LOS ALAMOS SCIENTISTS MAD AS HELLKevin Vixie is livid. He’s one of a number of scientists at Los Alamos National Laboratory who are angry with Congress, for launching hearings this week into the allegations of fraud and Swiss cheese security that have already forced the lab’s director to resign; with the Department of Energy, for […]
From the monthly archives:
February 2003
LOS ALAMOS SECURITY: FT. HOOD DEFENDER WEIGHS IN Former Military Police captain Phil Carter served as the anti-terrorism/force protection officer for the 4th Infantry Division. In that job, he helped write the plan to defend Fort Hood, the world’s largest military base in the world. Here’s what he had to say about Los Alamos’ security: […]
GI JOE AS SUPERMANThis isn’t quite Superman’s X-ray vision. But it’s close enough to bring giggles to anyone who’s ever read a comic book. The U.S. Air Force and Army are co-funding a project that allows, in a limited way, its troops to see through walls. It won’t tell soldiers what color underwear Lois Lane […]
FIRED WHISTLEBLOWER NOW LABS’ SECURITY CHIEFSteven Doran, one of two former police chiefs fired from Los Alamos National Laboratory after their investigations into fraud went too deep, will now oversee security for the entire University of California system, reports the Contra Costa Times. The University of California operates Los Alamos and two other labs on […]
NUKE LAB FIRES BACKLos Alamos National Laboratory officials have had a variety of responses to my story yesterday in Wired News about sneaking into the lab. Before the story came out, they said that TA-33 was an secret, secure area; no way could an intruder walk in, they asserted. After the story broke, these officials […]
