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Dear Reader (particularly the caretaker of Camp David, who must feel like the Maytag repairman watching the goings-on at Mar-a-Lago),
After Thursday night's attack on Syria, the conventional wisdom congealed faster than the chalupa sauce in Michael Moore's chest hair.
Sorry, this isn't really a topic for strident juvenilia, but I know that's one of the things that puts digital asses in the virtual seats.
I think Thursday night's attacks are both less and more important than the rapidly forming conventional wisdom holds. This is a convoluted way of saying I see it a bit differently from some folks. And since I'm on a tight schedule, let me do it bullet-point style:
I think the foreign-policy consequences of the strike are likely to be less consequential than the domestic ones. Secretary of State Rex Tillerson has already said, quite emphatically, that the strikes don't suggest any change in our overall strategy:
"I would not in any way attempt to extrapolate that to a change in our policy or posture relative to our military activities in Syria today. There has been no change in that status," [Tillerson] added. "I think it does demonstrate that President Trump is willing to act when governments and actors cross the line and cross the line on violating commitments they've made and cross the line in the most heinous of ways."
As we put it in our National Review editorial Friday morning:
If it is a one-off, this strike is the very definition of a symbolic pinprick. It was launched with highly precise weapons against the airfield from which the Syrian chemical attack emanated. According to reports, we apprised Russian personnel at the base beforehand, meaning the Syrians effectively had advance warning as well.
In other words, if this is all that we have in store for Bashar al-Assad, President Trump's dismayed anti-interventionists don't have that much to worry about and interventionists have less to celebrate than think (more about them in a moment). Assad can go on killing women and children — he will simply have to use less efficient and more conventional weapons to do it. What a massive moral victory for the West!
Look, I get why — morally, strategically, and legally — chemical weapons are different than conventional ones. But if my entire family and village were wiped out with bullets and bombs rather than chemical weapons, I wouldn't draw much solace from any of these distinctions.
Those who wanted us meddling in the Middle East voted for other candidates.— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 7, 2017
Laura Ingraham is right too:
Missiles flying. Rubio's happy. McCain ecstatic. Hillary's on board. A complete policy change in 48 hrs.— Laura Ingraham (@IngrahamAngle) April 7, 2017
Now I favor the strikes (though I have questions about their legality and I think Daniel Pipes makes some excellent points against the strike, here). But there is literally nothing to justify it in the past speeches, campaign promises, and tweets (!) of Donald Trump, going back four years.
If the U.S. attacks Syria and hits the wrong targets, killing civilians, there will be worldwide hell to pay. Stay away and fix broken U.S.— Donald J. Trump (@realDonaldTrump) September 3, 2013
Donald Trump didn't oppose the Iraq War from the beginning, but he likes to claim he did. Regardless, let's recall that Saddam Hussein killed orders of magnitude more people — including babies — with chemical weapons, and yet Trump never considered this even a partial justification for getting rid of Saddam or the war. But forget Iraq, which, admittedly, was a different thing on a number of fronts. Assad's attack on Ghouta in 2013 killed more people than this week's gas attack, and we had pictures of dead children then, too.
But Trump opposed enforcing Obama's red line back then, nevertheless. The difference, as Trump admirably admitted from the Rose Garden, is that he's president now and that changes your perspective on things. It's always easy to throw brick-bats when you have no responsibility (one of the guiding tenets of this "news"letter by the way). Now he's looking at the prospect of being the president who, in effect, sanctioned the use of chemical weapons, a violation of international law. As he put it in his statement Thursday night:
It is in this vital national-security interest of the United States to prevent and deter the spread and use of deadly chemical weapons.
There can be no dispute that Syria used banned chemical weapons, violated its obligations under the Chemical Weapons Convention, and ignored the urging of the U.N. Security Council.
That is a sound argument. But it was just as sound in 2013. Trump's real motivation seems to be the fact that babies were "choked out" and that he saw it on TV. And it is this apparent fact that should give everyone — supporters and critics alike — the most cause for concern. Ann Coulter wrote a whole book called In Trump We Trust, which, in its own cartoonish way, was a brilliant title in that it conveyed the unshakable, almost religious faith many of his most ardent supporters had in his will and his strength and his commitment to bucking the "establishment."
Trump campaigned on not getting involved in Mideast. Said it always helps our enemies & creates more refugees. Then he saw a picture on TV.— Ann Coulter (@AnnCoulter) April 7, 2017
Donald Trump is a charismatic political figure. I don't mean that in the conventional sense that he's "charming." I mean it in the sociological and political-science sense. Max Weber delineated three kinds of authority — legal, traditional, and charismatic. Charismatic authority rests "on devotion to the exceptional sanctity, heroism, or exemplary character of an individual person, and of the normative patterns or order revealed or ordained by him." Charismatic leaders get people to write books called In Trump We Trust.
But the problem with charismatic leaders is that they are often a kind of Rorschach test. People project onto them what they want to see. I've lost count of how many conversations I've had with hardcore Trump fans who've described wildly different Donald Trumps — not simply different from the man I see, but different from each other. As a matter of logic, not all of these assessments can be right.
But logic also dictates that all of them can be wrong. Earlier this week I wrote a column about how the core problem with Trump's presidency so far isn't his lack of an agenda or his tweeting or any of that. It's Trump's own character. Many angry readers came at me saying that I was just refusing to get over my Never Trumpism (they're wrong about that by the way). Others suggested I was just a sucker for the mainstream media's "fake news." I'm not a political reporter, but I do talk to a lot of people in and around the Trump administration. And the simple fact is that the chaos in the Trump White House is an outgrowth of the president's personality. He's mercurial. He cares more about status, saving face, respect, "winning," etc. than he does about any public policy. That's not to say he doesn't care about public policy at all. I think he's sincere in his views about immigration, trade, excessive regulation, etc. But they take a back seat to Trump's desire to maintain his charismatic status (which is why we've seen so many stories about how he gets mad at staffers who get good press — a really bizarre attitude for a manager when you think about it).
As Rich put it the other day, writing about the (first) push for Trumpcare:
Trump, for his part, has lacked the knowledge, focus or interest to translate his populism into legislative form. He deferred to others on legislative priorities and strategies at the outset of his administration, and his abiding passion in the health-care debate was, by all accounts, simply getting to a signing ceremony.
The strike on Syria is the single best proof that Trump has no overriding commitment to any ideological position. And I say this, again, as someone who supports the strike. Ramesh likes to say that we sometimes make too big a deal of it when politicians flip-flop. Conservatives should want politicians to flip or flop (not sure of the usage here) if it means they abandon their wrong positions and agree with us. So, sure, I'm happy to celebrate his change of heart. I'm also delighted to watch the Cernovich crowd freak out. But there's a larger lesson here. If Trump can abandon his position on this — all because of some horrific pictures on TV — what position is safe?
This is why I am actually encouraged by the response from the Coulter crowd. Until now, the standard response to Trump's indefensible or indecipherable statements and outbursts was to say, "He knows more than us." Or "This is what got him elected." Or "He's playing three-dimensional chess!" Or, simply, "I trust him." As I put it in a column in February:
When a political leader replaces fixed principles and clear ideological platforms with his own instincts and judgment, he gives his supporters no substantive arguments to rely on. Eventually, the argument to just say, "Have faith" in our leader, he knows best, is the only safe harbor.
