.
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However, this is not to say Elansky is responsible for the file at
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all, since he didn't write it, it was merely uploaded. Since an
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author was not specified (I don't know if one was or not since I have
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not seen the file in question), the police department either assumed
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that he wrote it or that he endorsed it.
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Does the file warrant such a large bond? No, but the prosecutor was
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probably seeking more sensationalism here then anything else.
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The International Information Retrieval Guild (IIRG), which Elansky
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belongs to, is trying to raise funds for bond. However, it burned me
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to see the IIRG lines in file 3 of CuD issue 5.69:
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"Buy His Freedom, Stop Government Censorship"
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"If we do not stop the government in its attempts to censor
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the public, we have abandoned what it truly means to be
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a Freedom Loving American".
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Government censorship really has nothing to do with the arrest, was
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you claim it was the West Hartford Police Department, which hardly
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qualifies to be the government. Plus, this is not censorship, it's
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the police trying to protect the public.
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Note I said "trying".
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 16:08:55 CDT
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From: CuD Moderators <tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu>
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Subject: File 2--The Elansky Case and the (edited) Anarchy Files Reprinted
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In CuD 5.69, we reported the status of Mike Elansky, the University of
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Hartford student and sysop of the Ware House BBS who was charged with
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"bomb-making recipes" in West Hartford Superior Court on August 2,
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1993. The felony charges and the accompanying $500,000 bond, seem to
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be the result of exercising First Amendment rights.
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As of Sunday, 12 September, Elansky remained in jail. According to his
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father, David Elansky, Mike's pre-trial hearing is scheduled for 23
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September, and it may be several weeks before he is released. The
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relevant warrants and other information are reportedly sealed, making
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information about the case more difficult to obtain. According to the
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arrest warrant, defense attorney Dick Brown, Elansky's parents, the
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media, and Elansky himself, the charges result from two "anarchy
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files" available on Elansky's BBS. David Elansky reports that he has
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been in contact with Mike Godwin of the EFF, and that Godwin has been
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exceptionally helpful.
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The files, written by "Deth Vegetable" over three years ago in Volume
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1 (issues #1 and #2) of "Anarchy for Fun and Profit," contain little,
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if any, information not obtainable from a student who has completed a
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highschool chemistry course. Virtually all of the information
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contained in the files is readily available to the public from a
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variety of sources ranging from the t.v. program "MacGyver" to the
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"Anarchist's Cookbook." If Elansky is found guilty on charges stemming
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from possession and dissemination of these documents, then the
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producers of MacGyver and the network and its affiliates should also
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be brought up on similar charges. As, too, should "Mr. Wizard" and
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similar programs. If existing public information is correct, it
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appears that these documents are the primary source of evidence
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against Elansky. If existing reports are correct, the implications of
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the case are frightening for supporters of the First Amendment. There
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are also discomforting questions regarding the legal process. Among
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them:
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1) How are electronic publishers to protect themselves against
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prosecutors who might hold electronic media to a lower threshold of
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First Amendment protections than other media? If Elansky is being
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punished for possessing and making such information available, why
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aren't tv stations, libraries, highschool chemistry teachers, and
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others, also held liable? Is it permissable for a juvenile to
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purchase the information in "anarchy files" in a book store, or learn
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the information in highschool courses, but illegal when they do so
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electronically?
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2) It appears that the prosecutor's charges stem from gross ignorance
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of electronic media and text files. For example, it appears that the
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following text from each file was adduced as significant in the
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"evidence" leading to Elansky's arrest, and the implication in
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the arrest warrant was that Elansky was responsible for writing them:
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From File 1:
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/--------------------------------------------------%
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! Note: !
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! To any Law Enforcement agency: !
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! FUCK OFF! This file is intended to promote !
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! General havoc and *ANARCHY* , and you cant !
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! do a god damn thing about it, PIGS. !
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%--------------------------------------------------/
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From file 2:
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/--------------------------------------%
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! Note to Law-enforcement type people: !
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! This file is intended to promote !
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! general havoc and *ANARCHY*, and !
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! since your going to be the first !
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! assholes up against the wall.. there !
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! isnt a damn thing you can do about !
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! it, pigs! !
