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After that comment, Scan Man came up with arguments of his own, starting
off with the dates printed in Phrack VIII. He claimed that the dates were off
and backed this up by saying Ben Graves had been fired six months previously
to the conversation with Sally Ride. Scan Man then went on to ask why it had
taken Sally Ride so long to come forward with his information. Scan Man made
one last comment, "It's a fucking shame that there is a social structure in
the phreak world!" Meaning Sally Ride merely presented his information to
give himself a boost socially in the phreak world.

This is how it ended. We would like to say that TeleComputist printed the
statement by Scan Man to offer both sides of the story. We make no judgements
here and take no sides.

Reprinted with permission from TeleComputist Newsletter Issue 2

Copyright (C) 1986 by J. Thomas. All Rights Reserved
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Ok, that was Scan Man's side to the story, now that he had a few months to
come up with one. Lets do a critical breakdown;

-*- "He was flown in from Charleston, West Virginia to New York every week for
a four to five day duration."

Gee, wouldn't that get awfully expensive? Every week...and "made
available a leased executive apartment..." He must have been quite an
asset to "Telecom Management" for them to spend such large amounts on him.
Kinda interesting that he lived in Charleston, West Virginia (where
surprisingly enough there is a branch of TMC) and flew to New York every
week.

-*- "Scan Man claimed to have no ties with TMC in Las Vegas..." Ok, I'll buy
that. Notice how he didn't say that he had no ties with TMC in
Charleston. Furthermore if he had no ties with TMC in Charleston why
would they have his name in their company records? Why would all those
employees know him or dislike him for that matter?

-*- "Scan Man then went on to say that the same day Sally Ride called Pauline
Frazier was the day he received his notice." Well now, how can there be a
connection between the two events at all when Scan Man works for Telecom
Management and has "no ties with TMC" and claimed "not to work for TMC"?
If TMC and Telecom Management are truly independent of each other then
nothing Sally Ride said to Pauline Frazier could have affected him in ANY
way. That is unless he did work for TMC in the first place.

-*- "...and back this up by saying that Ben Graves had been fired six months
previously to the conversation with Sally Ride." Well first of all, PWN
did not give a date as to when Ben Graves was fired from TMC. Second of
all and more important, how does Scan Man know so much about TMC when he
works for "Telecom Management" and has "...no ties with TMC..."?

The rest of his statements were highly debatable and he showed no proof as to
their validity. As for why Sally Ride waited so long to come forward, well he
didn't wait that long at all, he came forward to myself in late May/early June
of 1986. My decision was to do nothing because there wasn't enough proof.
After three months of research we had enough proof and the article was
released.

With this attempt to cover up the truth, Scan Man has only given more
ammunition to the idea that he isn't what he claims to be.

Special Thanks to TeleComputist Newsletter
______________________________________________________________________________

The Cracker Cracks Up? December 21, 1986
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"Computer 'Cracker' Is Missing -- Is He Dead Or Is He Alive"

By Tom Gorman of The Los Angeles Times

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Early one morning in late September, computer hacker Bill
Landreth pushed himself away from his IBM-PC computer -- its screen glowing
with an uncompleted sentence -- and walked out the front door of a friend's
home here.

He has not been seen or heard from since.

The authorities want him because he is the "Cracker", convicted in 1984 of
breaking into some of the most secure computer systems in the United States,
including GTE Telemail's electronic mail network, where he peeped at NASA
Department of Defense computer correspondence.

He was placed on three years' probation. Now his probation officer is
wondering where he is.

His literary agent wants him because he is Bill Landreth the author, who
already has cashed in on the successful publication of one book on computer
hacking and who is overdue with the manuscript of a second computer book.

The Institute of Internal Auditors wants him because he is Bill Landreth the
public speaker who was going to tell the group in a few months how to make
their computer systems safer from people like him.

Susan and Gulliver Fourmyle want him because he is the eldest of their eight
children. They have not seen him since May 1985, when they moved away from
Poway in northern San Diego county, first to Alaska then to Maui where they
now live.

His friends want him because he is crazy Bill Landreth, IQ 163, who has pulled
stunts like this before and "disappeared" into the night air -- but never for
more than a couple of weeks and surely not for 3 months. They are worried.

