Word: radar
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Dates: during 1970-1979
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...there were fewer than 25 people at the meeting. When four or five people I had already known walked in, I thought in amazement, "He's gay?"; "She's gay?" Gays, just like straights, are unable to tell at a glance who is gay--we have no secret radar...
...become proficient with observation satellites, interception of foreign radar and microwave communications, and other secret esoterica, but the notion that technology can extensively replace manpower in intelligence work is hotly disputed. Contends James Angleton, former chief of counterintelligence at the agency: "Technical intelligence devoid of human intelligence is dangerous. Lacking vital on-site inspection, you must have the capability to penetrate the enemy's deception plans." Agents also argue that U.S. satellites can now be knocked out by Soviet "hunter-killer" satellites and thus could be rendered useless in a crisis. One former high-level insider warns: "We would...
...nations, are crisscrossed daily by huge supertankers that could miss the reed boat's small kerosene running lights and run over the Tigris at night without their crews' even knowing it. Because Heyerdahl's latest craft is made of reeds, it does not show up on radar screens...
...Artime, 45, silver-tongued Cuban physician and leader of the abortive Bay of Pigs invasion in 1961; of cancer; in Miami. Captured in a swamp two weeks after the landing failed, he was ransomed for $500,000 by the U.S. in 1962. He later led several commando raids on radar stations, sugar mills and other Cuban targets...
Iran is a prime example. After berating Gerald Ford during the campaign for feeding the Shah's ravenous appetitie for arms, Carter has buckled under and approved the sale to Iran of seven sophisticated air radar systems worth $1.2 billion. Iran has now passed Israel as the largest recipient of American arms, and there is talk of striking more deals--these involving advanced bombers...