FC: U.S. National Guard tapped for "infowar" duties

[Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>]

[Reporters should declare a self-imposed moratorium on the term "infowar." 
Pretty much any other term would be far more descriptive and lead to fewer 
fatuous articles. --Declan]

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> Date: Thu, 07 Dec 2000 07:57:40 -0800
> From: "Jeffrey St. Clair" <sitka () home com>
> To: cp <counterpunch-list () counterpunch org>,
>         Declan McCullagh <declan () well com>
> Subject: Nat. Guard Tapped for Infowar Duties
>
> Guard tapped for infowar duties
> <http://www.vny.com/cf/News/upidetail.cfm?QID>=142127
> Wednesday, 6 December
> 2000 18:39 (ET)
>
> Guard tapped for infowar duties
> By Pamela Hess
>
> WASHINGTON, Dec. 6 (UPI) -- The Pentagon formally tapped the
> National Guard and reserves to shore up the Defense
> Department's information warfare apparatus Wednesday,
> calling for 182 reserve officers and enlisted staff with
> information technology backgrounds to form five support
> teams.
>
> The teams -- known as "joint reserve information operations
> and information assurance organizations" -- will be on the
> Pentagon's front line of information warfare.
>
> The Defense Department has had a difficult time keeping
> highly trained IT specialists when far more lucrative offers
> abound in the private sector. However, many of those skills
> are resident in the reserve component, where part-time
> soldiers work full time in information technology.
>
> "Members of the Reserve and National Guard are often way
> ahead by the very nature of their civilian employment,
> trained in their workplaces to exploit technology," said
> Deputy Defense Secretary Rudy DeLeon.
[...]




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