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Tuesday, July 17, 2007
Dirty Bombs & Netflix
Smilin' Norm Coleman requested a sting to test the vulnerability of nuclear material for potential dirty bomb makers. The results weren't good:
Federal officials said that they did not think terrorists had the technical ability to make a bomb that spreads dangerous nuclear radiation. “It would be a tragic mistake to under estimate the capability of the enemy,” Coleman warned.
The accountability office ran a sting and found its agents could obtain a federal license allowing them buy enough nuclear material. The sting came at Coleman’s request.
“It was as easy to get this material as a DVD at Netflix,” Coleman told the Washington Post. “If al-Qaeda had set up a phony corporation in the U.S., they could have gathered enough material to make a dirty bomb.”
Our government should be vigilant. To the extent that Smilin' Norm is contributing to that vigilance, I tip my cap for a good day's work.
On the other hand, you don't actually have to set up a phony corporation to rent movies from Netflix, so I'm guessing that Netflix is still easier.
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