Richard Danzig, new Navy Secretary, op-eds in the NYT today about the threat of "Non Explosive Weapons (NEW)," posed by WMD and information warfare. http://jya.com/mil-panic.htm He terms them "weapons of mass disruption" which may lead to mass panic and will require the military and law enforcement agencies to unite in a new kind of US national defense, while, you bet, at the same time obeying law against domestic military operations. In passing, he notes that the military has encryption to protect itself against information attacks but that the public and infrastructure does not. Cavalry to the rescue. Danzig's message is remarkably similar to the Kyl report noted here a few days ago, and may indicate what's long been coming in the way of deploying military forces while falsely proclaiming Posse Comitatus is being fulfilled. Or that the law is about to be changed to meet the urgent threats of the Info Age, media-decorted, to be sure, like WMD Freddy or our own media-terrifying Toto. Bruce Hoffman's recently published "Inside Terrorism," lays out the full panoply of outlaw and lawful terrorism, by groups and nations, cults and religions. Like the "Thugs" of India who killed 1 million over 1200 years -- an impressive persistence. Hoffman claims that terrorism works in most cases. The reasons why have been discussed here, though not his depth and range of successes. And that the military seldom knows what to do about it except to engage in even greater terrorism itself, particularly against perceived supporters of the enemy. That's food for thought for those calling for military protection at home, whether by the military or the increasingly militarized and armed LEAs and support agencies. This linkage of WMD terrrorism and information threats appears to be the policy strategy to demonize information in order to criminalize it. "Information threats" under this policy does not mean anything protected by the 1A or WTO copyright, see how it works, is that clear motherfucker, do you need a missile in the head to get the point you fucking terrorist, read the NEWs, this aint TV Cops, Joe 6-Pack, it's high-tech GI Joe sapping your bunker, night-vision video rolling, family suicide by Semtex.