From: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com (roc-digest) To: roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Subject: roc-digest V2 #80 Reply-To: roc-digest Sender: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Errors-To: owner-roc-digest@lists.xmission.com Precedence: bulk roc-digest Friday, February 27 1998 Volume 02 : Number 080 ---------------------------------------------------------------------- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 12:52:53 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: FBI, Pentagon Probing Computer Break-Ins (fwd) - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Reuters New Media Wednesday February 25 1:15 PM EST FBI, Pentagon Probing Computer Break-Ins By Charles Aldinger WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The Pentagon and FBI are investigating intense, successful efforts by computer "hackers" over the last two weeks to obtain information from U.S. military computers, a top defense official said Wednesday. Deputy Defense Secretary John Hamre told reporters there was no indication that the electronic invasion was connected to a crisis over U.N. arms inspectors in Iraq. And he stressed that ultra-sensitive classified systems had not been breached. Hamre said it was apparently the most intense such break-in effort to date and was a "wake-up call" on the vulnerability of government and corporate computers to sophisticated search software owned by professionals and amateurs. "During the last two weeks the (Defense) Department has experienced a fairly heavy-duty cyber attack," Hamre told reporters in an interview. "In this case, we have been working very closely with the attorney general and the FBI." "We did not have any penetration of our classified networks," said the number two official in the department. "The unclassified networks, however, were penetrated." He said the incidents had intensified attempts by the department to more quickly spot break-in attempts and catch persons responsible. "It has dramatically accelerated the Pentagon's and federal government's plans to get on top of this problem," Hamre said, stressing that sensitive data on personnel, payrolls and other information from Wall Street to the armed forces was often not adequately guarded by electronic "firewalls". Hamre said it was not known whether the attempts, which were nationwide, involved one or more persons in the United States or overseas who used computers to get into Pentagon information systems. But he suggested the moves might be by amateurs in response to "contests" among hackers. "There are hackers that enjoy just breaking into people's computers to see what they can see. And, of course, there is always a mystique about the Department of Defense," he told reporters. "There are actually hacker clubs and there are hacker contests. And, in that sense, the Department of Defense is vulnerable." Hamre declined to discuss details of the latest efforts or to reveal what information had been obtained. But he said the incidents appeared to be similar to previous attempts by hackers to show that they could get into protected systems. He said the recent incidents included attempts to set up electronic "trap doors" in software systems through which information could be siphoned. Sophisticated amateur computer hackers have been previously convicted, fined and jailed for breaking into sensitive military and other government information databases. The director of the super-secret U.S. National Security Agency said in October 1997 that the number of break-ins of Defense Department systems was increasing dramatically. "I think it was, in many ways, a wake-up call," Hamre said Wednesday of the recent incidents. ^REUTERS@ - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 98 12:12:19 PST From: roc@xpresso.seaslug.org (Bill Vance) Subject: Re: Obscenity Hearings On Feb 24, mestetsr@dunx1.ocs.drexel.edu wrote: >Forwarding along... >> >> Attached is an article from yesterday's Pittsburgh Post-Gazette >>regarding a House hearing on proposed changes in PA's obscenity laws. As you >>will see, three changes are proposed, all of which appear to have religious >>right fingerprints on them, and all with far-reaching implications: While there may be some religious folks involved in this at some level or location, I see nothing here or in the article that indicates anything of the sort. How about a little more accuracy, and a little less name calling? >> 1. To change the "commununity" by which "community standards" are >>judged from the state to the county. >> >> 2. To delete "educational" from the list of redeeming social >>values which protect a work from obscenity charges. >> >> 3. To change obscenity from a misdemeanor to a felony, with >>resulting increases in penalties. >> >> The first of these proposals, if passed, would almost certainly cause >>an immediate increase in the number of obscenity trials in PA. >> >> It is clear from the article that some groups--namely, the mass media-- >>are fighting these proposals. That's reason enough to support the proposals