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The Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than $62 million for
information that prevented international terrorist attacks or helped
bring to justice those involved in prior acts.
The following examples are based on real-life instances where rewards
were paid. Details have been fictionalized to protect identities.
After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, accused
bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef fled the U.S. Leaflets and posters, even
matchbooks, were distributed world-wide seeking this fugitive. Not
long after, an informant offered a tip regarding Yousef's
whereabouts. He was captured in Pakistan and is now in jail in the
U.S. The informant received a reward for sharing this knowledge.
Forty-eight hours before an airport bombing was set to occur, it was
stopped by a brave young man who stepped forward with information.
The terrorist had already assembled automatic weapons , grenades, and
explosives. The young man received a significant reward and this
family was relocated to a safe place. Hundreds of lives were saved.
A young woman came forward with information regarding aircraft
hijackers who brutally beat passengers. She stated that she "felt
strongly about justice being done." The team leader of the hijackers
was returned to the U.S. and is imprisoned on air piracy charges.
A young woman, a student at a foreign university, witnessed the
brutal assassination of a U.S. diplomat. Two attackers were placed in
a foreign prison for life as a result of the information she
provided. She received a reward.
In addition to a cash reward, personal protection is available. You
and your family may be relocated to a safe location, and have an
opportunity to start a new life, pay for a home, and educate your
children.
Rewards work. Rewards do get paid. Thousands of people around the
world are alive because of them.
1-800-US REWARDS
1-800-877-3927
Rewards for Justice
Washington, D.C.
USA
20522-0303
To all,
If anyone here has had any dealings with Joanna Spano or Kerry Spano
of CaseBreak International in North Richland Hills, Texas, I'd like
to hear about it. Please send me a private email if you'd care to
converse with me about these two people.
Thank you for your time.
Rick.
Hi there Alfred
thats intresting news.However i do have one question.Does the reward for Justice
programme contract,authorise and /or actively assist independant entities to
look up wanted persons.
for instance,There is high suspicion of a Rwandan Kabga wanted for genocide
crimes.Does the programme seek individual help in such cases?
Regards
Lydspi
Nairobi
Carol
Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote: The
Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than $62 million for
information that prevented international terrorist attacks or helped
bring to justice those involved in prior acts.
The following examples are based on real-life instances where rewards
were paid. Details have been fictionalized to protect identities.
After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, accused
bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef fled the U.S. Leaflets and posters, even
matchbooks, were distributed world-wide seeking this fugitive. Not
long after, an informant offered a tip regarding Yousef's
whereabouts. He was captured in Pakistan and is now in jail in the
U.S. The informant received a reward for sharing this knowledge.
Forty-eight hours before an airport bombing was set to occur, it was
stopped by a brave young man who stepped forward with information.
The terrorist had already assembled automatic weapons , grenades, and
explosives. The young man received a significant reward and this
family was relocated to a safe place. Hundreds of lives were saved.
A young woman came forward with information regarding aircraft
hijackers who brutally beat passengers. She stated that she "felt
strongly about justice being done." The team leader of the hijackers
was returned to the U.S. and is imprisoned on air piracy charges.
A young woman, a student at a foreign university, witnessed the
brutal assassination of a U.S. diplomat. Two attackers were placed in
a foreign prison for life as a result of the information she
provided. She received a reward.
In addition to a cash reward, personal protection is available. You
and your family may be relocated to a safe location, and have an
opportunity to start a new life, pay for a home, and educate your
children.
Rewards work. Rewards do get paid. Thousands of people around the
world are alive because of them.
1-800-US REWARDS
1-800-877-3927
Rewards for Justice
Washington, D.C.
USA
20522-0303
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Hi there Alfred
thats intresting news.However i do have one question.Does the reward for Justice
programme contract,authorise and /or actively assist independant entities to
look up wanted persons.
for instance,There is high suspicion of a Rwandan Kabga wanted for genocide
crimes.Does the programme seek individual help in such cases?
Regards
Lydspi
Nairobi
Carol
Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote: The
Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than $62 million for
information that prevented international terrorist attacks or helped
bring to justice those involved in prior acts.
The following examples are based on real-life instances where rewards
were paid. Details have been fictionalized to protect identities.
After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York, accused
bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef fled the U.S. Leaflets and posters, even
matchbooks, were distributed world-wide seeking this fugitive. Not
long after, an informant offered a tip regarding Yousef's
whereabouts. He was captured in Pakistan and is now in jail in the
U.S. The informant received a reward for sharing this knowledge.
Forty-eight hours before an airport bombing was set to occur, it was
stopped by a brave young man who stepped forward with information.
The terrorist had already assembled automatic weapons , grenades, and
explosives. The young man received a significant reward and this
family was relocated to a safe place. Hundreds of lives were saved.
A young woman came forward with information regarding aircraft
hijackers who brutally beat passengers. She stated that she "felt
strongly about justice being done." The team leader of the hijackers
was returned to the U.S. and is imprisoned on air piracy charges.
A young woman, a student at a foreign university, witnessed the
brutal assassination of a U.S. diplomat. Two attackers were placed in
a foreign prison for life as a result of the information she
provided. She received a reward.
In addition to a cash reward, personal protection is available. You
and your family may be relocated to a safe location, and have an
opportunity to start a new life, pay for a home, and educate your
children.
Rewards work. Rewards do get paid. Thousands of people around the
world are alive because of them.
1-800-US REWARDS
1-800-877-3927
Rewards for Justice
Washington, D.C.
USA
20522-0303
---------------------------------
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Hello Carol,
Now you have raised a very intersting question. I am not that well
versed in this program, in fact, it was news to myself as well when
I read it...intelectually, I would say no. My rationale would be
that since they are offereing the reward that it is expected that
you as an individual or group would provide all the grunt work
associated. Subtract your cost from the top of the reward, and
there you have it your net profit/gain.
My further thoughts would be that if you have a lead on an
individual, that you could work with a group that would be able to
provide you with the logistics, intelligence and so forth with the
understanding that they will be properly compensated once things are
wrapped up. Of course, a true professional would understand this.
Does anyone else have any insight ?
Alfred Smith
Alfred Smith Detective Agency
Indianapolis, Indiana
--- In infoguys-list@yahoogroups.com, "c.o" <lickermo@...> wrote:
>
> Hi there Alfred
> thats intresting news.However i do have one question.Does the
reward for Justice programme contract,authorise and /or actively
assist independant entities to look up wanted persons.
> for instance,There is high suspicion of a Rwandan Kabga wanted for
genocide crimes.Does the programme seek individual help in such
cases?
> Regards
> Lydspi
> Nairobi
> Carol
>
> Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote:
The Rewards for Justice Program has paid more than $62 million for
> information that prevented international terrorist attacks or
helped
> bring to justice those involved in prior acts.
>
> The following examples are based on real-life instances where
rewards
> were paid. Details have been fictionalized to protect identities.
>
> After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York,
accused
> bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef fled the U.S. Leaflets and posters, even
> matchbooks, were distributed world-wide seeking this fugitive. Not
> long after, an informant offered a tip regarding Yousef's
> whereabouts. He was captured in Pakistan and is now in jail in the
> U.S. The informant received a reward for sharing this knowledge.
>
> Forty-eight hours before an airport bombing was set to occur, it
was
> stopped by a brave young man who stepped forward with information.
> The terrorist had already assembled automatic weapons , grenades,
and
> explosives. The young man received a significant reward and this
> family was relocated to a safe place. Hundreds of lives were
saved.
>
> A young woman came forward with information regarding aircraft
> hijackers who brutally beat passengers. She stated that she "felt
> strongly about justice being done." The team leader of the
hijackers
> was returned to the U.S. and is imprisoned on air piracy charges.
>
> A young woman, a student at a foreign university, witnessed the
> brutal assassination of a U.S. diplomat. Two attackers were
placed in
> a foreign prison for life as a result of the information she
> provided. She received a reward.
>
> In addition to a cash reward, personal protection is available.
You
> and your family may be relocated to a safe location, and have an
> opportunity to start a new life, pay for a home, and educate your
> children.
>
> Rewards work. Rewards do get paid. Thousands of people around the
> world are alive because of them.
>
> 1-800-US REWARDS
> 1-800-877-3927
>
> Rewards for Justice
> Washington, D.C.
> USA
> 20522-0303
>
>
>
>
>
>
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With regards to the Program.
The following are questions and any with regards to
the rewards.
Q: Can you provide some information about the Rewards
for Justice Program?
Answer:
The goal of the Rewards for Justice Program is to
bring international terrorists to justice and prevent
acts of international terrorism against the United
States.
