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POLITICAL ESSAYS
Internet Storm Troopers
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Friday, February 10, 2006
Associated Press
U.S. Concludes 'Cyber Storm'
Mock Attacks
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The Troopers:
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"More than 115 government agen-
cies, companies and organizations
participated."
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The Superpower troopers "included
the White House National Security
Council, Justice Department, De-
fense Department, State Depart-
ment, National Security Agency
and CIA...."
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Puppet-government troopers inclu-
ded those "from...Canada, Austra-
lia and England...."
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Corporate troopers included those
"from Microsoft, Cisco, Verisign
and others...."
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This sinister mockery went on for
a week.
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Mockery?
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So much so it surprised AP. The
newsstory starts out:
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"The government concluded its...
wargame Friday, its biggest-ever
exercise to test how it would re-
spond to devastating attacks over
the Internet from anti-globaliza-
tion activists, underground hack-
ers and bloggers.
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"Bloggers?"
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Yes, AP.
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But AP foolishly defines them as
"online diarists whose 'Web logs'
include political rantings and
musings about current events."
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Sinister?
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Well, the week-long attack was
targeted at more than online di-
arists: it was "aimed at causing
a 'significant cyber disruption'
that could seriously damage ener-
gy, transportation and health
care industries and [thereby]
undermine public confidence...."
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Whole nations are to be attack-
ed and their will broken if they
dare challenge The Superpower!
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Naturally, The Superpower wishes
to retain absolute control over
the Internet...
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http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-
dyn/content/article/2006/02/10/AR2006021001457_pf.html
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