From: James M. Atkinson Date: Mon Mar 3, 2003 8:26pm Subject: Re: Dektor At 4:23 PM -0800 3/3/03, Hawkspirit wrote: >Anyone know if Dektor is still around, I have an associate that needs chart >paper and other parts for a PSE. Thanks Roger Dektor no longer exists in any form, and there is no further technical support for their products. -jma -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 6994 From: Date: Fri Feb 28, 2003 11:20am Subject: These Are Not Your Father's Wiretaps FEBRUARY 27, 2003 PRIVACY MATTERS By Jane Black These Are Not Your Father's Wiretaps Privacy advocates fear that the FBI's need to monitor Internet Age technologies, such as voice over IP, will give it far too sweeping powers In the old days, tapping a phone was as easy as one-two-three. All calls ran over Ma Bell's copper wires. To listen in, law-enforcement agents simply requested that the phone company isolate the suspect's wire and record any calls made or received. One phone company. One network. One flip of a switch. That was eons ago by techno-standards, however. The new world of telecommunications has made it much harder for the FBI to thwart evildoers -- and for privacy advocates to ensure that the agency doesn't overstep its bounds. Today, dozens of new technologies need to be monitored, such as packet voice and cellular text messaging. And thousands of new service providers are now in business. "Every time the technology moves ahead, you have all these pitfalls -- all these potential points where we can creep away from the status quo to a far more intrusive type of surveillance," says Lee Tien, a senior attorney at San Francisco-based advocacy group the Electronic Frontier Foundation. The job of sorting out the mess falls in large part to Les Szwajkowski, the director of the FBI's CALEA surveillance policy and planning unit. (CALEA is an acronym for Communications Assistance for Law Enforcement Act, which was passed in 1994 and granted the FBI the right to conduct surveillance on any new technologies that arise.) With his staff of 50 engineers, lawyers, and surveillance experts, Szwajkowski's most pressing task is finding a way to tackle the challenge of packetized voice, better known as VOIP (for voice over Internet protocol), which is steadily gaining a foothold in the U.S. market. VOIP provider Vonage in Edison, N.J., alone has lured 15,000 customers since it launched in April, 2002. "SHORT ONE PLAYER." Last month, law-enforcement officials and telecom providers such as Vonage gathered at a closed-door meeting in Chicago to plan for the digital future. The technology makes for some tough issues for policymakers. Unlike a traditional phone call, where a line is dedicated between two parties, VOIP slices each call into millions of tiny digital packets, each of which can take a discrete route over the Internet. That means surveillance equipment must either be installed permanently on a network or calls must be routed through FBI surveillance equipment before being delivered to the caller, which experts say can create a suspicious delay. "Our tactical people are trying to plug every hole. But it's like playing the field short one player," says Szwajkowski. "A call that is not [able to be intercepted] is a major public-safety and security dilemma." This isn't the first time the FBI has faced such a challenge. As early as the 1980s, new features such as call forwarding and conference calling created loopholes for crafty criminals. If the FBI tapped a suspect's office phone, that person could forward the call to a home line if he or she smelled a wiretap -- outfoxing the FBI. Conference calls also thwarted so-called pen register and trap-and-trace orders, which allow law-enforcement agencies to record all the calls made or received on a particular line. WHO YA GONNA CALL? To trick the feds, one untapped person could call another and then conference in the suspected wrongdoer, without the call being registered by law enforcement. From 1992 to 1994, a total of 183 federal, state, and local law-enforcement cases were impeded by advances in digital technology, according to congressional testimony by then-FBI Director Louis Freeh. Szwajkowski's job is all the more complicated because of the explosion of new communications providers since the 1996 Telecommunications Act. Today, it's not just the phone company that completes calls. It could be an Internet service provider, a VOIP startup, or both. In rural areas, it's not uncommon for startups, such as Paul Bunyon Telecom in Bemidji, Minn., or CBeyond Communications in Atlanta, to serve just a few thousand customers apiece. "The number of new players is staggering to us," Szwajkowski says. "It was hard enough before to balance technology and economics. Today we have to negotiate with a whole new set of entrants with a range of demands and circumstances." HUNGRY CARNIVORE. Therein lies a danger, say privacy advocates. They worry that the FBI will use the rise of the packet technology and the expanding number of players as an excuse to expand its all-seeing, all-knowing surveillance power. Here's why: VOIP travels across the Internet the same way that e-mail does. Address information (the number dialed or the e-mail address) is contained in the same packet as the content (what is said or written). The FBI's solution for e-mail is the notorious Carnivore technology, which sucks up all data that passes its way. The FBI claims that Carnivore filters traffic and delivers to investigators only packets that they're lawfully authorized to obtain. But because the details remain secret, the public must trust the FBI's characterization of the system and -- more significant -- that it's complying with legal requirements. Carnivore has been highly controversial, and privacy advocates fear the FBI will develop a similar system for VOIP. "The very nature of packet technology means that whether it's an e-mail or a voice call, [the FBI] can get more and more information that allows them to be more and more privacy-invasive," says the EFF's Tien. A NEW ERA. The sheer number of players could put privacy at an even greater disadvantage. In the old days, the FBI went head-to-head with the likes of AT& T (>T ) or Verizon (>VZ ), each of which has an army of lawyers to fight off any onerous requirements. In an emerging area such as VOIP, however, small companies are on the cutting edge, and they have no money to staff a huge legal department. Szwajkowski plays down these fears. "I'm a citizen too. I don't want to be surveilled without law enforcement having built up a serious case in front of a judge," he says. "All we want is the ability to intercept, whatever technology they use to communicate." Figuring out just how to do that will be tough -- even with the best of intentions. Compromises between law enforcement and carriers over the coming year will usher in a new era of government surveillance. To avoid another Carnivore, privacy advocates must stay alert. Black covers privacy issues for BusinessWeek Online in her twice-monthly Privacy Matters column Edited by Douglas Harbrecht [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6995 From: Stephen Pendergast Date: Mon Mar 3, 2003 11:07am Subject: Big Brother Alert: TSA Is Getting Ready To Know You Real Well CAPPS II System to Track All PAX, FBI already looking Looks like the TSA CAPPS II is going to do a good implementation of Orwell, just 20 years late. FBI is already trying. Stephen L Pendergast 619 692-4400 x233 CACI Technologies 1011 Camino Del Rio South Suite 600 San Diego, CA 92108 ----- Forwarded by Stephen Pendergast/SD/CACI on 03/03/03 08:32 AM ----- NEWS SUMMARY Remember... You Have to Go to http://www.aero-news.net to read the WHOLE story! There's much more! TSA Is Getting Ready To Know You Real Well CAPPS II System Tracks All PAX If the government's new passenger tracking service works as advertised, every person who buys a ticket or gets on a commercial flight will be checked for ties to terror activity. The system, ordered by Congress after the Sept. 11 attacks, will gather much more information on passengers. Delta Air Lines will try it out at three unidentified airports beginning next month, and a comprehensive system could be in place by the end of the year. Nationwide Contractor Will Install CAPPS II At All PAX Terminals Transportation officials say a contractor will be picked soon to build the nationwide computer system, which will check such things as credit reports and bank account activity and compare passenger names with those on government watch lists. Advocates say the system will weed out dangerous people while ensuring law-abiding citizens aren't given unnecessary scrutiny. But critics see a potential for unconstitutional invasions of privacy and for database mix-ups that could lead to innocent people being branded security risks. Others are worried that the government won't reveal how information will be gathered and how long it will be kept. Massive Surveillance Without Public Dialogue? "We may be creating a massive surveillance system without public discussion," said Barry Steinhardt, an American Civil Liberties Union director. CAPPS II (Computer Assisted Passenger Prescreening System) will use databases that already operate in line with privacy laws and won't profile based on race, religion or ethnicity. "What it does is have very fast access to existing