Under the program, the Secretary of State may offer
rewards up to $25 million for information that
prevents, frustrates, or favorably resolves acts of
international terrorism against U.S. interests
worldwide, or leads to the arrest or conviction, in
any country, of terrorists responsible for such acts.
The Program has been an effective tool in the fight
against international terrorism.
Since the program's inception, the United States has
paid over $62 million to over 40 people who have
provided credible information that put terrorists
behind bars or prevented acts of international
terrorism worldwide.
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Q: How effective is the program?
Answer:
The program saves lives. People have provided
information that has helped us prevent or favorably
resolve acts of international terrorism against U.S.
interests and put terrorists in prison, thereby saving
thousands of innocent lives.
Q: Can you provide some details on specific rewards
payments?
Answer:
The largest payment to date was $30 million. A key
aspect of this program is that we ensure that
responses to our Rewards Campaigns are kept strictly
confidential.
In order to ensure the safety of people who provide us
with information, we do not comment on specific
rewards payments or cases in which we have paid a
reward.
However, the Rewards for Justice Program has been
enormously successful over the years. Our advertising
campaigns played an important part in the capture of
terrorist Ramzi Yousef.
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Q: Can a person receive a reward for information on a
terrorist not on the most wanted list?
Answer:
Yes, if the terrorist has been involved in or was
planning an attack against U.S. persons and/or
property. In addition, a reward may be paid for the
identification or location of a key leader of a
terrorist organization. RFJ can also pay rewards for
information on a member of a drug cartel who is
trafficking drugs to help raise money to sustain or
support a terrorist organization or to finance acts of
international terrorism.
Q: What if a source risks his/her life to provide
information on a terrorist and then he/she finds that
his/her life is in danger? Can the Rewards for Justice
Program provide protection?
Answer:
Yes, protection and relocation of a source and his/her
family are available if it is deemed necessary for
security reasons. Many rewards program participants
have been relocated in the past, but we cannot provide
details due to the assurance of strict
confidentiality. These matters are considered on a
case by case basis.
Q: How can we be sure that you've actually paid
rewards if you won't give us specifics?
Answer:
We provide a classified report to Congress each time a
reward is paid under this program, but specific
rewards amounts have been made public. There have been
several public RFJ rewards ceremonies in the
Philippines, for example, and the record $30 million
reward amount for information leading to the location
of Uday and Qusay Hussein was also confirmed. Click
here for more information.
Q: What about the reported $25 million in the
September 11 attacks?
Answer:
The Patriot Act of 2001 raised the reward amount to
$25 million in the September 11th attacks only.
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Q: Is the money all government or some private?
Answer:
The money offered here comes from the U.S. Government.
In cases involving U.S. civil aviation, the Air
Transport Association of America and the Airline
Pilots Association International have pledged up to $
1 million each in funds to supplement rewards paid by
the U.S. Government.
Q: Can you provide details on the Rewards for Justice
Fund?
Answer:
The Rewards for Justice Fund is a non-governmental,
non-profit 501 (c) (3) charitable organization created
and administered by a group of private American
citizens.
The group approached the State Department shortly
after the September 11 attacks, requesting approval to
raise money through donations from the general public
to support the Rewards for Justice Program.
We reviewed this proposal and support the efforts of
the Rewards for Justice Fund.
Additional questions should be directed to the Fund at
the website www.rewardsfund.org
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Q: How is the size of a reward amount determined?
Answer:
The process for paying a reward:
A person is nominated for a reward from a U.S.
investigating agency.
An interagency committee chaired by the Department of
State evaluates the information provided and
determines if a reward should be paid.
If the committee believes a reward should be paid, it
then sets an amount for payment.
The committee determines the size of the reward
payment based on a number of factors, including the
value of the information provided, the risk faced by
the informant, and the degree of the informant's
cooperation in an investigation or trial.
A recommendation for payment is made to the Secretary
of State.
The Secretary then consults with the Attorney General.
If both approve the reward, then a reward is paid.
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Q: What agencies sit on the interagency committee?
Answer:
State Department (Chair)
National Security Council
Department Of Justice
FBI
CIA
Other Agencies, depending upon the particular case
(Note: For example, if the case involves civil
aviation, we would invite the FAA to participate.)
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Q: Are there any exclusionary provisions for
eligibility that would keep those certain people from
getting a reward? How about people with unsavory
backgrounds?
Answer:
Under the U.S. law that governs the program, federal,
state, and local government employees are not eligible
for a reward if they provide information while in the
performance of their official duties.
While there are no other statutory exclusions for
rewards payments, we closely examine the backgrounds
of those individuals nominated for rewards payments.
Q: By offering a reward, aren't you encouraging bounty
hunters?
Answer:
The Rewards for Justice Program offers rewards for
information.
We discourage bounty hunters or other non-governmental
entities from pursuing the capture of terrorists.
People with information should contact the FBI, the
nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate, or contact us at
Rewards for Justice, Washington D.C. 20522-0303, USA
or call 1-800-US-REWARDS, or RFJ@....
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Q: How do you advertise the rewards?
Answer:
We use posters, matchbooks, paid advertisements
(radio, newspapers), the Internet, and any other
avenue we feel is appropriate to assist in disrupting
terrorist activity and bringing a terrorist to
justice.
Q: Has the Internet been an effective tool in this
program?
Answer:
The Internet has been a valuable tool in advertising
our reward offers.
Through the Internet, we can reach millions of
subscribers in more than 150 countries, including
Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and
Sudan, the State Sponsors of international terrorism.
By advertising our rewards over the internet, we seek
to get our message into State Sponsored countries
without censorship.
Hope this answers some of the question.
Marvin Woodworth
Investigation Services Inc.
Stealth Research Security Agency
mwoodworth@...
602.721.8508
--- "c.o" <lickermo@...> wrote:
> Hi there Alfred
> thats intresting news.However i do have one
> question.Does the reward for Justice programme
> contract,authorise and /or actively assist
> independant entities to look up wanted persons.
> for instance,There is high suspicion of a Rwandan
> Kabga wanted for genocide crimes.Does the programme
> seek individual help in such cases?
> Regards
> Lydspi
> Nairobi
> Carol
>
> Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote:
> The Rewards for Justice Program has
> paid more than $62 million for
> information that prevented international terrorist
> attacks or helped
> bring to justice those involved in prior acts.
>
> The following examples are based on real-life
> instances where rewards
> were paid. Details have been fictionalized to
> protect identities.
>
> After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in
> New York, accused
> bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef fled the U.S. Leaflets
> and posters, even
> matchbooks, were distributed world-wide seeking
> this fugitive. Not
> long after, an informant offered a tip regarding
> Yousef's
> whereabouts. He was captured in Pakistan and is now
> in jail in the
> U.S. The informant received a reward for sharing
> this knowledge.
>
> Forty-eight hours before an airport bombing was set
> to occur, it was
> stopped by a brave young man who stepped forward
> with information.
> The terrorist had already assembled automatic
> weapons , grenades, and
> explosives. The young man received a significant
> reward and this
> family was relocated to a safe place. Hundreds of
> lives were saved.
>
> A young woman came forward with information
> regarding aircraft
> hijackers who brutally beat passengers. She stated
> that she "felt
> strongly about justice being done." The team leader
> of the hijackers
> was returned to the U.S. and is imprisoned on air
> piracy charges.
>
> A young woman, a student at a foreign university,
> witnessed the
> brutal assassination of a U.S. diplomat. Two
> attackers were placed in
> a foreign prison for life as a result of the
> information she
> provided. She received a reward.
>
> In addition to a cash reward, personal protection
> is available. You
> and your family may be relocated to a safe
> location, and have an
> opportunity to start a new life, pay for a home,
> and educate your
> children.
>
> Rewards work. Rewards do get paid. Thousands of
> people around the
> world are alive because of them.
>
> 1-800-US REWARDS
> 1-800-877-3927
>
> Rewards for Justice
> Washington, D.C.
> USA
> 20522-0303
>
>
>
>
>
>
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--- In infoguys-list@yahoogroups.com, Marvin Woodworth
<stealthagency@...> wrote:
>
> With regards to the Program.
> The following are questions and any with regards to
> the rewards.
> Q: Can you provide some information about the Rewards
> for Justice Program?
>
> Answer:
>
> The goal of the Rewards for Justice Program is to
> bring international terrorists to justice and prevent
> acts of international terrorism against the United
> States.
>
> Under the program, the Secretary of State may offer
> rewards up to $25 million for information that
> prevents, frustrates, or favorably resolves acts of
> international terrorism against U.S. interests
> worldwide, or leads to the arrest or conviction, in
> any country, of terrorists responsible for such acts.
>
> The Program has been an effective tool in the fight
> against international terrorism.
>
> Since the program's inception, the United States has
> paid over $62 million to over 40 people who have
> provided credible information that put terrorists
> behind bars or prevented acts of international
> terrorism worldwide.
