Spy StoryReport: Titanic Discovery Was Cold War Cover-Up
Sunday, May 25, 2008
AP
The man who located the wreck of the Titanic has revealed that the discovery was a cover-up for the real mission of inspecting the wrecks of two Cold War nuclear submarines.
When Bob Ballard led a team that pinpointed the wreckage of the liner in 1985, he had already completed his main task of finding out what happened to USS Thresher and USS Scorpion.
Titantic II: The Spy Who Found Me.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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Titantic II: The Spy Who Found Me.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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SportsFan68
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He should write a book.
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I heard about that on TV (Discovery Channel?) a while ago.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
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Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
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themanintheseersuckersuit
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I should have mention that this thread is not about Hillary and her comments on the California Primary.
Suitguy is not bitter.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
feels he represents the many educated and rational onlookers who believe that the hysterical denouncement of lay scepticism is both unwarranted and counter-productive
The problem, then, is that such calls do not address an opposition audience so much as they signal virtue. They talk past those who need convincing. They ignore actual facts and counterargument. And they are irreparably smug.
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Bob Juch
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I haven't heard those yet. Did she say she was rearranging the deck chairs on the Titanic?themanintheseersuckersuit wrote:I should have mention that this thread is not about Hillary and her comments on the California Primary.
I may not have gone where I intended to go, but I think I have ended up where I needed to be.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
- Douglas Adams (1952 - 2001)
Si fractum non sit, noli id reficere.
Teach a child to be polite and courteous in the home and, when he grows up, he'll never be able to drive in New Jersey.
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SportsFan68
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Wish it was on Discovery now.
-- In Iroquois society, leaders are encouraged to remember seven generations in the past and consider seven generations in the future when making decisions that affect the people.
-- America would be a better place if leaders would do more long-term thinking. -- Wilma Mankiller
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That title is just a little misleading.
It gives the impression that the searchers pretended to look for the Titanic while actually looking for the two subs. In reality, the two subs and the Titanic were too far away from each other for any of them to be a cover for any other search effort. It looks more like a deal of the Navy allowing Ballard to use their super-duper equipment in exchange for locating the subs.
The location of the Thresher was always known. The video from Ballards search has been seen on documentaries about both the Thresher and the Scorpion for several years now.
It gives the impression that the searchers pretended to look for the Titanic while actually looking for the two subs. In reality, the two subs and the Titanic were too far away from each other for any of them to be a cover for any other search effort. It looks more like a deal of the Navy allowing Ballard to use their super-duper equipment in exchange for locating the subs.
The location of the Thresher was always known. The video from Ballards search has been seen on documentaries about both the Thresher and the Scorpion for several years now.
Jaybee