Sorry I did not copy PAB with this item.
I read Kent's perceptive statement on the GP and realised that I should have
shared this posting with PAB.
Regards,
BobC
Dear CORE Members:
Some time ago, son William advised me that SAIC, father of NSI, is one of the
major contractors to the U.S. Central Intelligence Agency (CIA).
Bill told me that SAIC has the largest library of publications in the Cyrillic
alphabet (Russian) in the States -- right there in Englewood, Colorado.
Wouldn't the Europeans like to know that the CIA is involved in running our
Registry?
Wouldn't the Americans and *everyone else* like to know that the CIA has direct
access to all our domains -- and a way to monitor selected Email as it passes
from continent to continent across the U.S.?
I checked further with Bill, who adds that SAIC was a major information
contractor to the CIA during the Cold War. SAIC is one of the largest employee
owned companies in the States. Ninety percent of NSI's shares are held by
SAIC.
I think that is a trump card which we may need to play. ;-}
[I vetted the above before Excom and got some responses, which I attach, below]
Bob,
Well, I'm a lowly Brit, but even I know SAIC as a 'retirement home for
spooks'. Always found that kind of amusing.
end quote:
Bob:
Your idea about exposing SAIC as a bunch of retired spooks dovetails
nicely with an idea that a computer security specialist for a major defense
contractor (and ex-Air Force) thought would be a good tactic. Clinton is
extremely vulnerable right now. He desperately needs the backing of the
EC. If EC personnel were to bypass Magaziner and communicate directly
with Clinton/Gore about how this idiot technocrat is disrupting international
relations, I can't believe that the White House would ignore the protest.
We need to emphasize our strengths, first among which is our
internationalism. It's also time to take the gloves off. It's not as
if we're ever going to convince Magaziner to do the right thing. Even
if he recognized it, he would not do it, simply to demonstrate that he
has the power,
end quote:
In closing, I have been puzzled by the fact that all the reasoning in the GP
would lead to one conclusion only -- that CORE is on the right track,
that NSI is an unacceptable monopoly.
Then the GP comes down to its recommendations, which turn the logic
upside down -- lets NSI keep its monopoly and trims the wings off CORE.
Why this discrepancy? When such a disparity exists, one must look beneath
the rhetoric to find the true reason.
That reason, I believe, is rooted in the fact that the Feds, particularly
the CIA (and FBI) have a hold on the commercial users of the Internet
(they already have the .gov and .mil in their control).
Oops, what about .edu? Ahaa, another stranger in the wood pile, By
having NSI administer .edu, the CIA and FBI can keep their finger on
those fuzzy headed intellectuals in academia.
I think I have it now.
Europeans, Asians, Ausies, Canadians, what do you think of that?
I *know* what *most Americans* think of it, not good! ;-{
Let's build a large bonfire out of Green Papers.
Regards,
BobC