>
> back to top | send a tip
>
> Q: How effective is the program?
>
> Answer:
>
> The program saves lives. People have provided
> information that has helped us prevent or favorably
> resolve acts of international terrorism against U.S.
> interests and put terrorists in prison, thereby saving
> thousands of innocent lives.
>
> Q: Can you provide some details on specific rewards
> payments?
>
> Answer:
>
> The largest payment to date was $30 million. A key
> aspect of this program is that we ensure that
> responses to our Rewards Campaigns are kept strictly
> confidential.
>
> In order to ensure the safety of people who provide us
> with information, we do not comment on specific
> rewards payments or cases in which we have paid a
> reward.
>
> However, the Rewards for Justice Program has been
> enormously successful over the years. Our advertising
> campaigns played an important part in the capture of
> terrorist Ramzi Yousef.
>
> back to top | send a tip
>
> Q: Can a person receive a reward for information on a
> terrorist not on the most wanted list?
>
> Answer:
>
> Yes, if the terrorist has been involved in or was
> planning an attack against U.S. persons and/or
> property. In addition, a reward may be paid for the
> identification or location of a key leader of a
> terrorist organization. RFJ can also pay rewards for
> information on a member of a drug cartel who is
> trafficking drugs to help raise money to sustain or
> support a terrorist organization or to finance acts of
> international terrorism.
>
> Q: What if a source risks his/her life to provide
> information on a terrorist and then he/she finds that
> his/her life is in danger? Can the Rewards for Justice
> Program provide protection?
>
> Answer:
>
> Yes, protection and relocation of a source and his/her
> family are available if it is deemed necessary for
> security reasons. Many rewards program participants
> have been relocated in the past, but we cannot provide
> details due to the assurance of strict
> confidentiality. These matters are considered on a
> case by case basis.
>
> Q: How can we be sure that you've actually paid
> rewards if you won't give us specifics?
>
> Answer:
>
> We provide a classified report to Congress each time a
> reward is paid under this program, but specific
> rewards amounts have been made public. There have been
> several public RFJ rewards ceremonies in the
> Philippines, for example, and the record $30 million
> reward amount for information leading to the location
> of Uday and Qusay Hussein was also confirmed. Click
> here for more information.
>
> Q: What about the reported $25 million in the
> September 11 attacks?
>
> Answer:
>
> The Patriot Act of 2001 raised the reward amount to
> $25 million in the September 11th attacks only.
>
> back to top | send a tip
>
> Q: Is the money all government or some private?
>
> Answer:
>
> The money offered here comes from the U.S. Government.
>
> In cases involving U.S. civil aviation, the Air
> Transport Association of America and the Airline
> Pilots Association International have pledged up to $
> 1 million each in funds to supplement rewards paid by
> the U.S. Government.
>
> Q: Can you provide details on the Rewards for Justice
> Fund?
>
> Answer:
>
> The Rewards for Justice Fund is a non-governmental,
> non-profit 501 (c) (3) charitable organization created
> and administered by a group of private American
> citizens.
>
> The group approached the State Department shortly
> after the September 11 attacks, requesting approval to
> raise money through donations from the general public
> to support the Rewards for Justice Program.
>
> We reviewed this proposal and support the efforts of
> the Rewards for Justice Fund.
>
> Additional questions should be directed to the Fund at
> the website www.rewardsfund.org
>
> back to top | send a tip
>
> Q: How is the size of a reward amount determined?
>
> Answer:
>
> The process for paying a reward:
>
> A person is nominated for a reward from a U.S.
> investigating agency.
>
> An interagency committee chaired by the Department of
> State evaluates the information provided and
> determines if a reward should be paid.
>
> If the committee believes a reward should be paid, it
> then sets an amount for payment.
>
> The committee determines the size of the reward
> payment based on a number of factors, including the
> value of the information provided, the risk faced by
> the informant, and the degree of the informant's
> cooperation in an investigation or trial.
>
> A recommendation for payment is made to the Secretary
> of State.
>
> The Secretary then consults with the Attorney General.
>
> If both approve the reward, then a reward is paid.
>
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>
> Q: What agencies sit on the interagency committee?
>
> Answer:
>
> State Department (Chair)
> National Security Council
> Department Of Justice
> FBI
> CIA
> Other Agencies, depending upon the particular case
> (Note: For example, if the case involves civil
> aviation, we would invite the FAA to participate.)
> back to top | send a tip
>
> Q: Are there any exclusionary provisions for
> eligibility that would keep those certain people from
> getting a reward? How about people with unsavory
> backgrounds?
>
> Answer:
>
> Under the U.S. law that governs the program, federal,
> state, and local government employees are not eligible
> for a reward if they provide information while in the
> performance of their official duties.
>
> While there are no other statutory exclusions for
> rewards payments, we closely examine the backgrounds
> of those individuals nominated for rewards payments.
>
> Q: By offering a reward, aren't you encouraging bounty
> hunters?
>
> Answer:
>
> The Rewards for Justice Program offers rewards for
> information.
>
> We discourage bounty hunters or other non-governmental
> entities from pursuing the capture of terrorists.
>
> People with information should contact the FBI, the
> nearest U.S. Embassy or Consulate, or contact us at
> Rewards for Justice, Washington D.C. 20522-0303, USA
> or call 1-800-US-REWARDS, or RFJ@...
>
> back to top | send a tip
>
> Q: How do you advertise the rewards?
>
> Answer:
>
> We use posters, matchbooks, paid advertisements
> (radio, newspapers), the Internet, and any other
> avenue we feel is appropriate to assist in disrupting
> terrorist activity and bringing a terrorist to
> justice.
>
> Q: Has the Internet been an effective tool in this
> program?
>
> Answer:
>
> The Internet has been a valuable tool in advertising
> our reward offers.
>
> Through the Internet, we can reach millions of
> subscribers in more than 150 countries, including
> Cuba, Iran, Iraq, Libya, North Korea, Syria, and
> Sudan, the State Sponsors of international terrorism.
>
> By advertising our rewards over the internet, we seek
> to get our message into State Sponsored countries
> without censorship.
>
> Hope this answers some of the question.
>
> Marvin Woodworth
> Investigation Services Inc.
> Stealth Research Security Agency
> mwoodworth@...
> 602.721.8508
>
>
>
> --- "c.o" <lickermo@...> wrote:
>
> > Hi there Alfred
> > thats intresting news.However i do have one
> > question.Does the reward for Justice programme
> > contract,authorise and /or actively assist
> > independant entities to look up wanted persons.
> > for instance,There is high suspicion of a Rwandan
> > Kabga wanted for genocide crimes.Does the programme
> > seek individual help in such cases?
> > Regards
> > Lydspi
> > Nairobi
> > Carol
> >
> > Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote:
> > The Rewards for Justice Program has
> > paid more than $62 million for
> > information that prevented international terrorist
> > attacks or helped
> > bring to justice those involved in prior acts.
> >
> > The following examples are based on real-life
> > instances where rewards
> > were paid. Details have been fictionalized to
> > protect identities.
> >
> > After the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in
> > New York, accused
> > bomber Ramzi Ahmed Yousef fled the U.S. Leaflets
> > and posters, even
> > matchbooks, were distributed world-wide seeking
> > this fugitive. Not
> > long after, an informant offered a tip regarding
> > Yousef's
> > whereabouts. He was captured in Pakistan and is now
> > in jail in the
> > U.S. The informant received a reward for sharing
> > this knowledge.
> >
> > Forty-eight hours before an airport bombing was set
> > to occur, it was
> > stopped by a brave young man who stepped forward
> > with information.
> > The terrorist had already assembled automatic
> > weapons , grenades, and
> > explosives. The young man received a significant
> > reward and this
> > family was relocated to a safe place. Hundreds of
> > lives were saved.
> >
> > A young woman came forward with information
> > regarding aircraft
> > hijackers who brutally beat passengers. She stated
> > that she "felt
> > strongly about justice being done." The team leader
> > of the hijackers
> > was returned to the U.S. and is imprisoned on air
> > piracy charges.
> >
> > A young woman, a student at a foreign university,
> > witnessed the
> > brutal assassination of a U.S. diplomat. Two
> > attackers were placed in
> > a foreign prison for life as a result of the
> > information she
> > provided. She received a reward.
> >
> > In addition to a cash reward, personal protection
> > is available. You
> > and your family may be relocated to a safe
> > location, and have an
> > opportunity to start a new life, pay for a home,
> > and educate your
> > children.
> >
> > Rewards work. Rewards do get paid. Thousands of
> > people around the
> > world are alive because of them.
> >
> > 1-800-US REWARDS
> > 1-800-877-3927
> >
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> > Washington, D.C.
