Anonymous: U.S. Government Can Not Protect Its Own Networks

Anonymous hacks US Sentencing Commission, distributes files



Citizens of the world,

Anonymous has observed for some time now the trajectory of justice in the United States with growing concern. We have marked the departure of this system from the noble ideals in which it was born and enshrined. We have seen the erosion of due process, the dilution of constitutional rights, the usurpation of the rightful authority of courts by the “discretion” of prosecutors. We have seen how the law is wielded less and less to uphold justice, and more and more to exercise control, authority and power in the interests of oppression or personal gain.

We have been watching, and waiting.

Two weeks ago today, a line was crossed. Two weeks ago today, Aaron Swartz was killed. Killed because he faced an impossible choice. Killed because he was forced into playing a game he could not win — a twisted and distorted perversion of justice — a game where the only winning move was not to play.

Anonymous immediately convened an emergency council to discuss our response to this tragedy. After much heavy-hearted discussion, the decision was upheld to engage the United States Department of Justice and its associated executive branches in a game of a similar nature, a game in which the only winning move is not to play.

Last year the Federal Bureau of Investigation revelled in porcine glee at its successful infiltration of certain elements of Anonymous. This infiltration was achieved through the use of the *same tactics which lead to Aaron Swartz’ death. It would not have been possible were it not for the power of federal prosecutors to thoroughly destroy the lives of any hacktivists they apprehend through the very real threat of highly disproportionate sentencing.

As a result of the FBI’s infiltration and entrapment tactics, several more of our brethren now face similar disproportionate persecution, the balance of their lives hanging on the severely skewed scales of a broken justice system.

We have felt within our hearts a burning rage in reaction to these events, but we have not allowed ourselves to be drawn into a foolish and premature response. We have bidden our time, operating in the shadows, adapting our tactics and honing our abilities. We have allowed the FBI and its masters in government — both the puppet and the shadow government that controls it — to believe they had struck a crippling blow to our infrastructure, that they had demoralized us, paralyzed us with paranoia and fear. We have held our tongue and waited.

With Aaron’s death we can wait no longer. The time has come to show the United States Department of Justice and its affiliates the true meaning of infiltration. The time has come to give this system a taste of its own medicine. The time has come for them to feel the helplessness and fear that comes with being forced into a game where the odds are stacked against them.

This website was chosen due to the symbolic nature of its purpose — the federal sentencing guidelines which enable prosecutors to cheat citizens of their constitutionally-guaranteed right to a fair trial, by a jury of their peers — the federal sentencing guidelines which are in clear violation of the 8th amendment protection against cruel and unusual punishments. This website was also chosen due to the nature of its visitors. It is far from the only government asset we control, and we have exercised such control for quite some time…

There has been a lot of fuss recently in the technological media regarding such operations as Red October, the widespread use of vulnerable browsers and the availability of zero-day exploits for these browsers and their plugins. None of this comes of course as any surprise to us, but it is perhaps good that those within the information security industry are making the extent of these threats more widely understood.

Still there is nothing quite as educational as a well-conducted demonstration…

Through this websites and various others that will remain unnamed, we have been conducting our own infiltration. We did not restrict ourselves like the FBI to one high-profile compromise. We are far more ambitious, and far more capable. Over the last two weeks we have wound down this operation, removed all traces of leakware from the compromised systems, and taken down the injection apparatus used to detect and exploit vulnerable machines.

We have enough fissile material for multiple warheads. Today we are launching the first of these. Operation Last Resort has begun…

Warhead – U S – D O J – L E A – 2013 . A E E 256 is primed and armed. It has been quietly distributed to numerous mirrors over the last few days and is available for download from this website now. We encourage all Anonymous to syndicate this file as widely as possible.

The contents are various and we won’t ruin the speculation by revealing them. Suffice it to say, everyone has secrets, and some things are not meant to be public. At a regular interval commencing today, we will choose one media outlet and supply them with heavily redacted partial contents of the file. Any media outlets wishing to be eligible for this program must include within their reporting a means of secure communications.

