Comments on: US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

US plans to 'fight the net' revealed

Postroad — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:29:12 -0800

US plans to 'fight the net' revealed "Information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and Psyops, is increasingly consumed by our domestic audience," it reads. "Psyops messages will often be replayed by the news media for much larger audiences, including the American public," it goes on.

By: unknowncommand

unknowncommand — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:36:45 -0800

that is a great photo of rumsfeld.

By: alteredcarbon

alteredcarbon — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:49:44 -0800

As long as I can shop at Wal Mart, have those in power make my choices and watch Survivor I'm happy. I need Soma though...

By: fire&wings

fire&wings — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 15:52:01 -0800

Great FPP Rumsfeld.

By: kaseijin

kaseijin — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:00:51 -0800

By: slogger

slogger — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:05:32 -0800

The document's authors acknowledge that American news media should not unwittingly broadcast military propaganda. "Specific boundaries should be established," they write. I guess that's because we have plenty of our own domestic propaganda. Don't want the two to get mixed up! Imagine the hilarity that would ensue...

By: tweak

tweak — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:11:48 -0800

As long as I can shop at Wal Mart, have those in power make my choices and watch Survivor I'm happy. I need Soma though... altered carbon wins the subtlety award!

By: I Love Tacos

I Love Tacos — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:25:42 -0800

So I guess the summary of this document is: Don't trust the government. I've been following that advice for decades.

By: oncogenesis

oncogenesis — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:28:50 -0800

Fight the ~~net~~power! (runs off to register fightthe.net ...)

By: jenovus

jenovus — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:33:40 -0800

Oh no! Our crappy security is allowing other people to see our secret stuff! We'd better prevent people from transmitting any information whatsoever! ROUND ONE FIGHT! THE NET

By: milquetoast

milquetoast — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:37:36 -0800

What would surprise me is if someone could produce a government document from any government in any period of history that reads, "We should seek to limit our influence on world affairs and technologies." Not that this revelation isn't bad -- it's just, you know, expected.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:50:35 -0800

"We should seek to limit our influence on world affairs and technologies." - yeah, to some degree if capitalism was really free trade, that'd be the mantra. Just let the thing run with a light hand. "The US military seeks the capability to knock out every telephone, every networked computer, every radar system on the planet." Got my car all ready for that.

By: Smedleyman

Smedleyman — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 16:52:45 -0800

(Snake Plisskin probably woulda been a better reference - but damn that car is cool). The economic damage alone would be appaling - seriously - this kind of scenario is a doomsday scenario. I couldn't imagine what would legitimize it. ...I mean actually legitimize it as opposed to legitimize it in the minds of someone who didn't want to relinquish power.

By: moonbird

moonbird — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:07:34 -0800

once you're in a net, it's quite difficult to fight your way out.

By: zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:27:02 -0800

Last of the V-8 Interceptors, mate! Or is that from DeathRace2000? Hey everyone! Stop. Watching. Television. (at least cut it down to like, an hour a day)

By: cellphone

cellphone — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:40:30 -0800

Clearly this article should be an incitement to find ways to shield your personal communication devices against high-energy EMPs. The article seems to be leaning towards a doomsday scenario where they need to basically do a MAD plan, 'cept only with the electronics. Start lead-plating your CB radios and WiFi hardware now! Unless of course part of that goal is also some method of creating intolerable levels of interference on every public wavelength. :-(

By: zoogleplex

zoogleplex — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 17:44:10 -0800

I'm only gonna shield my iPod, my XBox, and my PS2. The Gamecube, I can lose that. I doubt I'll be able to properly shield anything else, so I guess I'd better print out all my digital artwork on acid-free archival paper, huh?

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 18:12:03 -0800

Smedleyman writes "(Snake Plisskin probably woulda been a better reference - but damn that car is cool)." Nothing is cooler than Snake.

By: eriko

eriko — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 19:46:48 -0800

Nothing is cooler than Snake. What about Snakes on a Plane?

By: loquax

loquax — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 21:04:59 -0800

Quick question - would an EMP *erase* hard drives and other storage media (solid state stuff)? Or just damage the electrical mechanisms useless? The internet doesn't want to tell me, unless I'm not reading between the lines.

By: odinsdream

odinsdream — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:08:39 -0800

"Fight the Net?" I realize the article only mentions a handful of details, but from those, this whole report seems like it's written by some mid-level staffer who really has no idea what the internet actually is, and doesn't care enough to even ask somebody.

By: brundlefly

brundlefly — Fri, 27 Jan 2006 22:37:42 -0800

eriko writes "What about Snakes on a Plane?" Snakes on a Plane is cool in that abstract, I-Don't-Need-The-Movie-The-Phrase-Is-Enough kind of way. Snake Plisskin is the physical embodiment of "cool." You know that if Escape From New York didn't exist, we would have to invent Snake Plisskin.

By: klarck

klarck — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 06:32:09 -0800

We have met the enemy and he is us.

By: Oyéah

Oyéah — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:53:24 -0800

Fight the facts, before they get to the net. The fight between Dr. Hansen and administration officials echoes other recent disputes. At climate laboratories of the National Oceanic and Atmospheric Administration, for example, many scientists who routinely took calls from reporters five years ago can now do so only if the interview is approved by administration officials in Washington, and then only if a public affairs officer is present or on the phone. Where scientists' points of view on climate policy align with those of the administration, however, there are few signs of restrictions on extracurricular lectures or writing.

By: insomnia_lj

insomnia_lj — Sat, 28 Jan 2006 12:54:32 -0800

They don't need to fight the net. They need to stop screwing the pooch.

By: hattifattener

hattifattener — Sun, 29 Jan 2006 13:08:02 -0800

Can I get a cite for that, Oyéah? There are some people I'd like to pass it along to.