10 December 2009

A sends:

James Atkinson (www.tscm.com) has been arrested and released on bail.

http://www.myfoxboston.com/dpp/news/local/cops-find-huge-stash-of-weapons-in-rockport-mans-home

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_341231329.html/resources_printstory

Cryptome:

See also more informative update:

http://www.gloucestertimes.com/punews/local_story_342225554.html

Be wary of accounts of Jim's arrest in news reports. The prosecutor asked for a $100,000 bail, but a perceptive judge set it at $3,500.

TSCM.com is the foremost web resource for information on technical surveillance countermeasures (TSCM).

It is likely that Jim was targeted for his TSCM work.

TSCM.com site should be read and downloaded while Jim fights the charges. Expect him to be exonerated.

Jim also runs the TSCM-L2006 mail list with an extensive archive:

http://www.tscm.com/tscm-l.html

TSCM-L Technical Security Mailing List - Dedicated to TSCM specialists engaging in expert technical and analytical research for the detection, nullification, and isolation of eavesdropping devices, technical surveillance penetrations, technical surveillance hazards, and physical security weaknesses. Special emphasis is given to detecting and countering espionage and other threats and activities directed by foreign intelligence services against the United States Government, United States corporations, establishments, and citizens. This mailing list is sponsored by James M. Atkinson and Granite Island Group as a public service to the TSCM community.