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-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- = = - WELCOME TO THE TWELFTH ISSUE OF - = = - -=>PHANTASY<=- - = = - A PUBLICATION AND NEWSLETTER OF - = = - THE - = INTERNATIONAL = - INFORMATION - = RETRIEVAL = - GUILD - = = - Hacking,Phreaking,Anarchy,Survivalism,Commentary - = = -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Volume Number Three,Issue Number Twelve Dated 11/30/92 Editor is Mercenary : mercenar@works.UUCP Article Submissions: The Mercenary/IIRG 862 Farmington Avenue Suite 306 Bristol,Ct 06010 Phantasy Headquarters BBS: The Rune Stone 14.4K HST Invitation Only (203)-PRI-VATE IIRG World Headquarters BBS: Dark Shadows 19.2/9600 Baud HST 1.2 Gigs Online (203)-PRI-VATE Table of Discontents: [1] Subscription Information By: Mercenary [2] NYX Tightning Security [3] Another Crystal Source By: Saint Anarchy/IIRG [4] Randy Weaver Follow-Up 1. UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST CHRISTIAN AMERICANS By: Jack McLamb 2. WEAVER SET UP BY FEDS By Mike Blair of Spotlight Magazine 3. CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ON TRIAL IN IDAHO By Andrew Arnold of Spotlight Magazine [5] FOR THE PEOPLE Supplied By: Bulletin Boards Across the Country Edited by: Mercenary 1. WASHINGTON 2600 MEETINGS UPDATE 2. NEW MAG: U.S. MILITIA [6] The Rumor Mill (Unconfirmed rumors from the Underground) Edited By: Mercenary 1. FED ALERT (?) 2. ASSHOLE WARNING (?) [7] PHANTASY TIDBITS: News and Views of Interest 1. CERT Advisory-Revised VMS Monitor Vulnerability 2. Nintendo(R) N E W S R E L E A S E 3. Edwardsville Teen Charged with theft [8] Listing of IIRG Distribution Sites [9] Listing of PHANTASY Distribution Sites -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- OFFICIAL DISLAIMER... All information in PHANTASY is from USER contributed material The Publishers and Editors of PHANTASY and THE IIRG disclaim any liability from any damages of any type that the reader or user of such information contained within this newsletter may encounter from the use of said information. All files are brought to you for entertainment purposes only! We also assume all information infringes no copyrights and hereby disclaim any liability. PHANTASY is (C) 1990 by The IIRG IIRG and INTERNATIONAL INFORMATION RETRIEVAL GUILD is (C) 1982 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [1]: Subscription Information By: Mercenary Lately I've been swamped with requests for Phantasy Subscriptions Via the Internet. So lets make this clear.... AT THIS TIME THERE IS NO SUBSCRIPTION VIA INTERNET AVAILABLE... You may get Phantasy over the Internet From FTP.EFF.ORG or any of their mirror sites. If I could find someone willing to take on the task of mailing out Phantasy, we could offer this service. But between Myself and our members responsibilities we don't have enough time. So Hello World?? Anyone out there Willing to take on the Job?? and Join the IIRG ?? Contact Me at : mercenar@works.UUCP -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [2]: NYX Tightening Security From the System Administrator of NYX.CS.DU.EDU [Synopsis of what happened late November 1992.] A vandal, completely and irresponsibly wiped out the "password" file (Unix's list of all users) after finding a means to break into the "Superuser" level of the system; this crippled the system for days since your friendly sys admin was out of town, and caused him much grief upon return. This vandal claims it was an accident, but that doesn't alter the fact that it should never have happened; the only way to avoid accidents like this is not to be doing anything where an accident could be harmful. His breakin is intolerably irresponsible. [Further note that crackers like this rarely understand what they're doing; they just follow instructions for breaking in often written by the people who are trying to fix the holes. Most crackers are not above average intelligence; indeed, based on the messes they cause, I tend to think of them as below average. Breaking in does not impress me!] Other recent problems have been the rash of crank accounts -- phoney names used to harrass other users or cause other kinds of problems. These events are the direct cause of Nyx moving toward full validation of all users, grrrrr. Grow up, people! Think about someone other than yourself for once! IIRG NOTE : The IIRG has found numerous referrals to this "Accident", Such as the following.... --------------------------------------------------------- Is anybody here on that stupid NYX.CS.DU.EDU ? Oh well im Cracking the Password File Oh boy, but I will have about 20 account w/ shell access, anybody wanna trade somthing??? --------------------------------------------------------- If you are on NYX , We here at the IIRG would suggest changing your Password as well as calling in and re-validating yourself as the Sys Admin. is requiring, Accounts will be shut down on 12/7 to the limited preview security level. Its too bad that several idiots must Crack a Hacker Friendly System, theres not that many left out there. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [3]: Another Crystal Source By: Saint Anarchy For those of you trying to modify a Rat Shack (Radio Shack) auto-dialer Part Number: 43-141, from the Sanctuary Phile or Similar text file floating around. Another good source for the 6.5536 MHz Crystal is Mouser Electronics call them at 1-800-346-6873 (1-800-34-MOUSER) The crystal can be found in catalog #572 on page 45, Mouser's Part Number is 332-1066, Pricing is as follows... 