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Computer underground Digest Sun Mar 28 1993 Volume 5 : Issue 23
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ISSN 1004-042X
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Editors: Jim Thomas and Gordon Meyer (TK0JUT2@NIU.BITNET)
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Archivist: Brendan Kehoe
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Shadow-Archivists: Dan Carosone / Paul Southworth
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Ralph Sims / Jyrki Kuoppala
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Ian Dickinson
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Copy Eater: Etaion Shrdlu, Senior
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CONTENTS, #5.23 (Mar 28 1993)
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File 1--Response to Virus Writing Contest (#5.21)
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File 2--Akron BBS Sting Update
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File 3--Akron Beacon Editorial on "Akron Bust"
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File 4--Getting information to and from the White House
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Cu-Digest is a weekly electronic journal/newsletter. Electronic
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Subscriptions are available at no cost from tk0jut2@mvs.cso.niu.edu. The
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editors may be contacted by voice (815-753-6430), fax (815-753-6302)
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or U.S. mail at: Jim Thomas, Department of Sociology, NIU, DeKalb, IL
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60115.
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Issues of CuD can also be found in the Usenet comp.society.cu-digest
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news group; on CompuServe in DL0 and DL4 of the IBMBBS SIG, DL1 of
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LAWSIG, and DL0 and DL12 of TELECOM; on GEnie in the PF*NPC RT
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Date: Wed, 24 Mar 93 13:03:09 PST
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From: roy%burnflag.ati.com@HARVUNXW.BITNET(Roy)
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Subject: File 1--Response to Virus Writing Contest (#5.21)
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This note is in reference to the current issue of CuD and the all the
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discussion of Mark Ludwigs' virus writing contest.
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Let's just say I decided to have a bomb making contest. This is for
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the purely scientific purpose of studying how bombs work, and allowing
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people to study different ways to defuse bombs. I am going to award
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some cash to the winner and publish the plans for making the bomb in
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my soon-to-be-released book called "The Little Black Book of Bomb
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Making Techniques".
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So, the book gets published and sells lots of copies. Mark Ludwig
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arrives home one day to find that his place of residence has been
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destroyed by a huge bomb. It just so happens that the type of bomb
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used is the same award winning explosive device as I published in my
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book.
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Surely, Mr. Ludwig would not hold me responsible for the destruction
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of his home caused by someone who decided to implement the plans I
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presented purely for "scientific research purposes".
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Roy Batchelor / Burn This Flag BBS / San Jose, CA / 408-363-9766 /
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Date: 24 Mar 93 01:16:36 EST
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From: David Lehrer <71756.2116@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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Subject: File 2--Akron BBS Sting Update
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Akron Anomaly BBS trial issue:
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Distributed with permission of The Akron Beacon Journal
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David Lehrer
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POLICE SAY THEY WERE TAKING A BYTE OUT OF CRIME MUNROE FALLS
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MAN WAS ARRESTED FOR HAVING X-RATED PICTURES ON HIS COMPUTER
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BULLETIN BOARD; HIS PARENTS BELIEVE THE STING OPERATION WAS
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POLITICALLY MOTIVATED.
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Akron Beacon Journal (AK) - MONDAY March 22, 1993
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By: CHARLENE NEVADA, Beacon Journal staff writer
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Edition: 1 STAR Section: METRO Page: A1
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Word Count: 1,538
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TEXT:
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When the police cars pulled up to David Lehrer's quiet Munroe Falls
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street last June, it was a little like they were swooping
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down on a major criminal.
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Police Chief Steve Stahl went to the door and told Lehrer that he
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had a search warrant to seize computer equipment belonging to Lehrer's
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son, Mark. The chief told the elder Lehrer that there was
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reason to believe Mark Lehrer, then 22, was using the computer and a
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modem to disseminate matter harmful to juveniles.
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Essentially, the chief said, it appeared that there were dirty
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pictures on a popular computer bulletin board operated by the
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younger Lehrer and that teen-agers could use their own computers to
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view the dirty pictures.
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The police went through the Lehrers' home -- seizing,
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labeling and photographing anything and everything that fit on the
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computer. It was just like on a police television show, only it was
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happening in Munroe Falls and the accused was a college student
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computer whiz.
