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U.S. Plan To Fight The Internet Revealed

Posted by Zonk on from the keep-the-net-ditch-the-government dept.

geniese writes "The BBC is reporting on a recently declassified document that details the U.S. Military's intentions regarding warfare and the Internet." From the article: "Perhaps the most startling aspect of the roadmap is its acknowledgement that information put out as part of the military's psychological operations, or Psyops, is finding its way onto the computer and television screens of ordinary Americans. 'Information intended for foreign audiences, including public diplomacy and Psyops, is increasingly consumed by our domestic audience,' it reads."

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  1. The Internet Fights Back, World Totally Crippled by digitaldc · · Score: 3, Funny

    And, in a grand finale, the document recommends that the United States should seek the ability to "provide maximum control of the entire electromagnetic spectrum".

    Why go through all the fuss of briefing journalists, thought manipulation and the destruction of networks when all they really need to do is just hire Magneto.

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  2. Damn straight! by lewp · · Score: 4, Funny

    My government can beat up your Internet.

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  3. Picture perfect by fak3r · · Score: 4, Funny

    I can't believe the perfect picture they have for this story of Rumsfeld! It's like he's in the middle of saying, "All your base..."

    http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41265000/jpg /_41265260_rumsfeld_afp203.jpg

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  4. Re:So what? by johnpaul191 · · Score: 3, Funny

    what if they have an army of backhoes? http://it.slashdot.org/article.pl?sid=06/01/19/164 3215/

  5. Re:Why is this a surprise to anybody? by dbIII · · Score: 3, Funny
    We have plans on how to invade and conquer Canada
    Doesn't that involve the help of Napoleon Bonaparte and having the first lady direct evacuation of valubles from a burning white house?
    The Military has battle plans for every single contingency
    So, what's the exit strategy for Iraq?

    Assuming some sort of master plan developed by an act of genius fails when it hits political expediency. The US intelligence community looks like a complete joke internationally due to political expediency skewing any reality in favour for a useful fiction (WMD - Niger Uranium etc) and calling anything of merit into question as well. The propaganda backfires when absolutely cretinous things are done. In the first gulf war a news story was fabricated about nurses getting raped in a hospitial in kuwait - with the daughter of an ambassator working as the voice actress for the story. There were plenty of real stories of real atrocities without making something up and so making others doubt the real stories. It has gotten to the point where citizens of US allies and government agencies of US allies do not trust information that comes from the USA.

    Just give horse judges and drug addicts a bit less power in these situations and you may see some decent plans.