Re: Fighting the cybercensor
Sean Roach wrote:
At 08:15 PM 1/28/97 -0800, Steve Schear wrote:
I think a hole in your thinking is to assume that the assasins have no motive other than financial gain. I would submit that there are those that have the skills, training and a political agenda coherent with the wagerers, lacking only the financial incentive to make the risks acceptable. These wetworkers won't consider accepting the bribe of the rich/powerful
This may be true, but the example was to show how easy a defensive line could be thrown up around the powerful. For example, conventional body guards could be included, ones with no real pay but with the fore knowledge that they will be buried with the tyrant. These body guards could be ten children out of each local village. Merely a human shield.
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In Prizzi's Honor, Nicholson sez "If you try to hide in a submarine on the bottom of the ocean, we will find you". But it's not even that difficult. Lob a missile into the place and blow it up. Earth penetrators are getting better too, for the Sadaam types. And there's a zillion more. Does this "rich person" really want to spend his/her life living in a sealed tomb?
Yep. Chemical Biological Weapons (CBW), the choice of many future terrorists and assassins, can now be produced by anyone with a solid background in organic chemistry or microbiology and a relatively modest amount of funding (< USD 10,000). Delivery can be by any number of means, including: static (e.g., planted at a location in wait for the target and remotely triggered, for example by a pager. Cost less than USD 500) or dynamic (e.g., a small remotely piloted or autonomous aircraft, for example, a modified giant-scale RC plane. Cost less than USD 3000 if remotely controlled, USD 5000-10,000 if autonomous using DGPS guidance). EE experience is assumed. If the assassin is unconcerned with collateral damage his success depends only on knowing where his target will be and when. Since CBW agents can have a considerable kill zone there is no need for 'crosshair' accuracy. --Steve
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