Al Qaeda suspect's work at nuclear sites prompts call for probe

[kristopher]

Al Qaeda suspect's work at nuclear sites prompts call for probe

(CNN) -- A U.S. senator is calling for a federal probe into the system of background checks for employees at nuclear plants after learning that a suspected al Qaeda member from New Jersey worked at five such sites.

"We simply cannot tolerate at any time having someone with terrorist ties working at a nuclear plant, period," Sen. Chuck Schumer, D-New York, said in a written statement Saturday.

"It seems like common sense but clearly we need to tighten up the system."

The FBI said earlier this week that it is investigating Sharif Mobley, a 26-year-old from Buena, New Jersey, as a suspected member of al Qaeda. Mobley also is accused of shooting and killing a security agent and severely injuring another while trying to flee the Republican Hospital in Sanaa, Yemen, last weekend, a law enforcement source said last week...

http://www.cnn.com/2010/CRIME/03/13/new.jersey.terror.probe/

[Robb]

1. Background checks for everyone!

...Why stop at power plants? Who guards the guards at the teddy bear factory?!?

[kristopher]

2. So you think nuclear power plants should be open to the general public?

That indicates a very odd system of values and beliefs.

[Robb]

3. Yes, of course I do. They should hand out plutonium at the door.

:eyes:

[ensho]

4. red flags should be up everywhere over this

the neo con govt. had known about him for some time. they were waiting for him to do something.