[46571] in Cypherpunks
Re: New Mitnick Book
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Brian Davis)
Fri Jan 5 14:55:36 1996
Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 14:36:41 -0500 (EST)
From: Brian Davis <bdavis@thepoint.net>
To: John Young <jya@pipeline.com>
Cc: cypherpunks@toad.com
In-Reply-To: <199601032306.SAA07090@pipe3.nyc.pipeline.com>
On Wed, 3 Jan 1996, John Young wrote:
> Jonathan Littman, an investigative reporter, has published
> "The Fugitive Game: Online With Kevin Mitnick," Little
> Brown, 1996. 381 pp. $23.95. ISBN 0-316-52858-7.
>
> It is a dramatic recount of Mitnick's exploits; the pursuit
> <snip>
> Littman ends with this letter from Markoff and Shimomura:
>
> October 8, 1995
> Jonathan Littman
> 38 Miller Avenue Suite 122
> Mill Valley, California 94941
>
> Dear Jonathan,
> <snip>
> Tsutomu's decision to tell John Markoff that he was
> travelling to Raleigh on Sunday morning was done without
> contact with any law enforcement agency. Markoff flew to
> Raleigh independently six hours later after discussing the
> possibility of a story with his editors at the New York
> Times. Markoff did not at any time assist or participate in
> any aspect of the investigation into Kevin Mitnick's
> activities; Markoff was there only as an observer in his
> role as a newspaper reporter.
> <snip>
> Tsutomu never told anyone from law enforcement that anyone
> had authorized or cleared Markoff's presence in Raleigh.
>
FWIW: When Markoff showed up with Tsutomu, the FBI agents "assumed" that
he was there with Tsutomu as a fellow researcher/grad
student/assistant/whatever.
They had no idea (initially) that he was with the media.
...
