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According to recently published articles, there seems to be critical vulnerabilities within the integrity of the US power supply infrastructure. Allegations that Chinese and Russian hackers have embedded code within the systems that provide electricity to the United States have put into question the reliability and stability of the power supply. The Chinese State News Agency, Xinhua released a statement from a Chinese Foreign Ministry spokesperson that altogether denies the situations existance. We have been well primed in scapegoating the Chinese for all of the problems faced by the Western world. It seems only natural that this compromise of America's energy security would be carried out by the perennial nemesi "Sneaky Chinamen" and their beloved buddies the "Evil" Russians.

I have more faith in the espionage capabilities of Russia than to believe they would leave their marks all over a covert operation of this scale. Who is perpetrating the act? Can't say I could rule out anyone. Given the crash-burn of international relations that the US has experienced under their prior regime, any scenario could be plausible. I guess the classical approach to solving this mystery may be to apply the question of motive..


Who would have something to gain from instability in the US power supply?

• Canada, fed up with perceived unfair treatment surrounding Softwood Lumber the BSE crisis and SARS, infiltrates the American network through CSIS, using Chinese proficient sabatouers..

• Iran, peeved at constant critiqing of its nuclear power program, enlists sympathetic hackers to..

• Taiwanese separatist groups, looking to create a deep rift between the two Mega Powers, instigate a false-flag attack on US cyber-infrastructure and interests..

It may sound smug or contemptuous to some, but I never thought of the Bush Administration as vanguards of either technological advancement or protectors of the interests of the American people. From attempting to sell ports to the UAE in the Dubai Ports controversy, to the imposition of puritanical beliefs on the Spirit of Justice by John Ashcroft. At some points, I found myself just waiting for these guys to ban computers altogether and institute sime kind of decree completely banning progress of any kind - save for military advancement.. Kind of like a Christianised Sharia Law is what I was thinking.


Hopefully this gets resolved and the systems patched so that we don't have a repeat of that nasty incident in August 2003..