David Koontz expresses alarm:

I heard last night the the 3rd Battalion of the 12th Special Forces is at Moffett, and that they wanted to modify a building to allow repelling practice.

I personally can't think of any reason for an elite fighting force to be stationed in an area of urban sprawl.

Has anyone noticed any other elite forces being located in high population areas?

So? Lots of military bases are near urban areas. I haven't seen this report before, but my hunch is that the plan is to use the large dirigible hangars (some of the largest buildings in the world, built in the 1920s and 30s) for the rappelling exerices. Just a hunch. In any case, since there aren't many other tall buildings around here likely to be occupied in the Coming Crisis (tm) by Cypherpunk Criminals (tm) and other CyberTerrorists (tm), I hardly think there's a correlation between where this merry band of Special Forces guys does their training and where, if anyplace, they get deployed. Do you think there's a correlation? In any case, guys rappelling down buildings is the least of our reasons for paranoia. --Tim May -- .......................................................................... Timothy C. May | Crypto Anarchy: encryption, digital money, tcmay@netcom.com | anonymous networks, digital pseudonyms, zero 408-688-5409 | knowledge, reputations, information markets, W.A.S.T.E.: Aptos, CA | black markets, collapse of governments. Higher Power: 2^859433 | Public Key: PGP and MailSafe available. "National borders are just speed bumps on the information superhighway."

I heard last night the the 3rd Battalion of the 12th Special Forces is at Moffett, and that they wanted to modify a building to allow repelling practice.

This is not a cypherpunks topic. Please do not reply on the list to this message. Eric