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==Phrack Inc.==
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Volume One, Issue Six, Phile 9 of 13
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*-=+^ Phrack World News ^+=-*
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Issue Five/Part 1
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Compiled and Written By
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Knight Lightning
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Where is Taran King? May 10, 1986
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Taran King is generally thought to be a very mellow, easy going person. For
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the most part this is true. However he also gets into major fights with his
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dad. When Taran does get pissed he, gets violent. In the past he has punched a
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hole into his bedroom door and put dents in his refrigerator with his fists.
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Most recently his dad found out about his collection of illegal knives,
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including stilettos, butterflies, and survival knives. They got into an
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argument about this and eventually into a fight. Taran stormed off to his
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room. Meanwhile, unknown to him, his dad called the police. They took him to
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a nearby hospital's adolescent psychiatric ward, supposedly for evaluation. As
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of June 14, 1986 he has been there for five weeks and the end isn't in sight.
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For a while he had no phone of visitor privileges and there was no way of
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contacting him. This now has changed, but the problems have not been solved.
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On May 23, 1986 he was let out on a pass to go see Judas Priest in concert (it
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was great). He has been let out on pass several times since then as well,
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mostly on weekends.
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As far as Metal Shop Private...
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Well on May 12, 1986, the /\/impha and I decided to go to Taran's house to
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collect the Phrack files and to add a few new modifications to the bbs so that
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I could control it better remotely. Taran's sister let us in, no problem.
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Unfortunately, before we were done Taran's dad came home. He immediately
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spotted my car outside and burst into the house. He was pissed that we were
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there and made sure we weren't stealing anything (like I am really going to
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steal from my best friend right?). He assumed that the bbs had crashed and
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that we were there fixing it. He then decided that he didn't want us to come
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over every time the board crashed and TOOK IT DOWN!
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Metal Shop Private will return when Taran gets out, hopefully sometime in June.
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_______________________________________________________________________________
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Metal Shop AE April 27, 1986
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Metal Shop AE is now the proud possessor of a full 40 megs of online storage.
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It also has added an individual password system for greater board security and
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now has an email messaging service online.
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Metal Shop AE is sysoped by Cheap Shades. It is one of the main distribution
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centers for Phrack Inc. It has the complete Phrack series online as well as
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almost 1000 other files.
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To become a member of Metal Shop AE, contact Cheap Shades, Taran King, or
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Knight Lightning.
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To upload files for distribution in Phrack Inc. be sure to upload them to drive
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E which will save your file to a non-public viewable drive where it will stay
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until it is edited for Phrack.
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Mark Tabas and Karl Marx Busted May 2, 1986
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The story goes like this; Mark Tabas was working at a plant in Denver where
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credit card blanks are manufactured. He decided to take a few. He and Karl
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Marx then went about finding someone with an embossing machine to print some
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stuff onto the blanks. They were able to find someone and agreed to meet at a
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motel to do the work. Everything went well. They were able to print card
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numbers, names, and expiration dates that they had gotten onto the blanks. To
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celebrate they ordered a bottle of champagne from room service, and paid for it
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with one of the cards. At that point the guy with the embosser pulled his
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badge, Secret Service! Now Mark Tabas and Karl Marx are facing forgery and
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carding charges along with theft for the blanks.
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Information provided by Sally Ride...Space Cadet
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(Editor's Note: At the time that this information was gained, Sally Ride
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commented that it may be a rumor. Any inconsistencies are not his fault)
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May 15, 1986
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We at Phrack have since uncovered more information about this bust. Apparently
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a guy named Will Bell, who's handle was Jack Bell, set up Karl Marx and Mark
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Tabas. Will Bell had the embossing machine and was not a member of the Secret
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Service. Instead, he was the son of a member of the Secret Service (although
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maybe he was the son of a member of the FBI). Since he was not a fed, this was
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not a case of entrapment. It is believed that Will/Jack Bell is originally
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from the 312 (Chicago) area.
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Information Provided by Jester Sluggo and The Sprinter
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FBI/Wylon In Action
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On May 2, 1986, the homes of Cheap Shades and Kleptic Wizard received visits
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from Edward P. Nowicki, Special Agent of the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
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This was not a bust in any way. This agent was trying to gain evidence for a
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telecommunications company known as Wylon, which is mainly based in the
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Colorado/Wyoming area. Apparently someone or several people had been calling
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Kleptic Palace AE and Metal Shop AE illegally and Mr. Nowicki wanted to know
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who had been placing these calls.
