Truth Comes Out In School Webcam Spying Case

Blake Robbins

The truth has started to come out in the Philadelphia school webcam spying case, Blake Robbins vs. Lower Merion School District, affirming a number of things the Judiciary Report stated all along.

It was revealed today, Harriton High's undisclosed webcam program that secretly spied on students through their school issued laptops, snapped THOUSANDS OF PHOTOS OF KIDS AND THEIR FAMILIES IN THEIR HOMES. Students were snapped without their knowledge and consent in different states of undress and while sleeping, among other things.

This confirms what the Judiciary Report stated weeks ago, that there must be many illegally taken webcam photos of students in their homes, currently there is no smart webcam that can only turn on when drug use or other illegal activity is present, as the way technology works, the cameras can only be programmed to snap indiscriminately every few minutes or hours, depending on what the IT tech programs it to do.

Robbins' lawyer also stated, Carol Cafiero, who ran from a deposition, invoking the Fifth Amendment, is a "voyeur" that derived personal gratification from secretly watching students in their homes through the webcams.

An email disclosed in court this week revealed, Cafiero saw spying on kids in their homes, through the secretly recording webcams, as her "own little soap opera" which is sick. Ironically, several weeks ago, the Judiciary Report wrote, the school board involved in this case perversely tried to have their own sick little reality show via secret webcams spying on unsuspecting people in their homes.

In that same article two months ago the Judiciary Report also stated, the Blake Robbins case has the signs of sick "voyeurism" and "voyeurs" written all over it.

As stated previously, voyeurism is a form of mental illness, sexual dysfunction and deep depravity that is a danger to society, as anyone that would go to the extraordinary lengths to perversely break that privacy barrier and secretly spy on someone in their home, is sick beyond belief and should not be roaming free among the public to victimize others.

As it stands, Florida, New York and California, among other states, have anti-voyeurism laws that criminalize spying on people in their homes. However, in researching the law, remarkably, in Pennsylvania, it is barely an offense.

However, said webcams on the students' laptops had the capability to record audio, which should constitute violations of wiretapping laws, rendering felony charges. One can equate it to child endangerment laws, in that a child does not have to be injured to prove guilt. The mere fact the child was placed in a dangerous situation that endangered the minor is enough for an indictment.

It should not matter that the mic/audio allegedly was not turned, as the webcameras snapped photos, the capability was there and without permission.

In closing, since 2005 the Judiciary Report warned the FBI, DOJ and the US Congress in writing that questionable people have the capability to spy on innocent people in their homes, as has been proven by Kabbalah's invasive criminal conduct against me and that something needed to be done on a government level to rein in this type of perverse criminal misconduct.

Nothing was done and in that, the FBI, DOJ and US Congress, failed miserably, with innocent kids in Philadelphia now paying a price for the government's dereliction of duty, as other perverts believed such misconduct could be done with impunity, hence the Lower Merion School District case.

That's the problem with ignoring crimes being committed against innocent people, deeming it acceptable collateral damage - someone, somewhere else of the same depraved mindset, will get the same idea, think it's okay and cowardly victimize the weakest in society. This time, the victims were defenseless children trying to get an education.

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Man Charged With Threatening U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor

U.S. Congressman Eric Cantor

Last week, the site reported news of Republican, U.S. Congressman, Eric Cantor, publicly complaining of death threats being sent to him and a bullet being fired through his office window, in the aftermath of President Obama's health care bill vote in the American legislature.

Today, authorities announced the arrest of 33-year-old, Norman Leboon, of Philadelphia, Pennsylvania, on charges of threatening a member of Congress and his family. He now faces 15-years in prison and a $500,000 fine.

STORY SOURCE: Man Arrested Accused of Death Threat Against Congressman

New Developments In The School Webcam Spying Case

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The Blake Robbins vs. Lower Merion School District spying case has taken a few more turns. Vice Principal, Lindy Matsko, is running from giving a deposition, as requested by the 15-year-old's lawyer, for fear "he will ambush her" in court.

Well, she and the school's management should have thought about that before they inexcusably confronted and ambushed a 15-year-old boy, with a photograph of himself in his bedroom, secretly taken by a school laptop's webcam, in misconduct they commissioned without his knowledge or that of his family.

It's amazing how people will engage in the perversion of spying on people in their homes, but when their illegal misdeeds are named and shamed publicly, they take the cowardly approach and run for cover.

I ask the site's readers, can you imagine someone coming up to you in a public setting, telling you what is going on in the privacy of your home, due to the illegal surveillance cams they have spying on you in your house. It is abominable and extremely perverted.

Vice Principal Lindy Matsko

The school's management deserves every bit of the shame being heaped upon them for this nastiness. It takes a deprave set of minds to do something like this.

