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Shortly after the fall of Baghdad , a group of senior Iraqi Army officers , calling themselves the " independent military gathering " approached the Americans with an offer to collaborate . The parallel debate going on in SETI and astrobiology concerns how often primitive life , such as bacteria , serves as the precursor of complex , multicellular life , and , ultimately , advanced intelligence . I watched as he circled gracefully , changed direction , and disappeared , skimming the treetops in the jungle below , apparently continuing his night hunt . The bulk of the hearing , however , focused on the contrast between the excellent prediction of Katrina ’ s path by NWS and the federal response to the disaster . But this still may not be enough to allow the US to give way over its previous objections , in particular to the principle of " advanced informed consent " - which means that before a GM product could be exported , the importing country would have to be told exactly what the product was , and explicitly give its agreement to the importation .