As of February 18, 2010, we have received two notices from the U.S. Secret Service regarding the Network Intrusion Responder Program course that was made available on January 21, 2010. The second notice requests the removal of the NITRO course as well as another document, First Responder Computer Forensics, which has no protective markings and was made available on December 26, 2009.
The NITRO course has been mirrored by Cryptome.
The first notice was received on February 12, 2010:
Subject: US Secret Service posting 21 Jan 2010 on publicintelligence.net
From: “BRIAN RUSSELL (CID)” <Brian.Russell@usss.dhs.gov>
Date: Fri, 12 Feb 2010 17:41:00 -0500
To: <legal@publicintelligence.net>
CC: “JASON JUSTUS (CID)” <Jason.Justus@usss.dhs.gov>To whom it may concern,
Please take this e-mail as an official request to remove the above listed posting as well as the five .pdf files and the zip file containing the five separate files. These items are marked as law enforcement sensitive and were not intended for non LEO consumption. The original source of your information did not have the authority to post these documents on a publicly available server and removed access to them immediately after being requested to do so. Please respond to this e-mail as to your intentions in this matter. I appreciate your assistance.
Brian Russell
USSS-NCFIAll e-mail to/from this account is subject to official review and is for official use only. Action may be taken in response to any inappropriate use of the Secret Service’s e-mail system. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, law enforcement sensitive, or subject to other disclosure limitations. Such information is loaned to you and should not be further disseminated without the permission of the Secret Service. If you have received this e-mail in error, do not keep, use, disclose, or copy it; notify the sender immediately and delete it.
The second notice was received on February 17, 2010:
Subject: U.S. Secret Service manuals “NITRO” and “Responder Forensics”
From: “MAX MILIEN (GPA)” <Max.Milien@usss.dhs.gov>
Date: Wed, 17 Feb 2010 16:00:23 -0500
To: <legal@publicintelligence.net>Dear Sir or Madam:
It has come to our attention that you are using Secret Service materials on your website in connection with other promotional material. We ask that you please remove the reference materials “NITRO” and “Responder Forensics” from your website.
These are Secret Service materials and were not intended for public consumption. Your attention in this matter is appreciated.
Thank you,
Max Milien, Jr
Staff Assistant/Spokesman
United States Secret Service
Office of Government and Public Affairs
Public Affairs Program
202/406-5708 (office)All e-mail to/from this account is subject to official review and is for official use only. Action may be taken in response to any inappropriate use of the Secret Service’s e-mail system. This e-mail may contain information that is privileged, law enforcement sensitive, or subject to other disclosure limitations. Such information is loaned to you and should not be further disseminated without the permission of the Secret Service. If you have received this e-mail in error, do not keep, use, disclose, or copy it; notify the sender immediately and delete it.
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