> > USA
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> >
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Two Indianapolis men want to put the squeeze on O.J. Simpson.
The good, the bad and the beautiful
Indianapolis law firm Sommer Barnard has represented numerous late
celebrities and their estates, including:
• Actress Marilyn Monroe's estate in a right of publicity case over
photographs. The case is pending in Indiana, New York and California.
• Jazz musician Duke Ellington's estate in litigation with Gibson
Guitar Corp. and Baldwin Piano Co.
• Actor John Wayne's estate in several cases.
• Bank robber John Dillinger's estate in an Indiana case against the
Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau and John Dillinger Museum.
Continental Enterprises, an intellectual property consulting and
enforcement company, also works with this estate.
On Tuesday, attorney Jonathan Polak filed a petition in California
Superior Court in an attempt to make Simpson cough up $33.5 million
for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend
Ronald Goldman.
It's been almost a decade since a civil jury ordered the former
football star and actor to pay up. But Simpson has said repeatedly
that he has no income to pay to Fred Goldman, Ronald Goldman's
father.
So how are Polak and Hoosier colleague Karl Manders going to collect?
They want Simpson to sign over his "right of publicity" to Fred
Goldman.
The petition, believed to be the first of its kind, would place
Goldman in charge of any attempts to make money off of Simpson's
name, image, voice or likeness. For example, any profit Simpson made
from signing autographs would go to Goldman.
"It came to me like a bolt out of the blue," said Manders, owner of
Indianapolis-based Continental Enterprises Inc., an intellectual
property consulting company. "The main assets he has are his face
and his signature."
In the same way Marilyn Monroe's estate owns and controls when and
where the late actress' face is used, Goldman would own and control
Simpson's face, if the judge approves the petition.
Sound crazy?
Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, says so.
"We've not been able to find a single case that allowed a court to
award involuntarily the right of publicity," he said. "I don't think
there's any legal basis for this."
Some other attorneys say otherwise.
"You could do it," agreed Alan Ross, an intellectual property
attorney at Bricker & Eckler LLP cq in Cleveland. "It's a little
scary to think about doing it. It's a different kind of concept."
By law, a person's right of publicity is considered an intangible
property. That's opposed to a tangible property, such as a car or a
house.
Under California law, intangible property and tangible property are
one in the same.
So that means, signing over your right of publicity to settle a debt
would be no different than signing over your house, legal experts
say. Both have value and are separate from you as a person.
Still, this case could set a precedent, Ross and Polak agreed. Until
now, only patents and copyrights have been seized as intangible
property to settle debts.
Using the right of publicity was Manders' idea. And it was Manders
who contacted and sold it to Goldman.
Goldman, who wasn't available for comment, thought the idea was odd
at first, Manders admitted. But after several conversations, Goldman
began to believe it could work.
"More than anything else, I think he saw the poetic justice of it,"
Manders said. "It was his celebrity that helped him get off. It was
the very celebrity of his face and his likeness that could give the
Goldmans some justice."
In 1995, a jury found Simpson not guilty for the murders of his ex-
wife and Ronald Goldman.
Two years later, a civil jury found Simpson liable for the deaths
and ordered him to pay Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson's estate.
However, California law protects pensions, so Simpson has continued
to live off his NFL pension. He also moved to Florida, where a
residence cannot be seized to settle a debt.
Simpson has been accused of making a significant income from signing
autographs and appearing at trade shows.
Simpson's attorney, Galanter, said his client does make some money
from autographs and speaking engagements, but it's nowhere near
$33.5 million.
"If O.J. had $33 million, the judgment would be paid," said
Galanter, who added Simpson is "living well."
Polak and Manders said they believe Simpson has money. But they
admit they have no idea how much, and therefore, how much his right
of publicity is worth.
But they say it's not really about money anyway.
"It's more about protection and control in the way he goes about
using his infamy," said Polak, director and chairman of the
Intellectual Property Group at Indianapolis law firm Sommer Barnard.
Putting Goldman in charge of Simpson's right of publicity will take
away his ability to make money spoofing the murders.
For example, he won't be able to make a reality TV show, as rumored
in the media, or get a paycheck for signing autographs at a trade
show for fans of murder trials. At the very least, the company
making the TV show or running the trade show would have to negotiate
a deal with Goldman, not Simpson. That could be a deterrent.
And perhaps, Manders reasoned, if Simpson can no longer make money,
he'll no longer want to do such things.
"The problem is the money," he said. "We believe that's his
motivation for doing that."
A hearing on the petition is scheduled for Oct. 17, although a
resolution could come before that, Galanter said.
"I can assure you, we will be in court on Oct. 17, fighting this
tooth and nail," Galanter said.
I don't belive that he should have to pay it anyway!!! If you want to sue
someone,sue the LA County Prosecutors office as they lost the case.If he was
guilty ,they should have had no problem finding him so.If not?? ALL bets should
be off.That actually is double jeopardy.I know that alot of people feel
otherwise.Hold people accountable!!! How many other people have or have not
gotten away with something of this magnitude.Is justice blind??? NO!!!! Hell
No.Leave the guy alone and let him live his life and raise his kids in
peace.Period!!!! Ken
Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote: Two Indianapolis men want to put
the squeeze on O.J. Simpson.
The good, the bad and the beautiful
Indianapolis law firm Sommer Barnard has represented numerous late
celebrities and their estates, including:
• Actress Marilyn Monroe's estate in a right of publicity case over
photographs. The case is pending in Indiana, New York and California.
• Jazz musician Duke Ellington's estate in litigation with Gibson
Guitar Corp. and Baldwin Piano Co.
• Actor John Wayne's estate in several cases.
• Bank robber John Dillinger's estate in an Indiana case against the
Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau and John Dillinger Museum.
Continental Enterprises, an intellectual property consulting and
enforcement company, also works with this estate.
On Tuesday, attorney Jonathan Polak filed a petition in California
Superior Court in an attempt to make Simpson cough up $33.5 million
for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her friend
Ronald Goldman.
It's been almost a decade since a civil jury ordered the former
football star and actor to pay up. But Simpson has said repeatedly
that he has no income to pay to Fred Goldman, Ronald Goldman's
father.
So how are Polak and Hoosier colleague Karl Manders going to collect?
They want Simpson to sign over his "right of publicity" to Fred
Goldman.
The petition, believed to be the first of its kind, would place
Goldman in charge of any attempts to make money off of Simpson's
name, image, voice or likeness. For example, any profit Simpson made
from signing autographs would go to Goldman.
"It came to me like a bolt out of the blue," said Manders, owner of
Indianapolis-based Continental Enterprises Inc., an intellectual
property consulting company. "The main assets he has are his face
and his signature."
In the same way Marilyn Monroe's estate owns and controls when and
where the late actress' face is used, Goldman would own and control
Simpson's face, if the judge approves the petition.
Sound crazy?
Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, says so.
"We've not been able to find a single case that allowed a court to
award involuntarily the right of publicity," he said. "I don't think
there's any legal basis for this."
Some other attorneys say otherwise.
"You could do it," agreed Alan Ross, an intellectual property
attorney at Bricker & Eckler LLP cq in Cleveland. "It's a little
scary to think about doing it. It's a different kind of concept."
By law, a person's right of publicity is considered an intangible
property. That's opposed to a tangible property, such as a car or a
house.
Under California law, intangible property and tangible property are
one in the same.
So that means, signing over your right of publicity to settle a debt
would be no different than signing over your house, legal experts
say. Both have value and are separate from you as a person.
Still, this case could set a precedent, Ross and Polak agreed. Until
now, only patents and copyrights have been seized as intangible
property to settle debts.
Using the right of publicity was Manders' idea. And it was Manders
who contacted and sold it to Goldman.
Goldman, who wasn't available for comment, thought the idea was odd
at first, Manders admitted. But after several conversations, Goldman
began to believe it could work.
"More than anything else, I think he saw the poetic justice of it,"
Manders said. "It was his celebrity that helped him get off. It was
the very celebrity of his face and his likeness that could give the
Goldmans some justice."
In 1995, a jury found Simpson not guilty for the murders of his ex-
wife and Ronald Goldman.
Two years later, a civil jury found Simpson liable for the deaths
and ordered him to pay Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson's estate.
However, California law protects pensions, so Simpson has continued
to live off his NFL pension. He also moved to Florida, where a
residence cannot be seized to settle a debt.
Simpson has been accused of making a significant income from signing
autographs and appearing at trade shows.
Simpson's attorney, Galanter, said his client does make some money
from autographs and speaking engagements, but it's nowhere near
$33.5 million.
"If O.J. had $33 million, the judgment would be paid," said
Galanter, who added Simpson is "living well."
