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POGO in the News - Nuclear Security & Safety
U.S. Nuclear Agency Unveils New Information Security, Facility Protection Rules, By Elaine M. Grossman, Global Security Newswire, July 9, 2010
Nuclear Follies, By John Feffer, Co-director of Foreign Policy In Focus, The Huffington Post, April 21, 2010
Will U.S. Inaction on its own Nuclear Security Issues Compromise Summit Success?, By POGO's Peter Stockton and Ingrid Drake, Across the Aisle: Partnership For A Secure America's Bipartisan Foreign Policy and National Security Blog, April 7, 2010
U.S. must get its nuclear house in order before April Security Summit, By POGO's Peter Stockton and Ingrid Drake, The Hill, March 23, 2010
Safety oversight trimmed at US energy labs, By Eric Hand , Nature.com, March 22, 2010
Senate confirms three nuclear power regulators, By Ben Geman, The Hill, March 19, 2010
Federal Diary: Federalizing security contractors might make our country safer, By Joe Davidson, Washington Post, January 29, 2010
Metldown, USA: Nuclear Drive Trumps Safety Risks & High Costs, By Art Levine, Truthout.org, January 6, 2010
Gun Blasts Bunker At LANL; Shock Physics Experiment Yields Surprise Results, By Phil Parker, Albuquerque Journal Northern Bureau, December 24, 2009
Nuclear Lab Accidentally Blows Up Building, By Rachel Morris, Mother Jones, December 23, 2009
The threat of nuclear meltdown, By Steve Hargreaves, CNNMoney.com, November 12, 2009
Concerns Raised Over Terrorism Threat to Nuclear Plants, , Global Security Newswire By The Journal Group, November 12, 2009
Bush Nuclear Regulator Contacted Potential Employers With Business Before Agency, By Zachary Roth, Talking Points Memo, October 29, 2009
Nuclear regulator broke rules, says inspector general, By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, October 29, 2009
Seismic activity at the nuclear lab could result in deadly amounts of airborne plutonium, federal experts say, By Ralph Vartabedian, The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2009
Study finds quake risk at Los Alamos, By Ralph Vartabedian, The Los Angeles Times, October 28, 2009
Boos as Obama taps Yucca supporter, By Stephanie Tavares, Las Vegas Sun, October 21, 2009
Obama's Radioactive Regulator: Why did the White House pick a cheerleader for nuclear energy to oversee the industry?, By Kate Sheppard, Mother Jones, October 20, 2009
TVA whistle-blowers contacted by feds, By Anne Paine, The Tennessean, September 26, 2009
Report details 'systemic' mistakes, large and small, By Matthew D LaPlante, The Salt Lake Tribune, July 17, 2009
Y-12: fogbank produced in Spring 2008, By Frank Munger, Knoxville Sentinel/Knoxnews.com, June 3, 2009
Scientists Forget How to Build Nuclear Bomb, By Noel Brinkerhoff, AllGov, May 31, 2009
Program to refurbish aging nuclear warheads faces setbacks, By Ralph Vartabedian , The Los Angeles Times, May 29, 2009
POGO Questions Kudos On NIF, By Todd Jacobson, Nuclear Weapons & Materials Monitor, May 18, 2009
Chu Warned On Plutonium Stored At Los Alamos, By George Lobsenz, Defense Daily, May 6, 2009
Concerns over lab’s plutonium project in memo, By Roger Snodgrass, Los Alamos Monitor, May 1, 2009
Want to Downsize the Nuke Stockpile? Here's One Idea, By Nathan Hodge, WIRED/Danger Room/Online, April 8, 2009
Barton criticizes NNSA, Los Alamos lab about stolen and missing computers, By Susan Montoya Bryan, Associated Press, March 27, 2009
Los Alamos' security flaws exposed, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, March 26, 2009
Energy scrutinizes Los Alamos bookkeeping problems, By Katherine McIntire Peter, Government Executive, March 3, 2009
Memo questions Los Alamos lab's control of plutonium, By Katherine McIntre Peters, Government Executive, February 27, 2009
New Security Lapse at Los Alamos Triggers Angry Response From Energy Department, By Greg Webb, Global Security Newswire, February 27, 2009
Los Alamos lab reports unreconciled inventory; says nothing missing, Associated Press, The Denver Post, February 26, 2009
LANL reports 'material control' errors, By Sue Vorenberg, The New Mexican, February 26, 2009
Los Alamos computer thefts prompt DOE security check at nuclear lab, By Jaikumar Vijayan, Computerworld, February 23, 2009
