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  • Plutonium could be missing from lab 600-plus pounds unaccounted for, activist group says

    11/30/2005 8:55:13 AM PST · by bloggodocio · 123 replies · 2,176+ views
    San Francisco Chronicle ^ | November 30, 2005 | Keay Davidson
    Enough plutonium to make dozens of nuclear bombs hasn't been accounted for at the UC-run Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico and may be missing, an activist group says in a new report. There is no evidence that the weapons-grade plutonium has been stolen or diverted for illegal purposes, the Institute for Energy and Environmental Research said. However, the amount of unaccounted-for plutonium -- more than 600 pounds, and possibly several times that -- is so great that it raises "a vast security issue," the group said in a report to be made public today. The institute, which is...
  • Highest wages in East, lowest in South

    11/29/2005 2:43:30 PM PST · by Graybeard58 · 31 replies · 943+ views
    Denver Rocky Mountain News ^ | Nov 29, 2005 5:37 PM EST | Stephen Ohlemacher
    WASHINGTON (AP) -- Americans have been migrating south and west for decades, but it appears they've been leaving some high-paying jobs behind. While there are many pockets of wealth in the South and West, the states with the highest wage earners line the East Coast, according to Census data released Tuesday. Connecticut, with a median household income of $56,409, supplanted New Jersey as the country's highest wage state in 2003, the most recent year available. New Jersey slid to second, at $56,356, followed by Maryland, Massachusetts and New Hampshire. Mississippi had the lowest median income, at $32,397. West Virginia, Arkansas,...
  • Heraclitus said it first [Wilson/Plame v. Wen Ho Lee]

    11/17/2005 6:41:06 AM PST · by Quilla · 12 replies · 803+ views
    The American Thinker ^ | Novmeber 17, 2005 | Clarice Feldman
    The Greek historian Heraclitus observed, “A man’s character is his fate.” I’ve always found that to be true. I’d go further though. I think it is as applicable to institutions as it is to individuals. If I’m right, the end result of the Wilson/Plame hoax – described by Christopher Hitchens Hitchens as “the non-commission of non-crimes and the non-outing of a non-covert CIA bureaucrat” – will be how it has exposed this fact: Our major media have been so hopelessly corrupted by partisanship that, either willingly or through credulousness, they have become little more than an agent of the Democratic...
  • Anxiety marks Los Alamos mood ahead of lab contract announcement

    11/12/2005 11:35:52 AM PST · by Amerigomag · 5 replies · 396+ views
    AP State Wire via Fresno Bee ^ | November 12, 2005, | HEATHER CLARK
    LOS ALAMOS, N.M. (AP) - Many people in this isolated mesa-top community are anxious or fearful about who will win a contract to manage Los Alamos National Laboratory. The main contenders for the contract are two limited liability corporations, one headed by Lockheed Martin and the University of Texas and the other led by Bechtel Corp. and the University of California, which has been the sole manager of the lab since Manhattan Project scientists gathered in World War II to develop the world's first atomic bomb. The first contract competition in the lab's 62-year history is expected to usher in...
  • Clinton Calls Impeachment Egregious Abuse

    11/11/2005 6:55:31 AM PST · by Senator Goldwater · 74 replies · 2,512+ views
    Associated Press ^ | November 11, 2005 | FRANK ELTMAN
    HEMPSTEAD, N.Y. - Former president Bill Clinton called Congress' impeachment of him an "egregious" abuse of the Constitution and challenged those who say history will judge him poorly because of his White House tryst with Monica Lewinsky. Speaking at an academic conference examining his presidency here Thursday, Clinton challenged historian Douglas Brinkley's comments in a newspaper interview that Clinton would be deemed a great president were it not for his impeachment. "I completely disagree with that," Clinton said in his speech at Hofstra University. "You can agree with that statement, but only if you think impeachment was justified. Otherwise, it...
  • The drama of plutonium

    07/21/2005 11:25:01 AM PDT · by Ditto · 66 replies · 1,291+ views
    Nuclear Engineering International ^ | July 2005 | David Fishlock
    Sixty years ago the Manhattan Project carried out its first test of a secret weapon, forged from a metal first detected in sub-microgram amounts fewer than five years before. By David FishlockOn Thursday 12 July 1945 a US Army sedan drove Philip Morrison the 210 miles from Los Alamos to Alamagordo with the plutonium core of the world’s first nuclear weapon on his lap. At dawn four days later the priceless hemispheres the physicist had helped forge, then assembled, vanished in the highly successful Trinity nuclear test. The scientists who witnessed the test estimated the energy released equivalent to 18,600t...
  • Police say whistleblower struck pedestrian before beating(Los Alamos)

    06/09/2005 6:08:13 PM PDT · by NRA2BFree · 16 replies · 1,007+ views
    KOBTV.COM ^ | 06/09/2005 | Associated Press
    SANTA FE (AP) - Santa Fe police believe a Los Alamos National Laboratory whistleblower beaten outside a Santa Fe bar could have been attacked because he allegedly struck a pedestrian in the parking lot. They do not believe the beating of Tommy Hook had anything to do with his status as a whistleblower. Deputy Police Chief Eric Johnson says the investigation is leaning toward a fight in the parking lot leading to the beating Sunday. Johnson says Santa Fe police do not plan any immediate arrests. He says the department is turning the case over to the district attorney. He...
  • Police: Man not beaten for whistleblowing

