Bush Names College Physicist New NASA Head

[Liberty Belle]

Bush Names College Physicist New NASA Head
President Bush Selects Johns Hopkins Physicist Michael D. Griffin to Head


The Associated Press

CAPE CANAVERAL, Fla. Mar 11, 2005 — President Bush on Friday picked physicist Michael Griffin to lead NASA as it prepares to resume space shuttle flights and tries to meet the White House goal of sending astronauts back to the moon in the decade ahead.

...Before taking over the space department at Johns Hopkins, Griffin was president and chief operating officer of In-Q-Tel, a CIA-bankrolled venture-capital organization...

http://abcnews.go.com/Technology/wireStory?id=573668

[Jack Rabbit]

1. What's up? This guy sounds qualified to hold this position

I would expect Bush to have selected the president of the Flat-Earth Society to be NASA chief. That would be more in keeping with his other appointments.

[Fenris]

2. chief operating officer of...a CIA-bankrolled venture-capital organization

You knew it had to be something...:eyes:

[babylonsister]

3. Now, now, the blivet probably doesn't have a clue

about this guy. Either that, or they are best buds. Either way, there is a bit of distrust in my opinion so I'm really sorry for my skepticism-nowayinhell!

[Wilms]

4. A CIA referrence in this article

http://www.redherring.com/Article.aspx?a=11478&hed=New+NASA+head

-on edit-

The company:

http://www.in-q-tel.com


And straight from the CIA:

"First, it is not a front company for the Agency to conduct any activities other than those spelled out in its Articles of Incorporation and its Charter Agreement."

http://www.cia.gov/cia/publications/inqtel

[Liberty Belle]

5. Thanks. Hmm, possible ulterior motives for this nomination:

1. Privatize space exploration to shovel money into the pockets of the aerospace industry or other corporate interests

2. Use space technology for CIA surveillance purposes or some other dark purpose. Star Wars missile defense systems, perhaps. Or something worse.

[democracyindanger]

6. Ya know,

if you're gonna make editorial comments, don't ellipsis it as if it's actually part of the article.

[Liberty Belle]

7. The elipsed quote IS part of the article. Read page 2.

[democracyindanger]

8. My effusive apologies.

[Liberty Belle]

9. Apologies accepted!

FYI, I'm a journalist with 20 years experience.