-Caveat Lector- Sunday June 20 5:36 PM ET Calif. Official Seeks Security Review At Nuke Labs LOS ANGELES (Reuters) - University of California President Richard Atkinson has ordered a review of newly tightened security measures at nuclear weapons labs managed by the university, the Los Angeles Times reported Sunday. The order comes amid mounting pressure in the federal government over allegations of Chinese espionage at the Los Alamos National Laboratory, which is managed by the university under a contract with the U.S. Department of Energy. Los Alamos, near Santa Fe, New Mexico, is where the atomic bomb was developed and where many nuclear secrets are stored. The university also manages the Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory east of San Francisco and the Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory, which does some unclassified research. Although the government sets security policy at the labs, university officials help enforce the rules. In a directive announced Friday, Atkinson called on a panel of experts to review the new security rules ``to make sure the university is doing everything possible to maintain the vital security interests of the United States,'' The Times said. The U.S. House of Representatives and President Clinton's own Foreign Intelligence Advisory Board have suggested fining the university -- or other lab managers -- for future security violations, the Times said. The U.S. General Accounting Office also is advocating that the energy department end the university's 50-year-old hold on running the labs when its contract expires in 2002. Congress has been in an uproar over allegations that China stole U.S. secrets on seven nuclear warheads and the neutron bomb over the past 20 years. China has repeatedly denied it stole U.S. secrets. -- The mass of men lead lives of quiet desperation and go to the grave with the song still in them. - Henry David Thoreau DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om
