ARTICLE: "House measure threatens Thales satellite work," By Douglas Barrie and Amy Butler, Aerospace Daily & Defense Report, 06/02/2008, page 12

Here's my fear: America's national security establishment is so imprinted by our Cold War experience regarding secrecy and classified info and export restrictions, that we're going to bureaucratize ourselves into an uncompetitive situation over the long term--if we haven't already.

Our pervasive paranoia must be welcomed by our great power competitors: it effectively sidelines us in many situations and markets to their advantage.

Thank God most of the federal workforce is aging out. We need to unshackle ourselves. The longer we remain trapped in this mindset, the less secure we really become and the more we lose economically.