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As far as Kleptic Palace AE, the calls in question were made on 2/9/86 5:12 AM,
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2/9/86 4:33 PM, and 2/10/86 7:30 AM. Although no specific order is mentioned.
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The times of the calls made to Metal Shop AE are not available. A third place
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called was the home of TWCB Inc. At the time of these calls Whackoland was
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still up.
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The agent expected all of them to have a caller log on the board but of course
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neither of their AEs kept caller logs. Not to mention the fact that no one
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would kept a caller log for three months anyway.
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Kleptic Wizard got a message to Taran King which was then sent to me, and
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within the hour I arrived at Klepto's house where I discovered the FBI still
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around, so after killing another 45 minutes, I went inside and met with Klepto.
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Mr. Nowicki had left behind two things, his business card and a list of four
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suspects that he was specifically trying to bust. Apparently all four had been
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caught for Wylon abuse in the past.
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I recognized the name at the top of the list almost instantly and as a result,
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saved a fellow phreak from a possible bust. Two of the others are rumored to
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have been warned as well. However if this is untrue then the other three still
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may be in great danger as of this writing. All of the suspects live in the
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Wyoming/Colorado area.
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The homes of Cheap Shades and Kleptic Wizard were not searched and their boards
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were not looked at. The FBI agent even declined an invitation from Kleptic
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Wizard to see the bbs. This may be because he didn't have a warrant.
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Information provided by
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Kleptic Wizard and Cheap Shades
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Administration Nominations? May 6, 1986
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In late April 1986, The Administration decided to have their yearly membership
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drive for the group. The phreaks/hackers being voted on for membership
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included:
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Blade Runner/Jester Sluggo/Knight Lightning/Oryan Quest/Phlash Gordon
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Recent Change/Sally Ride/Slave Driver/Taran King/The Marauder
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Many of the above and others had thought that they had been voted into the
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Administration without even being asked. However this was not the case.
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David Lightman stated that the nominations were made public so that the
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Administration members would know of the vote taking place on Administration
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BBS
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1. Once the nominations were voted on, then the phreaks/hacks would be
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formally invited.
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I now pose an important question. If David Lightman is the only regular board
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caller of the Administration, then how would the other members know how to
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vote?
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So far the results of the votes have not been made public. Not that it matters
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that much because The Administration has now more or less completely fallen
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apart. It would appear that this new membership drive was an attempt to revive
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the group with new blood. However the group has been revived on its own, since
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the formers members regrouped again...at least temporarily.
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Some Information Provided by David Lightman
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Trouble in Texas June 2, 1986
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In the last week of May, David Lightman, decided to do a credimatic check on
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Blade Runner. To his great surprise, he found that Blade Runner worked for
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Southwestern Bell Security. He confronted Blade Runner with this information
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and shortly afterward received a visit from Southwestern Bell Security, who
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confiscated his terminal programs, his user files, notebooks, and g-phile
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disks. He claims that his user files and g-philes were scrambled so no one
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should worry too much.
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Later that day, Sir Gamelord, sysop of World's Grave Elite, called David
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Lightman and said that Blade Runner was on the board and acting really strange.
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David Lightman told him what happened and they then hung up. The next day
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Blade Runner is a cosysop of World's Grave Elite as well as Thieve's
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Underground, sysoped by Jack The Ripper. Now Sir Gamelord denies the incident
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ever occurred. At this writing, David Lightman is laying low and retiring from
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the phreak world until things clear up.
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Sir Gamelord's side to this story is quite different. Sir Gamelord said that
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he, Blade Runner, and Jack the Ripper were forming a group called the
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P.H.I.R.M. (see Phrack Pro-Phile 3 this issue) and that Lightman wanted to be
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in and to lead the group as a subsidiary of The Administration (like Team
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Hackers'86). They refused, and took away his cosysop access on their boards.
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Sir Gamelord says that Lightman is making this whole Southwestern Bell Security
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story up to get revenge on them.
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However, Lightman claims that he was asked to be a member of The P.H.I.R.M.,
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but refused because he didn't have the time. He did however recommend Digital
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Logic, Ford Prefect, and The Lineman (sysop of the Lost City Of Atlantis).
