posting 20050825

The CIA had floated a proposal to build an isolated prison with the intent o
f keeping it secret, one intelligence official said. That was dismissed imme
diately as impractical.
"Oh my God," I said, stopping the spin cycle. I felt pleasantly dizzy. "I've
been wanting to do that for years. You have no idea how good that felt. "
Gwedif explained it as we headed to the hangar. They could build an unmanned
cube the size of the pickup, launch it, and have it land near where we had
departed. But, as with the 'meteor' and the black cube, it would have to arr
ive full-speed to avoid being picked up on radar for any length of time. Ano
ther thing: the cube would have to be transparent.
"No, not really," Joshua said. "Hmmmm. We don't really have bathrooms, thoug
h. Let's go see if we can go find you a secluded corner or something."

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