[41787] in North American Network Operators' Group
RE: World Trade Center attack
daemon@ATHENA.MIT.EDU (Terence)
Wed Sep 12 05:54:24 2001
Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 19:53:49 +1000 (EST)
From: Terence <terry@tdce.com.au>
To: Roeland Meyer <rmeyer@mhsc.com>
Cc: "'Nanog@Merit. Edu'" <nanog@merit.edu>
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On Wed, 12 Sep 2001, Roeland Meyer wrote:
> The problem is that we are lacking a target. Our Advanced Target
> Acquisition System (CIA) has been wandering around, minus a pair (what
> happened to all those '60's and '70's super spooks?) Meanwhile the FBI
> has been diddeling with CALEA (and mis-placing evidence), rather than
> doing its job. 'tis a fine fix we're in ... Dick Dastardly on the
> outside and the Keystoned Kops on the inside.
You're discounting the NSA, 7x the budget of the CIA, no "stay out of
this" rules, (they even spy on congress!) Lots of ex-mil personnel,
usually run by a Colonel or 1star General.
I s`pose this would be a bad time to rant "nuke 'em `til they glow!"?
tcgs