to the hilt right there. >> Does anyone know whether any public interest >>groups are aware of this situation and taking any action? What about the >>American Library Association, for example? If you can put me in touch >>with any >>such groups, I'd appreciate it. >> >> Lloyd Stires Have you tried a web search? >>Dr. Lloyd K. Stires >>Department of Psychology Ah, _that_ explains it! Gotta keep those future kooks coming so as to keep one's job, eh? :-) >>Indiana University of Pennsylvania >>Indiana, PA 15705-1068 >>(412) 357-2579 >>lstires@grove.iup.edu >> >>******************************************************************************* >> >> >> New standard sought to assess obscenity >> >> Thursday, February 19, 1998 >> >> By Frank Reeves, Post-Gazette Harrisburg Correspondent >> >> HARRISBURG -- A House panel considered legislation yesterday that >> would let juries use a countywide standard to assess whether a book, >> movie, videocassette or other form of expression is obscene. >> >> Juries determining whether sexually explicit material is obscene under >> Pennsylvania's obscenity statute now apply a statewide standard. >> >> The legislation's proponents told the House Judiciary Committee >> subcommittee on courts that passing the bill would make it easier for >> prosecutors to win convictions against adult bookstore owners and >> others who traffic in pornography. >> >> "A statewide standard serves no other purpose than to give >> (pornography industry lawyers) a vague and confusing concept they can >> use to throw sand into the eyes of juries," said Dorn Checkley, state >> director of Pennsylvanians vs. Pornography, a Pittsburgh-based >> anti-obscenity group. >> >> "It is hard enough to ask a jury to figure out what is acceptable in >> their community, much less asking them to try to figure out what is >> acceptable in Erie or Allentown, in Pittsburgh or Philadelphia." Or harder for Liers, (OOPS! I mean), _Lawyers_ to issue blanket statements/ defences. >> But critics warned that letting jurors apply county standards of >> decency could potentially create a confusing patchwork of obscenity >> rules for each of the state's 67 counties. They said such a result >> could hamper distribution of books, movies and newspapers across the >> state. Not necessarily a bad thing. >> Speaking on behalf of the Pennsylvania Newspapers Publishers >> Association and four other newspaper groups, John V.R. Bull, assistant >> to the editor of The Philadelphia Inquirer, warned that if the bill >> passed, "newspapers could become little more than bland, watered-down >> bulletin boards, carriers of meeting notices, local public events and >> other noncontroversial items. Too late, they've allready been there for years. >> "In practice, newspapers would have to tailor their content -- >> everything from allegations against the president of the United States >> to bra advertising by their local department store -- to the community >> with the most restrictive standards," he said. "Even newspapers that >> hold back the specifics of the allegations against the president might >> well be exposed -- if you'll forgive the term -- to prosecution." I doubt it; Seen any good obscene bra's lately? And as for the POTUS, have you had to explain to a small child what, "Oral Sex", means, because of the, "coverage"? >> Joining the newspaper groups in opposition were the National >> Association of Theatre Owners of Pennsylvania and the Motion Picture >> Association of America, which represent major motion picture and TV >> producers, such as Disney, Paramount, MGM and Twentieth-Century Fox. >> The Pennsylvania District Attorneys Association also opposed the bill. >> >> Lewis Grafman, attorney for the theater owners group, said his >> organization feared that if juries were allowed to apply local >> standards, "the First Amendment industries, such as local theaters, >> would become too easy a target for ephemeral community witch hunts and >> political interests." "Power To The People", is no longer PC? How edifying! >> But the legislation's sponsor, Rep. Thomas Armstrong, R-Lancaster, >> said such fears were little more than "smoke and mirrors" to confuse >> the issue. He said his bill wasn't aimed at "mainstream" newspapers, >> magazines or films. He challenged critics to cite one instance in >> which even an R-rated movie or a newspaper had been successfully >> prosecuted for obscenity in states that let juries apply local >> standards. Good point. >> The U.S. Supreme Court, in a landmark 1973 case, Miller vs. >> California, defined the criteria to decide whether a book, film or >> other material was obscene. The court said the key test was "whether >> the average person, applying contemporary community standards, would >> find the work, taken as a whole, appeals to the prurient interest." >> >> In 1977, the Legislature revised Pennsylvania's obscenity statute to >> reflect the U.S. high court ruling. State lawmakers then defined >> "contemporary community standards" as a statewide measure. >> >> Armstrong said several states, including Florida, Utah