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August 20, 2007

Stop children what's that sound...

Everybody look what's goin' down...

KNOXVILLE, Tenn. - A three-year veil of secrecy in the name of national security was used to keep the public in the dark about the handling of highly enriched uranium at a nuclear fuel processing plant — including a leak that could have caused a deadly, uncontrolled nuclear reaction.

This goes to the heart of why warrant-less domestic spying is so dangerous and why we shouldn't just take the Bush administration's word for it that they've got sufficient internal checks and balances in place to protect our civil rights. It's just too damn easy for them (or any future administration for that matter) to claim "national security" when in fact they're just trying to cover their asses.

Posted by Kevin at August 20, 2007 10:00 PM