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Re: Your military . . .
JAMES BENTHALL (st26h@jane.uh.edu)
2 Dec 1994 12:58 CST
In article <240@landmark.DIALix.oz.au>, gil@landmark.DIALix.oz.au (Gil Hardwick) writes...
>Jim Jewett writes:
>
>>The intial research (on what became the Internet, not what became
>>usenet) was done by our military; they still have a presence.
>>
>>I would guess that they're reading for the same reason Marius or
>>your are -- because they're interested, rather than as part of the
>>job.
>>
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>I reply:
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>The issue pertains rather to the propensity of some to e-mail abuse to
>people in other countries, as US military personnel, and from their US
>military sites. Sorry, but they just ain't allowed to do that sort of
>thing in this country.
>
>The basic research here was done in our Universities, and this end of
>the bit of wire is being handled by AARNet, which is the Australian
>Academic and Research Network; NOT the military.
Actually, you might be surprised if you checked into the matter. Most
universities are complicit with the military in a number of covert operations.
I recall a good book I once read called _Universities in the Business of
Repression_ that dealt specifically with U.S. institutions involved in Latin
America. I forgot the author...nevertheless, I'm sure Aussies aren't totally
immune to this sort of thing.
james
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