Return-Path: <sentto-279987-1757-1000268183-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com> Delivered-To: fc@all.net Received: from 204.181.12.215 by localhost with POP3 (fetchmail-5.1.0) for fc@localhost (single-drop); Tue, 11 Sep 2001 21:17:14 -0700 (PDT) Received: (qmail 978 invoked by uid 510); 12 Sep 2001 04:16:40 -0000 Received: from n8.groups.yahoo.com (216.115.96.58) by 204.181.12.215 with SMTP; 12 Sep 2001 04:16:40 -0000 X-eGroups-Return: sentto-279987-1757-1000268183-fc=all.net@returns.onelist.com Received: from [10.1.4.53] by fk.egroups.com with NNFMP; 12 Sep 2001 04:16:23 -0000 X-Sender: jsforza@isrisk.net X-Apparently-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Received: (EGP: mail-7_3_2_1); 12 Sep 2001 04:16:23 -0000 Received: (qmail 26512 invoked from network); 12 Sep 2001 04:15:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (10.1.10.27) by l7.egroups.com with QMQP; 12 Sep 2001 04:15:51 -0000 Received: from unknown (HELO mailout6.nyroc.rr.com) (24.92.226.125) by mta2 with SMTP; 12 Sep 2001 04:15:50 -0000 Received: from isr5 (roc-24-169-96-20.rochester.rr.com [24.169.96.20]) by mailout6.nyroc.rr.com (8.11.6/Road Runner 1.12) with SMTP id f8C4E0h06004 for <iwar@yahoogroups.com>; Wed, 12 Sep 2001 00:14:00 -0400 (EDT) To: <iwar@yahoogroups.com> Message-ID: <HJEOJIABAJCJIMKBCKIGIEBJCBAA.jsforza@isrisk.net> X-Priority: 3 (Normal) X-MSMail-Priority: Normal X-Mailer: Microsoft Outlook IMO, Build 9.0.2416 (9.0.2911.0) X-MimeOLE: Produced By Microsoft MimeOLE V6.00.2479.0006 Importance: Normal In-Reply-To: <200109111918.MAA21731@big.all.net> X-eGroups-From: "John Sforza" <jsforza@isrisk.net> From: "John Sforza" <jsforza@rochester.rr.com> Mailing-List: list iwar@yahoogroups.com; contact iwar-owner@yahoogroups.com Delivered-To: mailing list iwar@yahoogroups.com Precedence: bulk List-Unsubscribe: <mailto:iwar-unsubscribe@yahoogroups.com> Date: Wed, 12 Sep 2001 00:12:54 -0400 Reply-To: iwar@yahoogroups.com Subject: RE: [iwar] Today's events Content-Type: text/plain; charset=US-ASCII Content-Transfer-Encoding: 7bit I agree (sorry I can't provide a dissenting opinion to stimulate conversation but I am sure one will come from other quarters) , the real dangers are in over reaction both civilly and at the government levels. I am very concerned about the university environments over the next several weeks. John Sforza ISRisk 716.230.3516 V jsforza@isrisk.net <mailto:jsforza@isrisk.net> > -----Original Message----- > From: Fred Cohen [mailto:fc@all.net] > Sent: Tuesday, September 11, 2001 3:19 PM > To: Information Warfare Mailing List > Subject: [iwar] Today's events > > > I thought I would recap today's events with an eye toward many of their > impacts - beyond the obvious loss of life. My wild guess is that > something like 50,000 people - perhaps twice that - perhaps half - have > lost their lives today in the use of commercial aircraft to attack > high-profile military (the Pentagon) and commercial (World Trade Center > Towers) buildings. Unfortunately, this is likely just the beginning of > the violence and not the end. An approximate chronology is included > below. > > The deepest concerns I have at this point stem from the impacts this > will have on freedoms in the United States. As you are all aware, after > Perl Harbor was bombed, people with asian facial characteristics were > put into prison camps. While I do not impage that this same thing will > happen today, it seems all too clear that freedomes are under assault. > The media and representatives from the US government as well as policy > groups are starting the rhetoric of reduced freedome - increased > surveillance, and so forth. We have seen the Pennsylvania Supreme Court > rule that there is no expectation of privacy in telephone calls, and > thus open the doot to audio surveillance. We see new laws proposed that > are to mandate government approved security technologies mandated for > all computers - no doubt with the ability of the government to get what > they want with ease. We are already searched at airports and this will > likely only get more stringent. Where will it go from here? > > Part 2 - We see television reports with people from various Middle > Eastern nations celebrating this event. How obvious does it have to be > that this will result in increased hatred between the muslum and arabic > nations and the Western European and North American nations? It seems > almost insane that the willing participants to this do not care that > they are beggin for a global military conflict which may result in the > deaths of millions. Perhaps it is their goal - if so they may well > achieve it. The perception management - let's just call it propaganda > at this point has been so effective that the people in control of > information sources are beginning to create the wars they have so > desired. > > From my view this is information warfare of the most serious sort. It > seems to me that unless we find a way to tone down the rhetoric and stop > the intentional training of peoples to desire violence, we will continue > to sink into the pit of war and that this war will expand to the > detriment of all humanity. > > I welcome other views. > > FC > ========================= > Here is a reasonably good chronology of the events: > > Chronology of events > > 8.42am - An aircraft slams into the northern tower of the World Trade > Center in New York > > 9am - A second aircraft hits the second tower of the World Trade Center > complex > > 9.15am - US markets postpone Tuesday morning openings while the Chicago > Board of Trade suspends trading in all futures and options markets > > 9.30am - Reports of an explosion at the Pentagon > > 9.45am - Democratic Front for Liberation of Palestine deny > responsibility for attacks > > 9.55am - The State Department is evacuated after an apparent terrorist > attack on the World Trade Center in New York, officials said > > 9.55am - The White House, State Department and US Treasury Department > was evacuated > > 10am - One of the two towers collapses > > 10.05am - All flights departing from U.S. airports were halted > indefinitely > > 10.10am - Reports of explosion at Capitol Hill building > > 10.15am - Confirmation of third aircraft crashing at the Pentagon > > 10.15am - U.N. headquarters building in New York evacuated > > 10.25am - All US-bound flights diverted to Canada > > 10.30am - Second World Trade Center tower collapses > > 10.35am (15.35BST) - Reports of London Stock Exchange being evacuated > > - All times local (BST minus 5 hours) > > ========================= > > --This communication is confidential to the parties it is > intended to serve-- > Fred Cohen Fred Cohen & Associates.........tel/fax:925-454-0171 > fc@all.net The University of New > Haven.....http://www.unhca.com/ > http://all.net/ Sandia National > Laboratories....tel:925-294-2087 > > > ------------------ > http://all.net/ > > Your use of Yahoo! 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