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This is going to be an ugly article. It’s a topic I still don’t want to cover, but unrelated threads led me back to this information and now I feel obligated to share it. The story is dumb simple: local police get a strange phone call from concerned citizens down at the park. Some white van pulled up and two impeccably dressed men unloaded a bunch of barely-dressed, dirt-filthy little kids. They’re at the playground and behaving strangely—as if things needed to get any weirder.
So the police investigate and the men refuse to speak about what they’re doing. The children say they’re headed to Mexico for a special school. US Customs agents get involved and discover that the men are linked to a Washingon DC area group called “The Finders,” and it turns out The Finders have some CIA connections. The CIA steps in, says the investigation has become ”an internal matter,” and the entire case gets dropped.
Like I said, this is going to be an ugly article, because the most interesting and disturbing aspect of this story is that it’s all true.
Meet the Finders
The fact that you can find dozens of answers to the simple question “What is ‘The Finders’ anyway?” is very much by design. They are basically an intentional community of human chameleons who experiment with constantly shifting belief systems. That’s the best summation I can give you, and it’s a troubling one for me, because it could just as easily be describing my circle of friends: artists, revolutionaries, visionaries and glorious weirdos. One key difference, though, is that we’ve never sacrificed any goats. Take a look at this description of The Finders, taken from an interview we’ll be exploring later:
The Finders have more-or-less rational explanations for even the most bizarre behavior attributed to them, especially in the context of a group that exists to challenge social paradigms. Even the goat sacrifices, known as “Goatgate” to the group, have been attributed to the Finders just play-acting at being witches and warlocks, another “game” to dumbfound lookers-on. Many of the Finders’ games serve as parody or put-on.
“The Finders” is especially tricky to define when you consider it’s alleged founder and core member states, flatly, that it doesn’t exist. “There’s no such thing as the Finders,” says Marion Pettie. “It’s just a group term for people who like to hang around me.”
Meet Marion Pettie
Marion Pettie is a cipher unto himself. Earlier I quoted from the intro to a fascinating interview with Pettie.
Pettie: I just keep open house. That’s about all I do. It changes as people show up. Basically, we have about 600 acres up there and a few houses and people who are here more or less permanently now-They spend part of the time in this town [Culpepper] and part of the time in DC and part of the time up in the mountains, and another part traveling all over the world.
Q: But it’s still basically the same drift in, drift out kind of thing.
Pettie: Nobody signs anything.
Q: It’s an interesting philosophical difference with the culture at large.
Pettie: Personally, I’d say the only thing that has been different is --I’m closest to being Taoist.
The famous Patch Adams offers a very glowing summation of Marion David Pettie:
“Marion Pettie [is] very intelligent, extremely well-read, a perceptive thinker who gathered around him over-educated people who find current society, as I do, not very interesting. They dropped out of whatever it was they were doing to play games under Pettie’s direction. The anthropological, psychological, sociological game of life with each other. Never to my knowledge have they done drugs of any kind. They like playing games, more in their heads than in their hearts. This is not Scientology. I know lots of Finders who have left. We get together. We laugh and joke about it. They’re probably laughing about all this right now. Marion Pettie is not an angel. He’s not a devil. He’s a regular person, unless a regular person is someone who is bored with his job, his life and is dissatisfied with his life. If that’s the definition, then I guess he’s not a regular person.”
The Incident in Florida
The police had received an anonymous telephone call relative two well-dressed white men wearing suits and ties in Myers Park, (Tallahassee), apparently watching six dirty and unkempt children in the playground area. HOULIHAN and AMMERMAN were near a 1980 Blue Dodge van bearing Virginia license number XHW-557, the inside of which was later described as foul-smelling filled with maps, books, letters, with a mattress situated to the rear of the van which appeared as if it were used as a bed, and the overall appearance of the van gave the impression that all eight persons were living in it. The children were covered with insect bites, were very dirty, most of the children were not wearing underwear and all of the children had not been bathed in many days. The men were arrested and charged with multiple counts of child abuse and lodged in the Leon County Jail. Once in custody the men were somewhat evasive in their answers to the police regarding the children and stated only that they both were the children’s teachers and that all were enroute to Mexico to establish a school for brilliant children.
Two guys and six kids sleeping on one mattress is disturbing. As for little kids running around “covered in insect bites,” “not wearing underwear,” who “had not bathed in several days,” I find it odd that someone would find that odd. I guess that just means I’m a Vermonter, though.
One thing I would like to point out is the earliest discrepancy in the case: the vehicle itself. Please note the following quote:
HOULIHAN and AMMERMAN were near a 1980 Blue Dodge van bearing Virginia license number XHW-557,
That was from the initial, local police report. With that in mind, read the next source document in the case, the US Customs Report:
U.S. Customs was contacted because the police officers involved suspected the adults of being involved in child pornography and knew the Customs Service to have a network of child pornography investigators, and of the existence of the Child Pornography and Protection Unit. SS/A [deleted] stated the two adults were well dressed white males. They had custody of six white children (boys and girls), ages three to six years. The children were observed to be poorly dressed, bruised, dirty, and behaving like wild animals in a public park in Tallahassee. The police were notified by a concerned citizen and all eight persons were taken into custody. The subjects were living out of a white 1979 Dodge van, Virginia license no. XHW 557. Upon being taken into custody, the adult white males refused to cooperate, one of whom produced a “business” card with a name on one side and a statement on the other. The statement indicated that the bearer knew his constitutional rights to remain silent and that he intended to do so. Upon interviewing the children, the police officers found that they could not adequately identify themselves or their custodians. Further, they stated that they were enroute to Mexico to attend a school for “smart kids.”
The next line should give the reader a sense of where things are headed:
SS/A [deleted] was further advised the children were unaware of the function and purpose of telephones, televisions and toilets, and that the children had stated they were not allowed to live indoors and were only given food as a reward.
Marion Pettie Explains it All
From the same Kenn Thomas interview:
Pettie: Would you like to hear about it?
Q: I’d like to hear everything you have to say about it, actually.
Pettie: It’s very simple, we had the kids and the general idea was that they would go up to the country up there, twenty miles from here, and they would go to school, a self-governing school. Adults would be available to them, intelligent, well-balanced people. And they would never be alone with it kid so that no one could accuse them of any pedophiles stuff. At least two would have to be there. As far as I know, they did all that. Then they were just taking them on a camping trip to Florida. There were four intellectuals with them and they just happen to drive into a park and somebody was suspicious because the two men were well dressed. They had four people with them on the trip and they were all well-educated, well-balanced people. So I don’t think there was any funny stuff going on.
Q: There were just police suspicions?
Pettie: Well, somebody called up and said, “there’s two well-dressed men with some kids in a van over there,” So the police come and then they take them down and by their standards these well-dressed men weren’t answering the questions properly- So then they called Washington and somebody in the Washington police says, “Yeah, we know those people. They’re Finders and we’re just about to find out what they’re up to up here and we’ll use this as an excuse to go in there and rig them.”
Things Fall Apart
Although it feels like I’ve spent the past three years of my life hunched over a computer in one capacity or another, I do have a great deal of “life experience” under my belt. In recent conversations with a great many people, apparently I’ve packed in a good deal more “life experience” than most people my age, so let me say a few things. I know that hippie communes get accused of all manner of horrific crimes. In 1984, here in Vermont, an Island Pond community called the “12 Tribes” had their homes raided and all of their children seized by the police.
I know that false accusations of child abuse are made with alarming regularity. I also know that real child abuse seldom ever gets exposed or punished. I also know—and boy, do I ever wish I could un-know this one—that “Satanic Ritual Abuse” is not a boogeyman for paranoid and gullible Christians. It is a perfectly real and utterly monstrous fact of American life, probably the lowest point of our nation’s underbelly.
I wanted to investigate this case from a new angle—one that didn’t presume guilt, not to mention one that didn’t presume CIA complicity and cover-up. The facts of the case leave me no further room for sympathies and doubts. Marion Pettie’s explanation of the incident in Florida is disturbingly superficial, and what’s more, it blatantly contradicts many reported aspects of the case. (Nearly all of them, actually.)
Why would children on a camping trip say they were en route to Mexico for a “special school”?
“It’s very simple,” says Marion Pettie, “we had the kids....” and thus Pettie makes the single most bizarre and worrisome aspect of the incident disappear. How did they get the kids? Who were the kids? Why did they have the kids?
Some Rather Damning Evidence
The black core of this whole article is a US Customs report, dated , filed by Ramon J. Martinez.
During the execution of the warrant at 3918/20 W St., I was able to observe and access the entire building ... There were several subjects on the premises. Only one was deemed to be connected with the Finders. [He] was located in a room equipped with several computers, printers, and numerous documents. Cursory examination of the documents revealed detailed instructions for obtaining children for unspecified purposes. The instructions included the impregnation of female members of the community known as the Finders, purchasing children, trading, and kidnapping.
There were telex messages using MCI account numbers between a computer terminal believed to be located in the same room, and others located across the country and in foreign locations. One such telex specifically ordered the purchase of two children in Hong Kong to be be arranged through a contact in the Chinese Embassy there. Another telex expressed interest in ‘bank secrecy’ situations. Other documents identified interests in high-tech transfers to the United Kingdom, numerous properties under the control of the Finders, a keen interest in terrorism, explosives, and the evasion of law enforcement.
Also found in the ‘computer room’ was a detailed summary of the events surrounding the arrest and taking into custody of the two adults and six children in Tallahassee the previous night. There were also a set of instructions which appeared to be broadcast via a computer network which advised the participants to move ‘the children’ and keep them moving through different jurisdictions, and instructions on how to avoid police attention
This is already plenty ugly enough, but now we return to the goats:
On Friday, 2/6/87, I met Detective Bradley at the warehouse on 4th Street, N.E. I duly advised my acting group supervisor, SS/A Don Bludworth. I was again granted unlimited access to the premises. I was able to observe numerous documents which described explicit sexual conduct between the members of the community known as Finders. I also saw a large collection of photographs of unidentified persons. Some of the photographs were nudes, believed to be of members of the Finders. There were numerous photos of children, some nude, at least one of which was a photo of a child ‘on display’ and appearing to accent the child’s genitals.