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Greg Lehrer, Mark's younger brother, remembers asking one
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of the officers: 'Why don't you go out and find some real criminals?'
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That was nine months ago.
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Some might still ask that question.
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The case of the State of Ohio vs. Mark Lehrer was closed last week
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when Lehrer stood before a judge in Summit County and pleaded
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guilty to one rather strange misdemeanor: attempted possession of a
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criminal tool.
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Lehrer and his family said the plea bargain was a way to put the
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matter behind them without risking a jury trial and more legal
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expenses. They consider the whole episode a witch hunt by Munroe Falls
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police.
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David Lehrer has said from the beginning that Munroe Falls police
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only wanted to appropriate his son's high-power computer -- which they
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labeled a criminal tool -- for their own use.
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Within the computing community, the case caused so much outrage
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that some lawyers and accountants set up a defense fund to help
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Lehrer. More than $1,500 came from all over the country.
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Munroe Falls Police Chief Steve Stahl is about as unhappy
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over the resolution as the Lehrers.
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Stahl wanted a felony conviction. The chief denied being on a witch
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hunt for criminals in a relatively crime-free suburban community.
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Lehrer's attorney, Don Varian, said the prosecutor offered to
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plea bargain because prosecutors would have had problems going to
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trial: 'They would have lost and they knew it,' he said.
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On this much everyone agrees: Between last June and last week, the
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case took lots of strange turns.
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THE AKRON ANOMALY
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It started one day last spring when Munroe Falls police got a tip
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from a Kent State University student who said he was concerned
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that obscene material was available to juveniles through a computer
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bulletin board known as the Akron Anomaly.
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The Akron Anomaly was the baby of Mark Lehrer, a University of
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Akron student. Lehrer has been into computers since he was in grade
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school and his dad brought the first one home. Among people who
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love computers, bulletin boards are a way to share ideas and programs.
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Bulletin board users are a little like yesterday's ham radio
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operators.
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The operator of a computer bulletin board is usually someone
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who has lots of games, pictures and programs to share.
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Others can sign onto their own computers -- and with the aid of a
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modem and telephone line -- tap into the bulletin board and copy the
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files.
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As computers go, Lehrer had a V-8 engine, a 486 IBM clone
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with 500 megabytes of memory. (The whole Bible could be stored in
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1 1/2 of those megabytes.)
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Lehrer works at a computer store in Stark County. He was allowed
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to buy accessories and upgrades at discount. His system -- not
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including discs --was valued at about $3,000.
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The bulletin board was so successful that early last year a
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local computer group called it one of the best around.
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Those who wanted to use the bulletin board more than 45 minutes
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a day were asked to pay $15 a year, which Lehrer applied to his phone
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bill.
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X-RATED MATERIAL
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The board had an adult section with X-rated pictures and movies.
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Those who wanted access to the adult section had to send Lehrer
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a copy of a driver's license and get a special clearance.
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Computer users don't just take things from a bulletin board.
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They contribute, too.
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Programs and pictures sent to the Anomaly were received in sort
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of an 'in' basket. Lehrer then sorted them and filed them by category.
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The X-rated stuff -- which Lehrer said was less than 2 percent
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of the available files -- was put into the restricted-entry
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adult category. According to Stahl, some of the X-rated files
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wound up in the clean section.
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One in particular troubled Stahl. It was labeled '69,' a slang
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term for oral sex, and had three X's behind it.
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To Stahl, that meant dirty. And since it wasn't in a
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restricted-access section, anyone could see it.
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But since Munroe Falls didn't actually have any outraged
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parents complaining, the police set up a sting operation.
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Working on the advice of prosecutors from the Cuyahoga Falls
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Municipal Court, police found a 15-year-old volunteer and had
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him apply for membership under a fake name. They sat him down at a
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computer and had him press the button to access one of the X-rated
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files. Then he left because his parents didn't want him viewing the
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material.
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Lehrer was charged with disseminating matter harmful to
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juveniles and possession of criminal tools -- his computer.
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At a preliminary hearing last June, Cuyahoga Falls Municipal
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Judge James Bierce warned that more evidence would be needed to
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convict Lehrer. Nonetheless, the matter was bound over to the grand
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jury.
