鈥淭he warning fax was preceded by phone calls to three members of the Ministry of Defence鈥檚 staff but no one, it transpires, can recall these conversations. Is this cock-up or conspiracy?鈥�
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)
鈥淚f 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鈥檚 an awful plan.鈥�
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Doug Honnold of the environmental group Earthjustice on new rules proposed by the Bush administration (Los Angeles Times, 13 July)
鈥淚n 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.鈥�
Yoweri Museveni, president of Uganda (Associated Press, 12 July)
鈥淚f a hacker breaks into a company鈥檚 system, and that system isn鈥檛 properly secured, that company should be held liable.鈥�
Ex-phreaker John Draper, alias 鈥淐aptain Crunch鈥� (The New York Times, 12 July)
鈥淭hey try to land on water, but it鈥檚 asphalt and it鈥檚 鈥楤am! That doesn鈥檛 feel so good.'鈥�
Sandy Cate of the Arizona Game and Fish Department on the phenomenon of crash-landing pelicans (Associated Press, 9 July)