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EPA Director Scott Pruitt is building a $25000 sound proof (Original Post) doc03 Sep 2017 OP
What's wrong with just closing the frigging door? HipChick Sep 2017 #1
It's 20 degrees cooler under the cone of silence. nt doc03 Sep 2017 #3
Perhaps he is worried about those evil Russians eavesdropping. They are everywhere Purveyor Sep 2017 #2
That would be KAOS nt doc03 Sep 2017 #4
Oh don't "Get Smart"... Lol Purveyor Sep 2017 #5
KAOS already occupies the oval office in the WH. democratisphere Sep 2017 #6
You got that right nt doc03 Sep 2017 #7
LOL is there a link? BootinUp Sep 2017 #8
WTF? There is nothing the EPA is doing that should be secret. SunSeeker Sep 2017 #9
Maybe he got the idea from General-cum-Starship Commander Keith Alexander at the NSA. Buns_of_Fire Sep 2017 #10
He's a stupid, sick motherfucker! mountain grammy Sep 2017 #11

Buns_of_Fire

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10. Maybe he got the idea from General-cum-Starship Commander Keith Alexander at the NSA.
Fri Sep 29, 2017, 10:28 PM
Sep 2017
"When he was running the Army's Intelligence and Security Command, Alexander brought many of his future allies down to Fort Belvoir for a tour of his base of operations, a facility known as the Information Dominance Center. It had been designed by a Hollywood set designer to mimic the bridge of the starship Enterprise from Star Trek, complete with chrome panels, computer stations, a huge TV monitor on the forward wall, and doors that made a 'whoosh' sound when they slid open and closed. Lawmakers and other important officials took turns sitting in a leather 'captain's chair' in the center of the room and watched as Alexander, a lover of science-fiction movies, showed off his data tools on the big screen.

"'Everybody wanted to sit in the chair at least once to pretend he was Jean-Luc Picard,' says a retired officer in charge of VIP visits."

https://www.theguardian.com/commentisfree/2013/sep/15/nsa-mind-keith-alexander-star-trek
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