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La Rouche Calls For War On Japan
Extremist Views Speak Loud
Los Angeles Time12% GNP Reduction Estimated
Rich and Poor Both Suffer
USA TodaySoviets Ask For Help
Want To Avoid Similar Fate
London TelegraphInternational Monetary Fund Ponders Next Move
Christian Science Monitor * Security: The New Marketing Tool by Scott MasonAmerican business always seems to turn a problem into a profit,
and the current computer confidence crisis is no different.
In spontaneous cases of simultaneous marketing genius, banks are
attempting to garner new customers as well as retain their exist-
ing customers. As many banks continue to have unending difficul-
ties in protecting their computers, the Madison Avenue set has
found a theme that may set the tone of banking for years to come.
Bank With Us: Your Money Is Safer. Third Federal Savings and Loan Your Money Is Protected – Completely, Mid South Alliance BankBanks have taken to advertising the sanctity of their vaults and
the protective measures many organizations have hastily installed
since the Foster Plan was made public. In an attempt to win
customers, banks have installed extra security measures to insure
that the electronic repositories that store billions of dollars
are adequately protected; something that banks and the ABA openly
admit has been overlooked until recently.
The new marketing techniques of promoting security are not the
exclusive domain of the financial community. Insurance compa-
nies, private lending institutions, police departments, hospitals
and most major corporations are announcing their intentions to
secure their computers against future assaults.
*Foster GUILTY! Plea Deal Falls Apart
Sentencing Hearing Date Set
New York PostUniversity Protests “Closed Computing”
Insist Freedom on Information Critical For Progress
US News and World ReportFifty New Viruses Appear Daily
Complacency Still Biggest Threats
Tampa TribuneNSA/ITSEC Agreement Near
International Security Standards Readied
Federal Computer WeekJustice Department Leads Fight Against Organized Computer Crime
Baltimore SunNovell Networks Now Secure
Government Computer NewsOSO Offers Reparations: Directors Resign
Wall Street JournalAmerican and Delta Propose Merger
Nashville TennesseanCitizen Groups Promote Safe Computing
St. Paul RegisterApril 15 IRS Deadline Extended 90 Days
Washington Post49 States Propose Interstate Computer Laws
Harvard Law ReviewCourts Work Overtime on Computer Cases
Christian Science MonitorAT&T Plans New Encryption For Voice
CommunicationsMicrosoft Announces Secure DOS
Admits Earlier Versions “Wide Open”
PC Week3500 Foster Viruses Identified: 5000 To Go
Info WorldNational Computer Security Plan Cost: $500 Billion
Wall Street JournalAn End Is In Sight Says NSA
Public Skeptical
New York City TimesFoster Receives Harsh Penalty: 145 Years
Appeal Process Begins, Foster Remains in Custody
Washington Post *The press is often criticized for ‘grand standing’ and ‘sensa-
tionalizing’ otherwise insignificant events into front page news,
but in this case the government said little about the media’s
handling of the situation. In fact, privately, the White House
was pleased that the media, albeit loudly and crassly, was a key
element in getting the message to the American public:
Secure Your Computers Or Else.Everyone agreed with that.
* December 17 Overlooking Charlotte Amalie, St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands“You must feel pretty good. Pulitzer Prize. Half of the writing
awards for last year, nomination for Man of the Year.”
“The steaks are burning.” The hype had been too much. Scott
alone had to carry forward the standard. He had become expected
to lead a movement of protest and dissent. Despite his pleas,
his neutrality as a reporter was in constant danger of compro-
mise.
“It’s kind of strange talking to a living legend.”
Scott’s deeply tanned body and lighter hair was quite a contrast
to the sickly paleness of New Yorkers in winter. “Get the sprit-
zer, water the coals and then fuck yourself.”
“Isn’t this what you wanted?” Tyrone scanned the exquisite view
from the estate sized homestead overlooking Charlotte Amalie
Harbor on St. Thomas, U.S. Virgin Islands. The safe enclosed
harbor housed three cruise ships, but the hundreds of sailboats
in the clear Caribbean dominated the seascape.