databases so we can quickly validate the person's identity," Transportation Secretary Norman Mineta said. 50 Years? Maybe Not... Transportation Department spokesman Chet Lunner said a Federal Register notice about CAPPS II that said the background information will be stored for 50 years is inaccurate. He said such information will be held only for people deemed security risks. That doesn't sit well with Jay Stanley, an ACLU spokesman. "When it says in print, 50 years, we'd like to see something else in print to counter that.". Capt. Steve Luckey, an airline pilot who helped develop the system, said CAPPS II will help identify a passenger's possible intentions before he gets on a plane. Unlike the current system, in which data stays with the airlines' reservation systems, the new setup will be managed by TSA. Only government officials with proper security clearance will be able to use it. CAPPS II will collect data and rate each passenger's risk potential according to a three-color system: green, yellow, red. When travelers check in, their names will be punched into the system and the boarding passes encrypted with the ranking. TSA screeners will check the passes at checkpoints. Color Coded PAX The vast majority of passengers will be rated green and won't be subjected to anything more than normal checks, while yellow will get extra screening and red won't fly. Paul Hudson, executive director of the Aviation Consumer Action Project, which advocates airline safety and security, is skeptical. "The whole track record of profiling is a very poor to mixed one," Hudson said, noting profiles of the Unabomber and the Washington-area snipers were wrong. Nine to 11 of the 19 hijackers on Sept. 11 were flagged by CAPPS, but weren't searched because the system gave a pass to passengers who didn't check their bags, Hudson said. People without checked bags now are included. Two other post-Sept. 11 efforts by other federal agencies to gather information on private citizens encountered roadblocks. Operation TIPS, a Justice Department initiative to encourage citizens to report suspicious activities, was shelved last year because of widespread opposition. Similar privacy concerns prompted Congress to cut off funding for the Pentagon's Total Information Awareness, which would mine government and commercial databases to identify potential terrorists. Lawmakers want the Defense Department to come up with better oversight policies. FMI: www.tsa.gov Top Al-Qaeda Suspect Captured Khalid Shaikh Mohammed Said To Have Plotted 9/11 Attacks Col. Rodolfo Mendoza, the former intelligence chief of the Philippine National Police, watched in horror, as we all did, when two airliners destroyed the World Trade Center Sept. 11, 2001. "They've done it," Mendoza said to himself. "They" were a small group of Islamic extremists who hated America and Jews, a group that had tried to blow up New York's World Trade Center in 1993 and two years later had come up with the idea of using hijacked airplanes as guided bombs. Mendoza knew because Philippine police had foiled a plan by the terrorists, called "Project Bojinka," to blow up 12 American-bound airliners from Manila's Nino Aquoy International Airport (right) over the Pacific. They caught one of the plotters, a hapless Pakistani pilot and bomb maker named Abdul Hakim Murad, trying to sneak into a Manila apartment to retrieve a Toshiba laptop computer loaded with incriminating plans. All but one of the terrorists behind that series of foiled or abandoned plans are in prison now. But their leader, a shadowy Pakistani named Khalid Shaikh Mohammed, eluded capture, first in Manila and later in the Persian Gulf nation of Qatar. He made his way to Afghanistan, carrying with him the idea of turning jetliners into smart bombs. Osama bin Laden and his top aides, Egyptian doctor Ayman al Zawahiri and former Egyptian policeman Mohammed Atef, bin Laden's military chief, liked Mohammed's idea. The End Of The Line (Embedded image moved to file: pic00041.jpg) Khalid Shaikh Mohammed (right) was captured by Pakistani and American intelligence operatives over the weekend. He's now being interrogated in an undisclosed foreign country. The top priority during the questioning will be to find out whether other attacks are in the works, information vital to stopping the terrorists, American counterterrorism officials said. But such information is just what Mohammed will probably to try to keep secret. Still, terrorists who learn of Mohammed's capture may alter their plans, abandon safe houses or make hurried telephone calls - actions that could expose them to detection. The only Al Qaeda capture that even comes close to this magnitude was that of Abu Zubaydah last March. Zubaydah more than once provided information that sent American security officials scurrying to provide warnings to cities and sectors of the economy, knowing all the while that he could be lying. But Zubaydah has provided some information that was later verified through other sources, officials said. That included intelligence that led to the detention of Jose Padilla, the American federal officials say was plotting to use a radiological weapon - a "dirty bomb" somewhere in the USA. American Leaders "Elated" By Capture U.S. officials were elated by Mohammed's capture. "This is equal to the liberation of Paris in the second World War," said GOP Rep. Porter Goss of Florida, chairman of the House Intelligence Committee, on ABC's "This Week." "This is a giant step backward for the Al Qaeda," Republican Sen. Pat Roberts of Kansas, chairman of the Senate Intelligence Committee, told "Fox News Sunday." "Now their operations commander is simply out of operations." Officials aren't saying anything about Mohammed's detention. Previous high-level Al Qaeda captives have not been brought to America; they would have rights not afforded on foreign soil, U.S. officials say. Where they are, however, has not been disclosed. As his interrogation moves away from the immediate, Mohammed can provide counterterrorism officials with a deeper understanding of Al Qaeda and its history. Officials believe he can detail how Sept. 11 was put together, answering long-standing questions about the plot's origins: Who chose the World Trade Center and Pentagon as targets? Who picked Sept. 11 as the date? (Embedded image moved to file: pic18467.jpg) How Mohammed Fit Into Al-Qaeda American officials say Mohammed, who was born in Kuwait and has both Pakistani citizenship and ancestry, planned and coordinated key aspects of the Sept. 11 operation. His information can be cross-checked with Ramzi Binalshibh's, his former aide who was captured in September. Binalshibh was a part of the cell that included Mohamed Atta, chief among the Sept. 11 hijackers. Abu Zubaydah, the highest-ranking al-Qaida leader now in custody, has told American officials Mohammed was the brains behind the Sept. 11 attacks on the World Trade Center and the Pentagon, as well as the first Trade Center bombing in 1993 and the failed 1995 "Bojinka" plot in Manila. (Embedded image moved to file: pic06334.jpg) At least one scrap of evidence suggests that Zubaydah may be telling the truth about Khalid Shaikh Mohammed. Intelligence officials said Mohamed Atta (right), the commander of the suicide hijackers, called Mohammed on Sept. 10. The conversation was monitored by the National Security Agency but translated from Arabic only after the attacks that killed more than 3,000 persons. Intelligence officials believe that Mohammed, using coded language, gave Atta final approval for the four teams of hijackers to proceed. "Bin Laden is unquestionably the leader, the symbol and the recruiting poster," the official said. "But it's looking more and more like Khalid actually makes things happen." Roland Jacquard, a French terrorism expert and U.N. Security Council consultant, said, "He is probably the only man who knows all the pieces of the puzzle." Where Atta and the other Sept 11 hijackers were stealthy, Mohammed was flamboyant. Atta, his main foot soldier, was thin and disciplined; Mohammed was neither. The hijackers slipped in and out of Econo Lodges; Mohammed preferred five-star hotels. Colonel Mendoza knew Khalid Shaikh Mohammed as Abdul Majid, a Saudi businessman who lived in the top floor of Manila's Josefa Apartments with Ramzi Yousef, who was later convicted in the first World Trade Center blast, which killed six and injured around 1,000. Some officials say Yousef is Mohammed's nephew; others aren't sure. Mohammed used other names: Salim Ali, Ashrai Refaat, Nabith Renin, Khalid Abdul Waddod and Fahd Bin Abdullah Bin Khalid, maybe a dozen pseudonyms in all. He isn't a Saudi or Qatari businessman, as he claimed in Manila, but a Kuwaiti-born and U.S. -educated Pakistani with a vast network of contacts and covers. "He behaves like he's an intelligence officer," Mendoza said. "He appears and disappears. He has safe houses. He is very, very clever." FMI: www.defenselink.mil Look, Up In The Sky! It's G-Man! FBI Aircraft Flying Anonymously On Surveillance Runs (Embedded image moved to file: pic26500.jpg)Look! Up in the sky! It's a bird! It's a plane (well, it is that)! It's... G-Man! Or is it? Airport officials in Bloomington (IN) said the Cessna 182 flying over the college town several times a day is involved in law enforcement surveillance. But local, state and federal