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Exhibit 24.3
[GRANT THORNTON LETTERHEAD]
CONSENT OF INDEPENDENT CERTIFIED PUBLIC ACCOUNTANTS
We have issued our report dated March 27, 2000 accompanying the consolidated
financial statements of Socrates Technologies Corporation and subsidiaries
appearing in the 1999 Annual Report of the Company to its shareholders on Form
10-K for the year ended December 31, 1999 which is incorporated by reference in
this Registration Statement. We consent to the incorporation by reference in the
Registration Statement of the aforementioned report and to the use of our name
as it appears under the caption "Experts".
/s/ Grant Thornton LLP
Vienna, Virginia
June 27, 2000
