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Dates: during 1990-1999
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University police are now investigating the incident, but it may prove difficult to ascertain the author's identity. Like so many Internet communications, this one was anonymous...

Author: By Ethan M. Tucker, | Title: The Wild, Wild Internet | 2/20/1997 | See Source »

...South Korean atomic energy center. Senator Sam Nunn, ranking Democrat on the committee, said that Internet crime presents a whole new challenge for ensuring national security. "Is the bad actor a 16-year old, a foreign agent, an anarchist or a combination thereof?" he asked. "How do you ascertain the nature of a threat if you don't know the motive of your adversary?" Adding fuel to the threat of cyberspace infiltration is a report that some 120 governments have or are developing computer attack capabilities. Chris McKenna

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon's Computer Security Problem | 5/29/1996 | See Source »

...South Korean atomic energy center. Senator Sam Nunn, ranking Democrat on the committee, said that Internet crime presents a whole new challenge for ensuring national security. "Is the bad actor a 16-year old, a foreign agent, an anarchist or a combination thereof?" he asked. "How do you ascertain the nature of a threat if you don't know the motive of your adversary?" Adding fuel to the threat of cyberspace infiltration is a report that some 120 governments have or are developing computer attack capabilities. Chris McKenna

Author: /time Magazine | Title: The Pentagon's Computer Security Problem | 5/22/1996 | See Source »

...most benign solution would be to somehow prevent smoke from entering the ventilation system. Two ideas come to mind. First of all, the house could hire experts to ascertain if there are certain rooms in Gilbert (or perhaps in all four towers) where smoke will not enter the ventilation system. These rooms could be designated for smoking...

Author: By The CRIMSON Staff, | Title: Non-Smokers In Currier Need Air | 10/20/1995 | See Source »

Unfortunately, it is quite impossible for me to ascertain Farrakhan's true motives, and I believe that said motives are as hidden from these critics as they are from me. Moreover, if the Million-Man March serves as a conduit for a reaffirmation of black responsibility and community, then Farrakhan's questionable personal goals become at most secondary...

Author: By Talia Milgrom--elcott, | Title: The Man Behind the March | 10/16/1995 | See Source »

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