and Virginia, >> had adopted local standards rather than statewide ones to assess >> whether material is obscene. He said the courts had upheld these >> standards as constitutional. That being the case, what's the big deal? >> Current state law also defines an obscene work as one that, when >> "taken as a whole, lacks serious literary, artistic, political, >> educational or scientific value." Armstrong's bill would delete >> "educational" from that definition. _Some_ Public Education is allready obscene enough these days. >> Armstrong introduced a similar bill in the 1995-96 session. The House >> passed it, 115-77, but it died in the Senate. >> >> His bill also would increase the penalty for violating the obscenity >> law. Anyone convicted of giving a child an obscene book or using a >> child in a obscene work would be guilty of a third-degree felony and >> face a maximum penalty of seven years in prison and a $15,000 fine. >> Such a conviction now is just a first-degree misdemeanor, with a >> five-year maximum prison penalty and a $10,000 fine for a first >> offense. Any subsequent offense is a third-degree felony. >> ______ At least this part is somewhat debatable; There is a question of degree involved, and it should be appropriatly addressed. >************************************************************** >* "Just when you think you've got me figured out * >* The season's already changing..." -- Meredith Brooks * >* mestetsr@post.drexel.edu * >************************************************************** - -- - ---------------------------------------------------------------------------- ***** Blessings On Thee, Oh Israel! ***** - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- An _EFFECTIVE_ | Insured | All matter is vibration. | Let he who hath no weapon in every | by COLT; | -- Max Plank | weapon sell his hand = Freedom | DIAL | In the beginning was the | garment and buy a on every side! | 1911-A1. | word. -- The Bible | sword.--Jesus Christ - ----------------+----------+--------------------------+--------------------- - - ------------------------------ Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 19:26:10 -0500 (EST) From: Brad Subject: incredible story, good outcome (fwd) Your public servants in action. bd 07:01 PM ET 02/24/98 U.S. woman awarded $450,000 after strip search SAN FRANCISCO (Reuters) - A U.S. woman who was strip searched, X-rayed and forced to defecate in front of airport customs agents was awarded more than $450,000 Tuesday after a jury decided her civil rights had been violated. Amanda Buritica, a 51-year-old school crossing guard from Port Chester, N.Y., was detained and subjected to body searches for some 22 hours on Sept. 22, 1994, after she arrived at San Francisco International Airport on a flight from Hong Kong. "This was excessive and arbitrary," attorney Gregory Fox, who represented Buritica in her civil suit, said after the jury's verdict. "I think this is a very strong sign that the jury agreed that the way the U.S. customs is running drug interdiction policy in San Francisco is unconstitutional." Buritica testified during her trial that agents of the U.S. Customs Service picked her out of the arrivals line, patted her down and then put her through a strip search and an examination by X-ray in an effort to see if she had concealed illegal drugs or swallowed them in packets. When nothing was found, they took her to a hospital and induced her to ingest a powerful laxative that caused her to have 28 involuntary bowel movements while observed by two customs agents over an eight hour period. No drugs were found. Lawyers and officials at the customs service had no immediate comment on the verdict, which specified that the money award was to make up for lost wages, psychological counseling and intense emotional distress. Fox said the agents targeted Buritica because she was born in Colombia, although she is now a U.S. citizen. Lawyers for the customs agents said the search was ordered because Buritica fit a profile for suspected drug-runners: a single woman traveling alone from Hong Kong who dressed in loose clothing and was reticent when answering questions. The jury found two of the customs agents each liable for $225,000 in compensatory damages, while two others were assessed nominal compensatory damage awards of $1 each. The chief customs inspector at the airport was found to be liable for an unspecified amount in punitive damages, which the two sides decided should be $1,000 -- bringing the total award to $451,002. U.S. District Judge Vaughn Walker put off a decision on whether the Customs Service itself should be held liable and, if so, whether it should pay additional punitive damages. He is also considering a request by Buritica for an injunction requiring the service to improve training for agents at San Francisco International Airport. - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 07:41:07 -0500 From: Tom Cloyes Subject: ANTI-GUN BILL PASSES IN GEORGIA SENATE WITH NRA APPROVAL!! Comments? >Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 20:37:58 -0500 >From: E Pluribus Unum >X-Mailer: Mozilla 4.01 [en] (Win95; U) >To: E Pluribus Unum Email Distribution Network >Subject: ANTI-GUN BILL PASSES IN GEORGIA SENATE WITH NRA APPROVAL!! > >The following announcment was sent to me from Citizens for Safe >Government (CSG): > >A =93Lock Away Your Gun=94 bill unexpectedly passed the Georgia Senate on >Friday, February 20, in a surprise deal brokered by Senate bosses and >the NRA. > >In exchange for mention of the NRA=92s =93Eddy Eagle=94 gun safety program, >the deal substituted gun storage language for the original wording of >S. B. 407, a gun control bill by Senate Anti-Gun Boss David Scott >(D-Atlanta). > >The sell-out passed by a 37-13 margin over the objections of a dozen >Senators led by Senate Pro-Gun Leader Pam Glanton (R-Riverdale). > >Under the proposal, local government officials would have broad leeway >to decide how you should keep a pistol in your home, car, or >elsewhere. If you=92re not doing whatever they think is proper, you >could be arrested. Your gun would be confiscated. Upon conviction, >you=92d pay a minumum $1000 fine and face up to a year in prison. > >The bill now goes to the House, where gun owners face an uphill battle >to defeat a coalition of anti-gunners and NRA compromisers who are >supporting it. > >The legislative situation has worsened dramatically. Last week, Sen. >Scott was pushing a different version: a gun control bill which would >have made you a criminal if you negligently allowed a minor to possess a >pistol. > >But gun owners saw that anti-gun officials would make liberal use of >the vague language in S. B. 407 to persecute people if it passed. >Grass-roots opposition stirred up by CSG activists had the bill facing >defeat on the Senate floor. > >That=92s when Mr. Scott went to Senate underboss Sonny Perdue >(D-Bonaire) and Republican floor boss Chuck Clay (R-Marietta). Both >are compromisers with long histories of backing gun control deals. > >The three bosses cut a deal to substitute gun storage language for the >original wording of S. B. 407. The NRA signed off on it in exchange for >notice that local schools have the option to teach the NRA=92s =93Eddy >Eagle=94 gun safety program for children. > >Compromisers seized control of the NRA Board after a power struggle >last year. Now they are pushing an agenda of compromise on gun rights >to seek a better image in the media. > >Aside from going along with =93Lock Away Your Gun=94 in Georgia, this year >the NRA is pushing a Brady Check bill to set up a state-level gun >control agency to enforce gun owner registration in Alabama. > >On Thursday morning, February 19, the Scott-Perdue-Clay compromise was >offered up as a floor substitute for the doomed original bill. Senator >Scott praised the NRA for their co-operation. > >Senator Clay, a Republican candidate for Lieutenant Governor, said >that although the compromise language was vague, gun owners persecuted >under the law would likely be acquitted after a trial by jury. > >Senator Ralph David Abernathy III (D-Atlanta) urged the Senate to pass >the compromise which, he said, was essentially the =93Lock Away Your Gun=94 >legislation he=92d been pushing for years. But he seemed >disappointed that the bosses and NRA were getting the credit instead >of him. > >CSG legal advisers say while the bill doesn=92t literally specify that >people must keep their guns locked up, the language is drafted so that >police could charge anybody who didn=92t lock up a pistol when it wasn=92t >in their immediate personal possession. > >Here=92s the roll call vote on S. B. 407, passage by substitute: >-- >Voting For S. B. 407 (voting against gun rights) > >Name District/Party/City Office Fax > >Peg Blitch (7: D-Homerville) 656-0053 657-1806 >Edward Boshears (6: R-Brunswick) 656-0082 656-6483 >Rooney Bowen (13: D-Cordele) 656-7580 651-6767 >Robert Brown (26: D-Macon) 651-7738 651-5795 >Chuck Clay (37: R-Marietta) 656-0032 657-9727 >Mike Crotts (17: R-Conyers) 656-0071 656-6484 >Mike Egan (40: R-Atlanta) 656-6191 651-6767 >Vincent Fort (39: D-Atlanta) 656-5091 657-7266 >Hugh Gillis (20: D-Soperton) 656-5080 657-9728 >Floyd Griffin (25:D-Milledgeville) 656-0091 656-0449 >Ed Harbison (15: D-Columbus) 656-0074 657-7266 >Steve Henson (55: D-Stone Mountain) 656-0061 657-9728 >Jack Hill (4: D-Reidsville) 656-5038 651-6768 >George Hooks (14: D-Americus) 656-0065 651-5588 >Eric Johnson (1: R-Savannah) 656-5109 657-9887 >Diana Johnson (2: D-Savannah) 656-0075 656-6581 >Ren=E9 Kemp (3: D-Hinesville) 656-0070 657-1806 >Robert Lamutt (21: R-Marietta) 656-5085 657-1424 >Clay Land (16: R-Columbus) 656-7428 656-6484 >Steve Langford (29: D-LaGrange) 656-5067 651-6767 >Guy Middleton (50: D-Dahlonega) 656-5913 657-9723 >Mary Margaret Oliver (42:D-Decatur) 656-5920 651-6768 >Sonny Perdue (18: D-Bonaire) 656-6892 657-3217 >Thomas Price (56: R-Roswell) 656-5039 657-0786 >Harold Ragan (11: D-Cairo) 656-0083 651-6768 >David Ralston (51: R-Blue Ridge) 656-6559 657-0459 >Sam Roberts (30: R-Douglasville) 656-0036 657-0459 >David Scott (36: D-Atlanta) 656-0090 none >Connie Stokes (43: D-Decatur) 