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Washington, D.C. 20535: Section 552 Section 552a
Department of Justice
June 26,2006
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foreign policy, for example, ~nformation ~nvolving ~ntelhgence sources or methods,
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investigatory matenal compded for law enforcement purposes, other than criminal, which did not result In loss of a right, benefit or
pnvdege under Federal programs, or which would ident#y a source who furnished ~nformat~on pursuant to a promise that his/her identity
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to the authority of T~tle 18, United States Code, Section 3056;
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TAP was recently brought to the attention of the
Seattle Division by a representative of the Pacific Northwest
Bell (P~B) Telephone Company. The enclosure was obtained
on January 9, 1974, from PNWB.
ALL INFORMATION
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Dear TAP,
When using a blue box to call any country which is on
the ]I)DD list, if it has a 2-digit country code you can
leave off the zero from in front of the country code
once you have obtained a register(i, e. -KP~I 2 2074 ST
instead of KP061 2 2074). It will be treated as a customer-dialed call, which means you wont be able to
reach the inward or other operators. If it is a 3-diqit
country code then it will be automaticaidy treafed as
a customer-dialed cal! unless you use a special "operator country code" which starts with 0 & has no relation to the regular C. C.
-I-i GOBDON. LIDDY,
To Destructory AssistanceTwo IOTC accessable areas are 202 and 713. Any WAT
number such as 800-392-~X-X-:CXor 800-424-XX*~to the5
areas will work. Also 800-447-XZ-XX. (IOTC me?ms y:
can box KP 01! country code ST and youll be aut::m.~.t2
routed to the correct 18- sender). Is there ~ dbrcct
Moscow off of the 182 sender?(White Plains) lve
ring some overseas point by d~ling KPI2ST, K:P!711"
Its usually a busy signal (distant) mud when I ca!l
ask for Moscow she says its too early in the morning
they dont answer.
Dial KPTI3 141ST or KP202 141ST and ask forbverse
routing for Paris ,Franceplease", or whatever. Ask f3:
IOTC. Shell give you all the routing instructio.~-."-(~-qn-or
"lif~rk XXX... "). Call K]9713 151ST. Its called "ist
tempt failure desk" and it wi!l record everythLug
to it. Play a radio newscast for them o; ta!k about ph::
phrea.~ing.
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-SW, TEXASNOTE: You can reach a Moscow Test Center b.;
overseas sender .KP188ST, (although its supp:.zec
served by NY4, 183) or IOTC KP011071ST, then
095080ST, when the trunk chirps phy KF~I ,~ST. A
Moscow test board will ans~,er. They often spe.~:
foriegn languages(including some poor English)..duo,
try Israel, 972, or just 72. Here are some
2-Ierusale.m 53-98378-Tul K~rem 65-23854-C~n~n .
3-Tel Aviv 53-98373-Nablus
2-9I-Hebron
2-922610-Auja
4-Haifa
59-Elat
53-Natanla 65-Afuk~, Nazareth
I personally view th~ red box a.~ a much less dangerous item to us than the blue box, The basis for this
is as folkr#s:
I. The red box does not work on all Iny phones. The
ele.ctronlc tones which it produces ma~h those of the
new "single slot" pay stations. Older pay phones still
use the hvo internal bells to register the coins dropped
tb. phone.
in~. Telephone oI~erators are trainfd~e electronic
tones. Our pay stations all produ~ exactly the same
tones. If the red boz is sllght!.y/6.u.! of:adjus~nent, the
operator will normally recognize" the tone asabnormal
and report the call for furth, e/r inquiry or investigation.
3. Each toll ca!l, wheth,el- from a residehce .phone or
pay station, is rated and/billed by our computer. The
amount of money collec*J~d from each pay station is also
reported to data proc.essmg and a computer printout
compares the calis billed to that station ac!ainst the
money collected..Vfinen a pay station starts going "short"
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phre~k since 1956 when I made my first free call.
