Tuesday, March 23, 2004
What is the mission of CEO COM LINK?
Here's the press release from the Business Roundtable on CEO COM LINK, the system that could "allow for a kind of ad hoc governance by the Roundtable and its unelected CEOs" (see back here). It has one interesting little detail. See if you can spot it:
The little detail is this: "in the event of a threat or crisis."
Interesting. In the original post (see back here), we saw CEO COM LINK in "threat" mode. I'd classify a second 9/11 as a threat, certainly. So what else are these guys thinking of using the system for? In other words, what do they think of as a "crisis," beyond a threat like 9/11? Could it be, well, something like a Florida 2004? Say an major electronic voting machine failure in a battlegound state like Ohio and an ensuing loss of legitimacy by the government? I know, tinfoil hat time, but after Florida 2000 (which was stolen, remember, well before election day when Jebbie had the voter rolls purged of likely Democratic voters), and after the lying that got us into Iraq, it really seems that anything's possible.
Readers? What does "crisis" mean to you, in this context?
The hallmark of the Roundtable's efforts to protect and defend America is the development of CEO COM LINK(SM), a secure telecommunications bridge that helps top government and business leaders exchange information in the event of a threat or crisis. CEO COM LINK(SM) enables companies to mobilize private resources as part of the national response and has been expanded to include the banking, chemicals and water industry sectors.
(via PRNewswire)
The little detail is this: "in the event of a threat or crisis."
Interesting. In the original post (see back here), we saw CEO COM LINK in "threat" mode. I'd classify a second 9/11 as a threat, certainly. So what else are these guys thinking of using the system for? In other words, what do they think of as a "crisis," beyond a threat like 9/11? Could it be, well, something like a Florida 2004? Say an major electronic voting machine failure in a battlegound state like Ohio and an ensuing loss of legitimacy by the government? I know, tinfoil hat time, but after Florida 2000 (which was stolen, remember, well before election day when Jebbie had the voter rolls purged of likely Democratic voters), and after the lying that got us into Iraq, it really seems that anything's possible.
Readers? What does "crisis" mean to you, in this context?
