Don't Take Me to your Leaders

A blue ribbon panel gathers in Washington to consider alien monitoring of the planet, ans what the government has been covering up about it.

http://www.nytimes.com/2013/05/04/us/politics/panel-convenes-in-washington-to-discuss-aliens.html?ref=science

 Former Senator Mike Gravel is among the notables.  And also this person:

“I’ve been exploring how we might get this issue out of the shadows of the lunatic fringe,” said Roscoe G. Bartlett, a former Republican representative from Maryland.

And another:

“I’ve come to understand and appreciate the importance of open, transparent government and the power of truth,” said Paul T. Hellyer, who served as Canadian minister of defense during the 1960s.

“We are not alone in the cosmos,” he added.

I agree.