I was only able to examine a very small amount of the photos at this time. However, one of the officers presented me with a photo album for my review. The album contained a series of photos of adults and children dressed in white sheets participating in a ‘blood ritual.’ The ritual centered around the execution of at least two goats. The photos portrayed the execution, disembowelment, skinning and dismemberment of the goats at the hands of the children. This included the removal of the testes of a male goat, the discovery of a female goat’s “womb” and the “baby goats” inside the womb, and the presentation of a goat’s head to one of the children.
Final US Customs Report, Verbatim
To: Resident Agent in Charge Date: 04/13/87
On Thursday, February 5, 1987, Senior Special Agent Harrold and I assisted the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) with two search warrants involving the possible sexual exploitation of children. During the course of the search warrants, numerous documents were discovered which appeared to be concerned with international trafficking in children, high tech transfer to the United Kingdom, and international transfer of currency.
DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION:
On March 31, 1987, I contacted Detective Jim Bradley of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). I was to meet with Detective Bradley to review the documents seized pursuant to two search warrants executed in January, 1987. The meeting was to take place on April 2 or 3, 1987.
On April 2, 1987, I arrived at MPD at approximately 9:00 a.m. Detective Bradley was not available. I spoke to a third party who was willing to discuss the case with me on a strictly “off the record” basis.
I was advised that all the passport data had been turned over to the State Department for their investigation. The State Department in turn, advised the MPD that all travel and use of the passports by the holders of the passports was within the law and no action would be taken. This included travel to Moscow, North Korea, and North Vietnam from the late 1950s to mid 1970s.
The individual further advised me of circumstances which indicated that the investigation into the activity of the Finders had become a CIA internal matter. The MPD report has been classified SECRET and was not available for review. I was advised that the FBI had withdrawn from the investigation several weeks prior and that the FBI Foreign Counter Intelligence Division had directed MPD not to advise the FBI Washington Field Office of anything that had transpired.
No further information will be available. No further action will be taken.
US News & World Report, December 27, 1993
One of the unresolved questions involves allegations that the Finders are somehow linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. Custom Service documents reveal that in 1987, when Customs agents sought to examine the evidence gathered by Washington,D.C. police, they were told that the Finders investigation ‘had become an internal matter.’ The police report on the case had been classified secret. Even now, Tallahassee police complain about the handling of the Finders investigation by D.C. police. ‘They dropped this case,’ one Tallahassee investigator says, ‘like a hot rock.’ D.C. police will not comment on the matter. As for the CIA, ranking officials describe allegations about links between the intelligence agency and the Finders as ‘hogwash,’ perhaps the result of a simple mix up with D.C. police.
Is There a CIA Connection?
Pettie: Some investigators back in the 60s tailed me for four years. At first they said they thought I was a dope dealer big time because, I didn’t use it myself. Then they decided that I was a front for the CIA. They asked I was a front for the CIA. Of course I wouldn’t have told them anyway, but I asked those people, they said they ran the name through the computer and they said, “No, we don’t own that guy.” So then the investigator says, “I’ve been working on you for four years and I can’t figure out what you’re doing. What the hell are you doing?” So the point is that actually I’m not doing anything, just enjoying life and working on good ideas all of the time. I considered when I was 12 years old that my mission in life was to know everything and do nothing.
Q: What do you make then of these stories that connect the Finders up to a pedophilia ring in the CIA?
Pettie: The pedophiles and all that stuff..
Q: That’s all smear?
Pettie: I just kept open house to a lot of the counter-intelligence and intelligence people over the years. I have been reported to their security officers probably plenty of times for trying to find out what’s going on in the world. I’ve tried all of my life to get behind the scenes in the CIA. I sent my wife in as a spy, to spy on the CIA for me. She was very happy about it, happy to tell me everything she found out. She was in a key place, you know with the records, and she could find out things for me. And my son worked for Air America which was a proprietary of the CIA. There are some connections, but not to me personally.
Q: But do you have any suspicions ... the Finders sounds like a real open group that attracts a lot different elements ... disinformation stories could be planted by certain elements to try to connect it to pedophilia…
Pettie: The reason the CIA wouldn’t hire me is that they wouldn’t have the control factor over me. That’s one of the things. They may have used me at some time without me knowing it. They have categories of unwitting agents. Maybe you two were sent here by them. But I’m pretty open about this kind of stuff, though. They wouldn’t hire me as a contract employee because 1 wouldn’t sign the papers. Anybody that’s a contract employee must sign an agreement and then they pay you out the money. Well, I don’t need the money, but I am trying to find out all about them. Basically, the one sentence about the CIA is that I have been studying them since before they were born, I was studying them back in the 30s. It was ONI back then [Office of Naval Intelligence], and then the Coordinator of Information comes on, and after that it turns. into the OSS and OSS turns into the CIAU and the CIAU turns into the CIA. So I’ve been studying that all of my life. But I wasn’t personally working for them.
Last Word: Patch Adams
I don’t wear underwear. I don’t shower that often, either. I have no intentions of sending my kids to public school. I am still troubled the story of the Finders because so much of it resonates with my own life experience. Because I know how much being “different” will get you in trouble—I know how people will lie about you when you’re a weirdo.
So leave the reader on an ambiguous note—because I want you to be uncomfortable, after all—let’s take a look at one of the supporters of the Finders, and view this hall of dark mirrors from yet another angle: Patch Adams, who has known The Finders and Pettie for “over 25 years,” by his estimation.
An unconventional and controversial figure in the medical world himself, Adams affirmed that he has found no instance of child abuse among the Finders. He dismissed the notion that the group included pedophiles and characterized it instead as one of “over-educated” eccentrics presenting an alternative to social norms.
I am reminded of the old Bread & Puppet festivals where little kids were running around naked all the time. Not because we were involved in some pedophile orgy, but simply because little kids don’t need clothing. I am also reminded of being present for the birth and death of countless animals, something fewer and fewer Americans can relate to. I’ve never sacrificed any goats, but I’ve certainly skinned pigs and dressed down deer carcasses. Satan was not involved in either of those operations, I might add. (Then again, we weren’t “dressed in white sheets”, either.)
Patch’s take on the “goat sacrifice” should, I hope, give the reader pause:
“What other evidence have they uncovered? Ritual blood-letting?” Of the goat slaughter, he added, “On the farm it’s called harvest. It’s animal husbandry, a practice thirteen thousand years old. Farmers traditionally include their children, particularly their male children in the annual fall butchering of livestock. I’ve met city people who think milk comes from a carton. Urbanites are often ignorant of the realities of food production.”
“Their way of child-rearing isn’t mine. Yes, they’re strange. Yes, they’re maybe misguided, but there are a lot of other kinds of neglect out there. If their children have been neglected, it wasn’t meant to be neglect. They mean to give their children enriching experiences. This could be a lesson of survival. If you wanted to show our society it is messed up, this certainly will do it. ”
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.11 responses to "“The Finders”: No Easy Answers"
Feb 13, 2007 at 7:27 AM
Dick Hefacheese says...
.Dude sounds like L. Ron to me
Interesting post though thanks
Feb 13, 2007 at 12:30 PM
MindSet says...
.Fascinatingly disturbing article.
I have found simular stories echo’s in Peter Levenda’s books ‘Sinister Forces’, and it also seems that famed author and UFO contactee Whitley Strieber, may also have been a victim of ‘the finders’.
read Whitley’s journal entries on the subject:
http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/?id=255
http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/?id=253
Feb 13, 2007 at 1:29 PM
Nonlocal says...
.Creepy.
Goes hand in hand, somewhat, with the stories I read in “The men who stared at goats”
So what happened with them? Looks like the latest interview with Pettie is in ‘93, and when I looked for him on le googel I saw a year of death as ‘04.
Why does this remind me of rumours I’ve heard about set worshippers involved in the CIA?
Feb 13, 2007 at 7:01 PM
thirtyseven says...
.^^I dunno about Set worshippers inna CIA, but we have covered Micheal Aquino before, who was Temple of Set as well as military over in Presidio, and was involved with a disturbing SRA case in day care over there.
http://news.skilluminati.com/?p=13
Feb 14, 2007 at 12:55 AM
erno says...
.“Farmers traditionally include their children, particularly their male children in the annual fall butchering of livestock.” This explanation would make sense if there was some indication that the Finder"‘“s children are their own. And about Pettie, in the interview he seems to talk about his brushes with the CIA as if they were casual, just normal dealings is all. But his relationship with the agency seems more extant than most people’s. He also brings up Reichians. philip a. centaur posted some information about Reichians and children at the Rigorous Intuition message board, nothing flattering, but perhaps relevant.
Feb 14, 2007 at 1:39 AM
erno says...
.Not to push this too hard, but I should provide a link for those without a map, to be polite you know. Let’s see if this uses html links: philipacentaur link
Feb 14, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Miqel says...
.I seem to remember that there was some connection between the Finders and the “Franklin Coverup” case involving a pedophile prostitution ring frequented by Washington insiders and possibly the White House. Another case that was dropped and the files sealed
... for our own protection as it were.
from Wiki
“The Franklin Coverup Scandal began on June 29, 1989, when the front page of the Washington Times bore the headline Homosexual Prostitution Inquiry ensnares VIPs with Reagan, Bush, and officially ended when a grand jury concluded that the charges were a “carefully crafted hoax”, although the scandal still feeds conspiracy theories to the present day.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King
Feb 14, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Mort says...
.Heres some more info and files on this subject from the Lads at Rigorous Intuition
http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintuitionfrm9.showMessage?topicID=4.topic
Feb 16, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Natalie says...
