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Volume 133, Number 34 Tuesday, September 3, 2013 E52 renovations to finish in 2016 The construction on old Sloan will affect surrounding traffic By Austin Hess The renovationsEstablished will have 1881 News Editor an impact on automobile and pedestrian traffic surround- Renovations begin this week ing E52 beginning this week. In for E52, the original Sloan Build- an email to the MIT commu- ing. The structure, built in 1938, nity, Chief of Police John DiFava is undergoing interior and ex- wrote, “On Tuesday, September terior upgrades expected to be 3, Ames Street will become two completed in early 2016. way from Memorial Drive all the According to the MIT Capi- way to Main Street. Re-stripping tal Projects website, “Building of the lanes is scheduled to take E52 has not been significantly place on Tuesday and the pat- upgraded over time.” The site tern change will remain in effect indicates the lower floors will through the end of construction. be used for student-related Beginning on Monday, Septem- Sloan School administration, ber 23, the section of Wadsworth the fourth and fifth floors will Street from Memorial Drive to be for the Economics Depart- Amherst Street will be closed to ment, and there will be a glass- traffic.” Established 1881 enclosed addition to the build- According to the MIT facili- ing to create sixth and seventh ties website, Wadsworth Street floors for meetings and confer- will reopen as a one-way street ences. The trees along Memo- in February 2014, and return to a rial Drive will be replaced, and two-way configuration after the other landscaping changes will renovation ends. A section of Jessica L. Wass—The Tech occur. The people displaced by Ames Street will return to one- Building E52 is set to undergo a renovation scheduled to be completed in 2016. Traffic patterns on the surrounding the renovation have moved to streets will be affected starting with the closure of Wadsworth Street later this month and the conversion of Ames St. Building E17. E52, Page 11 into a two-way street all the way through to Memorial Drive.

Somerville SafeRide shuttle CMS and Writing join forces

Comparative Media Studies just always had a lot in common,” pilot program implemented (CMS) and Writing (21W), formerly said Paradis. Such commonalities Established 1881 two separate majors, are now un- will be the strength of the new pro- Simmons shuttle stops also relocated to front of dorm der the CMS/W program. The two gram, which will benefit from con- majors will remain essentially the taining faculty from what were pre- By William Navarre December. The new route is de- gram’s continuation is contingent same from an academic point of viously two different majors. “That’s signed to meet the transportation on ridership numbers, according view — their undergraduate and the main reason,” said Paradis, “just MIT’s shuttle programs are un- needs of graduate students living to the announcement in the Aug. graduate programs will still remain to get together and share some of dergoing several changes in the off-campus by connecting Imman 26 GSC Anno. separate — but the new program the areas of interest.” He also com- upcoming semester. Square, Union Square, and East Additionally, as of Aug. 30, the aims to encourage students in both mented on the increased coherence In response to a proposal made Cambridge to Main Campus. The Tech Shuttle and SafeRide stops at majors to take classes in the other. of the curriculum, since the faculty in May by the Graduate Student shuttle will run during normal Simmons Hall were relocated to James G. Paradis commented will now be able to plan out both Council (GSC) Transportation MIT Saferide hours of 6 p.m.–2:30 the east side of the building from that There was much overlap be- majors together. Subcommittee, a pilot program for a.m. Sundays through Wednesdays the west side, making them closer tween the two majors in addition to In the 2012–2013 year, CMS a new Somerville SafeRide shuttle and 6 p.m.–2:30 a.m. Thursdays the many cross-listed classes that had 15 students total, while Writ- route will run from September to through Saturdays. The pilot pro- Shuttles, Page 8 already exist, according to CMS/W ing had three (all juniors at the section head and professor James time), but neither major is absorb- G. Paradis. “Media studies is con- ing the other, Paradis said — “This cerned with journalistic types of makes both majors much more things, and the writing program interesting.” always taught journalism, so we —Bruno B. F. Faviero

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worl The two sides did not release any specific information on the The new york times an interview in Geneva on Monday have taken new ground in the Qa- terms. They had battled for a month over an increase in fees that that another rush of Syrians across lamoun area north of Damascus

n CBS was seeking for the right to retransmit CBS stations in those BEIRUT — Two days after Presi- the borders meant that roughly a and declare they will push forward cities and some other locations on Time Warner Cable systems. dent Barack Obama shocked Syri- third of the country’s population while some of the government’s Another key issue was whether CBS would retain some digital ans by delaying expected American had now been displaced; he es- personnel and weapons remain rights that it wants to sell to Web-based distributors like Netflix missile strikes, the country remains timated that the number of Syr- dispersed to avoid being targeted. and Amazon. off balance, with the military still ians seeking refuge in neighboring The state news agency, SANA, In a memo to the CBS staff, the corporation president, Leslie bracing, the rebels still hoping to countries was approaching 2 mil- said the military had killed foreign Moonves, said, “The final agreements with Time Warner Cable capitalize on the confusion, civil- lion, with some 4.5 million being fighters as they tried to infiltrate -ar atio deliver to us all the value and terms that we sought in these dis- ians increasingly fleeing across the driven from their homes in Syria. eas closer to the capital. Opposition cussions. We are receiving fair compensation for CBS content and borders and everyone uncertain Both the government and the figures have seized the moment to we also have the ability to monetize our content going forward on whether the attack has been called armed opposition have moved to argue for a more comprehensive all the new, developing platforms that are right now transforming off for good. capitalize on Obama’s decision to strike, backed by increased aid to the way people watch television.” Businesses were open and wait for congressional approval for their forces, to try to shift the bal- —Bill Carter, The New York Times shops busy in government-held a strike. The government has por- ance in the conflict, which began areas around the country on Mon- trayed President Bashar Assad as three and a half years ago with Rupee continues decline on day, residents say, but not all gov- a hero for facing down the Ameri- peaceful protests but have devolved

