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Hating Missile Defense . . . . . . and smearing it, too: The media's favorite anti-SDI-er.(physicist Theodore A. Postol)
Around the time an antiballistic missile failed to intercept its target in a high-profile test last year, one could hardly look at newspapers or magazines without seeing a quote from America's leading missile- defense critic. "The whole thing is a fraud," Theodore A. Postol told Newsweek. The New York Times rewarded his loyal trashing of missile defense with a loving profile. ("As a scientist, he brings laserlike precision to his work," cooed Elaine Sciolino.) Postol was simply everywhere, and liberals who have hated missile defense ever since Ronald Reagan first proposed it treated him like a prophet.
This year, however, things haven't gone so well for the MIT ...
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- Magazine article from: Harper's Magazine August 1, 2000 700+ words
...Podesta from Theodore A. Postol, a physicist at the Massachusetts...the Pentagon's Ballistic Missile Defense Organization, the agency...s $60 billion National Missile Defense program, which promptly...whether to deploy the National Missile Defense system currently under ...
- Patriot report put on hold, new doubts surface on critic's charges. (House...
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily October 2, 1992 700+ words
...allegations made by MIT Professor Theodore Postol regarding Patriot performance. The Committee...investigate the Patriot issue because of Postol's charges, which also were included...commercial video tapes, such as those Dr. Postol repeatedly used to make his case, cannot...
- Jesup & Lamont Announces Hiring of Analysts Richard Nelson, Brian Postol and...
- Press release article from: PR Newswire February 25, 2008 700+ words
...along with three key analyst hires: Brian Postol, Retail; Kenneth Siri, Medical Devices...is based in the New York office. Brian Postol joins Jesup & Lamont as Retail Analyst...18 years on Wall Street. Prior, Mr. Postol was Senior Analyst at A.G. Edwards...
- Missile Defense: Does It Work?
- Transcript from: NPR Weekend Edition - Sunday LIANE HANSEN September 20, 2009 700+ words
...outlined a vision for missile defense in Europe. General...capabilities? Theodore Postol is a professor at MIT...operations and something of a missile defense skeptic. He says some...Professor THEODORE POSTOL (MIT; Former Advisor...
- GAO Report Expected To Dismiss Allegations of Missile Defense Fraud.(Brief...
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily International December 21, 2001 700+ words
...investigation when missile defense critic Ted Postol, a professor at MIT...scientific dispute and Postol's attempt to raise...basis in fact." Postol's conclusions were...month, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO...
- GAO Report Expected To Dismiss Allegations of Missile Defense Fraud.(General...
- Newspaper article from: Defense Daily December 14, 2001 700+ words
...investigation when missile defense critic Ted Postol, a professor at MIT...scientific dispute and Postol's attempt to raise...basis in fact." Postol's conclusions were...month, the Ballistic Missile Defense Organization (BMDO...
- Technology Review Article by MIT Professor Provides Details Behind Recent GAO...
- Press release article from: Business Wire March 11, 2002 700+ words
...physicist and missile defense critic Theodore Postol provides the...released this week. Postol's article, "Why Missile Defense Won't Work...testing. States Postol in his article...Pentagon's Missile Defense Agency (previously...
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- Magazine article from: Newsweek June 12, 2000 700+ words
...Pentagon spokesmen rejected Postol's critique, insisting...But the story of how Postol arrived at his gloomy...Union, but the idea of missile defense never went away. The...revealed information on missile-defense testing that would normally...kept secret. At MIT, Postol ...
Source: HighBeam Research, Hating Missile Defense . . . . . . and smearing it, too: The media's...