Special Ops boarding ship to search for Nuclear Material off the NJ shore

Fox News Alert | 9/12/02 | Brytani

[Mariner]

I was a NEST team member in Bangor, Wa in the 80's.

It's ALOT more than high-tech gadgets and a few experts.

It's a BUNCH of experts with a mission that far exceeds finding nuke stuff.

Sorry, that's all I can say.

[Mariner]

NEST responds ONLY to weapons-grade nuclear "accidents". Period.

I was a NEST member in the 80's and can assure everyone this is a BIG DEAL.

The ONLY question for us is: WHERE is that nuke? Perhaps even: Why haven't you released more information to the public??????

[Thud]

Mariner,

The MSNBC story says "...The NEST squad was established in 1974 to seek out and dismantle “improvised nuclear devices,” but has been used over the years to investigate suspicious radiological sources."

Your personal experience is hopefully out of date. And a NEST team did search the WTC site on 9/11/01 to determine if any radiological devices/materials had been used.

[Mr. Mojo]

My biggest question is will we find out about it if it is a real threat...

That's the 100KT question, and my guess would be.....not a chance in hell.

[Robert_Paulson2]

or... we may be implicating an anonymous source that does not exist, to see who gets shot and thereby identify the host sponsor of this (yet unconfirmed) act of terror.

[harpseal]

It seems that since 9/11/01 US Customs agents routinely have radiation detection equipment with them when they are conducting inspections.

Stay well - Stay safe - Stay armed - Yorktown

[Cachelot]

If someone hasn't said it before, watch for the lefties to insinuate that this is a 'manufactured' crisis to lend support to Bush's 'unjust' war on Iraq. I give it a day, two at the most. If it hasn't already started.

Oh, it started immediately. I looked in on a certain forum where certain old freepers go after they start smelling bad. One of them was completely certain that any nukes aboard was the work of a Jewish crime syndicate (some of you can probably guess who that was). Another was more of the opinion that Bush needed a decent mushroom cloud to introduce martial law.

There are more insane folks out there than you can shake a stick at :)).

[Chuck_A_Night_Driver]

Mariner:


Your info is SLIGHTLY out of date in that aprox 6-10 months ago NEST was re-tasked with more generalized spot searches around the country, as well as helping create surveilance equipment for finding hidden bombs, fission or dispersion. I don't remember exactly when they were retasked but I DO remember that in Mar-Apr-May they were being deployed on rotating 3 day deployments as spot checks in specific cities.


Chuck

[Chuck_A_Night_Driver]

And another thing.

It would be HIGHLY instructive if someone were able to see the first and second docking points (in NY and NJ) and could report on any diving ops in the area.

This would be a LARGE piece to the puzzle.

I am NOT one who is willing to accept the "Move along. Nothing to see here." response after the Coasties called in the SEALs, NEST and DOE. SOMEONE in the initial tests found neutron emission evidence. Now that public report is being conveniently forgotten.....


chuck

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Apparently you missed Trent Lott doing just that about an hour ago.

Lott's sense of urgency really adds to the serious of this, I would say.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

We can't afford to let him get that one shot off.

Especially if the sniper is never located. We assume it's Saddam / Al Quaeda. But then there's North Korea, Red China, Iran, and Lybia.

[Travis McGee]

Then we're like old lush in the bar saying about the news on CNN "hey, I knew all about that last year, what took CNN so long?"

"Sure pal, anything you say."

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

[Wiping out] A for Afghanistan, because we can, Z for Zimbabwe, just because.

Because because because because, because of the wonderful things he does. We're off to kill old Mugabe, the wonderful tyrant of Oz!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Mr. Neutron looks a lot like Traficant. What kool hair!

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

Anybody else think it would be a good idea to tow this boat right up the east river and park it in front of the UN until they vote to take Saddam out? Just wondering.

Tempting. But the pucker factor in the UN building would lead to a complete evacuation of New York. =/

[Former Fetus]

Good! Next time I get a bill from the shipping company, for the time the container sat in their yard between being unloaded from the ship and cleared by Customs, I'll refer them to this thread.

[Arthur Wildfire! March]

I am pretty sure the gov wouldn't come out and declare a nuke was found. I am not sure what they would do. The problem remains that we do not want New Yorkers going vigilante on any and every Muslim they encounter. That is the problem. And the reason we may never know all the facts in this incidences.

Very good point. That might well compell them to keep hush hush. And economic concerns as well. However, if the voters are never properly informed, how do we ever expect them to know how to vote? Fairy Land News leads to the Fairy Land Party.

Sad freegards....

[MrNeutron1962]

Yes, and remember I am the most dangerious man in the Universe

[MrNeutron1962]

Thank you, My hair is the result of 10 Mev Beta and cheap vodka mixing.

[Gumlegs]

I'm glad to see that The Most Dangerous Man In The Universe was pleased by the comments of Arthur Wildfire! March. I wouldn't want to have to face the consequences.