And that's not what conservatism is about — nor, for that matter, democracy.
The fact that some in the Trump-can-do-no-wrong crowd are setting their collective hair on fire over the Syria strikes is a sign of ideological health (even if, again, I disagree with the substance of their complaint).
What continues to stun me is how shocked they are that this wasn't in the cards all along.
Right now, there's a lot of talk about how both Steve Bannon and Reince Priebus may be on the way out at the White House. In general, I'd shed no tears at Bannon's defenestration, but it's worth noting that Bannon and Priebus now form an unlikely coalition against Jared Kushner, a lifelong liberal Democrat. By all accounts Kushner is a smart and serious guy. He also has the ace up his sleeve of being married to the president's (also liberal) daughter. I have grave disagreements with Bannon, but in this fight I think I'm on his side:
One senior Trump aide said that Bannon was also frustrated with Kushner "continuing to bring in [Obamacare architect] Zeke Emanuel to discuss health care options," for instance. The aide said Emanuel has had three White House meetings, including one with Trump.
But the idea that the chaos in the White House is a function of bad staff is grossly unfair, even to Bannon. The chaos isn't a bug in the Trump program — it is the program. It's how he likes to run things. He could bring in a whole new roster of people, the result will likely be the same.
I'll close with this. Some defenders have argued that Trump is merely a pragmatist. Don't worry, I won't rehash all my anti-pragmatism stuff. But I will say that this defense often makes a profound moral, political, and ideological error. Pragmatism (conventionally defined) about means is generally fine, within limits of course. But pragmatism about ends isn't pragmatism at all, it's Nietzschean nihilism. If your goals are made slaves to your desire to seem like a winner, then the question of what you "win" at becomes entirely negotiable. Conceptually, this is the difference between a knight and a mercenary. A knight fights for certain lofty ideals; a mercenary fights to win and reap the rewards. Politically, this is the lesson of Arnold Schwarzenegger's governorship. He decided that he'd rather be a successful liberal governor than a failed conservative one.
If I were Coulter, Ingraham, or Sean Hannity I'd make a lot more money fighting the "establishment" than I do allegedly defending it, but that's not important right now. If I were them, I'd be terrified by the reaction to the strike. Trump is getting good press. He's being hailed as a strong and decisive leader. He's got heart. John McCain and Marco Rubio are praising him, as are a host of foreign leaders. This would scare me for two reasons. First, if I were a committed America Firster like Coulter and Ingraham, I'd see this for what it is: incredibly positive reinforcement for a politician who responds to flattery more than most. But, second, I'd recognize that the lesson Trump might learn from this is that your poll numbers and press clippings get better when you throw your biggest fans under the bus and listen to the establishment, Jared Kushner, or Lord knows who else.
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This really doesn't belong in the V&S section, but I didn't want to let it go by. It's rather amazing that Donald Trump's greatest accomplishment and the most significant conservative victory in a long time is secondary news this week. Neil Gorsuch will be the next justice on the Supreme Court. Trump deserves congratulation and so do the people who, despite their misgivings, voted for Trump solely on this issue. If that's all you cared about — and I don't mean that in a pejorative way at all — you've been vindicated. Now, all conservatives — and I mean all — should be resolutely clear that Trump should either stick to his list of potential nominees or, at the very least, promise not to stray leftward from it. The job of conservatives, as ever, is to make it in the political interest of Republicans to do conservative things.
Canine Update: I am going to forgo the usual reportings of my own canine companions this week because I have a different canine update. Longtime readers of mine will remember my old wing-hound, the late great Cosmo the Wonderdog. A few might remember that Cosmo's best friend and partner in all manner of adventures was my sister-in-law's (and brother-in-law's) dog Buckley. Buckley, or "Buckles" as we often called him, was one of the sweetest beasts I've ever known. He died this week at the age of 13. Cosmo and Buckley loved each other even more than their humans loved them. When they'd see each other in the neighborhood, they'd run to each other like war buddies delighted to learn the other one had survived the enemy offensive too.
Physically, Buckles could have kicked Cosmo's tail region six ways from Sunday, but he was quite literally America's most harmless dog — unless you were a deer or a squirrel. For Cosmo had trained him in the sublime art of critter chasing from his earliest days. They were, for a time, master and apprentice:
Cosmo tried to school Buckley in his own Mencken-like misanthropy, distrusting humans from outside the pack. But it never took. Whenever strangers came to visit, and once Buckles had confirmed that the humans weren't squirrels in human disguises (trust but verify!), he would put his head in their laps and flash them his baby browns. Coz just muttered his disapproval.
In Buckles's old age, he got a little more lumpy and a little more grumpy, at least toward other dogs. He had little use for Zoë, whose wild puppiness elicited grave concern, as seen here. And I couldn't blame him.
Anyway, he will be dearly missed. The world is always better with dogs and it's always a little worse when they go. After Buckles passed, Carrie and Amit and the kids said a little prayer for him. Unprompted, my nephew Owen, who never knew Cosmo, added at the end, "He's in Heaven now, playing with his good friend Coz."
Rest in Peace, big guy.
Why does F. H. Buckley want Trump to promote single-payer health care?
Trump's character is his presidency's biggest enemy.
What does it mean that Steve Bannon left the National Security Council?
My radio hit on Chicago's Morning Answer.
Syria and the difficulties of realism.
And now, the weird stuff.
Debby's Thursday and Friday links
Man who believes himself to be the reincarnation of King Arthur holds pagan rituals at Stonehenge (foolishly forgetting that Arthur is healing from his wounds at Avalon and will someday return)
New weight-loss therapy involves self-immolation
Why do cartoons only have four fingers?
2017 Sony World Photography award winners
Was the T-Rex a sensitive lover?
Tokyo at rush hour, in pictures
Tropical fish with opioids in their fangs
The quest for McDonald's pizza
When the world went crazy over Y2K
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On May 21, 22-year-old Army intelligence analyst Bradley Manning initiated a series of online chats with former hacker Adrian Lamo after a story on Lamo was published at Wired.com.
The chats continued over several days, during which Manning claimed that he was responsible for leaking classified material to the whistleblower site Wikileaks.
Lamo tipped off the FBI and the Army about Manning's claims, and on May 26, Manning was seized by Army authorities and put into pre-trial detention in Kuwait. He remains in Kuwait while the Army Criminal Investigation Division and other agencies investigate whether he leaked classified information and determine if he should be charged with any crime.
Below are excerpts from the chat logs, which Lamo provided to Wired.com. As received by Wired, the logs contained timestamps but not dates, so the dates below are approximate. We have substituted the instant messenger screen names with real names. The excerpts represent about 25 percent of the logs. Portions of the chats that discuss deeply personal information about Manning or that reveal apparently sensitive military information are not included.
May 21
This initial, brief chat with Lamo occurred after Manning had already sent the ex-hacker an e-mail. Manning very quickly identified his job in the military and his access to classified documents.
(1:41:12 PM) Bradley Manning: hi
(1:44:04 PM) Manning: how are you?
(1:47:01 PM) Manning: im an army intelligence analyst, deployed to eastern baghdad, pending discharge for "adjustment disorder" [. . .]