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%--------------------------------------/
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According to documents we have received, it seems obvious that Elansky
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did not himself write this. This is something easily checked by
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comparing the Ware House files with the "Anarchy for fun and Profit"
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files uploaded elsewhere. The passages were written in the original
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files, not added later. Further, the original author, as we note
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below, affirms that the introduction was in the original and was
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INTENDED AS SATIRE. As the reprints of the files below indicate, the
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context of the quotes supports this claim, and the passages are far
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more benign when read in the context of the entire introduction.
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There is absolutely no malice in the files, and the only reference to
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law enforcement (or anybody else) is contained in the snippets cited
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above. How can electronic publishers protect themselves against
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prosecutors who use the law to attack "ASCII demons" when what they in
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fact attack may be satire, adolescent posturing, or simply bad taste?
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3) Should Elansky be in jail? Alan Dunkin (post #1, this issue) raises
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an interesting point. Although we strongly disagree with his
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conclusions, he correctly reminds us that, whatever their own hidden
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agendas, law enforcement officials are entrusted with protecting the
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commonweal. When they perceive evidence of danger, they are bound by
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their mandate to respond, whether reactively or proactively. However,
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not all reactions are wise reactions. Some will remind us that Elansky
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was not a saint. The Hartford Courant (3 Aug, 1993) reports that, at
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age 16 (1988), Elansky was charged with "illegal use of credit cards,
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computer crime, larceny, illegal possession of fireworks, manufacture
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of bombs, and other crimes." From the information we have obtained,
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the charges are far, far less serious than the list suggests, and his
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primary offense, according to the paper, was fraudulently obtaining
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merchandise with credit card numbers taken from Radio Shack
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dumpsters. Such actions cannot be condoned, and as his father
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reportedly said to a Hartford Courant reporter, his son "got himself
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in trouble and he deserved whatever happened." However, the senior
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Elansky added that, since then, his son has been repeatedly hassled by
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police (Hartford Courant, 3 Aug, 1993). Nonetheless, it might be
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argued that, given his past record and the introductory snippets to
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pyrotechnic instructions, the police acted properly in arresting
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Elansky.
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We reject this claim for several reasons. First, there is a difference
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between arrest and investigation. Simply posting anarchy files, even
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those that include pyrotechnic instructions, on a BBS is not a crime.
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Even if Elansky had written the files, it would not be a crime. Even
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if others downloaded it (and existing download logs suggest that the
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prosecutor's claim that a juvenile did so may be less convincing than
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first claimed), it is not necessarily a crime. Second, if Elansky did
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not commit a crime, he should not have been arrested. If his crime
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was, as it appears, simply exercising First Amendment rights, then his
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arrest is a travesty of justice. If it turns out that his "crime" was
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a technical violation of probation or of a local ordinance, then it
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seems that the $500,000 bond was outrageous and an abuse of
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prosecutorial power. Given the existing facts in the case, it remains
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inconceivable how the prosecution can justify its actions on the basis
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of the anarchy files in question. Third, CuD has obtained copies of
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the files in question. While they do provide primitive pyrotechnic
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instructions, they in no way advocate violence, suggest uses for the
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devices, or make any mention of police other than in the cited
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introductory snippets. Finally, the issue isn't Elansky, but the
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chilling effect that the West Hartford incident has for freedom of
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expression. As noted by the files' original author below, it makes not
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a soupcon of difference whether Elansky is an innocent babe or not.
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The issue is that IT APPEARS THAT HE HAS BEEN SINGLED OUT FOR
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PUNISHMENT FOR POSTINGS TO WHICH A PROSECUTOR, NOT THE LAW, OBJECTS.
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4) The proceedings in the case also raise questions. As in
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many previous computer-culture cases, the prosecutor has sealed
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documents that would otherwise be public. Those close to the incident
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report that Elansky was deprived of counsel and "railroaded" through
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parts of the process. The prosecutor seems to recklessly misrepresent
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the nature of the files. And, it appears that the West Hartford police
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may actually be "out to get" Elansky. It was reported to us by sources
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close to the situation that on the day that questionable charges
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against Elansky were to be dropped for a prior case, the new charges
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were brought against him as he went to court on the original charges.
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If so, then it appears that computer culture becomes a convenient
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means of creating virtual demons in lieu of hard evidence. The more
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we learn about the case and the law enforcement initiative, the more
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disturbing it becomes.
