Mitnick gets OK to consult, lecture, write
Reversing a previous decision, KevinMitnick's probation officers have given thenotorious cracker permission to lecture, work as a security consultant and write a column for a soon-to-be-launched Web site. Defense lawyer Donald Rudolph said the probation office specifically approved four assignments for the 36-year-old Mitnick: writing a column oncomputer magazines for Contentville.