law officers said it wasn't so. Now, the truth comes out. Residents in this city of 69,000 have seen the white, single-engine Cessna 182 at least since Feb. 19 making passes overhead about noon, in the late evening and after midnight. Andrew Stevens tracked the plane one night from about 8:30 p.m. to 1 a.m. "It kind of concerned me. After the plane flew away Friday night, I thought, 'I can take my own terror assessment back down to yellow.'" But then the plane returned last Monday. (Embedded image moved to file: pic19169.jpg) Officials at the Federal Aviation Administration and area airports said they could not comment about the plane beyond confirming that the flights were authorized. "This is a very sensitive situation," Monroe County Airport manager Bruce Payton said Wednesday. "I can only say that people should not be alarmed by this aircraft. This airplane is in contact with air traffic control." Law enforcement officials denied the airplane belonged to them or that they were aware of its mission. "I can say of a certainty it's not anybody out of our post, and I've called the (Indianapolis) hangar and they say it's not any of our planes," said state police Lt. Michael Saltsman, commander at the Bloomington post. (Embedded image moved to file: pic15724.jpg) The Truth Is Told But then, FBI Agent Thomas V. Fuentes said the Bureau initially issued the denial because a reporter asked if the airplane is doing electronic surveillance, which, he says it is not. Fuentes and agent James H. Davis said the FBI is not aware of any threat to Bloomington or the state, but is watching many foreign nationals. Besides individuals, they said, the aircraft is monitoring vehicles and businesses--particularly those open late at night from which faxes or e-mails can be sent. FBI officials in Washington said that use of aircraft is not uncommon in surveillance, particularly when agents are keeping tabs on vehicles over a wide-ranging area. Planes are also used when it is not feasible to introduce agents on the ground. Fuentes said the aircraft is conducting surveillance flights over several communities near Indianapolis. Bloomington, the home of Indiana University's flagship campus, is about 40 miles south of Indianapolis and has a population of 69,000. FMI: www.fbi.gov [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6996 From: Kutlin, Josh Date: Mon Mar 3, 2003 11:53am Subject: RE: RE: Taking byte from Baghdad First I want to say thank you to all those who wrote back and gave me some great ideas and good links. What I wound up doing was taking 100 feet of 22 gauge insulated speaker wire, and I hung it off my balcony (does not touch the ground). Then ran it to a piece of insulated copper via alligator clip and into a connector for the external antenna. I also tried hooking it up to the chepo antenna on the radio but the results where ...uhh sub par. The reception when I use the external jack is great. However I now have a different problem. I have multiple stations coming in on one frequency and a lot of other noise. I am looking to "tune the wire". Any suggestions on where to look for a solution? I have seen some sites that recommend connecting to the long wire at different points. Would this help? Josh -----Original Message----- From: Steve Uhrig [mailto:steve@s...] Sent: Wednesday, February 19, 2003 9:19 PM To: tscm-l@yahoogroups.com Subject: [TSCM-L] RE: Taking byte from Baghdad On 19 Feb 2003 at 7:54, Kutlin, Josh wrote: > Ok ...thanks to this thread I went out and bought my first shortwave > (DX-399) this past weekend for $30 on closeout. Good price. Welcome to what likely will be a fascinating hobby, and the way many of us started in our careers. > The first thing I realized is that I need a better antenna. Yup. > Did some reading (and rigging) and I realized that the 25 feet of co-ax > (its all I had and the snow closed radio shack) is just not cutting it. There needs to be something at the end of the coax. Coax only couples the receiver to the antenna. Except in rare circumstances in special designs, the coax itself is not the antenna. > My question is and I apologize if it is off topic for this group, but > does any one know where I could find plans to make a cheap active > antenna? It's all radio comm technology, which we all need to know, and antennas are a critical part of this. Not off topic. You do NOT need nor should you use an active antenna. Lots of problems. In 35 years of shortwave listening, I've never used anything other than wire antennas, for both receive and transmit, and I've logged well over 100 countries. Even spoke to the Space Shuttle once, and got a confirmation QSL card (postcard) from NASA. All you need is wire on your receiver. The more the better, but a little hunk of anything will work. I'm playing with a homemade receiver here, literally made on a cakepan with some old tubes from the barn, and all I have is some clipleads tied together and strung up the wall. Am hearing wall to wall stations. Get any scrap of telephone wire, electrical, hookup, anything. The more the better. Throw it out the window. If you're on the ground floor, throw it on top of some bushes. If on an upper floor, just let it hang down. If practical, connect one end to a tree with a piece of rope or plastic something as an insulator. For receive, nothing is critical. For HF, which I presume is where you are interested, just get metal out there. 20 feet will do a lot of good. 50 feet better. 100 feet superb. Capture area is what counts for your initial efforts. That means metal out there. Doesn't have to be heavy gauge wire, either. If you're in an apartment where you need to conceal it, unwind an old transformer to get several hundred feet of very fine wire which can be nearly invisible. Be sure to scrape the varnish off one end before connecting! You don't need a tuner or anything fancy. Just connect the end of the long wire to your antenna terminal. Learn something about HF propogation. Higher frequencies, for example, tend to work better during the day. Lower frequencies open up around sunset. Each band has its own peculiarities, which change from day to day. Learning them is part of the fun. Be patient, tune carefully, and stop and listen. Don't leap all over the bands looking for loud strong stuff. You'll find it, but miss a lot of the interesting lower powered stations. If you get serious, headphones make a difference. Try listening on the amateur (ham) bands, in the evenings 3.5 - 4.0 (80/75 meter wavelength) megacycles, and maybe 7.0 - 7.3 (40 meters) evenings or days. During the day, early on, look up 20 meters and 15 meters. Any issue of the annual Radio Amateur's Handbook will be of tremendous value to you. Monitoring Times magazine (who has a website) will give you some frequencies to tune for starting. Remember to be patient. There's a lot of very fascinating stuff to hear, but you have to be tuning carefully and listening closely to hear it. Practically anyone will hear spy numbers stations and Russian jamming stations which sound like buzzsaws. Sometimes you can hear the foreign broadcast station underneath the jamming the country does not want their people to hear. See if you can find radio station HCJB in Quito, Ecuador, Radio Nederlands in Hilversum, Holland, Deutche Welle in Germany, Radio Havana in Cuba, and good old Voice of America. All are very strong, and found in several places on the dial. Let us know how it goes. Regards ... Steve WA3SWS ******************************************************************* 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" ******************************************************************* ======================================================== 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/ 6997 From: Date: Tue Mar 4, 2003 8:58am Subject: Spoofing Caller ID & TeleZapper immunity Call Center Mailer Touts TeleZapper Immunity Feb. 18, 2003 By: Scott Hovanyetz Senior Reporter scotth@d... Teleservices technology firm Castel claims in a direct mail campaign that its call management system gives outbound callers immunity to the TeleZapper, a home-privacy device that fools predictive dialers into thinking that a line is disconnected. The technology is intended not to help telemarketers evade privacy safeguards to reach consumers, but to help collection agencies reach those in debt who use the TeleZapper to mask their phone lines, according to Castel, Beverly, MA. The TeleZapper -- marketed by Royal Appliance Manufacturing Co., which also makes the Dirt Devil -- mimics the three-tone sound phones emit when a disconnected or out-of-service number is dialed. Predictive dialers generally listen for that tone to remove disconnected numbers from a calling list. Castel's system, dubbed DirectQuest, works not by listening for tones but by looking for digital codes -- sent by central offices in the telephone network -- that accompany calls. "We're not fooled by the TeleZapper," said Walter Elicker, Castel's director of marketing. "We just plain old don't see it." Castel is not trying to aid telemarketers in circumventing a home-privacy device, Elicker said, as such consumers are unlikely to buy from telemarketers anyway. But collection agencies and call center service agencies that work for them should be concerned that people could use the TeleZapper to stymie efforts to collect debts by