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The "Offending" Anarchy Files
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Look as we will for some hidden evidence or rationale to explain
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Elansky's arrest, we can find nothing other than the anarchy files and
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the introductory snippet addressing law enforcement. The original
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author of the files confirms our original interpretation that the
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introduction was a spoof, and he seems astonished that anyone could
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take it as a serious threat. He also confirms that the information in
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the files is essentially a highschool chemistry synopsis:
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11 Sept '93
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The file in question, "Anarchy for Fun and Profit #2," was
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written by me 3 - 4 years ago. I am really more embarrassed
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by the files than anything else. They were written by me
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when I was in my "d00d" stage, a time of my life that I'd
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just as soon forget. As to where the info was obtained
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from, well, I have not even owned a copy of the file in
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question in over two years, and honestly did not think
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ANYONE had them anymore. But, as I remember, most of the
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plans were taken from a Chemistry text (the chemical
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reactions ones such as Nitrogen Tri-Iodide, or Thermite,
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etc. I don't remember what was in this particular file). As
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I remember, I'd tried almost all of the plans with a few
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exceptions. (one notable exception being the Hydrogen
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Peroxide device, which I later learned would not work
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anyway, not with Household HO2 anyway. simply too weak a
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solution.)
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As for the "disclaimer" bit at the beginning, to be
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perfectly honest, I am very surprised that anyone would take
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that seriously. It was meant to be a facetious spoof of all
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those "For Informational Purposes Only!" disclaimers that
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abound on most files of the time. Hah. I should have known
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the cops wouldn't have a sense of humor.
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I am very, very sorry for Mr. Elansky's current position. I
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cannot help but feel a little responsible for this poor guy
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sitting in jail. At the same time, I believe that my files
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were just a convenient target for the Police, and if mine
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hadn't been there, they would have gotten Mike Elansky for
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possessing someone else's files.
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They are attempting to "make an example of" Mike Elansky.
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In other words, they aim to set a legal precedent for
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violation of our First Amendment rights. No one can
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seriously claim that my files were aimed specifically
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against Law Enforcement agents. That's just plain silly. The
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only way a Police Officer would be injured through my files
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is if they went out and tried to make one of those things
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and it blew up in their face.
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Another thing that kind of bothers me, is that it has been
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said that the media is ignoring Mike Elansky because "he is
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not exactly an angel", so to speak. That doesn't matter! I
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don't care if the man killed 24 people with a plastic picnic
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spoon. His possession of this file is NOT illegal, and his
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arrest and subsequent jailing prior to trial is COMPLETELY
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and utterly Unconstitutional. To be perfectly honest, it
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makes me feel very ashamed that this kind of thing happens
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in America.
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"Land of the Free." Yeah. Tell that to Mike Elansky.
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- Veggie
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Whatever one thinks of such files, the files in question, as are most
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of the anarchy files we've read (and we can think off-hand of
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virtually no exceptions), were written with the passion of youth
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exploring their knowledge, pushing the limits of conventional norms,
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but falling well within legal limits of protected speech, as Carl
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Kadie suggests:
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Date--Mon, 6 Sep 1993 14:56:39 GMT
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From--kadie@CS.UIUC.EDU(Carl M Kadie)
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Subject--Constitutional protection for speech that advocates violence
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This is a summary ACLU's Bill of Rights Briefing Paper #10:
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Freedom of Expression. (Disclaimer: I'm not a lawyer.)
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In 1919 the Court agreed that there was no constitutional
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protection for speech that advocates violence. Indeed, it
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want even farther saying that any speech that had a
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'tendency' to cause a violation of the law could be punished.
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This principle was used to convict a Socialist for mailing
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antiwar leaflets.
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In 1925 the Court established stronger speech protections,
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stating that speech could not be punished unless it
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presented 'a clear a present danger' of imminent harm. In
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1931, this was used to overturn a conviction based on a
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California law. That law make it illegal to publicly
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salute a red flag -- the symbol of (violent) revolution.
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In 1950's during the second Red Scare, the Court backtracked
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saying that the clear-and-present-danger principle did not
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apply to speakers who advocated overthrowing the government,
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no matter how remote the danger of such an occurrence might
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be. (This paved the way for jailing political activists,
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loyalty oaths, etc).
