Yeah I read it but they all seem to be partially missing the scope. The Fed's have proven repeatly that they can not be trusted. Several of the "private companies" actually do a lot of work for the Fed's including selling them software and doing the front end hiring for their IT people both in country and out of country.
I hate to say this but we really need to make this an OT conversation. Sorry to the rest of the group for not doing so sooner Jon On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 7:49 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > Don't forget to read the linked article, and in particular the comments on > it. > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 15:47, Jon Harris <[email protected]> wrote: > > He sounds like a very smart man this H. L. Mencken. > > > > Jon > > > > > > On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 6:43 PM, Kurt Buff <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > >> On Wed, Feb 24, 2010 at 14:40, David Lum <[email protected]> wrote: > >> > Anyone seeing “We need GREEN DAM software filters: American-syle” > here? > >> > > >> > http://news.cnet.com/8301-27080_3-10458759-245.html?tag=mncol;title > >> > > >> > > >> > > >> > Wouldn’t shock me to see requests for NAC-like requirements to hit the > >> > Internet. > >> > >> The first, and most relevant quote, then a link, then a few more > >> quotes to top it off... > >> > >> The whole aim of practical politics is to keep the populace alarmed > >> (and hence clamorous to be led to safety) by menacing it with an > >> endless series of hobgoblins, all of them imaginary. > >> H. L. Mencken > >> > >> http://isc.sans.org/diary.html?storyid=8272 > >> > >> The urge to save humanity is almost always a false front for the urge to > >> rule. > >> H. L. Mencken > >> > >> Most people want security in this world, not liberty. > >> H. L. Mencken > >> > >> The most dangerous man to any government is the man who is able to > >> think things out... without regard to the prevailing superstitions and > >> taboos. Almost inevitably he comes to the conclusion that the > >> government he lives under is dishonest, insane, intolerable. > >> H. L. Mencken > >> > >> Kurt > >> > >> ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > >> ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > >> > > > > > > > > > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ > ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~ > > ~ Finally, powerful endpoint security that ISN'T a resource hog! ~ ~ <http://www.sunbeltsoftware.com/Business/VIPRE-Enterprise/> ~
