I propose a beer conversation at cowgirl or second street soon to discuss this.
I hope the beer is not bugged.
BTW: one concern I've had lately is the large number of folks converting to
gmail. What a target for the Feds! And just how much resistance would Google
put up? Can you say Zero?
-- Owen
On Dec 6, 2010, at 11:21 AM, Douglas Roberts wrote:
> We should all be thankful that this exchange is occurring on FRIAM, rather
> than on Facebook. Else we would have endangered our job prospects.
>
> I'm not making this up:
>
> http://www.huffingtonpost.com/2010/12/04/state-department-to-colum_n_792059.html?view=print
>
> Big Brother is watching. Be afraid, be very afraid.
>
> George Orwell was 26 years late, but he was dead-nuts on.
>
> --Doug
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:16 AM, Douglas Roberts <[email protected]> wrote:
> In a similar vein, where, exactly, is the huge, classified secret regarding
> the revelation that blowing up the Ningbo port in south-eastern China will
> have a large negative impact on global trade. Or that taking out an
> anti-snake venom factory in Australia will have a significant impact on our
> ability to treat snake bites?
>
> Even More Cynically,
>
> --Doug
>
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 11:04 AM, James Steiner <[email protected]> wrote:
> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Scholand, Andrew J <[email protected]>
> wrote:
> In February 2009 the State Department asked all US missions abroad to list
> all installations whose loss could critically affect US national security.
>
> The list includes pipelines, communication and transport hubs.
>
>
> Well, considering the tendency to slap "national security" and "classified"
> labels on everything, I'd expect the list also includes a fair number of
> vending machine suppliers and escort services.
>
> Cynically,
>
> ~~James
>
>
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