1 - 1.95 10 - 18.30 100 - 169.00 Hope this helps those of you I've seen on the boards looking for a source of this crystal, Saint Anarchy/IIRG -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [4]: Randy Weaver Follow-Up ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Part 1 : UNDECLARED WAR AGAINST CHRISTIAN AMERICANS By: Jack McLamb Jack McLamb, a retired lawman from Phoenix, Arizona, was on the scene at the bloody siege of the Randy Weaver household in northern Idaho. He arrived with Lt. Col. James "Bo" Gritz, who together with McLamb established contact with the Weavers and defused a situation that would have turned even more bloody had they not intervened. This is McLamb's dramatic account, told here in the first person, drawn from his interview on the September 2 broadcast of Radio Free America. McLamb has been investigating a similar incident resulting in the death by incineration of Gordon Kahl in Arkansas at the hands of federal officers. He begins his narrative account on the day of the first shootings. The transcript follows: ------------------------------------------ On Friday, August 21, six federal officers were conducting surveillance on Randy Weaver's cabin. They were on the property, and they had no legal reason to be there. They were not there to serve a warrant of any kind. What happened was that the Weavers' dogs picked up their scent. These gentlemen were in full camouflage uniforms, meaning that you could walk right by them in the forest and never see them. However, the dogs began chasing them. When Randy, Samuel [his 14-year-old son] and Kevin Harris [a young friend who had been living with the Weaver family since his early teens] heard the dogs barking, they did what mountain men do: Tney grabbed their guns, thinking that there might be an antelope, an elk, game of some kind, in the vicinity. Kevin and Samuel went to the forest. Randy took the road. They expected to encircle the animal. Kevin and Samuel ran into the camouflaged men. The dogs, of course, were going after these strangers on the property. The marshals turned around and killed one of the family dogs, in fact, Samuel's favorite dog which he had raised and trained from a pup. It was trained to carry water from the creek up to the home on a sled during the heavy winters up there in the mountain. Young Sam, not knowing who these men were, yelled, "You're killing my dog," and opened fire on them. Sam was then shot in the shoulder, and as he turned around to run to the cabin he took a bullet in the middle of his back, and it killed him instantly. Kevin went over and took Sam's pulse and found that he was dead and then opened fire on these men who had killed Sam and who had not announced what they were doing. Randy heard this happening from the road. Just about this time, two of these camouflage-clothed men came out of the woods and said, "Randy, you're under arrest." Randy started running back to the cabin, fired his gun a number of times, and yelled to Kevin and Sam to "Get back to the cabin." He met Kevin at the cabin, who told him that his boy had been killed by these men. At that point they barricaded themselves in the cabin. Now, Randy had called Bo Gritz the month before. They knew each other from Fort Bragg when Randy was a Special Forces soldier. He asked Bo to come up and help him since he was afraid that the government was going to come in and destroy his family. Bo was on the campaign trail and was extremely busy and could not go. Well, Tuesday of last week [August 25], I was sitting at lunch with Bo when he described to me how bad he felt about not having gone up there when Randy called. By this time we had heard about the barricade situation and the loss of the marshal's life in the news. However, I had no idea that Bo knew him [Randy]. Bo was quite distraught and kept saying, "I should have responded. I should have responded." Then he said, "I want to ask you something. If I were to go up there now, would you go with me as my backup? I want to go up there and see if I can help Randy and his family." So I agreed to go We put everything on hold, and by Wednesday, August 26, we were there in Idaho. We went straight to the roadblock and announced ourselves to the 300 or so supporters of the family who were there. As a police officer, I've been in riots, and this situation was very tense. The people were in a very bad mood. And on the other side of the roadblock were about 1OO Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms [BATF] officers, FBI officers and Idaho State Police officers. The officers were on edge and ready to go to war against these people. These people were friends and neighbors of the Weavers. They knew that the Weavers were no bother to anyone. There were witnesses who told us that they had seen a helicopter hovering around the mountain top carrying a fuel bladder, to drop on the cabin and set it ablaze. We didn't see it, but this is what they told us, and shows that the crowd had good reason to be concerned about the family's safety. When Bo got out of the car, it was amazing. They calmed right down. Bo spoke to them and told them why he was there--to try to save the rest of the family and get them out of there. Then he approached the barricade and told the soldiers that he wanted to talk to the FBI man in charge. That was Special Agent Gene Glenn. They sent the message up to the top of the mountain, but Glenn said he was too busy. We stayed there until Friday, and Glenn was still too busy. But I know that when you've got somebody surrounded in a building and control the perimeter of the area you've got nothing but time on your hands. I knew and Bo knew that Glenn just didn't want to have anything to do with him. It was also on Thursday that [radio personality] Paul Harvey--not knowing either Bo or Randy or their relationship--got on the news and said, "Randy, if you are listening, do not have anything to do with the people coming up to see you. They are there for political ambition. Please pick up the telephone outside your cabin and call me and talk to me, and I'll make sure you get the best lawyer in the country." He was, of course, talking about Bo. However, when Randy looked out the door of the cabin, he saw a robot that they sent up carrying a telephone and monitoring the cabin with a camera. Mounted on the other side of the phone was a 12-gauge shotgun. So Randy would have thought twice about reaching out and picking up the telephone that Paul Harvey was urging him to pick up. Obviously, it was kind of disturbing that Paul had said Bo was going out there for "political gain." In any case, luckily, Randy didn't even hear Paul Harvey. Just imagine what would have happened had Randy not known