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July 7th 04, 10:01 PM

On 07 Jul 2004 16:38:09 EDT, am (Gary V.
Deutschmann, Sr.) wrote:

This was way back in the 60's and security monitoring equipment was
quite advanced back then. I hate to think of what it is today!

Hi Gary,

Unfortunately, the top team in power has lost ground in that regard.
The following clip (very much like your story, sans the concern) is
from "The American Conservative":

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In early winter, an incident occurred that was seared into my memory.
A coworker and I were suddenly directed to go down to the Mall
entrance to pick up some Israeli generals. Post-9/11 rules required
one escort for every three visitors, and there were six or seven of
them waiting. The Navy lieutenant commander and I hustled down. Before
we could apologize for the delay, the leader of the pack surged ahead,
his colleagues in close formation, leaving us to double-time behind
the group as they sped to Undersecretary Feith’s office on the fourth
floor. Two thoughts crossed our minds: are we following close enough
to get credit for escorting them, and do they really know where they
are going? We did get credit, and they did know. Once in Feith’s
waiting room, the leader continued at speed to Feith’s closed door. An
alert secretary saw this coming and had leapt from her desk to block
the door. "Mr. Feith has a visitor. It will only be a few more
minutes." The leader craned his neck to look around the secretary’s
head as he demanded, "Who is in there with him?"

This minor crisis of curiosity past, I noticed the security sign-in
roster. Our habit, up until a few weeks before this incident, was not
to sign in senior visitors like ambassadors. But about once a year,
the security inspectors send out a warning letter that they were
coming to inspect records. As a result, sign-in rosters were laid out,
visible and used. I knew this because in the previous two weeks I
watched this explanation being awkwardly presented to several North
African ambassadors as they signed in for the first time and wondered
why and why now. Given all this and seeing the sign-in roster, I asked
the secretary, "Do you want these guys to sign in?" She raised her
hands, both palms toward me, and waved frantically as she shook her
head. "No, no, no, it is not necessary, not at all." Her body language
told me I had committed a faux pas for even asking the question.

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This is of course entirely consistent with a DoD that sold the
contract to build super secret Nuclear Sub propellers to a foreign
outfit that immediately turned the design over to the Chinese. We
have also commissioned the work for Immigration security to an
offshore company completely acing out two American companies with a
long track record in this business.

73's
Richard Clark, KB7QHC