-Caveat Lector- ----- Original Message ----- From: What's New <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> To: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> Sent: Friday, May 14, 1999 3:28 PM Subject: What's New for May 14, 1999 WHAT'S NEW Robert L. Park Friday, 14 May 99 Washington, DC 1. SPY HYSTERIA I: AUTOMATIC DECLASSIFICATION IS DELAYED. Under Executive Order 12958 classified documents over 25 years old were to be automatically declassified in April 2000 (WN 21 Jan 95). At Energy Secretary Richardson's request, however, President Clinton will extend the deadline by 18 months. DOE will use the period to search the documents for nuclear design information. Meanwhile, the long-awaited release of the Cox report is still awaited. The New York Times now reports that intelligence officials expect China to deploy a missile with a nuclear warhead based on stolen American secrets within three or four years. 2. SPY HYSTERIA II: EVERY MAN SHOULD TRY TO CHECK HIS FACTS. Historians have puzzled for years over the identity of a Manhattan Project spy code-named Perseus. In his memoirs, "Every Man Should Try," Jeremy Stone, President of the Federation of American Scientists, claimed to have located Perseus, whom he calls X. Based on a few lines in a Russian article that Perseus is quoted as having uttered to his Soviet recruiter, lines that had been translated into Russian and then back into English and then edited, Stone decided Perseus sounded like Philip Morrison, a distinguished MIT physicist and revered statesman of science. Although he does not identify Morrison by name, Stone included details that made it clear who he thought X was. Morrison was astounded; he had denied any identification with Perseus when Stone told him of his concerns in 1994 and assumed his denial was accepted. He points out that the Russian article gives details of the background of Perseus that do not in any way match his. Stone was quoted in the NY Times this morning as saying he now "accepts" the denial. Damn nice of him. Morrison repeated this morning that, "I remain loyal to the letter and spirit of my commitment to atomic secrecy, and I have never breached the trust that my colleagues, my employers and my country placed in me." 3. THE CHALLENGE: HOMEOPATHY VIA THE INTERNET. As revealed by Time Magazine this week, I have been in discussions with Brian Josephson (1973 Nobel Prize in Physics) over a protocol for a proposed double-blind trial of the claims of French homeopathist Jacques Benveniste. It was Benveniste who reported in a 1988 Nature article that a solution of a particular antibody retains its biological activity even after it is so diluted that not a single molecule of antibody remains(30X). The solution is said to "remember." Benveniste now reports that he can detect the electromagnetic "signature" of this memory and transfer it via the Internet to another container of water anywhere in the world. In the proposed test, Benveniste would identify which of a group of water samples have been remotely activated. We had hoped the test could carried out quickly. Alas, Dr. Benveniste now says there are a number of improvements that need to be made in the interests of reliability. Nevertheless, we remain hopeful. THE AMERICAN PHYSICAL SOCIETY (Note: Opinions are the author's and are not necessarily shared by the APS, but they should be.) 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
