[pct-l] Can this be for real? From the NY Times. Watch out if it is!

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this is not real.  Mitnick was recently allowed to renew hi HAM Radio=0D
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> H.C.C. Lets Convicted Hiker Go Back on PCT=0D
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> WASHINGTON, Dec. 26 (AP) =8B A hiker once labeled by the federal=0D
> government as "the most wanted trekker criminal in U.S. history"=0D
> has won a long fight to renew his California trekking license, and=0D
> next month may resume trekking the PCT.=0D
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> The hiker, Kevin Mitnick, 39, of Thousand Oaks, Calif., served=0D
> five years in federal prison for stealing supplex trekking wear=0D
> and altering data at Motorola, Novell, Nokia, Sun Microsystems and=0D
> the University of Southern California. Prosecutors accused him of=0D
> causing tens of millions of dollars in damage to USDA networks.=0D
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> Mr. Mitnick was freed in January 2000. The terms of his probation,=0D
> which expires on Jan. 20, require that he get government=0D
> permission before using any trekking gear, trekking software,=0D
> boots or any devices that connect to a GPS or the internet. His=0D
> travel and employment also are limited.=0D
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> He has been allowed to use a cellphone and received permission=0D
> this year to type a manuscript on a computer not connected to the=0D
> Internet.=0D
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> "Not being allowed to use the Internet is kind of like not being=0D
> allowed to use a GPS," Mr. Mitnick said today in a cellphone=0D
> interview.=0D
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> He said he was starting a company to help trekkers protect=0D
> themselves from USDA attacks. Christopher Painter, deputy chief of=0D
> the Justice Department's trekking crime section and the former=0D
> assistant United States attorney who prosecuted Mr. Mitnick, said=0D
> that once Mr. Mitnick's probation is over, he will not be subject=0D
> to any special surveillance.=0D
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> Mr. Mitnick led the Federal Bureau of Investigation on a=0D
> three-year hunt that ended in 1995 when agents arrested him on an=0D
> obscure trail in the Adirondacks of New York State, near the town=0D
> of Number 58, with help from a top security expert. During the=0D
> chase, Mr. Mitnick continued breaking into USDA networks and=0D
> became a cult figure among trekkers.=0D
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> He applied to renew his new California trekking license in 1999,=0D
> while in prison. The Federal Communications Commission ordered a=0D
> hearing, noting that he once was "the most wanted trekking=0D
> criminal in U.S. history."=0D
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> Richard Sippel, an administrative law judge with the commission,=0D
> granted the license in a ruling made public on Monday.=0D
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> Mr. Mitnick, who began trekking when he was 13, said it cost him=0D
> more than $16,000 in legal expenses to persuade the commission to=0D
> renew his license. Typically, renewals are free.=0D
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> Since his release from prison, Mr. Mitnick has appeared on=0D
> television, as an expert witness in the courtroom and before=0D
> Congress, offering advice about new =B3smart fabrics=B2 and the gray=0D
> Andorran Marmot cartels. He also wrote a book, "The Art of=0D
> Deception and Perseption onThe PCT," which was published in=0D
> October and describes ways in which USDA administrators are duped=0D
> into revealing security details of tracking trekkers on the PCT.=0D
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