Thursday, July 12, 2007

Chertoff Call Your Gut

I think we're dead:

Undercover congressional investigators posing as West Virginia businessmen obtained a license with almost no scrutiny from the Nuclear Regulatory Commission that enabled them to buy enough radioactive material from U.S. suppliers to build a "dirty bomb," a new government report says.


The investigators obtained the license within 28 days from officials at the NRC, the federal agency that in addition to regulating nuclear power plants oversees radioactive materials used in health care and industry, the report by the Government Accountability Office says. NRC officials approved the request with a minimal background check that included no face-to-face interview or visit to the purported company to ensure it existed and complied with safety rules, the report says.

1 comment:

Matty said...

But my friend who works at an airport in a restaurant has undergone enough background checks for clearance she could practically be an agent! Here and the lady who makes their tapas...