Is Zenia Helbig really a whistleblower? Uhh, no. But she certainly had no right to be mocked like that by her peers. How shameful—for them. Zenia made a dumb comment and got nailed for it; these things happen, and they suck, but she isn’t a bad person. The AAA should be ashamed of itself for being so incredibly childish. And Shachtman is not helping matters by sensationalizing the whole flap.
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Just to completely trivialize this discussion – is anyone else geeky enough to watch Stargate SG-1? The Human Terrian System is pretty much identical to the way the stargate teams take a scientist with them every time they go through the Stargate.