Re: will USGS computers go off the net again?

"J. F. Cornwall" <JCornwall@xxxxxxx> wrote in message news:civ7f.8708$v_5.2711@xxxxxxxxxxxxx
> The Department of Interior had long-standing computer security
> deficiencies in the Bureau of Indian Affairs, including the computers
> which housed financial information for a whole bunch of money the US Gov
> has held in trust for various Indian tribes and individuals. The BIA
> was in such bad shape they got sued (Google on "Cobell vs Norton") and
> the past few years have had "official hackers" busting DOI/BIA computers
> and causing the courts to shut down entire agencies' computer access.

Absolutely ridiculous. What does any of that have to do with
the USGS?

If Karl Rove or *** Cheney leaked information about a CIA
operative, does that mean the entire executive branch of
government should be taken offline?


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