Rauhauser Sucks Up to Redeemed Ex-Con, Plays Up Connection to Cyberwar Expert, And Lifts Up a Domestic Terrorist

Howard Berkowitz according to NANOG: Netcases.net Author of four books so far, former Layer3Arts, Convergent, ANI, Nortel and some secret government work.
The following emails were posted to Paul Lemmen’s blog earlier. These are emails from Neal Rauhauser to Paul with some correspondence where Brett Kimberlin and Jeannie McBride were included. I’ve interacted with Paul several times on Twitter. He seems like a “no bullshit” kinda guy. Neal claims that Paul was picked for this correspondence due to Paul’s understandable withdrawal from the National Bloggers Club, and a connection to Howard Berkowitz from their time working together at Layer 3 Arts. Hell, none of us at The Trenches have ever been part of that echo chamber eunuchorn clique. However, I did donate a whopping $35 when they were calling for donations to help with legal bills for their case. Yes, hate me for being a tightwad. How much did you donate? Anyway… lawfare is expensive, AMIRIGHT?! I’d love to be a fly on the wall listening to Neal and Brett plotting the next move in their “strategy”.
There are some interesting aspects about these emails. One is that Neal reveals his utter disdain for one of The Trenches’ new writers, Patrick Read, and a few others, like Seth Allen, Aaron Walker, Robert Stacy McCain, Patrick Frey, David Matthew Stewart, ZAPEM, Mike Stack (the first guy SWATted in this whole nasty affair), Aaron Walker, Greg W. Howard, and Mandy Nagy. If this is all about a personal grudge, Mr. Asperger’s (yes, he admits it again in these emails – legal defense?), then you’re pretty damned tenacious.
My favorite line from the entire exchange: “I can think of no one more redeemed + active than brett. He’s basically the shadow 96th us atty’s office – hardcore anti-corruption ninja. Hook him up?” I can barely muster a straight face trying to unpack the silliness of that statement. Brett Kimberlin is a domestic terrorist who injured people with bombs, and he was suspected of killing a woman over his infatuation with a little girl, according to media, police, and court records AND WHO ALSO PLOTTED TO KILL WITNESSES AND A US ATTORNEY. But… Neal tries to frame Brett as a shadowy force for good in the 96th US Attorney’s Office. FMFFS!
Also, note in the emails that Neal is still indenting his paragraphs in emails, just like “Gaped Crusader”. This name will become relevant soon. Seriously, who indents their paragraphs in emails, other than Neal and Gaped, I mean?
There’s another interesting aspect to these emails that no one else has covered in any detail, regarding Howard Berkowitz (is that German?) and his connection to the intelligence community. He’s written several books on computer networks, and scores of Wikipedia articles and tidbits on everything from computer networking/security, cyberwar, counterintelligence, psyops, to cat herding (not kidding), pharmacology “especially Clonazepam, Gabapentin, Zolpidem and Triazolam” (interesting drugs of choice), and politics & “civil liberties”.
Here are Mr. Berkowitz’s thoughts on politics and civil liberties:
I consider myself a Recovering Republican, from the days when there was still a place for people that could deal with both civil liberties and a responsible social system (i.e., Frank Meyer fusionism )
There was no question I went through an Ayn Rand phase, but I was 18 at the time. I’d say that it was a sad day when I realized I’d never get a date with Dagny Taggart or Dominique Francon, but the reverse is vaguely true: I met my first wife at a Young Republican meeting, where I was the only person that knew what a libertarian was. So, she did get a date with Howard.
While I certainly oppose centrally planned economies, I believe the Tragedy of the commons will hit a totally unregulated market.
I am a strong supporter of one race: the human one. The United States is no longer a melting pot in which individual cultural contributions are homogenized, but my vision is one of a salad bowl, where cultural contributions are recognizable, harmonious, and contribute to a larger whole. Usually, I’m rather happy to be called politically incorrect.
While I do regret not getting the last three merit badges for Eagle Scout, and I did do some adult scouting as a merit badge counselor, I regretfully will not associate with the Boy Scouts of America as long as they continue spiritual and sexual discrimination.
How anti-American do you have to be to “not associate with the Boy Scouts of America”? Mr. Berkowitz is a former Randian and Republican. Now he pines for collectivism, Keynesianism, and for the Boy Scouts of America to have their little innocent bottoms spanked with the homosexual mafia’s agenda. That’s a helluva a life-change, Howard.
Remember when I joked on Twitter that since Neal knew the swatter was one of his Beandog buddies, he should collect Kimberlin’s $10,000 reward for information leading to the arrest of the SWATter?
since the velvet panty wearers or whatever the hell they're called are offering the $10k for the swatter, why isn't neal collecting? right?!
— brooks bayne (@brooksbayne) June 13, 2012
I must be clairvoyant, because Neal says in one of the emails to Paul a couple days prior, “I’m going to see if I can claim the $10,000 reward Kimberlins’ NGO is offering.” Neal, you’re right there in an email thread with Kimberlin chatting Paul up. How hard is it to respond to Brett and say, “The SWATter is _____” and collect your $10,000? You don’t think anyone is buying this nonsense do you, Neal?
The only place I agree with Neal (stop the world, right?), is where he speculates about Ali’s agenda for being involvement with the Tea Party as being an opportunistic one. I’ve called Ali out very publicly on Twitter for this very thing. Even a broken clock… eh, Neal?
I’ve included blog post from Paul’s site in full. If you’ve already read his post there’s nothing new to see below save for the last paragraph. Paul sets up the exchange:
To put the emails I received — and answered — in context, I am posting the entire exchange.
This exchange began, apparently, in response to a post I made last week about withdrawing support for the National Bloggers Club because of unanswered questions and doubts about the club and it’s founder Ali Akbar. This was engendered by revelations about his past criminal activities and what I consider valid questions that need to be answered.
Apparently Neal felt that by writing that post, I was somehow defecting from the conservative cause. I have not. To the emails:
(Nota Bene: I have redacted Neal’s email address and telephone number from these emails out of courtesy to him. Every thing else is as written and received via my email address.)
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | [email protected] | ||
| cc: | Justice Through Music <[email protected]> | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 8:46 AM | ||
| subject: | Post about Ali Akbar | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com | ||
| signed-by: | gmail.com |
Paul,
I have removed the attached pdfs as my hosting provider will not allow them to post properly. On to my response:
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| cc: | Justice Through Music <[email protected]> | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 10:56 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: Post about Ali Akbar | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
I do recall you Neal. I will take my time to digest all you have sent me before I decide what to do. I am being as judicious as possible in the interest of honesty and complete openness as you can tell by my blog and specifically my post about Ali Akbar, flying in the face of agenda and political considerations. I guess that as a constitutional conservative many of those on the right do not see eye-to-eye with me or my core beliefs.
Paul
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| cc: | Justice Through Music <[email protected]> | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:01 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: Post about Ali Akbar | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Take as long as you need, ask as many questions as you want. This has been two years in the making, it’ll take a while to unwind.
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 11:02 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: Post about Ali Akbar | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Thanks Neal.

| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | Paul Lemmen <[email protected]> | ||
| cc: | Justice Through Music <[email protected]> | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:24 PM | ||
| subject: | Understanding what happened /w Aaron Walker | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Paul,
First, the following people write about things and they tend to produce good background information, even though both are ideologically biased.
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | jeanniemcbride@redacted, Paul Lemmen <[email protected]> |
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| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 3:40 PM | ||
| subject: | Jeannie McBride / Paul Lemmen intro | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |

Jeannie,
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| cc: | jeanniemcbride@redacted | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 4:55 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Jeannie McBride / Paul Lemmen intro | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Small correction, I’m in Florida now … I’m intrigued and my curiosity has been piqued. Please, give me a data dump so I can tie things together.

| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:08 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Jeannie McBride / Paul Lemmen intro | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 5:27 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Jeannie McBride / Paul Lemmen intro | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Got them. As you said, like trying to eat an elephant at one sitting. You know I read fast and am a quick study from the Kuwait debacle (I got screwed worse than poor Howard). Let me begin wading in the cesspool …
| from: | jeanniemcbride@redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:40 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: Jeannie McBride / Paul Lemmen intro | ||
| mailed-by: | redacted |
Neal and I have common enemies. I’m conservative, he is a Dem. however we don’t discuss politics. If you know what happened to Neal, then my story is similar, as far as my family being threatened. The story was long and tedious. Going back 2 years now. However SwiftRead and his cronies still will not give up.
I will try and give you a link if you don’t have it already to SwiftRead’s blogspot. It changes with his mood, and he even changes OLD blogs to reflect his viewpoint of the week.
Right now he is desperately trying to find a link from Rauhauser to Brett Kimberlin. I think I spelled that right. At this juncture if they spelled Swift’s name correctly he would try and link the Pope to anyone controversial. Swift’s want of power and fame knows no bounds.
Check out this site: http://swiftread.blogspot.com/
That is his latest blog complete with half truths and out and out lies to bolster Swiffer’s ego.
J.
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | jeanniemcbride redacted | ||
| cc: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Tue, Jun 12, 2012 at 10:46 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: Jeannie McBride / Paul Lemmen intro | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Thanks for responding. The data overload is huge so I may be several days in responding. I’m old fashioned and in unraveling spaghetti, I graph-out on paper all the interconnections in order to visualize the data and understand it. Neal knows all about that method as regards large data warehouses and this, by needs, must be considered thus.
Thank you for the information.
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | Paul Lemmen <[email protected]> | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:09 PM | ||
| subject: | Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Howard landed soft after Iraq stuff. He is really not well – one of my friends and I moved him to St. Louis, where he had a nice finished basement space with a long time friend. He has some perceptual/judgment trouble – not showering unless brow beat into it, not eating right despite diabetes, and he’d go off into a fugue state of some sort at random intervals. I really thought he didn’t have long to live, but he still seems to be puttering along – I think I saw something from him last year on LinkedIn. This has apparently been the case for many years – his fellow author friends knew and are either worn out from caring for him, or they just understand that is the way he is and there is nothing to be done about it.

| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:24 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:37 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Howard wore me out, too – fantastic rolodex, but he’d go off into the stratosphere on even a little job. I got two solid years of good work out of the intros he made, and I think we left him in as good a place as we could by getting him to St. Louis. For this one if you’re feeling the need I think I would hunt him up, apologize, ask what he’s been up to – prompt him to find out if he’s got the professional LinkedIn, and if not it’s like $120 for six months – that’s his favorite place to play and if he can’t roll a funded account it would be a major life upgrade if someone provided that for him.
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:50 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |

| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:52 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Oh, shit. Well apology it is then. I feel ya on the kidney stuff – mine are polycystic, been causing trouble since 2000 or so, and I got Lyme in 2007, so I’m basically consultant or not working at all – I have lots of fatigue issues – will have a good month or even two, then a week straight of afternoon naps if I eat the wrong thing even one day.

| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 6:56 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Same same here. afternoon naps, fall asleep after every meal, can’t walk without a cane and even then, a hundred feet saps my strength.

| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Mon, Jun 11, 2012 at 7:20 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Howard Berkowitz | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Everyone’s life is the same length – beginning, end, and the middle stretches from point A to point B. It’s how you use it that matters. You’ve done some crazy, epic shit over the years, like Catch Me If You Can in real life. Now you’re on final approach, and you’re cleaning house hardcore, like few I’ve ever seen since I went through my big change about twenty years ago. Humbles me, it does, to see someone testing the line between rigorous honesty and brutal honest, which is your last epic move ![]()
You want a final bit of service work, take the time to read through that crap I sent you, and call bullshit where you see bullshit. I swear these guys are trying to drag us into a civil war, and the whole thing is such a muddle now the real journalists are afraid to touch it. I got more to show you, gotta dig out files and stuff … you had Iraq, I got this stuff, it’s been one hairy escape after the next for the last two years, and I really hope this is the beginning of the end. I am so tired of it – had to change careers, move twice, lost two good women over this crap. Fixing to break into my serenity a bit, this thing, and I hope they find someone else to obsess over.

| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:12 AM | ||
| subject: | update on @ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Perhaps my call for him to step down regarding dishonesty is having an effect?

| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:24 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: update on @ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:24 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: update on @ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:37 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: update on @ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Did you do the Ignatian Disciplines stuff? I had a friend/mentor who did that when he was in his 70s … I took a very different path – converted to Buddhism about a decade ago.

| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:42 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: update on @ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Thus, a drive to expose TRUTH as the antidote to the lies and deception of modern political life that tears down our society and individual freedoms and liberty. Without truth, blunt, honest truth, there can be no ability to live sabctified and moral lives.
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 11:44 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: update on @ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 12:34 PM | ||
| subject: | follow up | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:29 AM | ||
| subject: | More? | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
There are still some holes and I’m sure you have more to send me … I’m ready for another data dump.
This is going to make my longest post ever, lots of graphics showing relationships to make it easier to understand the timeline and relationships. I’ll even send you some sections prior to publication for your comments …
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 8:50 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: More? | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Have you talked to qritiq yet? She’d be one of the best sources for Weiner events – she seems to despise all parties involved equally.

| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:06 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: More? | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
Remember, I am a rank novice at this political stuff, only really getting into it this January. Much of the events occurred either prior to my release from prison on 4Jan2010 or in the immediate aftermath when I was struggling with my health and fighting Social Security for my disability while living on zero income and still being required to make restitution payments that exceeded my income.
Any and all data you can provide or hook me up privately via email with the individuals involved, the better foe my understanding and my ability to expose the lies.
FYI, I’ve been contacted by The Today Show special investigations producer Sandra Thomas about redemption and involvement in political speech. That would be a very powerful medium to be able to expose this …
| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:20 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: More? | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 9:24 AM | ||
| subject: | Re: More? | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
| from: | lemmen [email protected] | ||
| to: | neal rauhauser | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 4:59 PM | ||
| subject: | Ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |
I guess I hit a very sensitive spot. Ali has commented four times on my facebook account trying to get me to retract my post and trying to convince me how honest and kind he is. Methinks he doth protesteth too much!

| from: | neal rauhauser redacted | ||
| to: | lemmen | ||
| date: | Wed, Jun 13, 2012 at 5:01 PM | ||
| subject: | Re: Ali | ||
| mailed-by: | gmail.com |


Here ended the email exchange. I have not received any emails from Neal since. I have included my responses in order to provide context and accuracy as well as in the interest of brutal honesty. They show that I was being disingenuous with Neal in an attempt to draw him out and to reveal more of the inner working of his mind as well as to elicit connections to other players on the opposition.
More attempts at disinformation, some insight into psyops and cyberwar vis-à-vis his former co-worker and friend Mr. Berkowitz, and an airing of his personal beefs in this “dramedy” of errors. I sent Neal an email requesting an interview. Still haven’t heard back. Anytime, Neal. Door’s open. However, the window of opportunity is closing quickly. I think you know this.
Also, Germans.







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