After that comment, Scan Man came up with arguments of his own, starting

off with the dates printed in Phrack VIII. He claimed that the dates were off

and backed this up by saying Ben Graves had been fired six months previously

to the conversation with Sally Ride. Scan Man then went on to ask why it had

taken Sally Ride so long to come forward with his information. Scan Man made

one last comment, "It's a fucking shame that there is a social structure in

the phreak world!" Meaning Sally Ride merely presented his information to

give himself a boost socially in the phreak world.

This is how it ended. We would like to say that TeleComputist printed the

statement by Scan Man to offer both sides of the story. We make no judgements

here and take no sides.

Reprinted with permission from TeleComputist Newsletter Issue 2

- - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - - -

Ok, that was Scan Man's side to the story, now that he had a few months to

come up with one. Lets do a critical breakdown;

-*- "He was flown in from Charleston, West Virginia to New York every week for

a four to five day duration."

Gee, wouldn't that get awfully expensive? Every week...and "made

available a leased executive apartment..." He must have been quite an

asset to "Telecom Management" for them to spend such large amounts on him.

Kinda interesting that he lived in Charleston, West Virginia (where

surprisingly enough there is a branch of TMC) and flew to New York every

week.

-*- "Scan Man claimed to have no ties with TMC in Las Vegas..." Ok, I'll buy

that. Notice how he didn't say that he had no ties with TMC in

Charleston. Furthermore if he had no ties with TMC in Charleston why

would they have his name in their company records? Why would all those

employees know him or dislike him for that matter?

-*- "Scan Man then went on to say that the same day Sally Ride called Pauline

Frazier was the day he received his notice." Well now, how can there be a

connection between the two events at all when Scan Man works for Telecom

Management and has "no ties with TMC" and claimed "not to work for TMC"?

If TMC and Telecom Management are truly independent of each other then

nothing Sally Ride said to Pauline Frazier could have affected him in ANY

way. That is unless he did work for TMC in the first place.

-*- "...and back this up by saying that Ben Graves had been fired six months

previously to the conversation with Sally Ride." Well first of all, PWN

did not give a date as to when Ben Graves was fired from TMC. Second of

all and more important, how does Scan Man know so much about TMC when he

works for "Telecom Management" and has "...no ties with TMC..."?

The rest of his statements were highly debatable and he showed no proof as to

their validity. As for why Sally Ride waited so long to come forward, well he

didn't wait that long at all, he came forward to myself in late May/early June

of 1986. My decision was to do nothing because there wasn't enough proof.

After three months of research we had enough proof and the article was

released.

With this attempt to cover up the truth, Scan Man has only given more

ammunition to the idea that he isn't what he claims to be.

Special Thanks to TeleComputist Newsletter

______________________________________________________________________________

The Cracker Cracks Up? December 21, 1986

----------------------

"Computer 'Cracker' Is Missing -- Is He Dead Or Is He Alive"

By Tom Gorman of The Los Angeles Times

ESCONDIDO, Calif. -- Early one morning in late September, computer hacker Bill

Landreth pushed himself away from his IBM-PC computer -- its screen glowing

with an uncompleted sentence -- and walked out the front door of a friend's

home here.

He has not been seen or heard from since.

The authorities want him because he is the "Cracker", convicted in 1984 of

breaking into some of the most secure computer systems in the United States,

including GTE Telemail's electronic mail network, where he peeped at NASA

Department of Defense computer correspondence.

He was placed on three years' probation. Now his probation officer is

wondering where he is.

His literary agent wants him because he is Bill Landreth the author, who

already has cashed in on the successful publication of one book on computer

hacking and who is overdue with the manuscript of a second computer book.

The Institute of Internal Auditors wants him because he is Bill Landreth the

public speaker who was going to tell the group in a few months how to make

their computer systems safer from people like him.

Susan and Gulliver Fourmyle want him because he is the eldest of their eight

children. They have not seen him since May 1985, when they moved away from

Poway in northern San Diego county, first to Alaska then to Maui where they

now live.

His friends want him because he is crazy Bill Landreth, IQ 163, who has pulled

stunts like this before and "disappeared" into the night air -- but never for

more than a couple of weeks and surely not for 3 months. They are worried.