Government Hack Attacks Prompt Scrutiny, By Marisa Taylor, Wall Street Journal Online's Digits blog, February 16, 2009
69 computers missing at LANL, By Matthew Reichbach, New Mexico Independent, February 12, 2009
69 computers lost at weapons lab, , Los Angeles Times, February 12, 2009
Los Alamos Security Woes Worsen, Again, By Robert O’Harrow, Jr., Washington Post/Government Inc., February 12, 2009
Report Faults LANL Bosses, By Raam Wong , Albuquerque Journal, February 12, 2009
Government Oversight/Economic Stimulus: Resolution Confusion, By Michael Grabell, ProPublica, February 11, 2009
67 computers missing from nuclear weapons lab, By Joan Lowy, Associated Press, February 11, 2009
Bomb Plants Could Shift to Control of Pentagon, By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, February 6, 2009
NRC Deadlocks On Tougher Nuke Security Standard, By Jeff Beattie, Energy Daily, February 5, 2009
More Security Problems Turn Up At Los Alamos, By Bob O’Harrow, Washington Post, Government Inc. Blog, February 2, 2009
Security, Safety Incidents Rear Up At Los Alamos, By George Lobsenz, The Energy Daily, January 30, 2009
LANL Probes Missing Off-Site Computers, By Raam Wong, Albuquerque Journal, January 29, 2009
Los Alamos lab disputes group's contention lost, stolen equipment constitutes security breach, By Sue Major Holmes, Associated Press, January 29, 2009
LANL Warns Of Possible Chemical Contamination, By Sue Vorenberg, The Santa Fe New Mexican, January 29, 2009
Chu May Push Labs To Evolve; Panel Questions DOE Nominee, By Michael Coleman, Albuquerque Journal/ Washington Bureau, The Albuquerque Journal Online, January 13, 2009
Sleeping Security Guards Cost Nuclear Plant $65,000, By Angela Hill , The Blotter from Brian Ross, ABC News (Online), January 8, 2009
Feds Fine Nuke Plant Operator $65K over Guard Naps, , The Associated Press, January 7, 2009
TVA guard falsified records, By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free , January 7, 2009
Energy Department Cites Gains as Obama Vows Changes, , Bloomberg News, January 5, 2009
Report: Unit fails nuke inspection, By Leo Shane, Stars and Stripes, Mideast Edition, December 17, 2008
Air Force Officer Faces Hearing For Theft, By Derek Kravitz, Washington Post Investigations, September 30, 2008
TVA whistle-blowers contacted by feds, By Anne Paine, The Tennessean, September 21, 2008
NRC broke rules in plant inquiry, report says, By Gary Lenton, The Patriot-News, September 9, 2008
DCMA assisted in lobby efforts, group charges, By Elise Castelli, Federal Times, September 8, 2008
Tennessee Valley Authority cuts contract for nuclear security, By Dave Flessner, Chattanooga Times Free Press, September 3, 2008
POGO praises NRC work at MOX plant, , Inside NRC, September 1, 2008
DOE Adopts New 'Graded' Terrorist Protection Policy, By George Lobsenz, Energy Daily, August 26, 2008
POGO questions new security policy at DOE nuke sites, By Frank Munger, Knoville News Sentinel, August 25, 2008
Not Again! , , Inside the Air Force, July 25, 2008
Air Force Missile Launch Crew Falls Asleep on the Job, By Justin Fishel, Fox News, July 24, 2008
Air Force says officers fell asleep with nuke code, By Barbara Starr and Larry Shaughnessy, CNN, July 24, 2008
U.S. Nuclear Stockpiles: On the Road to Nowhere?, By James Murtagh, OpEdNews.com, June 26, 2008
Deciphering NNSA's Complex Transformation, By Ingrid Drake and Peter Stockton, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, June 23, 2008
DoE Raps Nuke Lab Operators On Errant Classified E-Mails, By George Lobsenz, Defense Daily, June 13, 2008
Wynne, Moseley Sacked in USAF Shakeup, By Amy Butler and David A. Fulghum, Aviation Week, June 5, 2008
"Red Team" Penetrates Nuke Lab's Security, Reaches "Superblock", by Tom Burghardt, Global Research, May 21, 2008
Nuclear lab fails terrorist exercise, By Bill Gertz, Washington Times, May 15, 2008
Security Flaws Exposed at Nuke Lab, By Adam Zagorin, TIME Magazine, May 12, 2008
The Nuclear Option, By Judith Lewis, Mother Jones - May/June 2008 Issue, May 1, 2008
The Nuclear Option, by Judith Lewis, Mother Jones - May/June 2008 Issue, May 1, 2008