(1:56:24 PM) Manning: im sure you're pretty busy…
(1:58:31 PM) Manning: if you had unprecedented access to classified networks 14 hours a day 7 days a week for 8+ months, what would you do?
(1:58:31 PM) Adrian Lamo [AUTO-REPLY]: Tired of being tired
(2:17:29 PM) Manning: ?
(6:07:29 PM) Lamo: What's your MOS?
(3:16:24 AM) Manning: re: "What's your MOS?" — Intelligence Analyst (35F)
May 22
Manning told Lamo that he had provided Wikileaks with 260,000 classified State Department diplomatic cables. Lamo asked him for details on what scandals the cables might expose. Manning didn't provide a lot of detail, but he pointed to one cable (a "test") that Wikileaks already published. He didn't elaborate on what he meant by "test."
(1:39:03 PM) Manning: i cant believe what im confessing to you :'(
(1:40:20 PM) Manning: ive been so isolated so long… i just wanted to be nice, and live a normal life… but events kept forcing me to figure out ways to survive… smart enough to know whats going on, but helpless to do anything… no-one took any notice of me
(1:40:43 PM) Manning: :'(
(1:43:51 PM) Lamo: back
(1:43:59 PM) Manning: im self medicating like crazy when im not toiling in the supply office (my new location, since im being discharged, im not offically intel anymore)
(1:44:11 PM) Manning: you missed a lot…
(1:45:00 PM) Lamo: what kind of scandal?
(1:45:16 PM) Manning: hundreds of them
(1:45:40 PM) Lamo: like what? I'm genuinely curious about details.
(1:46:01 PM) Manning: i dont know… theres so many… i dont have the original material anymore
(1:46:18 PM) Manning: uhmm… the Holy See and its position on the Vatican sex scandals
(1:46:26 PM) Lamo: play it by ear
(1:46:29 PM) Manning: the broiling one in Germany
(1:47:36 PM) Manning: im sorry, there's so many… its impossible for any one human to read all quarter-million… and not feel overwhelmed… and possibly desensitized
(1:48:20 PM) Manning: the scope is so broad… and yet the depth so rich
(1:48:50 PM) Lamo: give me some bona fides … yanno? any specifics.
(1:49:40 PM) Manning: this one was a test: Classified cable from US Embassy Reykjavik on Icesave dated 13 Jan 2010
(1:50:30 PM) Manning: the result of that one was that the icelandic ambassador to the US was recalled, and fired
(1:51:02 PM) Manning: thats just one cable…
(1:51:14 PM) Lamo: Anything unreleased?
(1:51:25 PM) Manning: i'd have to ask assange
(1:51:53 PM) Manning: i zerofilled the original
(1:51:54 PM) Lamo: why do you answer to him?
(1:52:29 PM) Manning: i dont… i just want the material out there… i dont want to be a part of it
In this chat, Manning discussed his role as a source for Wikileaks and his interactions with its enigmatic founder, Julian Assange. He also talked about two videos he claimed he provided Wikileaks — one of an airstrike in Iraq in 2007, which he said he gave Wikileaks in February and which Wikileaks said it spent three months decrypting before publishing it this last April; and another video taken during an air strike in Afghanistan in 2009, which Wikileaks has acknowledged it possesses but has not yet published.
(2:04:29 PM) Manning: im a source, not quite a volunteer
(2:05:38 PM) Manning: i mean, im a high profile source… and i've developed a relationship with assange… but i dont know much more than what he tells me, which is very little
(2:05:58 PM) Manning: it took me four months to confirm that the person i was communicating was in fact assange
(2:10:01 PM) Lamo: how'd you do that?
(2:12:45 PM) Manning: I gathered more info when i questioned him whenever he was being tailed in Sweden by State Department officials… i was trying to figure out who was following him… and why… and he was telling me stories of other times he's been followed… and they matched up with the ones he's said publicly
(2:14:28 PM) Lamo: did that bear out? the surveillance?
(2:14:46 PM) Manning: based on the description he gave me, I assessed it was the Northern Europe Diplomatic Security Team… trying to figure out how he got the Reykjavik cable…
(2:15:57 PM) Manning: they also caught wind that he had a video… of the Gharani airstrike in afghanistan, which he has, but hasn't decrypted yet… the production team was actually working on the Baghdad strike though, which was never really encrypted
(2:16:22 PM) Manning: he's got the whole 15-6 for that incident… so it wont just be video with no context
(2:16:55 PM) Manning: but its not nearly as damning… it was an awful incident, but nothing like the baghdad one
(2:17:59 PM) Manning: the investigating officers left the material unprotected, sitting in a directory on a centcom.smil.mil
(2:18:03 PM) Manning: server
(2:18:56 PM) Manning: but they did zip up the files, aes-256, with an excellent password… so afaik it hasn't been broken yet
(2:19:12 PM) Manning: 14+ chars…
(2:19:37 PM) Manning: i can't believe what im telling you =L
May 23
(7:19:12 AM) Lamo: hey you
(7:19:19 AM) Lamo: resend?
(7:19:19 AM) Manning: whats up?
(7:19:29 AM) Manning: i just said hello
(7:19:46 AM) Lamo: waking up. got up about an hour ago, 0615.
(7:20:10 AM) Manning: heh, the evening is still young here
(7:20:26 AM) Lamo: how're you feeling today?
(7:20:37 AM) Manning: im feeling a little better…
(7:20:52 AM) Manning: i had a lot on my mind, keeping to myself
(7:22:18 AM) Lamo: anything new & exciting?
(7:24:21 AM) Manning: no, was outside in the sun all day… 110 degrees F, doing various details for a visiting band and some college team's cheerleaders…
(7:24:43 AM) Lamo: cheerleaders.
(7:24:46 AM) Manning: ran a barbecue… but no-one showed up… threw a lot of food away
(7:25:20 AM) Manning: yes, football cheerleaders… visiting on off season… apart of Morale Welfare and Recreation (MWR) projects
(7:25:39 AM) Lamo: *sigh*
(7:26:01 AM) Manning: >shrug<
(7:26:37 AM) Manning: im sunburned… and smell like charcoal, sweat, and sunscreen… thats about all thats new
(7:26:47 AM) Lamo: Is there a Baghdad 2600 meeting? ;>
(7:28:04 AM) Manning: there's only one other person im aware of that actually knows anything about computer security… he's a SIGINT analyst, of course
(7:28:41 AM) Lamo: Is he the other one who pokes around t he network?
(7:29:26 AM) Manning: no… afaik, he doesn't play around with classified networks… but im sure he's capable
(7:30:09 AM) Lamo: then it stands to reason that you have at least 3 people who have some infosec knowledge
(7:31:15 AM) Manning: im not quite sure what you're saying
(7:31:23 AM) Manning: infosec knowledge of what?
(7:31:29 AM) Manning: the networks?
(7:32:13 AM) Manning: i know a lot of computer security people
(7:32:44 AM) Lamo: i mean, in a way that would lend itself to a meeting.