The U.S. Judiciary Committee, a division of the Congress, has also scheduled a hearing into the spying case, as it has alarmed the nation and is quite sick.

The Robbins, all the other students and their families, deserve to know when they were spied on and the frequency thereof. Stop trying to launch a cover up. The case should proceed, the evidence uncovered, people imprisoned and laws enacted to ensure this perversion never transpires again.

There also needs to be laws barring the FBI from engaging in this type of misconduct, as they are currently doing the same to people in America, under the guise of law enforcement surveillance, when it is a sick invasion of privacy.

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STORY SOURCE:

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Oprah Settles Defamation Lawsuit

Nomvuyo Mzamane (left)

Last week, the Judiciary Report laid out the possible outcomes that could occur, regarding the defamation case against talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, a Philadelphia judge allowed it to proceed to trial, issuing a 128 page ruling.

Oprah Winfrey

Nomvuyo Mzamane, the former headmistress of Winfrey's school in South Africa, alleged she was defamed, as having been complicit in a sex abuse scandal that transpired against minors, via launching a cover up.

Oprah Winfrey (center)

A week ago the Judiciary Report stated, if Winfrey can't prove her claims in court, she would face a six to seven figure legal judgment against her. Well, Winfrey settled the case yesterday and met with the headmistress face to face. In other words, the trial is off.

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Posted Mar 23rd 2010 7:25PM - Oprah Winfrey has settled a defamation lawsuit with the former head mistress of her school for girls, according to Oprah's lawyers...

The trial was scheduled to begin Monday in Philadelphia, and Oprah was expected to take the stand. Lawyers for both sides say Winfrey and Mzamane met face to face before the settlement.

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Oprah Winfrey To Face Civil Trial For Defamation

Nomvuyo Mzamane (left)

Talk show host, Oprah Winfrey, has been sued in U.S. Court, by the former headmistress of her Africa based girls school. Nomvuyo Mzamane, filed suit against Winfrey for defamation of character, alleging the talk show host issued derogatory statements about her covering up a sex abuse scandal that transpired at the school in South Africa.

Nomvuyo Mzamane insists she did not cover up the abuse scandal and Winfrey's words to the press, rendered her unemployable for a year, ruining her name and costing her income. A judge in Philadelphia issued a 128 page ruling this week, stating the case can proceed, which means Oprah must settle or face a civil trial.

Oprah Winfrey (center)

If the former headmistress did actually know about the sexual abuse transpiring against the underage girls at the school and tried to cover it up, as Winfrey publicly stated and if Oprah can actually prove her claims in court, Nomvuyo Mzamane is going to owe the talk show host substantial legal fees.

However, if Nomvuyo Mzamane proves she did not engage in a cover up and had no knowledge of the abuse that was transpiring at the school, Winfrey is going to be forced to pay her six to seven figures, via a legal judgment.

The Judiciary Report commends the judge for attempting to ascertain the truth, regarding what truly transpired.

Oprah To Testify In Defamation Trial

Trial Tied Into South Africa Sex Abuse Scandal

Updated: 10:07 am EDT March 17,2010 - PHILADELPHIA -- Talk show host and media magnate Oprah Winfrey is expected to spend two weeks defending herself at trial in a defamation case linked to the sex-abuse scandal at her girls school in South Africa.

A federal judge this week refused to dismiss the suit filed by Winfrey's ex-headmistress, paving the way for a March 29 trial in Philadelphia.

The billionaire talk show host, as a named defendant, must be in court and has rearranged her TV production schedule to do so, her lawyers said in a recent court filing. She also appears likely to be called as a witness.

After the abuse complaints surfaced in 2007, Winfrey said she had "lost confidence" in headmistress Nomvuyo Mzamane and was "cleaning house from top to bottom." ...

http://www.wpxi.com

School IT Techs In Webcam Spying Case On Leave

Blake Robbins

The two school IT techs in the Blake Robbins v. Lower Merion School District have been placed on leave, in the fall out from the horrible invasion of privacy case, that saw a 15-year-old boy, photographed unaware in his own bedroom, by a webcam on a Harriton High School issued laptop.

Michael Perbix and Carol Cafiero have been placed on administrative leave and are stating the school ordered them to turn the cameras on each time. On March 6, 2010, they admitted the webcams are programmed to snap photographs of laptop users anywhere they are located "every 15 minutes."

The school IT Techs confessions on March 6, 2010 confirms what the Judiciary Report previously stated on February 22. 2010 in the article titled School’s Illegal Defense For Spying On Kids In Their Homes With Webcams, in that webcams with spyware attached to them, will trigger at timed intervals, as they currently cannot know when someone is seated in front of the unit doing drugs, as the school alleged regarding 15-year-old Blake Robbins, which turned out to be candy, not illegal pills.