What Nuclear Renaissance?, By Christian Parenti, The Nation [This article appeared in the May 12, 2008 edition of The Nation.], April 24, 2008
Gov.'s Diversity Class Riles Lab Workers, By David Roybal, Albuquerque Journal, April 20, 2008
Inside The Beltway, By John McCaslin, The Washington Times, April 4, 2008
Rep Ellen Tauscher Comments On POGO Report Detailing Nuclear Clean-Up At Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, , States News Service, March 19, 2008
Watchdog wants plutonium out of Livermore Lab by 2009, By Betsy Mason, Inside Bay Area, March 19, 2008
Group cites dangers of Livermore Lab, , Ventura County Star, March 18, 2008
Group urges 2009 removal of plutonium, By Betsy Mason, Contra Costa Times, March 18, 2008
Livermore Lab Got Security Waiver—POGO, By George Lobsenz, The Energy Daily, March 18, 2008
Major cuts planned at nuclear labs; Lawrence Livermore, Los Alamos among sites destined for new role as nation reduces its stockpile of nuclear weapons, By David Perlman, The San Francisco Chronicle, March 18, 2008
Removal of nuclear materials sought, , Inside Energy/Extra, March 17, 2008
Group calls for more plutonium removal from Livermore lab, , The Associated Press, March 17, 2008
Quality of Nuclear Devices Questioned, By H. Josef Hebert , Associated Press, January 20, 2008
Executive Resigns in Storm Over Sleeping Guards, By Steven Mufson, The Washington Post, January 10, 2008
Latest shipment of weapons grade plutonium arrives safely at SRS, by Josh Voorhees, AikenStandard.com, January 8, 2008
Video of Sleeping Guards Shakes Nuclear Industry, Sight of Guards Asleep Shakes Industry, By Steven Mufson, Washington Post, January 4, 2008
Pakistan learns the US nuclear way, By Zia Mian, Asia Times, December 19, 2007
Guards at Y-12 might become federalized, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, December 15, 2007
Nuclear plants' security is fired , By Dave Carpenter, Associated Press, Tulsa World, December 15, 2007
Exelon fires Wackenhut as nuclear plant security after incidents, , The Canadian Press, December 14, 2007
The True Story: Two U.S. Nuclear Labs "Hacked", By Jason Mick, Daily Tech, December 8, 2007
Hackers Launch Major Attack on US Military Labs, By John E. Dunn, Techworld , December 7, 2007
LANL Building Project Faulted ; Oversight Group: Lab Rushed Work, By Raam Wong, Albuquerque Journal, December 5, 2007
NRC Strengthening Whistle Blower Protections, , Power Market Today (by Intelligence Press) , November 15, 2007
Jaczko calls for changes in process for responding to allegations, By Daniel Horner, Inside NRC (by Platts), November 12, 2007
Follow-up inspection, IG investigation of Peach Bottom security under way, by Steven Dolley and Daniel Horner, Inside NRC (by Platts), November 12, 2007
Asleep At The Power Plant, Sharyl Attkisson, CBS News, November 2, 2007
Peach Bottom whistle-blower fired, by Matthew Santoni, The Examiner, November 1, 2007
Nuclear facilities miss security deadline, , UPI News, October 29, 2007
Peach Bottom whistleblower says guards' napping is widespread problem, by Steven Dolley , Inside NRC, October 29, 2007
Security Upgrades at Several Nuclear Sites Are Lagging, Auditors Find , Matthew Wald, New York Times, October 29, 2007
Our view on nuclear security: Asleep on the job; Guards, owners and regulators all snooze, leaving plants vulnerable., Editorial Board, USA Today, October 11, 2007
Sleeping guards at Peach Bottom prompt investigation by nuclear regulators, by Michael Santoni, Examiner.com, October 5, 2007
Wackenhut nuclear security reported asleep at the switch, by Jo-Ann Mort, Online Journal, September 26, 2007
Nuclear Utilities Redefine One Word to Bulldoze for New Plants, by Elliot Blair Smith, BloombergNews.com,, September 25, 2007
Wackenhut Nuclear Security Reported Asleep At Peach Bottom Switch, , The Post Chronicle, September 21, 2007
Weaknesses Found at LANL; Report Points To Security Problems, by Raam Wong, Albuquerque Journal, September 7, 2007
Another Classified Data Incident At Los Alamos–POGO, by George Lobsenz, The Energy Daily, August 7, 2007
Group: Pantex guards using improperly equipped grenade launchers, , Austin American Statesman, July 19, 2007
LANL faces huge fine in security breach, by Andy Lenderman, Santa Fe New Mexican, July 13, 2007
