[extropy-chat] Alert for Suspicious Farmers' Almanacs

[Samantha Atkins]

So, Robert, you believe that playing ostrich is the best guarantee of safety?  Let no one know anything without a (supposedly governmental) need to know?  What becomes of our extropian dreams then?

-s


On Mon, 29 Dec 2003 22:19:52 -0800 (PST)
"Robert J. Bradbury" <bradbury at aeiveos.com> wrote:

> 
> On Mon, 29 Dec 2003, Olga Bourlin wrote:
> 
> > In a bulletin sent Christmas Eve to about 18,000 police organizations, the
> > FBI said terrorists may use almanacs "to assist with target selection and
> > pre-operational planning."
> 
> Its not so unreasonable Olga.  I'd like to think I'd be reasonably dangerous
> if I chose to take up terrorism as a profession.  (Not quite Mike's level
> obviously but probably someone to be taken reasonably seriously.)  I just
> checked my bookcase and I've got 3 Almanac's in it.  Largely dated before
> Google became available -- but still very information dense.  I could go
> through them and come up with a number of examples of useful information
> for terrorists but I would prefer not to publish such data.
> 
> I'm always *amazed* at the degree to which there is public discussion
> of great targets for terrorists.  Last week it was LPG tankers with
> planes loaded with radioactive waste, this week it is citing chlorine
> storage facilities as good targets.
> 
> Robert
> 
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