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To: Travis McGee

Part of the reason this stuff is classified is that the source for the intel is extremely sensitive. We don't want the bad guys to know just how much of their electromagnetic signalling we detect and analyze. (The second part is the really classified part.)

10 posted on 11/30/2004 5:13:58 AM PST by Poohbah (Crush your enemies, see them driven before you, and hear the lamentations of their women!)

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18 posted on 11/30/2004 6:21:57 AM PST by ASA Vet (What if there were no hypothetical questions?)

"Part of the reason this stuff is classified is that the source for the intel is extremely sensitive. We don't want the bad guys to know just how much of their electromagnetic signalling we detect and analyze. (The second part is the really classified part.)"

True, but remember that there is more to the world than just military intel. I come from the days when Van Eck units were routinely used to display targeted firms' computer screens remotely...quite useful for civilian corporate espionage and counter-intel operations.

Frankly, even the civilian corporate world is engaging in some pretty sophisticated EM sniffing these days. Greed is a powerful motivator for technological advances, and some of that civilian tech will be applicable to military Intel.

And the civilian tech is by definition not "classified."

26 posted on 11/30/2004 11:03:32 AM PST by Southack (Media Bias means that Castro won't be punished for Cuban war crimes against Black Angolans in Africa)

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