.So how does the Satanic ritual abuse come into play? Do you really think there is a lot of this going on, you know, in a highly organized fashion?
Feb 17, 2007 at 2:39 PM
Russ says...
.The finders were and are part of old project ‘monarch’. We sought to confront them in cleveland Ohio ...they had kids and a few woman. They are ‘’x’’ military. They will using old painted black bus with the name ‘meanic’ on the front header. The plate that was run showed it came from a place in Youngstown Ohio.
A number of military sra/mpd know of this. We are going to Youngstown to track it.
They and the bus were here during St. James rituals. They are for real, they carry weapons and they steal chldren and transport them to others.
Russ
http://www.shatterthedarkness.net/
Feb 25, 2007 at 5:43 AM
Antoine says...
.I can’t believe they were here in Tallahassee and not far from where I live.
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This is going to be an ugly article. It’s a topic I still don’t want to cover, but unrelated threads led me back to this information and now I feel obligated to share it. The story is dumb simple: local police get a strange phone call from concerned citizens down at the park. Some white van pulled up and two impeccably dressed men unloaded a bunch of barely-dressed, dirt-filthy little kids. They’re at the playground and behaving strangely—as if things needed to get any weirder.
So the police investigate and the men refuse to speak about what they’re doing. The children say they’re headed to Mexico for a special school. US Customs agents get involved and discover that the men are linked to a Washingon DC area group called “The Finders,” and it turns out The Finders have some CIA connections. The CIA steps in, says the investigation has become ”an internal matter,” and the entire case gets dropped.
Like I said, this is going to be an ugly article, because the most interesting and disturbing aspect of this story is that it’s all true.
Meet the Finders
The fact that you can find dozens of answers to the simple question “What is ‘The Finders’ anyway?” is very much by design. They are basically an intentional community of human chameleons who experiment with constantly shifting belief systems. That’s the best summation I can give you, and it’s a troubling one for me, because it could just as easily be describing my circle of friends: artists, revolutionaries, visionaries and glorious weirdos. One key difference, though, is that we’ve never sacrificed any goats. Take a look at this description of The Finders, taken from an interview we’ll be exploring later:
The Finders have more-or-less rational explanations for even the most bizarre behavior attributed to them, especially in the context of a group that exists to challenge social paradigms. Even the goat sacrifices, known as “Goatgate” to the group, have been attributed to the Finders just play-acting at being witches and warlocks, another “game” to dumbfound lookers-on. Many of the Finders’ games serve as parody or put-on.
“The Finders” is especially tricky to define when you consider it’s alleged founder and core member states, flatly, that it doesn’t exist. “There’s no such thing as the Finders,” says Marion Pettie. “It’s just a group term for people who like to hang around me.”
Meet Marion Pettie
Marion Pettie is a cipher unto himself. Earlier I quoted from the intro to a fascinating interview with Pettie.
Pettie: I just keep open house. That’s about all I do. It changes as people show up. Basically, we have about 600 acres up there and a few houses and people who are here more or less permanently now-They spend part of the time in this town [Culpepper] and part of the time in DC and part of the time up in the mountains, and another part traveling all over the world.
Q: But it’s still basically the same drift in, drift out kind of thing.
Pettie: Nobody signs anything.
Q: It’s an interesting philosophical difference with the culture at large.
Pettie: Personally, I’d say the only thing that has been different is --I’m closest to being Taoist.
The famous Patch Adams offers a very glowing summation of Marion David Pettie:
“Marion Pettie [is] very intelligent, extremely well-read, a perceptive thinker who gathered around him over-educated people who find current society, as I do, not very interesting. They dropped out of whatever it was they were doing to play games under Pettie’s direction. The anthropological, psychological, sociological game of life with each other. Never to my knowledge have they done drugs of any kind. They like playing games, more in their heads than in their hearts. This is not Scientology. I know lots of Finders who have left. We get together. We laugh and joke about it. They’re probably laughing about all this right now. Marion Pettie is not an angel. He’s not a devil. He’s a regular person, unless a regular person is someone who is bored with his job, his life and is dissatisfied with his life. If that’s the definition, then I guess he’s not a regular person.”
The Incident in Florida
The police had received an anonymous telephone call relative two well-dressed white men wearing suits and ties in Myers Park, (Tallahassee), apparently watching six dirty and unkempt children in the playground area. HOULIHAN and AMMERMAN were near a 1980 Blue Dodge van bearing Virginia license number XHW-557, the inside of which was later described as foul-smelling filled with maps, books, letters, with a mattress situated to the rear of the van which appeared as if it were used as a bed, and the overall appearance of the van gave the impression that all eight persons were living in it. The children were covered with insect bites, were very dirty, most of the children were not wearing underwear and all of the children had not been bathed in many days. The men were arrested and charged with multiple counts of child abuse and lodged in the Leon County Jail. Once in custody the men were somewhat evasive in their answers to the police regarding the children and stated only that they both were the children’s teachers and that all were enroute to Mexico to establish a school for brilliant children.
Two guys and six kids sleeping on one mattress is disturbing. As for little kids running around “covered in insect bites,” “not wearing underwear,” who “had not bathed in several days,” I find it odd that someone would find that odd. I guess that just means I’m a Vermonter, though.
One thing I would like to point out is the earliest discrepancy in the case: the vehicle itself. Please note the following quote:
HOULIHAN and AMMERMAN were near a 1980 Blue Dodge van bearing Virginia license number XHW-557,
That was from the initial, local police report. With that in mind, read the next source document in the case, the US Customs Report:
U.S. Customs was contacted because the police officers involved suspected the adults of being involved in child pornography and knew the Customs Service to have a network of child pornography investigators, and of the existence of the Child Pornography and Protection Unit. SS/A [deleted] stated the two adults were well dressed white males. They had custody of six white children (boys and girls), ages three to six years. The children were observed to be poorly dressed, bruised, dirty, and behaving like wild animals in a public park in Tallahassee. The police were notified by a concerned citizen and all eight persons were taken into custody. The subjects were living out of a white 1979 Dodge van, Virginia license no. XHW 557. Upon being taken into custody, the adult white males refused to cooperate, one of whom produced a “business” card with a name on one side and a statement on the other. The statement indicated that the bearer knew his constitutional rights to remain silent and that he intended to do so. Upon interviewing the children, the police officers found that they could not adequately identify themselves or their custodians. Further, they stated that they were enroute to Mexico to attend a school for “smart kids.”
The next line should give the reader a sense of where things are headed:
SS/A [deleted] was further advised the children were unaware of the function and purpose of telephones, televisions and toilets, and that the children had stated they were not allowed to live indoors and were only given food as a reward.
Marion Pettie Explains it All
From the same Kenn Thomas interview:
Pettie: Would you like to hear about it?
Q: I’d like to hear everything you have to say about it, actually.
Pettie: It’s very simple, we had the kids and the general idea was that they would go up to the country up there, twenty miles from here, and they would go to school, a self-governing school. Adults would be available to them, intelligent, well-balanced people. And they would never be alone with it kid so that no one could accuse them of any pedophiles stuff. At least two would have to be there. As far as I know, they did all that. Then they were just taking them on a camping trip to Florida. There were four intellectuals with them and they just happen to drive into a park and somebody was suspicious because the two men were well dressed. They had four people with them on the trip and they were all well-educated, well-balanced people. So I don’t think there was any funny stuff going on.
Q: There were just police suspicions?
Pettie: Well, somebody called up and said, “there’s two well-dressed men with some kids in a van over there,” So the police come and then they take them down and by their standards these well-dressed men weren’t answering the questions properly- So then they called Washington and somebody in the Washington police says, “Yeah, we know those people. They’re Finders and we’re just about to find out what they’re up to up here and we’ll use this as an excuse to go in there and rig them.”
Things Fall Apart
Although it feels like I’ve spent the past three years of my life hunched over a computer in one capacity or another, I do have a great deal of “life experience” under my belt. In recent conversations with a great many people, apparently I’ve packed in a good deal more “life experience” than most people my age, so let me say a few things. I know that hippie communes get accused of all manner of horrific crimes. In 1984, here in Vermont, an Island Pond community called the “12 Tribes” had their homes raided and all of their children seized by the police.
I know that false accusations of child abuse are made with alarming regularity. I also know that real child abuse seldom ever gets exposed or punished. I also know—and boy, do I ever wish I could un-know this one—that “Satanic Ritual Abuse” is not a boogeyman for paranoid and gullible Christians. It is a perfectly real and utterly monstrous fact of American life, probably the lowest point of our nation’s underbelly.
I wanted to investigate this case from a new angle—one that didn’t presume guilt, not to mention one that didn’t presume CIA complicity and cover-up. The facts of the case leave me no further room for sympathies and doubts. Marion Pettie’s explanation of the incident in Florida is disturbingly superficial, and what’s more, it blatantly contradicts many reported aspects of the case. (Nearly all of them, actually.)
Why would children on a camping trip say they were en route to Mexico for a “special school”?
“It’s very simple,” says Marion Pettie, “we had the kids....” and thus Pettie makes the single most bizarre and worrisome aspect of the incident disappear. How did they get the kids? Who were the kids? Why did they have the kids?
Some Rather Damning Evidence
The black core of this whole article is a US Customs report, dated , filed by Ramon J. Martinez.
During the execution of the warrant at 3918/20 W St., I was able to observe and access the entire building ... There were several subjects on the premises. Only one was deemed to be connected with the Finders. [He] was located in a room equipped with several computers, printers, and numerous documents. Cursory examination of the documents revealed detailed instructions for obtaining children for unspecified purposes. The instructions included the impregnation of female members of the community known as the Finders, purchasing children, trading, and kidnapping.