Polak and Manders said they believe Simpson has money. But they
admit they have no idea how much, and therefore, how much his right
of publicity is worth.
But they say it's not really about money anyway.
"It's more about protection and control in the way he goes about
using his infamy," said Polak, director and chairman of the
Intellectual Property Group at Indianapolis law firm Sommer Barnard.
Putting Goldman in charge of Simpson's right of publicity will take
away his ability to make money spoofing the murders.
For example, he won't be able to make a reality TV show, as rumored
in the media, or get a paycheck for signing autographs at a trade
show for fans of murder trials. At the very least, the company
making the TV show or running the trade show would have to negotiate
a deal with Goldman, not Simpson. That could be a deterrent.
And perhaps, Manders reasoned, if Simpson can no longer make money,
he'll no longer want to do such things.
"The problem is the money," he said. "We believe that's his
motivation for doing that."
A hearing on the petition is scheduled for Oct. 17, although a
resolution could come before that, Galanter said.
"I can assure you, we will be in court on Oct. 17, fighting this
tooth and nail," Galanter said.
Kenneth M. Irvin
Surety Recovery Service
Oakland,CA.
Investigations - Repossessions
Bail Enforcement
1-866-803-7376
[Non-text portions of this message have been removed]
Ken,
Thanx for sharing your thoughts....however there is another reality
to this situation...
The attorneys are going after the monies that the civil trial found
Oj liable for. He is not being retryed, so I do not believe this is
a case of double jeapordy. Just my thoughts and again thanx for
your input.
Al
Alfred Smith Detective Agency
Indianapolis, IN
--- In infoguys-list@yahoogroups.com, Kenneth Irvin
<kirvin8600pi@...> wrote:
>
> I don't belive that he should have to pay it anyway!!! If you want
to sue someone,sue the LA County Prosecutors office as they lost the
case.If he was guilty ,they should have had no problem finding him
so.If not?? ALL bets should be off.That actually is double
jeopardy.I know that alot of people feel otherwise.Hold people
accountable!!! How many other people have or have not gotten away
with something of this magnitude.Is justice blind??? NO!!!! Hell
No.Leave the guy alone and let him live his life and raise his kids
in peace.Period!!!! Ken
>
> Alfred <alfrdsmith@...> wrote: Two Indianapolis men want
to put the squeeze on O.J. Simpson.
>
> The good, the bad and the beautiful
>
> Indianapolis law firm Sommer Barnard has represented numerous late
> celebrities and their estates, including:
>
> • Actress Marilyn Monroe's estate in a right of publicity case
over
> photographs. The case is pending in Indiana, New York and
California.
>
> • Jazz musician Duke Ellington's estate in litigation with Gibson
> Guitar Corp. and Baldwin Piano Co.
>
> • Actor John Wayne's estate in several cases.
>
> • Bank robber John Dillinger's estate in an Indiana case against
the
> Lake County Convention & Visitors Bureau and John Dillinger
Museum.
> Continental Enterprises, an intellectual property consulting and
> enforcement company, also works with this estate.
>
> On Tuesday, attorney Jonathan Polak filed a petition in California
> Superior Court in an attempt to make Simpson cough up $33.5
million
> for the deaths of his ex-wife, Nicole Brown Simpson, and her
friend
> Ronald Goldman.
> It's been almost a decade since a civil jury ordered the former
> football star and actor to pay up. But Simpson has said repeatedly
> that he has no income to pay to Fred Goldman, Ronald Goldman's
> father.
> So how are Polak and Hoosier colleague Karl Manders going to
collect?
> They want Simpson to sign over his "right of publicity" to Fred
> Goldman.
> The petition, believed to be the first of its kind, would place
> Goldman in charge of any attempts to make money off of Simpson's
> name, image, voice or likeness. For example, any profit Simpson
made
> from signing autographs would go to Goldman.
> "It came to me like a bolt out of the blue," said Manders, owner
of
> Indianapolis-based Continental Enterprises Inc., an intellectual
> property consulting company. "The main assets he has are his face
> and his signature."
> In the same way Marilyn Monroe's estate owns and controls when and
> where the late actress' face is used, Goldman would own and
control
> Simpson's face, if the judge approves the petition.
> Sound crazy?
> Simpson's attorney, Yale Galanter, says so.
> "We've not been able to find a single case that allowed a court to
> award involuntarily the right of publicity," he said. "I don't
think
> there's any legal basis for this."
> Some other attorneys say otherwise.
> "You could do it," agreed Alan Ross, an intellectual property
> attorney at Bricker & Eckler LLP cq in Cleveland. "It's a little
> scary to think about doing it. It's a different kind of concept."
> By law, a person's right of publicity is considered an intangible
> property. That's opposed to a tangible property, such as a car or
a
> house.
> Under California law, intangible property and tangible property
are
> one in the same.
> So that means, signing over your right of publicity to settle a
debt
> would be no different than signing over your house, legal experts
> say. Both have value and are separate from you as a person.
> Still, this case could set a precedent, Ross and Polak agreed.
Until
> now, only patents and copyrights have been seized as intangible
> property to settle debts.
> Using the right of publicity was Manders' idea. And it was Manders
> who contacted and sold it to Goldman.
> Goldman, who wasn't available for comment, thought the idea was
odd
> at first, Manders admitted. But after several conversations,
Goldman
> began to believe it could work.
> "More than anything else, I think he saw the poetic justice of
it,"
> Manders said. "It was his celebrity that helped him get off. It
was
> the very celebrity of his face and his likeness that could give
the
> Goldmans some justice."
> In 1995, a jury found Simpson not guilty for the murders of his ex-
> wife and Ronald Goldman.
> Two years later, a civil jury found Simpson liable for the deaths
> and ordered him to pay Goldman and Nicole Brown Simpson's estate.
> However, California law protects pensions, so Simpson has
continued
> to live off his NFL pension. He also moved to Florida, where a
> residence cannot be seized to settle a debt.
> Simpson has been accused of making a significant income from
signing
> autographs and appearing at trade shows.
> Simpson's attorney, Galanter, said his client does make some money
> from autographs and speaking engagements, but it's nowhere near
> $33.5 million.
> "If O.J. had $33 million, the judgment would be paid," said
> Galanter, who added Simpson is "living well."
> Polak and Manders said they believe Simpson has money. But they
> admit they have no idea how much, and therefore, how much his
right
> of publicity is worth.
> But they say it's not really about money anyway.
> "It's more about protection and control in the way he goes about
> using his infamy," said Polak, director and chairman of the
> Intellectual Property Group at Indianapolis law firm Sommer
Barnard.
> Putting Goldman in charge of Simpson's right of publicity will
take
> away his ability to make money spoofing the murders.
> For example, he won't be able to make a reality TV show, as
rumored
> in the media, or get a paycheck for signing autographs at a trade
> show for fans of murder trials. At the very least, the company
> making the TV show or running the trade show would have to
negotiate
> a deal with Goldman, not Simpson. That could be a deterrent.
> And perhaps, Manders reasoned, if Simpson can no longer make
money,
> he'll no longer want to do such things.
> "The problem is the money," he said. "We believe that's his
> motivation for doing that."
> A hearing on the petition is scheduled for Oct. 17, although a
> resolution could come before that, Galanter said.
> "I can assure you, we will be in court on Oct. 17, fighting this
> tooth and nail," Galanter said.
>
>
>
>
>
>
> Kenneth M. Irvin
> Surety Recovery Service
> Oakland,CA.
> Investigations - Repossessions
> Bail Enforcement
> 1-866-803-7376
>
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`Pretexting' scandal at high-tech firm extends outside board room
In an effort to track down the source of information leaks by
Hewlett-Packard Co. insiders, private investigators working for the
company obtained reporters' telephone records without permission,
the company told MSNBC.com on Thursday.
The reporters' records were accessed as part of a private
investigation into news leaks that was initiated by company
Chairwoman Patricia Dunn.
The investigators got the records by impersonating journalists from
the Wall Street Journal, CNET.com and other news organizations in a
practice known as "pretexting," the company said.
HP spokesman Michael Moeller said that "there are other journalists"
whose records were improperly accessed, but would not say how many
others were involved.
"HP is absolutely dismayed that the records of journalists were
accessed without their knowledge," he said. "We are completely and
fully cooperating with the state attorney general's investigation
into HP and this incident."
Earlier Thursday, CNET.com and the Wall Street Journal published
stories indicating their reporters had been contacted by the
California Attorney General's Office and told their telephone
records had been accessed by unauthorized individuals connected to
the company.
"CNET Networks takes this situation most seriously," spokeswoman
Sarah Cain said. "These actions not only violated the privacy rights
of our employee, but also the rights of all reporters to protect
their confidential sources."
