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posted by ReWayne
on Mar 6, 2011 -
14 comments
Whistleblower uses YouTube to out key coup co-conspirator, Lockheed Martin, contracted to prepare coast a guard fleet to be easily compromised by...who knows? Terrorists?
Is this glaring, bumbling private-sector incompetance, or very competant, efficient planning for a fall back to such an explanation should something occur? Either way, pretty clear who's in cahoots and not a ringing endorsement for the virtues of the private sector. Let's see if some government oversight can do something about it (not holding my breath) now that the whistleblower's statement is on you tube.
Washington Post:
On YouTube, Charges of Security Flaws
posted by Unregistered User
on Aug 29, 2006 -
59 comments
Built at
Lockheed's secret
Skunk Works facility for use by the
Central Intelligence Agency, and in service since 1950s, the
U2 spy plane has seen service all over the world (or, at the very least,
70,000 feet above it). It has shown us what both our friends and enemies were doing,
helping us avert wars, and in at least one occasion, almost
causing one itself. Today, just over 45 years since
Francis Gary Powers fell from the sky into the Soviet Union, the United States Air Force has announced from Baghdad that yet another Dragon Lady has
fallen from the sky in an undisclosed location in Southwestern Asia.
posted by NotMyselfRightNow
on Jun 22, 2005 -
37 comments