“The warning fax was preceded by phone calls to three members of the Ministry of Defence’s staff but no one, it transpires, can recall these conversations. Is this cock-up or conspiracy?”
John Nichol, a veteran of the first Gulf war, on claims that the UK government was told that giving service personnel anthrax and whooping cough vaccines simultaneously might cause health problems (The Guardian, London, 13 July)
“If your goal is to maximise the amount of corporate development of our national forests, this is a great plan. If your goal is to protect clean drinking water and wildlife, it’s an awful plan.”
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Doug Honnold of the environmental group Earthjustice on new rules proposed by the Bush administration (Los Angeles Times, 13 July)
“In some cultures sexual intercourse is so elaborate that condoms are a hindrance. Let the condom be used by people who cannot abstain, cannot be faithful, or are estranged.”
Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda (Associated Press, 12 July)
“If a hacker breaks into a company’s system, and that system isn’t properly secured, that company should be held liable.”
Ex-phreaker John Draper, alias “Captain Crunch” (The New York Times, 12 July)
“They try to land on water, but it’s asphalt and it’s ‘Bam! That doesn’t feel so good.'”
Sandy Cate of the Arizona Game and Fish Department on the phenomenon of crash-landing pelicans (Associated Press, 9 July)