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And that's where it died. Just why isn't clear. Grand jury
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proceedings are secret.
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Stahl said the grand jury didn't actually get to see the pictures.
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Varian has his own theory.
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The police didn't have an independent witnesses saying they or
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their children were offended, Varian said. All they had was the
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15-year-old kid who was set up. That meant the jury would have had to
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look at the issue of entrapment. Jurors might not have liked that.
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NEW CHARGES
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But the matter didn't end with the grand jury no-billing the
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issue of disseminating matter harmful to juveniles.
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New charges surfaced.
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When authorities seized Lehrer's computer, they also took
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those shopping bags full of floppy discs. And apparently among them
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were some sex pictures in which the subjects could have been under 18.
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So Lehrer was indicted for pandering obscenity involving minors.
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It didn't matter that the pictures came from a disc and weren't on
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line or available through the bulletin board.
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The new charges made David Lehrer, Mark's father, suspect even
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more that there was a hidden agenda.
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POLITICS AT WORK?
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Lehrer chairs the city's charter review commission. Last
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May, the commission voted not to make the police chief's job
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classified, which would have afforded Stahl a great measure of job
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protection.
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Plus, after the bust, Susan Lehrer -- Mark's mother --
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visited the chief. She took notes. She said Stahl talked about how
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her son's computer could be used in police work.
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Stahl denied his actions were politically motivated. He also
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denied wanting to get the computer, which is now in the hands
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of state law enforcement officials.
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The chief said he decided it would be wrong to ignore the case
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just because Mark Lehrer's father held a public position.
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Stahl denied digging through the floppies to find more to charge
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Lehrer with. The Bureau of Criminal Investigation did that, he said.
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COMPUTER GONE FOR GOOD
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Mark Lehrer acknowledged having some adult files in the
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unrestricted area. With 10,000 files to deal with, he said, it was a
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clerical error.
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Summit County Prosecutor Lynn Slaby said that it would have been
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tough to convict Lehrer on the kiddie porn charges because proving
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the ages of the people in the pictures would have been tough.
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Varian said the women looked in the range of 16 to 20.
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To salvage the case, prosecutors offered the plea bargain. Lehrer
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said he agreed to it because expert witnesses -- people to
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testify the people in the picture weren't under 18 -- would
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have cost $6,000.
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Most importantly, he said: 'I didn't want to go to trial for
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child pornography. Juries sometimes convict people unfairly.'
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He got no jail time, no probation and a small fine. But he had to
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give up his computer.
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'We did not endorse the plea agreement,' Stahl said. He said he
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still believes that Lehrer is guilty of disseminating matter
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harmful to juveniles.
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The chief said he isn't on an obscenity crusade. 'We're not
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Ravenna,' he said, referring to that city's anti-porn-crusading mayor,
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Donald Kainrad.
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To Lehrer -- who sees an empty room instead of a sophisticated
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computer -- it's been a nightmare and the end of a great hobby.
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'Being hit with child pornography charges' was far from just, he
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says. 'It's scary what people -- police and prosecutors -- can do to
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a citizen.'
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CAPTION:
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PHOTO: LEW STAMP
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Beacon Journal - David Lehrer (left) and his son Mark
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question why Munroe Falls police targeted Mark's computer
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bulletin board, the Akron Anomaly.
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DESCRIPTORS: DAVID LEHRER; MARK; MUNROE FALLS POLICE; SEARCH WARRANT;
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COMPUTER EQUIPMENT; COLLEGE STUDENT; OBSCENE; JUVENILE;
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BIOGRAPHY; INFORMATION
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Date: 27 Mar 93 07:36:29 EST
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From: David Lehrer <71756.2116@COMPUSERVE.COM>
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Subject: File 3--Akron Beacon Editorial on "Akron Bust"
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"Munroe Falls carryout"
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The following is an editorial published in the Akron Beacon Journal on
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Wednesday, March 24, 1993. This editorial is copyrighted by the Akron
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Beacon Journal, and commercial use or resale of this article is
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forbidden. Permission to post this editorial in its entirety has been
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generously granted by Mr. David B. Cooper, Associate Editor.
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Background:
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The 9-month long Mark Lehrer/Akron Anomaly BBS felony trial situation
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terminated on March 8, 1993.
