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... GLPBAL NEWS ... NEWS computer data transmissions. Remember - just because you are not paranoid, it doesn't mean they aren't lis- tening to you! someone has found a way of forging some of these cards. If you have had money ripped off from your account, grab a copy of New Scientist, 4th July 1992, page 5, take it to your bank man- ager, tell it is now recognised as possi- ble and demand the bank replace the money you gave them to look after. ; (Ref: New Scientist, 4th July 1992) medical researchers say chlorine pro- duces chemical bi-products which are responsible for at least 18% of rectal cancers and 9% of bladder cancers. The study published in the American Journal of Public Health says the can- cers can be linked to drinking, bathing and swimming in hlorinawed water. MI6 PULLS OUT OF "TOP SECRET" BASE NEAR DARWIN The British secret service outfit MI6 has recently announced that it will close its top secret "radio relay station" which operates on a site adjacent to the Australian Defence Department's iso- lated Kowandi Radio Station, about 30km south of Darwin. ON PHONE TAPS, THE FBI AND THE NSA Brian Evans of Tantara Tek in Watford (UK) has filed a European paten application (#463787) suggesting how to use the TV to subliminally con- vey ‘changes in mood' on a TV pro- gramme, or advert. Mr Evans suggests that if TV screens were made to flicker at a rate of 75 hertz, either by scanning the cathode ray tube at this frequency, or by inter- rupting the back illumination for a liq- uid crystal display, then the eye will register this flicker peripherally, but not with direct viewing. ee ee According to the Washington Post earlier this month (July), the FBI have a rather unusual gripe - that is they can't tap people's phones any more. It seems that the equipment used by the FBI does not work on fibre optic cables. So frustrated is the FBI that they want the Bush administration to force US tele- phone companies to install equipment that allows them to tap into every tele- phone in the country. What's more, is that the FBI wants the public purse to pay for these changes. Now normally this information would not be made public, but someone leaked it to the media immediately. One wonders whether the CIA or the NSA are having the same problem, and if so how did they overcome it in Australia, where we are using a fair bit of fibre-optics? The NSA (National Security Agency) was founded by President Harry Truman during the “Cold War", to tap into the world’s electronic transmissions to detect enemies of the USA. It was only a few weeks ago that British Prime Minister, John Major officially acknowledged the existence of MI6, which until then had been the worst kept secret in the world, (along with Boris Yeltsin's drinking). A High Comission spokesman in Canberra has confirmed that the British were pulling out because it was being superseded by, wait for it, new technol- ogy. Maybe this new technology is what the more intelligent "intelligence" organisations are, or will be using to tap phone networks which use fibre optic cables. (See previous item.) (Source: The Sun-Herald, June 28, '92) During the programme, the frequency would change, to emphasise changes in mood. According to Evans, this can heighten dramatic effect and stimulate peripheral curiosity. Another trick is to alter the flicker frequency in some parts of the picture, but not others. (Source: New Scientist, 27 June '92) FORGED CARDS USED ON ATMS NATIONAL SECURITY OR PLAIN OLD SUPPRESSION? Evidence has surfaced that money can be easily stolen from Automated Teller Machine using published infor- mation and an easily accessible machine costing several hundred dollars. The ‘Cold War' may have ended, but last year the Pentagon placed a record 774 US patent applications under The NSA uses the satellite listening bases such as Pine Gap to spy on an incredible number of telephone and fac- simile transmissions. It owns the most powerful array of computers in the world, and can pick out specific con- versations from the babble of interna- tional telecommunication traffic. Siemnnwes thn 3 "7 wart TO SIGN OW FoR THE DOLE, Every year thousands of customers complain to banks and building soci- eties that money has been removed from their accounts at cash machines without their knowledge. Most banks deny that these "phan- tom" withdrawals are even possible, and avoid compensatory action as a result. According to James Bamford's book on the NSA, The Puzzle Palace, the NSA employs at least 60,000 people and spends a modest $13 billion per year. The Washington Post reported that the NSA was also trying to ensure that government computers used a ‘second rate computer security technology’ so it could continue to monitor overseas I am sure many readers are not surprised that NEXUS*7 MORE ON TV SUBLIMINALS AUGUST-SEPTEMBER 1992