"You don't ever, ever, ever want a system like this to be thought of as a torture weapon" - Um, yeah. Maybe they should just keep it here in the US and try it out on anti-war and anti-police abuse protesters! (heh heh) - CG From: 60 Minutes Newsletter To: gingold@xxxxxxx Subject: 60 Minutes E-mail Alert Date sent: Fri, 30 May 2008 12:40:19 -0400 We lead Sunday's broadcast with a rare case of a cop breaking the "blue wall of silence." Indicted Chicago police officer Keith Herrera goes public about his former unit that is embroiled in one of the biggest police scandals in the city's history. The elite unit, "Special Operations Section," was tasked with taking guns and drugs off the streets of Chicago's worst neighborhoods at "any cost," Herrera tells correspondent Katie Couric. When he thought the cost of his silence could be the murder of fellow officers by one of their own, Herrera chose to speak out. Up next, what if we told you the Pentagon has a ray gun? Yes, ray gun, as in Star Trek. But this one won't vaporize or even stun its victims. As CBS News national security correspondent David Martin reports and demonstrates, this non-lethal ray sends waves out that create a burning sensation that stops people, Martin included, right in their tracks without harming them. Many agree the Active Denial System, as the ray gun is called, would be perfect for crowd control, especially helping to eliminate the civilian deaths incurred while trying to control mobs in Iraq. "Game changer," is what Sue Payton, an assistant secretary of the Air Force, calls the gun. But it's not being used in Iraq for a few reasons, chief among them, "You don't ever, ever, ever want a system like this to be thought of as a torture weapon," Payton tells Martin. ======================================================== *** [==> If you're not part of the solution... you're part of the problem <==] ***