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Topic: Published articles about the Akron Anomaly BBS 'sting'
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directed by Munroe Falls, Ohio police chief Steve Stahl on June 18,
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1992. All published articles concerning this 'sting' and associated
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battles will be distributed immediately upon permission being granted
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by the author(s).
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Responses are encouraged!
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From the Beacon: "We welcome your letters and the chance to publish as
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many as possible."
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"We ask that letters be original, concise and legible and bear
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the writer's full signature, address and daytime phone number."
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"All letters are subject to editing. We withhold names only for good
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reason. The same conditions apply to letters sent by fax."
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"Please address your letters to Voice of the People, Akron Beacon
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Journal, P.O. Box 640, Akron, Ohio 44309-0640."
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"If you want to send your letter by fax, use our fax number:
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(216) 996-3520."
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David Lehrer
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07084027
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MUNROE FALLS CARRYOUT
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Akron Beacon Journal (AK) - WEDNESDAY March 24, 1993
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Edition: 1 STAR Section: EDITORIAL Page: A14
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Word Count: 313
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MEMO:
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Editorial / Our Opinion
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TEXT:
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The Fourth Amendment to the Constitution was written to safeguard
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ordinary citizens against unreasonable search and seizure.
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Recently, however, law-enforcement officials have taken to seizing
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possessions of convicted and suspected criminals, particularly drug
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dealers.
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In the case of 23-year-old Munroe Falls resident Mark Lehrer,
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police confiscated a sophisticated, $3,000 computer setup, programs
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and disks on the suspicion that he might be letting kids look at
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dirty pictures. That charge was never proved. In fact, it appears
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that police received only one or two complaints about his computer
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bulletin board, none from area parents. Lehrer contends a
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clerical error put the pornography into files accessible to all the
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bulletin board's users, not just adults. Police enlisted a
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15-year-old, falsified his identity for a membership and then helped
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the teen call up a possibly offending program.
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But, when the Summit County grand jury refused to indict the
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University of Akron computer whiz on the original charges, Munroe
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Falls police filed other charges based on the possibility that
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some of the programs in Lehrer's private collection contained
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pictures of minors.
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Lehrer did plead guilty to a misdemeanor charge of 'attempted
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possession of criminal tools' -- his computer -- based on those
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subsequent charges.
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No one downplays the seriousness of crime in our society, whether
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it's in the suburbs or inner cities. None argue that children should
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be able to view pornography.
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But in the absence of compelling evidence that Lehrer was
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trying to peddle child porn to kids, either at the outset of this
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case nine months ago or now, it could appear that the police acted
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hastily in confiscating the computer. Such actions invite questions
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as to whether the police were protecting against a child pornographer
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or using the intimidating powers of the police and judicial system
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to help themselves to a nice hunk of expensive machinery. dl
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DESCRIPTORS: MUNROE FALLS; MARK LEHRER; POLICE; BIOGRAPHY; CHILD
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PORNOGRAPHY; EVIDENCE; OBSCENITY
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Date: Tue, 16 Mar 1993 08:08:53 -0800 (PST)
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From: booloo@FRAMSPARC.OCF.LLNL.GOV(Mark Boolootian)
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Subject: File 4--Getting information to and from the White House
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GETTING INFORMATION TO AND FROM THE WHITE HOUSE
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FREQUENTLY ASKED QUESTIONS
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Updated March 12, 1993
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A. HOW TO SIGN UP FOR ELECTRONIC RELEASES FROM THE WHITE HOUSE:
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The White House Communications office is distributing press releases
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over an experimental system developed during the campaign.
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You can sign up to receive press releases on this experimental system
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by using the automated computer server. You will be carried forward
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onto the system that replaces it. However, it would be appreciated if
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you used this service sparingly at this time. The present system was
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not designed to handle high levels of message traffic. In due course,
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a more powerful system will be available.
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You can also find copies of the press releases in certain on-line
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bulletin board groups devoted to discussions of either national
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politics in general or President Clinton in particular.