There were telex messages using MCI account numbers between a computer terminal believed to be located in the same room, and others located across the country and in foreign locations. One such telex specifically ordered the purchase of two children in Hong Kong to be be arranged through a contact in the Chinese Embassy there. Another telex expressed interest in ‘bank secrecy’ situations. Other documents identified interests in high-tech transfers to the United Kingdom, numerous properties under the control of the Finders, a keen interest in terrorism, explosives, and the evasion of law enforcement.
Also found in the ‘computer room’ was a detailed summary of the events surrounding the arrest and taking into custody of the two adults and six children in Tallahassee the previous night. There were also a set of instructions which appeared to be broadcast via a computer network which advised the participants to move ‘the children’ and keep them moving through different jurisdictions, and instructions on how to avoid police attention
This is already plenty ugly enough, but now we return to the goats:
On Friday, 2/6/87, I met Detective Bradley at the warehouse on 4th Street, N.E. I duly advised my acting group supervisor, SS/A Don Bludworth. I was again granted unlimited access to the premises. I was able to observe numerous documents which described explicit sexual conduct between the members of the community known as Finders. I also saw a large collection of photographs of unidentified persons. Some of the photographs were nudes, believed to be of members of the Finders. There were numerous photos of children, some nude, at least one of which was a photo of a child ‘on display’ and appearing to accent the child’s genitals.
I was only able to examine a very small amount of the photos at this time. However, one of the officers presented me with a photo album for my review. The album contained a series of photos of adults and children dressed in white sheets participating in a ‘blood ritual.’ The ritual centered around the execution of at least two goats. The photos portrayed the execution, disembowelment, skinning and dismemberment of the goats at the hands of the children. This included the removal of the testes of a male goat, the discovery of a female goat’s “womb” and the “baby goats” inside the womb, and the presentation of a goat’s head to one of the children.
Final US Customs Report, Verbatim
To: Resident Agent in Charge Date: 04/13/87
On Thursday, February 5, 1987, Senior Special Agent Harrold and I assisted the Washington D.C. Metropolitan Police Department (MPD) with two search warrants involving the possible sexual exploitation of children. During the course of the search warrants, numerous documents were discovered which appeared to be concerned with international trafficking in children, high tech transfer to the United Kingdom, and international transfer of currency.
DETAILS OF INVESTIGATION:
On March 31, 1987, I contacted Detective Jim Bradley of the Washington, DC Metropolitan Police Department (MPD). I was to meet with Detective Bradley to review the documents seized pursuant to two search warrants executed in January, 1987. The meeting was to take place on April 2 or 3, 1987.
On April 2, 1987, I arrived at MPD at approximately 9:00 a.m. Detective Bradley was not available. I spoke to a third party who was willing to discuss the case with me on a strictly “off the record” basis.
I was advised that all the passport data had been turned over to the State Department for their investigation. The State Department in turn, advised the MPD that all travel and use of the passports by the holders of the passports was within the law and no action would be taken. This included travel to Moscow, North Korea, and North Vietnam from the late 1950s to mid 1970s.
The individual further advised me of circumstances which indicated that the investigation into the activity of the Finders had become a CIA internal matter. The MPD report has been classified SECRET and was not available for review. I was advised that the FBI had withdrawn from the investigation several weeks prior and that the FBI Foreign Counter Intelligence Division had directed MPD not to advise the FBI Washington Field Office of anything that had transpired.
No further information will be available. No further action will be taken.
US News & World Report, December 27, 1993
One of the unresolved questions involves allegations that the Finders are somehow linked to the Central Intelligence Agency. Custom Service documents reveal that in 1987, when Customs agents sought to examine the evidence gathered by Washington,D.C. police, they were told that the Finders investigation ‘had become an internal matter.’ The police report on the case had been classified secret. Even now, Tallahassee police complain about the handling of the Finders investigation by D.C. police. ‘They dropped this case,’ one Tallahassee investigator says, ‘like a hot rock.’ D.C. police will not comment on the matter. As for the CIA, ranking officials describe allegations about links between the intelligence agency and the Finders as ‘hogwash,’ perhaps the result of a simple mix up with D.C. police.
Is There a CIA Connection?
Pettie: Some investigators back in the 60s tailed me for four years. At first they said they thought I was a dope dealer big time because, I didn’t use it myself. Then they decided that I was a front for the CIA. They asked I was a front for the CIA. Of course I wouldn’t have told them anyway, but I asked those people, they said they ran the name through the computer and they said, “No, we don’t own that guy.” So then the investigator says, “I’ve been working on you for four years and I can’t figure out what you’re doing. What the hell are you doing?” So the point is that actually I’m not doing anything, just enjoying life and working on good ideas all of the time. I considered when I was 12 years old that my mission in life was to know everything and do nothing.
Q: What do you make then of these stories that connect the Finders up to a pedophilia ring in the CIA?
Pettie: The pedophiles and all that stuff..
Q: That’s all smear?
Pettie: I just kept open house to a lot of the counter-intelligence and intelligence people over the years. I have been reported to their security officers probably plenty of times for trying to find out what’s going on in the world. I’ve tried all of my life to get behind the scenes in the CIA. I sent my wife in as a spy, to spy on the CIA for me. She was very happy about it, happy to tell me everything she found out. She was in a key place, you know with the records, and she could find out things for me. And my son worked for Air America which was a proprietary of the CIA. There are some connections, but not to me personally.
Q: But do you have any suspicions ... the Finders sounds like a real open group that attracts a lot different elements ... disinformation stories could be planted by certain elements to try to connect it to pedophilia…
Pettie: The reason the CIA wouldn’t hire me is that they wouldn’t have the control factor over me. That’s one of the things. They may have used me at some time without me knowing it. They have categories of unwitting agents. Maybe you two were sent here by them. But I’m pretty open about this kind of stuff, though. They wouldn’t hire me as a contract employee because 1 wouldn’t sign the papers. Anybody that’s a contract employee must sign an agreement and then they pay you out the money. Well, I don’t need the money, but I am trying to find out all about them. Basically, the one sentence about the CIA is that I have been studying them since before they were born, I was studying them back in the 30s. It was ONI back then [Office of Naval Intelligence], and then the Coordinator of Information comes on, and after that it turns. into the OSS and OSS turns into the CIAU and the CIAU turns into the CIA. So I’ve been studying that all of my life. But I wasn’t personally working for them.
Last Word: Patch Adams
I don’t wear underwear. I don’t shower that often, either. I have no intentions of sending my kids to public school. I am still troubled the story of the Finders because so much of it resonates with my own life experience. Because I know how much being “different” will get you in trouble—I know how people will lie about you when you’re a weirdo.
So leave the reader on an ambiguous note—because I want you to be uncomfortable, after all—let’s take a look at one of the supporters of the Finders, and view this hall of dark mirrors from yet another angle: Patch Adams, who has known The Finders and Pettie for “over 25 years,” by his estimation.
An unconventional and controversial figure in the medical world himself, Adams affirmed that he has found no instance of child abuse among the Finders. He dismissed the notion that the group included pedophiles and characterized it instead as one of “over-educated” eccentrics presenting an alternative to social norms.
I am reminded of the old Bread & Puppet festivals where little kids were running around naked all the time. Not because we were involved in some pedophile orgy, but simply because little kids don’t need clothing. I am also reminded of being present for the birth and death of countless animals, something fewer and fewer Americans can relate to. I’ve never sacrificed any goats, but I’ve certainly skinned pigs and dressed down deer carcasses. Satan was not involved in either of those operations, I might add. (Then again, we weren’t “dressed in white sheets”, either.)
Patch’s take on the “goat sacrifice” should, I hope, give the reader pause:
“What other evidence have they uncovered? Ritual blood-letting?” Of the goat slaughter, he added, “On the farm it’s called harvest. It’s animal husbandry, a practice thirteen thousand years old. Farmers traditionally include their children, particularly their male children in the annual fall butchering of livestock. I’ve met city people who think milk comes from a carton. Urbanites are often ignorant of the realities of food production.”
“Their way of child-rearing isn’t mine. Yes, they’re strange. Yes, they’re maybe misguided, but there are a lot of other kinds of neglect out there. If their children have been neglected, it wasn’t meant to be neglect. They mean to give their children enriching experiences. This could be a lesson of survival. If you wanted to show our society it is messed up, this certainly will do it. ”
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.11 responses to "“The Finders”: No Easy Answers"
Feb 13, 2007 at 7:27 AM
Dick Hefacheese says...
.Dude sounds like L. Ron to me
Interesting post though thanks
Feb 13, 2007 at 12:30 PM
MindSet says...
.Fascinatingly disturbing article.
I have found simular stories echo’s in Peter Levenda’s books ‘Sinister Forces’, and it also seems that famed author and UFO contactee Whitley Strieber, may also have been a victim of ‘the finders’.
read Whitley’s journal entries on the subject:
http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/?id=255
http://www.unknowncountry.com/journal/?id=253
Feb 13, 2007 at 1:29 PM
Nonlocal says...
.Creepy.
Goes hand in hand, somewhat, with the stories I read in “The men who stared at goats”
So what happened with them? Looks like the latest interview with Pettie is in ‘93, and when I looked for him on le googel I saw a year of death as ‘04.
Why does this remind me of rumours I’ve heard about set worshippers involved in the CIA?
Feb 13, 2007 at 7:01 PM
thirtyseven says...
.^^I dunno about Set worshippers inna CIA, but we have covered Micheal Aquino before, who was Temple of Set as well as military over in Presidio, and was involved with a disturbing SRA case in day care over there.
http://news.skilluminati.com/?p=13
Feb 14, 2007 at 12:55 AM
erno says...
.“Farmers traditionally include their children, particularly their male children in the annual fall butchering of livestock.” This explanation would make sense if there was some indication that the Finder"‘“s children are their own. And about Pettie, in the interview he seems to talk about his brushes with the CIA as if they were casual, just normal dealings is all. But his relationship with the agency seems more extant than most people’s. He also brings up Reichians. philip a. centaur posted some information about Reichians and children at the Rigorous Intuition message board, nothing flattering, but perhaps relevant.
