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To: hunchback who wrote (173)	12/6/1999 9:08:00 AM
From: John Hunt	Respond to of 198

The Y2K factor (WW III) << Understandably, I receive quite a few e-mails from readers. Sometimes they want to know when Russia might launch an attack. Usually they mention Y2K as a possible "window of opportunity." Is Y2K a good time to launch an attack against the United States? The answer to this question, it seems, has been provided by the U.S. Joint Chiefs of Staff. On Sept. 22 Reuters carried a story headlined "Pentagon Planners Mull Y2K Sneak Attack," by Jim Wolf. The opening paragraph of Wolf's article reported that the Y2K computer glitch "could open the door to a sneak attack on the United States, especially if many automated systems crash. ..." Wolf's story was based on a Department of Defense contingency-planning memo released on Sept. 21. The memo, sent by the Joint Chiefs of Staff to top U.S. commanders on Sept. 10, acknowledged serious defense-related vulnerabilities in the event of system-wide computer failures. The Joint Chiefs of Staff felt that the problem was serious enough to warrant emergency procedures. >> ... cont'd at ... worldnetdaily.com The stuff of nightmares.