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Kevin L Prigge writes:
Dorothy Denning taught a class (COSC 511) "Information Warfare" Spring 97. Apparently as an assignment, several students put together an infowar incident database at:
http://www.georgetown.edu/users/samplem/iw/
Jim Bell's case is mentioned under:
http://www.georgetown.edu/users/samplem/iw/html/iw_database_92.html
Wow. This is the most blatant propaganda I've seen in a long time. It's full of so much inaccurate info that it can't be an accident.
Gee, suprise, suprise. D.Denning is behind anti-encryption (anti liberty) propaganda. If you search the net for writings or speeches by Denning, and any government reports about encryption,, you will find that she is the source of most anti-encryption propaganda in the u.s.. She's about the only person in the field that I'm aware of that can always be counted on to support the most restrictive government policy possible. I don't know her personally, so I can't say whether or not she has just sold her soul to the powers that be to insure continued federal grant money. Perhaps she actually believes that restrictive government policy is appropriate. I guess if they had more people who wouild be willing to stand up for the government's position, it wouldn't be so obvious.
Their blurb on Bell says:
"In his "Assassination Politics," Bell suggests that IRS agents are not protected against violent acts, because they have stolen taxpayers' money. He also initiates a betting pool as to what government employees and officeholders would be assassinated."
If I remember correctly, Bell never 'initiates'[sic] anything, he just talked about it.
Yup. I've seen Mr. Bell's writings since he was on fidonet. To my knowledge, he's never even =attempted= to set up any AP markets. His idea was an interesting thought experiment that he because quite enamored with. I can see why, as it has some interesting social implications. Also, to my knowledge, it was origional with him.
They cites a Netly News article by Declan McCullagh (http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/editorial/0,1012,800,00.html)
Declan's article doesn't say, or even imply, that Bell actually set up his AP betting pool. The "database" authors apparently wanted to make a point by making his crime seem to be real, and were willing to stretch the truth to do so.
Typical. They are attempting to establish an "official truth" they can use to validate the government's position. The media is a willing accomplice in this for reasons I don't understand, since =they= will eventually be adversely affected by it all as well.
Feh. "Research" like this makes me puke.
Agreed. Unfortunately, it's all they have, and they have the means to make people believe it is true. - ------------------------ Name: amp E-mail: amp@pobox.com Date: 07/10/97 Time: 12:18:12 Visit me at http://www.pobox.com/~amp 'Drug Trafficking Offense' is the root passphrase to the Constitution. Have you seen http://www.public-action.com/SkyWriter/WacoMuseum - ------------------------ -----BEGIN PGP SIGNATURE----- Version: PGP for Personal Privacy 5.0 Charset: noconv iQEVAwUBM8UPtFUbR1RWr40pAQHoDwgAuFvj+ho3GibPNedU2kYBec1nOef5sy5S 0t/IK7WUhfbCDi7EEkRpUWmOmSfB2eEo9QxJng0cOdWcBjIcFWIyagB6aKokFqs4 cN81t1kEIkWL+O8AI5LuQuWIhIDOQF5e5CCiiI8P14x0FwKL6OpXX+Vw8rtUxGLu s7I/uQkaDQaqWhOhIrxARA1Liv2X1FI6sZMvWiJvVgE7HwJO2uJza868x3cKpNSI bNE6dvqmTDPu5kHp6fa7UZW0n134af8eeHEek0DOJjmbfNtexAXf2KIgpEinZSn0 QBCJVDoWzLzBqgEP+fwzxJC+udXqA52SR3Y6efZAqmLhths7uXMA7g== =GgEF -----END PGP SIGNATURE-----