Secret backdoor conspiracy theory: Criticism of MS Windows

Secret backdoor conspiracy theory

In 1999 Andrew Fernandez, chief scientist with Cryptonym of Morrisville, North Carolina found a cryptographic public key stored in the variable _KEY and a second key labeled NSAKEY. The discovery lead to a flurry of speculation and conspiracy theories; such as the second key could be owned by the United States National Security Agency (the NSA), and that it could allow the intelligence agency to subvert any Windows user's security. Also researcher Dr. Nicko van Someren discovered these cryptographic keys and a third key in the ADVAPI.DLL file which, at that time, existed in Windows 2000 before its release. Concerns were raised about CPUs with encrypted instruction sets which, if they existed during that time, would have made it impossible to discover the cryptographic keys.

Microsoft denied the allegations — Microsoft attributes the naming of the key was due to a technical review by the NSA pointing out a backup key was required to conform to regulations.

No evidence other than the name of the key has ever been presented that the key enabled a backdoor.

Cryptographer and computer security specialist Bruce Schneier has also argued against the conspiracy theory pointing out that if the NSA wanted a back door into Windows with Microsoft's consent, they would not need their own cryptographic key to do so.

The cryptographic keys have been included in all versions of Windows from Windows 95 OSR2 onwards.

[SOURCE] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Criticism_of_Microsoft_Windows#Secret_backdoor_conspiracy_theory

[RELATED] http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/NSAKEY

UK Police Launch Campaign to Shut Down Torrent Sites

City of London Police inform TorrentFreak that they have begun targeting sites that provide access to unauthorized content for “criminal gain.” The initiative is part of a collaboration with Hollywood studios represented by FACT and the major recording labels of the BPI. In letters being sent out now, police accuse site operators of committing offenses under the Serious Crime Act. The National Fraud Intelligence Bureau further warns that the crimes carry a jail sentence of 10 years.

Authorities and entertainment industry companies in the UK are working together on a new initiative which targets sites said to be offering copyrighted material without permission, TorrentFreak has learned.

The first signs came last week when a major torrent site received a letter from the National Fraud Intelligence Bureau (NFIB), a unit set up following the Government’s National Fraud Review. The unit has a mission to identify serial offenders and organized crime gangs in order to disrupt their activities.

The letter (copy below), sent to “The owners and/or operators of the website known as ‘XXXXX’,” states that the NFIB has become particularly concerned by websites causing harm to the UK’s creative economy.

SOURCES: http://torrentfreak.com/uk-police-launch-campaign-to-shut-down-torrent-sites-130604/

2012 Delhi gang rape case

A female physiotherapy^[1] student was gang raped in Delhi on 16 December 2012.^[2][3] The woman, whose name has not been disclosed, is referred to as Damini (after the 1993 Hindi film Damini), Nirbhaya and Amanat by the Indian public and media.^[4][5] The victim, with a male companion, boarded a bus in South Delhi around 9:30 pm^[1]after watching a film (movie). They both were assaulted by a group of six males already on board the bus, who raped the woman.^[6] The young woman is being treated atSafdarjang Hospital, where she has been on ventilator support for five days.^[7][8]

The incident has generated public protests and international coverage,^[2][6][9] being condemned by the United Nations Entity for Gender Equality and the Empowerment of Women, who called on the Government of India and the Government of Delhi “to do everything in their power to take up radical reforms, ensure justice and reach out with robust public services to make women’s lives more safe and secure”.^[10]

At the suggestion of Sheila Dikshit, Delhi Chief Minister, five fast track courts were approved to try the rape cases.^[11] The Parliament’s Standing Committee on Home Affairs meets on 27 December 2012 to discuss the issue, with summonses for Union Home Secretary R. K. Singh and Delhi Police Commissioner Neeraj Kumar.^[12] On 21 December 2012, the government promised to file the charge sheet “quickly” and seek the maximum penalty of life imprisonment for the perpetrators.^[13]

Read more @wikipedia: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Delhi_gang_rape_case

Street cleaner dies after stabbing

A street cleaner who tried to stop a burglar making a getaway has died after being stabbed in the torso.

