Rather liked this quote regarding the development of the super in the 1950s. J. Robert Oppenheimer, "Atomic Weapons and American Policy," Foreign Affairs, Vol. 31, No. 4, July 1953, p. 525. [We must have] candor on the part of the officials of the United States Government to the officials, the representatives, the people of their country. We do not operate well when the important facts, the essential conditions, which limit and determine our choices are unknown. We do not operate well when they are known, in secrecy and in fear, only to a few men. The political vitality of our country largely derives form two sources. One is the interplay, the conflict of opinion and debate, in may diverse and complex agencies, legislative and executive, which contribute to the making of policy. The other is a public opinion which is based on confidence that it knows the truth. Today public opinion cannot exist in this field. No responsible person will hazard and opinion in a field where he believes that there is somebody else who knows the true, and where he believes that he does not know it. ------------------------- Regards, I hate people when they aren't polite - Talking Heads Joseph M. Reagle Jr. http://farnsworth.mit.edu/~reagle/home.html reagle@mit.edu 0C 69 D4 E8 F2 70 24 33 B4 5E 5E EC 35 E6 FB 88