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MARK YOUR CALENDARS PEOPLE... YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!!
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MARK YOUR CALENDARS PEOPLE... YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!!
The Violators MC Invites You To Its First Ever End Of Summer Party!
Saturday, September 17th at 11am @ The VMC Clubhouse
4160 Cartagena Dr, SD / CA 92115
We don't want you to have to wait for our Spring Party to get in on what everyone knows is one hell of a raffle prize table... or two... or three... You know how we do!
Plus the 50/50, your favorite vendors, we're gonna feed you and of course all your favorite beverages!
Live music from The Sickstring Outlaws!!!
All your favorite people will be there, as usual. Don't let them miss out on seeing you!
Ride, drive, fly, take a bus or Über... hell catch a ride with friends or start walking on Friday... We don't care how you get there... JUST GET THERE!!!
MARK YOUR CALENDARS PEOPLE... YOU DO NOT WANT TO MISS THIS ONE!!!
The Violators MC Invites You To Its First Ever End Of Summer Party!
Saturday, September 17th at 11am @ The VMC Clubhouse
4160 Cartagena Dr, SD / CA 92115
We don't want you to have to wait for our Spring Party to get in on what everyone knows is one hell of a raffle prize table... or two... or three... You know how we do!
Plus the 50/50, your favorite vendors, we're gonna feed you and of course all your favorite beverages!
Live music from The Sickstring Outlaws!!!
All your favorite people will be there, as usual. Don't let them miss out on seeing you!
Ride, drive, fly, take a bus or Über... hell catch a ride with friends or start walking on Friday... We don't care how you get there... JUST GET THERE!!!
Tuesday, July 26, 2016
Monday, July 25, 2016
Hackers create Safe Skies TSA master key from scratch, release designs
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Hackers (people who hack away at things until they figure them out) have made master copies of the TSA Safer Skies luggage key and distributed the plans on line.
This highlights the issue that we talked about earlier in the year when the government started trying to say that they should have a "master key" to all encryption to protect us from terrorists. Whenever a master key exists, it can be compromised. It would also mean your liberty can be compromised.
On Saturday evening, during the Eleventh HOPE conference in New York City, three hackers released the final master key used by the Transportation Security Administration (TSA), which opens Safe Skies luggage locks.
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In addition to releasing a 3D-printable model of the Safe Skies master key, the talk also addressed the techniques used to collect the intelligence leading to the compromise of the seven Travel Sentry keys in 2015, as well as vulnerabilities in the Safe Skies lock design.
The public release of this eighth and final key has once again exposed the problems created by key escrow.
Approved Locks:
TSA approved locks became a common sight at airports in 2003. Passengers were using locks to prevent theft, and the TSA wasn't thrilled with the overhead required to inspect baggage. Prior to the creation and availability of approved locks, the TSA would simply cut the lock off if a bag needed inspected. These days, under the approved locks program, the TSA can access bags by using a master key.The first is Travel Sentry, but they don't make their own locks. Travel Sentry authorizes a system of keys that can be used as standards for other lock manufacturers. The second company is Safe Skies. They do make their own locks, and hold the patents for the designs.
When the approved locks program was introduced, some felt the concept was security theater and wouldn’t actually provide additional protection from thieves. But it’s possible some travelers did believe in the concept stronger protection, as the TSA made claims in 2012 that the locks would "prevent anyone from removing items" from locked bags.
When asked for comments concerning the creation of a Safe Skies master key, the TSA sent Salted Hash a similar comment.
"These consumer products are convenience products that have nothing to do with TSA's aviation security regime," an agency spokesperson said.
"Carry on and checked bags are subject to the TSA's electronic screening and manual inspection. In addition, the reported accessibility of keys to unauthorized persons does not affect the physical security of bags while being screening by TSA officers."
But, as Johnny Xmas said during a recent interview with Salted Hash, the point being made isn't about "how bad men can lick your travel toothbrush" after opening your luggage with a printed key.
The point being made by the development and subsequent release of the eighth and final TSA master key centers on the dangers of government key escrow.
Travel Sentry and key escrow:
Testing the security of TSA approved locks is something lock enthusiasts have been working on since 2004.In late 2015, a hacker who goes by name of Xylit0l, using high-quality public images released by the TSA and published by Travel Sentry, as well as a ton of community-driven research, eventually produced 3D-printable copies of the Travel Sentry master keys.
Later, DarkSim905, Johnny Xmas, and another hacker by the name of MS3FGX, added to the project by fixing a few of the early design flaws and sharing knowledge.
The media coverage related to the Travel Sentry leak primarily focused on the fact that hackers could now break into luggage, which the hackers involved in the leak claimed completely missed the point.
