His so-called Ware Report proved a catalyst for the Pentagon to convene a Defense Science Board task force to study computer security. That task force came to several ominous conclusions, chief among them: “Contemporary technology cannot provide a secure system in an open environment.” The report was the first to advance the notion that computers were leading humanity, and with it the nation’s intelligence apparatus, down a dangerous path. But it offered little in the way of solutions. So over the next few years, the U.S. government culled some of the report’s authors, as well as top
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