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Technology has always found its greatest consumer in a nation's war and defense efforts. Since the last attempts at a "Star Wars" defense system, has technology changed considerably enough to make the latest Missile Defense initiatives more successful? Can such an application of science be successful? Is a militarized space inevitable, necessary or impossible?

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rshow55 - 01:48pm Jul 11, 2003 EST (# 12955 of 12959)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

White House Ignored CIA Over Iraq Uranium Claim - CBS By REUTERS Filed at 0:39 a.m. ET http://www.nytimes.com/reuters/politics/politics-iraq-usa-weapons.html

WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The White House ignored a request by the CIA to remove a statement in President Bush's State of the Union address that Iraq was seeking uranium from Africa for its nuclear weapons program, CBS Evening News reported on Thursday.

is in conflict with

Bush and Rice Say C.I.A. Approved Uranium Comment By KIRK SEMPLE 12:15 PM ET http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/11/international/worldspecial/11CND-BUSH.html

The comments appeared intended to rebut news reports that said the C.I.A. was raising objections to the claim that Iraq tried to buy uranium in Africa.

http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/11/international/worldspecial/11CND-BUSH.html comes with an image - and above that image is point that may be clicked to enlarge the image - and show more detail - including people not shown in the smaller image. People should look carefully at that image - including the expression on Secretary Powell's face.

We're dealing here with issues that matter much more than the question of what Clinton did and said about the Lewinsky matter. Lies about sex are pretty widely tolerated. Here we're dealing with evasions about the basic war making power of the United States. Issues central to the credibility of the United States in the world - something both our safety and our prosperity depend on.

I had reason to know a great deal about the Watergate matter - where impeachment was fully justified - and happened much too late. This is more serious.

12930-31 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.dlvQbQHTpMz.706745@.f28e622/14606

Standard Operating Procedure By PAUL KRUGMAN http://www.nytimes.com/2003/06/03/opinion/03KRUG.html

Congress Must Resist the Rush to War By ROBERT C. BYRD http://www.nytimes.com/2002/10/10/opinion/10BYRD.html

Under the best interpretations possible, "good intentions" have only been part of the story.

The New Jersey Ethicist By BILL KELLER http://www.nytimes.com/2002/09/21/opinion/21KELL.html

This matters. There should be an investigation.

bbbuck - 02:51pm Jul 11, 2003 EST (# 12956 of 12959)

Come on rebecca_nyt bounce these fcking clowns.

Show us you've got some ...uh... authority.

jorian319 - 03:29pm Jul 11, 2003 EST (# 12957 of 12959)

S'matter bbbuck? Don't like the "R" show?

How about a little patience for the Guardian of The Guardian?

rshow55 - 03:33pm Jul 11, 2003 EST (# 12958 of 12959)
Can we do a better job of finding truth? YES. Click "rshow55" for some things Lchic and I have done and worked for on this thread.

Bush and Rice Say C.I.A. Approved Uranium Comment By RICHARD W. STEVENSON with KIRK SEMPLE http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/11/international/worldspecial/11CND-WEAPONS.html

has replaced an earlier story with an identical title.

Bush and Rice Say C.I.A. Approved Uranium Comment By KIRK SEMPLE http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/11/international/worldspecial/11CND-BUSH.html

The Semple piece has an interesting Associated Press image which the Richard W. Stevenson and Kirk Semple piece, which was posted a little later and is admirable in many other ways, lacks.

http://www.mrshowalter.net/a_md11000s/md11634.htm :

In news stories, people speak of the "5W's + H" approach.

Who? . . . What? . . . Where? . . . When? . . . Why? . . . and How?

HOW, exactly, did the world get into this mess?

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