[IP] more on For Official Use Only (DHS Reports)
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From: Lauren Weinstein <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Date: Thu, 20 Jan 2005 08:09:30 -0800
To: <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
Cc: <lauren@xxxxxxxxxx>
Subject: Re: [IP] For Official Use Only (DHS Reports)
Dave,
Fascinating reading. Viewed through the lens of terrorism paranoia,
a vast range of conventionally silly, criminal, vindictive, or just
plain bizarre behavior can be seen as potentially suspicious in a
terrorism context. Of course (as DHS presumably knows -- which is
probably the main reason they didn't want those reports in public
view) the overwhelmingly vast majority won't have anything to do with
terrorism. Local police agencies of course have their own
non-terrorism priorities as well and in many cases just pass such
observations along to get them off their hands.
One thing is very clear. Fake bomb threats aside, persons
"protesting" U.S. policies by making "suspicious" but legal phone
call queries, and snapping legitimite photos of infrastructure, could
potentially cause massive disruption. Many of the incidents being
reported are almost certainly exactly that purpose starting to be
realized -- on a small scale so far.
--Lauren--
Lauren Weinstein
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> From: Joe Pistritto <jcp@xxxxxxxxxxx>
> Date: Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:36:47 -0800
> To: <dave@xxxxxxxxxx>
> Subject: something for IP?
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> I dont know how you feel about posting this on IP. Its marked "For Official
> Use Only" (FOUO), but was found on apparently publicly accessable websites.
> You might want to look at it and see if you feel comfortable with posting.
> (it appeared in a blog i read is how i found it.) I think its pretty
> educational though.
>
> http://cryptome.org/hsomb/hsomb.htm
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> Its a set of daily securities from Homeland Security that someone found on
> an open website. The most recent one is a few days ago. Its interesting
> because of the number of issues that turn up daily on the report. Most of
> this is stuff that would never get reported widely but some of it sounds
> pretty bad.
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> Best regards,
> -jcp-
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> <B>From: </B>Joe Pistritto <jcp@xxxxxxxxxxx><BR>
> <B>Date: </B>Wed, 19 Jan 2005 23:36:47 -0800<BR>
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> </SPAN></FONT><SPAN STYLE=3D'font-size:12.0px'><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">I dont =
> know how you feel about posting this on IP. Its marked "For Offi=
> cial Use Only" (FOUO), but was found on apparently publicly accessable=
> websites. You might want to look at it and see if you feel comfortab=
> le with posting. (it appeared in a blog i read is how i found it.) &n=
> bsp;I think its pretty educational though.<BR>
> </FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
> </FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Arial"><a href=3D"http://cryptome.org/hsomb/hsomb.htm"=
> >http://cryptome.org/hsomb/hsomb.htm</a><BR>
> </FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
> </FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Its a set of daily securities from Homeland Sec=
> urity that someone found on an open website. The most recent one is a=
> few days ago. Its interesting because of the number of issues that t=
> urn up daily on the report. Most of this is stuff that would never ge=
> t reported widely but some of it sounds pretty bad.<BR>
> </FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Verdana, Helvetica, Arial"> <BR>
> </FONT><FONT FACE=3D"Arial">Best regards,<BR>
> -jcp-<BR>
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