European Stars And Stripes (Newspaper) - November 9, 1988, Darmstadt, Hesse                                Wednesday november 9,1988 the stars and strikes Paga 5 Fri investigating computer virus creator by hit Washington Post Washington the Fri a launched a full Scab criminal investigation of the Cornell University graduate student who admitted creating he com Puter virus that disabled thousands of computers across the country last week Law enforcement sources said. The student. Robert t. Morris jr., met in Washington with a lawyer Thomas a. Guidoboni who later issued a statement saying he has been in touch with Federal authorities. We Are in the process of investigating the facts and circumstances which have been reported by the press in order to determine our course of action the statement said. Pending the outcome of our investigation neither or. Morris nor i will have further  if Federal authorities decide to press charges against Morris it will be the first Case prosecuted involving a computer virus sent out on a nationwide network. Morns Mother Anne said monday night that her son had not yet talked with the Fri but Hal he would be made available 10 Ink to agonis if that is what Guidoboni advises. She said her son who turned 23 tues Day was at Home with the family in Arnold my. She Sakl i the was a Are that the virus had caused a great Many peo ple serious inconvenience but that a number of our friends and acquaintances across the country have expressed their support and on that level this has been very  the Fri had said Friday that it was conducting a preliminary inquiry into Morns role in spreading the virus through networks used by the defense department and research institutions shading Down thousands of computers. Law enforcement sources said monday that the inquiry has been expanded to a full Field investigation by the Fri s Washington Field office meaning that Fri officials had consulted with Federal prosecutors and obtained agreement that me Fri has jurisdiction in the Case and that there is reason to believe there May have been a violation of Federal criminal Law. The Fri has begun to interview Stu dents and officials at Cornell question ing them about Morris motives and whether Morns whose father Robert to Morrissr is a leading computer Secu Rity expert at the National Security Agency had obtained unauthorized information from the Asa according to computer sciences department chairman John Hopcroft. The staff of the Aikin computation lab Al Harvard University where Morrisjr. Spent most of his  years met monday with University officials who told them that they probably would be inter viewed by the Fri and thai they should cooperate according to Andy Sudduth sys tems manager Al the Jab. At Cornell where Morris is a first year graduate student in computer sciences University official began their own investigation monday. Some have characterized the creation of this virus As the work of a Folk hero Robert Barker the University s Provost said in a statement. Others have indicated that some positive results May occur As a result of increased attention to computer and network Security. Cornell takes a very different View and thoroughly deplores any actions that disrupt or put at risk computer systems or networks Here or elsewhere. Such irresponsible behaviour violates la most fundamental principles of ethical behaviour he said. The question of what if any Legal action will he taken against Morrisjr. Is unclear. Manj computer perts in err flawed monday said that tiie net effect of the virus attack ultimately May be beneficial and that its creator should not be punished to the full extent of the Law. A 1986 Law makes it a m Isic Manor to intentionally gain unauthorized Access to a computer used by the . Government and to affect the government s operation of that computer. The same Law makes in a felony to intentionally gain unauthorized Access to government computers or to two or More computers in different states and to alter damage or destroy information in the computer or prevent authorised use of the computer. The Law applies if such acts cause a loss of $ 1,000 or More. Law enforcement sources and others familiar with the Law cautioned that it might be difficult to prove that Morris intended to cause he massive computer system disruption that ensued. They also said that in might be difficult to show that Morns entry was unauthorized be cause he had some authorized Access to the system and thai it was not Clear the computers invaded by his virus were covered by the statute. Japanese company gives donation stops making Sambo toys san Francisco a a japanese toy maker trying to make amends for its Little Black Sambo toys is donating More than $250,000 in toys to poor children in the san Francisco Bay area this Christmas. Sanrio toy co. Also has stopped making the Sambo toys and two similar Black faced toys. Members of he congressional Jack caucus who have been fighting racial