[cap-talk] What does the [defense?] security community really fear from capabilities?

[David Hopwood]

Jonathan S. Shapiro wrote:
> While I agree with much of Jed's diatribe on this topic - we seem to
> have hit a widely shared tender nerve here -- I suggest that it isn't
> productive to fight a 30 year old political battle. Most of the
> opposition is dead or retired, and the only reason that people today
> will know about that report is that Jed scanned it and put it online.:-)

Agreed. However,

> [...] try to remember that the authors were very young in their careers.

I don't believe this is a relevant point at all. If someone publishes a
paper, they are implicitly asserting that they are competent in that
subject area, regardless of their age or their actual experience.

-- 
David Hopwood <david.hopwood at industrial-designers.co.uk>