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- From: phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone)
- Subject: Re: Gays, the military and "privacy"
- Message-ID: <1992Dec28.113059.1409@netcom.com>
- Organization: Generally in favor of, but mostly random.
- References: <92357.48577.J056600@LMSC5.IS.LMSC.LOCKHEED.COM> <1992Dec23.063048.15348@netcom.com> <44026@zygot.ati.com>
- Date: Mon, 28 Dec 1992 11:30:59 GMT
- Lines: 33
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- In article <44026@zygot.ati.com> john@zygot.ati.com (John Higdon) writes:
- >In article <1992Dec23.063048.15348@netcom.com> phil@netcom.com (Phil Ronzone) writes:
- >I know someone who was in the Air Force, stationed at the
- >"Blue Cube" for years. He lived off-base in an apartment. He
- >had a security clearance. He was highly regarded by his
- >co-workers and superiors as a competent, dependable, and
- >trustworthy non-comm officer. A very few of his fellow
- >servicemen knew of his homosexuality, but of course it made
- >no difference to them, one way or the other since the
- >activities and duties performed in the "cube" have nothing to
- >do with sex.
- >
- >Someone outside the Air Force apparently had some beef with
- >this person and decided to destroy his career. It was not
- >hard to do. One phone call to an officer at the base in
- >Sunnyvale and the witch hunt began. The long and the short of
- >it was that this person was discharged from the Air Force
- >after eighteen years of honorable service. And even though it
- >was an "honorable discharge", his career was ended before the
- >twenty-year mark.
- >
- >Now perhaps someone can explain why the military should be
- >allowed to keep such practices in place.
-
- Of course, what if Comrade spy had happened upon this fact? What a lovely
- pressure point for blackmail, eh? 18 years in, 2 to go, just a few satellite
- pictures please ...
-
-
- --
- I believe Gennifer Flowers.
-
- These opinions are MINE, and you can't have 'em! (But I'll rent 'em cheap ...)
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