Los Alamos Missing Secret Data (Third time in the last year)

[Khephra]

Two computer-data storage devices containing classified research information are missing from the nuclear weapons laboratory at Los Alamos, N.M., officials there said yesterday.

"It's a very serious situation," said Kevin Roark, a spokesman for Los Alamos National Laboratory.

Mr. Roark would not specify the type of storage devices missing; they could be floppy disks, hard disks, memory cards or some other kind of removable storage mechanism. He also declined to specify what was on the missing devices or which part of the laboratory they disappeared from, except to say that it was part of Los Alamos's weapons physics division.

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This is the third instance in which classified data have gone missing from Los Alamos in the last year, but the announcement this time was more dire in tone. In a statement, G. Peter Nanos, the laboratory's director, said the current situation "must be dealt with swiftly and decisively." He said that the laboratory was investigating and that "I intend to fully exercise my authority as director to hold those involved fully accountable, up to and including termination of employment, if appropriate."

more.........

http://www.nytimes.com/2004/07/10/politics/10alamos.html

[lazarus]

1. didn't the freepers

accuse Clinton of being directly responsible when this happened once during his tenure in office?

[fearnobush]

2. Yes, big time, Now Hay Freeps It's Bush...He did it.

[burrowowl]

3. They lose track of things all

the time due to the sheer volume of things.

[Der_Alte]

4. data missing

be glad it's only data.

this morning's Gannett thing mentions a truck going thru town had been spotted on the interstate leaking, so at the weigh station, it turned out it was leaking a radioactive liquid, but one of the investigating officials was quoted as saying, 'well, it was only a small leak.'

so when I light up at night, I don't throw as much light.


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