We're in the best of hands: Nuclear weapon drivers drunk

from theblogprof by The blogprof



We're in the best of hands: Nuclear weapon drivers drunk: "Looks like we know what happened to drunk pilots that were fired from the airlines - they were hired by the government to drive nuclear material around. From the AP via The Detroit News: Report: Nuclear weapon drivers sometimes got drunk

The U.S. Energy Department's watchdog says government agents hired to drive nuclear weapons and components in trucks sometimes got drunk on the job, including an incident last year when two agents were detained by police at a local bar during a convoy mission.

The Energy Department's assistant inspector general, Sandra D. Bruce, said her office reviewed 16 alcohol-related incidents involving agents, candidate-agents and others from the government's Office of Secure Transportation between 2007 through 2009. A new report today said the incidents 'indicate a potential vulnerability' in what it described as a 'critical national security mission.'

A potential vulnerability? Ya think? Next thing you know, they will hire Saudi Arabian nationals that want to learn to just drive the trucks, not stop them.

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