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To: ManyMoose who wrote (4639)2/26/2006 9:03:36 PM
From: Lazarus_Long  Read Replies (2) | Respond to of 71588
 
They are still not an intelligence organization. They are more like cops and search-and-rescue in boats. Not that our inteligence organizations are so hot, as has been proven repeatedly, including on 9/11/2001.



To: ManyMoose who wrote (4639)2/26/2006 10:05:33 PM
From: Alan Smithee  Read Replies (1) | Respond to of 71588
 
The Coasties boarded a fishing boat I was on in the Gulf of Alaska back in 1995. They were quite efficient, sending a Zodiac alongside and a boarding party of two on board to check the vessel papers, make sure everyone aboard was properly licensed, etc.

First class in every respect.