Did NASA really make it to Mars?

"Neil Gerace" wrote in message
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"Ami Silberman" wrote in message
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"The foregoing Article 29, Article 24, tacitly recognize the
well-established right of belligerents to employ spies and other secret
agents for obtaining information of the enemy. Resort to that practice
involves no offense against international law. Spies are punished, not
as
violators of the laws of war, but to render that method of obtaining
information as dangerous, difficult, and ineffective as possible."

So, in other words, the USA recognises no legal reason for punishing
spies,
but does it anyway?

I don't think it reads that way. (The US law follows the Geneva convention,
BTW.) The idea is that all countries want to employ spies, but they also
want to shoot them. The convention protects spies who are not actively
engaging in espionage. The exact text is


Art. 46. Spies

1. Notwithstanding any other provision of the Conventions or of this
Protocol, any member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict who
falls into the power of an adverse Party while engaging in espionage shall
not have the right to the status of prisoner of war and may be treated as a
spy.

2. A member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict who, on behalf of
that Party and in territory controlled by an adverse Party, gathers or
attempts to gather information shall not be considered as engaging in
espionage if, while so acting, he is in the uniform of his armed forces.

3. A member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict who is a resident
of territory occupied by an adverse Party and who, on behalf of the Party on
which he depends, gathers or attempts to gather information of military
value within that territory shall not be considered as engaging in espionage
unless he does so through an act of false pretences or deliberately in a
clandestine manner. Moreover, such a resident shall not lose his right to
the status of prisoner of war and may not be treated as a spy unless he is
captured while engaging in espionage.

4. A member of the armed forces of a Party to the conflict who is not a
resident of territory occupied by an adverse Party and who has engaged in
espionage in that territory shall not lose his right to the status of
prisoner of war and may not be treated as a spy unless he is captured before
he has rejoined the armed forces to which he belongs.

Neil Gerace wrote:



That song sticks to my mind like gum to the bottom of a tennis shoe.



But it's more use for eating soup!


I like Zeppelins....but not as much as cheese!

Pat

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 01:43:23 +0000 (UTC), in a place far, far away,
: (Eric Chomko) made the phosphor on my
: monitor glow in such a way as to indicate that:

: * ) wrote:
: : On Sun, 4 Apr 2004 00:41:14 +0800, "Neil Gerace"
: : wrote:
:
: :
: : "*" wrote in message
: : .. .
: :
: : Except in theis case there is no viable distinction between Lockheed and
: : several government agencies.
: :
: :
: : I thought that was Boeing.
:
: : Boeing has been locked out.
:
:
: Right, and after a time they will be back in. Lockheed was locked out of
: Goddard about 20 years ago for about 10 years.

: Eric, why do you continue to feed the troll, and why do you take
: anything it says seriously?

The record needs to be set straight regardless of the troll.

Eric

Scott Hedrick ) wrote:

: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: I thought that was 'badges'?

: Badgers? What about them?

If you're going to pretend to have a bad New Jersey accent, then at least
spell it right! It's "badga".

: I don't believe any live at Cape Canaveral.

I bet some get close during spring break.

Eric

Rand Simberg ) wrote:
: On Sat, 03 Apr 2004 22:59:41 -0600, in a place far, far away, "Paul F.
: Dietz" made the phosphor on my monitor glow in such a
: way as to indicate that:

: http://www.badgerbadgerbadger.com/

: Who cares? I like the moon, myself.

: http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/

Try this one: http://www.deepblue.sk/~fanto/downloads/mp3/osama.mp3
The text is at the same place: osama.txt

"Eric Chomko" wrote in message
...
Scott Hedrick ) wrote:

: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: I thought that was 'badges'?

: Badgers? What about them?

If you're going to pretend to have a bad New Jersey accent, then at least
spell it right! It's "badga".

: I don't believe any live at Cape Canaveral.

I bet some get close during spring break.

That's *beaver*- oh, wait, sorry, this is supposed to be a PG-13
newsgroup...

Pat Flannery ) wrote:


: Rand Simberg wrote:

: Who cares? I like the moon, myself.
:
: http://www.rathergood.com/moon_song/
:

: That song sticks to my mind like gum to the bottom of a tennis shoe.

Which one is Rand and which one is his brother?

Eric

: Pat

Scott Hedrick ) wrote:

: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: I think you have that reversed, Scott. Perdue is the better bird, IMO.

: This from a guy who is arguing with a punctuation mark.

As are you!

Eric

: !!!

Eric Chomko wrote:


Try this one: http://www.deepblue.sk/~fanto/downloads/mp3/osama.mp3
The text is at the same place: osama.txt


I saw a new Quiznos Spongmonkey one today; this time they are over in
the Sistine Chapel.

Pat

Scott Hedrick ) wrote:

: "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: ...
: Scott Hedrick ) wrote:
:
: : "Eric Chomko" wrote in message
: : ...
: : I thought that was 'badges'?
:
: : Badgers? What about them?
:
: If you're going to pretend to have a bad New Jersey accent, then at least
: spell it right! It's "badga".
:
: : I don't believe any live at Cape Canaveral.
:
: I bet some get close during spring break.

: That's *beaver*- oh, wait, sorry, this is supposed to be a PG-13
: newsgroup...

Isn't some school's mascot the badger?

Eric