Ric,
Let’s see if we can negotiate our way out of this latest SNAFU.
In return for the government dropping its last minuet elevated on-site personal demands we would be agreeable to the historic government oversight of this project and in return we would be agreeable to offer the government, that if the Niku VIII project is successful i.e. we find the Electra, the uncontested “salvage rights” to the Electra basis the lat/long, depth, etc. data supplied by TIGHAR.
In return TIGHAR gets sole possession of all photographic/video documents of the search and discovery of the where abouts of AE without any further obligation to the government. AND it would be expected if any physical evidence of the Electra is recovered by the government and/or its contractors TIGHAR shall receive a token artifact there from. AND TIGHAR retains the sole rights of all, future books, movies, television documentaries, etc. concerning the search and discovery for the lost flight of Amelia Earhart.
The point is; TIGHAR will have proven her point, TIGHAR will be relieved of the cost of recovery, TIGHAR would have a symbolic piece of the Electra to add to the artifact library already secured and TIGHAR would not incur the cost and expense of preserving and exhibiting the Electra proper.
Ted Campbell