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From: Tim Ireland

More details will follow, but for now, here's the guts of it:

Only 20% of people on this list know what Plan A is, but secrecy is
the key to the success of Operation Manticore, and a decision has 
been made to NEVER transmit details of Plan A electronically. 
No phone calls, no emails, NOTHING.

Well, not until it's too late for Team Bush to do anything about it,
at least.

:o)

If you need to know about Plan A at any stage, we'll get word to you,
don't worry. Can't say more than that.

(Also, I am in London most days from now to mid-June, and am happy to
 meet up for secret whispers.)

In the meantime, most of us on this list will be concerning ourselves
 with a series of Plan Bs; 'accidentally' dropped hints, coordinated 
web traffic, letters to local papers querying strange activity you 
have 'witnessed' etc.

This activity is designed to wind up right-wing types by convincing 
them that we're up to this or that, making them chase shadows as Plan A
moves forward without interruption or challenge.

Important Manticore Bit #1: They will hear a roar, they will see claws 
and teeth.... but they will not see the sting in the tail until it's
too late.

There will most likely be a period where angry wingnuts will be 
convinced that we as a group plan something illegal, dangerous or OTT.

If you are not fully confident in your ability to weather such a storm 
with a steely 'no comment' and/or if you're in any way uncomfortable 
about not knowing about Plan A (what it is, who's involved, who's 
funding it, etc. etc.) until it's all over, then now's the time to 
back out.

Otherwise, please keep an eye out for the next email.

Cheers all.

Tim Ireland
http://www.bloggerheads.com/chasing_bush/

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From: Tim Ireland

We're about to put some bait out for Dizzy, the right-wing blogger best
placed and most likely to go for it. But before this happens, I need a
 'sensible' blogger to back out of Operation Manticore along the 
following lines...

"I wish them all the luck in the world, and I won't be blabbing, but I'm
not mental."

... before making a point of removing their OM button/banner and closing
that post with a big push for the Stop the War Coalition protest.

Dizzy is likely to approach you in one guise or another if he goes for 
the bait we'll be laying out later (a hint that we plan on trespassing 
at Heathrow airport), and - depending on what he's after and how he goes 
for it - you may be asked to fob him off with a 'no comment' or feed him 
some extra rope.

Either way, he'll probably never forgive you for it.

Put your hand up if you'd like the job.

Tim

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From: Tim Ireland

My tracking shows people searching for 'chasing bush' and 
'operation manticore', plus we have AP sniffing around. Plan B, runs 
ahead as planned...

:o)

... but I need your help.

1. Please visit the password-protected web page listed below:

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TOP SECRET DETAILS:

username: grantshapps
password: 1234

http://www.bloggerheads.com/chasing_bush/manticore/forums/stage-two/getting-into-heathrow/2/

++++++++++++++++++++

From there, all you need to do is click on the link that says 
"Hello, Dizzy."

Doing this and hanging around long enough to give his article a quick
read-through will put you on Dizzy's radar. If you're inside oh, say
Westminster etc. when you do this, there may be personal repercussions 
for you, so use a proxy if needs be: http://proxy.org/

If you are not sure what any of the above means, PLEASE CHECK IN FIRST.

If you have no problem at any level and successfully manage all of this 
without fuss, then PLEASE CHECK IN ANYWAY; I need a head-count to make 
sure we're getting to what I predict to be a safe but not OTT detection 
level.

(Note - Only I get a copy of your message if you reply to this email. 
That, and maybe the NSA.)

3. What Dizzy will see in his referrer stats is what appears to be a URL 
from a carelessly-managed forum where people are discussing how they might 
get to Heathrow or perhaps get into Heathrow. Meanwhile, Sim-O has just 
been kind enough to sign out because he thinks we might be too OTT for him:
http://www.sim-o.me.uk/blog/pivot/entry.php?id=468

I am hoping for paranoia to light this up naturally. If not, there is a 
back-up. More on that soon if it's needed.

Meanwhile...

4. Please blog the following INDEPENDENTLY if it tickles your fancy, but 
be prepared to WITHDRAW it quite CONSPICUOUSLY if/when asked* to do so:
http://www.bbdo.co.uk/blog/archives/865

I am standing by to deny to Associated Press that Boris Johnson has anything 
to do with this - [big grin] -  so when you have blogged it PLEASE CHECK IN. 
I want my timing to be spot on and I want some of us looking* a bit guilty 
when these are suddenly removed.

(*1. Not you, Sim-O. 2. All: Don't do anything in public now you won't mind 
sharing later.)

BTW, BBD's contribution is quite accidental, but stuff like this happens on 
fun projects. If you have any ideas for me, do bring them over. It puts more 
meat on the bones.

Last one...

5. Think about what you might write to Metro newspaper in order to express 
your concern about what you've heard/seen on the streets of London
[for London-based agents only]

Are we having fun yet?

Cheers all.

Tim

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From: Dizzy

Hi Tim

Long time no speak. Just wanted to drop you a line and explain something 
about the way referrer stats work in relation to the order in which code 
from a page renders. You see, if you put tracking code within the body tags 
of a page, the web server, usually apache if you have sense, or IIS if you 
have a Windows server (which you of course do), will start from the top 
of the page and read the markup tags in order.

