Interesting article but only made 1/2 through because the WP mobile site is so horrendous.
Stop and Seize
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#12I am Moses. I have authority from God. I tell the police what to do. Just ask God. Go to NIST random beacon. Take 6 hex digists remainder 100,000. Go to line in Bible.
------------- Computer Security Division NIST Randomness Beacon (Prototype Implementation) -- work in progress WARNING: DO NOT USE BEACON GENERATED VALUES AS SECRET CRYPTOGRAPHIC KEYS.
An overview of this project can be found at: http://www.nist.gov/itl/csd/ct/nist_beacon.cfm
This prototype implementation generates full-entropy bit-strings and posts them in blocks of 512 bits every 60 seconds. Each such value is sequence-numbered, time-stamped and signed, and includes the hash of the previous value to chain the sequence of values together and prevent even the source to retroactively change an output package without being detected.
Currently implemented calls are listed below. Users submitting a request need to provide the record generation time in POSIX format (number of seconds since midnight UTC, January 1, 1970 (see http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Unix_time for more information and http://www.epochconverter.com for an online timestamp converter.)
Current Record (or next closest): " rel="nofollow">http://beacon.nist.gov/rest/record/ Previous Record: " rel="nofollow">http://beacon.nist.gov/rest/record/previous/ Next Record: " rel="nofollow">http://beacon.nist.gov/rest/record/next/ Last Record: http://beacon.nist.gov/rest/record/last Start Chain Record: " rel="nofollow">http://beacon.nist.gov/rest/record/start-chain/
If a request for a next or previous record results in no record found, a 404 response is returned. Schema
The data source schema for the NIST Beacon REST API described above can be viewed by clicking here.
Note: Not all browsers will display this file appropriately, you may get better results by saving the file locally and using an editor of your choice. Certificate
NIST Beacon is currently using an X.509 certificate with the Federal Common Policy CA as the ultimate root authority. The certificate is available here Viewer
The example application below uses the REST API described above to navigate the data.
To visit an arbitrary time value please click on the input control containing the date and time value to display a calendar to select the desired value. Beacon Record
Version: Version 1.0 Frequency: 60 seconds Time: 09/07/2014 6:30 am (1410096600) Seed Value:
D8645389CECB0948DF9266CE19DC7AB87A4DBA9DDB32AF3BE7C9F032F72A6248
2868B39B1E4BAFB6078D96B8E6CD83F34AD2BB281C3425DF870D3AC280F81898
EC17539B455E19D687419F47B8B88A4ED6094881DEA48D655A4B0A93401D928F
2E94EE2E1C91FC42ACA19DB5B3101FAFAEADC4F73E5233827310688341EC7CBE
50FCCEE5B2851B8F2F3539BED37EA9A1608023A07B01766700FFCC598136A1B3
433AC0C36940CB42D547894EA0345E057366A93F2AAF210743BDAD6AB8A88A36
339F748149DA29CC6BBAF83742FB0494B17ED148D2FA3D39CB855B789F4AED9E
8CA1A1601AAC354338D10EAE680BDF9650F1380954D997EC0ECA304303EF6BC2
F4644AC011DF3FC8F7CEE42C890569E1CBD9728282D95C55DC86181215227E79
B6ED5589CACCD034A59BAAE8A4BFACAC6A8ABD0692B46B05A39A435619C2298D
6AB78EFC1C3B3850BAB10B6D4FD329557B5F9B7CFA295B7E5D7B6CFFEDC1797C
672476463884F82154AE497A29F48C92F1D2B1DC21B8C69867FE47548404F732
90834F49D882948AE0C105FD13F82B2660DDEF5486BB0D0F081F3B77AB178BD5
831AD800551EA1645BA3F47CBA63526F3175FA192196AE7188D02EAC7249FF4C
Last updated On: May 13, 2014 Created On: December 08, 2012
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and between the little chambers were five cubits; and the threshold of the gate by the porch of the gate within was one reed.
40:8 He measured also the porch of the gate within, one reed.
40:9 Then measured he the porch of the gate, eight cubits; and the posts thereof, two cubits; and the porch of the gate was inward.
40:10 And the little chambers of the gate eastward were three on this side, and three on that side; they three were of one measure: and the posts had one measure on this side and on that side.
40:11 And he measured the breadth of the entry of the gate, ten cubits; and the length of the gate, thirteen cubits.
40:12 The space also before the little chambers was one cubit on this side, and the space was one cubit on that side: and the little chambers were six cubits on this side, and six cubits on that side.
Re: Stop and Seize
#13“Those laws were meant to take a guy out for selling $1 million in cocaine or who was trying to launder large amounts of money,” said Mark Overton, the police chief in Bal Harbour, Fla., who once oversaw a federal drug task force in South Florida. “It was never meant for a street cop to take a few thousand dollars from a driver by the side of the road.”
