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Two Nuclear Weapons Labs Accidentally Spilled Bomb Secrets For Years

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Classified material was missing for years before anyone noticed, and a lab official’s public slides included bomb design data.

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By Patrick Malone, Center for Public Integrity

The Obama administration levied fines totaling nearly $1 million this week against two of the nation’s nuclear weapons laboratories, mostly for failing to keep track of classified materials and for repeatedly disclosing information related to nuclear weapons design in public presentations stretching over nearly...

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