Posted on 07/22/2008 11:03:58 AM PDT by pabianice
What do you get when you combine U.S. militarism, fantasies of domination and an administration that views the internet as a hot-bed of “evil-doers” and “subversives”? Cyber Command, of course! Only this scheme has the potential of inflicting massive suffering on civilian populations across the planet.
Currently situated at the secretive Barksdale Air Force Base in Louisiana, Air Force Cyber Command, the newest Pentagon command since the 1990s, is dedicated to the notion that the “next war” will be fought in the electromagnetic spectrum, one that envisions computers as “network-centric” weapons.
With a unified organizational structure and a $2 billion budget for the first year of operations, Cyber Command is touted as the next “big thing.” According to a recent piece in Air Force Times, Cyber Command “has established 17 new enlisted and officer Air Force Specialty Codes — creating major changes in the career paths of more than 32,000 airmen.”
Eventually, if Air Force securocrats have their way, it “will grow into one of the service’s largest commands.” With a mission to “deceive, deny, disrupt, degrade, and destroy” an enemy’s information infrastructure, the potential for mischief on the part of American “warfighters” and “public diplomacy” black propaganda specialists shouldn’t be underestimated.
don’t know how secretive Barksdale could be when the main drag in Bossier City runs right by the front gate.
Cyberdyne Systems? When is it predicted to become self-aware?
LOL!
I remember going shopping for a dress on Cannery Row along Monterrey Bay, just below the Presidio of Monterrey Army Base where I lived in a barrack. A sales woman asked where I lived and I told her at the Language school up at the Presidio.
Real quick, she said “Oh! At the spy school!”
Really secretive, just like at Barksdale.
If we design it, the willing contractor will have the Chinese will build it for us (and they steal the design while building it). The Chinese will also implement it before our system comes on line and also receive all future upgrades as soon as they hit the field.
Until we get serious about personnel security, we will have no personal security.
willing = winning
Don't worry, dude - they aren't interested in shutting down your Leftist blog. ;)
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