"The point we were trying to make, which everyone involved stated very clearly over and over again, was that this was all an act of civil disobedience in order to create an excellent metaphor for the general public to better understand the inherent dangers of trusting a highly-targeted third-party to have the tools necessary to grant unfettered access to your stuff," Johnny Xmas said.
Around the time the Travel Sentry keys were released, Apple and the FBI were going to war over the FBI's demand that Apple develop a backdoor in their software. The backdoor would allow unrestricted access to the encrypted data on a person's iPhone or iPad, but the FBI claimed they would only use it when legally allowed.
Another way to put it – the FBI wanted Apple to give them a master key that would bypass the security protections on an Apple customer's device, one that would be held in escrow and only used when the FBI felt it necessary. However, no one trusted the FBI's ability to protect such golden keys.
"At its best key escrow creates a larger attack surface and places significant, if not complete, control or your security in the hands of a third-party. How much can you trust that third-party? If they're dishonest or greedy, they can steal your property or access your sensitive information without your knowledge or consent," explained Nite 0wl during a recent interview with Salted Hash.
Even if the third-party is completely honest, Nite 0wl added, "their security must be at least as good as your own or an attacker can get your keys from them instead of attacking your system directly."
Yet, at that point in time, those calling out the parallels between the Travel Sentry keys and the backdoors being sought by the FBI were routinely ignored.
"Security, encryption and protecting communications that many of us security researchers take for granted, are constantly under threat. Just because the average person was forced to share keys to their things (i.e. luggage), doesn't mean we should accept it for our electronic communications as a result," DarkSim905 said.
As mentioned, when the Travel Sentry story broke, most of the hackers involved felt the media missed the point entirely.
In all fairness, they were right to be frustrated. At no point, did the media contact Johnny Xmas, DarkSim905, Xylit0l, or MS3FGX to get additional details or confirm facts – a major misstep considering there were problems with some of the keys in the first place.
One Tweet made by Johnny Xmas at the time was widely circulated in the media, despite the fact it wasn't truthful.
"I had printed the keys up, confirmed they looked good, and then took that picture while I was out grabbing some dinner. I came home and began testing them, only to find the sizes were way too small," he explained.
Xmas posted a second message to Twitter after some testing, saying that he had the correct scale for the TSA keys. However, this wasn't correct either, as 004 and 006 needed serious work before they could function properly.
"All of this is of particular importance because at no time did anyone publishing these articles ever attempt to get in touch with me. I was making claims lofty enough to attract major media attention, and yet nobody ever attempted to verify the truthfulness of them," Xmas added.
Safe Skies:
The Safe Skies master key released during the Eleventh HOPE conference took some effort to engineer.According to research, Safe Skies only uses a single master key. Previously, Nite 0wl and the others had high-resolution images and design specs to work with on the Travel Sentry project. This time however, they had no such help, so things had to be done manually.
"Unlike the Travel Sentry keys, there is very little information about the exact design of the Safe Skies key floating around. There are no leaked documents, inadvisable publicity photos, or anything like that. Instead, I had to use more traditional locksmithing techniques to create a working key," Nite 0wl explained.
The first step in his research was to acquire Safe Skies locks for examination and testing. Nite 0wl purchased them from as many different sources as possible to ensure he had a diverse sample set to work with.
"Once I had blank keys that would fit the locks I needed to figure out what the cuts should be," Nite 0wl said.
This stage involved examining and comparing the user keys supplied with the sample locks, since he knew the master key could never exactly match one of the user keys. By doing so, he was able to eliminate those sets of cuts and look for patterns that would give him a rough idea of the pattern a master key would use.
"The big breakthrough was when I acquired several Safe Skies locks that used wafer-tumbler mechanisms instead of pin-tumbler mechanisms, because of the different mechanical design I was able to work out the master key cuts very quickly and then confirm that the key worked on all of the sample locks I had," he added.
The 3D model of the master key being released contains some additional work by Nite 0wl and the others, and it might require some additional tweaks due to the nature of consumer 3D printers, but the key itself is fully functional on Safe Skies locks.
"This was done by legally procuring actual locks, comparing the inner workings, and finding the common denominator. It's a great metaphor for how weak encryption mechanisms are broken - gather enough data, find the pattern, then just "math" out a universal key (or set of keys). What we're doing here is literally cracking physical encryption, and I fear that metaphor isn't going to be properly delivered to the public," Johnny Xmas commented.
Salted Hash reached out to Safe Skies and the TSA for comment. However, only the TSA responded.
Attempts were made to reach Safe Skies prior to publication via phone, email, and LinkedIn, but none were successful.
