The nuke security slip-up

Wed, 06/03/2009 - 10:26am

Just weeks after President Obama announced his intention to review and rethink our system of classifying secrets, the U.S. Government Printing Office made a great leap forward by accidentally releasing a 266 page "highly confidential" document that, according to the New York Times, gives "detailed information about hundreds of the nation's civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing precise locations of stockpiles of fuels for nuclear weapons." 

Don't worry too much, though, Obama reassured, stating "information of direct national security significance will not be compromised." Nonetheless, the Government pulled the document after press inquiries.

Who knew that government openness and government inefficiency could fit together so seamlessly?

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