Tag: labs
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oswald’s wallet, frame 313 & the dictabelt
the tale of the two walletsfrom george bailey: [A]fter Oswald is arrested at the movie theater he refused to identify himself. After searching him, his wallet is retrieved, containing an ID for Lee H. Oswald and a second ID for the Alek Hidell alias. Here comes the rub. Back at the Tippet murder scene the…
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chemical weapons transport plan draws fire
from usa today: The Pentagon is considering a plan to ship deadly chemical weapons to military sites in four states to accelerate the destruction of the munitions, a new report to Congress says. The idea of transporting such lethal agents along routes such as from Colorado to Oregon is prompting opposition from Congress and watchdog…
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US to pay hatfill $5.8m in anthrax op settlement
from raw replay: NBC’s Pete Williams reported that the U.S. Government has agreed to pay Steven Hatfill about $5.8 million in the case of the anthrax attacks that happened soon after 9/11. Hatfill had been declared “a person of interest” in the attacks. Williams said that it is “safe to assume” that Hatfill is no…
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software update brings down nuclear power plant
from spectrum: The Washington Post reported in an interesting story over the weekend that the Hatch nuclear power plant near Baxley, Georgia was forced on the 7th of March into an emergency shutdown for 48 hours after a company engineer installed a software update on a computer operating on the plant’s business network… The company…
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‘red team’ penetrates livermore’s ‘superblock’
from global research: During a mock exercise at the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory (LLNL), an antiterrorist “red team” breached security and penetrated Building 332, the so-called “Superblock” where some 2,000 pounds of plutonium and weapons-grade uranium are stored. Lab security personnel failed miserably, TIME magazine reported. Situated in Livermore, California, LLNL is about an hour’s…
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‘accidents’ at plum island disease lab acknowledged
from ap: The only U.S. facility allowed to research the highly contagious foot-and-mouth disease experienced several accidents with the feared virus, the Bush administration acknowledged Friday. A 1978 release of the virus into cattle holding pens on Plum Island, N.Y., triggered new safety procedures. While that incident was previously known, the Homeland Security Department told…
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los alamos: nuke violations & classified info breaches
from danger room: There have been so many security and safety meltdowns at Los Alamos over the last five years, it’s hard to keep ’em all straight (well, at least the ones that don’t involved meth labs). But now, the investigators at the Government Accountability Office have put a half-decade of scandals into a single…
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top-secret livermore anti-germ lab opens
from sfgate: A high-security laboratory where deadly microbes are being grown by scientists seeking defenses against terrorist attacks began operating in Livermore last week without public announcement, and opponents said Friday that they will go to federal court in an effort to close the facility down. Built inside the closed campus of the Lawrence Livermore…
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dix tricks, urban panic, nuke breach & homeschool security
playing tricks with the fort dix six?from time: “Now you see why we were going to sacrifice all for the sake of allah in jihad,” says the neatly handwritten note on prison-issue paper. “We weren’t able to finish.” Those seemingly incriminating words are part of a letter the U.S. Attorney’s office in New Jersey says…
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feds ‘lost track’ of hundreds of viruses & microbes
from honolulu advertiser: The state Department of Agriculture lost track of hundreds of viruses and microbes imported to Hawai’i for research purposes over a five-decade period because of a breakdown in the agency’s paperwork system. The bulk of the import applications were filed by University of Hawai’i researchers who failed to report on the inventory…
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flu lab set to open for 1918 pandemic virus reconstruction
from citizens for legitimate government: Ebola research may resume, pending outcome of appeal… UW-Madison ‘s $12.5 million Institute for Influenza Viral Research, nearing completion at University Research Park, will have a collection of safety and security features the university hasn’t seen before. Virologist Yoshihiro Kawaoka plans to study several kinds of flu viruses in the…
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feds urged to get rid of possible ‘dirty’ bomb tools
from houston chronicle: The U.S. government should replace more than 1,000 irradiation machines used in hospitals and research facilities because terrorists could use the radioactive materials inside to make a “dirty” bomb, a government advisory panel has concluded. “Any one of these 1,000-plus sources could shut down 25 square kilometers, anywhere in the United States,…
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foot & mouth virus released from government lab
Case mirrors 2001 outbreak, could signal new wave of agri-terrorism against farming community Update: Russian news agency ITAR-TASS is reporting that the release of the virus came after an “international drill” last month that was held at Pirbright Laboratory, in which live virus was used. Real attacks are always shadowed by drills to provide culpable…