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Re: Information Warfare
[email protected] wrote:
> NOVEMBER 11, 1996
> INFORMATION WARFARE
> U.S. sitting duck, DOD panel predicts
> BY BOB BREWIN AND HEATHER HARRELD ([email protected] and [email protected])
>
> The dependence of the United States on computers and communications systems to run
> its critical power, finance and transportation systems
> places the country at risk in the event of an information warfare (IW) attack,
> according to a report prepared by a top-level Defense Department
> advisory panel.
Sounds like we're going to need some strong legislation and
restrictive
regulations to deal with this problem...
> These recommendations included a controversial call for the Pentagon to
> have the legal power to protect nongovernmental portions of the
> infrastructure in the name of "the common defense."
Hey, am I goddamn psychic, or what?
> To defend DOD and critical nongovernmental systems against IW, the report
> recommends new legal authority that will allow "DOD, law enforcement and
> intelligence agencies to conduct efficient, coordinated monitoring of
> attacks on the critical civilian information infrastructure...."
Moderation of the CypherPunks forum is a start. Let's just hope that
it doesn't stop there.
Toto