(7:33:33 AM) Lamo: i'm writing a message trying to tie meetings together globally with a sampling of only ~3000 people to work with and get to go out and evangelize, so i have it on the brain
(7:33:50 AM) Manning: not really… different types of people… know how to, but dont
(7:34:33 AM) Manning: you don't want these people having a meeting
(7:34:48 AM) Manning: though… i guess you do
(8:01:30 AM) Lamo: Does Assange use AIM or other messaging services? I'd like to chat with him one of these days about opsec. My only credentials beyond intrusion are that the FBI never got my data or found me, before my negotiated surrender, but that's something.
(8:01:53 AM) Lamo: And my data was never recovered.
(8:02:07 AM) Manning: no he does not use AIM
(8:02:37 AM) Lamo: How would I get ahold of him?
(8:02:59 AM) Manning: he would come to you
(8:03:26 AM) Lamo: I've never failed to get ahold of someone.
(8:03:29 AM) Manning: he does use OTR though… but discusses nothing OPSEC
(8:03:42 AM) Lamo: I cornered Ashcroft IRL, in the end.
(8:04:19 AM) Manning: he *might* use the ccc.de jabber server… but you didn't hear that from me
(8:04:33 AM) Lamo: gotcha
(8:06:00 AM) Manning: im going to grab some dinner, ttyl
(8:06:18 AM) Lamo: http://www.facebook.com/photo.php?pid=31130826&id=704990
(8:06:47 AM) Lamo: i didn't pass security, either. or rather, i did ;>
(8:06:52 AM) Lamo: enjoy dinner.
(8:06:55 AM) Lamo: twys.
(9:12:38 AM) Manning: bk
(9:22:54 AM) Manning: interesting… marine uniform… illegal, but certainly easy
(9:24:11 AM) Manning: why ashcroft?
(9:24:24 AM) Manning: oh, nevermind… DoJ
(9:24:29 AM) Manning: >yawn<
(9:26:52 AM) Manning: im really not familiar at all with FBI stuff
(9:27:04 AM) Manning: americans have so many more rights than non-americans
(9:31:42 AM) Manning: its awful
(9:46:11 AM) Lamo: Ashcroft´s DOJ tried to use the USA PATRIOT Act on me.
(10:06:24 AM) Lamo: around?
(10:12:34 AM) Manning: yeah
(10:12:57 AM) Lamo: are you baptist by any chance?
(10:13:34 AM) Manning: raised catholic… never believed a word of it
(10:13:59 AM) Manning: im godless… i guess i follow humanist values though
(10:14:15 AM) Manning: have custom dogtags that say "Humanist" [...]
(10:17:56 AM) Manning: i was the only non-religous person in town
(10:18:17 AM) Manning: more pews than people…
(10:18:37 AM) Manning: i understand them though
(10:18:53 AM) Manning: im not mean to them… they *really* don't know
(10:19:39 AM) Manning: i politely disagree… but they are the ones who get uncomfortable when i make, very politely, good leading points…
(10:20:48 AM) Manning: (by leading points, i mean ask multiple questions, with obvious answers, then ask a question based on the answers from the previous questions that challenges their normal response to the same question)
(10:21:26 AM) Manning: [excellent example of this: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=2yhN1IDLQjo]
(10:28:21 AM) Manning: new yorker is running 10k word article on wl.org on 30 may, btw
(10:33:07 AM) Lamo: one moment fone
(10:33:30 AM) Manning: (tracking device)
(10:37:28 AM) Manning: trust level increasing? [quantify]
May 25
Lamo asked Manning if he was concerned that the Army's Criminal Investigation Division might be investigating the Wikileaks investigation. Manning replied that any incriminating evidence of his activities had been erased ("zerofilled") from his computers. He also discussed the Iraq video he gave Wikileaks and how he felt connected to Army Specialist Ethan McCord, who was pictured in the video carrying wounded children from a van. Manning added McCord as a friend on Facebook after the video came out.
(02:03:10 AM) Manning: amazing how the world works
(02:03:27 AM) Manning: takes 6 degrees of separation to a whole new level
(02:04:12 AM) Lamo: hey, vacaville
(02:04:18 AM) Lamo: er
(02:04:23 AM) Lamo: vacaville
(02:05:12 AM) Manning: its almost bookworthy in itself, how this played
(02:07:41 AM) Manning: event occurs in 2007, i watch video in 2009 with no context, do research, forward information to group of FOI activists, more research occurs, video is released in 2010, those involved come forward to discuss event, i witness those involved coming forward to discuss publicly, even add them as friends on FB… without them knowing who i am
(02:08:37 AM) Manning:they touch my life, i touch their life, they touch my life again… full circle
(02:08:58 AM) Lamo: Life's funny.
(02:09:24 AM) Lamo: *random* are you concerned aboutCI/CID looking into your Wiki stuff? I was always paranoid.
(02:09:40 AM) Manning: CID has no open investigation
(02:10:28 AM) Manning: State Department will be uber-pissed… but I dont think they're capable of tracing everything…
(02:10:44 AM) Lamo: what about CI?
(02:10:51 AM) Manning: might be a congressional investigation, and a joint effort to figure out what happened
(02:11:23 AM) Manning: CI probably took note, but it had no effect on operations
(02:11:48 AM) Manning: so, it was publicly damaging, but didn't increase attacks or rhetoric…
(02:12:10 AM) Lamo: *nod*
(02:12:34 AM) Manning: re: joint effort will be purely political,"fact finding"… "how can we stop this from happening again"
(02:12:46 AM) Manning: regarding State Dept. cables
(02:13:12 AM) Lamo: Would the cables come from State?
(02:13:21 AM) Manning: yes
(02:13:25 AM) Manning: State Department
(02:13:29 AM) Lamo: I was always a commercial intruder.
(02:13:51 AM) Lamo: Why does your job afford you access?
(02:13:59 AM) Lamo: except for the UN.
(02:14:03 AM) Manning: because i have a workstation
(02:14:15 AM) Lamo: and World Bank.
(02:14:17 AM) Manning: *had*
(02:14:36 AM) Lamo: So you have these stored now?
(02:14:54 AM) Manning: i had two computers… one connected to SIPRNET the other to JWICS…
(02:15:07 AM) Manning: no, they're government laptops
(02:15:18 AM) Manning: they've been zerofilled
(02:15:22 AM) Manning: because of the pullout
(02:15:57 AM) Manning: evidence was destroyed… by the system itself
(02:16:10 AM) Lamo: So how would you deploy the cables? If at all.
(02:16:26 AM) Manning: oh no… cables are reports
(02:16:34 AM) Lamo: ah
(02:16:38 AM) Manning: State Department Cable = a Memorandum
(02:16:48 AM) Lamo: embassy cables?
(02:16:54 AM) Manning: yes
(02:17:00 AM) Manning: 260,000 in all
(02:17:10 AM) Manning: i mentioned this previously
(02:17:14 AM) Lamo: yes
(02:17:31 AM) Lamo: stored locally, or retreiveable?
(02:17:35 AM) Manning: brb latrine =P
(02:17:43 AM) Manning: i dont have a copy anymore
(02:17:59 AM) Lamo: *nod*
(02:18:09 AM) Manning: they were stored on a centralized server…
(02:18:34 AM) Lamo: what's your endgame plan, then?