& N ernment troops had moved out of cans, and his supporters have circu- into civil war after bloody govern- weakness in Indian economy the schools and other civilian areas lated jokes on social media mock- ment crackdowns. they had moved into ahead of the ing Obama; one campaign features It is unclear how much the gov- MUMBAI, India —­ The Indian rupee began slipping lower in attacks that were expected Satur- high-quality videos of Syrians old ernment’s precautionary troop currency markets again Monday after a two-day respite, as fur- day. Anxiety and anticipation from and young using a vulgar phrase movements change the tactical ther signs emerged of broad troubles in the Indian economy. that day lingered. to tell him, essentially, to get lost. picture, said Kamel Wazne, a po- An HSBC survey of purchasing managers at manufacturers The fighting, which was in a no- The military resumed heavy aerial litical analyst who runs the Center across India, released Monday, showed them to be their gloomi- ticeable lull on Saturday, appeared bombardment of East Ghouta, the for American Strategic Studies in orld est since March 2009, at the bottom of the global economic to be gearing back up. Antigov- sprawling hinterland of Damascus Beirut, for the same reason that downturn. Businesses across the country are bracing for a sharp ernment activists and state news that bore the brunt of the chemical Obama’s proposal for missile strikes increase in the regulated price of diesel fuel, as the rupee?s steep media reported clashes across the attacks that American officials have without involving American ground drop in August has driven up the Indian cost of crude oil, priced country on Monday, while António W blamed on Assad’s government, troops may make little difference to in dollars and almost entirely imported. Guterres, the United Nations high which denies responsibility. the dynamic on the battlefield. The rupee was down another 0.5 percent against the dollar, to 66.08 rupees to the dollar, bringing its decline since early May to almost 20 percent. Currency traders said that they perceived hints of modest in- tervention to cushion the decline by the Reserve Bank of India, Brazil angered over report that the country’s central bank, which acts through state-controlled commercial banks when it does intervene so as to camouflage its activity. —Keith Bradsher, The New York Times NSA spied on president

Nyad completes Cuba-to- By Simon Romero said in an interview. Cardozo said he planned to make to his staff if and Randal C. Archibold Brazil had requested an explanation elected. Florida swim The new york times from Washington regarding the rev- Mexico’s response to the revela- elations, emphasizing that he had tions was relatively muted compared MIAMI — This time, nature tipped its hat, and Diana Nyad RIO DE JANEIRO — Brazil’s proposed in meetings with U.S. of- with Brazil’s. Mexico’s Foreign Minis- finally conquered the 110-mile passage that had bedeviled her government summoned the U.S. ficials a legal accord regulating U.S. try said in a statement that it was ask- for 35 years. ambassador Monday to respond to intelligence activities in Brazil. ing the United States in a diplomatic Sharks steered clear, currents were friendly, and storms new revelations of U.S. surveillance “Something like this would clear- note for an “exhaustive investigation” took most of the Labor Day weekend off. of President Dilma Rousseff and her ly not fit within such an agreement,” into the matter, while also summon- The 64-year-old endurance swimmer emerged dazed and top aides, complicating relations be- Cardozo said. ing the U.S. ambassador to empha- sunburned from the surf on Smathers Beach in Key West, Fla., tween the countries ahead of Rous- The report, based on documents size the government’s position. just before 2 p.m. on Monday after nearly 53 hours in the ocean, seff’s state visit to Washington next provided by the fugitive NSA con- Washington has been seeking a two-day, two-night swim from her starting point in Havana. month. tractor Edward J. Snowden to Glenn to enhance its ties with Brazil, Latin She had survived the treacherous Florida Straits, a notorious While senior Brazilian officials Greenwald, a U.S. journalist living in America’s largest country, by reach- 110-mile course brimming with sharks, jellyfish, squalls and an expressed indignation over the rev- Brazil, described how the NSA used ing out to Rousseff. Her government unpredictable Gulf Stream. And she became the first person to elations of spying by the National Se- different computer programs to filter was already angered by previous rev- do so unaided by the protection of a shark cage. curity Agency on both Rousseff and through communications and gain elations that Brazil ranked among the It was her fifth attempt, coming after four years of grueling Mexico’s president, Enrique Peña Ni- access to specific emails, telephone NSA’s most spied-upon countries. training, precision planning and single-minded determina- eto — reported Sunday on the Globo calls and text messages of Rousseff’s While Brazil maintains generally tion. Her face scorched and puffy from so many hours in the television network — they stopped top aides. warm ties with the United States, re- salt water, she leaned on one of her friends and said from the short of saying whether Rousseff’s In the case of Mexico’s leader, sentment lingers over the repressive beach: visit was at risk of being called off. the Globo report described how the eavesdropping during its military “I have three messages. One is we should never, ever give “This would be an unacceptable NSA obtained a text message from dictatorship from 1964 to 1985 and up. Two is you never are too old to chase your dreams. Three is violation to our sovereignty, involv- Peña Nieto himself in 2012, while he the support of the United States for it looks like a solitary sport, but it takes a team.” ing our head of state,” José Eduardo was a candidate for the presidency, the coup that brought the military to —Lizette Alvarez, The New York Times Cardozo, Brazil’s justice minister, which referred to an appointment power.

