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Can you give examples of a HUT?
Can you give examples of what is NOT a HUT?
What are the different competitions that you’re organizing?
Am I eligible for "Red Team" membership?
Can I include a group or organization as a member?
Do I still keep the copyrights of my contributions to the "Red Teams"?
"Red Teaming is the practice of viewing a problem from an adversary or competitor’s perspective. The goal of most red teams is to enhance decision making, either by specifying the adversary’s preferences and strategies or by simply acting as a devil’s advocate (Red Team Journal, http://redteamjournal.com/about/red-teaming-and-alternative-analysis/).
What are the requirements for Red Team membership?
- First and last name
- Age
- Most recent head-shot photo
- Verifiable mailing address
- Membership fee
Why do you need these requirements for Red Team membership?
Your first and last names are required for identification purposes. Due to the sensitivity of most Red Team information, all members should be at least 18 years of age at the time of application.
Your most recent head shot photo is required also for identification and records purposes. The Red Team Manual and other consequent information is not intended for anonymous or unknown recipients. We just can't give it out to anyone who wants it. We have to make sure there's a real person behind the name and address.
Your verifiable mailing address is required to ensure that the Red Team Manual and other consequent information can be sent to and received by you.
Lastly, the membership fee is to cover costs.
What is your privacy policy regarding Red Team members?
Read our Privacy Policy along with the Terms and Conditions here.
What are the known categories of threats?
Threats must not only come from the traditional and easily-recognizable, e.g.:
· Guns
· Bladed weapons
· Bombs
· Known or stockpiled weapons of mass destruction
· Atomic or nuclear weapons,
· Computer hacking,
· Poisoning,
· Known biological weapons
· Meteors from outer space
· Invaders from outer space
· Migration
· Economic depressions recessions modeled from historical facts
· Or anything of similar nature as determined by ISSC.
We’re looking for, but not limited to, processes, methods, delivery systems, networks, inventions, innovations, discoveries, from all field and disciplines, from the arts to the sciences, that push the boundaries of human imagination and may someday threaten our current civilization.
What is a Hitherto Unimagined Threat (HUT)?
Let’s parse.
· Hitherto is defined as “up to this time.”
· Unimagined is defined as “never been thought of before.”
· And “threat” is defined as “intentions and capabilities that suggest it could become an adversary or challenge the national security interests of the United States or its allies (paraphrased for our own purposes from the U.S. Army Regulation 350-2).
Push the limits of your imagination and creativity. Think of a threat – military, scientific, technological, political, economic, historical, social, religions, etc. – that has never been thought of or planned before. Now make it into a feasible, viable and practical reality. That’s a H.U.T.
Can you give examples of a HUT?
Before December 7, 1941, America (with the exception of US Navy Admiral Harry Ervin Yarnell) never imagined an attack on Pearl Harbor.
Before September 11, 2001, using jet planes to attack the World Trade Center were unimaginable (with the exception of security expert John O'Neill).
If you plan to attack the United States with traditional and easily-recognizable weapons (guns, bombs, biological weapons, etc.) what method or process of delivery would you use to circumvent, bypass, or override existing defense systems? That is just one example of a HUT.
An algorithm or a computer hacking software that can bring down the entire American cyber grid, or an explosive device using readily-available, every-day, over-the-counter products, or a newly-discovered biological weapon currently unknown to scientists, are other examples of HUTs. In reality and actuality, of course, entries should not be this simple.
If you have a plausible scenario of an economic collapse due to socio-political and economic factors (e.g. immigration, corruption, inept public officials, etc.), you should include an economic model.
The possibilities are endless.
One thing is for certain, a HUT is limited only by the human imagination.
Can you give an example of what is NOT a HUT?
You write dozens of pages of information on the history, construction and mass production of nuclear weapons. That is not a HUT. That’s a paper on nuclear weapons.
You postulate a new wave of attacks on New York City using cars. We know it can happen. In this case, this is not a HUT. But how do you do it without being detected? That’s a HUT.
An economic collapse due to socio-political and economic factors (e.g. immigration, corruption, inept public officials, etc.) WITHOUT an economic model.
Remember this dictum: DON’T TELL US WHAT IS KNOWN. GIVE US THE UNKNOWN AND UNIMAGINED.
Can you provide some links and literature on threats?
No. We suggest only one thing -- RESEARCH.
What are you going to do with the information on Hitherto Unimagined Threats (HUTs)?
