Questions for Maxson

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John Maxson wrote:
Nicholas Fitzpatrick wrote
in message ...

Look, I've said I won't prejudge you. And I apologise for
doing so without listening to your side of the story.

Okay, let's start over. This thread is misnamed. Pappy
hasn't "set the record straight;" he helped set me up. He
and my lead attorney failed to file a False Claims case for
me as promised. They claimed they couldn't get their FOIA
requests (for film) filled by NASA at JSC. They told me to
request it *for* them from KSC. KSC refused. Then they
said they *had* to have an original frame for spectral analysis
of the flame at 59 seconds in order to file. Months later, into
the Bush administration in 1989, they eventually settled for a
"screening" session. In no way did that aid spectral analysis.

Okay, I really can't argue against this. Once it goes legal ...

What would have NASA's motive be in covering this up?

High-level officials at NASA wanted to keep their jobs.

And that in itself, is quite believable. And somewhat to
be expected. Standard engineering procedure, cover your
ass and assign blame.

But why any more blame for a failure other than O-ring failure?

Sure, cover-ups occur, but they must be for a reason ... I expect
we are witnessing one right now, in the White House ... but that's
another story.

It's not altogether another story, believe it or not.

I must confess, I have a feeling there is something going on
in the USA that I can't quite get my head around ... Iraq, War
on Terrorism, new security laws, suspension of rights for
political prisoners in that US base in Cuba, Rumsfield, Republicans,
massive deficits. I see all this oddness, and I don't know what
the bigger picture is.

And as a second question. Why do you keep adding other groups
to the Newsgroups: line?

I don't. Those are the same groups I've always posted to (with the
Mosley title). Don't attack me personally and you won't see that
abuse notice. Feel free to change this title (and groups) if you like.

Okay, I see your sensitivity to the title. Let's just move this to
a different thread.

Nick