****** From: Eric Cordian <emcat_private> Subject: American Death Squads To: cypherpunksat_private Date: Thu, 4 Oct 2001 15:38:58 -0700 (PDT) Barry McCaffrey, former Drug Czar, making an approved leak on how the US plans to deal with sub-national groups, their friends, and their supporters. It's not nice to taunt Happy-Fun-Superpower. http://www.cnn.com/2001/US/10/03/ret.mccaffrey.war.plan/ ----- WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Retired Army Gen. Barry McCaffrey, who was drug czar during President Clinton's second term, said in an online exchange last month that those against the United States in its war on terrorism would "be killed suddenly, in significant numbers and without warning." ... "We are going to disrupt these people through preemptive attack ... we will deceive them, we will run psyops on them, at selected points and times they will be killed suddenly, in significant numbers, and without warning." "Tomahawk missiles, 2000 pound laser guided weapons dropped from B2's or F22's at very high altitude, remote control, booby traps, blackmail and at places, small groups of soldiers or SEALs will appear in total darkness, blow down the doors and kill them at close range with automatic weapons and hand grenades" ... A U.S. military official who was shown McCaffrey's comments said they were the "insights of a very smart guy." Another official said they do not contain any national secrets, but they do accurately reflect the strategy the United States has adopted. In the words of this official: "It's the plan." -- Eric Michael Cordian 0+ O:.T:.O:. Mathematical Munitions Division "Do What Thou Wilt Shall Be The Whole Of The Law" ------------------------------------------------------------------------- POLITECH -- Declan McCullagh's politics and technology mailing list You may redistribute this message freely if you include this notice. Declan McCullagh's photographs are at http://www.mccullagh.org/ To subscribe to Politech: http://www.politechbot.com/info/subscribe.html This message is archived at http://www.politechbot.com/ -------------------------------------------------------------------------
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