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kleinbl00  ·  3803 days ago  ·  link  ·    ·  parent  ·  post: SR-71: The Ultimate Spy Plane.

Yeah, not such a big deal, though. Lots of Canadians on the Manhattan project. Carson Mark was a family friend (my parents grew up with his kids; I grew up with their kids) and he was canadian through and through.





Ave  ·  3803 days ago  ·  link  ·  

That bit about purchasing titanium from the Soviet Union reminded me of a particularly bitter passage in book I once read, can't remember the title. The author claimed that the US government bought out Canadian uranium through shell companies, and allegedly, some Canadian scientists were really angry about the whole thing. Well, it was all very patriotic.

From a moral standpoint though, it was all pretty awful for the Dene people and for the miners, who were not informed about the health risks.

kleinbl00  ·  3802 days ago  ·  link  ·  

Canada has been complicit in every US intelligence project since the Black Chamber. The whole of the US intelligence operation owes its existence to a Canadian.