As an apparent  result of  Sosbee's report on Boeing's 'torture for profit' program, dated 9-4-08, entitled:"GERAL SOSBEE TO UNITED STATES ARMY, FOE " located at

http://sosbeevfbi.ning.com/forum/topic/show?id=2179778%3ATopic%3A183

and:

http://poland.indymedia.org/pl/2008/09/38141.shtml

and:

http://indymedia.us/es/2008/09/33496.shtml

and:

http://www.newciv.org/nl/newslog.php/_v194/
Article dated and entitled:
Geral Sosbee To United States Army, Foe (4 Sep 2008),

From Harlingen, Texas
August 4, 2009:

• Airborne Lasers: The Cutting Edge of Directed Energy Weaponry <http://www.thought-criminal.org/2007/09/04/airborne-lasers-the-cutting-edge-of-directed-energy-weaponry>

• Submitted by MichaelVail <http://www.thought-criminal.org/user/michaelvail>  on Tue, 09/04/2007 - 10:42pm.

• ABL <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/abl>  

• Air Force program <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/air-force-program>  

• Airborne Laser <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/airborne-laser>  

• Boeing 747 <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/boeing-747>  

• Destroying enemy ballistic missiles <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/destroying-enemy-ballistic-missiles>  

• Directed energy weapon <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/directed-energy-weapon>  

• Lockheed Martin <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/lockheed-martin>  

• Megawatt-class chemical lasers operating in the infared wavelength <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/megawatt-class-chemical-lasers-operating-in-the-infared-wavelength>  

• Missile Defense Agency <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/missile-defense-agency>  

• Northrop Grumman <http://www.thought-criminal.org/tags/northrop-grumman>  

• Spotlight <http://www.thought-criminal.org/topics/spotlight>  

• Technology <http://www.thought-criminal.org/topics/technology>  

• War Machine <http://www.thought-criminal.org/topics/war-machine>  

Airborne Laser (ABL), a U.S. Air Force program aimed at destroying enemy ballistic missiles as they rise off their launch pads, could be deployed against conventional aircraft and even ground targets, according to prime contractor Boeing. During a Sep. 4 teleconference, Greg Hyslop, Boeing Airborne Laser vice president and program manager, said the Air Force is developing operational concepts for the beam weapon that could include “other missions and targets.”