Posted on 03/26/2016 12:39:03 PM PDT by MarvinStinson
Earlier this year, authorities found a tape with 12 hours of mysterious footage as the result of an anti-terrorism raid in Brussels. The hours of tape revealed that someone was spying on Belgium’s nuclear power chief, which led authorities to believe that the terrorist cell was likely planning on attacking a nuclear power plant or retrieving nuclear material to build a dirty bomb.
It looks like they were right.
Belgium is currently on “high alert” after authorities found a nuclear power plant security officer dead with his pass missing.
The concerning development, which occurred on Thursday but was only reported today by Dernière Heure, comes after concerns the Brussels bombers had been plotting to create a radioactive “dirty bomb” that would scatter nuclear material in a crowded public place.
Authorities say he was shot while walking his dog in Charleroi– the same area the safe house for the Paris terrorists was located.
His pass was immediately deactivated. A number of nuclear workers have had their passes canceled along with it. While they still can’t pinpoint the exact motive of the attack, the original theory looks more and more plausible. Seven workers at the Tihange nuclear power station had their passes cancelled, with a further four revoked after being reviewed by a committee composed of intelligence and security agencies.
Police discovered hidden camera footage of a senior nuclear worker while they were searching the flat belonging to the girlfriend of Mohammed Bakkali, a key figure in both the Brussels and Paris bombings.
The footage was from a camera planted opposite the home of an executive at the Centre for the Study of Nuclear Energy in the town of Mol. Police fear the attackers may have wanted to kidnap or capture him in order to obtain radioactive material.
It’s good to hear that Belgium is finally getting it together. After all, it took them two whole weeks to deploy soldiers to guard nuclear facilities after they found the creepy footage.
Remember? Interior Minister Jan Jambon actually said, “Nothing indicates a specific threat to nuclear power plants… This is why we are not planning any military support.”
I’m sure he’s had a change of heart.
My white privilege card got me so much that anything I wanted to do or be involved in required me finding a way to pay for it.
I was never in any of the cliques or popular people groups. When it comes to being involved with those and them in charge I tend to lose or wind up at the bottom of the reward stack.
Thanks to my transition to IT years ago and developing apparently a good reputation, I usually don’t have to take much from the “in” crowd since I know how to do things they don’t.
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That, too.
If you were to tell them that you are a Muslim, they’d have to let you take the classes, or the government will come after them.
was that wrong? Because if it was...
Western Europe IS turning into a Seinfeld episode.
Their allah is always willing to kill many.
If I didn’t have any scruples and was a good liar, it might be worth a try.
They may have to come of age as leaders of the underground resistance. By the time Merkel & co. gets a clue, she’ll be in her own beheading video.
Which means some one had access and got inside and did...???
The issue here is that they already have had access prior to the body being found.
A-hole Obama will scold Belgium for ‘stigamtizing muslims’.
Wrong. Badges like this also have to be logged into the system.
Not good.
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This event should force a general inventory of all potentially dangerous assets. They could have also swapped out parts or equipment. A real clusterpuck to say the least. At least they should be able to follow the use of the card.
What next?
I think a nuclear station uses chip cards and unlike the old magnet strip ones these are near impossible to clone.
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