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To: B.Long who wrote (18612)	2/26/2004 10:06:27 AM
From: Bucky Katt	Respond to of 48461

A 'tweak' for the molotov tossing fascists> LONDON -- Britain on Wednesday backed away from a potentially divisive and embarrassing prosecution of an intelligence worker who last year revealed secret U.S. attempts to bug foreign envoys before the war in Iraq. Charges were dropped against Katharine Gun, 29, a translator employed by a top-secret British eavesdropping service, who had learned of a U.S. plan to listen to home and office communications of members of delegations at the United Nations. The information was to be used by Washington in its diplomatic push for a UN mandate authorizing an invasion of Iraq. Although Gun had signed a pledge to never disclose state secrets, she took the document detailing the plan to The Observer newspaper. She said she considered the plan illegal under international law. Prosecutor Mark Ellison said in court Wednesday that the case was being dropped because the evidence was insufficient, a surprising assertion; Gun had already admitted giving the secret memo to The Observer. The underlying issue appeared to be more political than legal--the latest manifestation of the British government's eagerness to put behind it the polarizing debate about whether the war in Iraq was justified. "I am absolutely overwhelmed and obviously delighted," Gun said outside the court. "I have no regrets and I would do it again." _____________________________ Another> 50% pay boost for satellite launches Boeing Co. and Lockheed Martin Corp. will be paid 50 percent more to send U.S. military satellites into space to compensate for the collapse of commercial demand that threatens their launch businesses, an Air Force official said Wednesday. Payments will increase to as much as $135 million per launch from $91 million, based on a preliminary estimate, said Richard McKinney, the Air Force's deputy director of space acquisition. In July the Air Force suspended three Boeing space units for improperly obtaining and possessing proprietary Lockheed Martin space program documents. McKinney said the increased payment will start with the next batch of contracts, but those are on hold until the suspension is lifted.