The resistance of the ringers is not the factor measu.red when friendly test board "bridges" your line. The /
clrcuit(basically)Lhat they use ~s as ~ollows:
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You will recognize the circuit as a simple ohrm~eter,
but why is the voltmeter connected in series?I dont /
lmow but Pa measures current with it. "I00 volts ol
short" means a dead short on the llne. Zero volts, a~n
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@ ~e Post Ofhce acting.
on a phone comply co~pl~nt. ~ll now lntercept~
m~l ~ Pacific Telepho~
flint d~s nat have a
m 1[ ~eentelo~hasaretake g back ~ ~e sender.
coll~t e~ght cents for ~srage ~4 ten en~ lot handl.~, and the ~e~der
ha~e 1o pa) another e~ght
cents for a new ~mp to
mad h~s
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o~n ~e envelo~ m
tort to locate the sender.
and. ff it c~t. ~stal
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~.ear fqroour business:We-are now setting our sights for
1974 with a view to making it even better. " Their $800million net income was a piddling 24~ above 197~.s. Passing
, along an increase of 23~ to shareholders leaves $6.3 million unaccounied for, eh ~ohn?... deButts also blasted
interconnect companies who sell private phone systems to
businesses, saying that the FCC should stop them belore
they totally ruin all phone service. -Meanwhile, BeLl -Labs
has developed a new improved key telephone due to competition from interconnect co.mpanies... The Illinois Supreme
Court ordered Illinois Bell to stop using customerts money
for lobbying, executivets club dues, charity contrib.utions
and other expenses... General Telephone appears to be
shaping up as a mouse with an elephants appetite~ Irom an
ad for their new CAiV[A billing system by Automatic
Electric, "Timing is precise to one second; your customer
gets no free time due to inaccuracy!. And an ad for their
new single-slot phone, "Simple strapping changes revise
at schools showing a guy in jail for mak-Use enough postage, dont send postcards, scotch tape
ing Iree calls, and they say, "We know
all seams on your envelope, and leave off your real name
most people ar~honest. B~t a fewthink its clever to cheatf
and return address.
and steal.., that the phone company wont miss a few bucks.:
-~ possible, drop off the letter at ou~ ma~ing address.
Thats why were telling it like it is. Thanks to modern
Dear TAP~
electronics, its easier than ever to catch people who try
People might check out Wm. Powells The Anarchist Cookto rip us off. And when we catch them, it can be a real bad
book which is published by Lyle Stuart, Inc.,239 Park
trip. "TAP responds, "We know most people are honest.
Ave,-----NYC i0003 ($5.95).Topics on drugs~electronics
su~veillance,explosives~ booby traps and guns. Some
Bat a few think its clever to cheat ahd steal.., that the
of it is too simplistiely explained, but it serves as
public wont miss a few billion bucks. Thats why were
a point of departure fo~ the cgeative. A better section
throwing in a low hip phrases totally out ol context. Thanks
on weapons is Beat the Hea~($2.45, Berkeley Intl Lib.
to modern printing presses, its easier than ever to expose
school~ Ramparts Press, SF,Ca.) The firearms chapter
corporations who try to rip us off. And when we expose
substantially reprint~ "Firearms and Self-Defense"
them iL real~, y can be a trip". Two GTE former district
(1969) by the Intl Liberation School & Red Mountain
~nana~gers charged that GTE fixed their books for the last
Tribe,which had been distributed by Juch~ and the White
Panthers.
i0 yekrs and the Kentucky Public Service Connnission has
The most elegant syntheses g explanations of effects
concluded that its "likely". They cant tell for sure beof drugs can be found in the Journal of the American
.cause theres only one source of the "real" books~ GTE[
Chemical Society. Most university libraries have it.
The~originals have nr_obably been erased 5 times by now.
If you know German, check out Beilstein in a chemistry
=~_DEAR~T~I~ _
~ ~d~-~op~d ......14:bramy..~Eqn_e~ample,_on#~can. obtain~pu!_gr__anO_~&t~!__
Irecently complained -"that~my~m~i&
THC(Tetrahyd#ocannabinol) in the optically active form
res%aled. I thought this was the phone co. or t~e post
by synthesis than by extraction(eg, from grass,hash,
off~ce. Well its not, my own parents were opening my
etc.).If youve got business letterhead stationery or
mail. They told me they respected my privacy and would
science dept. connections with a university you can
never do such a thing, well now I would like to warn
buy most necessary reagents directly from chemical supany6~e who has had their mail opened that it might not
ply companies.
be Bell but your own flesh and blood~ Who said blood
An addendum to your note on page i~ Issue 24 is
was thicker than water?
that anyone who is being prosecuted who feels that a
I found some good literature you may be into- A mag
possibility exists of illegal government activities
called Moneysworth. It tells how to ge~ many things
in obtaining evidence (ie, without a court order) like
wholesale @od cheap~ J~_F~ctly legit) 5 bucks a year,
opening mail or tapping lines should his/her attorney
Qrite Moneysworth, 251 W. 57 St.~ N.Y.,Nty. i0~19.
make a motion for disclogure of this and ask court for
all logs ef conversations and copies of letters, etc.