telephone, he said. DirectQuest's method of weeding out disconnected lines would make the TeleZapper useless for that purpose. A Royal Appliance spokeswoman said she was unaware of predictive-dialer technology that bypasses the TeleZapper. She acknowledged that if DirectQuest works the way Castel claims, the TeleZapper would not block calls made by it. The spokeswoman also said she was unaware of consumers using TeleZapper to elude collection agencies, though she also acknowledged that the device would block collection agencies using predictive dialers the same as with telemarketers. Castel's method of detecting digital signals also reduces dead air, Elicker said. Teleservices experts blame answering-machine detection for a majority of dead-air problems, but some connection delay is caused by dialers listening for disconnected lines, he said. By detecting a live line instantly, DirectQuest can connect a call to a live agent in the time it takes for consumers to pick up the phone and bring the receiver to their ear, he said. While the TeleZapper issue is mentioned only briefly in the Castel mailer, top billing on the piece went to DirectQuest's caller-ID capabilities. Call center operators have complained that telephone network technology prevents them from transmitting caller-ID information. To ensure that a client's identity -- rather than their own -- appears on consumer caller-ID boxes, call centers must contact their telephone carrier each time they begin work on a new outbound campaign. Because call centers often switch between campaigns and clients several times a day, outbound callers would have to contact their carrier every few hours, an impractical and costly proposition even if the carrier were willing to do it, Elicker said. Many call centers opt to transmit no caller-ID data instead. Because of this, calls from telemarketers often appear as "out of area" or "unavailable" on caller-ID boxes. Castel solves this problem by letting call centers change outgoing caller-ID information on their own without going through their carrier, Elicker said. Other predictive-dialer makers, including SER Solutions Inc., are touting similar capabilities in their call center technology. Elicker declined to disclose details about the mail campaign results. He said the mailer has had more success in the past two months, in which compliance issues have gained greater attention due to the Federal Trade Commission's announcement of sweeping new telemarketing rules. Read more articles on Teleservices DMN Home | Archives | DM Yellow Pages List Directory | My Account | Online Resources Classified Ads | Direct Mail Quotes Copyright 2001 Courtenay Communications Corporation. Terms & Privacy Policy [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 6998 From: Matt Paulsen Date: Tue Mar 4, 2003 10:00pm Subject: RE: Spoofing Caller ID & TeleZapper immunity FUD - I read a report recently that has the CEO spouting how this is going to save the telemarketing industry by bypassing telezappers and evading caller ID systems. Guess the CMO should have asked his boss what it was for first. I believe I read it in Information Week around 2-3 weeks ago. >The technology is intended not to help telemarketers evade privacy safeguards >to reach consumers, but to help collection agencies reach those in debt who >use the TeleZapper to mask their phone lines, according to Castel, Beverly, >MA. 6999 From: Matt Paulsen Date: Tue Mar 4, 2003 10:30pm Subject: RE: Spoofing Caller ID & TeleZapper immunity A recent cnn article on Castel with the president's (Burr) input on the industry. http://www.cnn.com/2003/TECH/ptech/02/26/telemarket.tool.ap/ 7000 From: Matt Paulsen Date: Tue Mar 4, 2003 11:01pm Subject: humor Excerpts From The Diary Of A Cat DAY 659 -- My captors continue to taunt me with bizarre little dangling objects. They dine lavishly on fresh meat, while I am forced to eat dry cereal. The only thing that keeps me going is the hope of escape, and the mild satisfaction I get from ruining the occasional piece of furniture. Tomorrow I may eat another house plant. DAY 662 -- Today my attempt to kill my captors by weaving around their feet while they were walking almost succeeded, must try this at the top of the stairs. In an attempt to disgust and repulse these vile oppressors, I once again induced myself to vomit on their favorite chair... must try this on their bed. DAY 669 -- Slept all day so that I could annoy my captors with sleep depriving, incessant pleas for food at ungodly hours of the night. DAY 681 -- Decapitated a mouse and brought them the headless body, in attempt to make them aware of what I am capable of, and to try to strike fear into their hearts. They only cooed and condescended about what a good little cat I was... Hmmmm, NOT working according to plan. DAY 688 -- I am finally aware of how sadistic they are. For no good reason I was chosen for the water torture. This time however it included a burning foamy chemical called "shampoo." What sick minds could invent such a liquid? My only consolation is the piece of thumb still stuck between my teeth. DAY 690 -- There was some sort of gathering of their accomplices. I was placed in solitary throughout the event. However, I could hear the noise and smell the foul odor of the glass tubes they call "beer." More importantly, I overheard that my confinement was due to MY power of "allergies." Must learn what this is and how to use it to my advantage. DAY 699 -- I am convinced the other captives are flunkies and may be snitches. The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He is obviously a half-wit. The Bird, on the other hand, has got to be an informant. He has mastered their frightful tongue (something akin to mole speak) and speaks with them regularly. I am certain he reports my every move. Due to his current placement in the metal room, his safety is assured. But I can wait, it is only a matter of time. 7001 From: Hawkspirit Date: Wed Mar 5, 2003 6:33am Subject: Enigma http://cgi.ebay.com/ws/eBayISAPI.dll?ViewItem&item=2162414185 ENIGMA Cypher machine army model Item # 2162414185 7002 From: Hawkspirit Date: Wed Mar 5, 2003 7:41am Subject: Ebay Bugman I am glad someone is keeping us busy! http://www.stores.ebay.co.uk/id=22196001 Crystal Control Bodyworn Bug with Mic on lead US $110.00 £69.45 -05-Mar 18:37 Superb High Powered Room Bug US $63.00 £39.78 3 bids05-Mar 18:34 Superb High Powered Room Bug US $60.00 £37.88 -05-Mar 18:35 SANYO VOICE ACTIVATED TELEPHONE RECORDER US $48.00 £30.30 1 bid07-Mar 19:45 Telephone Interface Recording Bug Kit US $41.00 £25.89 -05-Mar 18:33 SAB9 MK 3 STEEPLETONE AIRBAND SCANNER US $40.00 £25.25 -07-Mar 19:45 Superb FM Room Bug device NEW PRODUCT US $40.00 £25.25 1 bid07-Mar 19:45 Office or Home Telephone Recording Bug US $39.00 £24.62 07-Mar 19:53 Office or Home Telephone Recording Bug US $39.00 £24.62 07-Mar 19:53 Office or Home Telephone Recording Bug US $39.00 £24.62 1 bid07-Mar 19:54 CCTV PINHOLE B&W CAMERA VIDEO COMPATIBLE US $35.00 £22.10 -07-Mar 19:44 GOVERNMENT AGENCY ROOM BUG WITH SCANNER US $33.00 £20.83 4 bids07-Mar 22:25 Professional PLL3 FM Scanner BRAND NEW US $32.00 £20.20 -07-Mar 19:48 Superb Spy Kit ROOM BUG AND SCANNER US $30.00 £18.94 2 bids11-Mar 20:49 Double Adaptor Phone Bug..... 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Simple To Use US $9.00 £5.68 -07-Mar 19:45 Tiny Minature Electronic Microphone US $9.00 £5.68 1 bid07-Mar 19:47 For more items in this category, click these pages: 1 | 2 | (next page) Back to top 7003 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Wed Mar 5, 2003 9:20am Subject: Re: humor On 4 Mar 2003 at 21:01, Matt Paulsen wrote: > Excerpts From The Diary Of A Cat > The dog is routinely released and seems more than happy to return. He > is obviously a half-wit. Ben Franklin made the following observation: Dogs look up to people. Cats look down on people. Pigs treat people as equals. Cat -- the other white meat. Steve 7004 From: Steve Uhrig Date: Wed Mar 5, 2003 3:00pm Subject: Riser Bond TDR FS Hi all, If anyone needs a high end TDR, I recently got in a Riser Bond 1205T- OSP. I've now gone over it and it's perfect, ready to sell. This is a twisted pair TDR, and it will read two pairs at once, so you can see the difference between pairs and note any differences on one which may indicate a tap or anomaly. It has two inputs, two sets of leads, and displays two traces on the backlit LCD screen which can be superimposed. The unit is in near new condition, new battery, all accessories, manual, two sets of test leads, new canvas accessory carry pouch, and I even put a brand new yellow Pelican case with shoulder strap on it when I calibrated it. This TDR can be used on telephone lines, LAN wiring, or any metallic cable. It has digital storage and can internally store a number of waveforms to print later, or download to a computer when you generate your report for the client. No additional hardware is needed. It's all built in, simple memory storage button on the front panel. I even include the RS-232 computer interface cable. You can print in realtime or store TDR readings to print later, or download into a computer for storage or further analysis. The latest software is available for free download from www.riserbond.com. They update it periodically so I don't bother to include the software. Info on this TDR is there also, as