Obama Won’t Release Memos Showing What We Learned From Terrorists…

…but he will release the secret list of all our nuclear sites and facilities potentially to terrorists

The federal government mistakenly made public a 266-page report, its pages marked “highly confidential,” that gives detailed information about hundreds of the nation’s civilian nuclear sites and programs, including maps showing the precise locations of stockpiles of fuel for nuclear weapons.
The publication of the document was revealed Monday in an online newsletter devoted to issues of federal secrecy. That set off a debate among nuclear experts about what dangers, if any, the disclosures posed. It also prompted a flurry of investigations in Washington into why the document had been made public.
…David Albright, president of the Institute for Science and International Security, a private group in Washington that tracks nuclear proliferation, said information that shows where nuclear fuels are stored “can provide thieves or terrorists inside information that can help them seize the material, which is why that kind of data is not given out.”
The information, considered confidential but not classified, was assembled for transmission later this year to the International Atomic Energy Agency as part of a process by which the United States is opening itself up to stricter inspections in hopes that foreign countries, especially Iran and others believed to be clandestinely developing nuclear arms, will do likewise.

“…in hopes that foreign countries…will do likewise.” Yes, pointing out where you store your jewels and valuables in your house has long been known to be a deterrent to thieves.

2 Responses to “Obama Won’t Release Memos Showing What We Learned From Terrorists…”

1. nightfly says:

   June 3, 2009 at 9:27 am

   Words fail… these are astoundingly naive people.

2. JeffS says:

   June 3, 2009 at 9:30 am

   Naive is too kind, ‘Fly.