(02:18:36 AM) Manning: it was vulnerable as fuck
(02:20:57 AM) Manning: well, it was forwarded to WL
(02:21:18 AM) Manning: and god knows what happens now
(02:22:27 AM) Manning: hopefully worldwide discussion, debates, and reforms
(02:23:06 AM) Manning: if not… than we're doomed
(02:23:18 AM) Manning: as a species
(02:24:13 AM) Manning: i will officially give up on the society we have if nothing happens
(02:24:58 AM) Manning: the reaction to the video gave me immense hope… CNN's iReport was overwhelmed… Twitter exploded…
(02:25:18 AM) Manning: people who saw, knew there was something wrong
(02:26:10 AM) Manning: Washington Post sat on the video… David Finkel acquired a copy while embedded out here
(02:26:36 AM) Manning: [also reason as to why there's probably no investigation]
(02:28:10 AM) Manning: i want people to see the truth… regardless of who they are… because without information, you cannot make informed decisions as a public
(02:28:10 AM) Lamo : I'm not here right now
(02:28:50 AM) Manning: if i knew then, what i knew now… kind of thing…
(02:29:31 AM) Manning: or maybe im just young, naive, and stupid…
(02:30:09 AM) Lamo: which do you think it is?
(02:30:29 AM) Manning: im hoping for the former
(02:30:53 AM) Manning: it cant be the latter
(02:31:06 AM) Manning: because if it is… were fucking screwed
(02:31:12 AM) Manning: (as a society)
(02:31:49 AM) Manning: and i dont want to believe that we're screwed
(02:32:53 AM) Manning: food time… ttys
Manning discussed his growing disillusionment with the Army and U.S. foreign policy. He also addressed the lack of security at the base that allowed him to siphon material from classified networks without being noticed and described methods for delivering data to Wikileaks. He asserted that any incriminating evidence of his activity had already been "zeroed" out.
(02:26:01 PM) Manning: i dont believe in good guys versus bad guys anymore… i only a plethora of states acting in self interest… with varying ethics and moral standards of course, but self-interest nonetheless
(02:26:18 PM) Manning: s/only/only see/
(02:26:47 PM) Lamo: the tm meant i was being facetious
(02:26:59 PM) Manning: gotchya
(02:27:47 PM) Manning: i mean, we're better in some respects… we're much more subtle… use a lot more words and legal techniques to legitimize everything
(02:28:00 PM) Manning: its better than disappearing in the middle of the night
(02:28:19 PM) Manning: but just because something is more subtle, doesn't make it right
(02:29:04 PM) Manning: i guess im too idealistic
(02:31:02 PM) Manning: i think the thing that got me the most… that made me rethink the world more than anything
(02:35:46 PM) Manning: was watching 15 detainees taken by the Iraqi Federal Police… for printing "anti-Iraqi literature"… the iraqi federal police wouldn't cooperate with US forces, so i was instructed to investigate the matter, find out who the "bad guys" were, and how significant this was for the FPs… it turned out, they had printed a scholarly critique against PM Maliki… i had an interpreter read it for me… and when i found out that it was a benign political critique titled "Where did the money go?" and following the corruption trail within the PM's cabinet… i immediately took that information and *ran* to the officer to explain what was going on… he didn't want to hear any of it… he told me to shut up and explain how we could assist the FPs in finding *MORE* detainees…
(02:35:46 PM) Lamo : I'm not here right now
(02:36:27 PM) Manning: everything started slipping after that… i saw things differently
(02:37:37 PM) Manning: i had always questioned the things worked, and investigated to find the truth… but that was a point where i was a *part* of something… i was actively involved in something that i was completely against…
(02:38:12 PM) Lamo: That could happen in Colombia.
(02:38:21 PM) Lamo: Different cultures, dude.
(02:38:28 PM) Lamo: Life is cheaper.
(02:38:34 PM) Manning: oh im quite aware
(02:38:45 PM) Lamo: What would you do if your role /w Wikileaks seemed in danger of being blown?
(02:38:48 PM) Manning: but i was a part of it… and completely helpless…
(02:39:01 PM) Lamo: sometimes we're all helpless
(02:39:34 PM) Manning: try and figure out how i could get my side of the story out… before everything was twisted around to make me look like Nidal Hassan
(02:40:15 PM) Manning: i dont think its going to happen
(02:40:26 PM) Manning: i mean, i was never noticed
(02:41:10 PM) Manning: regularly ignored… except when i had something essential… then it was back to "bring me coffee, then sweep the floor"
(02:42:24 PM) Manning: i never quite understood that
(02:42:44 PM) Manning: felt like i was an abused work horse…
(02:43:33 PM) Manning: also, theres god awful accountability of IP addresses…
(02:44:47 PM) Manning: the network was upgraded, and patched up so many times… and systems would go down, logs would be lost… and when moved or upgraded… hard drives were zeroed
(02:45:12 PM) Manning: its impossible to trace much on these field networks…
(02:46:10 PM) Manning: and who would honestly expect so much information to be exfiltrated from a field network?
(02:46:25 PM) Lamo: I'd be one paranoid boy in your shoes.
(02:47:07 PM) Manning: the CM video came from a server in our domain! and not a single person noticed
(02:47:21 PM) Lamo: CM?
(02:48:17 PM) Manning: Apache Weapons Team video of 12 JUL 07 airstrike on Reuters Journos… some sketchy but fairly normal street-folk… and civilians
(02:48:52 PM) Lamo: How long between the leak and the publication?
(02:49:18 PM) Manning: some time in february
(02:49:25 PM) Manning: it was uploaded
(02:50:04 PM) Lamo: uploaded where? how would i transmit something if i had similarly damning data
(02:51:49 PM) Manning: uhm… preferably openssl the file with aes-256… then use sftp at prearranged drop ip addresses
(02:52:08 PM) Manning: keeping the key separate… and uploading via a different means
(02:52:31 PM) Lamo: so i myself would be SOL w/o a way to prearrange
(02:54:33 PM) Manning: not necessarily… the HTTPS submission should suffice legally… though i'd use tor on top of it…
(02:54:43 PM) Manning: but you're data is going to be watched
(02:54:44 PM) Manning: *your
(02:54:49 PM) Manning: by someone, more than likely
(02:54:53 PM) Lamo: submission where?
(02:55:07 PM) Manning: wl.org submission system
(02:55:23 PM) Lamo: in the massive queue?
(02:55:54 PM) Manning: lol, yeah, it IS pretty massive…
(02:55:56 PM) Manning: buried
(02:56:04 PM) Manning: i see what you mean
(02:56:35 PM) Manning: long term sources do get preference… i can see where the "unfairness" factor comes in
(02:56:53 PM) Lamo: how does that preference work?
(02:57:47 PM) Manning: veracity… the material is easy to verify…
(02:58:27 PM) Manning: because they know a little bit more about the source than a purely anonymous one
(02:59:04 PM) Manning: and confirmation publicly from earlier material, would make them more likely to publish… i guess…
(02:59:16 PM) Manning: im not saying they do… but i can see how that might develop
(03:00:18 PM) Manning: if two of the largest public relations "coups" have come from a single source… for instance
(03:02:03 PM) Manning: you yeah… purely *submitting* material is more likely to get overlooked without contacting them by other means and saying hey, check your submissions for x…
Manning described the first time he watched the Iraq video, after finding it in a network directory where an Army JAG officer left it. He speculated that Washington Post writer and book author David Finkel already had a copy of the video when he wrote his book The Good Soldiers, published last year. (Finkel addressed this issue recently.)