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Extended Forecast Today: Partly sunny with showers and thunderstorms. High 79°F (26°C). Winds W at 5–10 mph. Situation for Noon Eastern Time, Tuesday, September 3, 2013 Tonight: Chance of thunderstorms. Low 62°F (17°C). Winds W at 5–10 mph. Weather Systems Weather Fronts Precipitation Symbols Other Symbols Snow Rain Tomorrow: Sunny. High 81°F (27°C). Winds W at 10–15 Fog High Pressure Trough Showers mph. Thunderstorm Warm Front Thursday: Mostly sunny, highs in the mid 70s°F. Light Low Pressure Haze Friday: Sunny with highs near 70°F (21°C). Cold Front Moderate Compiled by MIT Hurricane Meteorology Staff Stationary Front Heavy nation world & nation world & nation world & nation & nation world & nation world & nation world nation and The Tech Tuesday, September 3, 2013 The Tech 3 Fear of slowing growth as WORLD & Nati Debate revives Merkel’s rival summers’ odds rise as credible challenger WASHINGTON — The spreading expectation that President Barack Obama will name Lawrence H. Summers to lead the Fed- eral Reserve Board appears to be working against the central By Alison Smale a “grand coalition” of the Social 44 years and a former governor bank’s efforts to stimulate the economy. The new york times Democrats with Merkel’s center- of Germany’s largest state, and The jitters even have some analysts betting that a Summers right Christian Democrats after Merkel, in politics since 1990 and nomination could lead to slower economic growth, less job cre- BERLIN — Chancellor Angela the Sept. 22 elections. now seeking a third four-year term ation and higher interest rates than if the president named Janet Merkel and her Social Democratic Steinbrück, 66, who served as as chancellor, found support in L. Yellen, the Fed’s vice chairwoman. challenger, Peer Steinbrück, re- finance minister in Merkel’s first their own camps on Monday. Businesses raising money and people buying homes and cars turned to the campaign trail on government, a grand coalition For Jakob Augstein, a Merkel all have faced higher interest rates in recent months as the Fed?s Monday, with neither triumphant from 2005 to 2009, has already critic who writes a column for Der campaign to suppress borrowing costs has faltered. The rise in after their sole television debate, said he will not head up the Social Spiegel, Steinbrück, who stumbled rates reflects optimism that the economy is gaining strength, and on a mostly decorous 90-minute ex- Democrats in such a Cabinet now. early after his nomination last au- an expectation that the Fed will begin to pull back later this year. change that restored Steinbrück as Flustered, he eventually told Raab tumn over disclosures that he had But a wide range of financial analysts also see evidence of a Sum- a credible candidate but yielded a that voters should go with the received large fees for lectures and mers effect. rhetorical draw. center-left. writing, showed that “he can do it.” Many investors expected that Yellen would be nominated to WORLD & Nati Perhaps reflecting the flicker- For her part, Merkel, 59, has “On Sunday,” Augstein wrote replace Ben S. Bernanke as head of the central bank, a choice ing interest stirred by the largely carefully ducked controversy so in an online commentary, “we that would have sent a clear message of continuity. Instead, in- predictable positions taken by far on the campaign trail, even saw a tired chancellor who looked vestors are now trying to anticipate how Summers might change both leaders, commentary focused over the allegations that U.S. intel- somewhat uninterested.” the Fed. on what the Berlin tabloid B.Z. ligence spied on the communica- By contrast, he said, the Social —Binyamin Appelbaum, The New York Times called the two winners in the TV tions of millions of Germans. And Democrat was “a lively challenger, duel: Raab and Merkel’s necklace. until the debate, she had studi- eager to attack.” South Korea pledges aid to the The reference was first to Ste- ously ignored Steinbrück by not Reflecting the maxim that all fan Raab, a television entertainer mentioning his name. politics is local, it took more than north whose inclusion in the normally So perhaps the most overt ex- an hour before the candidates dis- serious lineup of four moderators citement she garnered on Sunday cussed international issues like SEOUL, South Korea — South Korea promised $8.4 million at the debate on Sunday night was was for her necklace, consisting of the allegations of U.S. spying or worth of aid to North Korea on Monday, a conciliatory gesture that much remarked and delivered the long beads of black, red and gold, the Syrian government’s possible follows recent steps toward easing inter-Korean tensions and reviv- liveliest exchange of the evening. the colors of the German flag. use of chemical weapons against ing economic and humanitarian cooperation. Raab pushed Steinbrück hard for In the European mold of poli- thousands of civilians. The South Korean