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To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (17835)	4/5/2002 5:34:20 AM
From: Ilaine	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 74559

PBS just started a three part series on modern international finance - it looks really interesting. Unfortunately, we all missed the first episode, but you can watch it on the web: pbs.org Edit: I call it the web. Some call it the net. Wonder which will be the more common vernacular. Probably net. It would be interesting to know what was happening in France during the Amistead trial. I know (dimly) that France was less racist than most European countries, although France, like most European countries, allowed slavery, indeed, prospered from slavery. One of my favorite stories, which hasn't been told for a while, is how slavery led to the French revolution. The French colonized the West Indies, and made a lot of money in sugar and indigo, impossible without slaves or tractors. This money led to a large bourgeoisie in France, who agitated against the privileges of nobility.

To: smolejv@gmx.net who wrote (17835)	4/5/2002 7:25:25 AM
From: Louis V. Lambrecht	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 74559

DJ - Echolot? or ECHELON ? or CEC? Online WSJ has a special report on "Spending for Defense" online.wsj.com (on subscription) The CEC is ibdeed a sort of web based target acquisition system: The Cooperative Engagement Capability, or CEC, isn't a new missile or radar. It's an advanced radio network that links radar and other sensors from several ships, greatly expanding their scope of vision. Despite all the talk about unconventional threats after Sept. 11, the biggest worry for commanders at sea is still a missile attack. With the system, a commander aboard one ship can see exactly what another ship miles away can see. CEC allows ships tied together in a network to look around radar jamming and bursts of chaff -- thin strips of tinfoil that can mask an approaching missile. It expands a ship's vision beyond its own radar horizon, giving it more time to respond to an incoming missile or hostile aircraft. online.wsj.com ECHELON is another sort of web based intelligence system, military at first, it has become a trade secrets stealing machine: zdnet.co.uk Big US Brother is watching you! <ng> Note: there is a most comprehensive bibliographic work on Terrorism and Political Violence here: users.skynet.be