" LightSquared has hired dozens of top lobbyists, including at least " seven former elected officials -- including ex-House Democratic Leader " Richard Gephardt of Missouri; former Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson of " Arkansas; and Democratic former Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania. "

"As I posted previously in this thread, a concise summary of the 

>> back-door deals and other shenanigans of the White House and FCC in
>> regards to Falcone, Lightsquared, and SkyTerra can be read here:
>>
>> <http://www.nlpc.org/sites/default/files/HarbingerLetter.pdf>
>
> Did you actually read the letters from the various agencies?  My
> capsule summary of what I read:
>
> EPA  - Let other departments decide.
> DOE  - No assessment, therefore no comment.
> NSF  - No assessment to NTIA, therefore no comment.
> NASA - Probably a bad idea, but if you give us money for
>        more testing, NASA will happily supply the requested report.
> FAA  - Lightsquared is evil personified.
> DOT  - Lightsquared will kill air and land navigation and cost
>        a small fortune.
> DOI  - Lightsquared will trash everything involving mapping and
>        navigation.

Yes, I read them, along with several hundred other documents to date 
so I don't recall offhand their exact contents; your summary above 
seems fine -- thank you! 

As far as US government agencies go, the clowns at DHS, NIST, NOAO, 
and DOC (Department of Commerce) haven't submitted their responses yet 
per: 

<http://science.house.gov/press-release/transparency-needed-evaluate-gps-interference> 

This past week Lightsquared has (per a National Journal article): 

" After months spent trying to make a technological case for why its 
" network will not interfere with GPS, LightSquared has gone political. 

{ NOTE: it went political previously when the FCC was coerced to 
  grant the satellite spectrum *FREE* to Lightsquared -- any other 
  company without White House "connections" would have had to pay 
  many $billion$ } 

The National Journal article continues: 
" 
" LightSquared has hired dozens of top lobbyists, including at least 
" seven former elected officials -- including ex-House Democratic Leader 
" Richard Gephardt of Missouri; former Republican Sen. Tim Hutchinson of 
" Arkansas; and Democratic former Gov. Ed Rendell of Pennsylvania. 
" 
" Most recently, LightSquared has taken aim at Bradford Parkinson, known 
" as one of the founders of GPS and a member of the National Space-Based 
" Positioning Navigation & Timing Advisory Board, which advises the 
" government on GPS issues. Parkinson is also an investor and a member 
" of the board of Trimble, a GPS manufacturer that has led the fight 
" against LightSquared's plans. That, LightSquared officials contend, is 
" a conflict of interest. 
" 
" On Wednesday, LightSquared released publicly available information 
" that it had compiled showing top Trimble executives dumping millions 
" of dollars in company shares the month after LightSquared received 
" conditional FCC approval for parts of its plan in January. 
" 
" This new pushback may signal LightSquared's recognition that maybe it 
" shouldn't be political, but it is. "

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