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US in Nuclear Disclosure Blunder


US Politics & Gov't  (tags: government, u.s., military, nuclear, security, internet blunder, media )

Dee
- 158 days ago - news.bbc.co.uk
A document providing confidential details of US civilian nuclear sites was accidentally posted on the internet, the government has admitted.
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Dee C. (502)
Wednesday June 3, 2009, 2:32 am
"The 266-page document included the precise location of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons, the Obama administration said.

The Government Printing Office website took down the posting on Tuesday after experts expressed concern.

US officials insisted the information detailed was not a security threat.

The document, which lists itself as "sensitive but unclassified", contains maps and information on hundreds of US civilian nuclear sites."

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nasale M. (53)
Wednesday June 3, 2009, 1:09 pm
Gee, Don't feel bad. A Canadian M.P. left confidential information on a nuclear reactor site with a Canadian news organization!
 

Blue Bunting (855)
Tuesday June 30, 2009, 1:58 pm
The GOP's 100-Reactor/Trillion-Dollar Energy Plan Goes Radioactive.....2 nuclear plants in every state ....
 
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