Nuke transportation story has explosive implications

[Andre II]

"Let me be very clear here: We are not talking about paintball cartridges or pellet gun ammo. We are talking nuclear weapons.



There is a strict chain of custody for all such weapons. Nuclear weapons handling is spelled out in great detail in Air Force regulations, to the credit of that service. Every person who orders the movement of these weapons, handles them, breaks seals or moves any nuclear weapon must sign off for tracking purposes.

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The questions that must be answered:



1 Why, and for what ostensible purpose, were these nuclear weapons taken to Barksdale?



2 How long was it before the error was discovered?



3 How many mistakes and errors were made, and how many needed to be made, for this to happen?



4 How many and which security protocols were overlooked?



5 How many and which safety procedures were bypassed or ignored?



6 How many other nuclear command and control non-observations of procedure have there been?



7 What is Congress going to do to better oversee U.S. nuclear command and control?



8 How does this incident relate to concern for reliability of control over nuclear weapons and nuclear materials in Russia, Pakistan and elsewhere?



9 Does the Bush administration, as some news reports suggest, have plans to attack Iran with nuclear weapons?



10 If this was an accident, have we degraded our military to a point where we are now making critical mistakes with our nuclear arsenal? If so, how do we correct this?
http://www.star-telegram.com/245/story/259201.html

[Didereaux]

1. hey, they're on it, they're on it....

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