The eastern European man, aged 40, died in St Mary's Hospital, Paddington, Scotland Yard said.
Police said they were called to an assault in Rylett Road, west London, just before 2pm on Wednesday and found the man with a stab wound to the torso.
Six people have been arrested in connection with the incident.

Read more: http://www.belfasttelegraph.co.uk/news/local-national/uk/street-cleaner-dies-after-stabbing-16204567.html#ixzz254FG78Ql

Kelly: Disgruntled Employee Kills One Before Being Shot Dead By Cops Near Empire State Building

NEW YORK (CBSNewYork) – A disgruntled employee recently fired from his job shot and killed one of his co-workers then opened fire on the street near the Empire State Building before being shot and killed by police, authorities said Friday.

The suspect has been identified as Jeffrey Johnson, Police Commissioner Ray Kelly said.

At 9:03 a.m. Friday, police said Johnson walked into Hazan Imports at 10 West 33rd Street where he had worked for six years and got into a dispute with his former co-worker before shooting him three times, Kelly said.

Read more: http://newyork.cbslocal.com/2012/08/24/multiple-people-reported-shot-near-empire-state-building/

Wisconsin Shooting: 7 People Killed At Sikh Temple, Including Shooter (LIVE UPDATES)

OAK CREEK, Wis., Aug 5 (Reuters) - A gunman killed six people and critically wounded three at a Sikh temple during Sunday services before police shot him dead in an attack that authorities are treating as an act of domestic terrorism.

Witnesses said the gunman opened fire when he entered the kitchen at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee at about 10:30 a.m. CDT (1530 GMT) as women prepared a Sunday meal, sending worshippers fleeing to escape the barrage.

The suspect was a bald, white man, approximately 40 years old, said Thomas Ahern, a spokesman for the U.S. Bureau of Alcohol, Tobacco, Firearms and Explosives. Authorities did not release his identity.

Four people were shot dead inside the sprawling temple. Three, including the gunman, were killed outside.

Read more: http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2012/08/05/wisconsin-shooting-sikh-temple_n_1744256.html

Sikh temple shooting suspect identified as Wade Michael Page; Motivation unclear

(CBS/AP) OAK CREEK, Wis. - The gunman who killed six people at a Sikh temple in Wisconsin before being shot to death by police was identified Monday as a 40-year-old Army veteran and former leader of a white supremacist heavy metal band.

The mug shot handed out by the FBI of the suspect Wade Michael Page after a press conference on the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin where a gunman fired upon people at service August, 6, 2012 in Oak Creek, Wisconsin.

(Credit: CBS/FBI via Getty Images)

Wade Michael Page strode into the temple carrying a 9mm handgun and multiple magazines of ammunition and opened fire without saying a word, authorities said.

When the shooting at the Sikh Temple of Wisconsin in suburban Milwaukee ended, six victims ranging in age from 39 to 84 years old lay dead. Three others were critically wounded.

According to sources in the Army, Page enlisted in April 1992 and was a repairmen for the Hawk missile system before switching jobs to become one of the Army's psychological operations specialists assigned to a battalion at Fort Bragg, N.C.

Read more: http://www.cbsnews.com/8301-201_162-57487094/sikh-temple-shooting-suspect-identified-as-wade-michael-page-motivation-unclear/

WASHINGTON -- Federal investigators had “looked at” Sikh temple gunman Wade Michael Page more than once because of his associations with right-wing extremists and the possibility that he was providing funding to a domestic terrorist group, but law enforcement officials at the time determined there was not enough evidence of a crime to open an investigation, a senior U.S. law enforcement official said.

