Cox vs China & Internet Via NY Transfer News Collective * All the News that Doesn't Fit source - Ralph McGehee COX vs China & Internet Below is a brief quote from an item in the Los Angeles Times and Denver Post 16/17 May 1999 re Chinese Espionage. (The full report contains the observation that Internet demands a complete re-evaluation of intelligence procedures -- an observation probably lost on our intelligence services.) Ralph McGehee http://come.to/CIABASE * "China doesn't need to use spies anymore to obtain precise details and sketches of America's most modern thermonuclear weapons, ballistic missiles and reentry vehicles. Anyone armed with an Internet account or a library card can get some of the same military secrets that China is accused of stealing from the Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico." That might explain why the Chinese have tried to access a Maryland-based online service, called USNI Military Database, that offers estimates of such classified data as the explosive yield of U.S. nuclear warheads, the accuracy of the missiles that carry them and the names of the Navy warships and the locations of U.S. Air Force strategic wings responsible for the weapons. China has failed to (pay the $2,500 for a year's USNI subscription) while asking for free samples. USNI info comes from combing military journals, conference reports, arms control treaties, congressional testimony and other open sources. ================================================================= NY Transfer News Collective * A Service of Blythe Systems Since 1985 - Information for the Rest of Us 339 Lafayette St., New York, NY 10012 http://www.blythe.org e-mail: nyt@blythe.org ================================================================= nytas-05.26.99-21:53:09-10471