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 <d...@parrot-farm.net>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 <gregortr...@gmail.com>wrote: > >> On Mon, Dec 6, 2010 at 12:54 PM, Scholand, Andrew J >> <ajsc...@sandia.gov>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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