Expe~ience is that the government would rather dismiss
Im sure some r~aders have t~,e old probl~m of finda case than have it widely circulated through the media
ing other ph~eaks and if you think you know one you
that it was engaging in illegal surveillance.
just cant go up to them and say it, so some phreaks
-MASSACHHSETTShere have found a ~reat solution When you say goodbye
on the phone say ha. This is the word bye but as if you
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hung up too fast~ not completing the word. Try it.
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Dear TAP,
FREE COPIES~ The 3M "400" Reader-Printer (microfilm) so often found in schools ann libraries wil! give
you all the free copies you want if you know how. When
you put in a dime it ~ives you a copy of whatever.Qou
were looking.at. The copy-comes out of the top f~ont,
and youre supposed ~o teab it off...but not if youre
smart. The paper domes on a roll. When the copy comes
out, find something else you want copied, and when its
focused on ~he screen, grip the paper firmly and pull
straight out.This will start the machinemy and a few
~ later youll have two cop~es for the price of
one. Stay there a few hsurs, ~nd youll have two hundred
for the price of one.
Space shooter discs~(s~all pieces of plastic made
for the space shooter toy-19 per box at Woolworths)
work as a dime in parking meters. Just make sure its
pushed all the way in, before turning, or meter will
jam. This has saved us about $50 so far-wed like to
share i~.
-k~W YORK--F~r~-tie_names_and_numhers~of_w~ir__C_o~mps~y executibes~
send a stamp and 25 for the Stop the War Phone Book,
c/o Thomas Paine: Box 20605~ Phila.,Pa. 19158...Another
way to find who belongs to a particular phone number is
to look in Polks City Directory in your library. #s
are ~isted numerically followed by name and occupation.
...~ amusing book "The Poor Mans James Bond" is $5
,from Hillcrest Publications, Box 395~ McDonald, Ohio,
44437 and is a manual of homemade bdmbs~ mace and zip
guns. Its the revised version of the "Militants Fornqulzry".Catalog is 25~ and theyre not cool so write
a straight-looking letter...HeathCom~ny, Benton Harbor, Mi. will lend you a.frequency counter On a ZO day
tria! basis. You have tohave a business letterhead(S5
per i00 offset) and pay a $400 advance deposit. Write
or stop by nearest dealer for details. Theyre real
nice about it. Say you want to compare theirs with the
Hewlett paqkar~ or some other brand.
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I New York TeLephone Company, 1095 Ave, of.
Amer:cas, New York, N.Yo advised SAI|that
his office is aware of the publication "TAP". He stated
his office is not conducting an investigation re this
publication or the American Technological Party. I
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explained that the legal department of the New York Telephone
Company had made inquiries concerning "TAP" because of the
information contained in this publication as it concerns the
telephone company.
]advised that the legal department of that company
has gone as high as the NoY. State ~Attorney
Generals office in Albany but was told that no action could
be taken against "TAP" for to do so would
constitute a violation of "freedom of the Dress". He stated
that because of this reason no action has been taken by
the New York Telephone Company in this matter.
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ALL INFORMATION
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UN~L~.~,SIFIED\nDATE
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2006
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SAC, NEW YORK (100-179~9)(P)
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UNCLAS S IFIED~ nDATE 06-02-20@
FROM :
SUBJECT:
0m~2/4/74 1
l(Protect) reported to
that the Technological American Party (TAP) and its
nu~q~as%~on ~TAP" are unknown to him~ as isI
I
Jstated, that his organization has had information
regarding ~hone freaks" stud their operations over s period
of several years. He advised tha9 the information regard~g
the design, manufacture and use of vs~ious devices to avoid
telephone toll charges has s.ppesred in various publications
readily avsilsble to thepub[c during the past four or fi~e
years. Some devices utilized are kno~ as black or blue boxes.