(03:07:26 PM) Manning: i recognized the value of some things…
(03:07:33 PM) Manning: knew what they meant… dug deeper
(03:07:53 PM) Manning: i watched that video cold, for instance
(03:10:32 PM) Manning: at first glance… it was just a bunch of guys getting shot up by a helicopter… no big deal… about two dozen more where that came from right… but something struck me as odd with the van thing… and also the fact it was being stored in a JAG officer's directory… so i looked into it… eventually tracked down the date, and then the exact GPS co-ord… and i was like… ok, so thats what happened… cool… then i went to the regular internet… and it was still on my mind… so i typed into goog… the date, and the location… and then i see this http://www.nytimes.com/2007/07/13/world/middleeast/13iraq.html
(03:11:07 PM) Manning: i kept that in my mind for weeks… probably a month and a half… before i forwarded it to [Wikileaks]
(03:11:54 PM) Manning: then there was the Finkel book
(03:12:16 PM) Manning: im almost certain he had a copy
Manning discussed how common and easy it was for soldiers to bring removable media into their work environment, making it easy for him, or anyone else, to siphon data from classified networks without raising suspicion.
(01:52:30 PM) Manning: funny thing is… we transffered so much data on unmarked CDs…
(01:52:42 PM) Manning: everyone did… videos… movies… music
(01:53:05 PM) Manning: all out in the open
(01:53:53 PM) Manning: bringing CDs too and from the networks was/is a common phenomeon
(01:54:14 PM) Lamo: is that how you got the cables out?
(01:54:28 PM) Manning: perhaps
(01:54:42 PM) Manning: i would come in with music on a CD-RW
(01:55:21 PM) Manning: labelled with something like "Lady Gaga"… erase the music… then write a compressed split file
(01:55:46 PM) Manning: no-one suspected a thing
(01:55:48 PM) Manning: =L kind of sad
(01:56:04 PM) Lamo: and odds are, they never will
(01:56:07 PM) Manning: i didnt even have to hide anything
(01:56:36 PM) Lamo: from a professional perspective, i'm curious how the server they were on was insecure
(01:57:19 PM) Manning: you had people working 14 hours a day… every single day… no weekends… no recreation…
(01:57:27 PM) Manning: people stopped caring after 3 weeks
(01:57:44 PM) Lamo: i mean, technically speaking
(01:57:51 PM) Lamo: or was it physical
(01:57:52 PM) Manning: >nod<
(01:58:16 PM) Manning: there was no physical security
(01:58:18 PM) Lamo: it was physical access, wasn't it
(01:58:20 PM) Lamo: hah
(01:58:33 PM) Manning: it was there, but not really
(01:58:51 PM) Manning: 5 digit cipher lock… but you could knock and the door…
(01:58:55 PM) Manning: *on
(01:59:15 PM) Manning: weapons, but everyone has weapons
(02:00:12 PM) Manning: everyone just sat at their workstations… watching music videos / car chases / buildings exploding… and writing more stuff to CD/DVD… the culture fed opportunities
(02:01:44 PM) Manning: hardest part is arguably internet access… uploading any sensitive data over the open internet is a bad idea… since networks are monitored for any insurgent/terrorist/militia/criminal types
(02:01:52 PM) Lamo: tor?
(02:02:13 PM) Manning: tor + ssl + sftp
(02:02:33 PM) Lamo: *nod*
(02:03:05 PM) Lamo: not quite how i might do it, but good
(02:03:22 PM) Manning: i even asked the NSA guy if he could find any suspicious activity coming out of local networks… he shrugged and said… "its not a priority"
(02:03:53 PM) Manning: went back to watching "Eagle's Eye"
(02:12:23 PM) Manning: so… it was a massive data spillage… facilitated by numerous factors… both physically, technically, and culturally
(02:13:02 PM) Manning:: perfect example of how not to do INFOSEC
(02:14:21 PM) Manning: listened and lip-synced to Lady Gaga's Telephone while exfiltratrating possibly the largest data spillage in american history
(02:15:03 PM) Manning: pretty simple, and unglamorous
(02:16:37 PM) Manning: *exfiltrating
(02:17:56 PM) Manning: weak servers, weak logging, weak physical security, weak counter-intelligence, inattentive signal analysis… a perfect storm
(02:19:03 PM) Manning: >sigh<
(02:19:19 PM) Manning: sounds pretty bad huh?
(02:20:06 PM) Lamo: kinda :x
(02:20:25 PM) Manning: :L
(02:20:52 PM) Lamo: i mean, for the .mil
(02:21:08 PM) Manning: well, it SHOULD be better
(02:21:32 PM) Manning: its sad
(02:22:47 PM) Manning: i mean what if i were someone more malicious
(02:23:25 PM) Manning: i could've sold to russia or china, and made bank?
(02:23:36 PM) Lamo: why didn't you?
(02:23:58 PM) Manning: because it's public data
(02:24:15 PM) Lamo: i mean, the cables
(02:24:46 PM) Manning: it belongs in the public domain
(02:25:15 PM) Manning: information should be free
(02:25:39 PM) Manning: it belongs in the public domain
(02:26:18 PM) Manning: because another state would just take advantage of the information… try and get some edge
(02:26:55 PM) Manning: if its out in the open… it should be a public good
(02:27:04 PM) Manning: *do the
(02:27:23 PM) Manning: rather than some slimy intel collector
(02:29:18 PM) Manning: im crazy like that
(03:38:07 PM) Manning: its not much of a pic, but here's harry ponting http://farm4.static.flickr.com/3161/2814062024_c39d25f27d.jpg the man who's mission it is to sell the benefits of NCD throughout the State Department, Military, and IC
(03:38:18 PM) Manning: i feel terribly, terribly sorry for the guy :(
(03:39:17 PM) Manning: im not a bad person, i keep track of everything
(03:39:30 PM) Manning: i watch the whole thing unfold… from a distance
(03:40:07 PM) Manning: i read what everyone says… look at pictures… keep tabs… and feel for them
(03:40:18 PM) Manning: since im basically playing a vital role in their life
(03:40:29 PM) Manning: without ever meeting them
(03:40:53 PM) Manning: i was like that as an intelligence analyst as well
(03:41:09 PM) Lamo: i know the feeling, in a way.
(03:41:44 PM) Manning: most didnt care… but i knew, i was playing a role in the lives of hundreds of people, without them knowing them… but i cared, and kept track of some of the details, make sure everybody was okay
(03:42:07 PM) Manning: them knowing me
(03:43:27 PM) Manning: i dont think of myself as playing "god" or anything, because im not… im just playing my role for the moment… i dont control the way they react
(03:44:15 PM) Manning: there are far more people who do what i do, in state interest, on daily basis, and dont give a fuck
(03:45:01 PM) Manning: thats how i try to separate myself
(03:45:13 PM) Manning: from my (former) colleagues
Lamo asked what additional material Manning gave to Julian Assange at Wikileaks.
(04:32:05 PM) Manning: oh, the JTF GTMO papers… Assange has those too
(04:32:16 PM) Lamo: Read it.
(04:33:21 PM) Lamo: Anything else interesting on his table, as a former collector of interesting .com info?
