Enough to raise the hair on the back of your neck

[donsu]

http://www.guardian.co.uk/usa/story/0,12271,1009497,00.html

US scraps nuclear weapons watchdog

A US department of energy panel of experts which provided independent oversight of the development of the US nuclear arsenal has been quietly disbanded by the Bush administration, it emerged yesterday.

The decision to close down the national nuclear security administration advisory committee - required by law to hold public hearings and issue public reports on nuclear weapons issues - has come just days before a closed-door meeting at a US air force base in Nebraska to discuss the development of a new generation of tactical "mini nukes" and "bunker buster" bombs, as well as an eventual resumption of nuclear testing.

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The statute establishing federal advisory committees requires their dissolution to be officially gazetted in the federal register but, according to Mr Markey, the NNSA panel was disbanded by a simple email to its members.

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"The Bush administration is considering policy changes that will alter the role of nuclear weapons in national defence," Mr Markey said. "Given the importance and sheer complexity of the issues raised ... why was the only independent contemplative body studying nuclear weapons disbanded - and disbanded in such a surreptitious fashion?"
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it's hard to think about the criminal bushgang using nukes, BUT WE MUST. we must think about it and STOP them!

[mmm]

1. nukes in space

don't let's forget about nukes in space!
Yes, I agree, we must think about it.

[grasswire]

2. gad, it's a good thing Dems are watching

This is the third nutso thing this week that Dems in Congress have caught.

[sweetheart]

3. karma of using nukes

is to be nuked. Better clear the beltway... evil administration needs to go down. They have crossed the line, that bunch of mass murdering criminal malefic underhanded cowardly ignorant foolish dastardly presumptuous arrogant fuck-headed cheap labour money-worshipping earth destroying scum. Woof!!

[Q]

4. If a law gets in Bush's way...he simply gets rid of the law...

...and that's how his lawless admin. has worked from the very beginning.

- They MUST know that using ANY size of nuke will bring nuclear retaliation. Many countries are seeking nukes simply as a defense against the madmen in the WH.

[NewYorkerfromMass]

5. Yeah, 100,000 Floridians noticed. nt

[LEFTofLEFT]

6. We must fight these monsters like our live on the line.

They care not for us.

[realFedUp]

7. What were the "low-grade" nuke bombs dropped in Afghanistan?

and perhaps in Iraq....daisy cutters?

[izzie]

8. This man or boy is just mad. What more can he do to us?

He and his group are really putting this country in the hole. Is that really what the people wish? I can not believe it but I guess we will have to wait and see. If he gets in next time I will have to rethink the great things I have always thought of the people of the US.