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Ireported to SgI
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ioo-179649
If or
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1/23/74 that
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Buy U.& S,~oi~gs Bonds Regularly on the Payroll Savings Plan
lOO-179749
no info~ation is available regarding TAP or the publication
-The records~of the ~Intelligence
Investigation Service ~ ~ZCPD,-as caused to
1/22J17~ by SAI
J reflect no
identifiabl6 wi.thI
FTAP, "TAP",
"TELEPHONY" 6
Division, SecuDity
be reviewed on
information
"ANSWER00" or
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Memorandum
TO
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FROM :
SUBJECT:
(TAP)
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Name
Bir~b_
Sex
Residence
HAir
Height
Operators Lic.
Convictions
on 2/2/721
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100_179649
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Memorandum
TO
DATE:
FROM :
SUBJEOT:
3/15/74
SAI
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(TAP)
SAI
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tus
INF ORMAT I ON
D", nHEREIIq I S
CLA8 S ]IFIED\, nDATE 06-02-2006
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Memorandum
TO
FROM
SAl
SUBJECT
DATE:
3/25/7L~
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Name
Birth
Residence
Occupation
Employer
Marital sta~s
on the
avings Plan
NY 100-179649
ADMINISTP~ATIVE PAGE. -o NON_SYMBOL SOURCES
_Identity. of Source
100-179649-1
kwnose
identity is klow to Seattle
Office)
i00r179649-5
~as contacted during the
course of two investigations
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100-179649-13
INew York
Telephone Company,
1015 6th Avenue, New York,
New York
100-179649-16
i00-1796~9-i~
i00-1796~9-i~
CAUTION:
DETACH ;
DO NOT DISSEMINATE TO
RESIDENT AGENCIES
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10036".
I made available on December 7, 1973, a
copy of the October, 1973 issue of "TAP", which is
self-identified therein as "Published for informational
purposes only by the Technological American Party" (TAP)~
and as ~he newsletter that advocates violence". The
address of TAP is reflected therein as Room 504~ 152
West 42nd Street, New York, New York, 10036. Attached
thereto was a mimeographed page, reflecting the
following information:
ALL INFORMATION
CONTAINED\,nHEREIN IS
UNCLAS SIFI ED., nDATE 06-132-2006
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W. St.,
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lother agencies conducting
I
investigations o ~andl
a security nature, reported on
January 22 and 24, 1974, that TAP, "TAP"~ andI
orI
I are unknown to them.
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Memorandum
TO
FROM
SUBJECT:
DATE:
DIRECTOR, FBI
~:
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(TAP)
,SUBV aS W
(00: NY )
ALL INFORMATION
CONTAINED"~nHEREIN IS
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New York submitted an FD-9 to the Bureaus
Identification Division. That di~utslon has advised that
lorl
no informatkn identifiable withI
is reflected in its records.
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~New York City Police Department~ New York~ N.Y., as caused
to be reviewed in February, 1974, by SAI
I
and the records of the Credit Bureau ofGreater ~ew Yor~,
New York, New York, as reviewed on 1/~1/74, by SC~
~ reflect no information id~t~fiable with TAP,
"TAP", I
lrl
on~ I
,
~Wit~
Iat /
I The records of
telephone n?.m~--~
the New York Board of Elections, sew ,yor~ New york~
reviewed on February 13, 197~, by SC~____
reflect no ~.e=~str~t~n ~or aDv ~n~v~d~]
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years 190-~973.
New York indices eflect no data identi~fiable
with the ~,~bJects oa2ents,
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NY I00-1796~9
Discreet Mail and Phone Service, Room 50~, 152 West 42nd
Street, New ~Qrk. New York. was used as one of many other
IPassport
addresses byI
=ha v~ M~tP~ (~,~]~1
land by
INYfilel
IIdentities
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(Bufile i00-
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IFalse
~ Closed;
Boston:O0.
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NY 100-179649
NYfile 87-72692 was opened BK New York in January,
1972, for investigation in view of information reflected in
"TAP". Review of that matter (Closed) reflects no additional
pertinent information regarding "TAP", orI|
.
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reported on 2/21/74 that the Legal Department of the New Ygrk Telephone Company had been advised by the
New York State Attorney Generals office in Albany, New York
that no legal action could be taken againsf "TAP" as such would
constitute a violation of "freedom of the press", and that
therefore, that company has taken no action in this matter
Interview ofI
Iby New York is not recommended at this
time.
