2009.06.04
Oops, your nuclear fuel is showing
The New York Times reports that the federal government briefly and accidentally posted a 266-page report on the Web that gave details on the nation's nuclear sites and programs.
The Times wrote: "The publication of the document was revealed Monday in an online newsletter devoted to issues of federal secrecy. That set off a debate among nuclear experts about what dangers, if any, the disclosures posed. It also prompted a flurry of investigations in Washington into why the document had been made public."
The story goes onto say that the material was being gathered to ship later this year to the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of the process to open the U.S. up to stricter inspections. The hope is that other countries will then do as well.
Lining up are experts who say this release shows nothing more than already was known and experts who say it gives terrorists exact locations to go and steal the material.
Imagine, if you will, how the Cold War might have been fought in the Internet age.
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