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Re:Senators move to require release of US Government UFO rec... by lithos on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:41PM (#36742299)
This is probably more of a case of Washington insiders realizing they were passing chances at corruption.

Essentially Skunkworks style projects of other countries' left out of their hands for trading favors over access, and/in insider trading over knowing who's getting access.

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Re:Senators move to require release of US Government UFO rec... by consumer451 on Saturday July 15, 2023 @08:56PM (#36742403)
So in that case, the senators here are trying to make public the most classified of information because they want to believe in little green men?

Maybe I misread your comment. Do you mean that their “constituents” didn’t get access to this info so make it public?

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Re:Senators move to require release of US Government UFO rec... by lithos on Sunday July 16, 2023 @08:37AM (#36746292)
It's not little green men. It's access to other countries crashed tech, and analysis of that crashed tech. Even if it's not for reverse engineering, the capability analysis is still a nice payday for a well connected enough company.

The big deal is where those connections would be required/maintained after such a bill (a special committee in congress, vs. three letter agency insiders).

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