Time: Sun Nov 24 05:24:45 1996
To: roc@xmission.com
From: Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar]
Subject: Cable (Modems) Crossed?
Cc: 
Bcc: 

sometimes the grain of truth
is buried inside a grain of salt.

/s/ Paul Mitchell



At 12:15 AM 11/24/96 -0500, you wrote:
> Paul Andrew Mitchell [address in tool bar] posts:
>
>>>TOP SECRET
>CODEWORD: CABLESPLICE
>(This is a secret document being circulated among Top Government And UN.
>people)<<
>
>      Yup. A few cyperjunkies in the government and UN picked up this
>screed on the Internet, and posted it in assorted washrooms and
>on various hallway bulletin boards so their co-workers could
>have a good laugh at what lunatics some of us are.
>
>
>>>B. Electronic/Computer Systems: Electronic computer systems,
>        bulletin boards, and information superhighway in general is an
>        area of considerable importance to efforts to combat the
>        activities of The Disrupter Movement. The ability of opponents to
>        utilize computer bulletin boards to pass information and educate
>        people must be met with an active program of disinformation and
>        attack.
> 
>                1. One means of countering the effectiveness of such
>              opposition efforts is the simple expedient of overloading
>              their bulletin boards. A single operator with one
>              computer can set a program in motion that will send out
>              thousands of messages. The sheer volume of such messages
>              is more then the content. Most people will give up rather
>              then read through hundreds and thousands of messages.
>
>
>	       2. A second means of countering the opposition's use of
>              computer technology is through the careful placing of
>              disinformation agents. Such agents can take two forms:
>
>                   a. Agents may be placed who will simply argue
>                   against the opposition, using delaying and
>                   confusing tactics such as constantly demanding
>                   references and "proof" of allegations, referring
>                   to obscure and difficult to find documents as
>                   evidence that the opposition is wrong, and
>                   generally forcing the opposition to waste
>                   tremendous amounts of time simply defending
>                   itself from spurious and irrelevant attacks.
>
>    Other
>
>     		   b. Other agents have been placed with a more subtle
>                   purpose mind. Such agents would take on the
>                   persons WA attitudes of members of The Disrupters
>                   Movement, but would present the opposition case
>                   in ways that will ultimately discredit them. The
>                   necessary effort to correct. the messages posted
>                   by these agents, and the resulting appearance of
>                   disarray within their camp should present
>                   considerable opportunities for further assaults
>                   on The Disrupters Movement.<<
>
>
> Suspiciously left out was scenario #2c. which reads:
>
>     c.  Agents will continuously post rants and raves of a conspiratorial
>nature, usually under the guise of "intercepted secret documents".
>Intelligent members of lists such as NOBAN and ROC will get so fed 
>up reading this rubbish, that they will unsubscribe, thereby becoming 
>effectively neutralized
>
>        There are undoubtedly such agents working among us even now.
>SURPRISE!  We know who you are.
>
>Regards,
>Dennis Baron
>Secret Agent 2A
>
>
      

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