>Date: Wed, 04 Feb 1998 19:21:57 -0500 >To: cypherpunksat_private >From: John Young <jyaat_private> >Subject: STOA Assessment of Techno-Control > >We've transcribed the Euro-Parliament STOA report, >"An Appraisal of the Technologies of Political Control," >6 January 1998, a portion of which was offered earlier >by Axel Horns and Ulf Möller. > > http://jya.com/stoa-atpc.htm (295K text + 210K images) > >Zipped version: > > http://jya.com/stoa-atpc.zip (314K) > >It's a grim assessment, revealing more than most of us want to >face about the dark side of high technology, especially what >the most technologically advanced nations are deploying, and >building to sell to the worst of humanity, and how export laws >are flaunted to cut criminal deals in defiance of high-minded law >and public policy. > >It demonstrates that he national security heritage continues, >sharing military technology with governmental outlaws around >the globe. > >And the US is leading the market. > >It would be cathartic for this report was widely read, pondered, >then acted upon, in the US and globally. Kudos to the European >Parliament for sponsoring it. And congratulations to the authors >and the beleaguered organizations who've been trying for years >to diminish this over civilized madness, to jolt us out of >techno-narcosis. > >There's much in the report that's been discussed here, and much >more that has not but deserves to be. > >The full report is 112 pages, 50 pages of main body, 13 >pages of notes and 25 pages of bibliography. We've >not yet transcribed the detailed bibliography. > >As noted earlier, the contents are: > >Abstract >Executive Summary >Acknowledgements >Tables and Charts >1 Introduction >2 Role and Function of Political Control Technologies >3 Recent Trends and Innovations >4 Developments in Surveillance Technology >5 Innovations in Crowd Control Weapons >6 New Prison Control Systems >7 Interrogation, Torture Techniques and Technologies >8 Regulation of Horizontal Proliferation >9 Conclusions >10 Notes and References >11 Bibliography [Not yet transcribed] >Appendix 1. Military, Security & Police Fairs. [Not provided with report] >
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