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1. cnet.news.com SEC's tech investigations may suffer 2. Industry Standard's Media Grok Finding Words When There Are None 3. Chaos Computer Club (via rohrpost) CCC spricht sich gegen Angriffe auf Kommunikationssysteme aus 4. ATTAC France After the tragic events in New York and Washington 5. Indymedia Newswire CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians --- 1. SEC's tech investigations may suffer A major field office of the Securities and Exchange Commission was destroyed in Tuesday's attack on the World Trade Center, possibly creating serious problems for ongoing investigations of technology companies. The Northeast Regional Office was located at 7 World Trade Center, which collapsed Tuesday after hijacked airplanes destroyed the center's two skyscrapers. Visit: http://one.digital.cnet.com/cgi-bin11/flo?y=eCXT0DSTOE0EL0u1Y0AT --- 2. TOP GROKS ~~~~~~~~~ Finding Words When There Are None Headlines were brief. "Apocalypse," "Act of War" and "Nightmare," Slate writer John Lahr recounted reading. The reason was simple, he said: "There's no need for words, really; there's nothing to say." Stranded in the netherworld between the official death toll of 94 and the 11,000-plus body bags that New York Mayor Rudy Giuliani has acknowledged ordering, reporters filled the void with, among other focuses, dispatches on the business toll. "Companies need to get back to normal because that's therapeutic," an employee-relations expert told ABCNews.com. But normalcy was not to be found. The Wall Street Journal reported companies' struggle to locate the scattered programmers, system administrators and execs who keep the backup computer systems running. The destruction of a 47-story building adjacent to the World Trade Center is likely to set back probes by the Securities and Exchange Commission, which had its New York City field office there, several outlets reported. All SEC staff members had been evacuated safely. The New York Times mournfully reported Wall Street's losses, including coverage of Risk Waters Group, a tech conference sponsor that had expected 180 attendees at Windows on the World, the restaurant that had topped one of the World Trade Center towers. The company was trying to determine the attendees' fates, the Times wrote. "But it had no good news to offer." Nor did Morgan Stanley Dean Witter, which had more people in the World Trade Center than anyone else. The media widely reported CEO Philip Purcell's memo that a "vast majority" of the firm's 3,500 employees were accounted for. The Times eyed Purcell's bright outlook with a compassionate skepticism, reporting that the firm declined to say how many were believed to have died, and quoting from Purcell's Wednesday address to employees, where the chief exec sounded less optimistic. "It is not a good story," he told employees. But corporate generosity is. The Associated Press reported that General Electric pledged $10 million for the families of New York firefighters, police officers and rescue workers who died trying to help victims. Cisco Systems donated $6 million to the Red Cross and other relief groups. Amazon is collecting funds online for the American Red Cross Disaster Relief Fund. Reuters reported that a counter on the donation page showed that 25,365 people had donated nearly $670,000 as of Wednesday afternoon. Amid the sea of hard-won words, Grok's thoughts kept returning to those of CNN anchor Aaron Brown, who told the Los Angeles Times that after watching the replay of the first plane crashing into the World Trade Center tower hundreds of times, "I can't shake the image. I finally sat in a hotel room at about 2 a.m., and I cried. I just cried. I didn't like being alone with this story." - Deborah Asbrand NYC requests 6,000 body bags (AP) http://web.realcities.com/content/rc/news/attack/bayarea/1956245014.htm The Breakfast Table http://slate.msn.com/code/breakfast/breakfast.asp?Show=9/12/2001&idMessage=8 275&idBio=288#8275 Coping With Disaster http://abcnews.go.com/sections/business/DailyNews/WTC_company_terror010912.h tml Recovery of Records Daunting, But Doable http://www.chicagotribune.com/business/chi-0109130289sep13.story?coll=chi%2D business%2Dhed Traders Deal With Losses of the Most Painful Kind http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/business/13WALL.html (Registration required.) Tragedy Seems Even Greater for One Firm http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/business/13CANT.html (Registration required.) Corporations Rush to Secure Data; Finding Techies Becomes Key Step http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1000336758447443683.htm (Paid subscription required.) Manhattan