We will compile a database that can be used to protect, secure and defend the USA, EU, Israel, the Vatican and New York from future unimagined threats. The goal is to assist and supplement the work and research of public and private agencies concerning HUTs.
All this information will be distributed to selected universities and research institutions in the United States, Europe, the Vatican, and Israel, including, but not limited to, relevant United States government agencies such as the Department of Homeland Security, Department of Defense, Federal Bureau of Investigation, and the Library of Congress.
In certain cases, private researchers and organizations may be given access to information, but access will never be provided to a third-party, outside those mentioned above, without the express written consent of the author/s.
In the event that a HUT, or parts thereof, can be copyrighted and/or patented, and an individual or business enterprise shows interests and informs ISSC of its manufacturing potential and/or commercial value, including but not limited to, books, graphic novels, videos, video games, movies, etc., ISSC will inform the author, in writing, about the individual or business enterprise’s intent.
Concerning entries and data obtained from the “Destroying Israel” contests, the Institute for the Study of Succession and Continuity will provide information to selected Israeli universities and organizations, as well as the Israeli government, for free.
Concerning the entries and data obtained from the “Destroying the Vatican” contests, the Institute for the Study of Succession and Continuity will provide information to selected Catholic universities and organizations, as well as the Vatican government, for free.
ISSC, by itself, will never retain any and all HUT information. We are fully aware of the security vulnerabilities of our organization, vis a vis the relentless pursuit of malevolent elements to obtain information from us. Most importantly, we adhere to the principle of “checks and balances. Thus, we encourage and ensure that ISSC does not have a monopoly on HUT information.
What are the different competitions that you’re organizing?
Destroying America: The International Competition to Defend the USA from Hitherto Unimagined Threats
Destroying Israel: The International Competition to Defend the Jewish Nation from Hitherto Unimagined Threats
Destroying the Vatican: The International Competition to Defend Christianity from Hitherto Unimagined Threats
Destroying New York: The International Competition to Defend the Empire State from Hitherto Unimagined Threats
Am I eligible for "Red Team" Membership?
Any person 18 and older is eligible to become a member. Anyone below the age of 18 should have written permission from a parent or legal guardian.
How much are the membership fees?
Individual: $40 annual membership fee
Group: $35 each member, annual membership fee
Do I have to be a professional?
No. We encourage amateurs, hobbyists, independent researchers and academics. If you don’t belong to any category you are free to create your own. Just tell us about it.
Do I still keep the copyrights of my contributions to the "Red Team"?
As mentioned in the Terms and Conditions, you still have the copyright to the contents of your entry but the Institute for the Study of Succession and Continuity (ISSC) reserves the right to withhold your contribution and any and all documents and forms of communication pertaining to it, indefinitely, when it is deemed by ISSC, in cooperation and consultation with local and/or federal government agencies, that release of your contribution to the general public is inimical to the security of, but not limited to, the United States, the Vatican, the European Union, Israel, New York and/or other agencies, cities, states, nations, organizations and/or individuals.
In such cases, ISSC will inform you in writing about our decision to withhold your entry from release to the general public. We also reserve the right to withhold this information indefinitely, of course, within the provisions of the laws of the United States of America.
Are you terrorists fronting as a legitimate contest?
No. We adhere to the belief that if America wants to pursue ultimate good, we must be able to comprehend and control ultimate evil. We have done this before with the Nazis during the Second World War, the Communists during the Cold War, and currently with the Axis of Evil. In short, it is best to know our enemy.
ISSC does not, in any form, sort, way, and/or manner, condone, support or tolerate terrorism.
President Franklin Delano Roosevelt mentioned in his First Inaugural Address:
"...the only thing we have to fear is fear itself—nameless, unreasoning, unjustified terror which paralyzes needed efforts to convert retreat into advance."
With the use of the greatest concentration of knowledged in human history, as found in the United States of America, ISSC hopes to confront and preempt unimagined terrorism before they become reality.
Most importantly, all the competitions are part of discipline called "Red Team" and "Alternative Analysis."
How can we be sure that the information we receive will not fall into terrorists’ hands?
ISSC, by itself, will never monopolize HUT information. We are fully aware of the security vulnerabilities of our organization, vis a vis the relentless pursuit of malevolent elements to obtain information from us, now and in the future. Most importantly, we adhere to the principle of “checks and balances." This encourages and ensures that ISSC does not have a monopoly on HUT information.
Most importantly, ISSC continuously cooperates and coordinates with the United States government and other relevant organizations to obtain and maintain national security clearances for most, if not most, of our management, staff, personnel and consultants.
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