Weapons labs and the inconvenient truth

Weapons labs and the inconvenient truth

from Web Edition | Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists by Hugh Gusterson

On February 16, the strategic forces subcommittee of the House Armed Services Committee held a hearing on the oversight of the nuclear weapons laboratories. The nine out of 16 committee members who skipped the hearing -- including the congressman who represents the district encompassing the Livermore Laboratory -- missed a fine show.