[BC] Re: FCC must ward off FEMA

[Mike McCarthy]

Your casual approach to station security is exactly what a terrorist will 
play on should they target your operation.  Terrorism isn't solely related 
to bombs and suicide missions.  If Al Quieda (SP) could, it would have 
extracted as well as continue to execute more economic damage than simply 
dropping two of our most prominent business buildings.  The, as well as 
every other extremist, were jumping for joy when Katrina came ashore, 
followed immediately by Rita.  Those two storms caused 3 times the damage 
of the twin towers collapse...12 digits worth.

Their end game is to see secular capitalism fail, then come in and take 
over to impose their beliefs and societal structure.  They use physical 
violence to disrupt commerce.  Any means to disrupt commerce to them is in 
play.  They use murder as a tool/means to an end.  Not an end in itself.

No business should overlook planning and protection of their mission 
critical systems from any form of terrorism  Be it physical or electrical.

MM

At 07:19 AM 8/30/2006 -0500, Mark Earle wrote:
> From the article:
>
>"They literally had staff in there seven days a week and (this is
>particularly impressive to me) they *called* (emphasis original) every radio
>(and I guess TV) station along the Gulf Coast, reaching out to see what the
>situation was."
>
>I recall getting such a call, as Rita was deciding where to go. Our city
>called for an evacuation - everyone was a bit gun-shy after Katrina. The FCC
>staffer asked questions such as our generator capability, might our studio
>or transmitter sites flood, etc. One thing I recall as odd, they wanted the
>street address of the transmitter sites. Why? They of all people should be
>able to pull them up on a map! I figured the staffer was using some consumer
>mapping product that only searched by stret name/ zip codes.
>
>On the other hand, there was a DHS/FBI letter unrelated to storms, from a
>cybercrime unit, wanting me to complete a survey. The gist of it was (I
>guess) that a terrorist could take over the radio station by taking over our
>computers, or, cause us business loss, or something. So I'm thinking,
>terrorist.. delete the c: drive, or blow something up? I figured that
>cybercrime wasn't something a terror group was likely to do, compared to the
>more mundane physical acts of terror. Of course, to some folks, a computer
>problem of any sort is terror! :)