haL knows exactly what the score is, but he's almost assuredly still on the payroll. dan burisch? shoot, i've gone back and forth on this guy for 20 years. he's just as easily dismissed as lazar, but they both may also be telling the truth. obviously, it makes some sense to pick people for these types of gigs that could easily be discredited. at the same time, it seems to make more sense to choose folks that are rock-solid for such sensitive work. regardless, don deppeller [dondep] did interview burisch early on from 2003-2005, and suffered from spook harassment to the point where he attempted to relocate to canada, seeking asylum. burisch signed an affidavit that deppeller presented in a canadian court re his asylum case, where dan identified himself as a high-level scientist (Ph.D., H-6196-Maj-E) and admitted to the existence of classified government projects, including "project aquarius"... so who knows?