well as tutorials on using it. The dual line capability, two traces at once to compare on the screen, is a superb benefit for TSCM work. In the past, I've had two separate TDRs on two lines to compare. This unit does it all in one. The 1205T-OSP is a current product. The -OSP suffix means OutSide Plant, meaning it is extra rugged for field use. The closed case is totally waterproof. It has one button testing, meaning you clip on the leads to the line under test, push one button, and the unit sets itself up automatically adjusting to the line parameters, and displays a usable waveform all within 10 seconds or so. You can merely jump from line to line using the automatic function, or override anything manually to disassemble the line electronically to whatever extent necessary. Automatic filters switch in to null out noise, 60 cycles or other garbage, and it's like magic. You can manually disable the filters if you wish to do so. Every function has a button. No complicated menus. Set velocity factor, cable impedance, pulse width and much more. A laminated cheat sheet is attached to the case with velocity factors of most common cables. The manual, which stores in the lid, goes into even more detail. Here's a super easy to use, versatile, powerful TDR for the most discriminating user. Current new price, never discounted, is $3195 in the 2002 catalog. The 2003 catalogs are not out yet, but the new price certainly will be higher. My price, as new, calibrated, all accessories, new battery, my warranty, is $2200. Save a thousand bucks. That's not chump change. I take credit cards and ship internationally. Overnight shipping available if need is immediate. If you are outside the U.S. and your mains power is 220VAC, please be sure to mention this when you order so I can include the proper charger. I've only had two others of this model, and both sold quickly. If you don't have a TDR, you're not able to sweep phone lines as effectively as you might. If you have an older one, a tired ragged out Tek or just want the latest greatest, here it is. Email if interested. Feel free to ask for references from me or the dozens on this list who have purchased TDRs from me before. Here's a good review of the different models available: http://tscm.com/riserbond.html Other Riser Bond TDRs are available also, including 1205CX, 1205CXA, 1270, all with new batteries, all accessories, calibrated, in excellent condition with my warranty. Some were used for only one week on a large install. They're at all different price levels starting at $500. Inquire for details if you'd like one different from the 1205T-OSP described above. 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" ******************************************************************* 7005 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 6, 2003 7:40am Subject: France France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." --Mark Twain "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." -- General George S. Patton "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." --General Norman Schwartzkopf "We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." --Marge Simpson "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure" --Jacques Chirac, President of France "As far as France is concerned, you're right." --Rush Limbaugh, "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee." --Regis Philbin "The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know." --P.J O'Rourke (1989) "You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it." --John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona "You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people." --Conan O'Brien "I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!" --Jay Leno "The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag." --David Letterman How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb? One, he holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him. Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France. -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7006 From: Hawkspirit Date: Thu Mar 6, 2003 10:18am Subject: Energy Weapons For those of you who would like to find out a little more about home made energy weapons http://www.svbxlabs.com/pages/projects/ 7007 From: Valance Date: Tue Mar 4, 2003 2:32pm Subject: re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war i feel really naive for asking this, but i just do not understand. how come Iraq is not allowed to have nuclear weapons but the USA is and does? and why doesn't the UN have arms inspections inside the USA? thanks for any enlightenment... 7008 From: Kirk Adirim Date: Fri Mar 7, 2003 10:37am Subject: RE: re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war It's really quite simple, if Iraq were a country with a democratically elected leader then they could have nuclear weapons. India, France, South Africa etc. all have nuclear weapons, but they are governed by the people not a dictator. As to the second question, what's to inspect when you admit to, and have full disclosure of the number and types of weapons in your arsenal? -----Original Message----- From: Valance [mailto:val@c...] Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:33 PM To: TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com Subject: [TSCM-L] re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war i feel really naive for asking this, but i just do not understand. how come Iraq is not allowed to have nuclear weapons but the USA is and does? and why doesn't the UN have arms inspections inside the USA? thanks for any enlightenment... ======================================================== 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/ 7009 From: Gregory Horton Date: Fri Mar 7, 2003 6:21pm Subject: Re: re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war Try as I might, I can't see the relationship of this question and TSCM. I might be naive, but I just do not understand. Please enlighten me.... Valance wrote: > i feel really naive for asking this, but > i just do not understand. > > how come Iraq is not allowed to have nuclear > weapons but the USA is and does? and why doesn't > the UN have arms inspections inside the USA? > > thanks for any enlightenment... > > > > 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] 7010 From: Stephen Pendergast Date: Fri Mar 7, 2003 9:32am Subject: Re: re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war Saddam had to sign on to get rid of all WMD as part of the treaty with the UN coalition after he had invaded Kuwait, was forced out and lost the first Gulf war, so he could stay in power and they didn't march on Bagdad. Now he seems to have forgotten, as have a lot of other people. Stephen L Pendergast 619 692-4400 x233 CACI Technologies 1011 Camino Del Rio South Suite 600 San Diego, CA 92108 "Valance " Date: Fri Mar 7, 2003 11:02am Subject: Rif: RE: re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war > if Iraq were a country with a democratically > elected leader then they could have nuclear weapons. Very clear, but.... where is that law written? By whom? Elected leader? By the people, I suppose. Where does that leave Pakistan? Ciao! Remo Cornali 7012 From: Date: Fri Mar 7, 2003 3:46pm Subject: Re: re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war I'm sure I'm the 500th person to say this, but Iraq was barred by UN resolutions at the end of the Gulf War from having any sort of program for the development of weapons of mass destruction. They attacked another country....lost the war....surrendered and were subject to provisions placed by the UN (of which they are a member) as a condition for ending the aggression against them. Admittedly, a lot of diplomatic pressure is brought to bear on countries that try to develope nuclear weapons. India comes to mind. So does North Korea. Neither, however, are barred by the UN from developing them. Iraq is. Little good it seems to be doing, but that's the deal. Not naive at all, by the way. The fact that the big boys get the big toys is even a little unsettling to me, but I just have to believe that decision makers on that level have a great deal more insight than little ol' me. Martin Brown Brown & Sikes, Inc. Kirk Adirim wrote: > It's really quite simple, if Iraq were a country with a democratically > elected leader then they could have nuclear weapons. India, France, South > Africa etc. all have nuclear weapons, but they are governed by the people > not a dictator. As to the second question, what's to inspect when you > admit > to, and have full disclosure of the number and types of weapons in your > arsenal? > > -----Original Message----- > From: Valance [mailto:val@c...] > Sent: Tuesday, March 04, 2003 12:33 PM > To: TSCM-L@yahoogroups.com > Subject: [TSCM-L] re: Revealed: US dirty tricks to win vote on Iraq war > > > i feel really naive for asking this, but > i just do not understand. > > how come Iraq is not allowed to have nuclear > weapons but the USA is and does? and why doesn't > the UN have arms inspections inside the USA? > > thanks for any enlightenment... > > > > > ======================================================== > 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/ > > > > > > 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] 7013 From: Date: Wed Mar 12, 2003 1:53am Subject: Investigations