Bo that much, and he might not have communicated with Bo, based upon what Paul Harvey was saying. It was a very serious thing for Paul Harvey to have done. We didn't understand why. On Friday we had been there for 2 1/2 days waiting for Gene Glenn. The FBI had had no success whatsoever in communicating with Randy, so by Friday afternoon Bo was getting angry. He knew that he could have a dialog with Randy, and Randy had asked him to come up. At this point, Bo put together citizen's arrest warrants to arrest the head of the FBI, the head of the U.S. Marshal's Service, the governor of Idaho, and FBI agent in charge Gene Glenn. At about 1 o'clock on Friday we approached the roadblock and read aloud the citizen's arrest forms and the indictments and asked the persons to step forward [to be served]. Bo had requested that the people in Hawaii who had first described this citizen's arrest tactic on your show fax him the information. So they did so, and Bo served those people in the afternoon on the barricade. We did this in a legal fashion, since I, as a police officer, know how to do it. Bo read the indictment and the charges, and asked the people or their representatives to step forward. No one did. So then we placed the papers under a rock and placed them on the other side of the barricade. Service was complete. Then the county attorney came through, read the papers and said they were of no effect--that they just weren't any good. But within half an hour, Special Agent Gene Glenn called for Bo, and he was transported to the top of the mountain on Friday afternoon and made the first contact with Randy that had been made throughout the ordeal. If the papers were of "no effect," something sure moved Special Agent Glenn. Bo spent the evening up there talking to Randy, and he came back and reported to those of us at the roadblock. The crowd had calmed down considerably, and the po]ice at the roadblock told me that they were very appreciative that Bo had come. They were thinking there was going to be quite a riot. I stood at the front of the roadblock, and because I was a police officer myself I had good communication with the other officers there. This was good for all concerned, because the scene was getting out of hand. The BATF and FBI officers thanked us for the calming effect we had on the crowd. These men were not intimidated by the fact that Bo and I had come. Those on the mountain, the higher management people, were not too pleased that Bo had come, but they were quite amazed that he had picked up the ball and started talking to Randy, and Randy started responding. They didn't know that Randy and Bo had a good relationship. Bo came back down about 9:30 that night and told the crowd that he had good news and bad. The good news was that Kevin was still alive, although shot and seriously injured. The bad was that Vicki Weaver was killed last Saturday by a sniper bullet to the head. Now when Bo told the people what had happened, it was quite a shock, and even the officers on the gate who had heard this for the first time were shaken. All of the officers I talked to were very upset that the special operations unit of the Marshal's Service which was on the property illegally had really instigated this terrible tragedy. They were upset and knew this was wrong. Vicki was killed the day that she and her family had prepared their dead son's body for burial. In accordance with the Old Testament they wrapped his body in white clothing and had taken him to an outbuilding beside the house. Kevin and Randy went to the outbuilding to be with the boy's body for prayer, and a sniper shot Randy through the arm. He told Kevin to run for the cabin, and they did, not returning fire. As they reached the cabin, Vicki had opened the door and was holding the eight-month-old baby, Elishaba, in her arms. As Randy and Kevin ran by her, she was shot through the head by a sniper using a highpowered rifle. She fell dead on the floor, dropping the baby, who was not injured. Now there were three people who had been wounded. Vicki had not yet died. Kevin, however, was struck by shrapnel and probably bone particles from Vicki's injury. Bo looked at the hole in the building and realized that it was probably a .300 Magnum rifle, a very high powered rifle. That kind of rifle could be shot from about 300 yards without missing the target. We're not sure how far away the sniper was. Randy helped the girls put the mother under the kitchen table, and that's where she lay for the next 10 days, and they barricaded themselves in the cabin. They did not come out until the 11th day. On Saturday, after Bo had told the crowd that Vicki was dead, Bo took a local preacher and a friend of the girls named Jackie up to the cabin. Jackie was able to start a dialog with the girls: Sarah, 16, Rachel, who turned 11 during the time they were up there, and, there was, of course, eight-month-old Elishaba. When Bo came down on Saturday evening, he told me that Randy had heard on the radio that they were spendirg $1 million a day to tap his phone. Randy said that they should take the money and "give it to Jack McLamb to investigate the Gordon Kahl case." Neither Bo nor I knew that he even knew of me. Well, Bo told Randy that I was down at the bottom of the mountain, and Randy said that he'd love to talk to me. Then I went up and was able to speak for quite a long time to Randy. It was good to be able to talk to Randy and the girls. The FBI man in charge, Gene Glenn, was happy that we were able to get Randy talking. They had been there and had been unable to get him to talk. We went back up on Sunday morning, and by around noon, Bo had talked Kevin into ]eaving the house. He knew he would die if he didn't get medical assistance. We had called up a National Guard doctor. Now the young Weaver girls, who were very well trained in medical treatment and survival by their parents, took his vital signs and made a list of his injuries. The girls gave this information to the doctor who made a diagnosis that Kevin needed immediate treatment because his lung was filling up with blood. When I entered that house for the first