656-5114 657-0797 >Van Streat (19: D-Nicholls) 656-9218 656-4579 >Charlie Tanksley (32: R-Marietta) 656-0037 657-9887 >Mark Taylor (12: D-Albany) 651-7738 651-5795 >Nadine Thomas (10: D-Ellenwood) 656-0078 657-0786 >Don Thomas (54: R-Dalton) 656-6436 657-7081 >Loyce Turner (8: D-Valdosta) 656-5035 651-6768 >Jim Tysinger (41: R-Atlanta) 656-5068 651-6767 >Charles Walker (22: D-Augusta) 656-0040 651-5588 > >Voting Against S. B. 407 (voting for gun rights) > >Joey Brush (24: R-Appling) 657-0406 657-0797 >Joe Burton (5: R-Atlanta) 656-0086 651-6767 >Casey Cagle (49: R-Gainesville) 656-6578 657-1424 >Nathan Dean (31: D-Rockmart) 656-5121 651-6768 >Pam Glanton (34: R-Riverdale) 656-0094 657-7853 >Ed Gochenour (27: R-Macon) 656-0044 657-7853 >Bob Guhl (45: R-Social Circle) 656-0150 657-7081 >Sonny Huggins (53: R-LaFayette) 656-0057 656-4579 >Eddie Madden (47: D-Elberton) 656-6030 657-9723 >Richard Marable (52: D-Rome) 656-5120 657-9728 >Rick Price (28: R-Fayetteville) 656-6446 657-0785 >Billy Ray (48: R-Lawrenceville) 656-0048 656-6581 >Steve Thompson (33: D-Powder Springs) 656-0041 651-6768 > >Not Voting > >Ralph David Abernathy (38:D-Atlanta) 656-0056 656-0449 >Don Balfour (9: R-Lilburn) 656-0095 656-6483 >Paul Broun (46: D-Athens) 656-5095 651-6767 >Don Cheeks (23: D-Augusta) 656-0045 651-6767 >Terrell Starr (44: D-Forest Park) 656-7586 657-9728 > >Not Present > >Donzella James (35: D-College Park) 656-0049 657-0785 > > (All phone numbers shown above are area code 404) >--=20 >****************************************************************** > E Pluribus Unum The Central Ohio Patriot Group > P.O. Box 791 Eventline/Voicemail: (614) 823-8499 > Grove City, OH 43123 > >Meetings: Monday Evenings, 7:30pm, Ryan's Steakhouse > 3635 W. Dublin-Granville Rd. (just East of Sawmill Rd.) > >http://www.infinet.com/~eplurib eplurib@infinet.com >****************************************************************** > > - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 07:16:45 -0500 From: Tom Cloyes Subject: Re: CAS: (OT)Reagan.com: Larry Harris: Dangerous Kook or Patriot ? (fwd) Not argument there, my only contention is that he is not a terrorist as they say he is. It's unfortunate that, in this country, anything you say or do can and will be turned against you despite your intentions. Guilty until proven innocent. Just another indicator of the upside-down thinking in America. Tom At 09:02 AM 2/25/98 -0500, you wrote: >But, whether deliberately or accidentally, he provided substantial fodder >for the KGBATFBI and their lap-dog media to use to smear a lot of people. > >bd > >On Wed, 25 Feb 1998, Tom Cloyes wrote: > >> I heard him talk last summer and had the chance afterwards to talk with him >> directly. He could best be described as someone who is trying to educate >> people about the dangers associated with a possible bacteriological attack >> of anthrax/plague that a co-worker had relayed to him. He may or may not be >> a fraud, but his message is true. >> Tom >> >> At 05:13 PM 2/24/98 -0500, you wrote: >> >I heard Harris on the radio once, claiming that Ohio was under anthrax >> >attack or some similarly absurd thing. I vote for kook. And maybe >> >"useful idiot." >> > >> >bd >> > >> >On Mon, 23 Feb 1998 pwatson@utdallas.edu wrote: >> > >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> >> ---------- Forwarded message ---------- >> >> Date: Sat, 21 Feb 1998 17:45:45 -0600 >> >> From: Brenda Jinkins >> >> To: CAS >> >> Subject: CAS: (OT)Reagan.com: Larry Harris: Dangerous Kook or Patriot ? >> >> >> >> For education and discussion. Not for commercial use. >> >> >> >> The Reagan >> >> Information >> >> Interchange >> >> www.reagan.com >> >> >> >> Larry Harris - A dangerous Kook with Anthrax or Patriot? >> >> >> >> Microbiologist Harris Has been Warning People >> >> About Biological War >> >> >> >> By: Mary Mostert, Editor >> > >> > >> > >> >- >> > >> > >> > >> >> - >> >> > > >- > > > - - ------------------------------ Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 12:33:16 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: Monica: They're out to kill me - ---------- Forwarded message ---------- Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 00:14:18 EST From: Library151 Subject: CAS: MONICA: They're Out To Kill Me Posted for educational puposes only STAR MAGAZINE March 3, 1998 Cover Blurb: SCARED MONICA: THEY'RE OUT TO KILL ME Story headline: MONICA LIVING IN FEAR AFTER INTERN IS SHOT DEAD by Richard Gooding Terrified Monica Lewinsky - the woman at the center of the Clinton sex scandal - has told friends her life could be in danger. She talks ominously about the bizarre, unexplained murder of another White House intern who was one of her best pals. "I don't want to end up like Caity Mahoney," she is reported to have said. Mahoney was gunned down, execution style for no apparent reason last summer at a Starbucks coffeehouse near the White House - a place where Monica, 24, and other Clinton interns frequently hung out. STAR has also learned that Monica and confidante Linda Tripp - who secretly taped Monica's claims