We have not taken this action lightly, nor without consideration of the possible consequences. Should we be forced to reveal the trigger-key to this warhead, we understand that there will be collateral damage. We appreciate that many who work within the justice system believe in those principles that it has lost, corrupted, or abandoned, that they do not bear the full responsibility for the damages caused by their occupation.

It is our hope that this warhead need never be detonated.

However, in order for there to be a peaceful resolution to this crisis, certain things need to happen. There must be reform of outdated and poorly-envisioned legislation, written to be so broadly applied as to make a felony crime out of violation of terms of service, creating in effect vast swathes of crimes, and allowing for selective punishment. There must be reform of mandatory minimum sentencing. There must be a return to proportionality of punishment with respect to actual harm caused, and consideration of motive and mens rea. The inalienable right to a presumption of innocence and the recourse to trial and possibility of exoneration must be returned to its sacred status, and not gambled away by pre-trial bargaining in the face of overwhelming sentences, unaffordable justice and disfavourable odds. Laws must be upheld unselectively, and not used as a weapon of government to make examples of those it deems threatening to its power.

For good reason the statue of lady justice is blindfolded. No more should her innocence be besmirked, her scales tipped, nor her swordhand guided. Furthermore there must be a solemn commitment to freedom of the internet, this last great common space of humanity, and to the common ownership of information to further the common good.

We make this statement do not expect to be negotiated with; we do not desire to be negotiated with. We understand that due to the actions we take we exclude ourselves from the system within which solutions are found. There are others who serve that purpose, people far more respectable than us, people whose voices emerge from the light, and not the shadows. These voices are already making clear the reforms that have been necessary for some time, and are outright required now.

It is these people that the justice system, the government, and law enforcement must engage with. Their voices are already ringing strong with a chorus of determined resolution. We demand only that this chorus is not ignored. We demand the government does not make the mistake of hoping that time will dampen its ringing, that they can ride out this wave of determination, that business as usual can continue after a sufficient period of lip-service and back-patting.

Not this time. This time there will be change, or there will be chaos…

-Anonymous

EGYPT: 'OBAMA YOU JERK

SIGN IN TAHRIR SQUARE: 'OBAMA YOU JERK, MUSLIM BROTHERHOODS ARE KILLING THE EGYPTIANS'...

Ian Hunter, The Cutting Room, NYC, 25 January 2013

Once Bitten, Twice Shy

All The Young Dudes

Mark Stein, keyboards, Kasim Sultan, bass

Mark Bosch, guitar, Ian, and Ricky Byrd, guitar

Ian, solo shot

Ian waves good bye, Steve Holley, drums, and Ricky Byrd, guitar

The Cutting Room Fri, January 25, 2013 8:00 PM
44 EAST 32ND STREET, NEW YORK CITY, NY

Sponsored by: American Addiction Centers and our friend Andrew Kowalczyk

Your Hosts -Lynn Hoffman (A&E Private Sessions) &
DJ Ken Dashow (Q104.3 - New York's Classic Rock)

Featuring: The Rockers In Recovery All Star Band

Musical Director Ricky Byrd - Lead Guitar/ Vocals (Joan Jett and the Blackhearts)
Liberty Devitto - Drums (Billy Joel Band)
Richie Supa- Guitar/Vocals (Aerosmith)
Kasim Sulton - Bass/Vocals (Blue Oyster Cult)
Christine Ohlman - Lead Vocals (SNL Band)
Mark Stein-Keys/Vocals (Vanilla Fudge)


Featuring: Special Guest Rockers

Ian Hunter

Ian played Once Bitten, Twice Shy, and All The Young Dudes with Steve Holley on drums and Mark Bosch on guitar.

Bosch was onstage for a good portion of the evening playing with the Recovery Rockers.