What's Next, LANL Plans on MySpace?, Editorial, Albuquerque Journal, June 16, 2007
Anger Over Nuclear Secrets Leak, by Adam Zagorin, Time Magazine, June 14, 2007
Labor Strike at Nuclear Plant Leads to Worries, With Larry Schooler, All Things Considered, NPR, May 30, 2007
Strike at nuclear site stirs terrorism fears, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, May 24, 2007
Nuclear bomb factory poorly guarded, group warns , By Michael Roston, The Raw Story, May 14, 2007
College nukes a 'disaster' next door? How the rules don't apply to the reactor in your city, By Beverly Ford, Correspondent, BostonNow.com, May 14, 2007
University of California, Bechtel awarded Lawrence Livermore lab management contract , By Erica Werner, Associated Press, San Jose Mercury News, May 8, 2007
Not short on cache, By Frank Munger, Knoxnews.com, May 7, 2007
A Breach in Nuclear Security, by Adam Zagorin, Time Magazine, April 19, 2007
Nuclear security workers anonymously ask Congress for probe, by Darren Goode, GovExec.com, March 22, 2007
Nuke Lab Workers' SOS to Congress, by Noah Shachtman, Wired Blogs: Danger Room, March 21, 2007
UC exempt from paying $1.1 million for LANL violations, by Andy Lenderman, Santa Fe New Mexican, February 27, 2007
Accident Report Cites Lax Safety; 2 Nearly Killed On Job at LANL, by John Arnold, Albuquerque Journal, February 24, 2007
Experts fear nuclear facility is lax on safety; Conditions at the Pantex weapons plant draw federal scrutiny, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, February 21, 2007
Overtime bears risk, guards at TMI fear, By Garry Lenton, Patriot-News, February 5, 2007
Los Alamos begins drug testing, by Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, January 31, 2007
Congress scrutinizes Los Alamos security, by Jennifer Talhelm, Associated Press, CBS News, January 30, 2007
Fire started during Y-12 operation in December, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, January 29, 2007
Anastasio to testify, by Roger Snodgrass, Los Alamos Monitor, January 27, 2007
Atomic fallout: The Administration drops its nuclear chief, but can anyone else do better?, By Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger, Slate, January 8, 2007
Head of U.S. nuclear agency leaving under pressure over security lapses, , International Herald Tribune, January 5, 2007
Nuclear security chief fired in wake of breach, By Andy Lenderman, The New Mexican, January 5, 2007
Energy Secretary fires nuclear security chief, By Tom Shoop, Govexec.com, January 5, 2007
Bush picks new head of nuclear agency, By Josef Hebert, Associated Press, Houston Chronicle, January 5, 2007
Administrator is dismissed from nuclear security post, By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, January 5, 2007
BWXT-managed plant cleared by government, By Bethany Fuller, Lynchburg News and Advance, December 29, 2006
Pantex boss calls safety warning false, By Jeff Nesmith, Austin American-Statesman, December 22, 2006
Texas Nuclear Weapon Facility Under Scrutiny, , Newsinferno.com, December 21, 2006
NRC to rely on quality assurance for BWXT , , Earthtimes.org, December 21, 2006
Report: nuclear weapons plant plagued by mishaps, By Jeff Nesmith, Cox News Service, Atlanta Journal-Constitution, December 21, 2006
How breaches in the US nuclear-weapons program endanger you, By Heather Wokusch, Atlantic Free Press, December 21, 2006
BWXT-managed nuclear facility fined, By Bethany Fuller, Lynchburg News and Advance, December 15, 2006
Mishap in dismantling nuclear warhead, , United Press International, December 15, 2006
Group: 'Near miss' at Pantex could have set off nuke, By Jeff Nesmith, Austin American-Statesman, December 15, 2006
Letter says nuke plant unsafe, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, December 13, 2006
U.S. nuclear labs working on weapons safeguards, by Ralph Vartabedian, The Los Angeles Times, December 4, 2006
Y-12 manager speaks openly but cautiously , By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, December 4, 2006
Nuclear Lockdown, By POGO's Nick Schwellenbach and Peter D.H. Stockton, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, November/December 2006, December 1, 2006
