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It is a government agency associated with and funded by the military (the 'd' stands for "Defense"). Some of us don't want to be associated with the Military (or the Military-Industrial Complex) or our ongoing wars in multiple nations.
</div><div><br></div><div>Al</div>
<div><div><br></div><div>-- </div><div>Al Jigong Billings</div><div>http://www.openbuddha.com</div><div><br></div></div>
<p style="color: #A0A0A8;">On Monday, April 2, 2012 at 7:22 PM, Digimer wrote:</p>
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<span><span style="border-collapse: separate; color: rgb(0, 0, 0); font-family: Times; font-style: normal; font-variant: normal; font-weight: normal; letter-spacing: normal; line-height: normal; orphans: 2; text-align: -webkit-auto; text-indent: 0px; text-transform: none; white-space: normal; widows: 2; word-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-horizontal-spacing: 0px; -webkit-border-vertical-spacing: 0px; -webkit-text-decorations-in-effect: none; -webkit-text-size-adjust: auto; -webkit-text-stroke-width: 0px; font-size: 13px; "><span style="font-family: Helvetica; font-size: 13px; "><div>I'm not familiar with any controversy behind DARPA. May I ask the</div><div>back-story?</div></span></span><br class="Apple-interchange-newline"></span>
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