We thank our sponsors: Internet Security Solutions New Dimensions International - Security Training HOMECOM Communications National Computer Security Association OPEN SOURCE SOLUTIONS, Inc. __________________________________________________ Infowar@infowar.com is brought to you in the the interest of an open, unclassified exchange of information and ideas as a means for advancement of Information Warfare related issues. Topics of discussion for this list include: Infowar, Electronic Civil Defense, Hacking, Defensive Techniques, Policy, Non-Lethals, Psyops, Chemical Warfare Agents and WMD. As the list expands we will adapt to the needs and desires of our subscribers. This is a MODERATED DIGEST format. __________________________________________________________ Infowar Sunday, January 12, 1997 Volume 02: Number 01 RE: Call for Anecdotes RE: The Media and Information Warfare RE: British PsyOps RE: Futuristic Battlefield RE: IWAR Journal RE: Discussion Forums Open ~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To: infowar@infowar.com From: Jules Siegel <jsiegel@mail.caribe.net.mx> Subject: Call for anecdotes Date: Fri, 5 Jan 1996 17:17:32 -0600 CALL FOR ANECDOTES I need your help. I'm a writer. My work has appeared in Playboy, Esquire, Rolling Stone, Best American Short Stories. You can examine my credentials at http://www.caribe.net.mx/siegel/jsiegel.htm I am currently researching the following article for American Reporter: The End of Privacy When the chief operating officer of a major telephone company can't keep his unlisted telephone number secret, you know the battle for personal privacy is pretty much lost. New York magazine found the address of reclusive novelist Thomas Pynchon through an on-line credit-card checking service in two minutes. Encrypting messages attracts attention and no secret remains secret very long when hackers with the skills of con men trick the unsuspecting into revealing passwords. So what would a world without privacy be like? Maybe it's not all 1984 -- honesty could be another by-product. I wonder if anyone might want to share: [1] Any unusually biting anecdotes that would fit the theme above? [2] Other sources of similar information? [3] Quotable opinions? I'm basically interested in personal opinions and experiences. Example: I received a reply from a writer who had been the subject of a searching expose and came out of it feeling liberated of her secrets. I think that as a practical matter privacy no longer exists, if it ever did. I think it's an illusion created by industrialism. Only hermits had privacy in the past. As we pass into the next phase of social evolution, I believe that our constructs will resemble animism -- that is they will be living or life-like, soft rather than hard, transparent rather than opaque. Today, the cost of maintaining secrets is beginning to outweigh the value. Yet we're still addicted to this illusion. What would a genuinely transparent world be like to those used to living behind masks? I'm also interested in comments on the following: [4] Electronic surveillance In last November's PC Computing, John Dvorak claimed that government intelligence agencies had set up remail services in order to check on people using them. In a private letter I received, a very sane but prudent journalist working for a mainstream newspaper cited fears of e-mail being read by intelligence agencies as a reason for not telling me something he had on his mind. Questions: What do we know about this sort of thing? What do are we doing about it? [5] Spying in the newsroom Earlier this year, The Miami Herald's Jim Hampton came out strongly against the CIA using reporters as spies in foreign country. What about in the United States? I have received information on more than one occasion about journalists on the payroll of intelligence and/or police agencies spying on their colleagues, as well as making trouble for specific targets, and helping squelch certain themes, among other activities. Question: Do publications tolerate this? Cooperate fully? If not, how do they handle these cases when they become aware of them? [6] Blacklisting The existence of black lists was very well documented in the wake of the McCarthy era. I'm sure we have good reason to believe that they still exist. Questions: Do electronic editorial black lists exist? Other fields? How do they work? How does a victim get off a black list? All replies will be fully attributed and I will send a checking copy of the final draft to anyone whose anecdote I use. Many thanks for your interest and cooperation. Jules Siegel http://www.caribe.net.mx/siegel/jsiegel.htm
From USA: http://www.yucatanweb.com/siegel/jsiegel.htm Mail: Apdo. 1764 Cancun QR 77501 Mexico Tel: 011-52-98 87-49-18 Fax 87-49-13 E-mail: jsiegel@mail.caribe.net.mx
To: Infowar@infowar.com
From: Daigle166@aol.com
Subject: The Media and Information Warfare
Date: Tue, 26 Nov 1996 22:14:59 +0000
Message-Id: <22145965403068@infowar.com>
Hi,
I am currently working on a thesis paper concerned with the subject of
information warfare as it relates to the media. Specifically, my research
question is:
"Is it morally and ethically acceptable for military commanders and staff
members to purposely mislead the media for the purpose of tactical deception
and information warfare against one's enemies?"
I will obviously be taking a look at both sides of this issue and would
appreciate any information you may have on the subject.
~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~~ To: "Winn Schwartau" <winn@infowar.com>
Cc: Infowar@infowar.com
Date: Tue, 7 Jan 1997 07:53:57 +0000
From: Maobrien95@aol.com
I'm looking for books that would detail British PsychOps, especially its
use in Northern Ireland. Thank you very much for your time.My e-mail:
Maobrien95@aol.com Respectfully, Frank O'Brien
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To: "Betty G. O'Hearn" <betty@infowar.com>
From: "Michael H. Sedge" <pp10013@cybernet.it>
Subject: Futuristic Battlefields
Date: Sat, 28 Dec 1996 12:56:54 +0100
Dear Betty,
Thanks in part to the input you provided and the quotes obtained through
your resources, I was able to produce a feature on Cyber Warfare that will appear in the February issue of ARMED FORCES JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL, and perhaps other publications around the world.
I am now working on a story which takes a look at the FUTURISTIC
BATTLEFIELD and seek experts for quotes, insight, products, etc. Such things as robotic soldiers and unmanned aircraft will be discussed, as well as warfare controlled from romote sites.
Any help, leads, manufacturers, etc., that you could provide would be
helpful.
Best regards & Happy New Year.
Sincerely,
Michael H. Sedge
ARMED FORCES JOURNAL INTERNATIONAL
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Date: Sun, 12 Jan 1997 21:29:26 -0500
To: infowar@infowar.com
From: "Betty G. O'Hearn" <betty@infowar.com>
Subject: IWAR Journal.
The Journal of IWAR Intelligence Acquisition - is now being made available at
http://www.iwar.org/.
This journal is published by William Church, a distinquished journalist in the field. Current Issue: Spring 1997: Information Warfare Threat Model.
Articles by Michael Wilson, Robert Steele, Philip H.J. Davies, Special
Report on the IPTF, and an interview with Winn Schwartau.
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From: "Betty G. O'Hearn" <betty@infowar.com>
Subject: Discussion Forums Open
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