(Mike Gaspard) wrote in message . com...

Would you gents mind changing the Subject: line? Evidently
the target couldn't care less, but I find it somewhat unbecoming
to propegate ill natured personal attacks on a veteran of our armed
forces. Especially foul-mouthed attacks which complain of
behavior the attacker has previously indulged in himself
(threatening to get someone fired on the basis of newsgroup
posts, which of course is not what happened here just what's
being complained of as best I can tell. FWIW)

I knew a guy when I was in the Air Force that got his clearance
yanked. Some O.S.I. agents were doing a routine (supposedly) security
check on the Data Processing Center where he worked, and asked if he
knew of any weaknesses in the system. So he says, "Oh sure, I could
trash this thing so bad you wouldn't believe it".

Boom. Goodbye clearance.

Well, there may be more basis to it, but it wouldn't surprise me.

In one of Feynman's books he describes how he identified a security
breach, where he could obtain the last number of the secure file
drawer combinations if the drawer was left open. He reported it
along with suggestions to fix the problem. The result was a memo
to everyone that they had to write a report and change their
combination if Feynman entered their office. Yeah, that fixed
the problem.

Cheers,
Sydney