Axil Axil <janap...@gmail.com> wrote: > If all works like it is designed to, the congressional hearing would be > held behind closed doors and the information would be kept secret. > Correct. But this would never be kept secret. It would be leaked to Fox News immediately, because it would hurt the administration. No member of Congress or staff member would be held to account. On the contrary, the Pentagon would be bashed for buying a fraudulent perpetual motion machine.
It is true that politicians for their own political benefit reveal state > secrets. > > > Take the case of Richard Bruce "Dick" Cheney for example. . . . > There are THOUSANDS of such cases. People in both parties do that all the time. Even during WWII, so much information about the atom bomb project was leaked that fairly detailed descriptions of the program reached some experts in Japan. It was just a matter of time before the whole thing leaked, especially after the first bomb was tested. Washington has always leaked. All in all, that is a good thing. It is necessary for the health of democracy. Military secrets only last a few years in the best of circumstances. All technical secrets -- military, commercial, or a trade secret -- are ephemeral. The cavity magnetron was one of the most important and closely guarded secrets of WWII. Arguably, it contributed more to allied victory than the atom bomb. It was not kept secret for long after the war. Nowadays you can find a cavity magnetron in just about every kitchen, in the microwave oven. Rossi's device may be forgotten, and lost to history, because Rossi himself is doing an effective job at hiding it and destroying his prospects to develop it. But it will NOT be lost because the U.S. military suppresses it. The military could no more do that than it could magically make everyone forget what a magnetron is. The Rossi reactor will not be forgotten because The Amazing Randi is going around telling people it is a scam, or because the oil companies oppose it. The only person capable of suppressing this discovery is Rossi himself. He is doing that more effectively than all the oil companies and stage magicians combined could do. - Jed