Report rips lab security, by Andy Lenderman, The Santa Fe New Mexican, November 29, 2006
Y-12 facility nearly half complete; Cost estimate for uranium storehouse now at $500M, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, November 27, 2006
Drug raid leads to classified UC data find, by Supriya Satya, UCSD Guardian, November 9, 2006
Outsourcing secrets, with Mike Causey, Federal News Radio, November 8, 2006
Newscast: Twenty-two year-old Los Alamos employee breaches security, found with classified documents at her home, , CBS News: The Saturday Early Show, November 4, 2006
Lab: Classified files not "most sensitive", by Andy Lenderman, The Santa Fe New Mexican, November 4, 2006
Leak adds fuel to security breach fire, by Roger Snodgrass and Carol A. Clark, Los Alamos Monitor, November 3, 2006
Los Alamos nuclear documents found in home, , United Press International, November 3, 2006
Claim: Drugs leak exposed Brit secrets, , United Press International, November 1, 2006
Lab boss confirms security breach; LANL director announces new safeguards, by Raam Wong and John Arnold, Albuquerque Journal, October 28, 2006
Meth addict says he knows nothing about classified documents found in mobile home, by Deborah Baker, Associated Press, The Washington Post, October 27, 2006
Energy probes another data loss, by Michael Hardy, FCW.com, October 26, 2006
Los Alamos confirms data breach, by Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, October 26, 2006
FBI eyes contractor in Los Alamos leak, by Jerry Seper, Washington Times, October 26, 2006
Another possible data security breach at Los Alamos, by Stephen Losey, Federal Times, October 26, 2006
Los Alamos secrets are found in drug factory, by Catherine Philp, The Times, October 26, 2006
Drug raid yields Los Alamos documents, by Lara Jakes Jordan, Associated Press, The Washington Post, October 25, 2006
US DOE probing how Los Alamos documents went missing, by Maya Jackson Randall, Dow Jones Newswires, October 25, 2006
Another breach at Los Alamos, , Los Angeles Times, October 25, 2006
Local meth case turns into counterintelligence investigation, by Jason Ryan and Pierre Thomas, ABC News, October 25, 2006
Government investigator finds unsafe uranium storage at Y-12 , By The Associated Press, The Knoxville News Sentinel, October 24, 2006
N.M. may be new hub of nukes; candidates for center include Los Alamos, by John Fleck, Albuquerque Journal, October 20, 2006
Congressional delegation should examine nuclear security plans and criteria, , GoUpstate.com, October 17, 2006
Watchdog group says Energy Dept. waived security standards for nuclear lab, By Matthew Berger, CQ Homeland Security, October 16, 2006
Post-9/11 Security Standards Not Being Met at Uranium Facility, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, October 16, 2006
Group says nuclear weapons plant fails to meet security goals, By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press, October 16, 2006
Report: Poor security at Y-12, ORNL, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 16, 2006
Security lax at U.S. nuke weapons plant: watchdogs , By Richard Cowan, Reuters, October 16, 2006
Y-12 confirms fire in uranium warehouse, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, October 10, 2006
Small fire in Y-12 Plant's uranium warehouse verified, By Duncan Mansfield, The Oak Ridger, October 10, 2006
Analysis: Nuke security B+ hard to qualify, By Ben Lando, United Press International, September 22, 2006
Security at nuke plants still debated, By Kathy Stevens, York Dispatch, September 13, 2006
LANL safety violations could cost UC $1.1M; documents detail series of lapses, by John Arnold, Albuquerque Journal, September 13, 2006
Security for Plymouth nuclear plant to be brought in house, , The Boston Globe, August 30, 2006
Security shift at Pilgrim Guards' employer agrees to change, By Robert Knox, The Boston Globe, August 24, 2006
Lapse allows guns into Tennessee nuke plant, By Ben Lando and Donna Borak, United Press International (UPI), August 17, 2006
Nuclear Spending Comes Under Fire, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, July 30, 2006
How to keep nuclear sites safe, By Ian MacLeod, The Ottawa Citizen, June 17, 2006
