{"article":{"id":15079,"heading":"Bush Decreases Budget For Protecting Nuke Weapons Labs","author":"jonathan","created":"2002-02-23 00:08:19","modified":"2013-11-10 23:43:16","last_modified":"Mon, 11 Nov 2013 06:43:16","article":"
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With the alleged Yemeni terrorists on the lam, it's reassuring to hear about all the money pegged for homeland security. The White House's proposed budget for 2003 allocates a total of $38 billion for various domestic defense programs, with $4.8 billion set for airport security—up from $1.5 billion this year—and $5.9 billion to protect us from bioterrorism—a nearly four-fold increase from last year.



But this budget also calls for money to protect our nation's nuclear weapons labs and production facilities—such as Los Alamos: We'll spend $655 million for that—a $51 million decrease<\/b> from last year

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....U.S. soldiers posing as terrorists have infiltrated and stolen nuclear material from our labs in more 50 percent of the mock exercises conducted in recent years.<\/b> In one operation, reported by the Wall Street Journal, soldiers made off with a pile of plutonium with a cart they bought at Home Depot. In another case, the mock-terrorists lobbed plutonium over a security fence with a lacrosse stick. ''<\/p>

- Slate.com<\/a> (link from UnknownNews.net<\/a>)<\/p><\/blockquote>





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