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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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cantabb - 01:35pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15356 of 15369)

rshow55 - 12:11pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15352 of 15352)

Common ground. Whatever you may think of my "story" - I've never said that I had access to any classified information after 1986 - and not much after 1975.

I didn't say you claimed access to classified information: I just pointed to what has long been pretty evident.

The procedures set out in ....and elsewhere on this thread deal only with open literature information - which in the missile defense case is the key data that matters.

In fact, what is publicly available on MD may just be a tip of the iceberg. Your so-called "corpus" is quite unlikely to have nothing more than that.

Based on this, and other factors (your lack of focus, inane generalities, your inability to separate your personal problems from the matters), I doubt if your 'proposal' to administration on this would have much of anything for anyone, let alone the administration itself and various think-tanks, to learn.

Another batch of your self-references you have in this post is quite insufficient to change anything significant from the picture I described, based on my view of your comments so far.

Cantabb says: " A newspaper may care and comment on all kinds of issues, BUT it's generally NOT the one doing the negotiations or responsible for them."

rshow55: That's the general case - but my circumstances are exceptional.

That's what YOU may wish to think.

Why do you think the press would conduct or be directly involved in the negotiations between nations.

Your problems seem largely personal : And, IF you're serious about resolution and redress, I think you may have to deal with people and agencies involved (administratively, legally or any other appropriate way). I don't think a public forum is or would be the appropriate avenue for them.

And the amount of manipulation I've been subjected to by New York Times employees has been exceptional.

You think NYT would agree with you on THAT ?

Nor do I necessarily need the NYT to be either doing the negotiations between CIA and I - or responsible for them - though I'd appreciate the help in getting my situation clarified.

Regrettable as it may be, THAT's again YOUR personal problem, NOT relevant to MD thread !

The New York Times should be responsible for their interactions with me - which have been exceptional indeed - ........ I believe - and I think very many others would believe that, too.

Your opinions, your suspicions ! Again, a personal matter -- NOT relevant to MD. Most people find it difficult to believe anything without substantiation: perhaps, lchic and your family/friends do.

Perhaps naming names and specific sources isn't necessary - but The New York Times needs to take responsibility for what they have done.....But to sort out my life - I have to have some clarification - I deserve it - and I'll act to get it.

Take it up then with those you think are responsible.

Neither relevant to this thread, nor of any business or interest to most forums readers.

From all this, the impression I continue to get is that you keep trying to weave your personal problems into this forum on MD.

rshow55 - 01:54pm Oct 21, 2003 EST (# 15357 of 15369)
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.

Jorian319 said something interesting:

"Suggestion - Robert, every time you catch yourself thinking such things, re-boot your brain. There is no purpose that would be served by writing lines like the above, even if they did have some basis in fact ."

There might be considerable purpose.

I'd make a suggestion to Jorian319 and Cantabb - - - have you ever thought about resolving fights - in ways it can actually happen?

It seems to me that you should. I'm looking for a reasonable way that I can leave this thread without having been mangled. You should think about helping me do that - and if you can't think about that - why should I think about your concerns?

That seems a simple question - but it doesn't seem to be a question either of you have considered seriously.

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