>Date: Thu, 4 Jun 1998 14:21:28 -0700 (PDT) >From: Declan McCullagh <declanat_private> >To: politechat_private >Subject: FC: Senate talks martial law and Y2K; Indian nuke-hackers >MIME-Version: 1.0 >Sender: owner-politechat_private >Reply-To: declanat_private >X-Loop: politechat_private >X-URL: Politech is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ > > >http://cgi.pathfinder.com/netly/afternoon/0%2c1012%2c2038%2c00.html > >time.com / The Netly News / Afternoon Line >June 4, 1998 > >The Martial Plan > > Think the Year 2000 problem means mere elevator snafus? Try dealing > with a platoon of Marines who show up in your front yard to confiscate > your hoarded lentils. Sen. Robert Bennett (R-Utah) asked the deputy > secretary of defense at a hearing this morning what plans the Pentagon > has "in the event of a Y2K-induced breakdown of community services > that might call for martial law." John Hamre replied carefully, but > none too reassuringly, "We've got fundamental issues to deal with that > go beyond just the Year 2000 contingency planning. And I think you're > right to bring that up." Another distressing point that came up at the > Senate Armed Services committee hearing was the fact that the military > directs one quarter of U.S. air traffic. "You may be flying across the > country and an air traffic controller may be a military guy in certain > areas as opposed to it being an FAA person," Hamre said. Although the > FAA's head Y2K guru assured us this afternoon that the agency will > have its Y2K fixes complete by October 1998, the military appears to > be in much worse shape. And other countries? "We can be sure that > there will be social unrest in many parts of the world as a result of > Y2K," Bennett said. For the record, though, Bennett did say, "I am not > one of those who says that Y2K will automatically produce martial > law," and blamed "alarmists, extremists out there on the Internet" for > unnecessary scaremongering. --By Declan McCullagh/Washington > >Hackistan > > As if the accelerating arms race on the subcontinent weren't > disturbing enough, a group of hackers broke into the local area > network of India's Bhadha Atomic Research Center (BARC) and copied > five megabytes' worth of data, including e-mail between scientists and > files from India's nuclear research program. > >[...remainder snipped...] > > > >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >POLITECH -- the moderated mailing list of politics and technology >To subscribe: send a message to majordomoat_private with this text: >subscribe politech >More information is at http://www.well.com/~declan/politech/ >-------------------------------------------------------------------------- >
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