CHESTER HAS MOVED!: Senator: Mystery Spy Project Dangerous

Thursday, December 09, 2004

Senator: Mystery Spy Project Dangerous

Four Democratic Senators have voiced their concerns that a new secret spy program is a threat to national defense. None of the AP's sources would say what it is though. The article makes some guesses:
The rare criticisms of a highly secretive project in such a public forum intrigued outside intelligence experts, who said the program was almost certainly a spy satellite system, perhaps with technology to destroy potential attackers. They cited tantalizing hints in Rockefeller's remarks, such as the program's enormous expense and its alleged danger to national security. A U.S. panel in 2001 described American defense and spy satellites as frighteningly vulnerable, saying technology to launch attacks in space was widely available. The study, by a commission whose members included Donald H. Rumsfeld prior to his appointment as defense secretary for Bush, concluded that the United States was "an attractive candidate for a Space Pearl Harbor." Sending even defensive satellite weapons into orbit could start an arms race in space, warned John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, who has studied anti-satellite weapons for more than three decades. Pike said other countries would inevitably demand proof that any weapons were only defensive.
Perhaps a directed energy weapon, or some other form of space-based platform is in the works. Perhaps even some sophisticated eavesdropping technology. Here at TAOC, we believe it is likely a weapon if opposed by Democratic Senators. The internet is of course awash in various theories. Hereis one site offering some speculation about future weapons platforms. We make no comments on these whatsoever.

6 Comments:

Anonymous Anonymous said...

Why was I not surprised to see the junior Senator from WV , Carl Lenin,.,,,uh ,,Levin,Ron Wyden little Dickie Durbin spouting this stuff. I'm surprised Leaky Leahy did not join this chorus of appeasers. If these poshlosti don't like it, it must be a good thing to have then.

Dave

December 9, 2004 at 10:04 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Apparently the AP feels it is appropriate for it to attempt to discover, presumably in order to to publish, the details of a top secret US espionage program. In the AP article I read on Drudge, AP states that it was told by the Democrats who objected to this program that they could not divulge the nature of the program because of national security considerations. The AP states flatly that it then contacted 13 more Senators in an attempt to find someone who would spill the beans!

Presumably, if somehone had spilled them, the information would have been made instantly available to those from whom we desire to keep it a secret. Am I the only one who is getting fed up with the media behaving as though the interests of the American people have no place higher theirs, and that they are somehow immune to the laws that govern this country?

December 10, 2004 at 5:15 AM  
Blogger SMSgt Mac said...

I caution readers every time I see a reference to John Pike. Basically, when the media needs an 'expert', Pike is one of the 'talking heads' that gets rolled out. John Pike has always been precise in self-describing his forte as a defence POLICY expert (there's an abstract concept for you). Media hacks that refer to Mr Pike very often drop the 'policy' part and transform him into a "defense expert". He runs the GlobalSecurity.org website as a kind of 'mouthpiece for hire'. The website is full of very useful factoids and not-very-useful-at-all analyses. GlobalSecurity.org is an entrepeneurial career move springing from his days as Webmaster for the Federation of (Not so good)American (even worse) Scientists. Real experts in defense (and these tend to be area-specialized as well) either are retired government or contractor employees who've worked in the defense field, or are currently working in Defense. You will rarely hear any real defense 'expert' comment, and never in detail, on something in which they are currently involved.

December 10, 2004 at 6:27 AM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

Great article! Thanks.

August 18, 2007 at 1:37 PM  
Anonymous Anonymous said...

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August 18, 2007 at 7:08 PM  
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September 10, 2007 at 10:48 AM  

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