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David Lightman has since received his disks back but will not be around on
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boards very much. The decision is up to you. I will try to get more
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information out on boards as soon as possible.
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Information provided by David Lightman and Sir Gamelord
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Ninja NYC/Sigmund Fraud; Close Calls
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Sigmund Fraud, famous for his incredible proficiency at "social engineering" is
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now laying incredibly low after what is considered the closest call of his
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life.
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The following must be regarded as pure rumor for the sake of non-incrimination
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of those involved. You readers know what I mean.
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The story goes like this, Sigmund Fraud and a friend (the same one who went to
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the Telepub'86 meeting in New York, however he has no handle) were able to
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convince their local Bell company that they were another part of the same
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company and were able to acquire; Call Forwarding, Call Waiting, Speed Calling,
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and Three Way Calling on to Sigmud Fraud's personal phone line. Since SF's
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friend lived in a Cross Bar (X-Bar) area he could not get these services so
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they decided to get them for Ninja NYC. They told him about it later.
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Less than a week later, on the first Thursday of May 1986, Ninja NYC came home
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to discover 2 telco agents awaiting his return from school. What it boiled
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down to was that "he" had committed several felonies and to make matters worse,
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the people at the local Bell company identified Ninja NYC's voice as being the
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caller, AND HE ISN'T THE ONE WHO MADE THE CALL!!!! What it finally boiled
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down to was that Ninja NYC had really received a very scary personal warning.
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About this same time Sigmund Fraud is getting home and to his great dismay, all
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of his new found phone features have been turned off!!?! Sometime later (most
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likely after the telco agents had left) Sigmund gets a call from Ninja NYC.
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Ninja NYC of course tells him everything that had happened and warned him that
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he was next. Sigmund immediately called me. We both thought Sigmund was
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doomed and would be picked up very soon.
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However this was not the case. The agents didn't show up and Sigmund had been
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given a golden opportunity to dump all his illegal items and get his story
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right. That night I received a call from Slave Driver and Sigmund call me on
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three-way and we discussed what to do next. The problem was that Sigmund
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didn't want to get rid of his illegal items. He had boxes, manuals, notebooks,
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and even a PBX in his room. I told he had 2 choices; Choice A: SF gets rid of
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his shit somewhere anywhere, and the telcos don't get any more evidence or,
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Choice B: SF leaves the stuff where it is, the telcos come over and take it
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and SF gets nailed worse.
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When I left the conversation SF was still discussing what he should do. The
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next day, he was not visited by the telcos, he was not busted, but instead
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received a call from his local bell company and was given a very strong verbal
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warning.
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Since that time, He has stopped answering his personal phone and believes that
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line to be monitored. Ninja NYC is almost definitely being monitored and
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people have been asked not to call him.
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Of course that didn't stop Daniel Zigmond from calling him. This was in an
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attempt to help Sigmund Fraud, but regardless may have done more damage than
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good.
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Information Provided by
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Sigmund Fraud/Slave Driver/Knight Lightning
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Telecomputist; Printed Newsletter June 8, 1986
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From: Forest Ranger and "TeleComputist" staff,
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To: You!
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I have drafted the idea for a newsletter and I stress the word newsletter.
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TWCB had promised everyone a 40+, glossy page magazine for an outrageous
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amount. I do not want to say that we are taking TAP over because we are not,
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but instead making amends for what TWCB did not do. To show our sincerity we
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will be offering the first issue free. It will be your basic newsletter with
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exceptional articles from experienced phone phreaks, computer hackers, and
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telecom buffs. Each issue will be a set four pages but since this is the grand
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opening issue it will be longer (20 pages). For the first free issue please
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send a postage paid, self addressed envelope to:
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TeleComputist Newsletter
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P.O. Box 2003
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Florissant, Mo. 63032
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Also, please send subscriptions to the same address. The subscription fee
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for the newsletter will be twelve dollars a year, fifty cents for back issues.
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This is a monthly circulation and we encourage letters.
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The "TeleComputist" Staff includes:
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Forest Ranger/Data Line/Reverend Enge
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Ax Murderer/Chris Jones/Knight Lightning/Taran King/Mad Molester
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Information Provided by Telecomputist Staff
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