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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 - 03:47am Oct 7, 2003 EST (# 14505 of 14505)
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 Official Apologizes for Role in Uranium Claim By THE ASSOCIATED PRESS http://www.nytimes.com/2003/07/22/international/worldspecial/22CND-HADLEY.html

I don't see how that could have happened. Rice and Hadley are both too competent to have that happen "by mistake.

We had the President of the United States misinforming the American people to justify a war.

( Which then screwed up . )

The New York Times should want to cover that in every detail - not cover it up.

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If I were a New York Times stockholder who was not " in the family " - - - I'd be concerned.

May 15th 2003 | NEW YORK From The Economist print edition

Crisis management for a top media brand

QUALITY control problems can wreak havoc with any business, especially when a reputation for high quality is a crucial ingredient of its brand. Ask the New York Times, which is having to deal with its own version of Ford's dodgy Firestone tyres, and Coca-Cola's Belgian taste troubles.

The glitch in question is Jayson Blair

Times Reporter Who Resigned Leaves Long Trail of Deception http://www.nytimes.com/2003/05/11/national/11PAPE.html

At the level of substance the recent piling on here is more serious than the Jayson Blair case. Certainly if gisterme has any signficant connections to the Bush administration - and the paper knows that.

Manipulation of information, Jayson Blair style - was about small details. The issues that have long been in play here involve more than that.

14072 http://forums.nytimes.com/webin/WebX?8@13.HVcibrjAL23.922479@.f28e622/15778 - - - The Jayson Blair scandal happened, in large part - because the NYT has a culture that is based on ascribed status - and not checking.

Especially not covering up .

Maybe I'm wrong - and cantabb , Jorian319 and bluestar are not salaried NYT officers or employees.

But if they are - if any of them are - the NYT organization should worry about what it is selling - and what implicit promises it is making to the people who buy the paper.

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