Dept. Homeland Sec. bullies TSCM specalist James Atkinson (conv.)

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http://www.counterpunch.org/forno07262004.html

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Below is an interesting thread about James Atkinson, a well-known TSCM specialist in Boston (www.tscm.com) -- who, after publicizing the goofy nature of physical security in/around the Fleet Center in advance of this week's Democratic National Convention, reports what he believes is harassment by the Department of Homeland Security and others, including the sudden and unannounced shutdown of his TSCM mailing list by Yahoo last week.

Apparently James was (unofficially) informed that "Yahoo was contacted by a "Federal Law Enforcement Agency" and asked to disable the TSCM list as it posed a national security threat. Also, his contact stated that on Friday afternoon Yahoo was served with a formal request by the US government for copies of all list members, and copies of the thousands of messages and postings that were made to the list, plus a history of everything he had ever subscribed to or posted."

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For your reference, the situation involving Atkinson can be found at the following links:



21 July - DHS Contacts Cryptome to Complain
http://cryptome.org/nicc-cryptome.htm

23 July - Eyeballing the DNC Protest Pen (AKA "Free Speech Zone")
http://cryptome.org/dncpen-eyeball.htm

25 July - What's Wrong with Security at the DNC in Boston
http://cryptome.org/dnc-insec.htm

25 July - Yahoo Shuts down TSCM Mailing List
http://cryptome.org/dncsec-yahoo.htm

25 July - DNC Radio Frequencies Discovered
http://cryptome.org/dnc-radio.htm

25 July - Additional Comments about DNC Security Operations
http://cryptome.org/dnc-apeshit.htm

A lesson our government has yet to learn -- even after the renewed interest in security theory post-911 -- is that security through obscurity does not work. Neither does saying "trust us, but don't ask any questions."
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