Telecom Network Was Severely Damaged in Attack http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB100033638685913041.htm (Paid subscription required.) Insurers' Loss Estimate Soars Above $20 Billion http://interactive.wsj.com/articles/SB1000318571374746346.htm (Paid subscription required.) Corporations pledge millions to help victims' families (AP) http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/09/12/attacks.donations.ap/index.html Net offers lifeline amid tragedy http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7132246.html Make a Difference on the Net (Reuters) http://more.abcnews.go.com/sections/scitech/DailyNews/wtc_onlinecontribution s010912.html AccessLine Offers Free Virtual PBX Services http://www.informationweek.com/story/IWK20010912S0006 Tragedy Spurs Corporate Altruism in Web Marketers, E-Tailers http://www.internetnews.com/IAR/article/0,,12_883121,00.html Help Sites Spring Up In Wake Of WTC Assaults - Update http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170016.html Survivor Databases Offered by NY.com and Prodigy http://www.internetnews.com/bus-news/article/0,,3_882651,00.html Overwhelming Coverage http://www.latimes.com/news/nationworld/nation/la-091301-media.story --------------------------------------------------------------------- ISPs Join the Search It's a growing question among those calm enough to philosophize: How should the U.S. respond to these events without trampling on personal liberties? For instance, the feds have asked for Internet service providers' help in the search for the Sept. 11 culprits, though reports vary about how much help. Declan McCullagh from Wired reported that the FBI has increased Internet surveillance in the wake of the attacks. One anonymous employee said the FBI showed up at his workplace (which he declined to name) "with a couple of Carnivores, requesting permission to place them in our core, along with offers to actually pay for circuits and costs." Carnivore - now renamed DCS1000, a moniker that hasn't exactly caught on - is a Fed computer that can monitor electronic communications from an ISP's network, explained McCullagh. News.com talked to AOL and Earthlink, who said that they were working with the FBI but that Carnivore was not involved. The investigators want specific information, said an AOL spokesman, and Carnivore isn't necessary because AOL can simply turn over the relevant data. An Earthlink vice president said the company had been served with a warrant under the Foreign Intelligence Surveillance Act (FISA). According to reporter Robert Lemos, "FISA limits the ability of intelligence and law enforcement agencies ... from spying on the American public." An anonymous Earthlink exec told the AP that the feds were looking for logs involving a particular e-mail address (not an Earthlink address). Microsoft had no comment except to say that it often works with law enforcement officials. An ExciteAtHome spokesperson didn't know of any warrants, said the AP, but said the company would go along. Wired reported that Hotmail officials have been getting calls from the FBI and are cooperating with requests for information about certain e-mail accounts. Some small West Coast providers, maybe the same ones Wired talked to, told the Washington Post that they agreed to let the FBI bring in Carnivore. "Like other Internet providers, (AOL and Earthlink) have generally greeted subpoenas, court orders and the like seeking information about their customers begrudgingly," said the Post. "The language they used yesterday was markedly more receptive." Maybe because of FISA's limitations? On the other hand, "some observers have already raised concerns that the failure of the intelligence agencies to uncover the plots will lead them to ask for increased surveillance powers," said the Register. We're normally loath to quote senators on tech issues, but Sen. Patrick Leahy, D-Vt., may have the right compromise: Consider strengthening surveillance capabilities, but don't do anything that's not "consistent with constitutional freedoms at the core of our national ideals." One anonymous ISP employee made another compromise we like. "As much as I don't like the intrusive nature of online surveillance technology, I really want to find the guys who did this." - Jen Muehlbauer Anti-Attack Feds Push Carnivore http://www.wired.com/news/politics/0,1283,46747,00.html Terrorist search leads to ISPs http://news.cnet.com/news/0-1005-200-7141812.html FBI following digital trail of terrorists (AP) http://www.usatoday.com/life/cyber/tech/2001/09/12/internet-fbi-attacks.htm ISPs join forces with FBI to track terrorists http://www.silicon.com/bin/bladerunner?30REQEVENT=&REQAUTH=21046&14001REQSUB =REQINT1=47361 FBI steps up Net surveillance, following terror attack http://www.theregister.co.uk/content/57/21626.html Privacy Trade-Offs Reassessed http://a188.g.akamaitech.net/f/188/920/15m/www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/art icles/A21207-2001Sep12.html --------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE NEWS AT THESTANDARD.COM ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ Internet Offers Lifeline During Crisis http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,28959,00.html?nl=mg Sun Microsystems Director Perishes in Crash http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,28962,00.html?nl=mg Markets Won't Open Before Friday http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,28960,00.html?nl=mg Netegrity Says CFO Killed in Crash http://www.thestandard.com/article/0,1902,28957,00.html?nl=mg --------------------------------------------------------------------- MORE LINKS ~~~~~~~~~~ X10.com Suspends Annoying Web Ads In Wake Of Today's Attacks http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/169987.html Updates from WTC-based companies http://cbs.marketwatch.com/news/story.asp?guid=%7BA2F9D59D%2DBB3B%2D4F40%2D8 4E9%2DA7F369E9A2DB%7D Cell-Phone Calls Offer Clues About Flight 93 Hijacking http://www.newsbytes.com/news/01/170039.html Recounting a Nightmare Day on Wall Street http://www.thestreet.com/funds/editorsdesk/10001022.html Netegrity CFO, Thoratec COO die in WTC attack (Reuters) http://www.siliconvalley.com/docs/hottopics/attack/009205.htm Lisa J. Raines, a Lobbyist for Biotechnology, Is Dead at 42 http://www.nytimes.com/2001/09/13/obituaries/13RAIN.html (Registration required.) The Day I Didn't Die http://www.businessweek.com/bwdaily/dnflash/sep2001/nf20010912_4269.htm N.Y. Assault hits home to the financial press http://www.sfgate.com/cgi-bin/article.cgi?f=/c/a/2001/09/12/BU142740.DTL What's Next? http://www.fortune.com/indexw.jhtml?channel=artcol.jhtml&doc_id=204144 STAFF ~~~~~ Written by Deborah Asbrand (dasbrand@world.std.com), Michaela Cavallaro (mcavalla@maine.rr.com), Keith Dawson (dawson@world.std.com), Jen Muehlbauer (jen@englishmajor.com) and David Sims (davesims@sonic.net). Copyedited and produced by Jim Duffy (jimduffy86@yahoo.com). Edited by Jimmy Guterman (guterman@vineyard.com). Media Grok is produced by The Vineyard Group Inc., for Standard Media International. For more information on Media Grok, please visit http://guterman.com. --- 3. From: "nina corda" <mdma@stylepolice.de> To: <rohrpost@mikrolisten.de> Sent: Friday, September 14, 2001 12:29 AM Chaos Computer Club, 13.09.2001 CCC spricht sich gegen Angriffe auf Kommunikationssysteme aus - Volkerverständigung jetzt noch wichtiger als zuvor In der Hackerszene kursiert im Moment als Reaktion auf die unfassbaren Mordanschläge in den USA ein Aufruf, Webseiten und andere über das Internet erreichbaren Kommunikationssysteme in islamischen Ländern bzw. bei islamischen Organisationen zu zerstören. Der Chaos Computer Club spricht sich gegen diesen Aufruf aus und fordert dazu auf, diesen und ähnliche Aufrufe zu ignorieren. Als galaktische Vereinigung ist es für uns unvorstellbar, jetzt die Welt in gut und böse zu teilen und ausgerechnet Religion als Maßstab für eine solche Trennung zu nehmen. Die Ereignisse sind für jeden Menschen auf diesem Planeten im globalen Dorf schwer zu verarbeiten. Als Hacker sollten wir jedoch das nun anstehende World Processing im Sinne der Menschheit versuchen. "Wir stehen hilflos vor der Macht der Zerstörung. Aber wir glauben an die Macht der Kommunikation, die sich letztendlich immer als positiver und stärker gezeigt hat als Hass", so Jens Ohlig, Sprecher des CCC. "Elektronische Kommunikationsstrukturen wie das Internet können gerade jetzt einen wichtigen Beitrag zur Volkerverständigung leisten. In der verständlicherweise angespannten Situation darf es nicht dazu kommen, jetzt Kommunikationslinien zu kappen und damit dem Unverständniss noch mehr Grundlage zu liefern." fasste CCC-Sprecher Andy Müller-Maguhn zusammen. Der Chaos Computer Club, der derzeit sein 20 jähriges Jubiläum feiert, setzt sich laut Satzung für Informationsfreiheit und ein Menschenrecht auf mindestens weltweite ungehinderte Kommunikation ein. Bereits 1999 hat sich der CCC zusammen mit einer Koalition bekannter Hackergruppen (Cult of the Dead Cow, 2600, L0pht, Phrack, Pulhas, Toxyn, !Hispahack und Mitgliedern der niederländischen Hackergemeinschaft) gegen den Einsatz der Netze als elektronisches Schlachtfeld ausgesprochen: "Beteiligt euch nicht an kriegerischen Handlungen im sogenannten 'Cyber-War'. Haltet die Netze, die für die Kommunikation da sind, am Leben. Sie sind das Nervensystem des menschlichen