diff --git a/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md b/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md index 7d583ce..fc8cac9 100644 --- a/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md +++ b/JacobAppelbaumLeavesTor.md @@ -1256,6 +1256,8 @@ On June 10th, the educational San Francisco hackerspace [**Noisebridge**](https: Appelbaum is still listed as a [user](https://archive.is/QVDgl) on their '[People](https://archive.is/7MsIa#selection-1213.0-1213.13)' page, though it is not a membership list. He also remained the [domain owner](https://archive.is/6fMei#selection-773.17-773.32) of [noisebridge.net](https://archive.is/7JD6Y) until [2018](https://archive.is/wK5oZ). +In June 2015, **Noisebridge** [treasurer](https://archive.is/kAOPM) and [technical contact](https://archive.is/XbXxu) [Patrick O'Doherty](https://archive.is/rvqqZ) filed a FOIA request with the FBI concerning "[any and all records about the Noisebridge, a 501(c)(3) organization](https://archive.is/1BtYe)." On March 31st 2016, the FBI finished sharing responsive documents. Their cover letter lists "exemptions used to withhold information" under [5 U.S. Code § 552](https://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/text/5/552), which includes that it has been "[specifically authorized under criteria established by an Executive order to be kept secret in the interest of national defense or foreign policy](https://web.archive.org/web/20210511134105/https://assets.documentcloud.org/documents/2787306/Cover-Letter.pdf)." One of the [released documents](https://web.archive.org/web/20210511140118/https://cdn.muckrock.com/foia_files/2016/04/05/3-31-16_MR18575_RES_ID1330764-000.PDF) concerned a visit by [Special Agent Dugan](https://web.archive.org/web/20160604045102/https://www.noisebridge.net/pipermail/noisebridge-discuss/2013-August/038833.html) to the premises in August 2013; he makes note of the "[Noisebridge Tor/FBI](https://archive.is/XbXxu)" instructions, and how "a user with the moniker ███████ posted a message entitled 'The #FBI visited #Noisebridge today asking about the #Tor network...'" afterwards, which matches [this tweet](https://web.archive.org/web/20190217230530if_/https://twitter.com/ioerror/status/365618503794958339) by Appelbaum sharing [a public notice about the encounter](https://archive.is/cbm9Q). + ![Appelbaum wearing Noisebridge t-shirt](https://web.archive.org/web/20160727172736im_/http://cdn.arstechnica.net/wp-content/uploads/2013/02/5570505113_de1e4c01bf_o.jpg) On September 23rd 2018, Altman tweeted that he had "[quietly left Noisebridge in May](https://web.archive.org/web/20180924150217/https:/twitter.com/maltman23/status/1044097448224993280?lang=en)." @@ -1424,7 +1426,9 @@ In January 2014, Andrews had asked Appelbaum to "[also pass border harassment st In June 2016, he tweeted, "[The Appelbaum situation is the Red Wedding of infosec PR](https://archive.is/b1tlu)." -In November 2020, 'Aestetix' filed a FOIA request with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) regarding "[a copy of all files on the Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) hacking conference... with the following dates and keywords](https://www.muckrock.com/foi/new-york-city-17/hope-hacker-conference-105099/)," including all conference dates from 2010 to 2018, as well as Appelbaum's name and others. The NYPD denied the request and the subsequent appeal, on the basis that it "does not reasonably describe a record in a manner that would enable a search to be conducted." +In November 2020, 'Aestetix' filed a FOIA request with the New York City Police Department (NYPD) regarding "[a copy of all files on the Hackers On Planet Earth (HOPE) hacking conference... with the following dates and keywords](https://www.muckrock.com/foi/new-york-city-17/hope-hacker-conference-105099/)," including all conference dates from 2010 to 2018, as well as Appelbaum's name and others. The NYPD denied the request and the subsequent appeal, on the basis that it "does not reasonably describe a record in a manner that would enable a search to be conducted." 'Aestetix' filed [the request](https://archive.is/Alt4x) again in January 2021, and received a response that: + +> In regard to the document(s) which you requested, I must deny access to these records on the basis of Public Officers Law Section 87(2)(e)(iv) as such information, if disclosed, would reveal non-routine techniques and procedures. ### Electronic Frontier Foundation