HOME  INTRODUCTION  MATERIALS  DOCU      Wars of Information "For soldiers, the primary aim of information is decision-making, and therefore action. The better the information (and therefore, the better the intelligence agency), the better the decisions.... An offensive information war seeks to affect the information circulating on the other side or toward the other side, so that 'their' decisions will be to 'our' advantage. The defensive war of information consists in keeping 'them' from doing the same thing against 'us.'" (Michel Wautelet, "Désinformation et cyberconflits," Observatoire Européen d'Infostratégie, strategic-road.com) Information war is carried out on an essential data-treatment system: the human body. "The body is capable not only of being deceived, manipulated, or misinformed but also shut down or destroyed - just as any other data-processing system. The "data" the body receives from external sources - such as electromagnetic, vortex, or acoustic energy waves - or creates through its own electrical or chemical stimuli can be manipulated or changed just as the data (information) in any hardware system can be altered." (Timothy L. Thomas, "The Mind Has No Firewall," Parameters, U.S. Army War College, 1998) · Autonomous Knowledge and Power · Strategy of Truth · Wars of Information