Sunday, July 24, 2016
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MRF Vision Zero & The Motorcyclist
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Friday, July 22, 2016
Motorcycle Clubs In Southern California
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Southern California Motorcycling Association. Home; Online payment using PayPal or your credit ca Affiliated Clubs; Event Calendar; Related Links;Southern California Vulcans : Club Profile The Guardians L.E.M.C. – California : Club Profile Sisters of Scota WMC : 2006 ValleySolutions & Motorcycle Club Index .The Southern California chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America (AMCA) was formed in 1972 and has nearly 45 years in Southern California.Are there any women motorcycle clubs in Southern California preferrably in the high desert? Or San Bernardino, Riverside areas?I hope other clubs step out of the box to really build the youth program as they are the future racers of D37! So Cal MC. 3 weeks ago . RIDERS INSTRUCTIONS BSA Owners Club of Southern California BSA: The Most Popular Motorcycle in the World!Southern California Confederation of Clubs. Run Flyers. Southern California Confederation of ClubsOn march 7th, 1968 The HESSIANS Motorcycle Club was founded in Southern California and expanded throughout the west coast. We have endured over four and a half Mongols motorcycle club members are shown here. (U.S. Department of Justice) The Southern California-centered Mongols Motorcycle Club has earned a reputation for List of outlaw motorcycle clubs This is an alphabetical list of notable outlaw motorcycle clubs Hangmen Motorcycle Club: 1960: Richmond, California, United States:
Southern California Motorcycling Association. Home; Online payment using PayPal or your credit ca Affiliated Clubs; Event Calendar; Related Links;Southern California Vulcans : Club Profile The Guardians L.E.M.C. – California : Club Profile Sisters of Scota WMC : 2006 ValleySolutions & Motorcycle Club Index .The Southern California chapter of the Antique Motorcycle Club of America (AMCA) was formed in 1972 and has nearly 45 years in Southern California.Are there any women motorcycle clubs in Southern California preferrably in the high desert? Or San Bernardino, Riverside areas?I hope other clubs step out of the box to really build the youth program as they are the future racers of D37! So Cal MC. 3 weeks ago . RIDERS INSTRUCTIONS BSA Owners Club of Southern California BSA: The Most Popular Motorcycle in the World!Southern California Confederation of Clubs. Run Flyers. Southern California Confederation of ClubsOn march 7th, 1968 The HESSIANS Motorcycle Club was founded in Southern California and expanded throughout the west coast. We have endured over four and a half Mongols motorcycle club members are shown here. (U.S. Department of Justice) The Southern California-centered Mongols Motorcycle Club has earned a reputation for List of outlaw motorcycle clubs This is an alphabetical list of notable outlaw motorcycle clubs Hangmen Motorcycle Club: 1960: Richmond, California, United States:
Thursday, July 21, 2016
CA - Feds Going After MC Colors
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Federal Government moving forward to seize club colors
Washington, DC (July 19, 2016) Federal prosecutors are ramping up efforts to seize the trademarks of Motorcycle Clubs in California and possibly the Midwest in a renewed effort to target the groups “patches” that members wear on their jackets and vests.
A First Amendment obstacle course still could lie ahead, experts warn, as officials go after organizations with names like the “Mongols” and the misspelled “Devils Diciples.”
But in new legal filings, prosecutors are keeping alive tactics begun during the presidency of George W. Bush to try to cripple the groups by seizing their assets.
In a July 11 appellate court filing, prosecutors wrote that “A select group of the gang, so-called ‘full-patched’ members,” had obtained federal trademark protection for “Two marks used by the gang to identify members and to terrorize enemies.” The filing called the Mongols’ registration “An audacious, novel move.”
The two trademarks cover a logo and a name that summon the organization’s identity.
“Gang rules . . . broadly recognize that only full-patched members, that is, the constituents of Mongol Nation, have full authority to use the word and rider images,” prosecutors stated in the new 30-page brief.
The filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit seeks to reinstate an indictment dismissed two years ago by a trial judge. If prosecutors succeed, the Justice Department could eventually secure control of the trademarks associated with Southern California-based Mongols Motorcycle Club.
An attorney for the Mongols was in court Tuesday and could not be reached for comment. A Justice Department spokesman could not be reached.
The government’s appeal in the Mongols’ case is the second this year in which the potential seizure of trademarks has figured in federal efforts to curtail organizations that prosecutors contend are criminal enterprises, not just clubs for like-minded motorcycle enthusiasts.
Six weeks ago, a Michigan-based federal judge issued an order suggesting that trademarks claimed by a motorcycle outfit called the Devils Diciples were fair game, following a wide-ranging indictment issued in 2012.
In his May 31 order, U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland ruled that one of the Devils Diciples’ defendants, who had pleaded guilty, would not be able to contest the potential forfeiture of any of the organization’s trademarks.