(04:33:44 PM) Manning: idk… i only know what i provide him xD
(04:34:14 PM) Lamo: what do you consider the highlights?
(04:35:31 PM) Manning: The Gharani airstrike videos and full report, Iraq war event log, the "Gitmo Papers", and State Department cable database
(04:35:50 PM) Lamo: Not too shabby.
(04:36:03 PM) Manning: thats just me….
(04:36:26 PM) Manning: idk about the rest… he *hopefully* has more
(04:42:16 PM) Manning: im not sure whether i'd be considered a type of "hacker", "cracker", "hacktivist", "leaker" or what…
(04:42:26 PM) Manning: im just me… really
(04:44:21 PM) Manning: starts off like every physics / astro class intro… ever
(04:44:21 PM) Lamo : I'm not here right now
(04:44:45 PM) Manning: albeit without the algebraic proofs
(04:45:20 PM) Lamo: or a spy :)
(04:45:48 PM) Manning: i couldn't be a spy…
(04:45:59 PM) Manning: spies dont post things up for the world to see
(04:46:14 PM) Lamo: Why? Wikileaks would be the perfect cover
(04:46:23 PM) Lamo: They post what's not useful
(04:46:29 PM) Lamo: And keep the rest
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Q. Explain some of the error detection and correction techniques?
Sol. Parity Check -This is the simplest scheme of error detection. In this scheme a single parity bit is introduced. This parity bit is appended at the end of the block of data in such a way that the block of data contains either even (even parity) or odd(odd parity) number of ones. For example in case of even parity consider a block of data to be sent is 10100100 this is a seven bit data a new parity bit will be appended at the end so that the number of ones in the data become even 101001001. Now this data is sent across the transmission channel and if suppose error occurs during the transmission and the third bit in the block becomes zero(100001001) now this will be received by the receiver and will detect an error. However if two or more bits are inverted in such a way that the number of ones remain even (eg 11001001)then the error will remain undetected. Same is the case with odd parity in which a parity bit is introduced in such a way the resulting block of data contain odd numbers of ones. Typically, even parity is used for synchronous transmission and odd parity for asynchronous transmission. This method in not foolproof, noise impulses are often long and destroy more than one bit of data.
The parity bit is only an error detection code. The concept of parity bit has been later on developed and error detection and correction code has been developed using more than one parity bits. One such code is Hamming error correcting code.
Hamming Error-Correcting Code: This code was devised by Richard Hamming at Bell Laboratories. Lets understand this codes with the help of Venn diagrams, lets consider 4 bit data. Figure below shows the Venn diagrams with filled in data bits, which are filled in the intersecting inner compartments.
The next step is to fill in the parity bits for these four data bit The principle here is that we add the parity bits such that the total number of l's in each circle is even (even parity)
Please note that each of the circle have even number of l's.
After the data transfer, let us say, we encounter a situation where one of the data bit is changed from 1 to 0. Thus, an error has occurred. This condition is shown in Figure
How will this error be detected and rectified. ?. The parity bit of the two circles are indicating error of one bit, since two circles are indicating errors, therefore, the error lies at the intersection of these two circle. So, we have not only recognized the error but also its source. Thus, in this case by changing the bit in error, from 0 to 1 we can easily rectify the error.
Now let us discuss a scheme for error correction and detection of single bit errors in 8 bit words. The first question in this respect is: what should be the length of the code? Before answering this question we have to look into the comparison logic of error detection. The error detection is done by comparing the two i bit error detection and correction codes fed to the comparison logic bit by bit . Let us have a comparison logic which produce a 0 if the compared bits are same or else it produce a 1.
Therefore, if similar Position bits are same then we get 0 at that bit Position, but if they are different, that is this bit position may point to some error, then this Particular bit position will be marked as 1. This way a match word called syndrome word is constructed. This syndrome word is i bit long, therefore, can represent 2i values or combinations. For example, a 4 bit syndrome word can represent 24=16 values which range from 0 to 15 as:
0000, 0001, 0010, 0011, 0100, 0101, 0110, 0111
1000, 1001, 1010, 1011, 1100, 1101, 1110, 1111
The value 0000 or 0 represent no error while the other values i.e..2i-1 (for 4 bits 24-1=15 that is from 1 to15) represent an error condition. Each of these 2i-1(or 15 for 4 bits)can be used to represent an error of a particular bit. Since, the error can occur during the transmission of N bit data plus i bit error correction code, therefore we need to have at least N+i error values to represent them. Therefore, the number of error correction bits should be found from the following equation:
2i- 1 >N+i
If we are assuming 8 bit word then we need to have
2i-1 >8+i
say at i=3 LHS = 23-1 = 7; RHS = 8+3 = 11
i=4 2i-1 = 24-1 = 15; RHS = 8+4 = 12
Therefore, for 8 bit word we need to have at least 4 error correcting bits.
Similarly for 16 bit word we need to have i = 5
LHS=25-1 = 31 > RHS=16+i = 16+5 = 21
The next step in this connection will be to arrange the 8 bit word and its 4 bit error correction code in such a way that a particular value of the syndrome word specifies an error in a unique bit (which may be data or error detection code' ). The following arrangement of the (N+i) bits is suggested.
Bit positions 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Data bits 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Correction bits 8 4 2 1
Data bits and bit positions
The above arrangement is derived on the basis that:
Syndrome Word zero implies no error.
If syndrome word contains only one bit as 1 then it should be inferred that error has occurred only in the parity bits, therefore, no correction is needed in data. But how can we implement it? This can be implemented easily by assigning the check bits as 1st,2nd,4th, and 8th bit position
In case more than one bit in syndrome word are set as 1 then the numerical value of the syndrome word should determine the bit position which is in error.
The arrangement shown in figure above has an added advantage, that is each data bit position can be calculated as a function of correction bit positions. Please note, in case any one of the correction bit has changed during data transmission, that implies any one of the 1st or 2nd or 4th or 8th bit position data have altered, therefore, the syndrome bit will be 0001 if the data at first bit position has changed, 0010 if 2nd bit position has changed; or 0100 if data at 4th bit position has changed, or 1000 if data at 8th bit position has changed. Thus, the proposed bit arrangement scheme of figure above, satisfies the second assumption for the bit arrangement scheme. The next assumption in this regard is the value of syndrome word should indicate the bit position which is in error, that is, if there is error in bit position 3 it should change correction bits of bit position 1 and 2 and so on. Let us discuss how this can be achieved.
Let us make the table for the proposed scheme.
Bit position in error Effected bit position of syndrome word Comments
1 - - - 1 One bit position in error
2 - - 2 - One bit position in error
3 - - 2 1 1+2 =3
4 - 4 - - One bit position in error
5 - 4 - 1 4+1 =5
6 - 4 2 - 4+2 =6
7 - 4 2 1 4+2+1 =7
8 8 - - - One bit position in error
9 8 - - 1 8+1 =9
10 8 - 2 - 8+2 =10
11 8 - 2 1 8+2+1 =11
12 8- 4 - - 8+4 =12
We are assuming that only one bit can be in error. The table given above indicate that the first bit in syndrome word should be 1 if any one of the 1st, 3rd, 5th, 7th, 9th and 11th bit position is in error. the second bit of syndrome word should be 1 if any one of the 2nd, 3rd, 6th,7th, 10th, 11th bit positions is in error, the third bit of syndrome word should be 1 if any of the 4th, 5th, 6th,7th, or 12th bit positions is in error and the fourth bit of syndrome word should be 1 if any of the 9th, 10th, 11th , or 12th , bit positions is in error.
