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To: Gabrielle Reilly
Richard Clarke made some sensible comments on Good Morning America on ABC News (American Broadcasting Company) this morning. He said (paraphrased - it isn't transcripted yet) it might not have been caused by terrorists or hackers but to say right now that it absolutely couldn't have been terrorists was premature, that there was no way to know that at this point and one should keep an open mind.

He said that a Sandia team had proven many times that the system could be hacked and that infosecurity standards (and voluntary ones, at that) had only just been adopted Wednesday.

Looks like another hot day in the East. It might be hard to bring power back up quickly as all those air conditioners come back on.

I wonder how electricity deregulation helps or hurts this. Normally deregulation helps rationalize excesses in capacity into lower costs. But maybe we want some excess capacity.

28 posted on 08/15/2003 6:39:12 AM PDT by pttttt
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29 posted on 08/15/2003 8:01:36 AM PDT by Afronaut
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