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In the 1969 case of Brandenberg v. Ohio, the Supreme Court
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struck down the conviction of a Ku Klux Klan member under a
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criminal syndicalism law and established a new standard:
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Speech may not be suppressed or punished unless it is
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intended to produce 'imminent lawless action' and it is
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'likely to produce such action.' Otherwise, the First
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Amendment protects even speech that advocates violence. The
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Brandenberg test is the law today.
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[See ftp.eff.org:pub/academic/civil-liberty/freedom-of-expression.aclu
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for the full text of the ACLU Briefing Paper
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Now, let's take a closer look at the offending text. The snippet in
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the second file repeats the text of the first with some elaboration,
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and is considered the most offensive:
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Note to Law-enforcement type people:
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This file is intended to promote
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general havoc and *ANARCHY*, and
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since your going to be the first
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assholes up against the wall.. there
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isnt a damn thing you can do about
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it, pigs!
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The first sentence addresses the audience. The second, especially in
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the context of the introduction (see reproduction of files below) is
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an obviously adolescent satirical statement that of itself makes no
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argument for "general havoc," and is no more a call for "havoc" than
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the Beatles' "Revolution #9" is a call for overthrowing the republic,
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than Johnny Paycheck's "Take this Job and Shove it" is a call for
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workplace violence, or hundreds of other artistic depictions of
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"havoc" are a call to anarchy. As forms of expression, anarchy files
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display the rebelliousness of youth in peaceful, albeit simplistic,
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ways, and the above, as an art form, is hardly approaching the
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criteria that would classify it as unprotected speech. Is it a
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"crime" to claim that police will be the first "assholes up against
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the wall"? The snippet doesn't advocate violence against police, it
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simply parrots a sixties mentality found in such chants as "Off the
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Pigs." It is certainly less offensive than legal t-shirts with
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graphics such as "kill a faggot for christ," "Nuke war-resistors," and
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others exhorting violence against non-law enforcement agents.
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We will let readers judge for themselves whether the files constitute
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sufficient danger to warrant the charges and excessive bail that
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apparently stemmed from them.
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The files are as they appeared in the original, although CuD editors
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HAVE EDITED/DELETED the actual pyrotechnic instructions. We have
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deleted nothing else. The files DO NOT contain any exhortations other
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than what we reproduce. ONLY the actual instructions are removed. The
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first file was originally 13,732 K, and the second 9,904 K. The
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instructions themselves were generally between 5-10 lines (up to 100
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words) long, and not highly detailed.
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Our decision to delete the actual instructions rests on several
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factors. First, we are not concerned with legal implications.
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After all, the information in the files is commonplace and can be found
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in chemistry texts, libraries, and other sources. Rather, we are in
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full accord with those who are concerned about the possibility of
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children obtaining such information. As an ethical matter, we feel
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this is one instance were publishing restraint on our part is
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necessary. Second, publishing the instructions risks shifting the
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focus of attention from the First Amendment issues to debates over the
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propriety of presenting the files in toto. We can assure readers that
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there is nothing in the instructions that cannot be found on numerous
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other BBSes, both as a complete file and as individual excerpts. In
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fact, a Norton text search (ts) of just a few megs of anarchy files
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suggests a surprising similarity and "borrowing" from among the
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authors of text files.
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We cannot send out copies of the two files to individuals--not because
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of any fundamental principal involved, but because we simply don't
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have the time. Check your favorite "anarchy" BBS and you'll find them
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and many more.
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==== THE REPRINTS OF THE FILES: ANARCHY FOR FUN AN PROFIT,
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==== VOLUME 1, ISSUES #1 and #2
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From File 1
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L.U.C.I.P.H.E.R.
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presents.......
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+[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]+
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# #
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@ A N A R C H Y @
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% %
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# F O R #
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@ @
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% %
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# F U N A N D P R O F I T #
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@ @
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% By: The Deth Vegetable %
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# Issue 1 Volume 1 #
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+[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]*[-]+
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In this issue we will be dealing with the recreational or fun explosives,
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the Plans for offensive devices <landmines, letterbombs, pipebombs, etc..> I
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will include in Issue 2. Of course anyone with an IQ high enough to melt Ice
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can figure the stuff out how to make the things included here into said
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offensive devices, i wont actually include the plans. Well, I'll cut the
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Babbling and get on to the good stuff.....
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/--------------------------------------------------%
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! Note: !
