SENATOR: SANDIA SNUBS SECURITY SLIPS

In March, Energy Department offi­cials promised to fol­low up on alle­ga­tions of lax secu­rity at Sandia National Laboratories, one of the country’s most impor­tant mil­i­tary research cen­ters. Senate Finance Committee chair­man Charles Grassley says the Department has welched on that promise.
The New York Times reports:

The two inves­ti­ga­tors who raised ques­tions about secu­rity at Sandia, Pat O’Neill and Mark Ludwig, say they were trans­ferred from an office build­ing to a rodent-​​infested trailer, reas­signed to non­in­ves­tiga­tive work, and had their annual raises reduced, Mr. Grassley said.
The lab­o­ra­tory com­mis­sioned a for­mer United States attor­ney, Norman Bay, to inves­ti­gate prob­lems. Mr. Grassley quoted from a sum­mary of that report, which he received from the Energy Department. (He said he had obtained the whole report with dif­fi­culty but agreed to keep it secret.)
The let­ter from Mr. Grassley said the report cov­ered inves­ti­ga­tions of 5 of 100 secu­rity prob­lems iden­ti­fied by Mr. O’Neill and Mr. Ludwig.

(empha­sis mine)

June 23rd, 2003 | Los Alamos and Labs | Comments Off Both comments and pings are currently closed.