government will provide $6.3 million to help guidance for those Germans — ticians who hone their skills and Merkel’s government has ruled finance the World Health Organization’s efforts to improve medi- and polls suggest their number is policy knowledge over decades, out participation in any military cal service for malnourished infants and children in North Korea, on considerable — who want to see Steinbrück, a Social Democrat for response. the Unification Ministry of South Korea said in a statement. Sepa- rately, 12 South Korean private relief groups will be allowed to send a total of $2.1 million worth of medical supplies, baby formula, vi- tamins, soy milk, stationery and shoes for North Korean children. WORLD & Nati The developments follow the two Koreas’ agreement last month to restart a program that reunites family members who were sep- Chill hangs over Obama’s journey arated by the Korean War six decades ago. The next reunions are scheduled to begin Sept. 25. to summit in Russia —Choe Sang-Hun, The New York Times Still critical, Mandela ends stay in By Peter Baker the civil war raging in the heart Agency leaker, that finally prompt- The new york times of the Middle East, but Putin did ed Obama to call off a separate hospital not believe that. In Putin’s view, one-on-one meeting he had sched- WASHINGTON — Just days the United States wanted only to uled with Putin while in Russia, the JOHANNESBURG — Nelson Mandela, the former president, before Vladimir Putin reassumed meddle in places where it had no core of the schism is not so much was discharged from a hospital on Sunday after spending 12 the presidency of Russia last year, business, fomenting revolutions that case as the radically different weeks there, the South African government said, adding that the President Barack Obama dis- to install governments friendly to worldviews revealed by the Syria ailing anti-apartheid leader remained in precarious health. patched his national security ad- Washington. dispute. Where Obama feels com- “Madiba’s condition remains critical and is at times unstable,” viser to Moscow. Obama had made The meeting 16 months ago set pelled to take action to curb the use President Jacob Zuma said in a statement, referring to Mandela considerable progress with Dmitry the stage for a tense new chapter of unconventional weapons, Putin by his clan name. “Nevertheless, his team of doctors are con- on A. Medvedev, the caretaker presi- in Russian-American relations, sees American imperialism at work vinced that he will receive the same level of intensive care at his dent, and wanted to preserve the one that will play out publicly this again. Houghton home that he received in Pretoria. His home has been momentum. week when Obama travels to St. Pe- The story of the administra- reconfigured to allow him to receive intensive care there.” Any hopes of that, however, tersburg for a Group of 20 summit tion’s “reset” policy toward Russia Mandela, who turned 95 in July, was admitted to a hospital in WORLD & Nati were quickly dashed when Putin meeting hosted by Putin. is a case study in how the heady Pretoria in June to be treated for the recurrence of a lung infec- sat down with the visiting Ameri- While Obama had no intention idealism of Obama’s first term has tion. His condition has ranged from serious to critical, Zuma said, can adviser, Tom Donilon, at the of bombing Syria last year, he an- given way to the disillusionment of and occasionally doctors have had to use “medical interventions” lavish presidential residence out- nounced Saturday that he favors his second. Critics say he was naive to stabilize him, the government has said in previous statements. side Moscow. Rather than talk of military action against Syrian forc- to think he could really make com- The latest statement is likely to fuel speculation that Mandela cooperation, Putin opened the es, not to depose the government mon cause with Moscow. Aides is nearing the end of his life. His family has said that he would meeting with a sharp challenge of Bashar Assad, a Russian ally, but say it was better to try than not, prefer to be at home, and the former president has said that he underscoring his deep suspicion of in retaliation for gassing its own and it did yield tangible successes hopes to die in Qunu, the village in the Eastern Cape province American ambitions: citizens — an assertion Putin has in arms control, trade and military where he grew up. “When,” he asked pointedly, denounced as “utter nonsense” to cooperation before souring. —Lydia Polgreen, The New York Times “are you going to start bombing justify American intervention. “There’s this cycle of initial en- Syria?” While it was Kremlin’s deci- thusiasm and hope that gives way Drug agents use vast phone trove At the time, Obama had no sion last month to shelter Edward to reality,” said Robert M. Gates, plans for military involvement in J. Snowden, the National Security Obama’s first defense secretary. eclipsing NSA’s

