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...Formulaic and contrived like most other Jerry Bruckheimer productions (e.g. Armageddon and The Rock), his latest film Gone in Sixty Seconds tells the story of notorious car thief Randall Memphis Raines (Nicolas Cage) who could elude any form of theft deterrent, stealing any car in under sixty seconds. When the law becomes too intense, he abandons his life of crime, only to be pulled back in to save his kid brother (Giovanni Ribisi) who has become entangled in a high stakes scheme. Much like Bruckheimer's multi-million dollar child, Armageddon, Cage must follow the conventional prescription. Instead...
...laptop has fallen into the wrong hands--and not just those of a petty thief--it would not only reveal much about what the U.S. knows of the spread of weapons around the world, but also could alert adversaries that the U.S. is spying on them and how. Said a former senior intelligence official: "If it is Gamma, then the fact of its substance being known could also blow an intercept source. It could blow someone's cover...
...away. As for the laptop, the search continues, but hopes are not high. Says a U.S. security official: "Nobody has any f______ idea where that laptop is, and they may never find it." Ever more desperate feds are scouring Washington-area pawn shops in the hope that an unknowing thief tried to cash the notebook in. Their fear: foreign spies may beat them to the sale...
...Katie: My analogy of rape is to car theft. You can buy heavy-duty anti-theft devices or loud alarms or devices that will disable your engine when a thief comes near. Women can choose to never be alone with a guy and other absurd extremes to protect themselves from rape. But, the car thief can still steal the car if they really want to. Women can reduce the risk, but ultimately rape will only end when rapists stop raping...
...Suddenly every Asian-American engineer working in [government] labs has become either a spy or a thief," Wang said...