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NSA Chief Built Star Trek Like Command Center
Bruce66423 writes "As the NSA scandal moves from appalling to laughable, the latest report in the Guardian indicates that the current NSA chief spent US taxpayers' money to create a command center for his intelligence operations that was styled just like Star Trek. From the PBS News Hour report: 'When he was running the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, Alexander brought many of his future allies down to Fort Belvoir for a tour of his base of operations, a facility known as the Information Dominance Center. It had been designed by a Hollywood set designer to mimic the bridge of the starship Enterprise from Star Trek, complete with chrome panels, computer stations, a huge TV monitor on the forward wall, and doors that made a 'whoosh' sound when they slid open and closed. Lawmakers and other important officials took turns sitting in a leather 'captain's chair' in the center of the room and watched as Alexander, a lover of science-fiction movies, showed off his data tools on the big screen. "Everybody wanted to sit in the chair at least once to pretend he was Jean-Luc Picard," says a retired officer in charge of VIP visit '"
How apropos. A False Comparison Between Terror Deaths and Bathtub Deaths
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
Your entire post seems to be an instance of what you list as "Flaw 4." Based on your own standards I think we can take your post as nonsense.
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
There are many rebel factions, but the vast majority of the fighters are Syrian. They would like to not be subjected to the brutal Syrian Baathist government dictatorship, which is backed by Iran. Do you think that is bad? Suppose it turned out they could manage to form a democratic government like Iraq's?
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
If you think I advocate "cowering for decades" then you really don't understand, and probably do need help from someone. Denial isn't a river in Egypt, but it does seem to be a barrier for you.
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell
Quite so.
much of left-wing thought is a kind of playing with fire by people who don't even know that fire is hot - George Orwell