Donnerstag, 10. Februar 2005

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US President Asks for 2.4% Increase in NASA...

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US Forschungs Budget

AIP FYI#17: Administration Seeks 2.4% Increase in NSF Budget [gefunden bei SpaceRef Top Stories ...] 11:43:43 PM   trackback [] 

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9/11: Die Zeichen standen überdeutlich an der Wand

-- Die New York Times enthüllt heute Details aus einem weiteren, bislang unveröffentlichten Report der 9/11-Kommission. Demnach waren die Warnungen vor Anschlägen eigentlich übergroß: In the months before the Sept. 11 attacks, federal aviation officials reviewed dozens of intelligence reports that warned about Osama bin Laden and Al Qaeda, some of which specifically discussed airline hijackings and suicide operations, according to a previously undisclosed report from the 9/11 commission. But aviation officials were "lulled into a false sense of security," and "intelligence that indicated a real and growing threat leading up to 9/11 did not stimulate significant increases in security procedures," the commission report concluded. The report discloses that the Federal Aviation Administration, despite being focused on risks of hijackings overseas, warned airports in the spring of 2001 that if "the intent of the hijacker is not to exchange hostages for prisoners, but to commit suicide in a spectacular explosion, a domestic hijacking would probably be preferable." The report takes the F.A.A. to task for failing to pursue domestic security measures that could conceivably have altered the events of Sept. 11, 2001, like toughening airport screening procedures for weapons or expanding the use of on-flight air marshals. The report, completed last August, said officials appeared more concerned with reducing airline congestion, lessening delays, and easing airlines' financial woes than deterring a terrorist attack. The Bush administration has blocked the public release of the full, classified version of the report for more than five months, officials said, much to the frustration of former commission members who say it provides a critical understanding of the failures of the civil aviation system. The administration provided both the classified report and a declassified, 120-page version to the National Archives two weeks ago and, even with heavy redactions in some areas, the declassified version provides the firmest evidence to date about the warnings that aviation officials received concerning the threat of an attack on airliners and the failure to take steps to deter it. Among other things, the report says that leaders of the F.A.A. received 52 intelligence reports from their security branch that mentioned Mr. bin Laden or Al Qaeda from April to Sept. 10, 2001. Wieder mal ein gefundenes Fressen für Verschwörungstheoretiker. Und erneut bezeichnend, dass so ein Bericht von der Bush-Regierung unter den Tisch gekehrt werden sollte. Mehr zum Hauptbericht der 9/11-Kommission in einem alten Posting. [gefunden bei Der Spindoktor ...] 11:21:33 PM   trackback [] 

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Brain Bites Video-Fragen an die Nasa

How do you go to the bathroom in space? Amusing one-minute videos from NASA answer some of the questions about space you were afraid to ask. [gefunden bei Science @ NASA Feature Stories Podcast ...] 11:19:08 PM   trackback [] 

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