For at least six years, law enforcement officials working on a

counternarcotics program have had routine access, using sub- on poenas, to an enormous AT&T database that contains the re- cords of decades of Americans’ phone calls — parallel to but McCain urges lawmakers to back covering a far longer time than the National Security Agency’s hotly disputed collection of phone call logs. WORLD & Nati The Hemisphere Project, a partnership between federal and Obama’s plan for Syria local drug officials and AT&T that has not previously been re- ported, involves an extremely close association between the gov- By Jackie Calmes, 50-man cell of fighters, which have that the Obama did not say specifi- ernment and the telecommunications giant. Michael R. Gordon, been trained by the CIA, was begin- cally what weapons might be pro- The government pays AT&T to place its employees in drug- and Eric Schmitt ning to sneak into Syria. vided to the opposition or discuss in fighting units around the country. Those employees sit alongside the new york times There appeared to be broad detail what Syrian targets might be Drug Enforcement Administration agents and local detectives agreement with the president, Mc- attacked. and supply them with the phone data from as far back as 1987. WASHINGTON ­— The White Cain and Graham said, that any at- “There was no concrete agree- —Scott Shane and Colin Moynihan, The New York Times House’s aggressive push for congres- tack on Syria should be to “degrade” ment, ‘OK, we got a deal,’” McCain sional approval of an attack on Syria the Syrian government’s delivery said. “Like a lot of things, the devil is 6 boys killed while swimming in appeared to have won the tentative systems - which could include air- in the details.” In remarks to report- support of one of President Barack craft, artillery and the kind of rock- ers outside the West Wing, McCain northern Afghanistan Obama’s most hawkish Republican ets that the Obama administration called the meeting “encouraging,” critics, Sen. John McCain of Arizona, says were used by the forces of Pres- urged lawmakers to support Obama KABUL, Afghanistan — Six boys were killed on a swimming who said Monday that he supported ident Bashar Assad to carry out an in his plan for military action in outing in northern Afghanistan, apparently the victims of fisher- a “limited” strike if the president did Aug. 21 sarin attack in the Damascus Syria and said a no vote in Congress men who fired a rocket into a river, according to Afghan officials on more to arm the Syrian opposition. suburbs that killed more than 1,400 would be “catastrophic” for the and relatives of the victims. In an hourlong meeting at the people. The senators said they plan United States and its credibility in The suspects were identified as policemen, and six of them White House, McCain said Obama to meet with Susan E. Rice, Obama’s the world. McCain said he believed were arrested, including their commander, 1st Lt. Ahmed Farid, gave general support to doing more national security adviser, to discuss after his conversation with the pres- officials said. W for the Syrian rebels, although no the strategy in greater depth. ident that any strikes would be “very The episode took place Saturday in the village of Drumbak, in specifics were discussed. In the “It is all in the details, but I left serious” and not “cosmetic.” Baghlan province, when policemen on one side of the Larkhab same conversation, which also in- the meeting feeling better than I felt Although the words from Mc- River fired a rocket-propelled grenade into the water. But the o cluded Sen. Lindsey Graham, the before about what happens the day Cain and Graham were a positive round went astray and exploded among a group of children bath- South Carolina Republican, of- after and that the purpose of the at- development for Obama and a criti- ing on the opposite shore, about 50 yards away. R

ficials said that Obama indicated tack is going to be a little more ro- cal part of the administration’s lob- Six boys, ages 9 to 14, were killed instantly; two of them were l that a covert effort by the United bust than I thought,” Graham said in bying blitz on Syria on Monday, the in the shallow water near the riverbank, and the other four were States to train the Syrian rebels was an interview. White House still faces a tough fight on the bank. Two other children, a boy and a girl, were wounded. D beginning to yield results: the first But McCain said in an interview in Congress. —Rod Nordland, The New York Times 4

