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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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lchic - 08:51pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3976 of 3983)

Bill Casey

The William J. Casey Institute of the Center for Security Policy was formally launched on 13 March 1996 with the mission of exploring the nexus between international financial, energy, trade and technology flows and traditional U.S. national security policy concerns.

http://www.centerforsecuritypolicy.org/index.jsp?section=static&page=wjci

lchic - 09:04pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3977 of 3983)

the Institute's Chairman, Hon. Roger W. Robinson, Jr. Mr. Robinson's background is ideally suited to his present responsibilities: During the Reagan Administration he served as Senior Director of International Economic Affairs at the National Security Council, where he worked closely with Bill Casey in formulating the policies that helped destroy the Soviet Union.

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Interesting use of the word destroy.

Why was it necessary to think in terms of 'destruction' rather than transformative joint co-operation?

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Casey - http://intellit.muskingum.edu/ciadcis_folder/ciadciscasey&webster.html

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lchic - 09:19pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3978 of 3983)

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/intellit/intell.html

mazza9 - 10:43pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3979 of 3983)
"Quae cum ita sunt" Caesar's Gallic Commentaries

Robert

You speak of rights but where, I repeat, where is it written that you have the right to ignore and trample mine. Who do you think you are? King of the Universe? Maybe Kate Winslet will have you in the back seat of that car but your still going down with the Titanic.

Reading issues, management and decisions processes have little to do with the question of this forum. That's my opinion. You differ, that's your opinion. Go away and blow you bubbles elsewhere. I had enough of that when my daughter was six months old. Its cute and infantile. Heck I don't even know if you smile.

LouMazza

robkettenburg01 - 11:49pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3980 of 3983)

MAGNETS DEFEAT MICROCHIP IMPLANTS!

lchic - 11:52pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3981 of 3983)

Magnets could be used to 'pull' bombs out of silos!

lchic - 11:56pm Aug 24, 2002 EST (# 3982 of 3983)

The scientific status of the labour theory of value / Cockshot Cotterall 1977 http://www.wfu.edu/~cottrell/eea97.pdf

Are people paid what they are worth - per unit of output - or otherwise ... Where do BushMediaHacks sit ?

Can Congress make the request to KNOW how BUSH pays all his MediaHacks to sit on the threads of the NYT and the Guardian posting idiotic comment!

Is 'the poster' worth his salt ...

or does 'the poster' actually have such a negative value on the working of the USA economy that he ought really to be paying to post ?!

If 'the poster' is paid by the CIA - then it's time CONGRESS reduced that agency budgetarily!

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