There's a reason why this important you see, because if, like me, you have 
a script in your head tag (which obviously comes before the body tag) the 
webserver will execute it first. If those scripts, for example, forward all 
traffic from a referrer of say, oh I don't know, "bloggerheads.com", to the 
Disney website, then all traffic from that domain won't be tracked by the 
original destination site because the tracking code will never execute 
before the client redirects.

At this point I imagine the grey matter is spinning somewhat. Well let me 
put your antipodean mind at rest. What Dizzy will NOT see "in his referrer 
stats is what appears to be a URL from a carelessly-managed forum where 
people are discussing how they might get to Heathrow or perhaps get into 
Heathrow." Geddit?

As such it will NOT "put you on Dizzy's radar." The only thing that will 
is if someone either (a) chooses to leak, or (b) you choose to get someone 
to appear to leak in order to have some fun and games. Of course the latter 
would always be preferable because of the whole problem of referrer links 
and the order in which code is renders.

The thing is - and this made me chuckle to myself - that you wanted a 
"'sensible' blogger to back out of Operation Manticore [along the lines of] 
"I wish them all the luck in the world, and I won't be blabbing, but 
I'm not mental." Presumably this was meant to add to the whole "Heathrow 
scam" narrative.

The problem is you made the assumption that I (and many others) actually 
read obscure left wing blogs. You do realise I only read your blog to see 
whether you have slagged the same people that you always do again.... right? 
I don't really many others, I'm to busy doing scary technical things that 
you wouldn't understand.

So you see, the idea that I am "most likely to go for it" is rather silly 
given that I didn't even notice that "Sim-O" (whoever that is) had posted 
about it until I received the either leaked or planted email, because, as 
I said, I have a life and a job.

Now the question I obviously faced this morning was "should I post about 
this?" and the other, unbelievably obvious answer, was to say "why should 
I post and do what the attention whore wants me to do?" I considered 
calling you and saying this to you personally, but then decided against it. 
After all, you are, allegedly, "in London most days from now to mid-June" 
so you wouldn't answer the phone.

Anyways, I just thought I would let you know that, assuming your "referrer" 
plan B was genuine, what you should have done was to make the link point 
to another page on *your* site and then add a client rewrite rule so that 
the referrer would be removed and you wouldn't be sent to Disney. Obviously 
with a proper webserver one would use mod_rewrite. HOwevre, given that 
you're using ISS I suggest the following alternatives for future reference.

http://www.isapirewrite.com/
http://www.qwerksoft.com/products/iisrewrite/
http://www.iismods.com/url-rewrite/index.htm

I fully expect of course this email to be published by you, with selected 
editing, and the line of "see how I got Dizzy to react hahahaha aren't I
great". The problem is of course, is that all your emails will reproduced
 in full as well, along with this one.

Think about that for a moment. After all, given that the content of yours 
relates directly to disrupting a visit by the President of the United States 
then there is a real possibility that you really will be on the radar of the 
NSA rather than just making jokes about it in email.

Frankly I cannot think of anything more amusing than to know that the name 
"Tim Ireland" might *really* be on a watch list, rather the current scenario 
where he thinks himself important enough to be so.

Now - if I may be so bold - fuck off you fat australian pseudo-technical cock. 
I don't give a shit what your latest anti-Bush thing might or might not be. 
It won't change the world, it won't have an impact, it will be about effective 
as Fathers for Justice deciding to stand on top of Harriet Harman's house.

However, I do of course wish you all the luck in the world at getting anybody 
of wider significance than a bloke in a flat in South-East London to actually 
pay attention too. Now please excuse me, I have to listen to "What's My Age 
Again" by Blink 182 which seems wholly appropriate given the circumastance. 
Nothing like puerile teen punk songs to make you bounce up and donw huh?

Regards

Phil


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From: Dizzy

Come on now Tim, I thought I would just call you and deal with the emails 
you sent out, that was all. I expected you to reply is all, and you didn't. 
Bottom line is this, you got caught out trying to set me up, and I - being 
the "stalker" that you like to say I am - called you on your bullshit.

I suggest at this point that we find a way through this. How that works is 
that you never, and I repeat, ____never____, try to set me up again. The 
email that you sent out, the ones that detail your Machiavellian thinking
shall remain unpublished by me. I won't lie and say I have not shown them
to some people, but as far as I am concerned they will remain unpublished
online by me.

The only thing that you need to do is agree that you will never target me
again. Remember, I have the real evidence that you went after *me* with
intent. You on the other hand have what? Six phone calls over the period
of four months all in reaction to your provocation.

You can write and call me a stalker if you like, but I *will* post all
 of your emails in full for your publicity stunt. As I said on the phone,
I wish you the best of luck in your mission on Sunday. I will, however, 
be getting on with life and enjoying myself.

Yes, I pissed you of posting your phone number after you started a flame war, 
and you quite rightly reacted to that thinking that you would set me up. 
But let me remind you that I am not the one that tries to claim that he is 
a bastion of integrity and honesty. Your 'Operation Manticore' emails suggest 
otherwise. Just remember that.

Regards

Phil

p.s. Really, don't reply to this. Your number has been deleted from my mobile.
Stay away from me online. Try to set me up again and I *will* post about the 
real Tim 'black hat' Ireland.