time, I was shocked. It looked like a tomb. The air was stale, the windows had been blocked, and they hadn't seen sunlight for some 10 days. It was macabre. I had never seen anything like it. These young people had been in the house with their dead mother's body in the kitchen for 10 days. Randy's arm was festering terribly and smelling very bad. In the meantime, we put Kevin in a rocking chair on the front porch. The minute Bo and I saw the young faces of these beautiful little girls, tears started running down their faces, and Bo and I just burst out crying. Sarah put her arms up to me, and I hugged her and told her I loved her. Rachel put her arms around Bo. Randy started crying, and we hugged him and told him we loved him. We spent a few minutes there, just stroking their heads and telling them we would get them out safely. [McLamb's voice breaks, he is momentarily overcome, and then resumes his narration.] You can't imagine what they've been through. One minute they were a whole family. The next minute the family was pretty much destroyed. Now the FBI had promised that Kevin would not be handcuffed and that I could accompany him all the way to the hospital in Spokane. I patted him down and made certain that he had no weapons. Then, Bo and I got Kevin down to a stretcher and carried him down the hill to the waiting doctors. He and I flew by helicopter to Sacred Heart Hospital [in Spokane, Washington] where his parents were waiting for him. He was just a frightened kid. His eyes looked like he was just going to die of fright. He, of course, hadn't wanted to shoot anybody. When they went out thinking they were chasing a deer they had no idea they were going to be shot at. He wanted me to hold his hand in the helicopter. I left him with his parents at the hospital and returned to the mountain top with Bo. I understand he's doing much better. While I was gone, Bo had gotten Vicki's body out of the house and put her in a body bag with Randy's help. A friend of the family named Jackie came up at this point and began cleaning up all the blood as Bo walked down the hill with Vicki's body over his shoulder. God bless Jackie. We thought she was going to break down--she had loved Vicki so much. We were told by federal officials that Randy would have to come out of the cabin by Monday and that Bo and I would have to leave the mountain. Bo and I knew that meant that they were going to storm the house and that there would be further loss of life. Sunday night Bo and I talked about our plan for Monday. We didn't know what we were going to do. I drafted a letter to Randy and got some of Randy's friends to rewrite the letter and sign it themselves. The letter asked Randy to come out and to p]ease fight the battle in the court. However, we didn't know how we were going to talk Randy out. So we prayed in earnest for some time that night. Now Bo and I knew that if we were able to get back into the house we might well have to grab Randy and capture him and bring him out that way. Bo decided that he would grab Randy, pin his hands to his sides, and I would grab the two girls, and that way we would get them out of the house. The code word for the FBI was "Alaska." If we hollered "Alaska" that would mean that we would need the FBI's help. The girls were afraid that the federal agents were going to kill them, and they had real good reasons to believe that. The little infant girl was still there. Bo and I were very concerned that eight-month-old child would be killed if the house were stormed. That's why we developed the "Alaska" plan. That was the last-ditch effort we had in mind. On Monday morning we took the letter signed by some of Randy's friends and shoved it under the door and let them know how Kevin was doing at the hospital. They wouldn't open the door, but Bo and I got down and began praying as hard as we've ever prayed before, for nearly an hour. However, by 12:15 that door opened, and Randy gave up. We came in and hugged everybody again and prayed together. It was an unbelievably emotional situation. We walked down the hill hand in hand and presented the children to their relatives and Randy to the marshals. It was a glorious day. -*END ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WEAVER SET UP BY FEDS By Mike Blair Spotlight Magazine The SPOTLIGHT has learned Randy Weaver has confided to at least two persons he had been set up on federal firearms violations to get him to act as an informant for FBI and Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco and Firearms agents investigating the activities of right-wing groups in the area. Weaver recently held hundreds of federal, state and local law enforcement at bay in his primitive mountain-top cabin in northern Idaho. Weaver has since surrendered, only after the murders of his wife and his teenage son by federal agents. Another man, Kevin Harris, who had been raised by the Weaver family since he was a teenager and who has lived with them ever since, is in critical condition in the Sacred Heart Medical Center in Spokane, Washington with a collapsed lung and bullet wounds in the arm after surrendering the day before Weaver led his surviving family members out of the cabin. Weaver had been holed up in the cabin since February, 1991, after he failed to appear in federal court to face charges of selling an allegedly "sawed-off' shotgun to an undercover federal agent. His wife and son were murdered by federal and local law enforcement agents during the confrontation. OFFICIALS TRIED TO BLACKMAIL VETERAN Weaver, a U.S. Army Special Forces veteran, revealed in separate conversations with two SPOTLIGHT sources, both previously unknown to each other, that he was set up by federal officials who tried to blackmail him into infiltrating the right-wing Aryan Nations group and report its activities to them. They intimated, he said, that if he cooperated as an informant, the federal officials would make a deal regarding the charges he faced. Weaver said he refused. Prior to his arrest on the gun charges on January 17, 1991, Weaver had apparently attended some meetings of the Aryan Nations White separatist