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Legal scholars say it is unlikely trial of Bo Xilai, the former elite Com- official media that condemned Bo The trial could impress on some The trial could, in theory, win that the Bo trial will be replicated munist Party official, has been trum- even as the trial was still unfolding. Chinese the importance of legal pro- over skeptics who were convinced wholesale across the justice system, peted by the state media here as a Most Chinese followed the trial cedures, analysts said. Viewed purely the purging of Bo last year was the even if the party leader, Xi Jinping, sure sign that Chinese citizens enjoy through this coverage, and they saw through that prism, the trial was an result of political rivalries. Allowing has pledged to bring down “tigers the benefits of a robust legal system. headlines like this one on the website extraordinary one: Several important the public to see Bo cross-examin- and flies” in an anti-corruption drive. 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It argued confined mostly to financial trans- under “mental strain”; and the tran- That seemed to be the calcu- Zhou Yongkang, the former security that the transparency and process of gressions from early in Bo’s career scripts gave the public a (somewhat lation, at least, but many of Bo’s chief and ally of Bo. But none of those the five-day trial “displayed China’s and did not address the well-known blurred) window into the courtroom. supporters, especially residents of figures have a grip on the public confidence: the confidence of the human rights abuses from his recent These are all elements missing Chongqing, in southwest China, re- imagination like Bo does, and their rule of law; confidence of the facts; stint as party chief of Chongqing, be- from most Chinese criminal trials. main unconvinced. cases, if they went to trial, would not confidence of the ability to distin- cause that would have touched on The length of the trial also came as “We all agree that he is the vic- necessarily demand as many trap- guish right from wrong.” party politics. And political analysts a surprise to many — previous trials tim of a political power struggle, pings of legal legitimacy. Few legal and political analysts and party insiders say a guilty ver- of this nature, including the related that his fall had absolutely noth- Likewise, there is little in the way would make such grand assertions. dict for Bo has almost certainly been ones last year of Bo’s wife, Gu Kai- ing to do with a paltry 20 million of due process to be seen in the re- But there is a debate in China over predetermined. lai, and the former police chief of renminbi,” said Li Meishu, a young cent clampdown on free speech, whether the trial, in which Bo was But some liberal legal scholars Chongqing, Wang Lijun, lasted just elementary school music teacher in which includes detentions of liberal charged with bribetaking, embezzle- have praised the relative transparen- one to two days. Gu was convicted of Chongqing, referring roughly to the Chinese citizens. ment and abuse of power, has con- cy of the trial, because party leaders the murder of a British businessman, amount in bribes that Bo and his Bo was given leeway to speak in tributed to any progress in establish- unexpectedly allowed many of the and Wang of defection and other family are accused of taking. court, but there were obvious limits. ing an independent judiciary with edited court transcripts to be posted crimes. Many others have echoed Li’s He commented only on his family’s due process in this country, where on a running court microblog even Even legal scholars who applaud- sentiments. Party leaders had obvi- lifestyle and finances. The public the party rules the courts, or whether if crucial testimony that implicated ed the new style evident in Bo’s trial ously hoped that ordinary Chinese transcripts did not show him rais- it amounted to little more than politi- other leaders was kept secret. recognize that it was an exception had become so upset at endemic ing questions about the political cal theater. “It was open, and the defendant’s and not necessarily a model. Given corruption that attaching a $3.5 mil- infighting that many say led to his Perhaps the clearest sign that the rights were well protected,” said Bo’s popularity among ordinary Chi- lion figure to the bribes Bo was ac- downfall. trial was a show — if a spectacular Zhang Qianfan, a law professor at nese, which he bolstered by pushing cused of taking would be enough to “Bo Xilai served the party very one, with salacious testimony about Peking University. Another scholar, neo-socialist policies in Chongq- tar him. But corruption has become well in the trial,” Chongyi Feng, an associate professor of China stud- ies at the University of Technol- ogy, Sydney, said in an email. “He demonstrated the progress of the rule of law in China with his rigor- ous defense. He also toed the bot- tom line and protected the party by not revealing any scandals of his former Politburo colleagues. Understandably the verdict nego- tiated before the trial will be re- leased in due course, irrespective of the court procedures.” !"#$%% !"#$%&'()* +

