On Thursday, March 27, 2003, at 08:41 AM, John Kelsey wrote:...
However, it seems to me it would be very hard for this news not to leak out. If, say, a nuke or serious bioterror weapon had been found in a major city, a lot of agencies would have had knowledge of it. It seems to me that at least one person would have said something, leaked it to the press, etc., for any of the usual reasons.
True. I think it would depend on how it was dealt with. My wife used to work for a state environmental regulatory agency, and when their lab truck showed up someplace to collect samples, it always drew a lot of attention. Obviously, if the NEST people show up at some apartment building in Manhattan wearing moon suits, or if dozens of firemen and policemen are involved, it's going to be hard to keep it from slipping out that something interesting has happened. But if it were handled quietly, a single incident like this might not make the news. And if the "incident" was a terrorist nuke that turned out not to go off, the only evidence might be a soon-discounted warning call to a couple of major newspapers.
--John Kelsey, [EMAIL PROTECTED]
