CREATIVE TERRORISM
WATCH FOR A NEW AGE IN "CREATIVE TERRORISM".
EVERYONE HAS HEARD THE EXPRESSION "HIT 'EM WHERE IT HURTS, IN THE
POCKETBOOK". NOW AN EVEN MORE DIRECT "TERROR" LURKS (WELL) ABOVE THE
HORIZON. A "HIT" ON THOSE WATCHING TELEVISION. THE FIRST BLOW, IT
IS BELIEVED BY SOME, HAS ALREADY BEEN STRUCK!
A NOW-CELEBRATED (WITHIN THE INDUSTRY) CASE CONCERNS THAT OF NEW
YORK TV STATION WOR-TV. IT APPEARS THAT FOR SEVERAL DAYS IN A RECENT
LATE OCTOBER THIS STATION'S UPLINK SIGNAL RELAYED BY EASTERN
MICROWAVE TO THE SATELLITE RAN INTO SEVERE INTERFERENCE. EASTERN (AS
REPORTED BY "COOP'S SATELLITE DIGEST" THE TVRO TRADE "BIBLE") "FELT
QUITE CERTAIN THE INTERFERENCE WAS PURPOSEFUL AND RELATED TO THEIR
ANNOUNCEMENT THAT WOR WOULD BE "SCRAMBLED".
THIS AND A FEW OTHER "STRANGE" OCCURENCES TRIGGERED THE U.S.
FEDERAL COMMUNICATIONS COMMISSION TO HOLD A SEMINAR ON THE THREAT OF
DELIBERATE UPLINK JAMMING AND ALSO ISSUE PUBLIC NOTICE TELLING THE
WORLD THAT SUCH ACTION IS A FEDERAL CRIME. (COLONEL QADHAFI MADE NO
COMMENT -- THE FINE IS THE SAME AS IMPROPERLY OPERATING A CB
RADIO!) THE FCC AFTER FINDING NO PURPATRATOR THAT WOULD ACKNOWLEDGE
THE "CRIME" CONCLUDED THAT "THE INTERFERENCE WAS ACCIDENTAL." NO
EVIDENCE WAS PRESENTED AS TO HOW THIS COULD POSSIBLY HAVE HAPPENED TO
A $100 MILLION SATELLITE.
TODAY'S "MYSTERY IN THE SKIES" IS NOT EVEN DIFFICULT TO ARRANGE.
ANY COMPETENT TENTH GRADE SCIENCE STUDENT KNOWS YOU CAN JAM A RADIO
SIGNAL BY CREATING A NEW SIGNAL ON THE SAME FREQUENCY (SOMETIMES MORE
DAMAGING IF ON AN ADJOINING FREQUENCY). IF YOUR SIGNAL POWER STRENGTH
IS STRONGER THAN THE ORIGINAL, YOU HAVE OVERPOWERED THAT TRANS-
MISSION. THE U.S. GAVE THAT LESSON TO THE WORLD PUBLICLY WITH THEIR
JAMMING OF RADIO MARTINO IN HAVANA. ALL THIS CAN BE DONE LONG
DISTANCE. AS THEY SAY IN THE ADS "REACH OUT AND TOUCH SOMEONE".
RUSSIA DOES THIS ROUTINELY FROM MOSCOW TO THE VOICE OF AMERICA.
SATELLITE SIGNALS ARE FREQUENCY MODULATED (FM). IDEAL FOR JAMMING.
SATELLITES CAN'T TELL A DESIRED SIGNAL FROM AN UNWANTED SIGNAL.
THERE ARE NOW 2,000 AUTHORIZED UPLINK TRANSMITTERS IN THE U.S. THEY
DON'T KEEP SCORE ON THE UNAUTHORIZED DEVICES. HOWEVER, ANY SUCH
DEVICE BETWEEN THE EQUATOR AND THE POLE AND BETWEEN BERMUDA AND
HAWAII COULD BE THE CULPRIT. THAT'S REALLY 'BIG SKY' COUNTRY AND YOU
KNOW THE TROUBLE THE U.S. IS HAVING KEEPING DRUGS OUT OF FLORIDA. IF
SOMEONE DEVOTED TEN MINUTES TO THIS THEY MIGHT FIGURE A WAY TO
"BOUNCE" SUCH A SIGNAL AROUND THE WORLD.
TO CONTINUE THINKING THE UNTHINKABLE, IT WOULD BE EVEN EASIER TO
OVERPOWER UPLINK COMMAND CONTROLS OF THE OPERATING BASE OF THE
SATELLITE AND, IN EFFECT, PUT IT IN "FREE FLIGHT", I.E. OUT OF
CONTROL. DIFFICULT, NO. EVEN EASIER DURING THE SEMI-ANNUAL PERIOD
OF SOLAR ECLIPSE WHEN CRITICAL FLIGHT MANEUVERS ARE TAKING PLACE.
LESSON: DON'T RELY SO MUCH ON HIGH TECHNOLOGY THAT YOU LOSE YOUR
COMMON SENSE (REMEMBER THE MX MISSLE TESTS). LEARN TO FEEL
COMFORTABLE WITH UNCERTAINTY. THRIVE ON CHAOS OUR MOST
CREATIVE ENVIRONMENT.
MORE INFORMATION:
LAW ENFORCEMENT COMMUNICATIONS NETWORK, INC.,
PHONE: (213) 453-2694
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