stereotyping by Japa Nese companies operating in the United states consider the Sanrio donation a major Victory. Of All the japanese companies we be been negotiating with they re the Only one thai has gone beyond an apology to come up with a plan with specific proposals said rep. Mervyn m. Dymally a Calif who is chairman of the con Gressional Black caucus. Sanrio came under attack in july when the Washington Post ran a Story describing inc popu Larity in Japan of stereotypical Black caricatures based on Little Black Sambo a children s Book figure created by British author Helen Bannerman in 1898. Sanrio executives apologized and yanked $ 15 million Worth of the offending Sambo f Lanna and Bibina characters from inc company s 3,000 boutiques throughout Japan. Last week executives of Sanrio s san Francisco based , subsidiary met with caucus my Mccre to propose a $257,000 toy distribution to poor children a Japan-. Chil Dren s Exchange and the development of multiracial characters for a monthly Magazine he company publishes. Homeless protesters arrested Philadelphia a Twenty nine homeless people protesting a Lack of housing were arrested across from the Liberty Bell on monday when they tried to occupy a Federal office building and an adjoin ing courthouse. Nearly so men and women a few holding children sought to enter the William Green Federal building on the Edge of Independence National historic parti. Group members said they planned a sit in in the ninth floor offices of . Sen. John Heinz r-pa., and hoped to set up a temporary homeless shelter in the building. The protesters were barred at the main Entrance and a scuffle ensued. Two Federal policemen were pushed to the ground but were not injured. Protestors then circled the building to the court House Side where Only people with a government id. Card or who could show they had business inside were allowed in. Peter Coles director of the Federal Security officers said he ordered All but two doors left open so business could not be hailed. The protesters distributed leaflets that demanded the government restore $2 billion for housing pro Grams that was Cut from inc Federal budget and Chan Ted what do we want houses. When do we want ?now." As the demonstration continued several protesters some Locking hands in a tight Chain began pushing and shoving. Cole then ordered Al doors locked inside and demonstrators chained the doors shut. When Federal workers jurors and attorneys were unable to enter the building . Attorney Michael Bateson on behalf of the general services administration went to . District judge Edward Cahn who issued under the urgent circumstances a temporary restraining order directing that those blocking the doors provide a path for people to get in and out. When the protestors refused to Budge Federal marshals and local Ponce moved in and carried 29 people to vans that took them to a Federal detention Center a protester is taken from the Philadelphia courthouse. Woman gets 6 months for role in 69 hijacking Uniondale . Api a woman who held a gun to the head of a 2-year-old boy and threatened to kill him during a 1969 sky jacking was sentenced monday to six months in jail and five years probation. Linda Joyce Grinage 39, in a tearful plea for leniency expressed remorse for her role in hijacking the plane from Ken Nedy International Airport to Cuba. "1 realize i endangered the lives of innocent people and 1 frightened them said Grinage  in the Albany area for about 10 years under the name Haz Vimr Keylina with her second Hus band Mylo Eytina and five children. She was arrested in july after the Fri received an Anonymous tip. She already has served All but 33 Days of the six month jail term. Grinage pleaded guilty aug. 17 to a charge of interfering with the Crew of the Eastern airlines Jet bound Tor Miami from new York on Jan. 2,1969. -.-,., she admitted helping her first Hus band Tyrone Ellington Austin Force inc plane to Havana by taking the boy Hov take. The child his Mother and 146 of hrs on Board were freed unharmed when the plane landed in Havana. Grinage said she had been beaten and terrorized by her. Husband who was killed by new York City police in a 1971 gunfight following a Bank  the stars and stripes40 years ago today.  nov. 9, 1948 the political committee of the United nations general Assembly formally charged Albania Bulgaria and Yugoslavia with aiding the communist guerrillas fighting the greek government. 30 years ago foe a. Nov. 9, 1958 Gem dealer Harry Winston announced that he would donate the Hope Diamond one of the world s largest Blue diamonds valued at almost ,$2 million to the smithsonian institution in Washington. 20 year Sago today. Nov. 9, 1968 five soviet soldiers defected to Sweden in protest of the Warsaw pact invasion of Czechoslovakia in August. J 0 years ago today. Nov. 9, 1978 president Carter s democratic party emerged from nationwide elections still holding big majorities in the Senate and House