Reply #5: I guess I expect suchlike from managed news...

[TacticalPeek]

and today's scant investigative reporting. But with so many reporters on the planet and plenty of players interested in debunking junk like this I really see not why this isn't as blown a scam as the "uranium from Africa", wherein, once the forgeries (copies, I'd guess) were available to IAEA, they were indisputably exposed with a couple of hours of informed googling. (cf. jillions in US intel assets)

I marvel that only "a majority" (20 to 1?) "of the Defense Intelligence Agency's engineering team" sees these trucks as hydrogen-making facilities, unless their internal process has a high school debate team's approach, as in "You drew the affirmative side on issue X; develop the best case and argue it.". Even then, once the dust of that debate settles, sometimes circumstances allow an actual CONCLUSION to be reached, as the forgeries allowed.

As I understand from open sources, these trucks were probably made by the British and sold to Iraq in the 80's as components of artillery systems. Surely any average reporter could:

* Search Jaynes' sites or books and find Brit arty packages from 80's, or even interview Jaynes' experts or others. (pictures, footage)

* Review recent/current pics/footage/reports of these "captured" mysteries, or actually see and touch them; or at least, get an answer on the record as to why no access, why no government release of pics/analysis etc. If accessible, pop the hoods on those suckers and get some names and numbers from parts, id markings, etc. Brit?

* If the Brits provided these, that deal would have to be cleared by their Ministry of Defence, or whatever, so check sources. This might even have been an "in-the-clear", publicly reported event; check the morgue, check trade pubs.

* Whatever British company (or it's subcontractors) manufactured these items surely has employees, ex-employees, and/or competitors who are specifically familiar with the systems, and could be interviewed. Do they perceive any difference between the Brit systems and these?

Simple, basic investigative reporting would reveal conclusively either that these are the unmodified, nonthreatening Brit systems, or they are some other critter (or the Brit system dangerously modified).

If this is as it obviously appears, hype based on zilch, then proper, unbiased, objective reporting would drive another nail in the coffin of these usurpers.

I know, "proper, unbiased, objective reporting" is rare lately, but it does exist even in these trying times. It should be used here to make it's Constitutional contribution to the protection of our republic and freedom as our Founders envisioned. I shall remain hopeful, at least for a few more days.