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1. On USENET/NETNEWS, electronic publications are found on a variety of
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groups:
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Direct Distribution
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alt.politics.clinton
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alt.politics.org.misc
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alt.politics.reform
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alt.politics.usa.misc
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alt.news-media
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alt.activism
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talk.politics.misc
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Indirect Distribution
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misc.activism.progressive
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cmu.soc.politics
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assocs.clinton-gore-92
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2. On CompuServe: GO WHITEHOUSE
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3. On America Online: keyword WHITEHOUSE or THE WHITEHOUSE or CLINTON
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4. On The WELL: type whitehouse
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5. On MCI: type VIEW WHITE HOUSE
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If you don't have access to the these accounts or if you would prefer
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to receive the releases via e-mail, then the next section details how
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to sign up for this service. The server is not set up to answer
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e-mail letters, comments or requests for specific information. To
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reach this server, send e-mail:
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to: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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subject: Help
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The server works by reading the subject line of the incoming message
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and taking whatever action that line calls for. If you want to sign up
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to automatically receive press releases, then your subject line would
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begin with the word RECEIVE. You can then specify what kind of
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information you are interested in receiving. The categories of
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information are:
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ECONOMIC POLICY
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Get releases related to the economy such as budget
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news, technology policy review, etc.
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FOREIGN POLICY
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Get releases related to foreign policy such as
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statements on Bosnian airdrop, Haitian refugee
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status, etc.
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SOCIAL POLICY
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Get releases related to social issues like
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National Service (Student Loan) program,
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abortion, welfare reform, etc.
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SPEECHES
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All speeches made by the President and
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important speeches made by other
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Administration officials.
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NEWS
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Transcripts of press conferences released by
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the White House Communications office, as well
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as the President's remarks in photo ops and
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other Q&A sessions.
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ALL All of the above
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So, if you wanted to sign up to get releases related to the economy your
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e-mail message would look like this:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: RECEIVE ECONOMY
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When you send a signup message to the clinton-info server, it sends
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you back a status message letting you know what distribution streams
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you are signed up for. If you ever want to check on what groups you
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are signed up for send the following message:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: STATUS
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You can stop receiving e-mail releases by sending a REMOVE message to
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the clinton-info server. The word REMOVE would be followed by whatever
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distribution stream you wanted to drop. If you wanted to stop
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receiving message about the ECONOMY then your mail would look like
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this:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: REMOVE ECONOMY
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You could substitute SOCIAL, FOREIGN, SPEECHES, NEWS or ALL for
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ECONOMY in the above message and you would be dropped from that
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distribution list. If you send the subject line REMOVE ALL, then you
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will be taken off the e-mail distribution system all together and will
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not receive further releases of any kind.
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You can also ask for help from the automated server. Send an e-mail
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query as follows:
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To: Clinton-Info@Campaign92.Org
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Subject: HELP
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The server will respond by sending you a detailed form that will guide you
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through the process of signing up for the various distribution streams.
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B. ARE THE WHITE HOUSE PRESS RELEASES BEING ARCHIVED.
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Yes. Various sites are archiving the press releases. What follows is an
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incomplete list of some of the sites containing the documents that have
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been released to date. This FAQ will be updated to reflect new sites as
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they become known.
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SITE DIRECTORY
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1. SUNSITE.UNC.EDU /HOME3/WAIS/WHITE-HOUSE-PAPERS
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2. FTP.CCO.CALTECH.EDU /PUB/BJMCCALL
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3. FTP MARISTB.MARIST.EDU
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4. CPSR.ORG /CPSR/CLINTON
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5. FedWorld BBS 703-321-8020 8-N-1
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Notes: The following are notes on how to log in and get
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information from the above sites.
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1. Office FOR Information Technology at University of
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North Carolina Maintains the full collection of White
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House electronic release available for search with WAIS.