Feb 14, 2007 at 1:39 AM
erno says...
.Not to push this too hard, but I should provide a link for those without a map, to be polite you know. Let’s see if this uses html links: philipacentaur link
Feb 14, 2007 at 8:07 AM
Miqel says...
.I seem to remember that there was some connection between the Finders and the “Franklin Coverup” case involving a pedophile prostitution ring frequented by Washington insiders and possibly the White House. Another case that was dropped and the files sealed
... for our own protection as it were.
from Wiki
“The Franklin Coverup Scandal began on June 29, 1989, when the front page of the Washington Times bore the headline Homosexual Prostitution Inquiry ensnares VIPs with Reagan, Bush, and officially ended when a grand jury concluded that the charges were a “carefully crafted hoax”, although the scandal still feeds conspiracy theories to the present day.”
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Lawrence_King
Feb 14, 2007 at 7:34 PM
Mort says...
.Heres some more info and files on this subject from the Lads at Rigorous Intuition
http://p216.ezboard.com/frigorousintuitionfrm9.showMessage?topicID=4.topic
Feb 16, 2007 at 7:00 PM
Natalie says...
.So how does the Satanic ritual abuse come into play? Do you really think there is a lot of this going on, you know, in a highly organized fashion?
Feb 17, 2007 at 2:39 PM
Russ says...
.The finders were and are part of old project ‘monarch’. We sought to confront them in cleveland Ohio ...they had kids and a few woman. They are ‘’x’’ military. They will using old painted black bus with the name ‘meanic’ on the front header. The plate that was run showed it came from a place in Youngstown Ohio.
A number of military sra/mpd know of this. We are going to Youngstown to track it.
They and the bus were here during St. James rituals. They are for real, they carry weapons and they steal chldren and transport them to others.
Russ
http://www.shatterthedarkness.net/
Feb 25, 2007 at 5:43 AM
Antoine says...
.I can’t believe they were here in Tallahassee and not far from where I live.
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Terrorism refers here to the public health consequences and the methods for prevention of the purposeful use of violence or threats of violence by groups or individuals in order to serve political or personal agendas. This article does not include what has been termed "state terrorism," the use of violence by a nation-state without clear necessity for self-defense and without the authorization of the United Nations.
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Terrorism refers here to the public health consequences and the methods for prevention of the purposeful use of violence or threats of violence by groups or individuals in order to serve political or personal agendas. This article does not include what has been termed "state terrorism," the use of violence by a nation-state without clear necessity for self-defense and without the authorization of the United Nations.
Examples of Terrorism
Use or threat of use of violence has long caused concern among those responsible for public health. Examples include indiscriminate violence, such as the 1993 bombing of the World Trade Center in New York City and the 1995 bombing of the Federal Building in Oklahoma City, and targeted violence, such as attacks on facilities for the termination of pregnancy or on those who work in such facilities. The primary responsibility for response to the health consequences of such violence has resided largely in emergency medical services and the primary responsibility for prevention in agencies concerned with public order and safety, such as the police and the Federal Bureau of Investigation.
Recent instances of use or threatened use of biological or chemical agents in terrorism have raised interest in the role of public health agencies and public health personnel in primary or secondary prevention. Documented episodes, although extremely rare, have been dramatic. In Japan, the chemical warfare agent Sarin was released by the Aum Shinrikyo cult in Matsumoto in 1994 and in the Tokyo subway in 1995. In 1984, an Oregon cult allegedly contaminated salad bars with a biological agent, salmonella. These episodes, and recent hoaxes concerning anthrax release, have led to well publicized, costly responses by public health and public safety officials. Chemical terrorism could include the purposeful contamination of water and food supplies or the aerosolization of toxicants within enclosed public spaces. Biological terrorist actions could include purposeful contamination with infectious materials, as well as the purposeful release of insects or other vectors infected with a transmissible disease.
Availability of Chemical and Biological Weapons
Underlying concern about bioterrorism is the long history of use of chemical and biological weapons (CBW) in war. Since World War II, worldwide military forces have built up major stockpiles of such weapons and tested them at a number of sites around the world. Although the Biological Weapons Convention (BWC) and the Chemical Weapons Convention (CWC) outlawed the development, production, stockpiling, and transfer of these weapons, large stockpiles of chemical weapons still await destruction in several nations, and it is alleged that stockpiles of biological weapons are still maintained in a few nations. Although the technical knowledge and materials needed to produce CBW are relatively available, the ability to "weaponize" and target these materials remains extremely limited. The risk of their use appears to be small, but any use constitutes a threat to public health.
Types of Biological Agents
There are at least seventy types of bacteria, viruses, rickettsiae, and fungi that can be weaponized, including tularemia, anthrax, Q fever, epidemic typhus, smallpox, brucellosis, Venezuelan equine encephalitis, botulinum toxin, dengue fever, Russian spring-summer encephalitis, Lassa fever, Marburg, Ebola, Bolivian hemorrhagic fever (Machupo), and Argentinean hemorrhagic fever (Junin). Antibiotic resistant strains of anthrax, plague, tularemia, and glanders have allegedly been developed. Viruses and toxins can be genetically altered to heighten their infectiousness, permitting the development of pathogens capable of overcoming existing vaccines. It is estimated that no more than 20 to 30 percent of the diseases the aforementioned agents cause can be effectively treated.
Recent History of Control
In 1994 U.S. president Bill Clinton issued an Executive Order asserting that the potential use of nuclear, biological and chemical weapons "by terrorist groups or rogue states" represents "an unusual and extraordinary threat to the national security, foreign policy and economy of the United States." This Order, renewed annually, makes it illegal for anyone in the United States to help anyone to acquire, design, produce, or stockpile CBW. The Order was amended in 1998 to include penalties for trafficking in equipment that could indirectly contribute to a foreign biological warfare program.
In 1995 President Clinton announced a new policy against "superterrorism"—terrorism involving weapons of mass destruction. The Departments of Defense, Energy, and State, together with the FBI and the CIA, were to oversee a wide network of military and civilian agencies, including the Centers for Disease Control and Prevention, dedicated to identifying CBW attacks and to coping with their consequences. In 1997, a $52.6 million Domestic Preparedness Program was authorized for emergency response teams in 120 selected cities, whereby police, fire departments, and public health officials were to receive special training and equipment to help them combat biological and chemical terrorism.
In 1998 President Clinton announced new initiatives to address bioterrorism. Hearings before a committee of the U.S. Senate in 1998 included witnesses who stated that such proposals were misguided because so many resources were being assigned to military rather than to medical or public health authorities. Ethical questions raised include whether such funds could be better spent on providing adequate public health measures, preventive medicine, and treatment for endemic illness to the population.
Limitations of Counter-Terrorism Measures
Overall, there is little evidence that specific vaccine programs or other technical defensive programs are effective or ethical preventive measures against the use or threat of use of biologic weapons. Many public health experts argue that the best defenses against use of biological weapons lie in ethical proSCRIPTion of work on them by health professionals and scientists and protection of the global population against all serious infectious disease, not just diseases caused intentionally, by ameliorating poverty and inadequate nutrition, housing, and education.
As part of this effort, it is argued, industrialized countries should enable developing countries to build capacity for detection, diagnosis, and treatment of all disease by providing technical information and needed resources. Article X of the BWC, encouraging the exchange of information and materials for peaceful purposes, should be strengthened. Research organizations, professional societies, and individual scientists should pledge not to engage knowingly in research or teaching that furthers the development and use of biological weapons. Furthermore, all countries could prohibit the development of novel biological agents that do not have an unambiguously peaceful purpose, even if these activities are promoted for defensive purposes.
An important reason that a few nations, groups, or individuals may continue to develop or stockpile chemical or biological weapons, known as "the poor nation's nuclear weapons," lies in the massive stockpiles of nuclear weapons maintained by the United States and other nuclear powers. As long as these nations fail to recognize their obligations under the 1970 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty to move expeditiously toward nuclear weapons abolition, biological and chemical weapons will remain a threat.
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Snoop Proof Email
Aderes. Offers secure e-mail and Web browsing.
CenturionMail. A powerful, yet easy-to-use, security program for encrypting e-mails as well as files/folders.
CryptoAnywhere. Powerful encryption so small it fits on a floppy disk. Can be used virtually anywhere with no need for installation. Message recipient does not need CryptoAnywhere.
CryptoHeaven (see also under "secure instant messaging").
Cyber-Rights.Net. Secure Web-based email, offered by Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, a nonprofit civil liberties organization.
Ensuredmail. Easy-to-use encryption software that protects your email and attachments.
FastMail.
HushMail. Web-based secure email.
KeptPrivate. Web email client accessible over an SSL connection.
Mail2Web. Check your mail securely and privately on the road (or on your cellular phone).
MailVault. Provides free PGP-based Web e-mail.
Mute Mail. Anonymizing e-mail activites. Sending e-mails anonymously, securely and snoop-proff. All messages are encrypted. Sender's identity is confidential.
NeoCertified. Secure e-mail and messaging.
Neomailbox. Online privacy service provides private, anonymous, SSL encrypted IMAP, POP3, SMTP and Webmail access, secure anonymous Web browsing, choice of US or Netherlands hosted plans, spam and virus defenses, unlimited disposable e-mail addresses, and two-factor authentication for e-mail access with an optional hardware token.
S-Mail - Secure mail.
SafeMessage. Encrypted messages, delivery status, and automatic shredding.
Sec-Ex Mail. Strong encryption that works with any e-mail client, no plugins needed. Supports automatic key exchange.
SecureMail. For Bell South small business DSL customers.
Securenym. Provides outsourced secure e-mail to businesses as well as individual mail accounts, supports PGP & s/mime.
Sneakemail.com.
SoftClan E-Cryptor.
