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Operation Magic Lantern (FBI Now Targets Christian Defenders of Constitution )
Hal Lindsey Oracle (The Omega Letter) ^ | November 23, 2001 | Jack Kinsella

Posted on 11/24/2001 8:32:51 PM PST by OKCSubmariner

The FBI is developing a kind of trojan horse software that they can use to intercept voice-over-net communications. Presently, they can tap phones, and they can capture computer keystrokes, but they can't listen in to voice communications over the net. Enter the "Magic Lantern".

It's part of a wider FBI project called "Cyber Knight." Cyber Knight would allow investigators to secretly install over the Internet powerful eavesdropping software that records every keystroke on a person's computer, according to people familiar with the effort. Magic Lantern would let them listen in to voice over data communications.

Magic Lantern could be installed over the Internet by tricking a person into double-clicking an e-mail attachment or by exploiting some of the same weaknesses in popular commercial software that allow hackers to break into computers. That is what a "Trojan Horse" is.

Criminals, Terrorists and Foreign Spies

At least one antivirus software company, McAfee Corp., contacted the FBI on Wednesday to ensure its software wouldn't inadvertently detect the bureau's snooping software and alert a criminal suspect. The FBI software could be used with a court order against criminals, terrorists or foreign spies.

Who would qualify? According to a flyer issued by the FBI, someone who fits a terrorist profile would include "Doomsday Cult-Type Groups".

Fitting The Profile

The FBI identifies what it calls "Super Patriots" and describes as "'defenders' of the US Constitution against federal government and UN" as being among those who fit the terrorist profile. That is where this gets scary. I fit the profile. I am a fundamentalist. I believe we are living in the last days. I am a patriot who believes in the Constitution. I believe the UN is the forerunner of the global government of antichrist.

It Couldn't Happen Here

The Apostle John describes the government under antichrist. He says it will be global. [Rev 13:8] It will derive its power from control of a global economy. [Rev 13:17] It will slaughter all those who believe in Jesus. [Rev 13:7]. It will practice a form of counterfeit Christianity [Rev 13:11] that Paul describes as 'having a form of godliness but denying the power thereof' [2 Timothy 3:5].

The United States is not the whole world. It is actually only a tiny part of it, representing less than 5% of the global population. But America has always served as a benchmark for individual liberty and a restrainer of those who would steal that liberty.

A Christian Nation, Despite the Naysayers

Despite what the liberals say, America is and has always been a nation that functions under Christian principles, even when called by a different name. Less now than at its foundation, but still, America remains the most Christian nation on the face of the earth.

Even if it falls far short of what it could be, it is still head and shoulders above any other on that score. Most Americans reading John's description of one world under antichrist dismiss it as something that 'can't happen here'. And it couldn't, even a decade ago.

What It All Means

America has steadily been eroding those elements of our freedoms that would have presented a stumbling block to the antichrist. The reasons sound noble enough. Eliminating terror and terror networks worldwide is a noble cause. It seems right. "There is a way which seemeth right unto a man, but the end thereof are the ways of death," wrote Solomon under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit in Proverbs 14:12. And that same Spirit felt that one fact important enough to repeat in Proverbs 16:25.

The Evolution of America

This is America -- still the freest nation the world has ever known. But it is evolving, forced into compromising those freedoms by circumstances beyond its control. That evolution is embodied by such things as the Operation CyberKnight, Operation Magic Lantern, Project Echelon, Project Carnivore, the Inslaw Project and others.

A Tracked Society

Those projects are transforming us into a tracked society. A society in which membership in the 'wrong' group, adherence to the 'wrong' values, belief in the 'wrong' theology can mean social death. How close is it? Consider what would happen if your social security account was closed. Without a Social Security number, you couldn't work, have a bank account, get a mortgage, or even rent an apartment. You couldn't earn a living. In short, you would be socially dead.

The Specter of Social Death

Membership in the wrong group today -- in America! -- can easily result in social death. Under antichrist, John says membership in the wrong group -- those who do not join his system symbolized by accepting a "mark" become socially dead. "And that no man might buy or sell, save he that had the mark, or the name of the beast, or the number of his name." [Rev 13:17]. It couldn't happen here only a decade ago. For 1900 years it couldn't happen anywhere.

John was writing under the inspiration of the Holy Spirit of God Who knew it would happen everywhere, one day, in a single generation, somewhere in time. This generation. It isn't here yet. But it is fast approaching. You'd have to be blind to not see it coming. If it is this close, the Rapture of the Church is even closer. Where do you stand with Jesus? Time is running out. Click on the Salvation? link at the bottom of the page to find out more.


