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To: goldsnow who wrote (21380)	10/10/1998 2:25:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 116892

y2kupdatereport.com General (Ret.) John M. Shalikashvili - Interesting comments about the Y2k status of the Russian military....; also about cyber attacks - Discussion about possible limitations of freedom... - 'We are nowehere near ready yet ... to go through deliberate attacks'... (you need an audio plugin installed, such as from realaudio.com)

To: goldsnow who wrote (21380)	10/10/1998 2:30:00 PM
From: John Mansfield	Respond to of 116892

'Tony Keyes comments asked in the TimeBomb 2000 (Y2000) Q&A Forum Has anyone seen the posting by Tony Keyes at www.y2ktoday.com? There is an article under the title "y2k is the economy stupid".In the article Tony says that the government is considering closing the financial markets for the first 10 days of 2000. Also mentioned is government consideration of limiting withdrawal of money from banks in late 99. Can anyone verify any of this? Mike Lang Asked by Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com) on October 08, 1998. Answers The only official hint I saw regarding Tony Keyes' statement that markets might be closed in the first days of y2k is on NERC's "Status Report and Work Plan, Prepared for the United States Department of Energy". It's a 24 page pdf file, a presentation with graphs and key points. On the last page under contingency plans and under "DOE and Government" it states "feasibility of suspension of market activities", almost as if they had to sneak this one somewhere inconspicuously. ftp://ftp.nerc.com/pub/sys/all_updl/docs/y2k/y2kpresentation091798.pdf Chris Answered by Chris (catsy@pond.com) on October 09, 1998. Thanks for the information Chris. Those things that have been discussed for months will become reality slowly. It is still frightening to hear about trading suspensions..the national guard etc. All this in one week and I guess it will just snowball from here. I'll need a bigger supply of acceptance as this develops. If the government is admitting these possibilities, then I wonder just how much is happenning behind the scenes. Answered by Mike Lang (webflier@erols.com) on October 09, 1998. greenspun.com