E-mail: it can kill you!

By Robert Andrews

The Government says “nothing sent over the Internet should be considered private.” Is this practical?   Recently, even the Supreme Court had a problem with the issues surrounding privacy. Apotential security breach the Government may not have even considered has been happening to me for over two years.

I (admittedly) am an Internet geek. I own over two dozen domains - that is web addresses. The problem is that one of my domains is a single character different from a military domain. Because of a typo, I have been receiving e-mail transmissions directly from the government containing highly confidential information, troop deployment codes, technical specs and operation frequencies for military weapons, and similar information.

Even private industry is not free of this problem. On one of my other domains, I received account numbers, balances and passwords for a bank portfolio containing over $68 million. At first the e-mails were an interesting diversion, (I even was forwarded an e-mail written by Colin Powell)
but I soon realized the potential seriousness of the misdirection.

I decided to try to resolve the problem when I received an e-mail containing a PowerPoint presentation, complete with pictures, charts, frequencies, etc., reviewing a device called a Missile Warning Sensor Stimulator (MWSS) that is disguised as a truck and horse trailer - (Photo attached of the device and some of its components.)

I first went to whitehouse.gov and wrote to the e-mail address for security. No response. I next tried to contact the CIA. Again, no response. Finally, I contacted the National Security Agency and talked to a high-ranking officer there. He sent me a test message akin to “Who is receiving this?” I responded with my personal information. The next day I received a telephone call from the officer guaranteeing me that the situation would be resolved.

Indeed, the e-mails stopped for nearly a month.   Unfortunately, they started again.

I find this whole scenario to be intriguing as well as disturbing. I’ve analyzed the e-mails and have determined that I am not the only person receiving misdirected military e-mails. This has the potential to be catastrophic. It also represents a serious breach in national security. I am not a hacker, nor have I ever had any inclinations in that direction. One of my concerns is that I will be suspected of espionage - or somehow accused of abusing the information I’ve received. I am hoping that by making this public I will expose this situation and guarantee some level of safety for me and my family, and assure that I will not be suspected of treason.

While waiting for this situation to be resolved, I have developed the situation into a based-on-reality suspense novel which I have self-published for my own protection. An extensive preview can be found on the internet at www.Mavira.com.