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WARNING: Someone is Trying to Set Up Liberty Activists Using Child Porn
Oath Keepers Website ^ | 08/03/2013 | Stewart Rhodes

Posted on 08/04/2013 1:52:33 AM PDT by MikeSteelBe

This a warning to all of our members, readers, supporters, and to the general liberty movement.

Please be extremely careful with email, and do not open any attachments from anyone who you don’t know, or from any suspicious email, such as tormail. And even if it seems to be from someone you know, take the time to read the email address carefully, to see if it is from a Tormail account, or other anonymous email service. It could be someone impersonating someone you know, to trick you into opening files with child-porn on them.

No one here at Oath Keepers uses tormail or any other anonymous email service, so if you see an email purporting to be from Oath Keepers, or from anyone in leadership at Oath Keepers, from such an email service, do not open it.

There have been a string of anonymous attacks on liberty activists, all attempting to trick people into opening email attachments containing child-porn. We know of at least four such attempts within the past few weeks.

The first was when someone emailed Luke Rudkowski, Founder of We Are Change and tried to trick him into opening attached jpeg files containing child porn. Luke was able to use the “view” function of his email to see that the images were child porn and he did not open them.

Then, someone using a tormail account tried to do the same thing to Dan Johnson, Founder of People Against the NDAA (PANDA). Whoever emailed Dan Johnson pretended to be me, Stewart Rhodes, but using a Tormail account. Fortunately, Dan knew that I don’t use Tormail, and therefore he did not open the attachments. Instead, he had a computer security expert examine the files, and that expert determined that they contained child porn. You can read more about that attack, and watch a video we made about it, here.

Well, a few days later it happened again, to two other liberty activists we know. They have chosen, for the time being, to not go public about it, in the hopes that the FBI will have a better chance of catching the perp. All of us have reported these incidents to the FBI, through attorney Sue Basko.

Sue has written a very well done description of what happened, what we did to report it, and some important advice on how you can keep from being victimized by whoever is doing this. Here is an excerpt of that tutorial. Please take her advice to heart, and be very careful online.

Stewart Rhodes


TOPICS: Constitution/Conservatism; Culture/Society; Government; News/Current Events
KEYWORDS: childporn; libertymovement; oathkeepers; setup
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To: MikeSteelBe
Luke was able to use the “view” function of his email to see that the images were child porn and he did not open them.

Errrrr.....

.... as a computer developer, I am here to tell you that viewing the images downloads them into internet temporary file folders. He needs to scrub his computer with CCleaner and checkmark EVERY option for scrubbing.

41 posted on 08/04/2013 5:18:01 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

You can always count on liberals to have the child porn files to send in this manner.


42 posted on 08/04/2013 5:19:44 AM PDT by Fresh Wind (The last remnants of the Old Republic have been swept away.)
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To: MikeSteelBe

BookMark


43 posted on 08/04/2013 5:20:46 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: Lazamataz
Thanks Laz. Bet you guys don't bother with all the details of what is out there because at this point (catching up) is futile. Much like a nuclear reactor going hot.
44 posted on 08/04/2013 5:22:27 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Lazamataz

LOL ... had to tell the truth Laz. Should I expect a visit yet? Hope Not but ... sometimes telling the truth is costly.


45 posted on 08/04/2013 5:25:12 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Lazamataz
btw ... may be in your area in about a month or so ... will talk via email about a possible meeting when the time arrives ... LOL ... Don't bring the hammer to the meeting, please.
46 posted on 08/04/2013 5:28:30 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Lazamataz

to entice you will bring a female too.


47 posted on 08/04/2013 5:30:46 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: driftdiver

Eep. I save great graphics of animals, and funny political content from here a LOT : o They go onto my screensaver carousel, so I never choose anything that makes me mad, laughs.

I am assuming this is a practice that I should stop : \

Thanks in advance, and may God keep watch over us all.
Tatt


48 posted on 08/04/2013 5:30:55 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: MikeSteelBe

blackmail is a communist technique...uhm...who’s in office that is a communists???


49 posted on 08/04/2013 5:48:51 AM PDT by BCW (Book - http://babylonscovertwar.com/index.html)
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To: Lazamataz

After meeting we’ll discuss who buys the meal?


50 posted on 08/04/2013 5:49:21 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: thesearethetimes...

Probably too late......;) I can post a picture thats hosted on my server. When that picture is downloaded for viewing I can capture your IP, OS type and a few other bits of info. Enough to target you specifically. You don’t even have to save it to your hard drive as its already there in a temp folder.

Run scans regularly, wipe empty space occasionally, keep anti-virus up to date.

I’ve chosen to be careful and not live in fear.


51 posted on 08/04/2013 5:50:33 AM PDT by driftdiver (I could eat it raw, but why do that when I have a fire.)
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To: dayglored
Hate to tell ya, but "view" means the image was "opened". That's how "view" works -- it opens the file.

It depends what was viewed. Obviously the client must open the message, but if you view the message source you can see the URLs for any images encoded in the links.

In my case I wrote a little Outlook macro to save suspect messages as a text file for further review. Outlook has to read the message into memory so the macro can grab it, but Outlook never takes action on any of the links.

52 posted on 08/04/2013 6:02:27 AM PDT by ken in texas (The Obama Excuse: They never told me and I didn't ask.)
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To: no-to-illegals

I’d love to meet, sure...


53 posted on 08/04/2013 6:05:06 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: jiggyboy

That will tell you what the “Reply-To” header was set to, but it’s as easy to spoof as any other header.


54 posted on 08/04/2013 6:06:08 AM PDT by Campion ("Social justice" begins in the womb)
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To: Lazamataz

Thanks Laz. Will discuss with you at an appropriate time within four to five weeks. Will give a minimum of one to two weeks advance notice of when will be in the area. Will attempt to make it a two week notice. This will be for fun and a meal, no business. Just a simple hello if can be arranged by the two of us plus I’ll bring my better half.


55 posted on 08/04/2013 6:09:47 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: driftdiver

Sigh... understood. Thanks much for the reply, and for the valuable information, FRiend.


56 posted on 08/04/2013 6:11:49 AM PDT by thesearethetimes... ("Courage, is fear that has said its prayers." Dorothy Bernard)
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To: Lazamataz

for security, and of course there is none ... may go to phone when know dates. I’ll call this time and will not place this one on you.


57 posted on 08/04/2013 6:23:28 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: no-to-illegals
Thanks Laz. Will discuss with you at an appropriate time within four to five weeks. Will give a minimum of one to two weeks advance notice of when will be in the area. Will attempt to make it a two week notice.

Ok, I will make an exception. I normally require a minimum of 97,800,000 years notice, which means you would have had to email me sometime during the Cretaceous Era.

This will be for fun and a meal, no business.

Good move. Now the NSA will not know of our true plans: Plotting TOTAL GLOBAL DOMINATION.

Wait. Did I just screw up?

Just a simple hello if can be arranged by the two of us plus I’ll bring my better half.

I also will bring my better half, which, of course, is my bottom half.

58 posted on 08/04/2013 6:26:39 AM PDT by Lazamataz (Early 2009 to 7/21/2013 - RIP my little girl Cathy. You were the best cat ever. You will be missed.)
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To: Lazamataz

shucks Laz ... they’re on to us.


59 posted on 08/04/2013 6:30:16 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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To: Lazamataz

I didn’t say that btw.


60 posted on 08/04/2013 6:31:27 AM PDT by no-to-illegals (Scrutinize our government and Secure the Blessing of Freedom and Justice)
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