But Fritz Clapp, a Beverly Hills, California-based attorney who filed a trademark application for the Devils Diciples, said Tuesday that he was prepared to oppose any federal effort to seize the asset. “It is a subject of controversy,” Clapp said.
Full-patched members of the club identified themselves with patches, tattoos and insignia, including the word and rider images.
Conventional asset forfeiture is a popular tool for law enforcement. Assets worth more than $1.6 billion were deposited in the Justice Department’s Asset Forfeiture Fund during Fiscal 2015, according to the program’s most recent report.
The seized property ran the gamut, from a $1.3 million airplane taken in Denison, Texas, and $1.2 million in currency seized in Miami to $11 million in Bitcoin, the online currency, seized in San Francisco.
Intellectual property, though, has yet to become a common target for law enforcement, and the prospect of the government seizing names and logos raises myriad free-speech issues.
“The majority of Mongols have no criminal record and are not actually accused of anything except being Mongols,” Donald Charles Davis, who blogs under the name The Aging Rebel, said. “It would be both illegal and unfair to deny them of their constitutional rights based on Department of Justice propaganda.”
In 2008, then-U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien apparently broke new ground when he unveiled in Los Angeles a wide-ranging indictment of 79 Mongols for a variety of offenses. As part of his campaign, O’Brien sought the Mongols’ trademarks.
“If the court grants our request . . . then if any law enforcement officer sees a Mongol wearing his patch, he will be authorized to stop that gang member and literally take the jacket right off his back,” O’Brien said at the time.
The two trademarks cover the stylized name “Mongols” as well as the figure of a motorcycle rider wielding a sword. All but two of the original 79 defendants were eventually convicted.
A federal court, though, rejected the initial trademark forfeiture effort and ordered the Justice Department to pay $253,206 in legal fees to the attorneys who challenged it. Prosecutors returned with a new indictment of the Mongol Nation, which they described as a distinct legal entity.
A trial judge dismissed the Mongol Nation indictment last September, without getting to the potential trademark forfeiture issue, prompting the Justice Department to appeal.
If the Justice Department now succeeds in reviving the indictment, and eventually wins the criminal case, the trademark forfeiture issue roars back into play.
SOURCE: McClathy DC
Federal Government moving forward to seize club colors
Washington, DC (July 19, 2016) Federal prosecutors are ramping up efforts to seize the trademarks of Motorcycle Clubs in California and possibly the Midwest in a renewed effort to target the groups “patches” that members wear on their jackets and vests.
A First Amendment obstacle course still could lie ahead, experts warn, as officials go after organizations with names like the “Mongols” and the misspelled “Devils Diciples.”
But in new legal filings, prosecutors are keeping alive tactics begun during the presidency of George W. Bush to try to cripple the groups by seizing their assets.
In a July 11 appellate court filing, prosecutors wrote that “A select group of the gang, so-called ‘full-patched’ members,” had obtained federal trademark protection for “Two marks used by the gang to identify members and to terrorize enemies.” The filing called the Mongols’ registration “An audacious, novel move.”
The two trademarks cover a logo and a name that summon the organization’s identity.
“Gang rules . . . broadly recognize that only full-patched members, that is, the constituents of Mongol Nation, have full authority to use the word and rider images,” prosecutors stated in the new 30-page brief.
The filing with the U.S. Court of Appeals for the 9th Circuit seeks to reinstate an indictment dismissed two years ago by a trial judge. If prosecutors succeed, the Justice Department could eventually secure control of the trademarks associated with Southern California-based Mongols Motorcycle Club.
An attorney for the Mongols was in court Tuesday and could not be reached for comment. A Justice Department spokesman could not be reached.
The government’s appeal in the Mongols’ case is the second this year in which the potential seizure of trademarks has figured in federal efforts to curtail organizations that prosecutors contend are criminal enterprises, not just clubs for like-minded motorcycle enthusiasts.
Six weeks ago, a Michigan-based federal judge issued an order suggesting that trademarks claimed by a motorcycle outfit called the Devils Diciples were fair game, following a wide-ranging indictment issued in 2012.
In his May 31 order, U.S. District Judge Robert H. Cleland ruled that one of the Devils Diciples’ defendants, who had pleaded guilty, would not be able to contest the potential forfeiture of any of the organization’s trademarks.
But Fritz Clapp, a Beverly Hills, California-based attorney who filed a trademark application for the Devils Diciples, said Tuesday that he was prepared to oppose any federal effort to seize the asset. “It is a subject of controversy,” Clapp said.
Full-patched members of the club identified themselves with patches, tattoos and insignia, including the word and rider images.