Since the 1st , 2nd, 4th , 8th bit positions are occupied by correction bits or check bits at the source, therefore, they should not be used for calculating check bits,
Based on the above facts, the check bits should be calculated as:
Check bit 1 = Even parity of (3rd , 5th , 7th , 9th & 11th bit position)
Check bit 2 =Even parity of(3rd ,6th ,7th ,10th ,11th bit position)
Check bit 3 = Even parity of (3rd , 6th, 7th, 12th bit position)
Check bit 4 =Even parity of(9th ,10th ,11th ,12th bit positions) or in other words (refer figure 11) :
Check bit 1 = Even parity of (Data bits 1,2,4.5, 7)
Check bit 2 = Even parity of (Data bits 1,3,4,6,7)
Check bit 3 = Even parity of (Data bits 2,3,4,8)
Check bit 4 = Even parity of (Data bits 5,6,7,8)
This is called a single error correcting (SEC) code. Let us see an example of error correction using this code.
Example: An 8 bit input word 01011011 on transmission is received as 01001011 (that is error in 5th data bit how the SEC code if used can rectify this error?
Solution: The SEC code for 8 bit word is of 4 bits
Check bit l =Even parity of(1,1,1,1,1)=1
Check bit 2 =Even parity of(1,0,1,0,1)=1
Check bit 3 =Even parity of(1,0,1,0)=0
Check bit 4 =Even parity of(1,0,1,0)=0
Therefore, the 12 bit word to be transmitted is
Bit Position 12 11 10 9 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Data Bits 8 7 6 5 4 3 2 1
Check Bits 4 3 2 1
Data to be transmitted 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Data Received 0 1 0 0 0 1 0 1 0 1 1 1
Error in the 5th data bit
Calculation of check bits of data received:
Check bit 1 = Even parity of(l,1,1,0,1,)=0
Check bit 2 = Even parity of(1,0,1,0,1,)=1
Check bit 3 = Even parity of(1,0,1,0)=0
Check bit 4 = Even parity of(0,0,1,0)=1
Syndrome word =compare the received check bits to calculated checks bits Of received data
= 0 0 1 1 Received check bits
1 0 1 0 calculated check bits
1 0 0 1
Please note for syndrome word calculation if two check bits are same then the respective bit in syndrome word will be 0 if the two check bits are same then the bit in syndrome word will be 1.
Thus, syndrome word = 1001, Which implies that 9th bit position in the received 12 bit information is in error. The 9th bit position corresponds to 5th data bit. Change this bit to 1 if it is 0 or 0 if it is 1. Since in the received data it is 0, therefore, change it to1.
Hence, the data was (excluding check bits) received as 01001011
The corrected data is 01011011
The corrected data is same as the transmitted data.


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U.S. District Judge James J. Brady said at the end of a hearing of more than two hours that state officials forced him to take that action by refusing for years to provide Sepulvado and his attorneys with details of the execution process. Brady said that lack of information includes questions about the supply of death-dealing drugs used for lethal injections.
"The intransigence of the state … in failing to produce the protocol requires the court to issue this order," Brady added.
As long as Brady's order remains in force, no death row inmate can be executed in Louisiana, Gary P. Clements, Supulvado's attorney, said after the hearing.
Sepulvado, 69, of DeSoto Parish, was convicted on a charge of murder in 1993. Jurors decided that Sepulvado beat and scalded to death his 6-year-old stepson, Wesley Allen Mercer, in 1992.
In DeSoto Parish, District Attorney Richard Z. Johnson Jr. said late Thursday that he and the Louisiana Attorney General's Office would ask the U.S. 5th Circuit Court of Appeals to overturn Brady's order and reinstate corrections officials' plans for the execution of Sepulvado.
"We (in DeSoto Parish) are going to file a friend-of-the-court brief backing the attorney general's decision to appeal," Johnson added.
In Baton Rouge, Attorney General Buddy Caldwell issued a written statement through Communications Director Amanda Papillion Larkins: "This horrific murder of a 6-year-old occurred over 20 years ago. A jury handed down a death sentence for this murderer, and over the past 16 years, state and federal courts at all levels have confirmed his guilt."
Caldwell also wrote: "We respectfully disagree with Judge Brady's ruling to indefinitely delay these proceedings at the 11th hour and are confident we will prevail on appeal."
Larkins said Caldwell and his assistants would ask the 5th Circuit "to review the case as expeditiously as possible."
Sean Lansing, press secretary to Gov. Bobby Jindal, said of the state's lethal injection process: "We are confident the method of carrying out this sentence is an acceptable procedure under the United States and Louisiana constitutions."
But Sophie Cull, director of the Louisiana Coalition for Alternatives to the Death Penalty, said in an email that she disagrees with state officials' view of the dispute.
"It is troubling that the state will not disclose the details of how it intends to kill Chris Sepulvado and others on Death Row in Louisiana," Cull said.
"Transparency in government is vital to our democracy and key to ensuring that a legal procedure — here, the most extreme act a government can take against an individual — accords with Louisiana law and the U.S. Constitution," Cull added.
The U.S. Supreme Court declined to consider Sepulvado's appeal several years ago.
But Brady ruled Thursday that corrections officials wrongly denied Sepulvado's request for all details of his planned execution. The judge noted that Sepulvado and his attorneys did not know until this week that corrections officials have decided to execute him with a single dose of pentobarbital rather than a three-drug concoction used for the state's last execution, that of Gerald Bordelon in 2010.
Wade Shows, attorney for the Department of Public Safety and Corrections, told Brady that attorneys for Sepulvado and another death row inmate, Jessie Hoffman, waited too late to challenge the state's lethal injection program on the possibility it might cause convicted murderers extreme pain.
Shows argued the inmates should have requested the state's lethal injection information earlier through specific questions attached to their court suits.
Shows noted that six states — Arizona, Idaho, Ohio, South Dakota, Texas and Washington — already use a single dose of pentobarbital to execute death row inmates.
"We want to do it appropriately," Shows said of the release of information about Louisiana's lethal-injection process.
"You have been trying to obtain this protocol since 2010?" Brady asked Clements, Sepulvado's attorney.
"That is correct," Clements said.
Clements said Sepulvado cannot adequately challenge the state's latest lethal-injection plan until corrections officials provide the source and age of their pentobarbital supply and confirm that supply is approved by the U.S. Food and Drug Administration.
"It's a Catch-22 situation," Clements told the judge.
After Brady issued his order, Shows handed him an affidavit by Mary B. Labatut, pharmacy director at the Louisiana State Penitentiary at Angola.
Labatut said in that affidavit: "I have personal knowledge that (Angola) currently has in stock the drug pentobarbital, purchased from Lundbeck, Inc., of Deerfield, Illinois."
That is not enough information, Clements said after the hearing. He said state officials also must provide the age of those drugs and identify the location where they were manufactured.
"I need the whole supply chain," Clements said.


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The radio show announced the cancellation on its Facebook page.
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