anonymous@miron.vip.best.com wrote:
NOVEMBER 11, 1996 INFORMATION WARFARE U.S. sitting duck, DOD panel predicts BY BOB BREWIN AND HEATHER HARRELD (antenna@fcw.com and heather_harreld@fcw.com)
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