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Re: [PLUG] And so it begins.. [OT]
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Pretty funny.
Judge has not yet ruled. I wonder how his ruling would be affected if he
stopped in Radio Shack to get tapes for his dictaphone and saw it?
Art
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On 9/13/01, 7:33:02 PM, johnathan spectre <jspectre@lords.com> wrote
regarding [PLUG] And so it begins.. [OT]:
> What's so funny is these devices are available anywhere, the Tiger Direct
> catalog I just got last week has them in it. I think it was something
like
> $20 for a 8k unit and $40 for a 32k unit. Plugs into your PS/2 port and
your
> keyboard plugs in it. National security, bah. I bet the FBI didn't want
to
> admit they got it at Radio Shack!
> Wonder how long before someone develops a USB version...
> Did they eventually have to turn the information over?
> on 9/13/01 6:44 PM, Arthur Alexion at arthur@alexion.com wrote:
> > Anyone who follows this sort of thing may have heard about the illegal
> > betting prosecution of Nicodemo Scarfo (the son of now imprisoned former
> > mob boss). Apparently he was using PGP to encrypt his betting records
> > and the FBI couldn't crack it. Rather than trying, they installed the
> > keystroke monitoring software on his computer and recorded him entering
> > his passwords, etc. They grabbed his computer AFTER they had the
> > passwords they needed.
> >
> > Before trial, his attorneys requested information regarding the
> > technological surveillance used so that they could understand it enough
> > to prepare any motions to suppress evidence. This sort of thing would
> > normally have to be turned over, but the FBI objected on national
> > security grounds, indicating that the technology was also in use in
> > sensitive national security matters.
> >
> > Scarfo's attorneys objected arguing, why would the FBI jeopardize the
> > secrecy of this technology on a routine book making case, "Did they think
> > that Osama bin Laden was placing bets with my client?" This exchange
> > took place in a court room in Newark within the past two weeks. Ironic.
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