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! To any Law Enforcement agency: !
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! FUCK OFF! This file is intended to promote !
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! General havoc and *ANARCHY* , and you cant !
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! do a god damn thing about it, PIGS. !
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%--------------------------------------------------/
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OK, now that that is done with, lets move on to the good stuff...
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well a problem i used to have alot is that i could never find chemicals, so
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that you wont encounter this, here is a list of household equivalants...
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Name Equivalant
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acetic acid vinegar
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aluminum oxide alumia
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aluminum potassium sulfate alum
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(also known as ALUMINUM SULFATE)
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ammonium hydroxide ammonia water<household>
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carbon carbonate chalk
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carbon tetrachloride some cleaning fluids
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carbon hypochloride bleaching powder
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calcium oxide lime
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calcium sulfate plaster of paris
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carbonic acid seltzer
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ethylene dichloride "dutch" fluid
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ferric oxide iron rust
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glucose corn syrup
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graphite pencil "lead"
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hydrochloric acid myuriatic acid <pool acid>
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hydrogen peroxide peroxide
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lead acetate sugar of lead
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lead tetro-oxide red lead
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magnesium silicate talc
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magnesium sulfate epsom salts
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naphthalene Moth flakes <or moth balls>
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phenol carbolic acid
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potassium bicarbonate cream of tartar
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potassium chromium sulfate chrome alum
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potassium nitrate saltpeter
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sodium dioxide sand
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sodium bicarbonate baking soda
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sodium borate washing soda
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sodium chloride salt
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sodium hydroxide lye
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sodium silicate water glass
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sodium sulfate Glauber's salt
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sodium thiosulfate photographers hypo
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sulfuric acid battery acid
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sucrose cane sugar
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zinc chloride tinner's fluid
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SMOKE BOMB
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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SMOKE BOMB #2
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OK, now for some of the REALLY fun stuff...
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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Jug Bomb
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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Acetyline Bomb
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*VERY DANGEROUS*
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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and now for the best known of the easy bombs....
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NITROGEN TRI-IODIDE method #1
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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NITROGEN TRI-IODIDE method #2
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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NAPALM <basically>
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GUNCOTTON <smokeless powder>
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<cellulose nitrate>
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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well OK, these have all been fairly simple experiments. I have tried them all
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many times and they work just fine BE VERY VERY CAREFUL! especially with the
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Napalm bomb, that is the most dangerous one included here. I suggest that
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anyone who doesnt have much experience in chemistry and Explosives, READ THE
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PYRO SERIES OF TEXTFILES! these are the best guide for beginners that i have
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encountered.
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I'd just like to Thank a couple of people ,
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The Purple Snorkle-Whacker, for being VERY patient waiting for me to write this
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Sketch/The Slipped Disk; for letting me post "inane" comments.
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And all my fellow members of L.U.C.I.P.H.E.R.
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So until Issue 2!
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Later d00ds!
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THE DETH VEGGIE
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/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%
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* CALL THESE AWESOME BOARDS *
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* THE WORKS 2000+ text files! *
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* (617) 861-8976 *
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* BLUDGEON RIFFOLA hack/phreak galore *
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* (508) 957-6913 *
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* PERFECT CRIME Hack/phreak galore *
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* (508) 957-4760 *
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* Darque Side of The Moon AWESOME *
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* (408) 245-SPAM *
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/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%_/^%
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File #2
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][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][
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% %
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% F U N %
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! AND !
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][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][-*-][
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Welcome to the long awaited <or dreaded, as the case may be> issue #2 of
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Anarchy for Fun and Profit. In this issue I'll mostly be talking about
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offensive explosive devices, with a few regular type things too...
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ahh, heres a little anthem type thingy written by another LUCIPHER member
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to go with these files:
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" Bombs are fun, Bombs are great, Bombs help you lose that excess weight;
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Lose that finger, Lose that limb, Bombs help keep that body slim! "
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- Iskra
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/--------------------------------------%
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! Note to Law-enforcement type people: !
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! This file is intended to promote !
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! general havoc and *ANARCHY*, and !
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! since your going to be the first !
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! assholes up against the wall.. there !
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! isnt a damn thing you can do about !
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! it, pigs! !
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%--------------------------------------/
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Well now that we have gotten that little tidbit over with, on to the main
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stuff.....
