America's war on the web
Sunday Herald [UK]
by Neil Mackay
04/02/06
Imagine a world where wars are fought over the internet; where TV broadcasts and newspaper reports are designed by the military to confuse the population; and where a foreign armed power can shut down your computer, phone, radio or TV at will. In 2006, we are just about to enter such a world. This is the age of information warfare, and details of how this new military doctrine will affect everyone on the planet are contained in a report, entitled The Information Operations Roadmap, commissioned and approved by US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld and seen by the Sunday Herald. ... Freedom of speech advocates are horrified at this new doctrine, but military planners and members of the intelligence community embrace the idea as a necessary development in modern combat...
http://www.sundayherald.com/54975
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
by Neil Mackay
04/02/06
Imagine a world where wars are fought over the internet; where TV broadcasts and newspaper reports are designed by the military to confuse the population; and where a foreign armed power can shut down your computer, phone, radio or TV at will. In 2006, we are just about to enter such a world. This is the age of information warfare, and details of how this new military doctrine will affect everyone on the planet are contained in a report, entitled The Information Operations Roadmap, commissioned and approved by US secretary of defense Donald Rumsfeld and seen by the Sunday Herald. ... Freedom of speech advocates are horrified at this new doctrine, but military planners and members of the intelligence community embrace the idea as a necessary development in modern combat...
http://www.sundayherald.com/54975
Informant: Thomas L. Knapp
rudkla - 11. Apr, 17:32