Seminar-Kansas City The Kansas Association of Licensed Investigators will be sponsoring a training seminar featuring a nationwide speaker this spring in the Kansas City area. The following is the information we have available to us to date: The Art of Investigation How to Investigate Unique Missing Person Cases Overland Park, Kansas May 8th and 9th, 2003 Cost: Member-$145.00 Non-Member-$205.00 If registered after April 11, 2003 Cost: Member-$190.00 Non-Member-$250.00 Registration forms are pending and will be available within the week. This training includes methodology and techniques on how to solve a missing person's case. The specifics on location and the schedule will be distributed in the near future with the registration forms. Gill Alba has been seen on 48 hours, America's Most Wanted and MSNBC Investigates. He is a 28 year, Ex New York City/FBI Task Force Detective. He is recognized nationwide for his investigative accomplishments. You can learn more about Alba at his website http://www.albainvestigations.com In addition, he has a website on the case that gained him nationwide exposure. This is the case he will leading us through in this seminar. Go to http://www.kristinekupka.com for additional information. C. E. "Jack" Kelley, III, MBA C. E. Kelley & Associates Investigations P. O. Box 395, Baxter Springs, KS 66713 (620) 856-4460 Email: kelleypi@a... http://www.angelfire.com/ks/investigations/ Kansas Detective License: D-064 Board Member, Kansas Association of Licensed Investigators Member, American Society for Industrial Security Member, Association of Former Office of Special Investigations Special Agents Member, INTELNET (International organization of private investigators) [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] 7014 From: Fernando Martins Date: Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:28am Subject: electrical security vehicle hi2all This is not a tscm issue, but at least for me it's important and kind of urgent ... and since I can find here people from police and private security companies, I can't think in a better forum for asking :) I have some hints but, I wonder if the list can point me the way to find a product that can fit in "electrical security vehicle". The end is to use them for security staff transport, inside facilities where it's important the absence of noise and pollution. Thanks in advance, FM 7015 From: James M. Atkinson Date: Thu Mar 13, 2003 10:02am Subject: The Truck One day Jimmy Joe was walking down Main Street when he saw his buddy Bubba driving a brand new pickup. Bubba pulled up to him with a wide grin. "Bubba, where'd you get that truck?" "Bobby Sue gave it to me" Bubba replied. "She gave it to you? I knew she was kinda sweet on ya, but a new truck?!?" "Well, Jimmy Joe, let me tell you what happened. We were driving out on Route 6, in the middle of nowhere. Bobby Sue pulled off the road, put the truck in 4-wheel drive, and headed into the woods. She parked the truck, got out, threw off all her clothes and said 'Bubba, take whatever you want'. So I took the truck!!!" "Bubba, you is a smart man!! Them clothes woulda never fit you." -jma -- -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island GroupFax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008mailto:jmatk@t... -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit -------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------------- 7016 From: Ocean Group - MU TSD Date: Sat Mar 8, 2003 9:54am Subject: France What's sadder is that obviously it simply isn't a joke your sending out but a voice of contempt for people that do not agree with you. Anyway...on my last visit to France a couple of weeks ago I sat down for dinner with some friends...they couldn't believe what they were seeing on TV, Yanks pouring french wine in the gutter to show their support for their troops. What's more they promptly pointed out that everyone in the US was saying that without them in WW2 there would be no France. They then informed me that without France there would have been no USA during the war of independence. Funny that. Message: 1 Date: Thu, 6 Mar 2003 08:40:36 -0500 From: "James M. Atkinson" Subject: France France has neither winter nor summer nor morals. Apart from these drawbacks it is a fine country. France has usually been governed by prostitutes." --Mark Twain "I would rather have a German division in front of me than a French one behind me." -- General George S. Patton "Going to war without France is like going deer hunting without your accordion." --General Norman Schwartzkopf "We can stand here like the French, or we can do something about it." --Marge Simpson "As far as I'm concerned, war always means failure" --Jacques Chirac, President of France "As far as France is concerned, you're right." --Rush Limbaugh, "The only time France wants us to go to war is when the German Army is sitting in Paris sipping coffee." --Regis Philbin "The French are a smallish, monkey-looking bunch and not dressed any better, on average, than the citizens of Baltimore. True, you can sit outside in Paris and drink little cups of coffee, but why this is more stylish than sitting inside and drinking large glasses of whiskey I don't know." --P.J O'Rourke (1989) "You know, the French remind me a little bit of an aging actress of the 1940s who was still trying to dine out on her looks but doesn't have the face for it." --John McCain, U.S. Senator from Arizona "You know why the French don't want to bomb Saddam Hussein? Because he hates America, he loves mistresses and wears a beret. He is French, people." --Conan O'Brien "I don't know why people are surprised that France won't help us get Saddam out of Iraq. After all, France wouldn't help us get the Germans out of France!" --Jay Leno "The last time the French asked for 'more proof' it came marching into Paris under a German flag." --David Letterman How many Frenchmen does it take to change a light bulb? One, he holds the bulb and all of Europe revolves around him. Next time there's a war in Europe, the loser has to keep France. -- ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- The First, The Largest, The Most Popular, and The Most Complete TSCM, Bug Sweep, Spy Hunting, and Counterintelligence Site on the Internet. ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- James M. Atkinson Ph: (978) 546-3803 Granite Island Group Fax: (978) 546-9467 127 Eastern Avenue #291 http://www.tscm.com/ Gloucester, MA 01931-8008 mailto:jmatk@t... ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- Vocatus atque non vocatus deus aderit ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------------------- 7017 From: Ocean Group - MU TSD Date: Mon Mar 10, 2003 4:26pm Subject: ASN Spying Oh my god...this comes as such a shock...is the US goverment really this bold? Message : 7 Date : Mon, 10 Mar 2003 16:08:26 +0100 De : "administrateur.dgse.org" Objet : UN INVESTIGATES AMERICAN SPYING http://www.observer.co.uk/international/story/0,6903,910567,00.html UN INVESTIGATES AMERICAN SPYING UN launches inquiry into American spying Martin Bright, Ed Vulliamy in New York and Peter Beaumont Sunday March 9, 2003 The Observer The United Nations has begun a top-level investigation into thebugging of its delegations by the United States, first revealed inThe Observer last week. Sources in the office of UN SecretaryGeneral Kofi Annan confirmed last night that the spying operationhad already been discussed at the UN's counter-terrorism committeeand will be further investigated. The news comes as British police confirmed the arrest of a 28-year-old woman working at the top secret Government CommunicationsHeadquarters (GCHQ) on suspicion of contravening the OfficialSecrets Act. Last week The Observer published details of a memosent by Frank Koza, Defence Chief of Staff (Regional Targets) atthe US National Security Agency, which monitors internationalcommunications. The memo ordered an intelligence 'surge' directedagainst Angola, Cameroon, Chile, Bulgaria and Guinea with 'extrafocus on Pakistan UN matters'. The 'dirty tricks' operation wasdesigned to win votes in favour of intervention in Iraq. The Observer reported that the memo was sent to a friendly foreign intelligence agency asking for help in the operation. It has beenknown for some time that elements within the British security serviceswere unhappy with the Government's use of intelligence information. The leak was described as 'more timely and potentially more importantthan the Pentagon Papers' by Daniel Ellsberg, the most celebratedwhistleblower in recent American history. In 1971, Ellsberg was responsible for leaking a secret history of US involvement in Vietnam, which became known as 'the Pentagon Papers',while working as a Defence Department analyst. The papers fed theAmerican public's hostility to the war. The revelations of the spying operation have caused deep embarrassmentto the Bush administration at a key point in the sensitive diplomatic negotiations to gain support for a second UN resolution authorising intervention in Iraq. White House spokesman Ari Fleischer and Defence Secretary DonaldRumsfeld were both challenged about the operation last week, butsaid they could not comment on security matters. The operation is thought to have been authorised by US NationalSecurity Adviser Condoleezza Rice, but American intelligence expertstold The Observer that a decision of this kind would also have involvedDonald Rumsfeld, CIA director George Tenet and NSA chief GeneralMichael Hayden. President Bush himself would have been informed atone of the daily intelligence briefings held every morning at the WhiteHouse. Attention has now turned to the foreign intelligence agency responsiblefor the leak. It is now believed the memo was sent out via Echelon,an international surveillance network set up by the NSA with thecooperation of GCHQ in Britain and similar organisations in Australia,New Zealand and Canada. Wayne Madsen, of the Electronic Privacy Information Centre andhimself a former NSA intelligence officer, said the leak demonstratedthat there was deep unhappiness in the intelligence world over attemptsto link Iraq to the terrorist network al-Qaeda. 