Stealth Message. Web-based e-mail privacy with option to self-destruct.
Z1 SecureMail Gateway. Acts as an SMTP proxy server which automatically encrypts, decrypts and signs e-mails as well as verifies e-mail signatures.
Zendit. Plug-in that makes it easy to use PGP with e-mail programs like Outlook, or with Web-based e-mail.
Anonymous Remailers
Anonymize.net.
AnonymSurfen. (In German) List of free online web-based proxies that can be used directly from the site.
@nonymouse.com. Also offers anonymous Web surfing and newsgroup posting. Available in both German and English.
André Bacard's Anonymous Remailer FAQ.
Mixminion: A Type III Anonymous Remailer. Also see Mixminion Message Sender, a Windows GUI Frontend for Mixminion.
QuickSilver: A Win32 Mixmaster Anonymous Remailer Client.
Public WiKi and Remailer FAQ.
Surf Anonymously
All Confidential.
AnonymSurfen. (In German) List of free online web-based proxies that can be used directly from the site.
The Anonymizer.
beHidden.com. Provides users with a secure way to surf and browse the Internet, without others monitoring and recording the sites visited.
BrowserSpy. Provides detailed information about what your browser supports and reveals.
BrowsInfo. See what can be discovered about your browser.
The Cloak. Free anonymous web-surfing.
Cloudish.
Cotse.net. Also offers e-mail and Web hosting services, as well as links to other privacy tools.
CryptoTunnel VPN2GO. Also offers secure online communication.
Fogbank-now. Firewall-protected remote Internet browser. Also offers encrypted e-mail and other services.
Freedom WebSecure.
Guardster.
I Can See You. Program from anonymizer.com shows you the information your browser reveals. (NOTE: this program runs a Javascript file that may bring up a virus alert. The file is safe; however, if you experience any further problems, please contact the web administrators at anonymizer.com.)
IDzap. Anonymous surfing and web hosting.
JAP.
MERLETN.ORG. Also available in French.
MisterPrivacy.
Neomailbox.
Ponoi. Anonymous web-browsing, encrypted file storage, password storage, and cookie management.
Primedius. Anonymous surfing, secure email and secure online storage.
Privacy Analysis of your Internet Connection. Analyzes information that is collected about you when you visit a Web site, such as whether cookies are accepted, what site you linked to the page from, and the date and time as set on your computer.
ProxyPortal. Anonymous web surfing proxy that hides the user's IP and other personal information from the Web stie they're viewing.
Public Proxy Servers. A list of thousands of public proxy servers with online check capability.
Rewebber.
SpyNOT. Secures Javascript by re-writing it on-the-fly into a secure pseudo-script, retaining as much functionality in the Web page as possible.
Steganos Internet Anonym. Hides your IP address from Web operators. Also includes InternetTrace Destructor to delete all traces left on your hard disk after an Internet session.
Surfprivately.
SurfSecret Privacy Protector. Cache and cookie controls plus more; support for most browsers.
Tor. Anonymous web browsing, instant messaging, etc. Also allows users to offer "hidden" web servers and other services, even from behind firewalls.
W3Privacy. Also includes many other privacy resources.
HTML Filters
AOTop. Stops unwanted ad banners and pop-ups with a configurable ad-obfuscating tool for visual privacy protection.
Camera/Shy. Stand-alone browser that offers encryption and decryption of steganography, automatic cache and history clearing, and protection against malicious HTML.
InfoWorks Technology Company offers products to get rid of pop-ups, erase history, and others.
Internet Eraser.
Junkbuster (Windows/UNIX). The Internet Junkbuster Proxy blocks unwanted banner ads and protects your privacy from cookies and other threats.
Orangatango's VirtualBrowser. Surf privately, kill pop-up ads, prevent spam, encrypt surfing, filter content, and avoid online fraud.
PC Privacy Protection Program.
Peekabooty. A peer-to-peer application which can route web page requests around firewalls.
Personal Sentinel. Block third party cookies, remove privacy threats, filter unwanted content, and block unwanted ads.
Privoxy. A Web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups, etc.
Proxomitron (Windows). Get the web-surfing experience that you want.
Smasher (Windows). Block cookies and pop-up windows, squash web bugs, and more.
Surfer Protection Program.
SurfSecret Pop-Up Eliminator.
Wincognito Pop-Up Blocker.
Cookie Busters
Burnt Cookies (for Internet Explorer on Windows platform).
Cookie Cruncher (Windows).
Cookie Crusher (Windows).
Cookie Cutter 1.0 (for Netscape on Macintosh platform). Direct download.
Cookie Jar (UNIX).
MagicCookie Monster (for Netscape on Macintosh platform).
Spy Blocker.
Voice Privacy
GSMK CryptoPhone.
PGP Phone (Mac and Windows 95). Turn a PC into a secure telephone.
Mac international distribution (direct download from Norway).
web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone
Skype.
Speak Freely.
ZFone Public Beta Now available for Windows and Mac, secure
Voice over IP.
Email and File Privacy
Anonymous Surfing, inc.
Crypto Kong. Digital signatures and encryption so simple that even the chairman of the board can use it.
CryptonWare. Encrypts TCP/IP communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, HTTP, FTP, e-commerce, IRC, telephony, and streaming audio/video.
Direct from Phil. Get the latest version of PGP from the original source.
Encryptionizer. File encryption (Windows).
GFI Mail Essentials for Exchange/ SMTP. Server based anti spam & email management solution for Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, and SMTP/POP3 mail servers.
GnuPG – the GNU Privacy Guard.
Hacktivismo & Cult of the Dead Cow's "6/4". Primarily designed to bypass large scale firewalls and allow for the anonymous uploading and downloading of various protocols.
Icon Lock-iT. Encrypts, locks and password-protects files and folders.
Index Dat Spy. This free utility is a viewer that shows you what information Windows and Internet Explorer stores in its index.dat files. This information remains even after you have emptied your cache and deleted your history.
Keygloo. Webmail encryption tools, available for Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Lycos, Yahoo Briefcase, and Outlook Express.
Message Sentinel. Analyzes incoming e-mail and blocks privacy threats.
PC-encrypt. E-mail and File security for PC's operating Microsoft Windows software.
PeepLock offers products for file encryption, message encryption, and e-mail security.
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Protect privacy of electronic mail and files. Available for most machines.
Distribution from MIT.
International PGP Home Page.
International distribution from Finland.
Private Idaho.
"Where to Get PGP FAQ" via email. Mail ftp-request@netcom.com with the line SEND mpj/getpgp.asc .
PGP Users List and Reference.
André Bacard's PGP FAQ.
Veridis. Open PGP library and software.
Privacy Master. Keeps online and offline data safe from theives, hackers and prying eyes.
Private Eye. This free utility allows you to view all information stored in the area on your Windows machine known as Protected Storage. This includes all the information saved by IE if you enable the Auto Complete feature, as well as user names and passwords in plain text—even for secure sites. The registered/paid version also allows you to remove individual entries from the protected storage.
Steganos Security Suite. Encrypts and hides your data. Creates self-decrypting e-mails. Also includes Portable Safe and Internet Trace Destructor featuring XP Privacy, Password Manager and Data Shredder.
VaultletSuite. Secure, spam-free email, password storage and file encryption from just about anywhere. (Windows, Linux, OS X and Solaris)
Secure Instant Messaging
BitWise Chat. Encrypts not just messages, but also chat rooms and file transfers.
CryptoHeaven. Secure instant messaging, as well as secure e-mail, file sharing, and online storage.
Fire. A multi-protocol IM client for Mac OS X. Uses your existing PGP/GPG keys to encrypt all communication between you and the recipient.
Gale. Public-private key encrypted instant messaging software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Hush Messenger. Secure instant messaging for Hushmail users.
iGo Incognito. Instant Messaging system that ensures your privacy and security.
Project SCIM: Secure Cryptographic Instant Messaging. Runs on many different platforms.
PSST. Encrypted instant message software for Windows and Linux.
Secure Shuttle Transport. Encrypted instant messaging, FTP, text chat, voice chat, and more.
SecuriChat. Triple-layered preshared key encrypted chat program.
Skype.
Sonork. Set up and control your own Instant Messaging system.
Web Encryption
Check the strength of the crypto in your browser.
Fortify (Windows 95/NT/UNIX). Upgrades weak international version of Netscape into strong 128-bit version. Available worldwide.
Telnet Encryption
F-Secure SSH. Secure Telnet for Mac/Windows/UNIX (Finland).
MacSSH (Macintosh PowerPC).
OpenSSH.
Putty Downloads.
TTSSH (Windows).
Disk Encryption
Encrypt your entire hard drive.
PGPdisk (was CryptDisk). Now included with PGP.
SafeBoot (Windows).
Scramdisk.
TrueCrypt. Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux.
Disk/File Erasing Programs
Completely erase files so that they cannot be recovered or undeleted.
AbsoluteShield File Shredder. Freeware to completely remove files/folders from the disk.
Burn 2.5 (Macintosh).
CyberScrub. Erases recycle bin data, cookies, history, browser tracers etc.
DiskVac (Windows).
E3 Security Kit.
Eraser 3.5.
Evidence Eliminator (Windows).
Evidence Neutralizer.
Internet Privacy Protection Tool.
Mac Washer. Washes away all traces of Internet and Mac activity.
Privacy History Eraser. Eliminates visited Web site history, temporary files, most recently used file lists, index.dat files and more from products including Internet Explorer, Media Player, and Windows.
Total Shield Tracks Cleaner. Erases online and offline traces of your actions kept by Windows, browsers and more than 200 third-party programs.
Window Washer. Washes away all traces of Internet and PC activity.
Windows CleanUp! This free utility deletes traces of much of your activity not just online, but offline (and on the computer). Runs on all versions of Windows OS from 95 to XP and includes support for IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera and Firefox.
