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Technology Stocks : Discuss Year 2000 Issues

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To: John Mansfield who wrote (1698)5/6/1998 5:07:00 PM
From: John Mansfield  Read Replies (2) of 9818
 
[MILITARY] 'Publications of the Casey Institute of the Center for Security Policy
No. 98-C 24

Bridge to Nowhere: Inattention to the 'Millennium Bug'
Threatens the Nation's Security, Economy in the 21st Century

693 Days To Go -- and Counting
.....

The Electronic Equivalent of the Plague

Of course, the Millennium Bug's potential for devastation of an advanced,
computer-dependent society like that of the late 20th Century United States is not
confined to America's air traffic control system or its national security apparatuses.
Scarcely any business, community or individual citizen will remain unaffected
-- some in minor ways, others in potentially catastrophic ones -- if the Y2K problem is
not universally corrected.

In fact, those familiar with the vulnerabilities of the U.S. infrastructure to information
warfare (IW) believe that Y2K problem, unless addressed on a truly national basis,
could have much the same effect as a deliberate IW assault by a determined
adversary. The implications for public order and safety, to say nothing of national
security can scarcely be overstated.
....

security-policy.org
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