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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 - 05:23pm Jul 31, 2003 EST (# 13193 of 13267)
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.

Good to see you, almarst , and fredmoore , too. I'm on vacation, and not attending as much as I sometimes do. (I'm spending time with parents and sibs, instead.) But these articles seem to indicate good news - and the latter one may be at least in part due to coverage and an editorial by the NYT.

State Dept. Sees North Korea as Ready for 6-Way Negotiations By DAVID STOUT http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/international/asia/31CND-NUKE.html

Poindexter to Resign Following Terrorist Futures Debacle By ERIC SCHMITT http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/31/politics/31CND-POIN.html?hp

The Pentagon official who oversaw a plan for a terrorist futures-trading market is resigning under pressure, a senior defense official said today.

This article is interesting, too - and sets out good news as well.

N.Y. Times To Appoint Ombudsman (Washington Post) By Howard Kurtz Page C01, Jul 31, 2003 http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A5204-2003Jul30.html

The New York Times said yesterday that it would name two new watchdogs, a public editor to critique the paper and a standards editor . .

almarst2002 - 06:30pm Jul 31, 2003 EST (# 13194 of 13267)

LAW ENFORCEMENT INTELLIGENCE:

Department of Homeland Security is *Irrelevant* and so are their "Terror Alerts" OSS Comment: First off, the warnings on airlines being hijacked are misplaced--business class is just dying for a chance to tear a couple of terroris... (07-30-2003) - http://www.oss.net/extra/news/?module_instance=1&id=1377

almarst2002 - 09:08pm Jul 31, 2003 EST (# 13195 of 13267)

Foreign Policy in Focus - http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/index.html

The Other Looting By Michael Renner (July 2003) The Bush administration has been moving with great speed to take strategic control of the country's oil wealth. - http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/looting2003.html

South Africans React to George Bush’s Petro-Military-Commerce Mission By Patrick Bond (July 21, 2003) In addition to the pomp and ceremony associated with the second post-apartheid state visit by a U.S. president, a string of protests greeted George Bush when he met South African president Thabo Mbeki in Pretoria. - http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/outside/commentary/2003/0307southafrica.html

The U.S. Power Complex: What’s New - http://www.foreignpolicy-infocus.org/papers/02power/index.html

almarst2002 - 09:22pm Jul 31, 2003 EST (# 13196 of 13267)

CATO Institute - http://www.cato.org/dailys/daily-index.html

July 31, 2003: 'Conservative' Bush Spends More than 'Liberal' Presidents Clinton - http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-31-03.html

July 13, 2003: Missile Defense: Defending America or Building Empire? - http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-13-03.html

July 7, 2003: Weapons of Mass Distraction - http://www.cato.org/dailys/07-07-03.html

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