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(:source
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:version 3
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:database-name "/home3/wais/White-House-Papers" :ip-
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address "152.2.22.81"
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:ip-name "sunsite.unc.edu"
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:tcp-port 210
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:cost 0.00
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:cost-unit :free
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:maintainer "pjones@sunsite.unc.edu"
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:description "Server created with WAIS release 8 b5 on
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Feb 27 15:16:16 1993 by pjones@sunsite.unc.edu
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These are the White House Press Briefings and other
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postings dealing with William Jefferson Clinton and
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Albert Gore as well as members of the President's
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Cabinet and the first lady Hillary Rodham Clinton,
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Chelsea, Socks and others in Washington DC. Dee Dee
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Meyers and George Stephanopoulos. Other good words:
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United States of America, Bill Al Tipper Democrats USA
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US These files are also available via anonymous ftp
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from sunsite.unc.edu The files of type filename used in
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the index were:
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/home3/ftp/pub/academic/political-science/whitehouse-
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papers/1993 ")
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Folks without WAIS clients or gophers that act as WAIS
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clients may telnet to sunsite.unc.edu and login as swais
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to access this information via WAIS.
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2. No special instructions.
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3. The CLINTON@MARIST log files which contain all the official
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administration releases distributed through the MIT servers
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are available via anonymous FTP. These logs contain in
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addition to the official releases, the posts that comprise the
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ongoing discussion conducted by the list subscribers.
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To obtain the logs:
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FTP MARISTB.MARIST.EDU - the logs are in the CLINTON directory
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and are named CLINTON LOG9208 thru CLINTON LOGyymm where yymm
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stands for the current year and month. Problems should be
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directed to my attention: URLS@MARISTC.BITNET or
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URLS@VM.MARIST.EDU.
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Posted by Lee Sakkas - owner, CLINTON@MARIST
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4. Computer Professionals for Social Responsibility is
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providing all Clinton documents on technology and privacy
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at the CPSR Internet Library, available via
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FTP/WAIS/Gopher at cpsr.org /cpsr/clinton (and in other
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folders as relevant). For email access, send a message
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with the word "help" at the 1st line of text to
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listserv@cpsr.org.
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5. The White House Forum (GO WHITEHOUSE) on CompuServe is devoted
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to discussion of the Clinton administration's policies and
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activities. The forum's library consists of news releases and
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twice daily media briefings from the White House Office of
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Media Affairs. CompuServe members can exchange information
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and opinions with each other in the 17 sections in the forum's
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message area. The message board spans a broad range of
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topics, including international and United Nations activities,
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defense, health care, the economy and the deficit, housing and
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urban development, the environment, and education and national
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service.
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6. On America Online the posts are sent to the White House Forum,
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located in the News & Finance department of the service and
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accessible via keywords "white house" and "clinton." The
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White House Forum on America Online contains the press
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releases from the White House, divided into the categories
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"Press Briefings," "Meetings & Speeches," "Foreign Policy,"
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"The Economy," "Technology," "Health Care," and
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"Appointments." The area features a message board so you can
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discuss the releases with other AOL members, and a searchable
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database for easy retrieval of releases in the topic that
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interests you.
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7. MCI Mail users can access daily information on the
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administration's programs provided by the White House through
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MCI Mail bulletin boards. The available boards are: WHITE
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HOUSE ECONOMIC, WHITE HOUSE FOREIGN, WHITE HOUSE SOCIAL, WHITE
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HOUSE SPEECHES and WHITE HOUSE NEWS. A listing of these
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boards can also be obtained by simply typing VIEW WHITE HOUSE
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at the COMMAND prompt.
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C. SENDING E-MAIL TO THE WHITE HOUSE
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The White House e-mail system is under construction. This is a new
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project and suffers from all of the problems common to a startup
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operation. The Communications office is currently working on defining
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what this system will do, as well as trying to come up with equipment
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and staffing to make sure that it works. E-mail messages are
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currently being printed out and responses are being sent out via US
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Mail.
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Nobody wants this new venture to work more than the staff that has
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devoted so many hours to getting it up and running. But much time and
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effort will be required before the system is truly interactive. In
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the mean time, they will need a little patience from the electronic
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community. If you send a message to the White House, please include a
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US Post office address for replies.
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You can send e-mail to the following accounts:
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Compuserve: 75300,3115
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GO: WHITE HOUSE finds White House forum
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America OnLine: clinton pz
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KEYWORD: WHITEHOUSE finds White House area
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MCI TO: WHITE HOUSE
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VIEW WHITE HOUSE views bulletin boards
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Internet: clinton-hq@Campaign92.Org
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75300.3115@compuserve.com
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clintonpz@aol.com
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Please send corrections, deletion and additions to this faq to:
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Updates@Clinton92.Org
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