Conventional asset forfeiture is a popular tool for law enforcement. Assets worth more than $1.6 billion were deposited in the Justice Department’s Asset Forfeiture Fund during Fiscal 2015, according to the program’s most recent report.
The seized property ran the gamut, from a $1.3 million airplane taken in Denison, Texas, and $1.2 million in currency seized in Miami to $11 million in Bitcoin, the online currency, seized in San Francisco.
Intellectual property, though, has yet to become a common target for law enforcement, and the prospect of the government seizing names and logos raises myriad free-speech issues.
“The majority of Mongols have no criminal record and are not actually accused of anything except being Mongols,” Donald Charles Davis, who blogs under the name The Aging Rebel, said. “It would be both illegal and unfair to deny them of their constitutional rights based on Department of Justice propaganda.”
In 2008, then-U.S. Attorney Thomas O’Brien apparently broke new ground when he unveiled in Los Angeles a wide-ranging indictment of 79 Mongols for a variety of offenses. As part of his campaign, O’Brien sought the Mongols’ trademarks.
“If the court grants our request . . . then if any law enforcement officer sees a Mongol wearing his patch, he will be authorized to stop that gang member and literally take the jacket right off his back,” O’Brien said at the time.
The two trademarks cover the stylized name “Mongols” as well as the figure of a motorcycle rider wielding a sword. All but two of the original 79 defendants were eventually convicted.
A federal court, though, rejected the initial trademark forfeiture effort and ordered the Justice Department to pay $253,206 in legal fees to the attorneys who challenged it. Prosecutors returned with a new indictment of the Mongol Nation, which they described as a distinct legal entity.
A trial judge dismissed the Mongol Nation indictment last September, without getting to the potential trademark forfeiture issue, prompting the Justice Department to appeal.
If the Justice Department now succeeds in reviving the indictment, and eventually wins the criminal case, the trademark forfeiture issue roars back into play.
SOURCE: McClathy DC
Mongols Mc New York
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MONGOLS MC and the Mongols logo (R) are trademarks owned by the Mongols Nation Motorcycle Club, All logos and designs are trademark protected by international law.the Mongols MC website lists new chapters in NY, Oregon, Indiana, and Canada. It shows pictures of NY members. Ace 1% claims to be an upstate NY member.OFFTHE WIRE agingrebel.com RICO prosecutions of motorcycle clubs are always demonstrations of propaganda – or as bureaucrats prefer to call it RICO prosecutions of motorcycle clubs are always demonstrations of propaganda – or as bureaucrats prefer to call it, “perception management.”Vagos MC New York, Booklyn, NY. 1,474 likes · 2 talking about this. Vagos MC New York is a part of the Green Nation, a national organization broughtNew York Mongol Set Free. January 31, 2014. All Posts, Features, News. COMANCHE 1%ER,South Side New York Mongols MC Says: February 8, 2014 at 9:16 am.The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a “one-percenter” outlaw motorcycle club and alleged organized crime syndicate.A So-Called Threat to the 81 In New York City The unfortunately popular New York City-based tabloid The New York Post published a short, vague, unresearched, and We are the Mongols MC Nation in G.T.A 5 Biker World G.T.A 5 Mongols MC New York Hell no, watch this bikers in New York! – Duration: 4:37.Mongols MC History The Mongol’s Motorcycle Club was established on December 5, 1969 in the East Los Angeles area in the city of Montebello, California.
MONGOLS MC and the Mongols logo (R) are trademarks owned by the Mongols Nation Motorcycle Club, All logos and designs are trademark protected by international law.the Mongols MC website lists new chapters in NY, Oregon, Indiana, and Canada. It shows pictures of NY members. Ace 1% claims to be an upstate NY member.OFFTHE WIRE agingrebel.com RICO prosecutions of motorcycle clubs are always demonstrations of propaganda – or as bureaucrats prefer to call it RICO prosecutions of motorcycle clubs are always demonstrations of propaganda – or as bureaucrats prefer to call it, “perception management.”Vagos MC New York, Booklyn, NY. 1,474 likes · 2 talking about this. Vagos MC New York is a part of the Green Nation, a national organization broughtNew York Mongol Set Free. January 31, 2014. All Posts, Features, News. COMANCHE 1%ER,South Side New York Mongols MC Says: February 8, 2014 at 9:16 am.The Mongols Motorcycle Club, sometimes called the Mongol Nation or Mongol Brotherhood, is a “one-percenter” outlaw motorcycle club and alleged organized crime syndicate.A So-Called Threat to the 81 In New York City The unfortunately popular New York City-based tabloid The New York Post published a short, vague, unresearched, and We are the Mongols MC Nation in G.T.A 5 Biker World G.T.A 5 Mongols MC New York Hell no, watch this bikers in New York! – Duration: 4:37.Mongols MC History The Mongol’s Motorcycle Club was established on December 5, 1969 in the East Los Angeles area in the city of Montebello, California.
