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[d.brin]

[EMAIL PROTECTED] (Tim):
Thought y'all might enjoy this ...
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A43083-2003Dec30.html
  The CIA Dept. of Quirky Tricks
  > Agency Reveals Gadgets, but You Can't See Them
...
  > The CIA is not showing off just its successes. It invented a
  remote-controlled dragonfly for delivering tiny listening devices
  outside windows: a bug carrying a bug. But the "insectothopter,"
with
  a miniature engine built by a watchmaker, could not fly straight in
  > winds and did not prove useful.
So much for a prop beloved of sci-fi authors such as Neal Stephenson
(in 'The Diamond Age') and David Brin (in 'Kil'n People')  (:-)}
--

Of course, I find it encouraging that we are hearing about this 
process.  Our only hope is that a large number of CIA and military 
officers remember that they went to school with us, married our 
sisters, watched the same anti-authority movies and share some of the 
same dreams of freedom.

If so, we stand a chance....

Thrive and happy new year, folks!

With cordial regards,

David Brin
www.davidbrin.com
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