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Police log The following incidents were re- morial Dr.), 11:45 a.m. Homeless Vassar St.), 10:23 a.m. Report of found that the bag was a sleeping ported to the MIT Police in August. person is issued trespass warning. stolen wallet. bag. Aug. 1: Building 46 (46 Vassar Aug. 11: DKE (403 Memorial Aug. 14: Building NW35 (235 Aug. 20: Building 16 (21 Ames St.), 11:10 a.m. Report of stolen Dr.), 12:43 p.m. Report of stolen Albany St.), 4:07 p.m. Report of St.), 12:35 a.m. Report of male motorcycle. bicycle. clothing stolen from laundry sleeping in lounge. Homeless Aug. 1: Building W20 (84 Mass. Aug. 11: Building W16 (48 room. man issued tresspass warning. Ave.), 1:53 p.m. Male in LaVerde’s Mass. Ave.), 1:28 p.m. Report of Aug. 15: Building W56 (169 Aug. 20: Wadsworth St., 8:48 acting strangely is issued trespass stolen wallet. Vassar St.), 11:26 a.m. Report of p.m. Person unsteady on his feet warning. Aug. 11: Mass. Ave. & Albany St, stolen power tools. is stopped and transported to a Aug. 1: Building E18 (50 Ames 9:30 p.m. Street robbery: suspect Aug. 15: Building 7 (77 Mass. hospital. St.), 3:53 p.m. Report of suspicious asks victim if he has any money. Ave.), 1:09 p.m. Report of stolen Aug. 21: Building E23 (25 Carl- activity: person going through When the victim refuses to turn bike. Responding officer is unable ton St.), 8:32 a.m. Anonymous taped boxes. over money, the suspect pulls to find the reporting party, who report of sexual assault; date and Aug. 2: Building E23 (25 Carl- out a small stick or club and goes said she would be in the library. location not given. ton St.), 10:35 a.m. Report of sto- through the victim’s pockets. The Aug. 15: Building W89 (291 Aug. 21: Building 1 (33 Mass. len wallet and iPad. suspect is described as a white Vassar St.), 1:30 p.m. Person re- Ave.), 9:26 p.m. An area of the Aug. 4: PBE (400 Memorial male, around 60 years of age, 5’10”, ports that his wallet was stolen building is flooded; Facilities is Dr.), 9:05 a.m. Contractor reports medium build, white hair and and that his credit cards are being notified. vandalism at work site. mustache, wearing a blue shirt or used fraudulently. Aug. 22: Carlton St., 11:08 a.m. Aug. 4: 290 Albany Lot, 9:21 jacket and black pants. Aug. 15: 28 Fenway, 6:44 p.m. Report of stolen bicycle. p.m. Vehicles driving erratically Aug. 12: Off campus, 10:09 a.m. Report of stolen laptop. Aug. 22: Building 84 (550 Me- in parking lot behind Simmons Report of stolen pocketbook with Aug. 15: 28 Fenway, 6:55 p.m. morial Dr.), 11:28 a.m. Report of Hall. Units respond; motor vehicle MIT ID. Report of stolen laptop. jewelry stolen from closed room. towed from lot. Aug. 12: Building 7 (77 Mass. Aug. 15: Building 35 (100 Vas- Aug. 22: Albany Lot, 11:56 a.m., Aug. 5: Building E62 (100 Main Ave.), 4:32 p.m. MBTA bus driver sar St.), 7:53 p.m. Report of stolen Report of stolen generator. St.), 5:56 p.m. Report of stolen requests assistance removing a backpack. Aug. 22: Building E62 (100 wallet. person on the bus. Anware Belle Aug. 16: Building W89 (291 Main St.), 12:31 p.m. Report of sto- Aug. 5: PSK (487 Common- (19) is arrested for trespassing. Vassar St.), 4:14 p.m. Report of lost len wallet and passport. wealth Ave.), 7:04 p.m. Report of Aug. 13: Building W89 (291 MIT ID. Aug. 23: Building 68 (31 Ames bicycle stolen in June. Vassar St.), 6:32 a.m. Report that Aug. 16: Building 66 (25 Ames St.), 9:02 a.m. Report of lost MIT Aug. 6: Residence on east side a package delivered to Stata ship- St.), 8:05 p.m. Report of stolen ID. of campus, 8:17 a.m. Detective re- ping office is stolen. The package unregistered bicycle, which was Aug. 23: Building 51 (410 Me- ceives report of forcible fondling is later returned. locked with a cable. morial Dr.), 10:13 p.m. Report of in 2012. Aug. 13: Building E19 (400 Aug. 17: NU (460 Beacon St.), stolen laptop. Aug. 7: Building W89 (291 Main St.), 12:01 p.m. Report of 3:41 a.m. Report that students are Aug. 24: Building W16 (48 Vassar St.), 9:39 a.m. Suspicious trespasser; units respond. making a lot of noise. The area is Mass. Ave.), 2:13 p.m. False fire mailed package brought to police Aug. 13: Building 2 (182 Memo- quiet when units arrive. alarm. station. rial Dr.), 1:24 p.m. Report of stolen Aug. 17: Building 46 (46 Vassar Aug. 25: Building W4 (320 Me- Aug. 9: Building E62 (100 Main iPad. St.), 12:34 p.m. Report of stolen morial Dr.), 10:32 a.m. Report of St.), 12:35 p.m. Report of stolen Aug. 13: 450 Beacon St., 8:09 unregistered bicycle, which was suspicious male in McCormick. wallet. p.m. Report of a male videotap- locked with a cable. He was actually looking for his Aug. 9: Off campus, 3:32 p.m. ing a showering female. Arinze C. Aug. 17: Building 26 (60 Vas- brother in another dorm. Student reports that a female Okeke ‘16 arrested and charged sar St.), 7:54 p.m. Report of stolen Aug. 26: Building 32 (32 Vassar tricked him into taking bad checks with secret video surveillance. unregistered bicycle, which was St.), 1:38 a.m. Report of a group on two occasions. Aug. 14: Building 11 (77 Mass. locked with a cable. of males stealing signs. They are Aug. 10: West Garage (125 Vas- Ave. rear), 8:37 a.m. Report of a Aug. 18: Building 9 (105 Mass. stopped. sar St.), 2:52 p.m. Report of stolen strange voicemail left by an un- Ave.), 11:15 a.m. Report of stolen Aug. 27: Building W89 (291 motorcycle helmet. known person. unregistered bicycle, which was Vassar St.), 2:42 p.m. Report of Aug. 11: Hayward Lot (2 Hay- Aug. 14: Building 50 (142 Me- locked with a cable. stolen bicycle, which was locked ward St.), 11:27 a.m. Attempted morial Dr.), 9:43 a.m. Female Aug. 19: 219 Vassar St, 8:48 a.m. with a cable. robbery: person attempts to take reports that she gave her phone Caller reports that there is a black Aug. 27: Memorial Dr., 6:06 cellphone from female’s hand and number to a male, who is now tex- duffel bag on the sidewalk next to p.m. Accident involving MIT then flees empty-handed. ting her. a cone. The bag was unattended Housing vehicle and a motorcy- Aug. 11: Building E52 (50 Me- Aug. 14: Buidling W35 (100 for some time. The Cambridge PD cle. No injuries.