Wednesday, July 20, 2016
No More Gang Enhancements in California Regardless of Crime!
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Chantille Mora Riverside, CA
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Chicago genius at its best. - Study Learns Chicago Criminals DON'T Buy Their Guns Legally
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The study examined and interviewed inmates in Chicago’s Cook County Jail who are either facing current gun charges, or have a background consisting of firearms related convictions.
The study learned that virtually zero criminals have ever used the internet or gun shows, because that method is easily traceable. It’s much safer for a criminal to acquire firearms on the streets where they’re harder to keep track of, and that’s most criminals method of choice.
Furthermore, University of Chicago Crime lab co-director, Harold Pollack, said that criminals “were less concerned about getting caught by the cops than being put in the position of not having a gun to defend themselves and then getting shot.”
Breitbart News reported:
(H/T: Breitbart News)
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Eric Reed
A recent study that was conducted by the University of Chicago’s Crime Lab has learned that Chicago criminals do not acquire their guns from gun shops, gun shows or the internet.
The study examined and interviewed inmates in Chicago’s Cook County Jail who are either facing current gun charges, or have a background consisting of firearms related convictions.
The study learned that virtually zero criminals have ever used the internet or gun shows, because that method is easily traceable. It’s much safer for a criminal to acquire firearms on the streets where they’re harder to keep track of, and that’s most criminals method of choice.
Furthermore, University of Chicago Crime lab co-director, Harold Pollack, said that criminals “were less concerned about getting caught by the cops than being put in the position of not having a gun to defend themselves and then getting shot.”
Breitbart News reported:
The vast majority of the inmates used handguns to commit their crimes or protect themselves, very few cited using “military-style assault weapons.” And they said their habit was to get rid of a gun after one year because of the “legal liability” of being caught with a gun that could be linked to crimes they or others committed.”So as it turns out, the study proves what gun rights groups have been saying all along. Gun-grabbers advocating for universal background checks are barking up the wrong tree. They’re nothing more than smoke and mirrors; a colossal waste of time that only inconveniences the law-abiding citizen.
As for specifics regarding sources for purchasing guns, some of the inmates indicated that gangs have individuals with a Firearm Owners Identification Card who buy guns then sell them to gang members. Others indicated using “corrupt cops” who seize guns then “put them back on the street.”
(H/T: Breitbart News)
Tuesday, July 19, 2016
Police are Creating Fake Facebook Accounts to Monitor You — Here’s How to ID a Fake Account
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Police Create Fake Profiles on Facebook and Attempt to Build Relationships Along With Monitor Your Friends and Events
Kristan T. Harris | American Intelligence Report
Police departments around the nation have taken predictive crime prevention to a new level by building fake user accounts, as well as posing as genuine people to gather information about local events, Tech.Mic reports.
Local agents put on a “digital mask” and pose as “members of the community,” allowing them to gather personal information about suspects they consider a high risk of being involved in a future crime or have existing charges.
In a social media guide for law enforcement officials published by the Justice Department, the document details, officers create fraudulent profiles even though Facebook officially bans the practice.
Departments are also beginning to use predictive analytical policing software, allowing authorities to patrol local neighborhoods based on social networking posts. If people are emotionally upset and publish it on social media networks, the software program labels the neighborhood high risk alerting law enforcement to occupy those areas.
In a recent article published by Business Insider one police officer answered a LexisNexis survey that he “was looking for a suspect related to drug charges for over a month. When I looked him up on Facebook and requested him as a friend from a fictitious profile, he accepted,” and “he kept ‘checking in’ everywhere he went, so I was able to track him down very easily.”
Another respondent wrote, “Social media is a valuable tool because you are able to see the activities of a target in his comfortable stage. Targets brag and post … information in reference to travel, hobbies, places visited, appointments, circle of friends, family members, relationships, actions, etc.”
Out of 1,221 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies that use social media today, more than 80% of the responding officials said social media was a powerful tool for crime-fighting and that “creating personas or profiles on social media outlets for use in law enforcement activities is ethical.”
The NYPD has even gone to the extreme to use photos of young attractive women on Facebook to spy on gang members, the New York Times reported.
No one seems to know if agencies use these photos with or without the consent of the person photographed.
Bradley Shear, an attorney and expert in social media and the law, is not quite sure how the justice system will handle challenges made to this style of policing. However, noting that “police often pose as prostitutes or drug dealers to catch criminals.”
We also know the government hires agents to sway political opinion under its notoriousOperation Mocking Bird Program.
How to identify a fake user account on Facebook.
Account was made recently 2015, 2016.