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KEYWORDS: christianlist; christianpersecutio; magiclantern; privacylist
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President Bush and AG AShcroft claim they are Christians and yet they are implementing draconian measures against American Christians without safeguuards against abuse. They say they are doing it to stop terrorism but they are directing the FBI to label American Christians as terrorists who peacefully defend the Constitution against world government and the AntiChrist.

Bush and AShcroft falsely claim that Islam is a peaceful religion when the Koran directs its followers to kill Christians and Jews after first deceiving them.

I say that Bush and Ashcroft should know better. At best they are deluded and believe a lie (do not really believe or understand what the Bible says)and only use the name Christian to get political power, or at worst they are evil men masquerading as Satan's "angels of light" plotting the demise of Christianity and the Constitution for their cause of world government.

Politically, I think they should be removed from office by peaceful,legal, and Constitutional means, but the problem is who would replace them?

I am a conservative Republican Christian who believes that Bush, Powell and AShcroft have betrayed this country and Christians. Their policies unless corrected will ultimatley destroy Christians and the Constitution and usher in the AntiChrist and World government.

He will "destroy wonderfully with peace" - an attribute ascribed to the AntiChrist and the proponents of his world government system by the Bible.

1 posted on 11/24/2001 8:32:51 PM PST by OKCSubmariner
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To: Nancie Drew; BlueDogDemo; Fred Mertz; golitely; LSJohn; Judge Parker; AtticusX; Atticus318...
BUMP
2 posted on 11/24/2001 8:33:55 PM PST by OKCSubmariner
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To: OKCSubmariner
That is where this gets scary. I fit the profile. I am a fundamentalist. I believe we are living in the last days. I am a patriot who believes in the Constitution. I believe the UN is the forerunner of the global government of antichrist.

Christians do not write such screeds, only those who are wise in their own eyes do.

3 posted on 11/24/2001 8:38:56 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: OKCSubmariner
What I'm concerned with is how many more Ruby Ridges and Wacos we're going to have in the future. I have seen no repudiation or reduction of intent and capacity.
4 posted on 11/24/2001 8:41:10 PM PST by RLK
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To: marylina; homeschool mama
ping
5 posted on 11/24/2001 8:51:14 PM PST by Brad’s Gramma
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To: OKCSubmariner
Given the not so great track record of the powers that be in pursuing actual terrorists this is open to abuse against the American public with few benefits on the war on terror. I think we all as America citizens need to do some serious introspection on what this will mean to our lives.

On a side note though, as a musician I thought this was funny->but they can't listen to voice communications

Unless you use a cheap 20 dollar sound sampling program available at any music store that records to hard disk. Once again, the genius of the powers that be never ceases to amaze. Not to mention the willingness to spend large amounts of my money on new "programs" to possibly spy on me or my neighbors, or heck-half my town.

6 posted on 11/24/2001 9:44:39 PM PST by cascademountaineer
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To: 2sheep
ping
7 posted on 11/24/2001 9:48:29 PM PST by Sir Gawain
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To: Cultural Jihad
Wow, didn't the Apostle Paul write a 'screed' more popularly known as The Book Of Revelations?

You wouldn't be mocking one of the Apostles would you?

Just asking.

L

8 posted on 11/24/2001 9:55:45 PM PST by Lurker
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To: RLK
In fact, I believe we have seen the exact opposite haven't we?

L

9 posted on 11/24/2001 9:56:28 PM PST by Lurker
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To: Lurker
The Apostle Paul didn't waste his time decrying the tax collectors and other functionaries of Roman government. Indeed, he even calmly bared his neck when asked to. Not quite what this screed has in mind, eh?
10 posted on 11/24/2001 10:00:14 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: Lurker
My next installment at the LFCT, is it 12 or 13, says exactly that. The serious issues facing America have been avoided while we celebrate bombing some ragheads. The focus on the war has enabled a degenerative process to go on uncorrected.
11 posted on 11/24/2001 10:02:42 PM PST by RLK
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To: OKCSubmariner
Give me a break!!
12 posted on 11/24/2001 10:07:43 PM PST by Godfollow
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To: RLK
Essentially, the war has caste a dynamic-looking facade over a fundamentally non-functional presidency. It's the same thing that happened with Daddy Bush, producing eventual catastrophic results.
13 posted on 11/24/2001 10:08:19 PM PST by RLK
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To: cdwright

One of their less than stellar screeds prophecies.
The above title is for sale, by the way.

15 posted on 11/24/2001 10:14:48 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: cdwright
"I got pulled over for speeding yesterday. It's the end of the world, alright! There's no doubt that the Great Tribulation has begun!"
16 posted on 11/24/2001 10:16:48 PM PST by Cultural Jihad
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To: OKCSubmariner
Pow!
Another wake up call.
18 posted on 11/24/2001 10:24:47 PM PST by Spirited
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