-Caveat Lector- >> > Another Case of >> > High-Tech High Jinks? >> > More fallout from the nuclear research >> > labs >> > >> > As if they weren't in enough trouble for letting >the >> > Chinese steal nuclear secrets, the national labs >> > are about to get blasted for some high-tech >> > appropriation of their own. In the past six years, >> > Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory has raked >> > in $3.5 million in commercial license fees -- and >> > many millions more in government contracts -- for >> > a new ultra-wide-band "pulse" radar that can peer >> > through walls and spot Stealth planes. Former >> > Livermore researcher Thomas McEwan filed his >> > first patent for "micropower impulse radar" in >1993, >> > for which he was named "Distinguished Inventor of >> > 1994." >> > >> > The problem is, McEwan wasn't the first to invent >> > the technology -- if he invented it at all. It was >> > first >> > patented in 1987 by Larry Fullerton, founder of >> > Alabama-based Time Domain Corp., and featured >> > at a 1990 Los Alamos meeting attended by >> > McEwan and his Livermore associates. In >> > response to a Time Domain challenge, the U.S. >> > Patent Office has initially rejected Livermore's >key >> > patents. Next month the House Science >> > Committee will release a report that, sources tell >> > TIME, will cite more cases of intellectual >property >> > infringement committed by the weapons-making >> > labs as they scrambled to find new raisons d'etre >> > in the post-cold war era. >> > >> > -- ARNOLD MANN >> > >> > >> > DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance�not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