After the last year, Scott had decided to finally take time off
for a proper honeymoon. He and Sonja elected to spend an extend-
ed holiday on St. Thomas, in a rented house with a cook and a
maid and a diving pool and a satellite dish and all of the lux-
uries of stateside living without the residual headaches.
Their head over heels romance surprised no one but themselves and
they both preferred to let the past stay a part of the past.
Scott decided quickly to take Sonja at her word. Her past was
her past, and he had to not let it bother him or they would have
no future. Even if he was one of her jobs for a short while.
Scott’s name was in constant demand as a result of his expos of
Homosoto and the hackers. Fame was something Scott had not
wanted specifically. He had imagined himself the great transla-
tor, making the cacophony of incomprehensible technical polysyl-
labics intelligible to ‘everyman’. He had not planned for fame;
merely another demand on his time, his freedom and his creativi-
ty.
“What I wanted was a break.” Scott poked at the steaks. In the
pool Arlene Duncan and Sonja kicked their feet and chattered
aimlessly. The perfect respite. The Times made Scott the most
generous tenure offers in a generation of writers, and Scott
recognized the fairness of the offers. It was not now, nor had
it ever been a question of money, though.
“What’s next?”
“The book, I suppose. The Trial of Miles Foster.”
“And then back to the Times?”
“Maybe, maybe. I haven’t given it much thought,” Scott said
watering down the coals to reduce the intensity of the barbecue
inferno he had created. “I promised to help out once in a while.
Officially they call it a sabbatical.”
“How long do you think you can hold out on this rock before going
nuts?”
“We’ve managed pretty well, so far.” Scott said admiring his
bride whose phenomenal physical beauty was tightly wrapped in the
high French cut one piece bathing suit that Scott insisted she
wear in honor of their more conservative guests. Tyrone, he was
sure, would not have minded Sonja’s nudity, but Arlene would have
been on the next flight to Boston and her parents.
“Three months so far, and nine months to go. I think I can take
it,” he said staring at Sonja and motioning to the view.
Tyrone silently conveyed understanding for Scott’s choice of an
island retreat to get away from it all. But Tyrone’s choices
demanded his presence within driving distance of civilization.
“So the bureau wasn’t too upset about your leaving?” Scott
changed the subject.
“I guess not,” Tyrone said laughing. “I was approaching mandato-
ry anyway and I’d become too big a pain in their asses. Using
your hackers didn’t endear me to too many of the Director’s
staff.”
“What about your friend?”
“You mean Bob Burnson?”
“Yeah, the guy we met at Ebbett’s . . .”
“He got his promotion right after I left. I guess I was holding
him back,” Tyrone said with tongue in cheek. “On the other hand,
I could have stayed and really made his life miserable. We’re
both at peace. Best of all? Still friends.”
“I have to say, though, I never thought you’d go through with
it,” said Scott turning the steaks. “You and the Bureau, a
thirty year affair.”
“Not quite thirty . . .”
“Whatever. You’ve certainly built up a practice and a half in
six months.”
“Yeah,” chuckled Tyrone. “Like you, I never planned on becoming
a big player . . .Christ. Who ever thought that Computer Law
would be the next Cabbage Patch Doll of the courts?” Tyrone saw
the smirk in Scott’s face. “O.K., you did. Yes, you predicted a
mess in the courts. Yes, you did Mr. Wisenheimer. I just saw it
as a neat little extension of constitutional law and then whammo!
All of sudden, computer litigation is the hip place to be. Every
type of lawsuit you predicted is somewhere in the legal system –
SEC suits, copyright suits, privacy suits, theft of data, theft
of service.”
“Sounds like everyone who was scared to admit they had a problem
in the past is going balls to the wall.”
“The Japanese lawyers are living their worst nightmare: OSO
Industries is up to top of its colon with lawsuits, including one
asking for OSO to be denied any access to the American market for
100 years.”
Scott whistled long and loud, then laughed. “And that’s fun?”
“You’re goddamned right, it’s fun,” Ty asserted, popping
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