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Message no. 1
From: Scott W <see_scott_run@*****.COM>
Subject: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 03:46:31 -0800
> Wow....umm, you guys have seen too many episodes of
> X-Files. I hate to disillusion you, but, umm, there
> really aren't all these secrets in the gov't, or in
> the military. I've been in the Marines for nine
> years now.
> Let me tell you where we get alot of the highest-
> tech things we use: a program called COTS. Sounds
> secret, high tech, doesn't it? It means commercial
> off-the-shelf. That means, since there isn't
> anything comparable in the gov't inventory that
> compares, we buy it from Radio Shack, or some such.
> Pretty cool, huh?

(I snipped a bunch of stuff you've all read before)
My thoughts are, don't believe what you see in
films. Don't believe what the gov't and agencies tell
you. Draw a line at the mid-point between paranoia
and PR spam, and you'll have something which may be
closer to the truth than the other two :)

Anyway, to boot this sucker back on topic, what has
FASA done with the various agencies like the FBI, CIA
and other popular film shadow-factories? Have they
described them in any detail? Keep in mind, I've
read very few (read: one, SR3) of the publications
after Cybertechnology. So if they've been given the
treatment in SR since that book, I don't know it :)
I ask because one of my PCs wants to play an FBI agent
undercover (recipe for disaster, I know, but I can
handle it, I hope). Any thoughts on what these
organizations would be like in the 20?? era, and what
secrets they might be hiding in the SR future?

Scott W

P.S. Call me ignorant, I can take it. Just tell me,
what in heck is the NSA?
==

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Message no. 2
From: Jörg-Olaf_"JOM"_Melcher
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 13:01:32 +0100
> P.S. Call me ignorant, I can take it. Just tell me,
> what in heck is the NSA?

NSA = National Security Agency

For some reference:

http://www.fas.org/irp/nsa/index.html

JOM

jom@********.com
Message no. 3
From: Patrick Goodman <remo@***.NET>
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 09:14:01 -0600
From: Scott W
Sent: Friday, January 29, 1999 5:47 AM

> Anyway, to boot this sucker back on topic, what has
>FASA done with the various agencies like the FBI, CIA
>and other popular film shadow-factories? Have they
>described them in any detail?

The Bureau and the Company both seem to be alive and well in the UCAS.
In other countries, your guess is as good as mine.

>P.S. Call me ignorant, I can take it. Just tell me,
>what in heck is the NSA?

NSA == No Such Agency. To hear them tell the story, anyway....

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El Paso: Never surrender. Never forget. Never forgive.
Message no. 4
From: Paul Gettle <RunnerPaul@*****.COM>
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Fri, 29 Jan 1999 10:52:43 -0500
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At 03:46 AM 1/29/99 -0800, Scott wrote:
>P.S. Call me ignorant, I can take it. Just tell me,
>what in heck is the NSA?

It stands for "No Such Agency". It doesn't exist, it's just the pipe
dream of conspiracy theorists, who want some governmental body to
blame for everything. :)

Ok, now the real story:
The NSA is the National Security Agency. They're in charge of code
making and code breaking in matters of national defense.

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Message no. 5
From: "Jason I. Gonding" <templar@****.NET>
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Wed, 29 Apr 1998 13:31:34 -0400
Jörg-Olaf "JOM" Melcher wrote:

> > P.S. Call me ignorant, I can take it. Just tell me,
> > what in heck is the NSA?
>
> NSA = National Security Agency

Alternatively it means No Such Agency

;-)

>
> For some reference:
>
> http://www.fas.org/irp/nsa/index.html

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Message no. 6
From: Logan Graves <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET>
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Sat, 30 Jan 1999 09:34:25 -0500
In our last episode, Paul Gettle wrote:
>
> It stands for "No Such Agency". It doesn't exist, it's just the pipe
> dream of conspiracy theorists, who want some governmental body to
> blame for everything. :)
>
> Ok, now the real story:
> The NSA is the National Security Agency. They're in charge of code
> making and code breaking in matters of national defense.

Oh, they exist alright. All of our Military Intelligence assets
(well, at least the Army's M.I. folks) are responsible to & send their
intel reports to the NSA in Fort Meade, MD.

It's not just codes; it's also the tracking of foreign diplomats (aka.
spies) & WarsawPack troop deployments. Actually, all collected
PhotoINT, ELINT, COMINT, etc. all gets funnelled to or thru the NSA.

--Fenris (former US Army ELINT collector, circa. 1983-1986)

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Message no. 7
From: "XaOs [David Goth]" <xaos@*****.NET>
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 12:38:31 -0600
> It's not just codes; it's also the tracking of foreign diplomats (aka.
> spies) & WarsawPack troop deployments.

"WarsawPack"? Sounds like a wrestling 'organization'. Just a quick
correction...it's "Pact". As in, Warsaw Pact. (Now watch...I'll be wrong,
and make a fool of myself. :) )

-XaOs-
xaos@*****.net
-David Goth-
Message no. 8
From: Logan Graves <logan1@*****.INTERCOM.NET>
Subject: Re: Conspiracy Theories (was: A new gun...)
Date: Tue, 2 Feb 1999 22:31:58 -0500
In our last episode, "XaOs [David Goth]" wrote:
>
> "WarsawPack"? Sounds like a wrestling 'organization'. Just a quick
> correction...it's "Pact". As in, Warsaw Pact. (Now watch...I'll be wrong,
> and make a fool of myself. :) )

Nopers, you're absolutely correct. Of course it's the "Warsaw PacT."

And I was being soooo careful to spell "Warsaw" correctly...looked it up
& everything ...


(BTW, better watch those wrasslin' slurs, you know how Adam can get ;-9
)

--Fenris
______________________________________________________logan1@*****.intercom.net
(>) "When I have trouble sleeping, I take Amne-Forte.
At least, I think I take it."
(>) Failed Ad campaign for Amne-Forte, Ares Pharmaceuticals

(>) "I've been taking Amne-Forte since, um, well...
and it's done wonders for...well, time for a nap."
(>) Humbert No-Dose

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