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*** Congressman and others go to Congress. The Congresspeople that actually approved the project in the first place say "It's classified" and send them on their way, to gripe to the college newspaper and whatever publications will listen to them about "a giant space laser". Red tape cut.
*** ''Or'', the congressman goes public with the information for political reasons, leading to public outcries and, yes, public scrutiny. Read up on how much the [[wikipedia:Strategic Defense Initiative#Controversy and criticism|SDI was criticized]] and you might get a better understanding about why John Q. Public in the '80s would be interested in ''solid proof''<ref>And yes, I'm sure that Chris, Mitch, and co. would have ensured that there ''was'' solid proof</ref> that the government was testing death rays in a time of peace.
**** Regarding 'political reasons', this is the 80s so its Reagan in the White House and Republicans in Congress pushing 'Star Wars' defense research. If the Congressman is a Democrat he has every reason to make the hugest public stink about this that he possibly can, as it would be only to the benefit of his party's chances in the next general election. And since this is supposed to be southern California, he probably ''is''.
*** Truthfully, without [[Word of God]] to confirm it one way or another<ref>Someone should look up Neal Israel and/or Pat Proft (or even Martha Coolidge) to ask them</ref>, or with the present lack of a [[Sequel]], the final outcome remains strictly in the realm of [[Real Genius/WMG|Wild Mass Guessing]]. I like to think that, at the very end, when it's all said and done, that the project was a flop. Definitely not thrown out altogether, but put aside for a while (maybe boxed up and stashed away in [[Indiana Jones and the Kingdom of the Crystal Skull|Hangar 51]], haha).
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