    06/09/2005 5:44:45 PM PDT · by jimboster · 15 replies · 635+ views
    Fort Wayne News Sentinel ^ | 6/09/05 | ANNA MACIAS AGUAYO
    ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. - Authorities said Thursday that the beating of a Los Alamos nuclear lab auditor outside a bar was unrelated to his status as a whistleblower. Police did not say that Tommy Hook, 52, had offered false information when he said he was beaten to keep him from talking about alleged financial irregularities at the nuclear lab. But the version of events set forth in the police statement was sharply at odds with what Hook and his supporters said happened in Santa Fe early Sunday. "Facts, evidence and information obtained during the course of this investigation has led investigators...
  • Attacker reportedly claims beating not connected to LANL (Los Alamos)

    06/09/2005 7:43:45 AM PDT · by Cooter · 25 replies · 866+ views
    KRQE News 13 ^ | 6/9/2005 9:14:00 AM | n/a
    SANTA FE -- A lawyer in Santa Fe has been hired to represent a man who says he was involved in the beating. The man reportedly claims the attack has nothing to do with the fact that the victim is the Los Alamos National Labs whistleblower. Santa Fe investigators also have some new questions as they continue to investigate the details surrounding the beating of a Tommy Hook earlier this week. Hook says he was told to keep his mouth shut when he was getting hit by at least four men early Sunday morning. He is set to testify before...
  • Atty: No proof whistleblower in accident

    06/08/2005 2:13:16 PM PDT · by jimboster · 13 replies · 605+ views
    Fort Wayne News Sentinel ^ | 6/08/05 | AP- anon
    There's no evidence that a Los Alamos lab whistleblower who was beaten up outside a topless bar had been in a minor accident in the parking lot or had cavorted with dancers at the bar, his lawyer says. Tommy Hook, 52, suffered a fractured jaw, a back injury and other injuries in the beating early Sunday. He was released Tuesday evening, a hospital spokesman said. Authorities say they are still investigating whether the beating was deliberate. But Hooks, his wife and lawyer say he was attacked to keep him quiet about his accusations against lab management. "This individual was telling...
  • Los Alamos Whistleblower Severely Beaten (Updated)

    06/07/2005 3:28:53 AM PDT · by ovrtaxt · 108 replies · 2,861+ views
    Newsmax.com ^ | Tuesday, June 7, 2005 | Newsmax
    Los Alamos Whistleblower Severely BeatenNewsMax.comTuesday, June 7, 2005 A Los Alamos National Laboratory whistleblower who has uncovered irregularities involving millions of dollars of taxpayer money at the government-backed facility was brutally beaten this past weekend. According to several news reports, auditor Tommy Hook was violently attacked by three or four anonymous assailants, who allegedly ordered him to keep quiet. Hook was scheduled to testify before Congress later this month, but is now in the hospital. Story Continues Below On Saturday night, Hook went to a Santa Fe bar, ostensibly to meet a person claiming to be a fellow Los...
  • Sorry, Wrong Number At Los Alamos - Employee Buys Mustang Car "By Mistake."

    06/07/2005 1:41:31 AM PDT · by joinedafterattack · 70 replies · 2,666+ views
    CBS News ^ | October 9, 2003 | CBS News
    Steve Doran helped unearth the case then got fired because, he says, management wanted a cover-up, not the truth. (CBS) It was the most sensational of all the suspect purchases made with government credit cards. A custom black Mustang, charged by Los Alamos National Laboratory employee Lillian Anaya. After a year-long investigation, the New Mexico lab exonerated her, and even claims she's the victim. But a CBS News investigation casts serious doubt on that story. FBI documents show Anaya "denied any knowledge or involvement" with the car and said she "never heard of" the car company. When the FBI showed...
  • Los Alamos Whistleblower Beaten - (horrendous)

    06/06/2005 6:52:41 PM PDT · by CHARLITE · 213 replies · 9,828+ views
    NEWSMAX.COM ^ | JUNE 6, 2005 | CARL LIMBACHER & NewsMax Staff
    A Los Alamos whistleblower scheduled to testify before congress later this month is now in the hospital, according to news reports. Auditor Tommy Hook was brutally beaten by three or four anonymous assailants who allegedly ordered him to keep quiet. On Saturday night, Hook went to a Santa Fe bar ostensibly to meet a person claiming to be a fellow Los Alamos whistleblower that called that night. When the person did not show, Hook left the bar after consuming two drinks. Whistleblowing auditor Tommy Hook before and after the beating. (CBS News photos) In the parking lot, he was yanked...
  • Los Alamos Lab Whistleblower Beaten Outside Bar, Police Investigate

