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Fifth Column
Los Alamos' Secret Docs Found In Drug Raid
2006-10-25
Fergawdsakes
Another apparent breach of classified material is under federal investigation at the nation's premier nuclear weapons laboratory: Los Alamos National Laboratory, sources tell CBS News correspondent Sharyl Attkisson.

The breach apparently was discovered when Los Alamos police recently conducted a methamphetamine raid on an area home. Inside the house, along with drug paraphernalia, police allegedly found classified materials apparently from the grounds of the Los Alamos Laboratory. How somebody involved in illegal drugs would also have access to classified materials from the nation's nuclear weapons facility is unknown but under investigation. The home is believed to belong to a Los Alamos Laboratory contractor who does maintenance at the laboratory.

The FBI has been called in to lead the investigation into the security breach and executed a search warrant on Friday. The U.S. attorney's office in Albuquerque, N.M., is reviewing the case.

The Los Alamos Laboratory has been hit by multiple security and management scandals in recent years. Problems were so widespread that Congress forced the contract for management of the lab to go up for bid for the first time ever. However, after bidding, the contract was re-awarded to the same contractor: the University of California.

Los Alamos public affairs officials will only confirm the matter is under investigation.
Posted by:Frank G

#10  With the expertise and chemical inventory they have there, I'm surprised they had to go to an outside source.
Posted by: Zenster   2006-10-25 19:42  

#9  Too many late-nighters, need a little pick-em-up, where we gonna get the dough?
Posted by: Perfesser   2006-10-25 13:52  

#8  As well as pi$$ing off a bunch of brilliant scientist into doing something stoopid.
Posted by: gorb   2006-10-25 13:40  

#7  Los Alamos [LA] is welfare for the intellectually gifted. There are other national laboratories out there, Sandia, Lawrence Livermore, Oak Ridge, et al. They were originally intended to support DoD but not tied to itÂ’s ridged civil servant pay scales, so the operations were outsourced to universities. Since the ‘80Â’s you saw your military as with the Army downsized from over a million men to under a half-million men. However, the pork of the National Labs have kept them doing busy work to sustain money flowing into their respective states and cities. LA has had a number of personnel problems largely driven by the ‘weÂ’re above it allÂ’ attitude of its population. Mishandling of classified documents, Hollywood bookkeeping, donÂ’tÂ’ rock the boat management, etc. Most of the work could be moved to other National Labs leaving LA to itÂ’s other function as a ‘hotÂ’ storage site till the facility in Nevada is completed. It would kill the local economy, but that is not the legal defined mission of the laboratory. It would make a nice attitude adjustment for the other labs as well.
Posted by: Procopius2K   2006-10-25 10:30  

#6  I'd imagine this is a LOT more serious in the gov't as a whole, than just Los Alamos. There are numerous contractors in the Fed building where I work doing cleaning, facility repairs, etc. after hours. No telling how many documents they could steal (very easily). All to the lowest bidder, too.
Posted by: BA   2006-10-25 09:16  

#5  Things are just different in New Mexico. This state also gives driver's licenses to illegal aliens.
Posted by: Anguper Hupomosing9418   2006-10-25 07:52  

#4  In the movie Wall Street, Charlie Sheen gets insider info by buying into an office cleaning business which gives him access to offices after hours. Could it be a meth dealer is not be trusted?
Posted by: BrerRabbit   2006-10-25 07:40  

#3  Probably got them off the internet when the US government didn't have as much respect for this kind of stuff. Kind of makes you wonder what's getting put on there today that we're going to regret tomorrow, doesn't it?
Posted by: gorb   2006-10-25 02:48  

#2  With their dope cartel contacts, I guess "Pumpkin head" Chavez and imMorales will have the inside track on stealing our nuclear secrets now.
Posted by: Atomic Conspiracy   2006-10-25 02:48  

#1  Drugs - Why do they hate us?
Posted by: 3dc   2006-10-25 01:11  

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