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Offline Chris_

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U.S nuclear bomb facility shut after security breach
« on: August 02, 2012, 05:46:09 PM »
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U.S nuclear bomb facility shut after security breach

he U.S. government's only facility for handling, processing and storing weapons-grade uranium was temporarily shut this week after anti-nuclear activists, including an 82-year-old nun, breached security fences, government officials said on Thursday.

WSI Oak Ridge, the contractor responsible for protecting the facility at Oak Ridge, Tennessee, is owned by the international security firm G4S, which was at the center of a dispute over security at the London Olympic Games.

Officials said that the facility was shut down on Wednesday at least until next week after three activists cut through perimeter fences to reach the outer wall of a building where highly-enriched uranium, a key nuclear bomb component, is stored.
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Re: U.S nuclear bomb facility shut after security breach
« Reply #1 on: August 02, 2012, 05:49:56 PM »
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including an 82-year-old nun

Later she was spotted at Chick-Fil-A with one of her sisters.
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Re: U.S nuclear bomb facility shut after security breach
« Reply #2 on: August 02, 2012, 07:37:01 PM »
Nukes should only be protected by Marines.
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Re: U.S nuclear bomb facility shut after security breach
« Reply #3 on: August 02, 2012, 07:58:44 PM »
So obviously Romneys initial observation about olympic security being somewhat lacking seems to bare out.

“The stories about the private security firm not having enough people…that obviously is not something which is encouraging,” -Mitt Romny

G4S, after scrutinity by the Brittish press, and now this OP.

Well, it is what it is.

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