Bush: More nuclear power will reduce greenhouse gas, By Tabassum Zakaria , Reuters, May 24, 2006
Lab's plutonium to move by 2014, By Betsy Mason, San Jose Mercury News, April 6, 2006
U.S. Rolls Out Nuclear Plan, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, April 6, 2006
Responsibility for Defending Nuclear Plants Is Debated, By Matthew L. Wald , The New York Times, April 5, 2006
Official at nuclear power station alleges retaliation, By Bryan Bender, Boston Globe, March 1, 2006
Nuclear Waste, By Zachary Roth, Washington Monthly, March 1, 2006
Report Profiles Nuclear-Plant Attackers, , Newsmax.com Wires, February 23, 2006
Livermore Lab unveils big gun to scare off terrorists, By Ian Hoffman, Inside Bay Area, February 3, 2006
Plans change for ORNL nuclear material, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, February 2, 2006
Los Alamos lab chief leaves no doubt who's in charge, By Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, December 23, 2005
Los Alamos Management Named; University of California Keeps Contract at N.M. Nuclear Lab, By Rick Weiss, The Washington Post, December 22, 2005
For the umpteenth time, feds and POGO disagree , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 12, 2005
Loose Nukes on Main Street, With Brian Ross, ABC News Nightline, October 12, 2005
BWXT anxious to tout security bragging rights , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, October 5, 2005
Two watchdog members booted from Oak Ridge lab complex , By Duncan Mansfield , Associated Press , September 30, 2005
Watchdog group, DOE at odds on ORNL security , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, September 30, 2005
Feds Consider Shuttering Livermore Plutonium Facility, By Ian Hoffinan, The Oakland Tribune, September 7, 2005
Livermore lab security criticized, By Betsy Mason, Contra Costa Times, September 3, 2005
Error at lab spreads nuclear material, By Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle, August 9, 2005
Sandia worker accused of using lab credit to buy electronics , By Jennifer Talhelm , Associated Press, July 28, 2005
Power and Money in Los Alamos Contract, By Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times, July 17, 2005
Remove plutonium from lab, task force says, By Keay Davidson, Chronicle Science Writer, San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2005
Livermore; Remove plutonium from lab, task force says, By Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle, July 15, 2005
Securing the Reactors, Nils Diaz, NRC Chairman, Time Magazine, July 11, 2005
Oak Ridge guards get more overtime, less training , By Duncan Mansfield , Associated Press, June 29, 2005
Are These Towers Safe?, By Mark Thompson, Time Magazine, June 20, 2005
Suicide A-Bombers Must Be Frustrated, Editorial, Albuquerque Journal, May 23, 2005
Uranium not secure at ORNL, group says, By Frank Munger , Knoxville News Sentinel, May 17, 2005
Nanos To Step Down at LANL , By Heather Clark, Associated Press, Albuquerque Journal, May 16, 2005
The Nation; Head of Troubled Los Alamos Lab Resigns, By Ralph Vartabedian and Peter Hong , Los Angeles Times, May 7, 2005
It's time for the Kotla vs. lab case to end , , The Oakland Tribune, March 27, 2005
Jury Awards Whistleblower $2.1 Million, By Ian Hoffman, San Ramon Valley Herald, March 24, 2005
National Weapons Lab Amid Another Financial Scandal, With Bob Schieffer, CBS News, March 20, 2005
Los Alamos security shutdown costly; government picks up tab, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press, March 18, 2005
Wackenhut services in Oak Ridge extended ; Security firm also to bid on next year's contract , By Frank Munger, The Knoxville News-Sentinel, March 15, 2005
Are ‘rent-a-cops’ threatening security? Experts: guards are ill-trained, ill-equipped to handle threats, By Brock N. Meeks, MSNBC, March 9, 2005
2 LANL Whistle-Blowers Sue UC, By Adam Rankin, Albuquerque Journal, March 4, 2005
Wackenhut official says Y-12 guards not 'Keystone Kops', By Duncan Mansfield , Associated Press, March 3, 2005
Review faults Sandia risk assessments , , Associated Press, February 25, 2005
America ’s Security Risks: Nuclear Power Plants, With Bill Tucker, CNN, February 9, 2005
