Bill, thanks for forwarding. BTW with the latest spam-attack, I've almost given up on cypherpunks. I'm reading few messages. I'm happy to host a node myself and I suppose it would just take me a few minutes to create a default majordomo setup with one procmail addition that would require a cookie in the Subject: line, X-header, or first line of the message. But I probably wouldn't have time to administer it, so someone reliable would have to take care of that. -Declan On Wed, Jul 12, 2000 at 12:35:13AM -0700, Bill Stewart wrote: > I normally don't forward Declan's lists to Cypherpunks, > but this looked topical. > > >Date: Mon, 10 Jul 2000 15:41:39 -0700 (PDT) > >From: "Joshua S. Fouts" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > >To: [EMAIL PROTECTED] > >Subject: Mitnick Free to Speak > > > >Hi Declan. > > > >Thought you might be interested in Doug Thomas' minutes-old report that > >Kevin Mitnick's probation officer has reversed their initial ruling and > >will now allow him to write, speak and report on tech issues for the > >media. > > > >http://ojr.usc.edu/content/story.cfm?request=398 > > > >Mitnick Free to Speak > > > >By Douglas Thomas > > > >Kevin Mitnick was informed today by the United States Probation Office > >that he will be permitted to pursue several offers of employment including > >speaking engagements, security consulting work and writing for Steven > >Brill's online magazine Contentville. The approval represents a reversal > >of the probation office's earlier position that Mitnick was not to speak > >publically or write about any technology related issue. (See "Free Kevin > >(to speak!)".) > >In April, the probation office had sent Mitnick a letter denying all > >requests for employment, recommending instead that he "seek employment in > >another field." As a result of that letter, Mitnick returned to court > >hoping to get US Federal Judge Marianne Pfaelzer to provide guidelines > >regarding what employment opportunities would be considered "reasonable." > > > >Although Judge Pfaelzer set no such guidelines, her insistence that each > >of Mitnick's employment opportunities be reviewed seems to have had an > >effect. Moving from what Mitnick's defense attorneys deemed a "blanket > >denial" of Mitnick's right to speak or write, the probation office appears > >to be loosening up their restrictions to allow Mitnick to make a living. > > > >Mitnick expressed relief regarding today's decision, "I was in limbo," he > >said, "it was really hard not knowing what was going to happen." > > > >Writing for Contentville, Mitnick will be critiquing Internet and > >computer-related articles, providing his perspective and analysis. Other > >opportunities include speaking engagements, security consulting and > >possibly a position as a talk show host for Los Angeles radio station KFI. > > > >Mitnick's probation office, Larry Hawley had positive comments about > >Mitnick following the May hearing, calling him a "nice guy" who was "doing > >very well" under the terms of his supervised release. > > > >Since his release from prison in January, Mitnick has already made full > >restitution to the victim companies and is now concerned with getting on > >with his life and making a positive contribution. According to attorney > >Sherman Ellison, "a lot of maturation has happened in prison," and since > >that time, Mitnick has become a "valuable asset to the government and the > >private sector" because of his expertise. > > > > > > > > > >++++++++++++++++++++++++ > >Joshua S. Fouts > >Managing Editor, OJR.org > >Online Journalism Review > >Tel: +1-213-740-1786 > >Fax: +1-213-740-3772 > >++++++++++++++++++++++++ > > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology > To subscribe, visit http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html > This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ > -------------------------------------------------------------------------- > >
