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To: The Prophet who wrote (31149)	5/27/1999 10:47:00 AM
From: Clarksterh	Read Replies (1) \| Respond to of 152472

OT OT - There should be no consequences to stealing top-secret information pertaining to weapons that could destroy us all. Oh, so China should stop trading with us because we are spying on them to determine such things as where there strategic assets are, what their military assets are, ... . (At least we had better be spying for these things, or someone really needs to be fired.) Obviously there should be consequences, but for the people who let it happen, not for the Chinese, Israeli's, French, US, Japanese, ... who are just doing what they should be expected to do - gather information. Clark PS My one and only post on this OT topic.

To: The Prophet who wrote (31149)	5/27/1999 11:12:00 AM
From: Sawtooth	Respond to of 152472

<<You're right. There should be no consequences to stealing top-secret information pertaining to weapons that could destroy us all.>> OK, to each their own opinion; although I suspect you are being sarcastic, which can be an effective way to make a point. Everyone knows that all of the major countries engage in espionage, whether or not it is morally or legally right or wrong. We all know that CIA doesn't stand for "Cattle Inspectors Association". IMO, the main issue arising from the Cox Report is not so much that espionage occurred, as it always has. The issue is that espionage was detected, reported, and no effective mitigating action was taken by those charged with the responsibility for doing so, regardless of who they are or when it occured or was reported. (Now, for me, back to making money. I told myself I wasn't going to get in to this conversation on the thread. One digression allowed; enough. <G>)