Slashdot Mirror

← Back to Stories (view on slashdot.org)

GOVNET In the Works

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the cutting-off-your-nodes-to-spite-your-face dept.

gtg010b writes: "According to USA Today, the U.S. government is considering a private network to be used for all government communications. This network would be "separate from the Internet to keep it safe from hackers or terrorists" according to Richard Clarke, the head of the president's "cyberspace security adviser." Whatever happened to government not being above the people?" Clarke is the guy who's been crying "cyber Pearl Harbor" for a few years; apparently if you cry wolf long enough you get promoted. His request (.doc format) is informative. I should point out that the U.S. military already has such a network (I'm not even going to ask why the Feds can't piggy-back on it), so GOVNET would be for critically-important government agencies like the Department of Agriculture to communicate.

1 of 271 comments (clear)

  1. God, i'm tired of this... by Bowie+J.+Poag · · Score: 1, Troll



    I'm so tired of the constant blathering of anti-government rhetoric on here I could puke.

    Ever seen those t-shirts, or bumper stickers that say "We Are The People Our Parents Warned Us About" ? Well, guess what -- Our big terrible evil mean 'n nasty fascist secretive athiest Bilderberg-controlled masonic men in black loving government is the same fucking thing. Its composed of people like you and I, not evil robots that try to strip us of everything we own in some gigantic conspiracy to "ruuuule the wooooorld"...I swear to God, Slashdot should hand out aluminum foil helmets upon arrival. Between this garbage and the brain-vomit that comes out of YRO, it feels like i'm watching a cult in the making.

    If the government were as truly evil as you think they are, they would have already killed you, or would have prevented you from being born in the first place, let alone let you (gasp) speak openly in public!

    A healthy criticism of the government is a normal, and necessary part of any democracy. Fanatical raving about how the government is out to get you because you have a fucking program on your little computer is nothing short of pathetic.

    My $0.02, moderate me however the hell you want. I could care less.

    --
    Bowie J. Poag