I love watching how systems of people operate. Fascinating stuff.
Over and over, what I see in U.S. history is somebody who has a real problem that needs solved -- perhaps a gnat is flying around the house. The problem looks really sexy on TV. Politicians can thump the table and get lots of votes.
Then these politicians get elected and suddenly we're building industrial flame-throwers to get rid of gnats. "But it's only for the gnats!" they say. And it is -- for about 20 years. Then it slowly becomes a tool like any other.
Part 3 of this story is the most interesting. It's where the rest of us figure out how we've gotten screwed and start clamoring to have something done about it. But nothing happens.
Democracy's bug? That every generation feels like it is special, and that the problems it is having are special. So they "have" to start heavily mucking around with the system. Most every time, these fixes work -- until they don't. Then we're stuck with them forever.
I don't have an answer here, just venting.
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#14Now that's a Kin-Dza-Dza grade police force.
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#15'“9/11 caused a lot of officers to realize they should be out there looking for those kind of people,” said David Frye, a part-time Nebraska county deputy sheriff who serves as chief instructor at Desert Snow and was operations director of Black Asphalt. “When money is taken from an organization, it hurts them more than when they lose the drugs.”' Wait, what? I was unaware that 9/11 was perpetrated by drug trafficker…
Seems like the 9/11 rhetoric is slowly but surely transforming into the war on drugs rhetoric. "We passed laws for terrorists...no terrorists, so I guess we should use them on drug dealers then!"
Actually, many of the "anti-terror" laws have included in them drug crimes, too, and that's what the vast majority of National Security Letters are used for, too.
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#16He was carrying $75,000 raised from relatives to buy a Chinese restaurant... They took $18,000 that he said was meant to buy a used car. ...was stunned when police took $17,550 from him during a stop in 2012 for a minor traffic infraction... The deputy found $75,195 in a suitcase in the back seat... They were carrying $28,500 in church funds meant for the purchase of land... No doubt there's injustice that needs to b…
Oh, I'm sorry I thought we were talking about the USA here. Just because, YOU, in the 5minutes it took you to post a knee-jerk reaction can't think of ANY reason to carry large sums of money doesn't mean it should be or IS illegal. It's not. This is a free country and there are many reasons one might want or need to carry cash.
This whole preposterous idea that, "Oh, you have lots of money on you MUST BE DRUG MONEY. Let's use draconian laws, and bring in the DEA so we can confiscate it all", is insane. And super prevalent in the south, where people getting stopped on the highway for speeding (or "durr durr you were swerving?") and getting their car illegally searched is all too common. Good luck getting that money back once it's inside the beast. It's a longggg road.
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#17'“9/11 caused a lot of officers to realize they should be out there looking for those kind of people,” said David Frye, a part-time Nebraska county deputy sheriff who serves as chief instructor at Desert Snow and was operations director of Black Asphalt. “When money is taken from an organization, it hurts them more than when they lose the drugs.”' Wait, what? I was unaware that 9/11 was perpetrated by drug trafficker…
Seems like the 9/11 rhetoric is slowly but surely transforming into the war on drugs rhetoric. "We passed laws for terrorists...no terrorists, so I guess we should use them on drug dealers then!" Actually, many of the "anti-terror" laws have included in them drug crimes, too, and that's what the vast majority of National Security Letters are used for, too.
That is what the majority of any surveillance or security laws are used for, in any country.
Well, drugs and petty crime like theft.
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#18Well, I guess this is one extra reason to stay in Europe and start business here.
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#19Near the end, they talk about how police can use psychological pressure to keep someone at the side of the road, not telling them they can leave any time the initial traffic stop is over. They then make 'productive' use of that time. Why you should never talk to police: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6wXkI4t7nuc
I think in practice the "fuck you, I know my rights" approach is the worst one. Just take 20 minutes to hide your cash properly and in a friendly voice say "sure officer, go ahead and search." He's not going to find it.
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#20This story is so unbelievably biased and one-sided, it confirms my suspicions of the value of the Washington Post anymore.
Carrying $75K in cash around should raise anyone's suspicions as to the purpose, no matter what the carrier claims. Think about it. Why would YOU carry $75K in cash?
The obvious and well known reasons are, it's the most secure way to fund drug and terrorist cells without leaving a trail. The Post even acknowledges that!
"There is no question that state and federal forfeiture programs have crippled powerful drug-trafficking organizations, thwarted an assortment of criminals ... "
But not until they make their accusations and end the above sentence with:
"... and brought millions of dollars to financially stressed police departments."
Note that only a sixth of those seizures were ever challenged but the Post claims it's only because it's too expensive to do so. They do NOT question whether it's because it's drug or terrorist funding (and I will state that it is).
Just unbelievable what these formerly trustworthy newspapers are churning out nowadays.