Xref: utzoo alt.alien.visitors:565 sci.energy:4583 sci.electronics:19724 sci.skeptic:10543 misc.misc:11976 Path: utzoo!utgpu!news-server.csri.toronto.edu!rpi!zaphod.mps.ohio-state.edu!sdd.hp.com!spool.mu.edu!uwm.edu!ogicse!orstcs!prism!mickelp From: mickelp@prism.cs.orst.edu (MICKEL PAUL MYRON) Newsgroups: alt.alien.visitors,alt.conspiracy,sci.energy,sci.electronics,sci.skeptic,misc.misc Subject: Re: INFO: How To Build A UFO - T Pawlicki, Nikola Tesla Keywords: Leaks Message-ID: <1991Apr29.200938.7064@lynx.CS.ORST.EDU> Date: 29 Apr 91 20:09:38 GMT Article-I.D.: lynx.1991Apr29.200938.7064 References: Sender: @lynx.CS.ORST.EDU Organization: Oregon State University, Computer Science Dept. Lines: 34 Nntp-Posting-Host: prism.cs.orst.edu In article callahan@cs.jhu.edu (Paul Callahan) writes: > >In article <1991Apr29.132921.9530@news.larc.nasa.gov> kludge@grissom.larc.nasa.gov writes: >> I told her that >> this government wasn't even able to keep secret the fact they were selling > {some deleted} >Of course. The government periodically leaks things that seem like they >*should* be secret in order to reduce the credibility of claims that >they are capable of keeping anything secret. It's all part of the same grand >conspiracy. > >I guess I ought to add a :-) or else somebody out there will take me >seriously. > >Sigh. > >-- >Paul Callahan >callahan@cs.jhu.edu Seriously, this makes sense. It leaves people, including the enemy, wondering *what* is secret and important, and what is not. As a result, it gives the im- pression of unpredictability to your enemy and others you want to keep secrets from. Paul M. Mickel mickelp@prism.cs.orst.edu Sysadmin Apprentice localsupport{mist,prism,fog} -------------------------------------------------------------------- "Where there's life and food, there is hope." - own saying