A Slew of Safety, Security Weaknesses Found at Los Alamos, By Rebecca Trounson and Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2005
UC docked for lapses at nuke lab; U.S. slashes school's fee, says 'missing' disks never existed, By Keay Davidson, San Francisco Chronicle, January 29, 2005
Nuclear Plant Safety after 9/11, With David Brancaccio , PBS Now, January 14, 2005
Watchdog group calls for tougher Los Alamos performance standards, By David McGlinchey, Government Executive, January 12, 2005
Nuclear Insecurity Right at Home, By POGO's Peter Stockton, The Washington Post, Letter to the Editor, January 8, 2005
Security Drill at Weapons Plant Raises Safety Questions, By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, December 21, 2004
Wackenhut's Witch Hunt Tale, Op-Ed By POGO's Peter Stockton and Danielle Brian, The Oak Ridger, November 12, 2004
Help Sought for Lab Whistle-Blowers, By Adam Rankin, Albuquerque Journal, October 27, 2004
Y-12 security barely avoided 'friendly fire,' oversight group says, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, October 23, 2004
Conflict of interest may hurt nuke security, With Lisa Meyers, NBC Nightly News, September 8, 2004
Pity Los Alamos' Whistle-Blowers, op-ed by POGO's Danielle Brian and Peter Stockton, Los Angeles Times, August 12, 2004
Nuclear Lab's Missing Disks May Not Exist , By Sandra Blakeslee , The New York Times, August 12, 2004
UC alone didn't ruin Los Alamos, op-ed by POGO's Nick Schwellenbach, The Daily Texan, August 10, 2004
Battle Swirls On Security At A-Plants, By Matthew L. Wald, The New York Times, August 6, 2004
UC Should Quit Los Alamos, , Los Angeles Times Editorial, August 2, 2004
Classified E-Mail Left Nuclear Lab, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, July 18, 2004
Clampdown At Los Alamos; Frantic Search For Missing Discs Containing Atomic Arms Secrets, , CBS News, July 15, 2004
Energy Department May Set Plans For New Nuclear - Material Security, By John Fialka, Wall Street Journal, May 10, 2004
U.S. Eyes Security Reforms for Nuclear Sites, With NPR's David Kestenbaum , National Public Radio (NPR), May 7, 2004
A Ringing Nuclear Alarm, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, May 2, 2004
GAO Questions U.S. Nuclear Security, By Thom J. Rose , Spacedaily.com, April 27, 2004
GAO: Nuke weapons sites remain vulnerable, By H. Josef Hebert, Associated Press, April 27, 2004
Livermore Lab seen as vulnerable, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, April 27, 2004
Nuclear Security Decisions Are Shrouded in Secrecy; Agency Withholds Unclassified Information, By R. Jeffrey Smith, Washington Post, March 29, 2004
Oak Ridge site still vulnerable, reports suggest, By Larry Bivins, The Tennessean, March 28, 2004
New DOE IG report confirms POGO's findings about security officers being under-trained and overworked, Editorial, Ft. Worth Star-Telegram, March 20, 2004
Public Deserves More from Y-12, Guest Column by POGO's Peter Stockton, Oak Ridger, March 10, 2004
Protecting the Nation's Nuclear Materials, by David Kestenbaum, National Public Radio (NPR), February 26, 2004
Nuclear Insecurity, With Ed Bradley, 60 Minutes, February 16, 2004
U.S.: Nuclear Plant Cheated During Drill, By Duncan Mansfield, Associated Press, January 27, 2004
Y -12 bombs security exercise, By Frank Munger, Knoxville News Sentinel, January 16, 2004
Savannah River Site DOE Mock Attacks Test Security, By Josh Gelinas, The Augusta Chronicle, November 2, 2003
Nuclear Insecurity, By Mark Hertsgaard, Vanity Fair, November 1, 2003
Security Gaps at U.S. Nuke Sites, By Eric Herman, New York Daily News, October 7, 2003
Flaws Found In Nuke Safety Drills, Associated Press, CBS News, September 25, 2003
Group Says Test of Nuclear Plant's Security Was Too Easy, By Matt Wald, New York Times, September 16, 2003
Science and Security, With Spencer Michels, NewsHour with Jim Lehrer, August 25, 2003
Arms Official Brushes Off A Complaint About Audit, Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, July 5, 2003
THREATS AND RESPONSES: NUCLEAR SAFETY; Arms Official Brushes Off A Complaint About Audit , By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, July 5, 2003