Robert Christie, spokesman for Dow Jones, which owns the Wall Street
Journal, said the newspaper would not comment on its story.
A spokesman for the California Attorney General's Office, Tom
Dresslar, said he couldn't comment on ongoing investigations.
Dresslar also declined to comment on Moeller's assertion that other
reporters may have been targeted.
In its story, CNET said it was told by an investigator at the
attorney general's office that HP had provided a "partial list of
reporters names whose phone records may have been compromised."
Cain said she didn't know how many reporters were on that list.
News of boardroom intrigue at HP broke earlier this week in Newsweek
with a story that detailed a messy spying episode inside the
company. Newsweek reported that Dunn had ordered an investigation of
other members of the company's Board of Directors in an effort to
find out who was giving information anonymously to reporters.
The Newsweek story indicated that the investigation was initiated by
Dunn, who was irked by a story published in January by CNET reporter
Dawn Kawamoto that provided details of a board-members-only
meeting.
The investigation was thorough. Kawamoto's home telephone records
were obtained, even though her phone is in her husband's name, CNET
reported.
But the pattern of obtaining reporters' records may stretch further
back. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that reporter Pui-
Wing Tam had been contacted by the California Attorney General's
Office with information suggesting she may have been the target of
pretexting.
Tam, the newspaper indicated, broke an important story about former
CEO Carly Fiorina and her disagreements with board members. Fiorina
resigned from HP in early 2005.
Moeller refused to say what period of time the pretexting activity
covered.
"We're not giving out any more information at this time," he said.
In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
Wednesday, HP acknowledged that its agents used pretexting to obtain
board members' personal telephone records. Pretexting involves
hacking into a consumers' telephone records by impersonating the
consumer, and tricking customer service representatives or Web sites
into divulging the personal information.
Thursday's developments indicate that the pretexting extended
outside the board room. Journalists' telephone records would
readily indicate which board members were communicating with
reporters.
After a blogger purchased Gen. Wesley Clark's phone records last
year from a pretexter, a media firestorm ensued, and Congressional
hearings were held examining the practice.
Pretexting runs afoul of federal law — specifically, the Federal
Trade Commission Act, which bans deceptive trade practices.
Late Thursday, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer told the
Associated Press that the HP investigation violated two California
state laws: California's identity theft statutes, which make it
illegal to use someone else's personal information to commit a
crime, and the state's computer crime laws, which make unauthorized
access to databases illegal.
"The question was, was a crime committed? The answer is yes. Does
that mean charges will result? Well, we haven't completed the
investigation so we're not yet certain as to who committed the
crime," Lockyer said. ""It's likely if evidence continues to come in
the way it has that there will be a prosecution," he said. "But
we're not ready to go file a complaint. We're still investigating."
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HP's Patricia Dunn to step down in January
George Keyworth, who was singled out in press leak probe, also quits
Dunn done as HP chairman
Sept. 12: Chairman Patricia Dunn will step down in January because of
the corporate spying scandal. "On the Money's" Dylan Ratigan conducts
a roundtable discussion on the moves.
Ms. Dunn should be fired immediately. Then, she and the rest of her
board should be tried for crimes against the employees of HP. I am
willing to bet that HP has in their mission statement something about
being ethical. LOL. Oh, and just so you folks at HP know, I am now
adding you to my official boycott list.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that Patricia
Dunn will step down as chairwoman of the computer and printer maker
in January amid a widening scandal involving a possibly illegal probe
into media leaks. She will be succeeded by CEO Mark Hurd.
Hurd will retain his existing positions as chief executive and
president and Dunn will remain as a director after she relinquishes
the chair on Jan. 18.
"I am taking action to ensure that inappropriate investigative
techniques will not be employed again. They have no place in HP,"
Hurd said in a statement.
Dunn apologized for the techniques used in the company's probe, which
included "pretexting," in which private investigators impersonated
board members and journalists to acquire their phone records.
"Unfortunately, the investigation, which was conducted with third
parties, included certain inappropriate techniques. These went beyond
what we understood them to be, and I apologize that they were
employed," Dunn said in a statement.
Also Tuesday, George Keyworth II, the HP director singled out for
leaking information to the press, resigned from the company's board
effective immediately.
The pressure on Dunn to step down began rising sharply Monday when
Congress and federal investigators entered the fray surrounding HP's
possibly illegal probe of media leaks. The FBI, the U.S. Attorney for
Northern California and the House Energy and Commerce Committee all
joined the California attorney general and Securities and Exchange
Commission in probing the scandal swirling around HP's Board of
Directors.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said his office has enough
evidence to obtain indictments of people within Hewlett-Packard Co.
and of hired contractors, after the company disclosed questionable
tactics in a boardroom leak investigation.
"We currently have sufficient evidence to indict people both within
HP as well as contractors on the outside," Lockyer said in an
interview aired Tuesday on the Public Broadcasting Service's NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer.
"Crimes have been committed," Lockyer said. "People's identities
being taken falsely is a crime. People gaining access to computer
records that have personal information, in California, that's a
crime."
Dunn, a former freelance journalist, was angry about the media leaks
and commissioned an unnamed outside firm to identify their source.
They used Social Security numbers and other personal information to
get phone companies to turn over detailed logs of home phone calls of
reporters and board members.
Although frequently used by private investigators, the tactic tests
the bounds of state and federal law.
HP's board met for a second time Monday night to discuss whether Dunn
should remain chairwoman of the Silicon Valley giant.
Richard Hackborn, who has served on the board since 1992, will become
lead independent director in January.
Dunn's entanglement in the pretexting scandal marks a rare stumble
for one of the most powerful women in corporate America.
Dunn, then CEO of Barclays Global Investors, joined HP's board in
1998 and became chairwoman in 2005, taking an active role in running
the 11th largest company on the Fortune 500.
She oversaw the ouster of former HP CEO and Chairwoman Carleton
Fiorina in February 2005, and two months later introduced Hurd as
Fiorina's successor.
Hurd wasn't well known on Wall Street or in the financial media
before taking the reins of HP. But he enjoyed a solid a reputation
among business experts as a no-nonsense cost cutter familiar with
nearly every facet of management. HP shares surged 10 percent the day
his appointment was announced.
He was previously chief executive at Dayton, Ohio-based NCR Corp., a
computer services company best known for its ATM machines.
At HP he orchestrated a cost-cutting campaign that, when it winds
down later this quarter, will have resulted in as many as 15,000
layoffs. But morale had been noticeably higher under Hurd than
Fiorina — until details of the company's leak investigation were
disclosed last week.
Although it marks a dark chapter in the company's history, HP could
benefit from having Hurd consolidate his power, said Roger Kay,
president of the market research firm Endpoint Technologies
Associates.
"It makes perfect sense to give (Hurd) the chairmanship," he
said. "He has the character, personality and chops to do it. I can't
think of anyone else you would want to run the company at this point."
The leak investigation at HP began with a January article on CNET
Network Inc.'s News.com that included a quotation from an anonymous
HP source who described a gathering of HP directors at a posh spa in
Southern California.
At a board meeting in May, Dunn identified director George Keyworth
II as CNET's source, as well as the source of other leaks dating to
early 2005. The board asked Keyworth, 66, to resign, but he refused.
HP then barred him from seeking re-election.
His ouster riled another board member, longtime Silicon Valley
venture capitalist Tom Perkins, 74, who resigned and stormed out of
the May 18 meeting.
Perkins' attorney later discovered that private investigators had
obtained the last four digits of his client's social security number.
They used that information to open an online account with AT&T, then
called the telephone company and impersonated Perkins, asking for a
record of phone calls to and from his house.
HP's investigators also obtained the phone records of several
journalists, including those who work at The Wall Street Journal,
BusinessWeek, The New York Times and News.com.
Keyworth, who has acknowledged talking to the media, was the former
science adviser to President Reagan and director of the Physics
Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
On Tuesday, Dunn defended the need for the investigation.
"These leaks had the potential to affect not only the stock price of
HP but also that of other publicly traded companies," she said.
California's attorney general has already said HP's probe broke two
California laws governing identity theft illegal access to computer
records. It's still unclear, however, whether the company or anyone
acting on its behalf will face civil or criminal charges.
FBI Deputy Director John Pistole said in an interview Monday with The
Associated Press that the bureau opened its probe Monday and was
investigating two possible crimes: illegal computer intrusion and
wiretapping.
"When allegations of a federal crime are brought to the FBI's
attention we have to make a determination whether we'll initiate an
investigation," Pistole said. "Obviously if the U.S. Attorney has
reviewed information and believes there is something for the FBI to
investigate, we'll work closely (together)."
He did not give a timetable for when the inquiry would be completed.
The U.S. Attorney's Office issued a statement saying it
was "investigating the processes employed in an investigation into
possible sources of leaks."
