Barry Lee Brisco wrote:
>
> (Brett wrote:)
> >Got a little bit of a chuckle out of this statement, which I came across
> >at /. (slashdot.org):
> >
> >"So why did the US blow up a pharmaceutical plant in the Sudan? Because
> >their web site sucked! Seriously, check out this article in today's L.A.
> >Times which mentions "...the [U.S.] officials said they did not believe
> >that the plant actually produced such medicines, because they saw no
> >evidence of such an output when they accessed a Web site for it."
> >
> >Unfortunately, the Times article is now in the pay-per-view archive
> >*sigh* (what makes them think I'll pay for old news if I won't pay when
> >it's current :P )
>
> Sorry Brett, but I really do not believe this quote from slashdot.org :>)
>
> It is absurd to even imagine that the U.S. govt. decided that the Sudanese
> chemical factory recently targeted by cruise missles did not produce
> medicine because of information, or the lack of, on the Web. That's just a
> joke.
>
Well, if it is a joke, the print media is going to have more
egg-on-their-faces. The was part of a story reported in the San Diego
Union Tribune this morning where SecDef Cohen was trying to justify the
attack. The lack of information on the web site was attributed to a CIA
"intelligence" analysis which included stolen soil samples from inside
the compound which contained traces of the chemical needed to produce
the nerve agent.
--
John Stewart
SUPSHIP San Diego
Information Systems Security Mgr
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