Wednesday, November 20, 2002

Talk to these guys from Netforce -- you'll feel better. Comdex: Invasive technologies don't fight terrorism. Professor says technologies just 'make people feel better' [InfoWorld: Top News] 2:50:32 PM

NET FORCE a reality... Tom Clancy to be new director Homeland Security's tech effects. The Senate's approval of a Homeland Security Department clears the way for massive reorganization of the government that will have a dramatic affect on computer and network security. [CNET News.com] If you have read any of Tom's books, paid attention to Poindexter's remarks, it is as Yogi Berra said "Deja Vu all over again!"   1:51:26 PM

Byrd, at 85, Fills the Forum With Romans and Wrath. Senator Robert C. Byrd has been virtually alone in asking why the Department of Homeland Security is necessary. By John Tierney. [New York Times: Politics] Filled with quotes that are entertaining --- wonder if you could begin a Political Cluetrain (As Phil Windley has wondered) with Byrd providing the pithy quotes? 1:47:15 PM