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  • US army patented bioagent dispencer in 2003

    03/15/2006 9:47:25 AM PST · by S0122017 · 38 replies · 720+ views
    United States Patent and Trademark Office ^ | February 25, 2003 | Gonzalez, et al.
    Read or skim the patent below for the bold text. You can read for yourselves: they consider bio and chemical agents a possible application of this 'non lethal' dispencer. Even IF this was some sort of screw- up of an overenthusiastic researcher and it was never meant to be used as such, the defence guys shold still be ashamed for not running a check on this sort of thing. If they actually consider bioagents a possible use for this contraption, well. Im not laughing. This could have led/will lead to political embarashment. ------------------------------------------------------   ( 3 of 3 ) United...
  • Bush's Uncle Profits From Iraq Stock Sale

    02/23/2005 2:44:15 PM PST · by mdittmar · 47 replies · 1,133+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Feb 23, 2005 | MATT KELLEY
    President Bush's uncle made more than $450,000 last month by selling stock in a defense contractor whose profits are growing because of the Iraq war, records show. William H.T. Bush made the money by exercising stock options in St. Louis-based Engineered Support Systems, Inc. Bush is a member of ESSI's board of directors and therefore had to report the sale to the Securities and Exchange Commission. Bush, the youngest brother of former President George H.W. Bush, did not return a telephone message seeking comment Wednesday afternoon. He told the Los Angeles Times, which first reported the stock sale Wednesday, that...