group, but was not, according to a number of sources, a member himself. He was indicted on the federal firearms violation charge by a grand jury in December, 1990. Although it has not been reported elsewhere, Weaver was apparently indicted at the time on other unspecified charges, which remain sealed by the court, and federal authorities, have not taken action on them up to this point. Weaver's claim of being set up by federal officials has also been reported to The SPOTLIGHT by a Bonners Ferry, Idaho man. Bonners Ferry is near the Weaver cabin, located in Boundary County and about 40 miles from the Canadian border. The Spokane man said "Weaver told him he had some trouble while in the Army with an officer involving a drug investigation, but he (Weaver) did not think his knowledge of this was connected to his current problems. Weaver did not volunteer any details of the drug case to the man. LOCAL HONCHOS TAINTED BY DOPE? However, the source in Spokane told The SPOTLIGHT that people close to Weaver have revealed to him that drug trafficking was involved, that Weaver may have encountered evidence of the involvement of local officials in illegal drug operations during Weaver's unsuccessful run for sheriff of Boundary County in 1988. Various sources have told The SPOTLIGHT the area has for years been used for drug trafficking due to its remoteness and proximity to the Canadian border. The charges for which Weaver was wanted--selling a sawed-off shotgun that was allegedly only a fraction of an inch below the legal limit to an undercover government agent, and failure to appear for a court hearing stemming from that charge--hardly merited the "take-no-prisoners" assault by law enforcement--unless, of course, Weaver's accusations are true. -*END ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CONSTITUTIONAL ISSUES ON TRIAL IN IDAHO By Andrew Arnold Spotlight Magazine The latest developments in the police massacre of Vicki and Sam Weaver, and the upcoming trials of Randy Weaver and family friend Kevin Harris, include a fundamental test of the rule of law in this country. The trial of Randy Weaver for aiding and abetting Kevin Harris in the alleged murder of a federal marshal, according to lawyers in the West, will decide issues of paramount importance to all citizens of this country. Weaver's daughters were mentioned in the indictment, but, according to a court spokesman they will not be charged with a crime. Fundamental questions such as whether individuals have a right to protect themselves and their families from the government and what role an individual has in relation to the government in this society will be tested. Gerry Spence, the flamboyant cowboy attorney, along with Kent Spence, the attorney's son, and Boise lawyer Charles Peterson, are defending Weaver. Spence said that while he does not "see eye to eye" with Weaver on social issues, the quest for justice burns deeper than politics and religion. "We cheer on the cops, the power structure; and we want to give them this unlimited power to do whatever they want to do," Spence said in a prepared statement reported in the *Casper [Wyoming] Star Tribune.* "And we think it's all right if it's exercised against a White supremacist, or a nazi or a Black or a Jew, or our neighbors... everybody except us." RIGHTS IMPORTANT But by diminishing the rights of "the most vicious criminal, or a White separatist... what we are really doing is taking away our own rights," he added. "We'll wake up one day and have none... and we'll wonder what happened to America. "We [Weaver and the lawyers] agree on the only important issue -- that in America all citizens have the right to think, to speak and to worship as they please," Spence said. Weaver and Kevin Harris are charged with assault and murder. The trial has been set for October 26 in the Boise, Idaho federal court. Peterson said in a telephone interview, prosecutors are expected to add more charges against the two. This would delay the trial. Harris, a friend of the Weaver family, admitted shooting William Degan, a federal marshal, after he and two other camouflaged men were spotted on Weaver's mountaintop property by family dogs. The men killed the dogs. Then (according to Weaver's account of the story relayed by Spence to Radio Free America host Tom Valentine) 14-year-old Sam Weaver and Degan were both shot and killed in a fire-fight. NO WARRANTS According to accounts of witnesses on the scene of the Idaho mountaintop standoff, the marshals did not have warrants nor did they announce they were federal agents. Peterson said this information did not come out at the indictment hearing. Harris admitted killing Degan while he was in custody at a Spokane hospital, according to press accounts. "Spence told this reporter that during the preliminary hearing it was obvious to everyone Weaver did not participate in the fire fight," Valentine told The SPOTLIGHT. "FBI agent [Greg] Rampton said only that 'sometime during the exchange of fire, Randy Weaver showed up.'" Rampton was not at the Weaver hearing. Two federal marshals, Larry Cooper and Arthur Roderick Jr., did testify, according to Peterson. Neither placed Weaver at the scene of the shooting or definitely with a weapon. "They didn't have any evidence Randy Weaver fired a shot," Peterson said. "Both federal marshals said they saw Weaver turn and run up the hill [toward his cabin]. Both testified he ran away. They said they thought they saw a weapon." "It became very clear in the last week that there was no evidence that tied Randy Weaver to any misconduct," Spence said outside the court. "There is not one iota of evidence in this case that Mr. Weaver did anything." DEATH DETAILED At Harris's separate detention hearing, Rampton testified how Mrs. Weaver was shot to death on August 22, according to the Associated Press. Rampton said an unnamed agent in an FBI surveillance helicopter thought Harris was about to shoot at the helicopter, and the agent shot twice. The second shot came as Harris ran back into the cabin. It allegedly struck Harris in the shoulder and also hit Mrs. Weaver in the head, blowing off half of her face and killing her as she held her 10-month old child in her arms. The Weavers' daughters are referred to in the body of the text of the federal indictment, but a court spokesman said they are not indicted for any crimes, and the children will not stand trial. The government has said it will seek the death penalty against both Weaver and Harris. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [5]: FOR THE PEOPLE Supplied By: Bulletin Boards Across the Country Edited by: Mercenary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- WASHINGTON 2600 MEETINGS UPDATE Washington,D.C. 2600 meetings are continuing as usual at Pentagon City. The next one is THIS FRIDAY, Dec 4th at Pentagon City Shopping Mall, (Blue/Yellow line on the Metro). A bunch of people are coming down from New York for it, (Emmanuel, Phiber, DA, and others), and people are coming up from Richmond, and down from Baltimore. It'll be a slamming meeting, so if you're in the vicinity, drop in from 5pm-9pm, the earlier the better. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- NEW MAG: U.S. MILITIA Kurt Saxon, the author of The Poor Mans James Bond Series, is currently working on what should prove to be an interesting "Zine". It's called "U.S. Militia", and will contain articles pertaining to "community defense". Basicly, it'll be like the Poor Mans James Bond in peridical form. It'll be published monthly, and each issue will run 80 pages in 8 1/2 x 11 format. The subscription rate is $35/year. His address is: Atlan Formularies P.O. Box 95 Alpena, AR 72611 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Section [6]: The Rumor Mill (Unconfirmed rumors from the Underground) Edited By: Mercenary ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- FED ALERT (?) Sources from the group BUSTINFO say that the Chicago suburban board, The Hell Pit is co-operating in a FED board bust and are keeping complete INFO and global trapping on ALL their callers as well as collecting screen captures and file lists from other Chicago area boards. They can be reached at (708) 459-7267 (NOT a wise move to call though). BUSTINFO's aim is to literally paralize the board (and any other sting boards) by stopping all callers to it via public information. Please post this alert on any other boards that can get the word out. Your co-operation is essential in stopping the unfairness of FED board busts. What this means, Boys and Girls. Is that once AGAIN, Your wonderful GOVERNMENT is trying to gather information on the general public for the SOLE purpose of gathering information. I did NOT get this file from "The Hell PIT", which means that the GOV'T is ONCE more trying to STOP the free exchange of information and IDEAS. Any and ALL info that "The Hell Pit" has on its users is now in the hands of Uncle Sam. This info includes Info on what you uploaded, what you d'loaded,any and all messages you sent or recieved. PERSONALLY I don't think that it is ANY of the Gov'ts BUSINESS how I spend my time on ANY BBS. If the GOV'T REALLY wanted to know arout BBSing and what goes on on a BBS, They should set up their own BBS. NOT hide behind someone elses! PLEASE POST THIS ON ALL BBS'S,WE DON'T NEED MORE INTERFERANCE from UNCLE SAM. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- ASSHOLE WARNING (?) Chad XXXX [EDITED] Longwood, FL 32750 Voice Phone Numbers: 407-XXX-XXXX [IIRG Edited] Data (BBS) Phone Number: 407-XXX-XXXX [IIRG Edited] He is a Hub of Fidonet and has the address of 1:363/228. His name in Fido is C XXXX. He logs onto Pirate BBS' with other pirates' handles and passwords gathering information about them and then reporting them to government officials. He get's the passwords from his board to log on with. He also gets pirates' names and handles and phone numbers and gives them to the police as well as post them in public areas for all to call. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------ -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [7]: PHANTASY TIDBITS: News and Views of Interest ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- CA-92:18 CERT Advisory November 17, 1992 Revised VMS Monitor Vulnerability *** THIS IS A REVISED CERT ADVISORY *** *** IT CONTAINS NEW INFORMATION REGARDING AVAILABILITY OF IMAGE KITS *** *** SUPERSEDES CERT ADVISORY CA-92:16 *** The CERT Coordination Center received information concerning a potential vulnerability with Digital Equipment Corporation's VMS Monitor. This vulnerability is present in V5.0 through V5.4-2 but has been corrected in V5.4-3 through V5.5-1. The Software Security Response Team at Digital has provided the following information concerning this vulnerability. The remedial image kit was not available at the time CERT distributed the CA-92:16.VMS.monitor.vulnerability advisory (dated September 22, 1992). At that time, Digital strongly suggested that customers either upgrade to VMS V5.4-3 (preferably to V5.5-1) or implement the provided workaround if unable to upgrade. The following SSRT-200-1 addendum contains information about the availability of new images to address the possible vulnerability with VMS Monitor. This last and final addendum includes new information about remedial images for VMS V5.0 through V5.4-2. Digital strongly suggests that those customers who were unable to upgrade their systems (i.e., VMS V5.0 through V5.4-2) obtain and install the remedial image kit on their system(s). For additional information, please contact your normal Digital Services Support Organization. The information separated by the hash (#) line is excerpted from the previously published CERT Advisory ############################################################################## SSRT-0200 PROBLEM: Potential Security Vulnerability Identified in Monitor SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation AUTHOR: Software Security Response Team - U.S. Colorado Springs USA PRODUCT: VMS Symptoms Identified On: VMS, Versions 5.0, 5.0-1, 5.0-2, 5.1, 5.1-B, 5.1-1, 5.1-2, 5.2, 5.2-1, 5.3, 5.3-1, 5.3-2, 5.4, 5.4-1, 5.4-2 ******************************************************* SOLUTION: This problem is not present in VMS V5.4-3 (released in October 1991) through V5.5-1 (released in July, 1992.) ******************************************************* Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation, 1992 All Rights Reserved. Published Rights Reserved Under The Copyright Laws Of The United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- PROBLEM/IMPACT: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Unauthorized privileges may be expanded to authorized users of a system under certain conditions, via the Monitor utility. Should a system be compromised through unauthorized access, there is a risk of potential damage to a system environment. This problem will not permit unauthorized access entry, as individuals attempting to gain unauthorized access will continue to be denied through the standard VMS security mechanisms. ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- SOLUTION: ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- This potential vulnerability does not exist in VMS V5.4-3 (released in October 1991) and later versions of VMS through V5.5-1. Digital strongly recommends that you upgrade to a minimum of VMS V5.4-3, and further, to the latest release of VMS V5.5-1. (released in July, 1992) ################################################################################ End of material excerpted from previously published CERT Advisory Beginning of Text Provided by Digital Equipment Corporation ================================================================================ 21-OCT-1992 SSRT-0200-1 (ADDENDUM) 21-AUG-1992 SSRT-0200 SOURCE: Digital Equipment Corporation AUTHOR: Software Security Response Team - U.S. Colorado Springs USA PRODUCT: VMS MONITOR V5.0 through V5.4-2 PROBLEM: Potential Security Vulnerability in VMS Monitor Utility SOLUTION: A VMS V5.0 through V5.4-2 remedial kit is now available by contacting your normal Digital Services Support organization. NOTE: This problem has been corrected in VAX VMS V5.4-3 (released in October 1991). __________________________________________________________________ The kit may be identified as MONTOR$S01_05* or CSCPAT_1047 via DSIN , and DSNlink. ------------------------------------------------------------------ Copyright (c) Digital Equipment Corporation, 1992 All Rights Reserved. Published Rights Reserved Under The Copyright Laws Of The United States. ------------------------------------------------------------------------- ADVISORY ADDENDUM INFORMATION: ------------------------------------------------------------------------- In August 1992, an advisory and article was distributed describing a potential security vulnerability discovered in the VMS Monitor utility and provided suggested workarounds to remove the vulnerability. The advisory was labeled SSRT-200 "Potential Security Vulnerability in VMS Monitor Utility". This advisory follows that advisory with information of the availability of a kit containing a new sys$share:spishr.exe for VMS V5.0-* through VMS V5.4-2 and may be identified as MONTOR$S01_050 through MONTOR$S01_054 respectively from your Digital Services organization. In the U.S.the kit is also identified as CSCPAT_1047 via DSIN and DSNlink. Note:This potential vulnerability does not exist in VMS V5.4-3 and later versions of VMS. Digital strongly recommends that you upgrade to a minimum of VMS V5.4-3, and further, to the latest release of VMS V5.5-1. (released in July, 1992) If you cannot upgrade to a minimum of VMS V5.4-3 at this time, Digital strongly recommends that you install the available V5.0-* through V5.4-2 kit on your system(s), available from your support organization, to avoid any potential vulnerability. You may obtain a kit for VMS V5.0 through V5.4-2 by contacting your normal Digital Services support organization. (Customer Support Center, using DSNlink or DSIN, or your local support office) As always, Digital recommends that you periodically review your system management and security procedures. Digital will continue to review and enhance the security features of its products and work with customers to maintain and improve the security and integrity of their systems. =========================================================================== End of Text provided by Digital Equipment Corporation --------------------------------------------------------------------------- CERT wishes to thank Teun Nijssen of CERT-NL (the SURFnet CERT, in the Netherlands) for bringing this security vulnerability to our attention. We would also like to thank Digital Equipment Corporation's Software Security Response Team for providing information on this vulnerability. --------------------------------------------------------------------------- If you believe that your system has been compromised, contact CERT or your representative in FIRST (Forum of Incident Response and Security Teams). Internet E-mail: cert@cert.org Telephone: 412-268-7090 (24-hour hotline) CERT personnel answer 7:30 a.m.-6:00 p.m. EST(GMT-5)/EDT(GMT-4), on call for emergencies during other hours. CERT Coordination Center Software Engineering Institute Carnegie Mellon University Pittsburgh, PA 15213-3890 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Nintendo(R) N E W S R E L E A S E FOR IMMEDIATE RELEASE CONTACT: Lynn Hvalsoe\Nintendo of America Inc. (206) 861-2096 James Bikoff\Arter & Hadden (202) 775-7100 NINTENDO JOINS IN SEIZURE AGAINST ILLEGAL BULLETIN BOARD SOFTWARE REDMOND, WA -- As part of a continuing and aggressive effort to halt counterfeiting of video games and business software, Nintendo of America Inc. and six major software manufactures filed an action against distributors of computer "bulletin board" network system giving software access to users. Illegal software was seized by authorities from APL, an electronic bulletin board computer system (BBS) headquartered in Baltimore, MD. "Counterfeiting and illegal use of video games and business software has grown immensely over the past few years. We have and will continue to prosecute those who've become part of the underground counterfeiting network," said Lynn Hvalsoe, Nintendo's General Counsel. The legal action outlines that illegal software was