The official, who spoke on condition of anonymity because he was not authorized to speak to the media, would not say Monday which law enforcement agency had considered investigating Page, or when.

From Los Angeles Times: http://www.latimes.com/news/nation/nationnow/la-na-nn-investigators-kept-tabs-alleged-sikh-temple-shooter-20120806,0,2390104.story

Holmes' psychiatrist was disciplined by Colorado Medical Board

Dr. Lynne Fenton, the University of Colorado psychiatrist who was treating James E. Holmes, according to a court filing by his attorneys, was disciplined by the Colorado Medical Board in 2005.

State records show Fenton was reprimanded by theColorado Board of Medical Examiners, received a letter of admonition and was required to take a documentation course. Records detailing the discipline were not immediately available Saturday. Neither Fenton nor Colorado medical board staff could be reached for comment Saturday.

Read more:  http://www.csmonitor.com/USA/Latest-News-Wires/2012/0729/Holmes-psychiatrist-was-disciplined-by-Colorado-Medical-Board

Maryland man found with dozens of weapons, says he's the Joker

Police detained a Maryland man and recovered numerous guns from a home Thursday night after he allegedly made threats referring to the Joker this week.

Julie Parker, a spokeswoman for the Prince George's County police, said Friday that authorities had "thwarted a terrorist threat.

Read more: http://usnews.nbcnews.com/_news/2012/07/27/12993058-maryland-man-found-with-dozens-of-weapons-says-hes-the-joker?lite

Theater 'gunman' J. E. Holmes

He was initially an excellent student. Prior to the attack, he was in the process of leaving a neuroscience doctoral program.^[27]

Holmes had no criminal record prior to the shooting.

Holmes was initially jailed at Arapahoe Detention Center, under suicide watch.

• Bottom left: Map of Colorado with Denver and Aurora marked
• Top: Map of central Aurora
• Bottom right: Aurora Town Center 
• and the location of the Century 16 cinema (src: http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting)

In court

Theater 'gunman' makes first court appearance, has reddish orange hair

Read more: http://www.nypost.com/p/news/national/colo_massacre_suspect_mum_as_he_u7cmDKWFZ3fckw36trd9II#ixzz21TJppHD5

J.E. Holmes's Sales Receipt

Related:

 Holmes was clearly heavily drugged and was incapable of speech.  Like Timothy McVeigh and Jared Lee Laughner we will neverhear him speak past a few mumblings from his drug induced walking coma.

>>http://fromthetrenchesworldreport.com/colorado-mind-control-subject-james-homes-is-arraigned-updated-with-video/18153/

A 6-year-old video shows James Holmes as a teenager presenting at science camp — the first footage of the Colorado shooting suspect to emerge in the wake of the massacre.

>>http://www.theblaze.com/stories/first-video-of-james-holmes-emerges-18-year-old-presenting-at-science-camp/

>>http://thelede.blogs.nytimes.com/2012/07/22/video-james-holmes-speaking-at-science-camp/

Of course, the official version of the story states that Holmes went to an exit, propped the door open, went outside, retrieved his weapons and body armor, etc. and then returned.

>>Colorado Movie Theater Massacre

>>The sales receipt (PDF)
>>wikipedia page
>>http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/2012_Aurora_shooting

Other related:
>>"he's a godchild of Dr D E Cameron". (Check it GLP)

Colorado Movie Shooting: Who Is James Holmes? - ABC News

Colorado Movie Shooting: Who Is James Holmes? - ABC News

Lone Gunmen Always a Law Enforcement Challenge

The lone gunman keeps law enforcement officers across the country awake at night.
He's hard to pick out of a crowd. He has no criminal record. Often, he hasn't told anyone about his plans. He's compiled a weapons cache legally. He doesn't show up on any law enforcement radar until after he's acted.

Source: ABC News
Read more: http://abcnews.go.com/US/wireStory/lone-gunmen-law-enforcement-challenge-16830696#.UAv-2ng0e5A