IP: Mitnick Muzzled (Hacker Hamstrung?)

[Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>]

> Date: Tue, 25 Apr 2000 14:31:11 -0700 (PDT)
> From: "Kevin L. Poulsen" <klp () securityfocus com>
>
> http://www.securityfocus.com/news/23
>
> Kevin Mitnick has been yanked off the lecture circuit and ordered by the
> U.S. Probation Office to halt his professional writing efforts, a move
> that left a recent Salt Lake City computer conference without its star
> speaker, and magazine publisher Steven Brill short one media critic for
> his upcoming web offering.
>
> "In regards to the numerous requests you have received concerning writing
> and critiquing articles and speaking at conferences, we find it necessary
> to deny your participation and recommend that you pursue employment in a
> non-related field," reads an April 12th letter to Mitnick from the
> Ventura, California U.S. Probation Office that supervises him.
>
> "Right now, I've retained council to go ahead and try to get this
> clarified," Mitnick said Monday. "I'm surprised, because all I was trying
> to do through my writing and speaking was to tell people how information
> security is important."
>
> ...