The Congressional committee gave HP a week to name the private firm
it hired to investigate the leaks and to turn over all "records and
information related to the company's reported effort to obtain
private phone records." The request was made as part of the panel's
ongoing investigation into pretexting.
The federal investigation further complicates the situation for HP,
experts said.
"It opens the company to more scrutiny on a broader and more powerful
level," said Ken Sukhia, a former U.S. Attorney in Tallahassee, Fla.
Still, investors have largely ignored the scandal. HP shares were
trading this week near the top end of its 52-week range of $25.53 to
$36.73.
"It's certainly embarrassing," said Martin Reynolds, vice president
of the research firm Gartner Inc. "And it's obviously not the best
press, but the good news is this is pretty much divorced from the day-
to-day operations of HP."
--- In infoguys-list@yahoogroups.com, "Alfred" <alfrdsmith@...> wrote:
>
> `Pretexting' scandal at high-tech firm extends outside board room
>
> In an effort to track down the source of information leaks by
> Hewlett-Packard Co. insiders, private investigators working for the
> company obtained reporters' telephone records without permission,
> the company told MSNBC.com on Thursday.
>
> The reporters' records were accessed as part of a private
> investigation into news leaks that was initiated by company
> Chairwoman Patricia Dunn.
>
> The investigators got the records by impersonating journalists from
> the Wall Street Journal, CNET.com and other news organizations in a
> practice known as "pretexting," the company said.
>
> HP spokesman Michael Moeller said that "there are other
journalists"
> whose records were improperly accessed, but would not say how many
> others were involved.
>
> "HP is absolutely dismayed that the records of journalists were
> accessed without their knowledge," he said. "We are completely and
> fully cooperating with the state attorney general's investigation
> into HP and this incident."
>
> Earlier Thursday, CNET.com and the Wall Street Journal published
> stories indicating their reporters had been contacted by the
> California Attorney General's Office and told their telephone
> records had been accessed by unauthorized individuals connected to
> the company.
>
> "CNET Networks takes this situation most seriously," spokeswoman
> Sarah Cain said. "These actions not only violated the privacy
rights
> of our employee, but also the rights of all reporters to protect
> their confidential sources."
>
> Robert Christie, spokesman for Dow Jones, which owns the Wall
Street
> Journal, said the newspaper would not comment on its story.
>
> A spokesman for the California Attorney General's Office, Tom
> Dresslar, said he couldn't comment on ongoing investigations.
> Dresslar also declined to comment on Moeller's assertion that other
> reporters may have been targeted.
>
> In its story, CNET said it was told by an investigator at the
> attorney general's office that HP had provided a "partial list of
> reporters names whose phone records may have been compromised."
> Cain said she didn't know how many reporters were on that list.
>
> News of boardroom intrigue at HP broke earlier this week in
Newsweek
> with a story that detailed a messy spying episode inside the
> company. Newsweek reported that Dunn had ordered an investigation
of
> other members of the company's Board of Directors in an effort to
> find out who was giving information anonymously to reporters.
>
> The Newsweek story indicated that the investigation was initiated
by
> Dunn, who was irked by a story published in January by CNET
reporter
> Dawn Kawamoto that provided details of a board-members-only
> meeting.
>
> The investigation was thorough. Kawamoto's home telephone records
> were obtained, even though her phone is in her husband's name, CNET
> reported.
>
> But the pattern of obtaining reporters' records may stretch further
> back. The Wall Street Journal reported on Thursday that reporter
Pui-
> Wing Tam had been contacted by the California Attorney General's
> Office with information suggesting she may have been the target of
> pretexting.
>
> Tam, the newspaper indicated, broke an important story about former
> CEO Carly Fiorina and her disagreements with board members. Fiorina
> resigned from HP in early 2005.
>
> Moeller refused to say what period of time the pretexting activity
> covered.
>
> "We're not giving out any more information at this time," he said.
>
> In a filing with the Securities and Exchange Commission on
> Wednesday, HP acknowledged that its agents used pretexting to
obtain
> board members' personal telephone records. Pretexting involves
> hacking into a consumers' telephone records by impersonating the
> consumer, and tricking customer service representatives or Web
sites
> into divulging the personal information.
>
> Thursday's developments indicate that the pretexting extended
> outside the board room. Journalists' telephone records would
> readily indicate which board members were communicating with
> reporters.
>
> After a blogger purchased Gen. Wesley Clark's phone records last
> year from a pretexter, a media firestorm ensued, and Congressional
> hearings were held examining the practice.
>
> Pretexting runs afoul of federal law — specifically, the Federal
> Trade Commission Act, which bans deceptive trade practices.
>
> Late Thursday, California Attorney General Bill Lockyer told the
> Associated Press that the HP investigation violated two California
> state laws: California's identity theft statutes, which make it
> illegal to use someone else's personal information to commit a
> crime, and the state's computer crime laws, which make unauthorized
> access to databases illegal.
>
> "The question was, was a crime committed? The answer is yes. Does
> that mean charges will result? Well, we haven't completed the
> investigation so we're not yet certain as to who committed the
> crime," Lockyer said. ""It's likely if evidence continues to come
in
> the way it has that there will be a prosecution," he said. "But
> we're not ready to go file a complaint. We're still investigating."
>
HP's Patricia Dunn to step down in January
George Keyworth, who was singled out in press leak probe, also quits
Dunn done as HP chairman
Sept. 12: Chairman Patricia Dunn will step down in January because of
the corporate spying scandal. "On the Money's" Dylan Ratigan conducts
a roundtable discussion on the moves.
Ms. Dunn should be fired immediately. Then, she and the rest of her
board should be tried for crimes against the employees of HP. I am
willing to bet that HP has in their mission statement something about
being ethical. LOL. Oh, and just so you folks at HP know, I am now
adding you to my official boycott list.
SAN JOSE, Calif. - Hewlett-Packard Co. said Tuesday that Patricia
Dunn will step down as chairwoman of the computer and printer maker
in January amid a widening scandal involving a possibly illegal probe
into media leaks. She will be succeeded by CEO Mark Hurd.
Hurd will retain his existing positions as chief executive and
president and Dunn will remain as a director after she relinquishes
the chair on Jan. 18.
"I am taking action to ensure that inappropriate investigative
techniques will not be employed again. They have no place in HP,"
Hurd said in a statement.
Dunn apologized for the techniques used in the company's probe, which
included "pretexting," in which private investigators impersonated
board members and journalists to acquire their phone records.
"Unfortunately, the investigation, which was conducted with third
parties, included certain inappropriate techniques. These went beyond
what we understood them to be, and I apologize that they were
employed," Dunn said in a statement.
Also Tuesday, George Keyworth II, the HP director singled out for
leaking information to the press, resigned from the company's board
effective immediately.
The pressure on Dunn to step down began rising sharply Monday when
Congress and federal investigators entered the fray surrounding HP's
possibly illegal probe of media leaks. The FBI, the U.S. Attorney for
Northern California and the House Energy and Commerce Committee all
joined the California attorney general and Securities and Exchange
Commission in probing the scandal swirling around HP's Board of
Directors.
California Attorney General Bill Lockyer said his office has enough
evidence to obtain indictments of people within Hewlett-Packard Co.
and of hired contractors, after the company disclosed questionable
tactics in a boardroom leak investigation.
"We currently have sufficient evidence to indict people both within
HP as well as contractors on the outside," Lockyer said in an
interview aired Tuesday on the Public Broadcasting Service's NewsHour
with Jim Lehrer.
"Crimes have been committed," Lockyer said. "People's identities
being taken falsely is a crime. People gaining access to computer
records that have personal information, in California, that's a
crime."
Dunn, a former freelance journalist, was angry about the media leaks
and commissioned an unnamed outside firm to identify their source.
They used Social Security numbers and other personal information to
get phone companies to turn over detailed logs of home phone calls of
reporters and board members.
Although frequently used by private investigators, the tactic tests
the bounds of state and federal law.
HP's board met for a second time Monday night to discuss whether Dunn
should remain chairwoman of the Silicon Valley giant.
Richard Hackborn, who has served on the board since 1992, will become
lead independent director in January.
Dunn's entanglement in the pretexting scandal marks a rare stumble
for one of the most powerful women in corporate America.
Dunn, then CEO of Barclays Global Investors, joined HP's board in
1998 and became chairwoman in 2005, taking an active role in running
the 11th largest company on the Fortune 500.
She oversaw the ouster of former HP CEO and Chairwoman Carleton
Fiorina in February 2005, and two months later introduced Hurd as
Fiorina's successor.
