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IP: US legislators warn of Y2K martial law
From: Dave Farber <farber () cis upenn edu>
Date: Thu, 15 Jul 1999 15:57:05 -0400
From: Declan McCullagh <declan () well com> http://www.wired.com/news/news/politics/story/20751.html Y2K Conspiracy Goes Mainstream by Declan McCullagh (declan () wired com) 3:00 a.m. 15.Jul.99.PDT WASHINGTON -- For many Y2K fanatics, the scariest threat on 1 January 2000 is not technology at all. It's the far more sinister specter of a power-mad president imposing martial law. Dark visions of US Marines stomping through backyards on New Year's Eve 1999 are a staple of innumerable Y2K discussion groups. A typical post: "There is nothing secret about the fact [that the] US, UK and Canada are preparing for martial law." ... They got a boost Wednesday from a conference hosted by the staid US Reserve Officers Association, an eminently respectable organization that Congress chartered in 1920. [...remainder snipped...]
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