U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Guide

["Fergie" <fergdawg () netzero net>]

The New York Times.

[snip]

Last March, the federal government set up a Web site to make public a
vast archive of Iraqi documents captured during the war. The Bush
administration did so under pressure from Congressional Republicans who
had said they hoped to “leverage the Internet” to find new evidence of
the prewar dangers posed by Saddam Hussein.

But in recent weeks, the site has posted some documents that weapons
experts say are a danger themselves: detailed accounts of Iraq’s secret
nuclear research before the 1991 Persian Gulf war. The documents, the
experts say, constitute a basic guide to building an atom bomb.

Last night, the government shut down the Web site after The New York
Times asked about complaints from weapons experts and arms-control
officials. A spokesman for the director of national intelligence said
access to the site had been suspended “pending a review to ensure its
content is appropriate for public viewing.”

Officials of the International Atomic Energy Agency, fearing that the
information could help states like Iran develop nuclear arms, had
privately protested last week to the American ambassador to the agency,
according to European diplomats who spoke on condition of anonymity
because of the issue’s sensitivity. One diplomat said the agency’s
technical experts “were shocked” at the public disclosures.

[snip]

More:
http://www.nytimes.com/2006/11/03/world/middleeast/03documents.html

- ferg


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