[whitecrow]

Originally Posted by sjkted

...I think some consideration should be given to the types of group / community information that could destabilize the operation or put the entire group at risk.

Good point. Early is the best time to start thinking these things through.

Perhaps it would be best to have groups limited to a certain size which communicate with each other.

I agree. Small, independent cells is what makes groups like Earth First! so hard to infiltrate. If you're basically talking about a resistance movement, these things are always high-risk. Secure communications is key, and assuming the Internet or cell phones are either unavailable or too risky (duh), then we're back to leaving a note behind the loose brick at the bus stop. Codes and ciphers would become necessary. In these kinds of situations, I'd say go low-tech and devilishly clever.

Would they be Illuminati children? CIA agents? UN soldiers?

I think they'd just as likely be the guys from across the river wanting to steal your women and chickens. They could be anyone, and that's part of the problem...paranoia. There are many different scenarios, and one thing I've learned is that our worst fears seldom come to pass. Sometimes of course they do. But fear is the great paralyzer.

We want to be prepared, but we have to recognize that we can't prepare for every possibility. I think that if we should find ourselves in the kind of situation you envision, we'll have to find people we rely on...and then rely on them.

If THEY're high-tech and we are not, then we must use subterfuge. If you're talking weaponry, we're at a huge disadvantage. If you're talking psy-ops, we probably have more on our side, including the moral high ground. But treachery and experience will trump youth and idealism every time. Never forget that.