furman v. georgia 428.us 238 92 s ct.  the supreme ct stated that the state must not arbitrarily inflict a severe punishment the very words cruel and unusual punishment imply condemnation of the arbitrary infliction of severe punishments. a punishment is excessive under this principal if it is unnecessary. the infliction of a severe punishment by the state cannot comport with human dignity when it is nothing more than the pointless infliction of suffering.  

when a small group of governement employees using federal funding arbitatily targets a group of people or an individual they consider to be undesirable outside the boundries of constitutional law & the legal system as a whole, and is being facilitated by governmental infrastructure, the actions are wholly outside the public's trust it is a violation of moral and ethical obligation by all parties. They cease to serving the public good and become a threat to the community as a whole. They offending groups need to be made accountable for their actions by public standard.

house.gov/jec/hearings/radio/schriner.htm

self explanitory, to think the defense dept doesn't have everything to do with this is rediculous.

The department of defense has been testing a secure communications program. Parallel research requires the effects of the following:

Stress, Human Information Processing, and Performance Mediators: Application of a Descriptive Framework to Current Modeling Tools

http://www.bibliotecapleyades.net/sociopolitica/esp_sociopol_mindcon38.htm

Quite a nice little article with links and quotes. I was surfing and stumbled across this little gem.

http://www.usnews.com/usnews/issue/000103/norseen.htm

http://www.top500.org/system/8193 redstorm super computer at Sandia national labs

norseen.