    06/06/2005 6:31:56 PM PDT · by BenLurkin · 20 replies · 699+ views
    Associated Press ^ | Jun 6, 2005 | Deborah Baker
    SANTA FE, N.M. (AP) - A Los Alamos lab whistleblower scheduled to testify before Congress about alleged financial irregularities was badly beaten outside a bar - an attack his wife and lawyer believe was designed to silence him. Police said that they were investigating the circumstances of the incident which, according to his wife, left Tommy Hook hospitalized Monday with a broken jaw and other injuries. Police Deputy Chief Eric Johnson said officers found Hooks after responding to a reported assault at the Cheeks Night Club about 2 a.m. Sunday. He provided few other details. "We are working jointly with...
  • Los Alamos lab competitor insulted by UC's assertions

    05/28/2005 8:24:50 PM PDT · by Ernest_at_the_Beach · 10 replies · 599+ views
    The Daily Review ^ | 05/28/2005 04:05:09 AM | Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER
    By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER Inside Bay Area The head of a team challenging the University of California for command of the birthplace of the bomb is mightily offended by the university's suggestions that corporations such as his employer, Lockheed Martin, lack the ability or integrity to do real science. C. Paul Robinson, physicist and former Sandia National Laboratories director, lashed back Friday, saying his team was appalled at the lack of competent business practices and focused scientific direction at Los Alamos National Laboratory, run by the University of California since 1943. "No wonder science is hurting. You've got scientists...
  • Los Alamos laboratory shutdown cost up to $367 million

    05/10/2005 5:06:01 AM PDT · by robowombat · 1 replies · 176+ views
    Los Alamos laboratory shutdown cost up to $367 million From Global Security Newswire The shutdown last year at the Los Alamos National Laboratory could cost up to $367 million due to work that was delayed or not finished, National Nuclear Security Administration chief Linton Brooks said Friday. That amount "represents an upper limit" of the possible price tag for the work suspension that lasted for months in some sections while the laboratory improved security procedures, Brooks told the House Energy and Commerce Oversight and Investigations Subcommittee. The laboratory estimates the cost at $119 million, according to the Associated Press. Tens...
  • Los Alamos director steps down

    05/10/2005 5:03:14 AM PDT · by robowombat · 3 replies · 297+ views
    Government Executive.com ^ | May 10, 2005 | David McGlinchey
    Los Alamos director steps down By David McGlinchey dmcglinchey@govexec.com The director of Los Alamos National Laboratory announced last week that he is stepping down after two years filled with controversy and troubling news from one of the nation's leading weapons research facilities. Pete Nanos took the helm of Los Alamos in January 2003. Since then the laboratory has suffered through security lapses and revelations of procurement abuse by employees. In 2004, Nanos shut down Los Alamos operations for months while officials conducted a security review. Late last year, the National Nuclear Security Administration initiated an open competition for contractors interested...
  • Pete Nanos retiring as Director of Los Alamos Labs

    05/06/2005 12:59:35 PM PDT · by fishtank · 1 replies · 211+ views
    Dear Colleagues: As you are aware, Los Alamos National Laboratory Director Pete Nanos has announced that he will be taking a new position with the US Department of Defense. Pete has been an agent of change at LANL, and the laboratory is a stronger and safer place as a result of his leadership. I fully respect his decision to join the Department of Defense, and I wish him the best of luck in his new endeavors. He has been deeply committed to the mission of the laboratory, and I am grateful for his tireless efforts over the last two years....
  • "Parlor Maid" tarnishes FBI (detailed Leung spy story)

    04/27/2003 8:01:11 AM PDT · by Fizzie · 11 replies · 776+ views
    Tri-Valley Herald ^ | April 27, 2003 | Ian hoffman
    'Parlor Maid' tarnishes FBI Details of Leung-Smith spy case throw bureau's handling of investigation into question Details of Leung-Smith spy case throw bureau's handling By Ian Hoffman, STAFF WRITER Twelve years ago, a team of U.S. counterintelligence operatives flew into frigid southern Manchuria to assess Chinese spying on American diplomats. Instead, the U.S. agents came to believe their own team was tracked by China's Ministry of State Security every step of their mission, which is still classified today. The first clue was an odd elevator encounter in remote northeast China, an FBI agent bumping into a California nuclear-weapons scientist suspected...
  • Los Alamos workers use Web to vent pent-up anger

    03/21/2005 10:54:54 AM PST · by Excuse_My_Bellicosity · 9 replies · 653+ views
    Salt Lake Tribune ^ | 3/21/2005 | Heather Clark
    NAMBE, N.M. - If loose lips sink ships, then what can a blog at a top-secret nuclear lab do? Many of the mostly anonymous Los Alamos National Laboratory employees who post to ''LANL: The Real Story'' take aim at work conditions and perceived weak morale at the federal lab. Others are bent on ridiculing - and perhaps sinking - their boss, Director Pete Nanos. Whatever its effect, the blog that debuted in December has become a lively public forum for current and former Los Alamos workers, who share articles, gripes, rumors and observations. ''It is sort of the modern version...