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12 keys missing
at nuke-arms lab
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| Posted: November 7, 2003
| WorldNetDaily.com
Posted on 11/07/2003 7:03:25 PM PST by ATOMIC_PUNK
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Good f***ing grief.
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:04:41 PM PST
by
Poohbah
("Would you mind not shooting at the thermonuclear weapons?" -- Major Vic Deakins, USAF)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
AFP also reporting...
Twelve keys missing at US nuclear weapons laboratory, inspector says
WASHINGTON (AFP) Nov 07, 2003
A dozen keys that enable scientists to enter off-limits buildings at a top-secret US nuclear weapons laboratory have been lost presenting a potential security breach, a government inspector said.
The critical report, dated Tuesday, by the Department of Energy's Inspector General Gregory Friedman found a total of twelve keys are missing from the department's Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California.
Livermore officials had initially estimated it would cost the taxpayer 1.7 million dollars to replace and upgrade 100,000 locks in 526 buildings at the site, but government officials have yet to validate these costs.
"The loss of the master keys and the Tesa card, and the delay in reporting these losses, raised the possibility of security vulnerabilities at the laboratory," Friedman's report warns.
Officials at the top-secret nuclear research facility reported one set of master keys missing on May 5th, although the keys were discovered missing on April 17.
Due to the national security nature of the laboratory's work, officials are meant to report a loss of such keys within twenty-four hours, and master keys are only carried by a small number of personnel at the site.
Friedman's probe also discovered that security officers had known about some of the missing keys, but had not reported their loss to the department.
The loss for some of the keys only came to light when a locksmith employee at the site reported that security officers had tried to get a duplicate set of keys made to replace lost keys.
"We concluded that Livermore did not have adequate internal controls to ensure that security incidents involving missing master keys and Tesa cards were reported within required timeframes," the report found.
Tesa cards are plastic card-like keys with a magnetic strip that are also used at the site.
The nuclear weapons laboratory is managed for the energy department by the University of California.
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:06:32 PM PST
by
Brian S
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I bet it was Sargent Van Hallen
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:11:04 PM PST
by
Porterville
(American First, Human being Second; liberal your derivative lifestyle will never be normalized.)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I'm pretty sure Willie sold those keys to the Chinese almog with all the other stuff. Didn't Richardson deliver them to the Chinese UN ambassador in NYC?
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:11:56 PM PST
by
Tacis
To: Allan
Ping.
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:12:10 PM PST
by
keri
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
"Now where did I leave those keys?...Hmmmmm"
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:12:13 PM PST
by
Beck_isright
(Socialists are like cockroaches. No matter how many die, 300 more are born under every cowpile.)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
12 ...??? check the donut shot....the one run by the fellow from SE Asia......
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:12:37 PM PST
by
pointsal
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:14:41 PM PST
by
ATOMIC_PUNK
("Freedom is not Free")
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
I believe those keys were sold to the highest bidder at the last DNC Fundraiser, It is election season ya know
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:15:03 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
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To: rhughe13
Ok, could someone please tell me why I am paying taxes? I think its so they don't take the rest of our stuff as well.
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:19:39 PM PST
by
AdamSelene235
(I always shoot for the moon......sometimes I hit London.- Von Braun)
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To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Change the locks. Next thread.
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:22:30 PM PST
by
Consort
To: Poohbah
The timing of this article is curious to say the least
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:25:18 PM PST
by
Domestic Church
(AMDG..now where did I put that bottle of whiskey?)
To: Consort
Yep.
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
Ken Starr under the watchfull eye of the Repubbies said
Clinton selling out our country to the Red Chinese was no biggie
Espionage vs Menage Atois....gotta prioritize ya know...
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:27:36 PM PST
by
joesnuffy
(Moderate Islam Is For Dilettantes)
To: ATOMIC_PUNK
On May 5, officials at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California reported one set of master keys missing. The discovery was actually made on April 17.Six months ago??? This happened six months ago, and is just now making it to the press? (If you call the WorldNetDaily the press.)
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:27:59 PM PST
by
Semper911
(For some people, bread and circus are not enough. Hence, FreeRepublic.com)
To: Semper911
Nope, I remember reading about this right after it happened
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:29:34 PM PST
by
MJY1288
(The Democrats Have Reached Rock Bottom and The Digging Continues)
To: MJY1288
And let me guess - did anyone think of changing the locks?
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posted on
11/07/2003 7:43:10 PM PST
by
Let's Roll
(And those that cried Appease! Appease! are hanged by those they tried to please!")
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