-Caveat Lector-
Nessie, I do indeed know how codenames are assigned. It USED to be the practice
to give projects names which had no relationship to their purpose. Today
codenames are used to BROADCAST a project's purpose. During WW2, operations had
names like TORCH and MARKET GARDEN, which gave no clue as to their intent. Even
operations devised during the '60s were disguised, like GARDEN PLOT. By the
1980s, however, codenames were used to proclaim loudly what they were intended
to do: DESERT SHIELD/DESERT STORM is the most egregious example. I suspect that
PYE WACKET falls into the latter category--a codename designed to suggest its
purpose. FYI, John Van Druten, author of *Bell, Book and Candle*, took the name
"Pyewacket" for the cat familiar from a list of witches' familiars, probably one
found in a standard history of witchcraft such as Montague Summers.
Second: I never heard of a novel titled *King Alfred*, so I'll have to accept
what you say on face value. Are you implying this could have in fact been an
intelligence op?
Third: As for the Association of the Sword, that was precisely my point. I
never heard of it, and was really puzzled to find it in the list of DIA reports.
Bob
----- Original Message -----
From: "nessie" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>
Sent: Monday, September 25, 2000 10:46 PM
Subject: Re: [CTRL] Fwd: Reports available from Defense Intelligence
> -Caveat Lector-
>
> [EMAIL PROTECTED],Internet writes:
> > PYE WACKET has to involve witchcraft
>
> You clearly don't understand how code names are assigned. Code names are
> supposed to disguise what they are about, not offer a clue.
>
>
> >
> >Pyewacket is the name of a witch's familiar (a toad, IIRC) from the
> >trial of the Berwick witches.
>
>
> Pyewacket was the name of the cat in "Bell, Book and Candle," a popular
> movie from the 50s.
>
>
> >
> > But KING ALFRED? What in heaven's name could
>
> >that have been?
>
>
> It was a novel about genocide against Black people. Some conspiracy buffs
> believe it was also a real plan.
>
>
> >
> >And has anyone on the list ever heard of the Association of the
> >Sword before?
>
> What's that?
>
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