Account has no history published for earlier years, but Facebook says they have been a member since 2009, etc.
Most fake accounts have 1 image or no real profile photo of the person. Some may only have a select few photos over a long span of time. A well seasoned user would have more photos posted over a long period of time. A fake account may have 7-10 photos posted on the same day.
User has very few friends in common and or friends in general.
There is little to no interaction on their page with friends, no comments, likes or responses over their long time line.
Profile picture seems to good to be true, that hot model added you today! They even messaged you and are interested in you!
When in doubt use reverse image search. Take their image and see if it is a real person or not.
When in doubt deny, deny, deny.
Police Create Fake Profiles on Facebook and Attempt to Build Relationships Along With Monitor Your Friends and Events
Kristan T. Harris | American Intelligence Report
Police departments around the nation have taken predictive crime prevention to a new level by building fake user accounts, as well as posing as genuine people to gather information about local events, Tech.Mic reports.
Local agents put on a “digital mask” and pose as “members of the community,” allowing them to gather personal information about suspects they consider a high risk of being involved in a future crime or have existing charges.
In a social media guide for law enforcement officials published by the Justice Department, the document details, officers create fraudulent profiles even though Facebook officially bans the practice.
Departments are also beginning to use predictive analytical policing software, allowing authorities to patrol local neighborhoods based on social networking posts. If people are emotionally upset and publish it on social media networks, the software program labels the neighborhood high risk alerting law enforcement to occupy those areas.
In a recent article published by Business Insider one police officer answered a LexisNexis survey that he “was looking for a suspect related to drug charges for over a month. When I looked him up on Facebook and requested him as a friend from a fictitious profile, he accepted,” and “he kept ‘checking in’ everywhere he went, so I was able to track him down very easily.”
Another respondent wrote, “Social media is a valuable tool because you are able to see the activities of a target in his comfortable stage. Targets brag and post … information in reference to travel, hobbies, places visited, appointments, circle of friends, family members, relationships, actions, etc.”
Out of 1,221 federal, state, and local law enforcement agencies that use social media today, more than 80% of the responding officials said social media was a powerful tool for crime-fighting and that “creating personas or profiles on social media outlets for use in law enforcement activities is ethical.”
The NYPD has even gone to the extreme to use photos of young attractive women on Facebook to spy on gang members, the New York Times reported.
No one seems to know if agencies use these photos with or without the consent of the person photographed.
Bradley Shear, an attorney and expert in social media and the law, is not quite sure how the justice system will handle challenges made to this style of policing. However, noting that “police often pose as prostitutes or drug dealers to catch criminals.”
We also know the government hires agents to sway political opinion under its notoriousOperation Mocking Bird Program.
How to identify a fake user account on Facebook.
Account was made recently 2015, 2016.
Account has no history published for earlier years, but Facebook says they have been a member since 2009, etc.
Most fake accounts have 1 image or no real profile photo of the person. Some may only have a select few photos over a long span of time. A well seasoned user would have more photos posted over a long period of time. A fake account may have 7-10 photos posted on the same day.
User has very few friends in common and or friends in general.
There is little to no interaction on their page with friends, no comments, likes or responses over their long time line.
Profile picture seems to good to be true, that hot model added you today! They even messaged you and are interested in you!
When in doubt use reverse image search. Take their image and see if it is a real person or not.
When in doubt deny, deny, deny.
Monday, July 18, 2016
Is Something BIG Coming? Report: FEMA Just Quietly Activated Civilian Corps
OFF THE WIRE
The Daily Sheeple received this email tip from a source who received a message warning that FEMA just quietly activated it’s “hush hush” Civilian Corps last week.
The message began with, “That was the very odd message about FEMA that came into my spam box at work.”
The message is titled, “FEMA activates it’s hush hush Civilian Corps, why now?”
Click to enlarge it:
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It reads:
Shalom,
We received reports last week of various employees, citizens and etc. heading down to Atlanta Georgia to either the CDC (Center for Disease Control) and the Center for Community Preparedness (FEMA).
As far as we can tell it is true. One girl we spoke with actually gave a cover story for her absence and flight into ATL. We believe Federal Emergency Management Agency is actually activating its Civilian Corps. This is primarily a group of current and former government and military people, many with various training backgrounds to broad to cover here. [SIC]
While this group is unarmed, they are generally drafted from the fighting branches of the US Military, medical and communications. We were informed that several companies in Minnesota responded large numbers of their own veterans heading south. Only the families we asked confirmed where they were going and why. Few spoke to us without agreeing to anonymity.
Why is this an issue? Should it concern you?
