Other rumblings

[jay]

Tomorrow and Thursday NASA is holding "town hall meetings" with line managers to discuss the impacts of going to Force Protection Condition Charlie (current is Bravo, for those who know the ICAO alphabet). As I recall, Bravo = possible threat, Charlie = active hostilities. The only time that we went to Charlie at NASA-Ames during the Gulf War was when someone left a suspicious package outside the gates. And immediately after 9/11/01. At those times, the gates were locked and staff (in the latter case) were sent home.

So, who knows what the next month or so holds in store... my guess is that they may be expecting protests at the gates, rather than hypothetical terrorists. We could see the front gate decorations change from wreaths to picket signs in a month's time.

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

My guess is that if Bush has his war, they are assuming that there may be widespread protests at Federal buildings around the country. Even though we don't do weapons research here, by virtue of being easily accessible (just off of the freeway) they may expect some pickets at the gates. Or maybe it's all about plastic sheeting and duct tape... (shrug)

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[luvlyrita.livejournal.com]

anti-war protests are good
having them at nasa....uh...off target, duh!

still, well meaning protestors
beat terrorists...in my book.....

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[brian1789.livejournal.com]

No arguments here! But according to old-timers, NASA did attract some protest back during the late 60s... even though it's a civilian agency. Shucks, practically no one has a security clearance, and I'd guess that half of the staff (under age 50) was born outside of the US...