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by White Hat

TOP SECRET – EYES ONLY

TO: [NAME WITHELD ]
FROM : [NAME WITHELD ]

NOTE : It is a federal offense to divulge the following information to unauthorized personnel. Anyone other than the intended recipient, [NAME WITHHELD ] is to be considered unauthorized personnel for the purposes of this document.

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SUBJECT : GUARDIAN PROJECT – SUMMARY

In the past few decades, it has become clear that conventional military and law enforcement agencies are ill suited to the challenges faced by guerrilla warfare, terrorism, and widespread cybernetics. With the [DELETED] it is [DELETED] successful in this regard.

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At this new facility, development has begun on classified research in a number of promising fields, including advanced robotics, artificial intelligence, genetic engineering, nanotechnology, and quantum mechanics. The eventual goal, of course [DELETED].

[PARAGRAPHS 16-45 DELETED ]

We are pleased to conclude this report by extending an invitation to the members of [DELETED] to [DELETED].

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Average Reader Rating: 4.0 stars out of 5

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    Snarky's Buddy Icon Snarky

    Posted 11 months ago

    4.0 out of 5 stars

    Severe federal editing? Makes me worry about the government taking over (oxymoron?). I’m intrigued, and that probably means that it is well written, good job!

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