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19 November 1999. With permission of William Simpson.
Date: Thu, 18 Nov 1999 13:37:46 -0500
From: William Allen Simpson <wsimpson@greendragon.com>
To: raven@ietf.org
CC: ietf-ppp@merit.edu, ipsec@lists.tislabs.com
Subject: [Raven] FBI secret police
As I prefer to give specific examples from life, rather than speculation, here's a long post that might give a hint as to why we do not trust our government agencies.
Jacob Palme wrote:
> This is also, perhaps, a difference of the view on
> law enforcement agencies. In the U.S. you seem to be
> much more afraid of misuse by law enforcement agencies,
> you do not seem to trust your police as much as we do
> in some other countries.
William Allen Simpson wrote:
> And just to top it off, I've been unable to get my own personal
> FBI records in 6 years. The law states they have 20 days.
Their
> most recent excuse says they have to search over a million records.
Wonder of wonders, I just received a portion of my FBI Freedom of Information records yesterday. Apparently, their very existance was classified "SECRET", by "G-3", and was supposed to be "declassified on: OADR". Any idea what that means? [OADR = Originating Agency Determination Required.]
However, most of the contents were still classified secret again by 60267NLS/BCE/JMS for reason 1.5(C), on May 25, 1999, to be declassified on "X.1". So, virtually the entire documents are blacked out, labeled "b1". The included handy reference guide lists "(b)(1)" as:
"(A) specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy and (B) are in fact properly classified pursuant to such Executive order"
These records are from 1991, 1992, and 1993. The "predication for this investigation" is secret. The "Basis of the Investigation" is secret. The "Objectives of the Investigation" are secret. The "Status of the Investigation" is secret.
Other smaller sections are blacked out with labels (b)(2):
"related solely to the internal personnel rules and practices of the agency"
and (b)(7)(D):
"could reasonably be expected to disclose the identity of a confidential source, including a State, local, or foreign agent or authority or any private institution which furnished information on a confidential basis, and, in the case of records or information compiled by a criminal law enforcement agency in the course of a criminal investigation, or by an agency conducting a lawful national security intelligence investigation, information furnished by confidential source"
It is particularly amusing that the latter is used to black out records of contact with my own parents (who refused to talk with them), copies of email that I sent, and my vehicle title (where I have the original copy). Somebody had a very heavy hand in the censorship.
(Also amusing, the FBI was still using all cap teletype in '92 :-)
What is less amusing is that the FBI spent over a year going to each place that I had email access and tried to convince them to revoke my access. They were successful in (at least) two places.
They interviewed at least 11 people out of their Albuquerque, Boston, Detroit, Minneapolis and San Francisco offices.
Apparently, they investigated my IETF activities at Santa Fe, San Diego, Boston and Washington DC. They quote the Santa Fe and San Diego proceedings. They direct agents to IETF meetings, "to ascertain if subject came to any notice at the PPPWG meetings." They make specific reference to CHAP and DES.
Various clear sentence fragments indicate a concern that the PPPWG meeting was taking place sponsored by Los Alamos, and that "these meetings attract interested persons worldwide." Another fragment indicates a concern that my PPP software was distributed by servers at White Sands Missile Base and mirrored at various universities.
The most legible interview, still mostly blacked out, gives a hint as to the questions that were being raised:
<black>"<black> stated that he believes the PPP is legal technology. However, if the government is attempting to restrict the dissemination of authentication protocols, he believes it is too late. It is like locking the barn after the horse has escaped (per <black>).
<black>
"In summary, <black> does not believe Simpson has engaged in breaking United States export laws regarding the export of cryptographic devices or is interested in violating such laws at the behest of a foreign power."
The name blacked out appears to occupy 3 letters. My thanks to Karl Fox or Craig Fox!
The instigator of the investigation appears to have a surname of 4 or maybe 5 letters. Thus, it is probably not "Atkinson". Perhaps it's the former IAB member that required the removal of the PPP LCP encryption option, refused to publish CHAP, and refused to grant the IPSec charter.... When the NomCom replaced the IAB, he was first against the wall.
"Sources whose identities are concealed herein have furnished reliable information in the past except when otherwise noted."
Gentlefolk, we have a stool pigeon in the roost, whose interests are contrary to the interests of the IETF and the Internet as a whole. It is a male. And he is regularly reporting IETF member activities for secret investigation. Beware.
WSimpson@UMich.edu
Key fingerprint = 17 40 5E 67 15 6F 31 26 DD 0D B9 9B 6A 15 2C 32
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