Re: trusting the processor chip

[Bruce Marshall <brucem@wichita.fn.net>]

On Fri, 26 Apr 1996, Zach Babayco wrote:

> Actually, the report said that the NSA had made chips with a virus on 
> them, and that it supposedly knocked out some of their computers.  I 
> think it was U.S. World & News that ran the story as fact, and stood by 
> it even when it was proven to be false.  Makes you wonder if the media 
> bothers to do any fact-checking when reporting, especially when reporting 
> on computer topics these days.

    Fact-checking often takes second priority to releasing "ground 
breaking" news.  BTW, I stil have the original article that appeared 
about the NSA's alleged chip swap operation.

Bruce Marshall