No answers then Ron. But there again I wasn't really expecting any, even from someone who "does their homework" as well as you. By the bye, if you ever could be accused of "doing your homework" you would have noted that the Washington Times was referred to in the quoted text extracted from the source document, I did not state that the Washington Times was the source, which was - www.aerospaceweb.org/question/history/q0185.shtml

Amos - 24 Nov 05 - 03:35 PM

"ANd "inquiring about" is not at all identical with "requesting", T. So far I have seen no evidence he offered any intent to act on the information."

Complete red herring Amos, doesn't matter if he "inquired" or "requested" - the answer was no