Gary US Bonds
Simon Kirke (Free and Bad Co.)
Michael Des Barres
Billy J Kramer
LaLa Brooks (The Crystals)
Handsome Dick Manitoba (The Dictators, Little Steven's Underground Garage)
Gene Cornish (The Rascals)
Peppy Castro (Blues Magoos)
Mark Bosch (Ian Hunter Rant Band,Garland Jeffries)
Ross The Boss (The Dictators)
and others to be announced.

Opening The Night: The Capris (There's a moon out tonight)

Come Bid On The Following Auction Items:
*Chuck Berry Autographed Guitar
*Aerosmith Autographed Memorabilia Piece
*AC/DC Autographed Guitar
*Lynyrd Skynyrd Autographed Guitar
*Allman Brothers Autographed Guitar
Items Donated By: Andrew Kowalczyk

100% of all Tickets, RIR Merchandise and Auction will be donated to:

The Graybeards, West Hamilton Beach Volunteer Fire Department, and The Broad Channel Volunteer Fire Department

Obama Breaks Law

A federal appeals court overturned Obama’s controversial recess appointments from last year, ruling he abused his powers and acted when the Senate was not actually in a recess.

Boehner on Gun Running, Benghazi to Turkey

“I’m somewhat familiar with the chatter about this and the fact that these arms were moving towards Turkey, but most what I know about this came from a classified source,” John Boehner told Laura Ingraham before adding that he could not “elaborate on it.”

Hypocrite Feinstein in 1995 on her concealed carry permit

On April 27, 1995, Sen. Dianne Feinstein

She stated:

"I know the sense of helplessness that people feel. I know the urge to arm yourself because that's what I did. I was trained in firearms. I walked to the hospital when my husband was sick. I carried a concealed weapon and I made the determination if somebody was going to try and take me out, I was going to take them with me."

Now the Hypocrite Dianne Feinstein wants to impose gun control America.

Amendment II

A well regulated Militia, being necessary to the security of a free State, the right of the people to keep and bear Arms, shall not be infringed.

Glock Commercial Smiles

Wrong Diner

Wrong House

Wrong Girl

Obama To Top Brass:Will You Fire On American Citizens?

Obama Running Guns: Rand Paul vs. Smirking, Stonewalling, Hillary

The senator followed up by asking Clinton whether she had any knowledge of the transfer of weapons to Turkey out of Libya. She denied having any knowledge of it, but took the question “for the record,” never denying it.

“To Turkey?” Clinton asked, perplexed. “I will have to take the question for the record, nobody’s ever raised that with me.”

“It’s been in news reports that ships have been leaving from Libya and that that they may have weapons,” Paul pressed. “And what I’d like to know is the annex that was closely, were they involved with procuring, buying, selling, obtaining weapons and were any of these weapons being transferred to other countries, any countries.”

“Well, senator, you will have to direct that question to the agency that ran the annex. I will see what information is available,” Clinton replied.

“You’re saying you don’t know,” Paul shot back.

“I don’t know. I don’t have any information on that,” she said.

North Africa

The Muslim Child is Our Future

Benghazi Cover up, Clinton Shouts: 'What Difference Would It Make?

"With all due respect, the fact is we had four dead Americans. Was it because of a protest or was it because of guys out for a walk one night decided to go kill some Americans? What difference at this point does it make?"

Congressman To Clinton: "The Only Person That's In Jail Right Now Is The Filmmaker"

Rep. Dana Rohrabacher Wednesday alluded to the fact that no one involved in the Benghazi terrorist attack has been arrested while the the man who made the anti-Islam film “Innocence of Muslims,” was arrested by California police for a parole violation. The administration originally said the video was the cause of the attack.