'My feeling is that this was an authorised leak. I've been hearing for months of people in the US and British intelligence community whoare deeply concerned about their governments "cooking" intelligenceto link Iraq to al-Qaeda.' The Observer story caused a political furore in Chile, where President Ricardo Lagos demanded an immediate explanation of the spyingoperation. The Chilean public is extremely sensitive to reports of US'dirty tricks' after decades of American secret service involvement inthe country's internal affairs. In 1973 the CIA supported a coup thattoppled the democratically-elected socialist government of SalvadorAllende and installed the dictator General Augusto Pinochet. President Lagos spoke on the telephone with Prime Minister TonyBlair about the memo last Sunday, immediately after the publicationof the story, and twice again on Wednesday. Chile's Foreign MinisterSoledad Alvear also raised the matter with Foreign Secretary JackStraw. Chile's ambassador to Britain Mariano Fernández told The Observer:'We cannot understand why the United States was spying on Chile.We were very surprised. Relations have been good with America sincethe time of George Bush Snr.' He said that the position of the Chileanmission to the UN was published in regular diplomatic bulletins,which were public documents openly available. While the bugging of foreign diplomats at the UN is permissible underthe US Foreign Intelligence Services Act, it is a breach of the Vienna Convention on Diplomatic Relations, according to one of America'sleading experts on international law, Professor John Quigley of OhioUniversity. He says the convention stipulates that: 'The receiving stateshall permit and protect free communication on the part of the missionfor all official purposes... The official correspondence of the missionshall be inviolable.' 7018 From: Craig Snedden Date: Tue Mar 11, 2003 4:17am Subject: RE: GSM/Nextel and Roaming (a bit o/t) Hi All, Thanks to everyone who responded with suggestions for GSM roaming in the US. I decided to risk it and go with my triband GSM phone. It worked fine all week with connections from Cingular and T Mobile (except in the darkest reaches of Zions NP, Utah - but then I wouldn't expect a signal there). No problems with hi-jacking either John! Thanks for the info anyhow. And yes the trip was good and very successful from a business point of view. Pity I didn't have time to meet up with some of the guys on this list. All the best Craig -----Original Message----- From: refmon [mailto:monitor@r...] Sent: 24 February 2003 08:02 To: Craig Snedden Subject: Re: [TSCM-L] GSM/Nextel and Roaming (a bit o/t) Hi Craig, I don't have a pat answer for you, but if you're going into the Las Vegas area, I want to impress upon you how important your research and final decision is...the cell and pcs companies there are deadly at hijacking your wireless traffic. If, by chance, you'll be at the convention center-take a peak across the road at the Residence Inn... usually, during a convention of significant size, you can find the hijacker trucks parked in that parking lot. It all boils down to dollars-I've had many associates hit with cell or pcs bills hundreds of dollars higher than even the jacked up Vegas rates. You are wise to ask these questions. May your trip be safe and successful. John Collins President, Reference Video, Inc. _________________________________________________________________________ ----- Original Message ----- From: "Craig Snedden" To: Sent: Friday, February 21, 2003 12:05 PM Subject: [TSCM-L] GSM/Nextel and Roaming (a bit o/t) > Hi all, > > Apologies that this post is a bit off topic, but I am having difficulty in > getting an answer to this question and I am sure there is more than enough > expertise in this list to provide the answer.... So here goes. > > I am travelling from the UK to the US (Nevada) next week and have been told > (again!) that my triband gsm phone will be fine (yes roaming is enabled etc. > etc.) However, I have been told that for the area that I will be in, Nextel > is the best carrier. As I understand, Nextel is not a GSM based system, but > iDen, therefore my GSM phone, triband or not won't work... Correct > assumption? > > My question is this, do I simply try getting service with a GSM carrier in > the area and trust to luck, or do I try to get a Nextel compatible handset > and if I do, will my GSM sim chip fit in a Nextel phone...? (I want to be > able to get calls in the normal way while I am away from homebase and not > have to pick up voicemails by calling from another phone). > > Having fallen foul of this before (travelling to Florida.... "Oh yes, your > phone will work all over Florida..." Only to find that the part of Florida I > was in only got PCN coverage!!!) I don't want to be left in the dark again. > > Any suggestions? > > Thanks guys, > > Best regards. > > Craig > --- > Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. > Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). > Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 18/02/2003 > > > [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/ > > --- Incoming mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.456 / Virus Database: 256 - Release Date: 18/02/2003 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 25/02/2003 7019 From: Gil Zimmerman Date: Thu Mar 13, 2003 7:40am Subject: re: recommendations needed, GPS system & service A client is inquiring about a GPS system that would be installed in a customized commercial coach and do the following: 1. Provide moving map displays to a vehicle driver 2. Provide web access for display of real-time data 3. Option to give their clients access to web data 4. Operate from a laptop installed in the coach 5. Monitored by a 24/7 service, like OnStar, etc. Recommendations will be appreciated. This is for possible retrofit into existing vehicle and for plans for second vehicle now in construction planning. Thanks for your assistance, Gil Zimmerman ESI, Inc., USA AGER, Paris, France www.esipi.com NJ 6869 --- Outgoing mail is certified Virus Free. Checked by AVG anti-virus system (http://www.grisoft.com). Version: 6.0.459 / Virus Database: 258 - Release Date: 2/25/2003 7020 From: sowhat10101 Date: Thu Mar 13, 2003 8:59am Subject: British intelligence employee questioned on NSA memo leak Who still says it ain't so ? 7021 From: Matthijs van der Wel Date: Thu Mar 13, 2003 9:00am Subject: Iraqi Cyberwar: an Ageless Joke http://www.securityfocus.com/columnists/147 Did U.S. infowar commandos smuggle a deadly computer virus into Iraq inside a printer? Of course not. So why does it keep getting reported? ... Special Forces men were also said to have infiltrated Iraq, where they dug up a fiber-optic cable and jammed a computer virus into it. "It remained dormant until the opening moments of the air war, when it went active..." wrote the columnist. Iraq's air defense system was vanquished. ... Frankly, this is a great story. It's amusing to remember how it kicked up a storm in 1991 after its initial appearance as an April Fool's joke in Infoworld magazine. The gag asserted the National Security Agency had developed the computer virus to disable Iraqi air defense computers by eating windows -- "gobbling them at the edges..." The virus, called AF/91, was smuggled into Iraq through Jordan, hidden in a chip in a printer - - the latter being a distinguishing feature of many subsequent appearances of the hoax. ... Why was the hoax so successful? The easy answer is to simply call everyone who falls for the joke a momentary idiot. But the Gulf War virus plays to a uniquely American trait: a child-like belief in gadgets and technology and the people who make them as answers to everything. Secret National Security Agency computer scientists made viruses that hobbled Saddam's anti- air defense without firing a shot! Or maybe it didn't work but it sure was a good plan! In this respect, the joke is ageless. People are just as able to nebulously theorize about the tech of it and its implications in 2003 as they were in 1991. Will an updated version of the nonexistent AF/91 virus be used against unwired Iraq? Stay tuned... April 1st is less than a month away. 7022 From: ldudlyd Date: Thu Mar 13, 2003 11:35am Subject: From EDN mag.: cell phone Thursday, March 13, 2003 Jam that ringing cell phone? With most of the adult population carrying cell phones, efforts to restrict their use for safety reasons or just common courtesy have fallen on both sides of the law. By Warren Webb, Technical Editor -- EDN, 