Will- I think you're right about the 747 in Debt of Honor. Yeah, it ties in with the Japanese "war" on the US.
After a dozen or so TC books, the paranoia all sort of runs together <g>. re: mole - will have to go look... -Ben > Ben, > > IIRC the 747 thingy happened at the end of Debt of Honor. Didn't Executive > orders also have a deep cover mole subplot as well? > > will > ---- > > William H. Bowen > Webmaster > > ALSTOM's T&D Energy Automation & Information Business > > "Your friendly neighborhood Webmaster!" > > [EMAIL PROTECTED] > http://www.esca.com/ > > 425.739.3629 Voice > 425.466.7016 Cell > 425.739.3690 FAX > ----- Original Message ----- > From: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > To: "CF-Community" <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> > Sent: Wednesday, September 11, 2002 9:31 AM > Subject: Re: Senate Arms Committee meeting > > > > Have any of you read Tom Clancy's "Executive Orders" ?? > > > > (1) Japanese fanatic crashes a 747 into Capitol dome > > during joint session of Congress, wipe out most of > > government. > > > > (2) the *regime* in Iran unleashes a genetically- > > enhanced strain of Ebola virus (more virulent, more > > easily transmitted between people) on the US - > > aerosol "foggers" at RV shows, conventions, etc. where > > people will be coming from a region, then going home to > > infect many people. > > > > Scary book. Probably required reading for Al Qaeda. > > > > -Ben > > > > > Quoting Douglas Brown <[EMAIL PROTECTED]>: > > > > > > > > I was just watching the meeting, and they were discussing the reasons > > > > why and why not go into Iraq and force a ragime change. The weapons > > > > inspectors were saying that if just one person came into the U.S > > > > after being infected with weapons grade small pox, that he would > > > > infect 10 people and within 7-14 days, > > > > those 10 people would infect 10 people each and so on. So within 2 > > > > months of coming here, there would be over 1,000,000,000 infected > > > > people with small pox. > > > > > > Presuming the epidemic goes unnoticed and people don't take counter > > > measures. > > > > > > > > > > If they were to release it in a ventilation system in a building > > > > with say 2000 people, those people would infect 2,000,000,000 within 2 > > > > weeks time. > > > > > > Small pox infections go through bodily fluid contacts I think > > > (including coughing, sneezing etc). So protection is relatively easy. I > > > would be looking for something with a few more vectors, possibly > > > something where animals can be carriers as well, or something that > > > lives forever (like anthrax). In this scenario using something that > > > wears off quickly is not necessary because occupation of US territory > > > is not an issue. > > > > > > > > > > Something to think about eh? > > > > > > <shrug> > > > > > > Second year chemistry class here came with warnings that if you did > > > something stupid, you would be producing nerve gas. I know several > > > people that made TNT just for the heck of it. It is pretty easy to take > > > down a significant part of the power grid by just driving a truck into > > > the poles of an electricity line. Buy a gun, put on a white pointy hat > > > and start shooting at a school playground with mostly black children. > > > Repeat 3 times and watch an entire city go up in race riots. Load a > > > truck with fertilizer, drive into a tunnel and press the red button. > > > Load a speedboat with explosives and some mercury switches and steer it > > > into the side of an LNG tanker. All of these are much easier to > > > organize as the use of biological agents. > > > > > > Do all of these together, and the US has other things on its mind as > > > invading Iraq or not. The potential for destruction and terrorism is > > > still going up, despite the warnings. The world aint seen nothing yet. > > > > > > Jochem > > > > > > -- > > > Never trust a top poster. > > > > > > ______________________________________________________________________ Signup for the Fusion Authority news alert and keep up with the latest news in ColdFusion and related topics. http://www.fusionauthority.com/signup.cfm Archives: http://www.mail-archive.com/cf-community@houseoffusion.com/ Unsubscribe: http://www.houseoffusion.com/index.cfm?sidebar=lists