YES! If you know anything about these guys, they are basis of Tom Clancy’s novel ‘The Division’. This is a real group of actual people, not some made up branch or etc. For FEMA to pull in it’s entire Civilian Corps to Atlanta last week for training means that something big is about to go down in the United States. While we can confirm, none of the people we spoke with gave us a straight answer. This is highly concerning. [emphasis added]
At this time, FEMA is denying the news.
Anyway, that’s the story as we know it.
The email is signed from NECHAMA, a Jewish non-profit disaster preparedness organization. The screen capture has been archived here.
Thoughts? Is something big about to go down in the U.S. or is this just a normal training situation? Seems like strange timing, right before Bilderberg and, coincidentally or not, right before what our government and mainstream media are reporting as the worst mass shooting in American history in Orlando (although it is not, there have been many worse mass shootings dating back to Indian massacres all the way up to the Waco massacre).
Is FEMA and Homeland Security preparing for something to go down that the rest of us are blissfully unaware of?
Once again, this is proof we need to be prepared either way.
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The Anatomy of a Breakdown
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Sunday, July 17, 2016
Saturday, July 16, 2016
BULLSHIT - Alert Followup: Camp Pendleton No Colors Memo 30Jun16.pdf
BULLCRAP Alert Followup: Camp Pendleton No Colors Memo 30Jun16.pdf
** Selective profiling/targeting/discrimination. As a Vet as well, this is slanderous and really pisses me off **
(Blog Article from the Aging Rebel - 07/12/16)
Every year or so, the Commanding General of Camp Pendleton in San Diego County issues a general order that lists “outlaw motorcycle gangs” the command staff believes pose “a criminal and security threat; inhibits the mission” of the base; “interfere with the loyalty, morale, good order, and discipline of” Camp Pendleton; “and discredit the reputation of the installation and the United States Marine Corps.”
The order “applies to all persons aboard MCB CamPen to include: military personnel, Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel, contractors, vendors, community pass holders, and any other customers, guests, or visitors.” The order forbids the display of insignia or other indicators of membership or support for the blacklisted clubs. The order doesn’t mention whether membership or support for the clubs might jeopardize civilian employment at Camp Pendleton.
The general order was distributed on June 30. The current list was assembled on May 16 by Charles Warmuth, the Special Agent in Charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Marine Corps West Field Office.
The List
According to Warmuth, the motorcycle clubs on the list are “criminal organizations or MCs that are closely aligned with criminal organizations such that they pose an immediate risk to the safety and integrity of the USMC and USN. MCs closely aligned with known criminal organizations are referred to as support clubs. Support clubs also participate in criminal activities as members are typically required to financially support MC criminal organizations by carrying out tasks, usually in the form of criminal acts, on behalf of that criminal organization.”
Warmuth explains, “The information supporting listing the below MCs is the product of coordination with the San Diego Sheriffs Department, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Gang Threat Assessment.”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwARyffUmq8DMS1EX1dHQ2FLbjg/view?usp=sharing
** Selective profiling/targeting/discrimination. As a Vet as well, this is slanderous and really pisses me off **
(Blog Article from the Aging Rebel - 07/12/16)
Every year or so, the Commanding General of Camp Pendleton in San Diego County issues a general order that lists “outlaw motorcycle gangs” the command staff believes pose “a criminal and security threat; inhibits the mission” of the base; “interfere with the loyalty, morale, good order, and discipline of” Camp Pendleton; “and discredit the reputation of the installation and the United States Marine Corps.”
The order “applies to all persons aboard MCB CamPen to include: military personnel, Department of Defense (DoD) civilian personnel, contractors, vendors, community pass holders, and any other customers, guests, or visitors.” The order forbids the display of insignia or other indicators of membership or support for the blacklisted clubs. The order doesn’t mention whether membership or support for the clubs might jeopardize civilian employment at Camp Pendleton.
The general order was distributed on June 30. The current list was assembled on May 16 by Charles Warmuth, the Special Agent in Charge of the Naval Criminal Investigative Service Marine Corps West Field Office.
The List
According to Warmuth, the motorcycle clubs on the list are “criminal organizations or MCs that are closely aligned with criminal organizations such that they pose an immediate risk to the safety and integrity of the USMC and USN. MCs closely aligned with known criminal organizations are referred to as support clubs. Support clubs also participate in criminal activities as members are typically required to financially support MC criminal organizations by carrying out tasks, usually in the form of criminal acts, on behalf of that criminal organization.”
Warmuth explains, “The information supporting listing the below MCs is the product of coordination with the San Diego Sheriffs Department, The Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms, and Explosives (BATFE), and the Federal Bureau of Investigation’s (FBI) Gang Threat Assessment.”
https://drive.google.com/file/d/0BwARyffUmq8DMS1EX1dHQ2FLbjg/view?usp=sharing
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