under the radar news---- meth lab bust-los alamos secret papers

[madrchsod]

haven`t heard of this? seems no one else has but npr,the post,and a bunch of overseas news sources like this one
http://www.smh.com.au/news/world/nuclear-arms-worker-found-with-secret-papers/2006/10/25/1161699384000.html

amazing- no big news conference about how bush has stopped terror in the usa...no it was local guys who stumbled across the papers during a meth lab bust. seems under bush los alamos secrets still slip out...

[mike_c]

1. probably just smoke and mirrors, IMO....

Until something of the nature of the "secret documents" is revealed, I'm going to assume this is just the usual national lab security mania-- they classify just about every scrap of paper, memo, etc. Anything identifiably from the lab without an explicit release is liable to be considered "secret documents," including the menus from the staff cafeteria. The usual office flotsam that ends up in just about everyone's briefcase would make a national security case at a national lab.

[niyad]

2. sounds awfully fishy to me, but then, I'm a world-class cynic.

[lapfog_1]

3. was it a Korean scientist cooking meth in his/her spare time?

THAT's when I would jam on my tinfoil.

[acmejack]

4. I saw it this morning.

I am immediately concerned whenever I see a breach of security. I worked in a classified environment for years and these things were taken very seriously. I don't know about now, but in my day the sweat factor would be extremely high right about now.

Whether every scrap of paper is classified or not, it's presence at a place that is not cleared to contain it is a big deal, indeed. There will be more about this, right now they probably have classified the investigation itself.

[stillcool]

5. seems to be standard operating procedures...

http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=102x2578766

http://www.pogo.org/p/homeland/ha-061003-lanl.html
SIX PREVIOUS INCIDENTS INVOLVING CLASSIFIED INFO AT LOS ALAMOS
(not including Wen Ho Lee incident)

1) POGO Alert - Thumbs Up to Secretary Abraham's Decision to Halt Classified Removable Media Operations in Nuclear Weapons Complex. July 23, 2004.

DOE Press Release “Energy Secretary Abraham Directs Complex-Wide Stand-Down of Classified Operations Using Controlled Removable Electronic Media,” July 23, 2004.

POGO Alert - More security blunders at Los Alamos. July 18, 2004.

2) POGO Alert - Classified Computer Media Missing at Los Alamos. May 20, 2004.

3) POGO Alert - Computer Disks with Classified Information Missing at Los Alamos National Laboratory. December 9, 2003.

4) POGO Alert - DOE Secretary "Deeply Troubled" Over Missing Classified Hard Drive at Los Alamos National Laboratory. January 17, 2003.

POGO Alert - Another Computer Hard Drive is Missing at Los Alamos. January 15, 2003.

5) POGO Alert - Leaked Document: Mishandling Lost and Stolen Computers at Los Alamos. November 19, 2002.

6) POGO Alert - Missing Computer Data at Los Alamos ? Continuing Security Lapses May Jeopardize National Security. January 29, 2002.