Re: [iwar] A question...

From: Tony Bartoletti (azb@llnl.gov)
Date: 2001-04-09 12:23:32


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Date: Mon, 09 Apr 2001 12:23:32 -0700
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Subject: Re: [iwar] A question...
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>
> > public information management (works with true information that is used 
> at the
> > right time, place, quality and quantity) or
>
>Is this "selective" information?  If so, it is a form of deception, isn't it?
>
> > disruption (where one tryies to reduce the opponents or public 
> attention to a
> > certain subject by "noise").
>
>Isn't disruption in this case a form of deception?

Well, of course it is.  And deception is generally intended to cause 
disruption ...

I both love, and hate, to quibble over the meaning of words, but it is a 
necessary component of any real discussion.

Murder could be described as the "permanent disruption of someone's 
functioning."

I like the 5 operations described by Sibilia:

> > disruption;
> > deception;
> > destruction;
> > public information management and
> > operational security measures.

But the categories are not a nicely bounded as the terms might imply.  If 
you "disrupt" an adversary's ability to control a critical process, and as 
an "indirect" consequence, something degenerates into collapse, did you 
engage in "disruption" or "destruction".

Would it be true to say that "all conflict seeks to end conflict"?

Confusion among terms often occurs when some assign meaning to words based 
upon a supposed "intent" behind the action, others to the "immediate form" 
of the action, and yet others based upon the extended consequences of the 
action.  If we could be clear in which of these senses a word is defined or 
intended, confusion would be reduced.

___tony___


Tony Bartoletti 925-422-3881 <azb@llnl.gov>
Information Operations, Warfare and Assurance Center
Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory
Livermore, CA 94551-9900





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