Here is what the Security Scrapbook looked like 10 years ago... (Some links are now dead.)
"They're GR-R-REAT!®"When the CIA's secret
gadget-makers invented a listening device for the Asian jungles, they
disguised it so the enemy wouldn't be tempted to pick it up and examine
it: The device looked like tiger droppings. The guise worked. ... The
CIA's Directorate of Science and Technology is celebrating its 40th
anniversary by revealing a few dozen of its secrets for a new museum
inside its headquarters near Washington. Keith Melton, a leading
historian of intelligence, calls it "the finest spy musuem you'll never
see." It is accessible only to CIA employees and guests admitted to
those closed quarters.
http://www.securityfocus.com/news/7721
See the e-poop at...
https://www.cia.gov/about-cia/cia-museum/experience-the-collection/index.html#!/artifact/17
SPECIAL SECTION -- The Jacko Show
...but not good for the gander-er.Last
week, Jackson and his lawyer learned they were secretly videotaped by a
camera hidden aboard the plane when Jackson traveled from Las Vegas to
Santa Barbara to turn himself in. The discovery triggered an FBI
investigation and a lawsuit by Jackson against the charter jet company.
(Charter companies might record passenger cabin video to document any
damage done by... oh say... rock stars who might party too hearty and
cause damage.)
http://www.iol.co.za/index.php?click_id=22&art
It's Plain View Doctrine, not Plane View Doctrine, Jimmy.A
man claiming to be a news and photo agency reporter was arrested after
Jackson's security staff found him aboard the entertainer's private
plane while Jackson was surrendering to authorities.
http://washingtontimes.com/national/20031127-102246-4233r.htm
NSS...Sheriff's
officials said several wireless microphones discovered outside their
headquarters could be the latest of several attempts by journalists to
surreptitiously get information on the Michael Jackson molestation case.
The devices were found in a brushy area where Sheriff's Department
employees frequently take breaks and where reporters are not normally
allowed. Officials did not say when they discovered the microphones.
http://www.local6.com/news/2671587/detail.html
I always feel like
Somebody's watching me
Can I have my privacy (...and Moon Walk stage left)
Michael
Jackson thinks authorities may be spying on him in his own home. The
Gloved One is said to be so fearful that his Neverland ranch has been
bugged, he's even looking at his teddy bears suspiciously. A Jackson
insider tells us the singer believes that law-enforcement officers may
have planted electronic surveillance devices in his mansion last month
when they spent 12 hours searching the grounds for evidence that he
molested a 12-year-old boy. "He ordered a sweep of the entire place,"
said the source. "They're even running the teddy bears through
radio-frequency sensors to see if there might be transmitters inside."
http://www.nydailynews.com/front/story/142156p-125978c.html
http://tinyurl.com/xz1s (Somebody's Watching Me - lyrics)
The plot thickens...COURT
TV anchor Diane Dimond, who reported on the first days of the Michael
Jackson sex case a decade ago, is the latest to be caught up in a
Hollywood phone-bugging scandal. Dimond said yesterday that authorities
have informed her that wiretaps on her phone from 1994 are part of
evidence seized by the FBI last year from the computer of Hollywood
private eye Anthony Pellicano. Dimond was a reporter for "Hard Copy" in
1993 in the first days after the story broke of a youngster accusing
Jackson of sexually molesting him. Pellicano worked for Jackson's
attorney, Harold Weitzman. (Have a feeling we'll hear more about Mr.
Pellicano?)
http://www.nypost.com/entertainment/10576.htm
SPECIAL SECTION -- "Teach your children well..."
In the 1960's...Children
were influenced by spy movies, TV shows and associated toys in a
positive way. The 'spies' rarely spied. They were heros. They fought
against evil-doers. They did "good." (Secret Agent / Danger Man, The Man
from U.N.C.L.E., I Spy, James Bond - 007, Mission Impossible, The
Prisoner, The Saint, The Avengers...)
By the 1980's...The spies' toys had become the heros. Eavesdropping, snooping and general spying had become "cute."
Some people recognized this and raised editorial warning flags..."In
becoming accustomed to such toys and the pleasures they bring, the
seeds of an amoral and suspicious adulthood are unwittingly being
cultivated." - from the article, You'd Better Watch Out! This is the
Year of Spying Kits for Kids, Gary T. Marx, The Los Angeles Times, 1988.
http://www.spybusters.com/The_spying_problem_worsens.html
By the 21st century..."Competitive
Intelligence" had become an established job description. Corporate
eavesdropping and espionage inspections had become a routine necessity
for survival. And Murray Associates (http://www.spybusters.com) celebrated 25 years in business with one specialty - eavesdropping auditing.
Today...Kiddy
eavesdropping, snooping and general spying toys are now
theme-corporations, e.g. Wild Planet's Spy Gear, Undercover Girl and
Girl Tech. Even the venerable "Discovery Channel" offers twelve
children's spy toys for sale, including a "Night Spy Dart Launcher" for
"ages 5+" !!!
Logical Conclusion...Toys teach.
We reap what we sow.
ODDBALL
Bored?
Call a pay phone on the observation deck of the Eiffel Tower, Paris, France and see who answers. +33 (0)1 47 53 75 68
http://www.payphone-project.com/
Really Really Bored?There
were two old men, one a retired professor of psychology, and the other a
retired professor of history. Their wives had talked them into a two
week stay at a hotel in the mountains. They were sitting around on the
porch of the hotel watching the sun set. The history professor said to
the psychology professor, "Have you read Marx?"
To which the professor of psychology said,
"Yes, I think it's the wicker chairs!"
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