Mike Perbix, computer administrator at Harriton High School

This means, as the site previously surmised, there is more than one photo of Blake and other students, who were caught unaware, when the school triggered the webcams to start snapping photos of them in different situations, without their permission or that of their parents.

That's called voyeurism and it is illegal in America. It also constitutes illegal wiretapping, as webcams come standard with sound and video. The intent to violate the law is clearly there, as meetings were taken before this spying program was implemented.

Oh and in more bad news, Lower Merion School District is not the only learning institution in the nation with such surreptitious spying capabilities installed on laptops.

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Police get Webcam pictures in school spy case

March 6, 2010 1:12 PM PST - Two IT employees at Pennsylvania's Lower Merion School District have been put on administrative leave, and pictures taken from Webcams on school-issued computers have been turned over to the local police department, according to the attorney of one of the employees now on leave.

Attorney Charles Mandracchia, who represents school district information coordinator Carol Cafiero, told Philadelphia TV station Fox 29 that that "they had a private Web site for some of these pictures for the Lower Marion Police Department to view and they were the only ones who could view it."

In February, the family of Blake Robbins, a 15-year-old student at Harriton High School filed a civil complaint in federal court against the district for allegedly using the Webcam on his school-issued laptop to take a photo of the student while he was at home. The district contends that cameras were only activated if a laptop had been reported lost or stolen. The district has since stopped using the tracking software to activate Webcams.

Speaking about his client and Michael Perbix, the other suspended IT staff member, Mandracchia said, "It was their duty to turn on the camera, but they would only do that if they received a request from the two high schools." He also said the pictures were "taken by the computer itself...every 15 minutes once the computer was open, but it was only supposed to be done if the computer was lost or stolen."...

http://news.cnet.com

Webcam Spying Vice Principal Gives Evasive Excuse

A Harriton High student and her mom speak of the invasive webcam spying

In a carefully worded legal statement, Lynn Matsko, the vice principal of Harriton High in Philadelphia, accused of confronting 15-year-old student, Blake Robbins, with a snapshot taken of him at home, using spyware placed on his school issued laptop, has denied any wrongdoing.

She said and I quote, "At no time have I ever monitored a student via a laptop webcam." I do not like her answer, as it is evasive. She said she did not monitor him at home, which is semantics, as she has refused to explain how she ended up with a webcam taken photo of Robbins at home in his bedroom.

15-year-old Blake Robbins

She can say that, but in the back of her mind, thanks to a lawyer think, "Yes, I did not monitor him in his bedroom, as I am not the school's IT tech, but I was passed the illegally taken photograph of a minor in his bedroom, that was snapped without his permission or that of his parents." 

Robbins father also received confirmation from Lynn Matsko that the school can remotely turn on the laptops, using spyware they installed before handing them out to students.

The school also admitted they have this capability, have used it and now due to a court order, deactivated the spy program, that has the capability to watch students and families in their homes.

Lynn Matsko

Though, the school has admitted activating the spyware to take snapshots of students in different situations, they too are claiming they did not do so to spy. Semantics once again.

It reminds me of America's weed answer to Bob Marley, former President, Bill Clinton, saying he tried marijuana, but never inhaled. If you say so, Bubba. Once again, semantics.

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Posted: Wednesday, 24 February 2010 12:26PM - The Harriton High school assistant vice principal who became embroiled in webcam spying allegations has spoken out for the first time about the case.

Lynn Matsko got special permission from the judge in this case to make a public statement, which has otherwise been under a gag order (see related story)...

The main point of the Lower Merion administrator's nearly six minute statement was to say in her own defense:

"At no time have I ever monitored a student via a laptop webcam."

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Judge Orders School To Desist Webcam Spying

Harriton High School

A Pennsylvania judge has ordered Harriton High to desist webcam spying, that saw them turn on the units in people's homes, via school issued laptops.

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The Judiciary Report is in agreement with the judge on this decision, via issuing an injunction, as there is no excuse in the world for spying on people in their homes.

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Federal judge orders Pa. schools to stop laptop spying

ACLU joins case as 'friend of the court,' claims schools violated students' 4th Amendment rights

February 23, 2010 02:04 PM ET - Computerworld - A federal judge yesterday ordered the Pennsylvania school district accused of spying on its students to stop activating the cameras in school-issued MacBook laptops.

Earlier in the day, the American Civil Liberties Union (ACLU) had asked the same court to let the organization file an amicus curiae, or "friend of the court," brief in support of the 16-year-old high school student's demand that his school be barred from turning on the cameras.

