frostfire7@pro-graphics.cts.com (Michael Satran, SubOp) (11/15/90)
That's not the real reason the CIA raided the GURPS cyberpunk supplement. IT
was far too accurate in it's descriptions of surveillance techniques for the
CIA's taste. A great deal of that stuff in the supplement really irritated
the CIA, because some of these methods were used by the CIA themselves. The
GURPS version of Cyberpunk might as well have been called the CIA basic
training manual. Once it became clear that they was nothing they could do
about it, the CIA let it be published.
-- Michael Satran
Pro-Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!"
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ARPA: crash!pro-graphics!frostfire7@nosc.milcirby@vaxb.acs.unt.edu ((C. Irby)) (11/15/90)
In article <5664@crash.cts.com>, frostfire7@pro-graphics.cts.com (Michael Satran, SubOp) writes: > That's not the real reason the CIA raided the GURPS cyberpunk supplement. IT > was far too accurate in it's descriptions of surveillance techniques for the > CIA's taste. A great deal of that stuff in the supplement really irritated > the CIA, because some of these methods were used by the CIA themselves. The > GURPS version of Cyberpunk might as well have been called the CIA basic > training manual. Once it became clear that they was nothing they could do > about it, the CIA let it be published. > -- Michael Satran I'd like to point out, for those of you with little or no sense of humor, that this is a funny posting. Not *that* funny, considering the political climate, but funny. Actually, GURPS Cyberpunk was an encoded file which reveals all of the names of the people who contributed to the Savings and Loan debacle, and the Trilateral Commission needed to update their mailing list. [Not enough smilies...] -- C Irby || "Go that way... *really* fast. Internet: cirby@vaxa.acs.unt.edu || If something gets in your way, Bitnet: cirby@untvax || turn!" Compuserve: 71541,770 || ---_Better Off Dead_---
gwyn@smoke.brl.mil (Doug Gwyn) (11/16/90)
In article <5664@crash.cts.com> frostfire7@pro-graphics.cts.com (Michael Satran, SubOp) writes: >That's not the real reason the CIA raided the GURPS cyberpunk supplement. IT >was far too accurate in it's descriptions of surveillance techniques for the >CIA's taste. If this description of events is correct, then the government agents involved need to be severely punished. They supposedly had taken an oath to uphold the Constitution of the U.S.A., which nowhere empowers federal agencies to persecute law-abiding citizens. What their "taste" is is officially irrelevant, and deliberately so.
zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM (Sameer Parekh) (11/18/90)
In article <5664@crash.cts.com> frostfire7@pro-graphics.cts.com (Michael Satran, SubOp) writes: >That's not the real reason the CIA raided the GURPS cyberpunk supplement. IT >was far too accurate in it's descriptions of surveillance techniques for the >CIA's taste. A great deal of that stuff in the supplement really irritated >the CIA, because some of these methods were used by the CIA themselves. The >GURPS version of Cyberpunk might as well have been called the CIA basic >training manual. Once it became clear that they was nothing they could do >about it, the CIA let it be published. >-- Michael Satran > > Pro-Graphics BBS 908/469-0049 "It's better than a sharp stick in the eye!" > >Internet: frostfire7@pro-graphics.cts.com > UUCP: crash!pro-graphics!frostfire7 > ARPA: crash!pro-graphics!frostfire7@nosc.mil The CIA didn't do diddlys___! It was the Secret Service. (aka the SS, or Hitler's personal guard) -- zane@ddsw1.MCS.COM