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| 2004-01-06 |
| EFL - Hat tip to drudge - read it all The Nuclear Regulatory Commission says former Gov. Howard Dean and other Vermont officials violated federal law by releasing secret protection plans for its nuclear power plant in the wake of the Sept. 11, 2001, attacks. The NRC’s charge had Vermont officials scrambling to impoundtop-secret nuclear documents the Democratic presidential front-runner wrongly made public. Some of the documents regarding the Vermont Yankee nuke plant include so-called ``safeguards information,’’ which is to be released under ``need to know requirements and . . . not publicly releasable,’’ said NRC spokesman Scott Burnell. The documents are included in files Dean made public - even as he opposes the release of other records on the grounds that they may include similar security or personal information. ``They have been made aware that these documents aren’t supposed to be publicly available,’’ said Burnell. ``They have assured us that steps are being taken to remove the documents from public availability.’’ Burnell said visible warnings on the records weren’t heeded by Dean’s office, the Vermont secretary of state and the state archivist - making civil or criminal charges a possibility. ``If warranted, there is going to be an investigation,’’ Burnell said. Dean has come under steady fire for refusing to release many of the files from his 11 years as Vermont governor until 2013. The front-running Democrat has said he doesn’t want his gubernatorial records released for political reasons but said he also worries that security data and things like constituent medical information could accidentally be released if all his documents were made public. The NRC review follows a Herald report last month that documents containing security and personal medical information were tucked in Dean’s public files. The documents undercut Dean’s argument that files should remain private and have been used by his competitors, most recently by U.S. Sen. Joseph Lieberman during a debate in Iowa Sunday. Dean has also been criticized for reports of lax security at the Vermont Yankee nuclear power plant after the 2001 terrorist attacks. |
| Posted by:Frank G |
| #8 Got that right, Shipman! And don't y'all forget it! |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-1-6 10:15:57 PM |
| #7 Folks, this looney is getting tons of media goodwill ("front-runner"; "best showing against Bush in election poll"; etc.) -- we need get serious about him, no matter how duplicitous or moronic he may be. Make this election the one where you rouse everyone you know who has something other than shit for brains to get out there and vote. This election is 100x more serious than any other in my lifetime and, given the free pass and adulation of all media outlets I have access to, Dean is being made to look oh so reasonable and responsible and centrist and electable - and it's a looong time until November. We gotta make sure it's a Bush landslide. Complacency and over-confidence is as much our enemy as this twit. Atomic Conspiracy - got any tips on how we can maximize turnout for Dubya? |
| Posted by: .com 2004-1-6 6:26:43 PM |
| #6 Typical - Dean will release those records, but not his own from his time as Governor of the Hippie State. The 'ol surprise meter didn't budge at all... |
| Posted by: Raj 2004-1-6 5:40:29 PM |
| #5 You just know the jihadi's want the sweet radioactive soil of Vidalia to grow the onions of hate. Vidalia is the 3rd holiest site in Southron cooking. |
| Posted by: Shipman 2004-1-6 4:49:02 PM |
| #4 my ex used make a pasta dish - I think it was called Deanolini...noodle base, a bitter (some would say angry) sauce, bad aftertaste, and the recipe changed all the time |
| Posted by: Frank G 2004-1-6 3:59:24 PM |
| #3 So does this mean Dean=Mussolini? I mean, what the hell, right? Give him a taste. Deanolini? I like it. |
| Posted by: tu3031 2004-1-6 3:23:13 PM |
| #2 Dipshit. I scrounged around on the net and found this. Seems that safeguards information is treated as if it was Confidential information. Interesting. I'll have to ask around, since there's a nuke plant south of Vidalia, and a lot of employees work there. |
| Posted by: Ptah 2004-1-6 3:13:05 PM |
| #1 Hey chief of the Nine! Éowyn's here! |
| Posted by: Korora 2004-1-6 2:54:57 PM |