Yesterday, U.S. District Court Judge Jan DuBois issued a consent order that prevents Lower Merion School District of Ardmore, Pa., from "remotely activating any and all web cams embedded in lap top [sic] computers issued to students ... or from remotely taking screenshots of such computers."...

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Interviews On School Spying On Kids With Webcams

The Robbins family of the U.S. city, Philadelphia, were interviewed by a number of national network channels, regarding the egregious and criminal violation of their privacy, when faculty of their son Blake’s school, secretly watched him in their home via a school issued laptop.

The webcam was triggered by stealthily placed school software (see: spyware). It snapped photos that a vice principal confronted the 15-year-old boy with, accusing him of taking illegal drugs, via popping pills. It turns out the boy was popping Mike And Ike candies, which is perfectly legal, as it is confectionary, not crack.

Even if the little boy had been in his bedroom hitting the crackpipe like Ike Turner, it does not give the school the right to engage in warantless surveillance, by illegally turning on a webcam, via having it act as a hidden camera and unlawfully photographing and videotaping people in their homes without their knowledge or consent. It is a sick, deplorable, criminal violation of the Constitution.

Even the average judge would not sign a warrant to allow law enforcement to engage in such conduct against a minor. Rarely would they even sign such a warrant regarding an adult, as it is unconstitutional. Yet, the school bypassed the law and terribly violated the Robbins family.

Their daughter, who was also given a school issued laptop stated, she and her friends take the laptops into their respective bathrooms (toilet) when they shower, to listen to music while they bathe.

A number of other students are outraged as well and have come forward to state that on numerous occasions, the on light for the laptops webcams would turn on by itself, leading them to wonder if it was watching and recording them.

15-year-old Blake Robbins

However, the school clearly lied, previously labeling it a glitch. It was disclosed yesterday the school had triggered the webcams to turn on 42 times that they are willing to admit to, but something tells me it was more, as the complaints far outnumber that figure.

The school’s insufficient and illegal excuse is the webcams turn on when a laptop is reported lost or stolen, BUT THE ROBBINS FAMILY NEVER REPORTED THEIR LAPTOP MISSING OR PILFERED. There is no question the school did this.

Therefore, which criminal on Harriton High’s faculty turned on the webcam and spied on the minor in his home and by all accounts, numerous other kids attending the school.

Why did a school vice principal have photos of a 15-year-old in his home, taken by the secretly activated webcam.

Why did the school think they had a right to spy on families in their homes, when the Fourth Amendment expressly forbids such criminal misconduct?

Why did the school’s staff think it was permissible to do something so sick to children attending the school, that they secretly okayed a pedophilic program, not disclosed to parents or students, which granted them the illegal ability to turn on webcams without consent and watch teens and their families in their homes?

What are the names of the individuals that had access to the illegal images and videos of kids and their families, who were secretly watched in their homes, in various states of undress, when the webcams triggered and began filming?

Why is it being claimed the webcams had no sound, when it is a standard feature on such units?

Once again, it is very alarming that America has become a police state, with such serious privacy intrusions. The Constitution, a strong document that was put in place with good reason, as ALL nations need good privacy laws and human rights, is being terribly trampled.

Hopefully, the massive public outcry accompanying this scandal, will draw attention to the terrible issue of people being spied on in their homes via hidden cameras and audio bugs and new legislation will be enacted, with tougher penalties for such invasive crimes.

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Frequently, the green lights next to our iSight webcams will turn on. The school district claims that this is just a glitch. We are all doubting this now.

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School Officials Likened to "Peeping Toms"

Feb. 20, 2010 - Mom of Teen Viewed Remotely via Webcam Decries It; His Sister Says She and Her Friends Are "Petrified" by It.

(CBS/AP) The family that sued to get a suburban Pennsylvania school district to stop secretly viewing students at home via webcams on school-issued laptops is blasting the practice, though it's been halted...

Blake Robbins, the teen at the center of the controversy, told Hill it all began when Harriton High School administrators falsely accused him of selling drugs and taking pills; then said they had webcam images to prove it.

Blake says the pictures are of him eating candies.

Blake's mother, Holly Robbins, says she "was panicked" when she learned what was going on. "I thought this was just horrifying, that somebody could, especially the school, come into my home and spy on my son, and my daughter - she's 18 years old. And it was scary. It was like having a Peeping Tom."

Blake's sister, Paige Robbins, told Hill she "can say that on behalf of all of my girlfriends at Harriton, we were very scared, because we don't check to see if the lid is closed when we're changing. We take them in the bathroom when we're in the shower to listen to music. So, we're all petrified. We don't know who's on the other end watching us do whatever."...

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