3/6/2003 Cell-phone use has grown astronomically over the past decade. The Cellular Telecommunications and Internet Association estimates that there are more than 135 million cell-phone subscribers in the United States alone; other estimates have placed worldwide users at more than a billion. Along with the convenience of instant communications, cell phones have brought plenty of controversy. Opponents cite privacy, security, safety, and even tranquility issues in their call for regulations and electronic technology to limit cell-phone use in certain situations or locations. Moviegoers, restaurant patrons, and travelers have long complained of ringing phones and rude cell-phone users disturbing their peace and quiet. In addition to their being annoying, cell phones are associated with several safety issues. Driving an automobile while talking on a mobile phone is the most visible example and raises the most concern. A recent Harvard Center for Risk Analysis study linked cell-phone use to as many as 2600 fatalities and 1.5 million accidents per year. New York state has banned the use of handheld cell phones while users are driving, and several other states are considering similar measures. Accident victims have also sued and won cases against employers when employees are at fault because they were driving while using cell phones. Federal regulations prohibit mobile-phone operation aboard aircraft to prevent interference with navigation instruments. Likewise, there are posted restrictions on transmitter operation near gasoline pumps and blasting zones. A Mayo Clinic study finds that cell phones might interfere with sensitive operating and diagnostic medical instruments. Cell phones also bring up security and confidentiality issues. For example, phones hidden in meeting rooms or government facilities may leak sensitive information or trade secrets. Gambling casinos want to restrict cell phones to reduce cheating, and prisons want to stop communications to increase security. Although most of these activities have legitimate reasons to stop cell-phone use in a limited area, only a few ways exist to stop RF transmissions. The most common approach is simply to ask users to voluntarily turn off their phones. Facilities can also screen or electronically sense RF signals to guarantee a transmission-free area. Although it does not eliminate RF transmissions, electronic jamming stops all cell-phone activity in a limited area. Unfortunately, the practice is illegal in the United States and most of Europe. Federal Communications Commission regulations prohibit you from operating, owning, manufacturing, marketing, or offering for sale any device that intentionally interferes with any RF transmissions. These activities are punishable by an $11,000 fine and as much as a year in prison. Tower talk You can understand how electronic jammers and detection devices operate with a little background on cell-phone basics. Each cell-phone company divides coverage areas into 5- to 10-square-mile cells with base-station antenna towers at their center. Each carrier is allocated channels within frequency bands set aside for cell phones. In the United States, the AMPS (Advanced Mobile Phone System) and PCS (Personal Communications Services) systems use hundreds of channels for digital and analog signals in the 869- to 849-MHz and 1930- to 1990-MHz bands. Most cell phones in Europe, Africa, and Asia operate on the GSM (Global System for Mobile communications) system in the 935- to 960-MHz and 1805- to 1880-MHz bands. Although the frequency bands support fewer than 1000 channels, phone systems can accommodate millions of conversations by reusing channels in nonadjacent cells. When you turn on a cell phone, it continually scans for the strongest signal from the nearest base-station tower. If the phone cannot locate a tower, it displays an out-of-service indication. Brute-force jamming kills cell-phone operation by overpowering the signal from the base-station tower. Although cell phones can change channels or increase their power to overcome interference, typical electronic jammers cover all of the channels for a specific system. A more intelligent jamming system is harder to detect, because it provides an interfering signal just long enough to disable communications, and then shuts down. Because users cannot tell whether their phone is being jammed or is simply out of range or blocked by building characteristics, illegal electronic jammers may continue to operate without complaints from the general public. Special Electronic Security Products of Israel produces a series of cell-phone jammers with a range of 9m to 1 km. Customers can select any worldwide cellular frequency band or a combination of them. The vendor's smallest device, the Ctn101, is battery-powered and fits into a briefcase or purse. The top-of-the-line CTN106 requires a 19-in. rack-mount package and jams large areas, such as prison compounds and military installations. Hubgiant, a Taiwanese company, produces several versions of its WAC1000 wave-deactivator cellular-phone immobilizer (Figure 1). These small, battery-operated devices cover a sphere with a radius of approximately 50 ft and can cover one or multiple worldwide cell-phone bands. The device output power is 10 to 20 dBm (10 to 100 mW) for each frequency band. Although its operation is illegal in the United States, Hubgiant's Model WAC1000A covers the 800- and 1900-MHz bands. Netline of Israel offers the $6500 C-Guard HP, a ruggedized, portable, weatherproof jamming system built into a hardened carrying case (Figure 2). Netline suggests applications in prisons, bomb squads, military bases, and police forces. With an effective jamming range of 20 to 1000m, depending on base-station-signal strength at the site, the C-Guard HP can eliminate cellular communications over a wide area. Cellular distraction Cell Block Technologies of Fairfax, VA, has proposed a novel technique for blocking cell-phone use in a limited area. Although the company has no products for sale, Cell Block proposes to simulate a base-station tower and distract the cell phone from establishing communications with a real base station. Once the Cell Block control unit establishes communications with the phone, it instructs the phone to go to a channel that is not active in that cellular system. This action prohibits the phone from receiving communication from the original system's base station. Although it does prevent communications within range of its transmitter, the company claims that its device does not interfere with­but rather intervenes in­communications. No one has tested this theory in court. Uniquely, Cell Block proposes to monitor the strength of the base-station signal and adjust the signal level of its device to ensure a constant effective range. Although people often think of jamming as the only way to stop cell-phone abuse, several companies offer alternative electronic products to help restrict wireless communications. Bluelinx offers Q-zone, which silences Bluetooth-based cell phones within 10m of a Bluelinx node. When a mobile phone enters a designated quiet zone, its ring volume changes, depending on its specifications. For example, one type of phone may switch to vibrating mode, another may ring at a much lower volume setting, and a third might divert callers to voice mail. Once it leaves the quiet zone, the phone seamlessly reverts to its previous volume settings. Bluelinx nodes cost about $500 (Figure 3). Cell-phone detectors are another legal alternative to jamming. Passive devices can scan the cellular-frequency bands and sound an alarm or flash a light when they detect a cell-phone signal. Enforcement or restricted entry is then up to the establishment. Zetron offers the Cell Phone Detector Plus, a small, wall-mounted, receiver-only device that searches for nearby transmissions in the mobile-phone or two-way-radio spectrum (Figure 4). The unit covers 400 to 2000 MHz and delivers a voice message along with local and remote alarms. You can adjust the device's sensitivity to cover a sphere with a 2 to 30m diameter. Probably the simplest legal way to eliminate all cell-phone activity in an indoor space is to line the area with grounded metal mesh to create a simple Faraday cage. This shield blocks RF transmissions into and out of the space. The technology is available for even more widespread regulation of cell-phone activity. For example, the government requires location information for its E911 program to be available in all cell phones by 2005. Thus, carriers could prevent cell-phone operation within certain "quiet zones" and simply route all of the subscriber's calls to voice mail or at least switch the phone to vibrating mode. Even though some of these futuristic approaches are possible, it seems that good manners could eliminate many cell-phone complaints. ---------------------------------------------------------------------- ---------- For more information... When you contact any of the following manufacturers directly, please let them know you read about their products in EDN. Bluelinx 1-704-341-3323 www.bluelinx.com Cell Block Technologies 1-703-277-7703 www.cell-block-r.com Hubgiant Co +886-2-22988931 www.hubgiant.com Netline +972-3-5109855 www.netline.co.il Special Electronic Security Products +972-3-5325132 www.sesp.co.il Zetron 1-425-820-6363 www.zetron.com