Windows & Internet Washer. Shareware to protect your privacy be cleaning up all tracks of your computer and Internet activities.
Wintracks (Windows). Available in English and French.
Privacy Policy Generators
OECD Privacy Policy Generator.
P3Pwriter Privacy Policy Editor. Online Privacy Editor to allow sites to meet the current P3P specifications
Policy Editor. Web-based P3P Policy generator that creates valid W3C specfied P3P policies.
Password Security
Access Armor. (Demo)
PW-Gen.
VaultletSuite. Secure, spam-free email, password storage and file encryption from just about anywhere. (Windows, Linux, OS X and Solaris)
WebCogs.com.
Firewalls
BlackICE Defender.
BrickHouse. For Mac OS X.
Personal Firewall.
SurfSecret Personal Firewall.
Sygate Personal Firewall.
Tiny Personal Firewall.
ZoneAlarm. Freeware alternative.
Other Resources
AllTextEncryption.com. Data protection, spam prevention, personal and e-business encryption software.
Anonymous Hosting. Provided by Katz Global Media solutions for clients who would prefer to keep their personal and business information to themselves.
Anti-Keylog. A solution that can protect important personal information such as ID, password, credit card number, bank account number etc. even if known and unknown hacking programs exist in users pc.
Chaos Mash. Free encryption utility for Windows. Can be run from a USB device.
Covelight Percept. Full-time audit of application usage to protect the privacy of entrusted personal information from theft, fraud and abuse.
"Cryptographic software solutions and how to use them."
Crypt0graphy Research Labs . Links to cryptographic and other resources.
CryptoPad. Wordpad-like cryptography program, cryptography uses a single string of unlimited length as the key for documents.
Datacorner pwProtect. Provides browser-based online AES encryption of text
and messages.
DeleteNow. Fee service. Will contact many databases to remove your personal information from their listings.
FreeSecurity. Freeware, graphical, easy to use application that allows you to compress and use 128-bit AES (Rijndael) to encrypt your files. Works on all major operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS, Solaris, etc...) as long as Java is installed.
How To GPG. User friendly and informative step by step instructions to help people set up GnuPG on Windows.
Ingrian DataSecure. Data at rest encryption solution that features field, file, and column level encryption for compliance of Visa PCI, SB 1386, HIPAA and other encryption privacy laws.
InvisibleNet. Anonymous networking for communications.
Just1Key. Secure password manager, compatible with Windows, Mac, or Unix; handheld PDAs or mobile phones with SSL Web browsers.
My Personal Favorites. Secures lists of favorite sites and protects browsing privacy.
MyPrivateLine. A prepaid telephone service that uses toll-free numbers to route all incoming calls anonymously and safely to another, hidden phone number of each user’s choice.
OkayCash. Shop online without a credit card.
PCWorld: 34 steps you can take to reclaim your online privacy. (June 2002)
Privacy Communications, Inc. (PrivCom). Encrypted faxes and voicemail.
Shields UP! Internet Connection Security Analysis.
SingleFin. Protect your company from junk e-mail and viruses.
SnoopFree Privacy Shield. Protects against spyware.
SpamEx. Disposable E-mail Address Service.
SpamFreeze. Free service from SpamButcher for publicizing e-mail addresses on the Web without getting spammed.
SpyCop. Detects an ever-growing number of "spy programs" which monitor computer usage.
SurfSecret PestPatrol. Detects and eliminates trojans, spyware, adware, etc.
Utilities. Free with source code, deals with several browsers' cookies, history and cache files.
Who's Watching Me? Snooper Detector. Checks your system for "snoopers," or software that is installed on a computer to record actions and events.
WinSCP. A freeware SCP Secure CoPy client for Windows using SSH (Secure Shell.)
http://web.archive.org/web/20071224183622/http://www.exits.ro/ – Free tools and tutorials about online privacy and security.
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Snoop Proof Email
Aderes. Offers secure e-mail and Web browsing.
CenturionMail. A powerful, yet easy-to-use, security program for encrypting e-mails as well as files/folders.
CryptoAnywhere. Powerful encryption so small it fits on a floppy disk. Can be used virtually anywhere with no need for installation. Message recipient does not need CryptoAnywhere.
CryptoHeaven (see also under "secure instant messaging").
Cyber-Rights.Net. Secure Web-based email, offered by Cyber-Rights & Cyber-Liberties, a nonprofit civil liberties organization.
Ensuredmail. Easy-to-use encryption software that protects your email and attachments.
FastMail.
HushMail. Web-based secure email.
KeptPrivate. Web email client accessible over an SSL connection.
Mail2Web. Check your mail securely and privately on the road (or on your cellular phone).
MailVault. Provides free PGP-based Web e-mail.
Mute Mail. Anonymizing e-mail activites. Sending e-mails anonymously, securely and snoop-proff. All messages are encrypted. Sender's identity is confidential.
NeoCertified. Secure e-mail and messaging.
Neomailbox. Online privacy service provides private, anonymous, SSL encrypted IMAP, POP3, SMTP and Webmail access, secure anonymous Web browsing, choice of US or Netherlands hosted plans, spam and virus defenses, unlimited disposable e-mail addresses, and two-factor authentication for e-mail access with an optional hardware token.
S-Mail - Secure mail.
SafeMessage. Encrypted messages, delivery status, and automatic shredding.
Sec-Ex Mail. Strong encryption that works with any e-mail client, no plugins needed. Supports automatic key exchange.
SecureMail. For Bell South small business DSL customers.
Securenym. Provides outsourced secure e-mail to businesses as well as individual mail accounts, supports PGP & s/mime.
Sneakemail.com.
SoftClan E-Cryptor.
Stealth Message. Web-based e-mail privacy with option to self-destruct.
Z1 SecureMail Gateway. Acts as an SMTP proxy server which automatically encrypts, decrypts and signs e-mails as well as verifies e-mail signatures.
Zendit. Plug-in that makes it easy to use PGP with e-mail programs like Outlook, or with Web-based e-mail.
Anonymous Remailers
Anonymize.net.
AnonymSurfen. (In German) List of free online web-based proxies that can be used directly from the site.
@nonymouse.com. Also offers anonymous Web surfing and newsgroup posting. Available in both German and English.
André Bacard's Anonymous Remailer FAQ.
Mixminion: A Type III Anonymous Remailer. Also see Mixminion Message Sender, a Windows GUI Frontend for Mixminion.
QuickSilver: A Win32 Mixmaster Anonymous Remailer Client.
Public WiKi and Remailer FAQ.
Surf Anonymously
All Confidential.
AnonymSurfen. (In German) List of free online web-based proxies that can be used directly from the site.
The Anonymizer.
beHidden.com. Provides users with a secure way to surf and browse the Internet, without others monitoring and recording the sites visited.
BrowserSpy. Provides detailed information about what your browser supports and reveals.
BrowsInfo. See what can be discovered about your browser.
The Cloak. Free anonymous web-surfing.
Cloudish.
Cotse.net. Also offers e-mail and Web hosting services, as well as links to other privacy tools.
CryptoTunnel VPN2GO. Also offers secure online communication.
Fogbank-now. Firewall-protected remote Internet browser. Also offers encrypted e-mail and other services.
Freedom WebSecure.
Guardster.
I Can See You. Program from anonymizer.com shows you the information your browser reveals. (NOTE: this program runs a Javascript file that may bring up a virus alert. The file is safe; however, if you experience any further problems, please contact the web administrators at anonymizer.com.)
IDzap. Anonymous surfing and web hosting.
JAP.
MERLETN.ORG. Also available in French.
MisterPrivacy.
Neomailbox.
Ponoi. Anonymous web-browsing, encrypted file storage, password storage, and cookie management.
Primedius. Anonymous surfing, secure email and secure online storage.
Privacy Analysis of your Internet Connection. Analyzes information that is collected about you when you visit a Web site, such as whether cookies are accepted, what site you linked to the page from, and the date and time as set on your computer.
ProxyPortal. Anonymous web surfing proxy that hides the user's IP and other personal information from the Web stie they're viewing.
Public Proxy Servers. A list of thousands of public proxy servers with online check capability.
Rewebber.
SpyNOT. Secures Javascript by re-writing it on-the-fly into a secure pseudo-script, retaining as much functionality in the Web page as possible.
Steganos Internet Anonym. Hides your IP address from Web operators. Also includes InternetTrace Destructor to delete all traces left on your hard disk after an Internet session.
Surfprivately.
SurfSecret Privacy Protector. Cache and cookie controls plus more; support for most browsers.
Tor. Anonymous web browsing, instant messaging, etc. Also allows users to offer "hidden" web servers and other services, even from behind firewalls.
W3Privacy. Also includes many other privacy resources.
HTML Filters
AOTop. Stops unwanted ad banners and pop-ups with a configurable ad-obfuscating tool for visual privacy protection.
Camera/Shy. Stand-alone browser that offers encryption and decryption of steganography, automatic cache and history clearing, and protection against malicious HTML.
InfoWorks Technology Company offers products to get rid of pop-ups, erase history, and others.
Internet Eraser.
Junkbuster (Windows/UNIX). The Internet Junkbuster Proxy blocks unwanted banner ads and protects your privacy from cookies and other threats.
Orangatango's VirtualBrowser. Surf privately, kill pop-up ads, prevent spam, encrypt surfing, filter content, and avoid online fraud.
PC Privacy Protection Program.
Peekabooty. A peer-to-peer application which can route web page requests around firewalls.
Personal Sentinel. Block third party cookies, remove privacy threats, filter unwanted content, and block unwanted ads.
Privoxy. A Web proxy with advanced filtering capabilities for protecting privacy, modifying web page content, managing cookies, controlling access, and removing ads, banners, pop-ups, etc.
Proxomitron (Windows). Get the web-surfing experience that you want.
Smasher (Windows). Block cookies and pop-up windows, squash web bugs, and more.