Fortschritts." Die Infopeace-Erklärung ist unter http://www.ccc.de/CRD/CRD19990107.html im Original zu lesen. --- 4. From: "Sand in the Wheels" <newsletter@attac.org> Sent: Thursday, September 13, 2001 9:18 PM After the tragic events in New York and Washington by ATTAC France On the day after the terrible events that have shaken the United States, Attac joins the American people in their mourning. The air suicide attacks that hit New York and Washington partake of a blind terrorism that no cause can justify. This crime, which is becoming an historic trial for the American nation, and beyond the deep emotion it arouses, nevertheless reflects processes that have been under way for decades, the state of the world, its growing inequalities and unresolved crises, and thus the despair and suffering that result from them. It also reflects the specific role played by the United States on the international arena. But it does so in the worst possible way, by assimilating a people to a State, and by assassinating thousands of innocents. Because we are part of those who, in a struggle against the devastating social effects of the neo-liberal policies conducted for several decades now, aspire to a better world, one that is democratic and respectful of others and that ensures a durable future for the planet's peoples and nations; because we believe that peace is linked directly to wealth being shared fairly throughout the world, we most strongly condemn terrorist acts, and in particular those that have just been committed in New York and Washington. And we do this all the more strongly because terrorism has always been used to halt and to end democratic freedoms. ATTAC France attacfr@attac.org Paris, 12th September, 2001 Translation: Amanda Galbe, volunteer translator coorditrad@attac.org --- 5. Indymedia Newswire CNN USING 1991 FOOTAGE of celebrating Palistinians by Marcio 10:32pm Wed Sep 12 '01 (Modified on 2:17am Thu Sep 13 '01) - Indymedia.org Newswire http://www.indymedia.org/front.php3?article_id=63288 There's an important point in the power of press, specifically the power of CNN. All around the world we are subjected to 3 or 4 huge news distributors, and one of them - as you well know - is CNN. Very well, I guess all of you have been seeing (just as I've been) images from this company. In particular, one set of images called my attencion: the Palestinians celebrating the bombing, out on the streets, eating some cake and making funny faces for the camera. Well, THOSE IMAGES WERE SHOT BACK IN 1991!!! Those are images of Palestinians celebrating the invasion of Kuwait! It's simply unacceptable that a super-power of comminications as CNN uses images which do not correspond to the reality in talking about so serious an issue. A teacher of mine, here in Brazil, has videotapes recorded in 1991, with the very same images; he's been sending emails to CNN, Globo (the major TV network in Brazil) and newspapers, denouncing what I myself classify as a crime against the public opinion. If anyone of you has access to this kind of files, serch for it. In the meanwhile, I'll try to 'put my hands' on a copy of this tape. But now, think for a moment about the impact of such images. Your people is hurt, emotionally fragile, and this kind broadcast have very high possibility of causing waves of anger and rage against Palestinians. It's simply irresponsible to show images such as those. Finally, I'd like to say that we all regret and condemn all that has happened in the last days; but Nikos has a point here. I really don't want to be misunderstood here, but the truth is that US government had shown no respect for other countries in the last decades. In the 60s and 70s they had halped lots of military coups throughout the world (including Brazil in 64). Later, with Reagan and Bush Father, theWashington Consensus have been demolishing the bases of our economies, making us more and more dependant (and, many of us, prehocupied with this situation). Your current president quickly made things worse: Kyoto Protocol, Star Wars, Colombia Plan, the exchange of rain forest for pieces of external debt, tha abandonment of the position of third party in negotiations between IRA and England, and between Palestinians and Israel. All those mistakes in US external politics made your country more hatred than before, and, of course, more vulnerable. Listen, I'm NOT justifying the terrorist actions that took place in your country; but it seems to me that, if your leaders had come along another path of thoughts and actions, you wouldn't be suffering what you are now. Best regards, and the hope that everything is resolved for the best of all of us. 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