of a White House affair with President Clinton - frequently talked about being in danger. "You don't think they're going to kill us?" Tripp said a number of times in recent months to another friend of hers. Then, just as the sex scandal was about to surface, Tripp was mysteriously invited by a close pal of Hillary Clinton's to a weekend getaway and fretted to a friend: "What if they poison me?" But it was the shocking slaying of the other former White House intern that has raised the most disturbing questions yet in the scandal. Mary Caitrin Mahoney, 25, campaigned full time for Bill Clinton in the 1992 race and then arrived in Washington in January of 1993 with a coveted summons to be one of the president's first interns. She later became assistant manager of a Starbucks coffeehouse in the posh Georgetown district - where she still had friends in high places and a thirst for the hottest political gossip. One day Chelsea was a customer - but she couldn't find enough change for her coffee. Caity Mahoney reached into her own pocket and treated her. Subheadline: HIT MEN SILENCE HER PAL Photo of Caity Mahoney Photo Caption: Monica was shaken by the grusome death of Caity Mahoney (above). Former top White House adviser George Stephanopoulos lived in the neighborhood and was a regular. And so was Monica Lewinsky. She and Caity were often seen chatting and laughing about their shared experiences as young women in the Clinton White House. Photo of Starbucks Photo Caption: Monica was a regular at the Starbucks where three workers were gunned down, execution style. Last July 7, Caity was in the cafe cleaning up after closing time with co-workers Emory Evans and Aaron Goodrich. Sometime after 9pm., two gunmen got inside and shot all three to death. Caity was singled out for the most horrendous fate - as if she'd been the killers' prime target. Of the ten shots fired, she was hit five times at point blank range, including at least once in the face. The final bullet was delivered to the back of her head after she'd already fallen. In one hand, in a death grip, Caity clutched the keys to the store's safe, which held the weekend's receipts of more than $10,000. D.C. cops were mystified by the apparent lack of motive in the crime. The safe hadn't been opened. The cash registers were undisturbed. The store hadn't been ransacked. None of the victims' personal belongings had been touched. "No one knows whether Monica ever confided in Caity about her relationship with the president," says an insider. "But they talked a lot. And now Caity is dead." Meanwhile, Monica has become a household name as the woman who could bring the Clinton presidency down. She also faces possible perjury charges from Ken Starr, who's trying to prove she lied under oath when she denied having a sexual relationship with the president. "No wonder she's scared." (End of Article) Poster's Notes: Is this Supermarket Tabloid Trash of Hardnosed Investigative Reporting? Recall this: It was the self same STAR Magazine that exposed the Gennifer Flowers scandal when the rest of the press would have none of it. And more precisely, it was the self same STAR reporter, Richard Gooding, who exploded THE political bombshell of 1996 - "White House Call Girl Scandal": the story of Dick Morris, his hooker and her luscious toes - which ended Morris' formal White House career. So when it comes to the realm of sexually tinged poltical intrigue, the Grocery Tabs have been a damn sight more forthright - and accurate - than their mainstream brethren. A WILLEY-MAHONEY-LEWINSKY TIMELINE July 4, 1997: Matt Drudge reveals that Newsweek's Michael Isikoff is hot on the trail of a second Paula Jones - inside the White House. Drudge does NOT name the woman. July 7, 1997: The Starbucks Massacre: Former White House intern Mary Mahoney and two co-workers are shot five times execution style.At this time,only the White House knows it has "An Intern Problem". Still,Internet speculation as to a possible connection to a new White House sex scandal is rampant. July 15, 1997: According to recent Newsmagazine reports, on or about mid-July, President Clinton tells Monica that he can't see her for awhile. July 28, 1997: Drudge scoops Newsweek once again, naming Kathleen Willey as the woman Bill Clinton sexually harrassed inside the White House. With Willey's I.D., specualtion around the Starbucks connection subsides. Dec. 5, 1997: Paula Jones' legal team notifies the White House that Monica Lewinsky is on their witness list. Dec. 6, 1997: Nearly 5 months to the day after the still unsolved Starbucks Massacre, Eric Butera, an informant working with DC Police on the Starbucks case, is beaten to death while working at their behest on an unrelated drug case. Jan 21, 1998: The Washington Post identifies Monica Lewinsky as the former White House intern implicated in a sexual relationship with the president. Spotlight on Starbucks, once again. Carl of Oyster Bay ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - ---------------- Date: Wed, 25 Feb 1998 23:13:33 -0800 From: rayheizer@value.net (Ray Heizer) Subject: CAS: NYT: Campaign Inquiry Follows Cash to US From Macao Campaign Inquiry Follows Cash to US From Macao New York Times 2/26/98 David Johnston WASHINGTON -- House and Senate investigators, examining how overseas money was laundered into President Clinton's re-election campaign, have unearthed evidence that a Macao developer entered the United States at least six times carrying large sums of cash, congressional officials said Wednesday. The Republican investigators have found records indicating that Ng Lap Seng, a property developer based in Macao, brought a total of $333,000 in cash into the United States, reporting the money as required on Treasury Department declaration forms. Ng carried the money with him when he arrived in the country on his travels between 1994 and 1996. Republicans have said that Ng also was the source of much more money, including hundreds of thousands of dollars in wire transfers from overseas that found its way into campaigns in 1994 and 1996. But investigators have only recently discovered the cash and have no idea what Ng did with that money once he was in the country. They acknowledged that there was no evidence of impropriety, but they continued to focus on Ng because he was once a business partner with Yah Lin "Charlie" Trie. Trie has been indicted on charges of disguising the source of hundreds of thousands of dollars given to the Democratic Party during the last campaign. Republicans have said that Ng was a source of Trie's campaign contributions, which were substantial. The Democratic National Committee returned $645,000 that Trie contributed or raised after concluding that the money came from questionable or possibly illegal sources. Clinton's legal defense fund also returned $640,000 contributed by Trie. Trie's lawyer, Reid Weingarten, has said that his client has done nothing illegal. Congressional investigators have compared the dates of Ng's trips to the United States with the dates of meetings he had at the White House, to assess whether they could be linked. On five of the six occasions when Ng arrived in the United States with cash, he visited the White House within two days of his arrival. Ng met most often at the White House with Mark Middleton, a former political aide, who left to pursue private business projects in Asia. Middleton has cited the constitutional right against self-incrimination in refusing to cooperate with the congressional inquiry. Wednesday, a White House spokesman, James Kennedy, dismissed any connection between Ng's money and his visits. "It is not a crime for people to come to the United States with money, and it is not a crime for people to visit the White House," he said. "To suggest there is any connection between the two in the absence of any evidence is ridiculou The investigators have also examined the activities of Shao Zhengkang, a Chinese businessman, theorizing that he could be a link between Trie and senior levels of the Chinese government. The Republicans have speculated that Shao, who is known as Peter, has ties to Chinese intelligence and to Ng. In part, Trie has been an irresistible focus of the congressional inquiry because he has been a longtime friend of Clinton who became a large Democratic donor, using his connections to launch a career as an Asian business consultant. The White House appointed him to an advisory trade commission on Asia. Wednesday, House Republicans released notes taken during an interview in December with a former Senate aide who helped screen appointees to the commission. The aide, Steven Clemons, is quoted in the notes as saying he sought to thwart Trie's appointment. The interview summary prepared by Republicans said that Clemons was told by White House officials that Trie was "an absolute must appointment" whose selection was sought "directly from the highest levels of the White House." Clemons' contact at the White House was Charles Duncan, an official in the personnel office, who sought the Trie appointment. Duncan's lawyer, A. Scott Bolden, Wednesday rejected Clemons' account. "My client, under oath, has categorically denied that anyone picked for the commission was chosen from a list of contributors," Bolden said. "There was never any pressure from White House higher-ups." The White House denied that Trie was picked for the commission because of his political influence. "Mr. Trie was appointed to the commission because of his background as an Asian-American, his knowledge about Asian issues, his experience as a small businessman as well as the fact that he was a friend and supporter of the president," Kennedy said. ========================================================================== This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - - ------------------------------ Date: Fri, 27 Feb 1998 09:29:02 -0600 (CST) From: Subject: FBI to Pay Whitleblower $1.16m Date: Thu, 26 Feb 1998 17:51:24 -0600 From: Bill Nalty Subject: CAS: AP: FBI to Pay Whistleblower $1.16M FBI to Pay Whistleblower $1.16M=20 By Michael J. Sniffen Associated Press Writer Thursday, February 26, 1998; 5:48 p.m. EST WASHINGTON (AP) -- The FBI agreed Thursday to pay a settlement worth more than $1.16 million to agent Frederic Whitehurst, the whistleblower who triggered an overhaul of the FBI crime laboratory.