[ExI] robo-rescue

[Adrian Tymes]

On Fri, Jun 12, 2026 at 9:22 AM spike jones via extropy-chat
<extropy-chat at lists.extropy.org> wrote:
> From: John Clark <johnkclark at gmail.com>
> Subject: Re: [ExI] robo-rescue
>
> On Thu, Jun 11, 2026 at 6:26 PM <spike at rainier66.com> wrote:
> < you presume knowledge you do not have.
>
> >…I'll tell you the knowledge that I definitely do have. A representative of the Navy testified to Congress under oath that the Navy wants to build a 41,000 ton warship…. John K Clark
>
> John, that’s the unclassified version.  They are not going to tell us what they are really doing.  Not all representatives have clearances, nor do we.

National security and classification do not override the law making it
illegal to lie under oath to Congress.

They can omit things.  They can refuse to answer on the grounds that
certain answers are classified.  But they are not allowed to lie, and
that's one law they still take seriously.

So if they said it to Congress under oath, it's very likely true...up
to the limit of what they actually said, granted, but "a 41,000 ton
warship" is a very specific claim of fact.

Thus, the evidence shows that they have told us what they are really
doing in that specific instance.