Surfer Protection Program.
SurfSecret Pop-Up Eliminator.
Wincognito Pop-Up Blocker.
Cookie Busters
Burnt Cookies (for Internet Explorer on Windows platform).
Cookie Cruncher (Windows).
Cookie Crusher (Windows).
Cookie Cutter 1.0 (for Netscape on Macintosh platform). Direct download.
Cookie Jar (UNIX).
MagicCookie Monster (for Netscape on Macintosh platform).
Spy Blocker.
Voice Privacy
GSMK CryptoPhone.
PGP Phone (Mac and Windows 95). Turn a PC into a secure telephone.
Mac international distribution (direct download from Norway).
web.mit.edu/network/pgpfone
Skype.
Speak Freely.
ZFone Public Beta Now available for Windows and Mac, secure
Voice over IP.
Email and File Privacy
Anonymous Surfing, inc.
Crypto Kong. Digital signatures and encryption so simple that even the chairman of the board can use it.
CryptonWare. Encrypts TCP/IP communication such as e-mail, instant messaging, HTTP, FTP, e-commerce, IRC, telephony, and streaming audio/video.
Direct from Phil. Get the latest version of PGP from the original source.
Encryptionizer. File encryption (Windows).
GFI Mail Essentials for Exchange/ SMTP. Server based anti spam & email management solution for Microsoft Exchange Server, Lotus Notes, and SMTP/POP3 mail servers.
GnuPG – the GNU Privacy Guard.
Hacktivismo & Cult of the Dead Cow's "6/4". Primarily designed to bypass large scale firewalls and allow for the anonymous uploading and downloading of various protocols.
Icon Lock-iT. Encrypts, locks and password-protects files and folders.
Index Dat Spy. This free utility is a viewer that shows you what information Windows and Internet Explorer stores in its index.dat files. This information remains even after you have emptied your cache and deleted your history.
Keygloo. Webmail encryption tools, available for Gmail, Yahoo!, Hotmail, Lycos, Yahoo Briefcase, and Outlook Express.
Message Sentinel. Analyzes incoming e-mail and blocks privacy threats.
PC-encrypt. E-mail and File security for PC's operating Microsoft Windows software.
PeepLock offers products for file encryption, message encryption, and e-mail security.
Pretty Good Privacy (PGP). Protect privacy of electronic mail and files. Available for most machines.
Distribution from MIT.
International PGP Home Page.
International distribution from Finland.
Private Idaho.
"Where to Get PGP FAQ" via email. Mail ftp-request@netcom.com with the line SEND mpj/getpgp.asc .
PGP Users List and Reference.
André Bacard's PGP FAQ.
Veridis. Open PGP library and software.
Privacy Master. Keeps online and offline data safe from theives, hackers and prying eyes.
Private Eye. This free utility allows you to view all information stored in the area on your Windows machine known as Protected Storage. This includes all the information saved by IE if you enable the Auto Complete feature, as well as user names and passwords in plain text—even for secure sites. The registered/paid version also allows you to remove individual entries from the protected storage.
Steganos Security Suite. Encrypts and hides your data. Creates self-decrypting e-mails. Also includes Portable Safe and Internet Trace Destructor featuring XP Privacy, Password Manager and Data Shredder.
VaultletSuite. Secure, spam-free email, password storage and file encryption from just about anywhere. (Windows, Linux, OS X and Solaris)
Secure Instant Messaging
BitWise Chat. Encrypts not just messages, but also chat rooms and file transfers.
CryptoHeaven. Secure instant messaging, as well as secure e-mail, file sharing, and online storage.
Fire. A multi-protocol IM client for Mac OS X. Uses your existing PGP/GPG keys to encrypt all communication between you and the recipient.
Gale. Public-private key encrypted instant messaging software distributed under the terms of the GNU General Public License.
Hush Messenger. Secure instant messaging for Hushmail users.
iGo Incognito. Instant Messaging system that ensures your privacy and security.
Project SCIM: Secure Cryptographic Instant Messaging. Runs on many different platforms.
PSST. Encrypted instant message software for Windows and Linux.
Secure Shuttle Transport. Encrypted instant messaging, FTP, text chat, voice chat, and more.
SecuriChat. Triple-layered preshared key encrypted chat program.
Skype.
Sonork. Set up and control your own Instant Messaging system.
Web Encryption
Check the strength of the crypto in your browser.
Fortify (Windows 95/NT/UNIX). Upgrades weak international version of Netscape into strong 128-bit version. Available worldwide.
Telnet Encryption
F-Secure SSH. Secure Telnet for Mac/Windows/UNIX (Finland).
MacSSH (Macintosh PowerPC).
OpenSSH.
Putty Downloads.
TTSSH (Windows).
Disk Encryption
Encrypt your entire hard drive.
PGPdisk (was CryptDisk). Now included with PGP.
SafeBoot (Windows).
Scramdisk.
TrueCrypt. Free open-source disk encryption software for Windows XP/2000/2003 and Linux.
Disk/File Erasing Programs
Completely erase files so that they cannot be recovered or undeleted.
AbsoluteShield File Shredder. Freeware to completely remove files/folders from the disk.
Burn 2.5 (Macintosh).
CyberScrub. Erases recycle bin data, cookies, history, browser tracers etc.
DiskVac (Windows).
E3 Security Kit.
Eraser 3.5.
Evidence Eliminator (Windows).
Evidence Neutralizer.
Internet Privacy Protection Tool.
Mac Washer. Washes away all traces of Internet and Mac activity.
Privacy History Eraser. Eliminates visited Web site history, temporary files, most recently used file lists, index.dat files and more from products including Internet Explorer, Media Player, and Windows.
Total Shield Tracks Cleaner. Erases online and offline traces of your actions kept by Windows, browsers and more than 200 third-party programs.
Window Washer. Washes away all traces of Internet and PC activity.
Windows CleanUp! This free utility deletes traces of much of your activity not just online, but offline (and on the computer). Runs on all versions of Windows OS from 95 to XP and includes support for IE, Netscape, Mozilla, Opera and Firefox.
Windows & Internet Washer. Shareware to protect your privacy be cleaning up all tracks of your computer and Internet activities.
Wintracks (Windows). Available in English and French.
Privacy Policy Generators
OECD Privacy Policy Generator.
P3Pwriter Privacy Policy Editor. Online Privacy Editor to allow sites to meet the current P3P specifications
Policy Editor. Web-based P3P Policy generator that creates valid W3C specfied P3P policies.
Password Security
Access Armor. (Demo)
PW-Gen.
VaultletSuite. Secure, spam-free email, password storage and file encryption from just about anywhere. (Windows, Linux, OS X and Solaris)
WebCogs.com.
Firewalls
BlackICE Defender.
BrickHouse. For Mac OS X.
Personal Firewall.
SurfSecret Personal Firewall.
Sygate Personal Firewall.
Tiny Personal Firewall.
ZoneAlarm. Freeware alternative.
Other Resources
AllTextEncryption.com. Data protection, spam prevention, personal and e-business encryption software.
Anonymous Hosting. Provided by Katz Global Media solutions for clients who would prefer to keep their personal and business information to themselves.
Anti-Keylog. A solution that can protect important personal information such as ID, password, credit card number, bank account number etc. even if known and unknown hacking programs exist in users pc.
Chaos Mash. Free encryption utility for Windows. Can be run from a USB device.
Covelight Percept. Full-time audit of application usage to protect the privacy of entrusted personal information from theft, fraud and abuse.
"Cryptographic software solutions and how to use them."
Crypt0graphy Research Labs . Links to cryptographic and other resources.
CryptoPad. Wordpad-like cryptography program, cryptography uses a single string of unlimited length as the key for documents.
Datacorner pwProtect. Provides browser-based online AES encryption of text
and messages.
DeleteNow. Fee service. Will contact many databases to remove your personal information from their listings.
FreeSecurity. Freeware, graphical, easy to use application that allows you to compress and use 128-bit AES (Rijndael) to encrypt your files. Works on all major operating systems (Linux, Windows, MacOS, Solaris, etc...) as long as Java is installed.
How To GPG. User friendly and informative step by step instructions to help people set up GnuPG on Windows.
Ingrian DataSecure. Data at rest encryption solution that features field, file, and column level encryption for compliance of Visa PCI, SB 1386, HIPAA and other encryption privacy laws.
InvisibleNet. Anonymous networking for communications.
Just1Key. Secure password manager, compatible with Windows, Mac, or Unix; handheld PDAs or mobile phones with SSL Web browsers.
My Personal Favorites. Secures lists of favorite sites and protects browsing privacy.
MyPrivateLine. A prepaid telephone service that uses toll-free numbers to route all incoming calls anonymously and safely to another, hidden phone number of each user’s choice.
OkayCash. Shop online without a credit card.
PCWorld: 34 steps you can take to reclaim your online privacy. (June 2002)
Privacy Communications, Inc. (PrivCom). Encrypted faxes and voicemail.
Shields UP! Internet Connection Security Analysis.
SingleFin. Protect your company from junk e-mail and viruses.
SnoopFree Privacy Shield. Protects against spyware.
SpamEx. Disposable E-mail Address Service.
SpamFreeze. Free service from SpamButcher for publicizing e-mail addresses on the Web without getting spammed.
SpyCop. Detects an ever-growing number of "spy programs" which monitor computer usage.
SurfSecret PestPatrol. Detects and eliminates trojans, spyware, adware, etc.
Utilities. Free with source code, deals with several browsers' cookies, history and cache files.
Who's Watching Me? Snooper Detector. Checks your system for "snoopers," or software that is installed on a computer to record actions and events.
WinSCP. A freeware SCP Secure CoPy client for Windows using SSH (Secure Shell.)
http://web.archive.org/web/20071224183622/http://www.exits.ro/ – Free tools and tutorials about online privacy and security.
Page URL: http://www.epic.org/privacy/tools.html
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