At 09:16 PM 2/29/04 -0500, Steve Furlong wrote:

On Sun, 2004-02-29 at 17:19, Major Variola (ret.) forwarded:

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Blix says US spied on him over Iraq ... It feels like an intrusion into your integrity in a situation when you are actually on the same side.

Begging the question of whether Blix was actually on the same side as the Brits or the US.

Hans is either being coy or naif. Of course he wasn't on our side; he was after the facts, not revenge, or colonialism. One wonders about the mindset of the UN folks. Don't they realize they are 0wn3d? Or at least herded? Perhaps I underestimate the human capacity for idealism, or gullibility. In any case, it should be clear why the US 'tolerates' the UN and planted its HQ in NYC. A fine source of PR sometimes, and a good source of intel other times. Rather tough for the UN counterintel force I imagine. PS: what's the price of gas masks in Athens these days? ----- BWM says interplanetary roadside assistance is "dodgy", but lets see them do a firmware update to a dead car a few hundred million miles away.