accessed through opperators who provide personal computers a code to enter the system via telephone and modem. Illegal bulletin boards have become a popular trend, with an estimated 5,000 systems in the United States. Illegal bulletin boards also have been found in Europe and Asia. This case represents the first time video game and business software companies have joind together to fight software pirating. The business software companies, represented in this case through the Business Software Associatiom (BSA), includes Aldus, Autodesk, Lotus Development, Microsoft. Novel and WordPerfect. All companies, including Nintendo, are individual plaintiffs in the legal action. The action is part of Nintendo's large anti-counterfeiting campain, much of which is aimed at illegal video games being manufactured, sold and shipped from Taiwan, Hong Kong, and other countries. "Counterfeiting is a very serious crime and Nintendo is working hard to let violaters know they will be pursued and charges will be brought against them," added Hvalsoe. Hvalsoe pointed to success this year in the signing of Federal legislation (S893) which elevates copyright infringement, such as that engaged in by bulletin board operators, to a felony with penalties upto $250,000/and up to five years in prison. Nintendo of America Inc. is bassed in Redmond, Washington and is a wholly owned subsidiary of Nintendo Co. Ltd., the worlds largest manufacturer and marketer of video games. ######## Nintendo of America Inc. 4820 150th Avenue N.E. Redmond, WA 98052-5111 Telephone (206) 882-2040 * Telex 152933 * Telecopier (206) 882-3585 ------------------------------------------------------------------------------- Edwardsville Teen Charged with theft ------------------------------------ Belleville News Democrat 11/21/92 (Sec. B Pg. 1) Edwardsville-A $3,500 scheme to order computer parts through the mail with filched credit card numbers fell apart when an Edwardsville teen-ager overspent someone else's credit limit. Edwardsville police alledged Friday. Edwardsville High School Senior and former cheerleader Jason McDonald,17,of 201 S. Myrtle St. was arrested at school Friday morning and charged by the Madison County state's attorney with felony theft, authorities said. His arrest followed a three-week investigation in which police intercepted two shipments of computer parts sent by an Ohio company to a fictitous name and paid for with fraudulent credit card charges, Detective David Bradford said Friday. Police are looking for a third shipment-belived to include three computer keyboards, 20 modem and telephone facsimile cables and various other components-that slipped past their net,Bradford said. Investigators now know of four total orders involving four different credit card numbers and are working to determine whether there are more,he said. McDonald's older brother,Christopher McDonald,was stabbed to death in Feburary 1988 in a high profile murder case that led to a 15-year prison sentance for a former classmate.Jason McDonald was at home with his brother ,then an 18-year old honor student,when Christopher was stabbed by Alec MacDonald,now 22. McDonald's father,Gary McDonald,lost a bid Nov. 3 for a Madison County Board seat. He also campaigned briefly for county sheriff in 1990. Bradford said the computer scam began to unravel early this month when a credit card company informed an Edwardsville man that an order to Midwest MicroPeripherals of Fletcher,Ohio,had exceeded his credit limit. The credit card owner said,"No,not me," Bradford said. McDonald was in Madison County Jail in Edwardsville on Friday in lieu of $30,000 bail set by Circuit Court Judge Charles V. Romani Jr. Unless he is deemed eligible for the county's pretrial release program, McDonald will have to post $3,000 cash or $60,000 in property to go free until his trial. -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [8]: IIRG Distribution Sites (or Gateways to Oblivion) ////// ////// /////// //////// // // // // // // // /////// // //// // // // // // // ////// * ////// * // // * ///////// IIRG World HQ: Dark Shadows 19.2/9600 Baud HST 24 Hours a Day 1.2 Gigs Online Sysop: Anubis 2 Nodes (203)-PRI-VATE IIRG Distribution Site 1: Wired World BBS INC Europe TPC Courier (WHQ) THP IIRG Distribution Site Sysop: Digital Justice +39-89-254138 IIRG Distribution Site 2: Cyberdyne Network Germany United Forces Sysop: E605 +49-5341-59004 +49-5341-54052 IIRG Distribution Site 3: The Sanitarium Sysops: Morbid Angel [INC/ACID] Spectral Illusion [ACID/RAZOR] IIRG Distribution Site ACID Member Board INC Courier Board RAZOR 1911 Courier Board VISA World Headquarters (817)PRI-VATE IIRG Distribution Site 4: The WareHouse (203)-231-8589 14.4 (203)-231-8588 9600 OVER A GIG ONLINE Sysop: Ionizer IIRG Distribution Site 5: The Rune Stone BBS 14.4k HST Phantasys Home Board Complete IIRG Archives Invitation Only (203)-PRI-VATE -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Section [9]: Phantasy Distribution Sites Phantasy's Distribution Site's are continually growing,we apologize if you called a board and didn't find the Mag. Network Distribution Sites will have the Issues first, we suggest calling one of them if a problem does arise. 1. Lightning Systems (414) 363-4282 Sixty Million Bytes OnLine USRobotics Dual Standard HST/V.32bis 2400 thru 14.4k v.32bis/HST 2. Sycamore Elite 19,200-1200 Baud HST, 24 Hours a day (815) 895-5573 3. The Works BBS (617-861-8976) Large Text Files BBS, 3500+ text files online. 2400-300 Baud, 24 Hours a day 4. Pipers Pit BBS 19,200-9600 HST ONLY!! 24 Hours a Day THG Distro Site 1300 Megs (203)PRI-VATE [2 Nodes] 5. Blitzkrieg BBS TAP Magazine (502)-499-8933 P.O. BOX 20264 Home of TAP MAgazine Louisville,KY. 40250-0264 6. The Dickinson Nightlight (713)-337-1452 Der WeltanSchauung Distro Site (World View Magazine) Phantasy Distro Site PHANTASY is also available on: 1. RIPCO BBS (312)528-5020 -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- PHANTASY(C) IIRG 1991,1992 May Odin Guide Your Way! -=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=-=- Downloaded From P-80 International Information Systems 304-744-2253