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Date prepared
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Date received
4/11/74
Gin person
Received by
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to
[~ recording device
[~ written by Informant
Date of Report
Exhibit
Date(s) of activity
Transcribed
Authenticdted
by Informant
Brief description, of activity or material
Current
m~ !0o-179649* INDIVIDUALS DESIGNATED BY AN ASTERISK (*) ONLY ATTENDED A ME~TING AND DID NOT ACTIVELY PARTICIPATE,
VIOLENCE OR REVOLUTIONARY ACTIVITIES WERE NOT DISCUSSED.
[~ Information recorded on a card index by
on date
Remarks:
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Folks
I deleted the next 27 pages of nuclear and thermonuclear bomb plans. Sorry.
But a copy is yours for the asking. Simply write to:
FBI New York Field Office
Attn: FOIA Officer or Chief Division Counsel
26 Federal Plaza
New York, NY 10278
Include a letter that says:
This is a request under the Freedom of Information Act. I request a copy of any
and all files regarding an organization called the Youth International Party Line,
aka YIPL, aka Technological American Party, aka Technological Assistance
Program, aka TAP. This was an organization based in New York City from 1971
through 1985. It was investigated by the FBI in 1974 and 1979.
Please search both the manual and automated indices.
I am an individual seeking this information for noncommercial personal research.
I agree to pay up to $10 for this request.
Include your name and address so they can send the files to you. (And dont worry,
they wont actually charge you any money.)
Once you get them, you can post them on the web if you want.
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Mr. H.
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ALL INFOI~MATION CONThlNE~"
HEREIN olS qNCLASSIFIED J ,~
MAIL ROOM
FBI/DOJ
:ATION:
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[] SECRET
.~:] Routine
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Da~
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FROVI:
MAR 18 19
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(N~unber}
(Time)
108 West ~3rd Street, New York,.New York., the si{e of the
.1~I
April 22, 1979 meeting of the Techndlogical American Party,
revealed that the function room h~d been rented by a group
called the Technological Assistance Program. The hotel
records also contained thename "Mump Wad" and the telephone
number "557,8g75". The manager of the Iuncition rooms at
the Hote! Diplomat advised that this group had not.rented
any roon~s there on any.other occasion.
A check.of the records of theNew York. Telephone
Company revealed that the telephone number ~57-8~75 was
subscribed to by Genesis One.Computers, 820 Second Avenue,
NewYork~ New York. it was determined that 557-8~7~ is
no longer a working number.- Callers are referredto 5573500 which is the main te,lephone number for Management Assistance Incorporated.
It was determined t.hat Management Agsistance Incor-..
porated is a. hol-ding company wi.th numerous subsidiary cdmpanies
in the computer field. One subsidiar ol Management Assistance
is Word Stream Incorpor.ated Which is the new name of Genesis
IO5 Managemen~
Assistance Incorporated~ was contacted and he advisedthat
Management Assistance only engagesin the~manufacture o5 .
computers and related products such as telev~sibn termifials
and printers. He al~o advised that neither the T@chnologi~al
Assistaffce Program" nor "Mump Wad" held any significance
for him. ]
[ stated that withing the computer industry
there is a term known as "Technical Asistance". This term
signifies the systematic trading of in-ormation o~ a nonconfidential nature Between computer companies. _ Management
Assistance and none o5 itssubsidiary,companies d~aI with
any aspect of the developmento atomic weapons.
In 197g, the New York OS.fice o5 the: FBi conducted.
an investigation into the sale and.~istribution.o~blue
boxes. The New York Telephone Company was.advised of inSor
marion gathered by the NYO .investigation. TheNew York
Telephone Cqmpany advised that they, are ~ware bf a number
of blue boxes in use in Manha.ttanand that as"a matte~ oI
routine they report guch inIo~mation to theNew York City
Police Department (NCYPD), Obtain search watt,fitS, and recove~
the blue boxes. On September 23~ 197~ Assistant United
States Attorney (AUSA) Maurice McDermott, [email protected]
of New York (SDNY)~ advisedthat because o5 the di5I.iculties
involved .in obtaining evidence concerninginter.state telephone callshe wou.iddecline prosecution i~,Iavoro[ local
prosecution.
in this matter.
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