Mott The Hoople, Golden Age of Rock 'n' Roll, Japan

Reason.tv: Rhetoric and the Reality

Billboards in Detroit, Michigan put up by GM

Veteran stands up for 2nd Amendment at Chicago anti-gun forum

Veteran: Sir, sir. While you’re standing up. I’ve sat here [inaudible] and I’d like to agree with the professor. Everyone standing in this room right now, especially the veterans in the room right now, know, that we are all Americans. The problem with this country right now is it’s us and it’s f***ing them. We need to stop this crap.

Now, the thing I would like you to answer, sir. And I did go to war for this country. Whether it was for everyone in here’s ability to have oil and gas in their cars, or the banks, or whatever. I went to war for my country.

And I went to war for your ability to have the First Amendment, to say what you stood up there and said today, to write what you want to write in your newspaper, and have whatever opinion you want to have. You can practice whatever religious freedoms you want. I would like you to answer the question, since you just said that one of the rights that I went to war over to defend, that is inalienable, to every American citizen. If this discussion was going on, about your First Amendment rights, would you still have the same opinion that we don’t need that any more either.

Goodman: You didn’t hear my answer….that’s not what I said…I said it doesn’t matter what their reasons are, what matters is whether or not it’s relevant today.

Audience member: It’s an eternal truth, an eternal truth….

Goodman: When they consider any part of the Constitution, any law, they’re going to say, “what does it mean today?”

Audience: NO!

Veteran: The threat of tyranny, today, is no less than at the turn of the century in 1900, in 1800, or in 1700!

Ian Hunter, My Father's Place 1975 - 1980

"Cleveland Rocks," 1979 appearance
M.C. Bosch was best man for Steve Rosenfield (interviewed by Richard Solomon), a reference to one of the co-authors, Steve Rosenfield. In any case, a phrase at the end of Ian's song says: "Eppie's cool," a reference to the other co-author. Ian's quote is on the dust jacket however, the book was printed before he actually had Ian's permission. Now he does.
Fun and Dangerous: Untold Tales, Unseen Photos, Unearthed Music from My Father's by Steve Rosenfield and Michael "Eppy" Epstein

This is part two of the two hour tcbradio (tcbradio.com wcwp.org) interview of Steve Rosenfield, co-author of the book, " Fun + Dangerous, Untold Tales, Unseen Photos and Unearthed Music From My Father's Place 1975 - 1980." Steve was the in-house photographer and worked with Mike "Eppy" Epstein, the club owner, music promoter, and co-author.

In this second hour, Richard Solomon and Steve explore the following live music played in the 1970's and replayed for the first time in decades on this broadcast:

Ian Hunter, Cleveland Rocks (1979)
Peter Tosh, Bush Doctor (1978)
Eddie Money, I want to be a Rock n Roll Star (1977)
The Good Rats, Detroit
The Waitresses, "Wasn't tomorrow Wonderful" (1979)


This was music broadcast live from My Father's Place and recorded from the sound truck parked outside that allowed WLIR 92.7 FM to broadcast these songs in the 1970's.

Trivia from this show:

How Billy Joel became known as "The Piano Man" (35 minutes in) - it involves Charlie Daniels

The origins of The Music Building in Manhattan,

There were no cover bands at the Club!

Bruce Springsteen in 1973 played five nights in a row

Bruce Springsteen, the very first time he played at My Father's Place, opened for the Paul Winter Consort

"Taking Care of Business" is hosted by Richard Solomon on WCWP 88.1 FM, Brookville, NY
Broadcasts are Thursdays at 11AM.

Web references:
www.myfathersplace.com



If you would like to share your photographs from My Father's Place, please let us know by calling WCWP             516-299-2683       and we will provide an email address

3 AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED: ALGERIA

3 AMERICANS SLAUGHTERED

Now State Department Delays Keystone Jobs

US State Department delays Keystone pipeline decision

http://www.trust.org/alertnet/news/us-state-department-delays-keystone-pipeline-decision/

The Difference between the United Kingdom, Great Britain and England Explained