=20 Whitehurst returned to work from a yearlong suspension Thursday and voluntarily resigned as part of the deal.=20 In the 16-page settlement, a copy of which was obtained by The Associated Press, the FBI agreed to pay $1.166 million now to purchase annuities that would pay the 50-year-old chemist-agent annual amounts equal to the salary and pension he would have earned had he kept working until normal FBI retirement at age 57.=20 Under terms of the settlement, the FBI will pay $258,580 in legal fees to Whitehurst's lawyers and the Justice Department will drop all consideration of disciplinary action against him.=20 In a brief statement acknowledging Whitehurst's return to work and his decision to resign as of Friday, the FBI said, ``Dr. Whitehurst played a role in identifying specific areas (of the lab) to be examined and some of the issues he noted resulted in both internal and external reviews.''=20 For 10 years, Whitehurst, a lab supervisor who was once the FBI's top bomb residue expert, complained mostly in vain about lab practices. But his efforts finally led last April to a scathing 500-page study of the lab by Justice Department Inspector General Michael Bromwich.=20 Bromwich blasted the world-renowned lab for flawed scientific work and inaccurate, pro-prosecution testimony in major cases including the Oklahoma City and World Trade Center bombings. Bromwich recommended major reforms, discipline for five agents that is still under consideration, and transfer of Whitehurst to other duties.=20 But he also criticized Whitehurst for ``overstated and incendiary'' allegations of intentional misconduct that Bromwich's investigators did not find.=20 Whitehurst had been suspended with pay since January 1997 and was facing discipline for refusing to cooperate with an investigation of the leak of some of his allegations to a magazine.=20 He agreed to drop allegations in his lawsuit against the FBI that the bureau retaliated against him for whistleblowing. But Whitehurst's allegations against the FBI and the Justice Department of violating his rights under the Privacy Act and Freedom of Information Act continue. Those cases are in confidential mediation.=20 The FBI's action was praised by Sen. Charles Grassley, R-Iowa, who chairs a Senate Judiciary subcommittee that oversees the bureau and has sharply criticized the FBI's treatment of Whitehurst. The bureau's settlement sent a signal that ``product was more important than image,'' Grassley said. ``Make no mistake about it, however, the FBI would have preferred to get rid of the messenger.''=20 Hailing Whitehurst for ``immense public service,'' Grassley said he had been ``unfairly attacked by the FBI and Justice Department's inspector general.''=20 ``The FBI did the right thing. It's a positive message to all employees,'' said Whitehurst's attorney, Stephen Kohn. ``We hope they cooperate with the ongoing investigation into identifying the victims of the forensic misconduct.''=20 The National Association of Criminal Defense Lawyers has joined Whitehurst in a lawsuit against the Justice Department to obtain working drafts and other data from the inspector general's investigation to identify defendants whose trials may have been tainted by flawed lab work or testimony.=20 The FBI has asserted that no prosecutions will be lost because of the lab problems. Justice Department officials have said none have been lost so far but the final outcome remains to be seen. Government witness lists were revised in the Oklahoma City bombing and other prosecutions and at least one count in another trial was dropped, all after word of lab errors or mistakes came out.=20 Whitehurst is to become founding director of the National Whistleblower Center's Forensic Justice Project. The project will review past FBI lab work to ensure innocent people were not harmed and it plans to monitor the FBI's ongoing effort to obtain its first accreditation of the laboratory by outside experts.=20 For the seven years until he reaches age 57, Whitehurst would receive payments of $95,412 a year from the settlement. Between 57 and 62, he would receive $57,000 a year, or roughly his full pension had he continued working. At age 62, the payment would decline to $24,468 a year because he would then be able to draw the actual FBI pension he has earned up to the point of his resignation.=20 Whitehurst's wife, who continues to work in the FBI lab, would receive the payments after his death.=20 =A9 Copyright 1998 The Associated Press =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D= =3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D=3D This mailing list is for discussion of Clinton Administration Scandals. If you wish to unsubscribe from this mailing list, send electronic mail to majordomo@majordomo.pobox.com. In the message body put: unsubscribe cas - - ------------------------------ End of roc-digest V2 #80 ************************