The author of the Iron Mountain Report was interviewed on PBS a few weeks ago. It was a really over-the-top parody published in 1967. A quick AltaVista search turns up several references to the Iron Mountain thing being a hoax, and at least two militia-type conspiracy wacko pages insisting that it's true. Every once in a while, I get mail asking whether I really have contacts in Sendero Luminoso, since a bit of satire I wrote was quoted in the Web Review (which made no attempt to contact me before printing the satire as my position). Truth is far more fragile than fiction. -rich On Wed, 24 Apr 1996, Martin Minow wrote:
Some years ago the federal government set up a special [inaudible] group. For two-and-a-half years they met in secret at Iron Mountain, New York. Their findings were called "Report from Iron Mountain on the Possibility and Desirability of Peace." Their document, by some of the leading thinkers, was suppressed. Later, it was printed in a limited edition, with the *names* removed. Some were shocked by what they read.
I've read the Report from Iron Mountain (I bought it about 20 years ago, and I believe that it's currently available in paperback). While it *could* be legitimate, I think it may be more approprately filed next to Johnathan Swift's Irish cookbook.
Martin Minow minow@apple.com