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SAN JOSE, Calif. - The U.S. military's research agency cut off grant
money for helping to develop a secure, free operating system after a
top programmer made anti-war statements to a major newspaper. 

The U.S. Defense Advanced Research Projects Agency halted the contract
less than two weeks after The Globe and Mail of Toronto published a
story in which programmer Theo de Raadt was quoted as saying he was
"uncomfortable" about the funding source. 

"I try to convince myself that our grant means a half of a cruise
missile doesn't get built," de Raadt told the newspaper. 

Within a few days, de Raadt said he received an e-mail from Jonathan
Smith, a computer science professor at the University of Pennsylvania
and the grant's lead researcher, expressing discomfort over the
statements. 

On Thursday, Smith notified de Raadt of the cancellation. 
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Thomas T. Thai

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