Los Alamos loses plutonium, By Michael Killian, Chicago Tribune, June 19, 2003
Los Alamos can't find two vials of plutonium, By Zachary Coile, San Francisco Chronicle, June 19, 2003
Nuclear plant security is under the gun, By Greg Gordon, Star Tribune, May 11, 2003
Nuke plants avoid costly new edicts, By Jim Morris, Dallas Morning News, May 4, 2003
China Syndrome 2003, By Rene Chun, Playboy Magazine, May 1, 2003
Sandia acknowledges problems with security, vows action, By David Jones, Inside Energy, March 24, 2003
Photo Copies Cost More Than Copier, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2003
Photo Copies Cost More Than Copier, By Ralph Vartabedian, Los Angeles Times, March 21, 2003
Lab Scandal Undermines Nuclear Credibility, By Notra Trulock, III , Accuracy In Media, March 5, 2003
Nuke Lab Can't Keep Snoops Out, By Noah Shachtman, Wired.com, February 25, 2003
Nuclear Lab Safety Official Is Suspended, By Ralph Vartabedian and Rebecca Trounson, The Los Angeles Times, January 29, 2003
Nuke Lab Strips Top Cops' Badges, By Noah Shachtman, Wired News, January 8, 2003
Los Alamos Lab Officials Quit, By Christopher Joyce, National Public Radio (NPR), January 3, 2003
Los Almos Loses Director Under Cloud of Scandals, By Mike Kilian, Chicago Tribune, January 3, 2003
Pink Slips For Lab Whistleblowers, With Sharyl Attkisson, CBS Evening News, November 27, 2002
Los Alamos on Hot Seat Again, Noah Shachtman, Wired News, November 8, 2002
Guards at Nuclear Plants Feel Swamped By Overtime Deluge in the Wake of 9/11 , By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, October 20, 2002
Inside the White House Advisory Group: Influential Business Leaders, Former Officials, Sit at the Homeland Security Table, By Christopher Logan, Congressional Quarterly, October 18, 2002
Government Reviews Security at Potential Terror Targets, With John Gibson, The Big Story with John Gibson, Fox News, October 11, 2002
Nuclear Plant Safeguards, Editorial, Los Angeles Times, September 16, 2002
Nuke Nightmare: Homeland Security not inspiring confidence, Editorial, Houston Chronicle, September 14, 2002
Security at Los Alamos is Criticized, By John J. Fialka, Wall Street Journal, August 12, 2002
Fearing Theft, U.S. Plans To Relocate Nuclear Fuel, By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, August 12, 2002
Time: Special Report: How Safe Are We Now?, By Romesh Ratnesar, Time Magazine, May 27, 2002
Time Special Report: How Safe Now?, By Romesh Ratnesar, Time Magazine, May 27, 2002
Debate Over Nuclear Lab Security Heats Up, Eric Pianin and Bill Miller, The Washington Post, April 22, 2002
Energy Dept.'s Nuclear Security Fears Told, Megan Garvey, The Los Angeles Times, April 22, 2002
Nuclear Insecurity; Why is the president's budget downsizing security at our nuclear weapons labs?, By Eric Umansky, Slate.com, February 15, 2002
Missing Los Alamos Disk Found, , The Associated Press, January 29, 2002
Nuke Weapons Boss Gets Defensive Over Security, By Don Moniak , Blue Ridge Environmental Defense League, January 25, 2002
Suicidal Nuclear Threat Is Seen at Weapons Plants , By Matthew L. Wald, New York Times, January 23, 2002
Nuclear Arms Plants' Security Lax, Report Says, Mock 'Commandos' Were Able to Beat Safeguards at U.S. Facilities About Half of the Time', By Eric Pianin and Bill Miller, The Washington Post, January 23, 2002
Easy Targets, , New York Times advertisement, January 16, 2002
The Weapons Complex: Who's Guarding the Store?, By Danielle Brian, Lynn Eisenman, Peter D.H. Stockton , Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, January 2, 2002
I'll Cut the Fence, You Grab the Plutonium , By Geoffrey Gray, The Village Voice, December 18, 2001
LANL Owes An Explanation, Editorial, Albuquerque Journal, December 2, 2001
LANL Gets Unauthorized Anthrax Shipment, , Platts Inside Energy, November 26, 2001
Unstable Element: Suddenly, Small Gaps in Nuclear Security Look Like Chasms , By John Emshaller, Michael Orey, Daniel Machalaba, Rebecca Smith, Wall Street Journal, October 17, 2001
Do our nuclear labs lack security? Many sites fail mock invasion tests, by Lisa Friedman, The Oakland Tribune, October 4, 2001
U.S. Steps Up Security Plan For Warheads, By William J. Broad, New York Times, September 16, 1984
