cybercuzco's Journal: Phd. Dissertation vs National Security

Imagine this scenario: You're working on your Phd. Dissertation, with a topic so boring to normal people that you cant talk about it with friends and relatives for fear of placing them into a deep coma. Suddenly, 9/11 happens, and now your boring disssertation is threatened with being classsified by the government , CEO's are threatening to not let your laptop out of the building and Osama bin Laden would give up his 70 virgins for access to it. This article details how a graduate student developed a map of the US power and telecommunications infrastructure using material available online, and how now he might never get to publish this "boring" dissertation. (submitted to the main page 7/8/03)