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Pipe Bomb
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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Grenade (using above chemicals)
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Nitrogen Tri-Iodide (method #3)
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Nitrogen Tri-Iodide (method #4)
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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Auto exhaust Flame thrower
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<Instructions deleted by CuD editors>
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Well thats about it for this issue... in the next issue (due out in June
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sometime) we will deal with some methods of 'phun'.
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Thanks to:
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LUCIPHER
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The Purple Snorklewhacker
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The Works BBS (home of L.U.C.I.P.H.E.R.)
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and last and least
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Lyndon LaRouche.
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%
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<----//=====//% >
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// //
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^
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Iguana
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(if you can make a better one, we'll use it)
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Date: Sun, 12 Sep 1993 14:49:40 CDT
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From: CuD Moderators <cudigest@mindvox.phantom.com>
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Subject: File 3--More Non-Net Sources for CuDs, Phrack, etc
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((MODERATORS' NOTE: Here are a few additional sources for obtaining
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CuDs for those without net access))
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+++
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From--David Swarbrick
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Subject--Just Mooting UK Law BBS
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You have asked recently about BBS and other sites carrying the CuD.
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My own board Just Mooting carries them (fully indexed) along with several
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other e-papers.
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The board is presently open to all callers without charge 24 hours.
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David Swarbrick
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David Swarbrick | Just Mooting UK Law BBS
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Brighouse West Yorkshire UK | +44 (0)484 401139 (24hrs <= v.32bis)
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From--KEWESTON@PVILLE.CCA.CR.ROCKWELL.COM
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Subject--FTP THRU BITNET AND INTERNET
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Since some people may wish to access some CuD info at ftp sites, but
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may not have access to ftp (like me), I am sending a message I received
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off the list EMAILMAN.
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-Keith
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To: Multiple recipients of list EMAILMAN
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<EMAILMAN@VTVM1.CC.VT.EDU>
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There are services that will do FTP transfers by email for those
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not having access to the FTP command. One of the most popular is
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at DEC in the US. Send a message to:
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ftpmail@decwrl.dec.com
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and put the word HELP in the text fo your message. This mailbox
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will send you the instructions and available commands for
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perfoming a batch FTP. However, as Internet mail only supports
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7-bit encoding, all binary files are sent UUENCODEd, so you will
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need to have a proper UUDECODE program in your PC in order to use
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the requested file. There is one in Compuserve (I think in the
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Telecommunications Forum) called UU520.ZIP which is very good.
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If you don't find it, try the IBMFF forum and search by UUENCODE
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or UUDECODE.
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Additionally, if your access to INTERNET is by BITNET, there is a
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similar and preferred service at:
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BITFTP@PUCC.BITNET
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I hope this helps.
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Victor Ortiz
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<SARGN03@SAUPM00.BITNET>
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Subject--BBS Archive (604)
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From--critic@PHANTOM.COM(Terry Palfrey)
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Another BBS that archives CuDigest in context is the underground
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subway (604)590-1147 Van.BC.Can.
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A full contact game of hacker from log on to log off played by the old
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school r00lZ complete with Hacker Jargon Dictionary
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From--chief@LYSATOR.LIU.SE
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Subject--For your "CuDs on BBSes" list
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CuDs on BBSes: "The Stash"
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BBS Name : The Stash
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BBS Phone: +46-1317-5042
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Hours: 24
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All Cuds ever released online and available on release date
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All EFFector Online Newsletters and FYI's -"-
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Currently with over 8000 Text files online
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The BBS is FREE
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Runs on Telegard v2.7 with a v.32bis modem
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Located in Linkoping, Sweden, Europe
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There are no other files than text files on this BBS.
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====================================================================
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From--"Mr. Noise" <mrnoise@ECONS.UMASS.EDU>
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Subject--yet another BBS carrying CUD
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Sea of Noise, a small BBS I run here in Norwich, CT, USA, also carries
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back issues of CUD. The most recent few are online, some others are
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archived offline, & uploads of the latest issue are always welcome.
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Callers wishing to obtain CUD at speeds of up to 14.4 kbps (v.32bis)
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are welcome to call at +1 203 886 1441.
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Rob Szarka
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rob.szarka@f42.n320.z1.fidonet.org
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(Fidonet 1:320/42)
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End of Computer Underground Digest #5.71
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