10-2-95. W$Japer: "Internet Users Spooked About Spies' New Role." Web Review reported last week that the company in charge of assigning domain names, Network Solutions Inc., had been acquired by Science Applications International Corp., a closely held company which has many former intelligence and defense officials on its board. Web Review raised questions about whether SAIC is acting as camouflage for the government. Users of the Internet, which was originally created as a communications medium for Defense Department researchers, are reacting to the news with hostility. "I don't want a spook corporation, particularly a private spook corporation, to be anywhere near a control point on the global cooperative Internet," says James Warren. SAI_cya (8 kb)