Russian botnet used for DDoS attacks Criminals make an estimated $60 million yearly from spam networks

Spam, from Page 12 the ill effects. About 70 percent sia to crash opposition websites tender for Aeroflot’s business. of all email sent globally is still during the presidential election. The police say the executives mer, similar networks remain ac- spam, according to Symantec, the The Festi network was the tool of asked Artimovich to settle the tive as tools for fraud and hacker antivirus company. Most of it vio- choice in a prominent denial of score. Analysts of Russian cyber- attacks. Computer security ex- lates a number of American laws, service attack on LiveJournal, one crime say a line had been crossed perts say that suggests either the including the CAN-SPAM Act of of the blog-hosting services used by attacking a Russian site. wrong men were convicted or the 2003, which requires unsolicited by Russian dissident and blogger In an interview before his sen- controlling codes were passed to emails to have a valid return ad- Alexei Navalny, according to Hack- tencing, Artimovich said he was somebody else. dress. The Ryan Haight Online er, a Russian magazine focused on working on code under contract Stefan Savage, a professor in Pharmacy Consumer Protection cybersecurity issues. with ChronoPay, but for an anti- the systems and networking group Act of 2008, named for a teenager In one of the few crackdowns, virus program, not a virus. He said at the University of California, San who died from an overdose of Vi- the Russian court case singled the police planted evidence on his Diego, studied the Festi scheme, in codin bought on the Internet, out- out four men: Pavel Vrublevsky, laptop hard drive after his arrest. part by making test purchases. laws online sales of drugs without the owner of an online payment Vrublevsky, in an interview, de- settlement business called Chro- nied any role in creating Festi and About 70 percent of all email sent globally noPay, who for years has denied noted that in court a witness testi- accusations of ties to Viagra spam fied that the FSB, which investigat- is still spam, according to Symantec. Most schemes; Maxim Permakov, an ed the case, had forged evidence. of it violates a number of American laws, employee of Vrublevsky and a for- Festi was not the first Russian mer FSB agent; Igor Artimovich, botnet to combine pharmaceuti- including the CAN-SPAM Act of 2003. a former employee of Sun Micro- cal spam with politics. In 2007, a systems in Russia; and his brother large-scale cyberattack was begun The spam opened links to sites a doctor’s prescription. But there Dmitry Artimovich, a freelance on Estonia, taking aim at sites of called “Canada Pharmacy” or “Ca- are still plenty of offers coming programmer. government agencies, banks and nadian Pharmacy,” though they from abroad. anti-Russian groups, and a futur- were in fact Russian-based compa- For a three-month period last The Festi botnet istic North Atlantic Treaty Orga- nies that had privileges to process year, the Festi botnet was bursting nization center for cyberwarfare online payments from Visa through with activity. It generated about a generated about was built in Tallinn in response. banks in Azerbaijan and Iceland. third of all global spam for those a third of global But when the center’s analysis of The sales were responsible for about months, Paul Wood, the cyberse- this attack and subsequent cyber- a fifth of the $300 million global in- curity intelligence manager at Sy- spam for months. strikes on Georgia finally wrapped dustry of selling fake drugs online, mantec, said in an interview. up, evidence pointed not to some mostly to Americans, Savage said in Why Russian authorities al- All denied the charges and similar, hushed bunker of military an interview. lowed Festi to function for years have said through their lawyers men somewhere in Russia, but to a What arrived in the mail was Vi- is unclear. Russians had little in- that they intend to appeal the sen- server in St. Petersburg best known agra counterfeited in India, where centive to invest law enforcement tences, which range from two to for its links to cybercrime, includ- intellectual property rights on resources in a crime that primar- 2 1/2 years in prison, except for ing penis-enlargement spam, pharmaceutical industry products ily affected Americans. But the Permakov, who conceded his role and run by a hacker nicknamed are loosely enforced. Savage test- illegal computer networks like in using Festi and cooperated with Flyman. ed the pills in a gas spectrometer; Festi that are so useful for sending investigators in exchange for a sus- The 2009 NATO report on the they were close enough chemically spam are also capable of crashing pended sentence. attacks on Russia’s neighbors to real Viagra that they most likely websites by flooding them with an Prosecutors argued that Igor noted pointedly of the St. Peters- functioned safely, and as intended, overwhelming numbers of visits Artimovich designed Festi. They burg server’s suspicious activity for tens of thousands of American — the distributed denial of service say the executives at ChronoPay that “the Russian authorities have men. attacks. hired him to crash the Aeroflot site remained remarkably passive in The Internet has experienced It was used last year inside Rus- because they were angry at losing a prosecuting the organization.” Tuesday, September 3, 2013 The Tech 15 STILL THIRSTY?

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