Entering US with nuclear bomb is no problem

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WASHINGTON (Reuters) - Four years after the September 11 attacks, investigators were able to easily enter the United States with enough radioactive material to make two so-called dirty bombs, according to a report on a government undercover investigation obtained on Monday.

Two teams made simultaneous entries at the U.S.-Mexican border and the border with Canada carrying radioactive material in their vehicles in December 2005, the Government Accountability Office (GAO) said in the report on its investigation.

The congressional watchdog agency said the test was designed to examine potential weaknesses related to radiation monitors that have been installed at U.S. border ports of entry, the GAO said.

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As part of the GAO undercover test, investigators easily bought a small amount of radioactive material from a commercial source by telephone, the agency said.

The purchase was not challenged because suppliers are not required to determine whether buyers have a legitimate reason for acquiring such material and are not required to ask for an NRC authorization document when small quantities are purchased, the GAO said.

"We could have purchased all of the radioactive sources used in our two undercover border crossings by making multiple purchases from different suppliers... using false identities, and had all of the radioactive sources conveniently shipped to our nation's capital," the letter said.

Source: reuters.com

Shocking? Frightening? Do you think there be consequences? How are things like this allowed to happen in the first place? I mean, random people are able to buy radioactive material legally no questions asked? How is this even possible?

Jam it back in, in the dark.

You'll have to agree that sometimes, things have to be made public to have an impact.

I also think it's a good way of showing the apparent failures of the current administration. Now they're under pressure and have to react. Who knows if they would even have cared if the report was presented to them exclusively?

There's nowhere I can't reach.

Originally Posted by Thanatos

hmmm. i sort of think that they are doing this, intentionally to let the afghanis know, and then they'll prolly have a trap waiting.

I'm willing to bet that Admiral Ackbar will inevitably stumble into this imperial trap.

This thing is sticky, and I don't like it. I don't appreciate it.