4. September, 2000 - Labor Day
- Masked Cops Raid Wrong House and now they're showering the homeowner
with gifts. The problem here is the same problem as with almost all
dynamic entry searches. ''Our SWAT team members are
professional and are extremely upset over what happened. This was
a regrettably horrible mistake. I can't say it enough.'' Actually, it
doesn't sound to professional to me to respond to a request to see a
search warrant with ''shut the f--- up'' no matter whether it's a
upstanding citizen, or a possible criminal. People are supposed to be
innocent until proven guilty. Dynamic entry warrants presume some
kind of guilt by their very nature. It's a result of the war
on drugs mentality of ''us'' vs. ''them''. And that's just wrong.
- A Declaration of Civil Disobedience. I applaud the sentiments, but don't know
how eager I'd be to say that sort of thing publicly. Might lead to some
jack-booted thugs dynamically entering my abode.
- Minneapolis bikers unite to claim their share of the road. Coverage of the
Minneapolis Critical Mass demonstration on August 25th. If you're looking
for something more local to you, the Worldwide Critical Mass Hub is a good
place to start.
- A Pocket Guide to NSA Sabotage. Apparently the NSA openly coerced
companies to make their cryptography-related products less secure.
- Ain't no network strong enough reviews Bruce Schneier's new book
Secrets and Lies. The quick synopsis: complete security is impossible,
so you should focus on detecting intrusions and cleaning up after them.
I haven't read the book yet. It's probably going to be reading material for
some cold winter's day.
- Unknown News is turning into one of my regular morning news-reads.
The news you need, whether you know it or not.
Copyright 2008, Dave Polaschek.
Last updated on Tue, 08 Jan 2002 15:37:21.