[FPSPACE] Powerpoint & history

[Allen Thomson]

> This tactic was employed with Congress during Shuttle-Mir. Powerpoint as 
> smoke-screen, in other words.

Reminds me of the conversation I had in 1993 with the Senate intelligence 
committee staffer who was responsible for the NRO(*) budget:

"The NRO comes in here with their stacks of viewgraphs and rolls the Members 
every time."

Can't argue with success, I suppose.

(*) Obligatory deacronymification: NRO = National Reconnaissance Office