[yogiprerna]

What's disturbing to me about this is not the technology (which is awesome), but the fact that it's been buried in the government trenches for 40 years. That kind of knowledge hoarding seems highly antithetical to the "American spirit".

[danielsoneg]

The CIA's always been antithetical to the "American spirit" - an intelligence organization is, by definition.

Agreed, though - it would be nice if this had seen the light of day before now, moreso given the fact that we still can't figure out how the damn thing works.

[leot]

I remember an article perhaps 10 years ago about how these were displayed in the a (public?) CIA museum.