huffdaddy
Joined: 25 Nov 2005
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Posted: Mon Nov 06, 2006 4:53 pm Post subject: Another good job by the GOP |
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http://news.yahoo.com/s/nm/20061103/ts_nm/security_internet_iraq_dc_2
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U.S. shuts Web site said to reveal nuclear guide: report
WASHINGTON (Reuters) - The U.S. government has shut down a Web site it set up in March containing documents captured during the Iraq war after experts raised concerns it offered a guide to building an atom bomb, the New York Times reported.
It said the Bush administration started the site under pressure from congressional Republicans who hoped to use the Internet to find new evidence of dangers posed by former Iraqi President Saddam Hussein before the U.S.-led invasion in 2003.
In recent weeks, according to the Times, the site posted documents that weapons experts said contained detailed accounts of Iraq's secret nuclear research before the 1991 Gulf War that one diplomat called "a cookbook" for building an atom bomb.
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National intelligence director John Negroponte resisted setting up the Web site, the Times said, but President George W. Bush approved the move after congressional Republicans proposed a bill to require the documents' release. |
Good to see the GOP values our safety over winning political points. |
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