Hurd wasn't well known on Wall Street or in the financial media
before taking the reins of HP. But he enjoyed a solid a reputation
among business experts as a no-nonsense cost cutter familiar with
nearly every facet of management. HP shares surged 10 percent the day
his appointment was announced.
He was previously chief executive at Dayton, Ohio-based NCR Corp., a
computer services company best known for its ATM machines.
At HP he orchestrated a cost-cutting campaign that, when it winds
down later this quarter, will have resulted in as many as 15,000
layoffs. But morale had been noticeably higher under Hurd than
Fiorina — until details of the company's leak investigation were
disclosed last week.
Although it marks a dark chapter in the company's history, HP could
benefit from having Hurd consolidate his power, said Roger Kay,
president of the market research firm Endpoint Technologies
Associates.
"It makes perfect sense to give (Hurd) the chairmanship," he
said. "He has the character, personality and chops to do it. I can't
think of anyone else you would want to run the company at this point."
The leak investigation at HP began with a January article on CNET
Network Inc.'s News.com that included a quotation from an anonymous
HP source who described a gathering of HP directors at a posh spa in
Southern California.
At a board meeting in May, Dunn identified director George Keyworth
II as CNET's source, as well as the source of other leaks dating to
early 2005. The board asked Keyworth, 66, to resign, but he refused.
HP then barred him from seeking re-election.
His ouster riled another board member, longtime Silicon Valley
venture capitalist Tom Perkins, 74, who resigned and stormed out of
the May 18 meeting.
Perkins' attorney later discovered that private investigators had
obtained the last four digits of his client's social security number.
They used that information to open an online account with AT&T, then
called the telephone company and impersonated Perkins, asking for a
record of phone calls to and from his house.
HP's investigators also obtained the phone records of several
journalists, including those who work at The Wall Street Journal,
BusinessWeek, The New York Times and News.com.
Keyworth, who has acknowledged talking to the media, was the former
science adviser to President Reagan and director of the Physics
Division at Los Alamos National Laboratory.
On Tuesday, Dunn defended the need for the investigation.
"These leaks had the potential to affect not only the stock price of
HP but also that of other publicly traded companies," she said.
California's attorney general has already said HP's probe broke two
California laws governing identity theft illegal access to computer
records. It's still unclear, however, whether the company or anyone
acting on its behalf will face civil or criminal charges.
FBI Deputy Director John Pistole said in an interview Monday with The
Associated Press that the bureau opened its probe Monday and was
investigating two possible crimes: illegal computer intrusion and
wiretapping.
"When allegations of a federal crime are brought to the FBI's
attention we have to make a determination whether we'll initiate an
investigation," Pistole said. "Obviously if the U.S. Attorney has
reviewed information and believes there is something for the FBI to
investigate, we'll work closely (together)."
He did not give a timetable for when the inquiry would be completed.
The U.S. Attorney's Office issued a statement saying it
was "investigating the processes employed in an investigation into
possible sources of leaks."
The Congressional committee gave HP a week to name the private firm
it hired to investigate the leaks and to turn over all "records and
information related to the company's reported effort to obtain
private phone records." The request was made as part of the panel's
ongoing investigation into pretexting.
The federal investigation further complicates the situation for HP,
experts said.
"It opens the company to more scrutiny on a broader and more powerful
level," said Ken Sukhia, a former U.S. Attorney in Tallahassee, Fla.
Still, investors have largely ignored the scandal. HP shares were
trading this week near the top end of its 52-week range of $25.53 to
$36.73.
"It's certainly embarrassing," said Martin Reynolds, vice president
of the research firm Gartner Inc. "And it's obviously not the best
press, but the good news is this is pretty much divorced from the day-
to-day operations of HP."
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Two weeks after telling police that her son had been snatched from
his crib, Melinda Duckett found herself reeling in an interview with
TV's famously prosecutorial Nancy Grace. Before it was over, Grace
was pounding her desk and loudly demanding to know: "Where were you?
Why aren't you telling us where you were that day?"
A day after the taping, Duckett, 21, shot herself to death,
deepening the mystery of what happened to the boy.
Police have refused to say whether she left a suicide note, and said
nothing they have found so far in their investigation of her death
has shed light on the whereabouts of her 2-year-old son, Trenton.
Investigators have stopped short of calling her a suspect but have
focused increasing attention on her movements just before the boy
vanished and the notes, computer, camera and other items seized from
her house.
Duckett's family members disputed any suggestion that she hurt her
son. They said that the strain of her son's disappearance pushed her
to the brink, and the media sent her over the edge.
"Nancy Grace and the others, they just bashed her to the end,"
Duckett's grandfather Bill Eubank said Tuesday. "She wasn't one
anyone ever would have thought of to do something like this. She and
that baby just loved each other, couldn't get away from each other.
She wouldn't hurt a bug."
Janine Iamunno, a spokeswoman for Grace, said in an e-mail that
Duckett's death was "an extremely sad development," but that the
program would continue covering the case.
"We feel a responsibility to bring attention to this case in the
hopes of helping find Trenton Duckett, who remains missing," Iamunno
said.
Duckett had told police that after she finished watching a movie
Aug. 27, she went to check on Trenton in his bedroom, and all she
found was an empty crib — and a 10-inch cut in the window screen
above it. At the time she was living her son, wading through a messy
divorce with the boy's father and trying to get her life back on
track after getting laid off from her job with a lawn care company.
The boy's disappearance in this town of 19,000 people about 45 miles
northwest of Orlando stretched the 75-member police force to its
limits. Fliers were posted on gas station doors around town, asking
for information from anyone who might have seen the boy, a brown-
haired youngster wearing denim shorts and a diaper.
Trenton's father, 21-year-old Josh Duckett, was closely questioned
after the boy disappeared. Newspapers reported that his wife had
taken out a temporary restraining order against him. But Josh
Duckett took a polygraph test and has answered all police questions
satisfactorily, Capt. Ginny Padgett said.
On Sept. 7, Melinda Duckett gave a telephone interview to CNN
Headline News' Grace, a former prosecutor known for practically
cross-examining her guests. Duckett stumbled over such questions as
whether she had taken a polygraph — she said she refused on the
advice of her divorce lawyer — and where, exactly, she was shopping
with the boy before his disappearance.
Hours before the interview aired, Duckett shot herself Friday with
her grandfather's gun at her grandparents' house, up the road from
where she was living.
Investigators are still trying to piece together a timeline of where
she and Trenton were 24 hours before she reported him missing. On
Tuesday, they released the make and model of her car, a 2000
Mitsubishi Eclipse, and asked anyone who might have seen it during
that period to call them.
Also on Tuesday, a newspaper reported that she bought a shotgun from
a pawn shop two days before Trenton vanished. Padgett said police
could not confirm that.
On Monday, agents used dogs and digging equipment to search an
outlying area that someone had called about, but found nothing.
Investigators continued to field tips.
"We're following up," Padgett said. "Hopefully they'll bring in
something to help us firm up the timeline."
DES MOINES, Iowa - The photos of bound and gagged boys that were
sent to an Iowa woman whose son disappeared 24 years ago were
investigated in the late 1970s and are not her missing son, a
retired Florida sheriff's investigators said Wednesday.
Nelson Zalva, who now works for the Hillsborough County, Fla., State
Attorney's Office, said he investigated the same photos while
working for the county's sheriff in 1978 or 1979.
"I remember this case," he said. "I identified the kids portrayed in
the photos. It was definitely investigated by me several years prior
to the disappearance of Johnny Gosch."
The photos were in an envelope left at the West Des Moines home of
Johnny's mother, Noreen Gosch, on Aug. 27.
One photo, in black and white, shows a boy bound and gagged on a
bed. Another is a color photo of the same boy in a similar pose with
two others boys.
Noreen Gosch turned the photos over to police, who have been
investigating the authenticity of the photos and any connection her
son.
Johnny was 12 when he disappeared from his neighborhood before
daybreak on Sept. 5, 1982. His photo was became one of the first of
a missing child to be put on a milk carton. Police have said they
believe he was abducted but they have few clues.
Zalva said his investigation never resulted in an arrest because the
children in the photos never admitted that the suspect touched them
inappropriately. He said the boys in the photos had voluntarily
posed for the photos, but he couldn't recall why.
"Basically, what happened is someone, maybe it was one of the
parents, found the photos and called the sheriff's office and
deputies went out there, impounded the photos and the case was
assigned to me for investigation," Zalva said. "I worked a long time
on it, getting the kids identified."
Lt. Jeff Miller, a West Des Moines Police spokesman, said the
investigation is continuing into who left the photos at Noreen
Gosch's house.
"If they are not of Johnny Gosch, someone is playing a horrible
prank," he said.
Miller said Gosch has been informed of the Florida investigation.
A telephone message left Wednesday morning for Gosch was not
immediately returned.
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