Russian Touts Computer Virus as Weapon

[William Knowles <wk () C4I ORG>]

http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A30295-2000May8.html

MOSCOW--Ultranationalist Vladimir Zhirinovsky has suggested that the
computer virus could be a useful tool for Russian foreign policy.

"The era of detective stories and James Bond has long been over,"
Zhirinovsky said, according to a weekend report in the newspaper
Kommersant. "Now there is a different era--the era of computers and
the Internet. And we can bring the entire West to its knees with our
Russian computer specialists. Let us put viruses into their secret
programs like we did recently, and they will not be able to do
anything."

"It is time to put an end to the news focusing on Chechnya," he added.
"It must be closed down as a combat spot, and we must track computer
viruses more. Thanks to us, the West will soon suffer enormous
losses."

(David Hoffman)



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