Today my friend Dillon sent me another link on the Las Alamos security issues which I commented and wrote a blog entry about last week. It’s a good read and it, in conjunction with the GAO report, and articles I referenced should be give you pause to consider the issue and its gravity. I wanted to say thanks to Dillon for bringing this to my attention and sharing this link with us all. For what it is worth, I for one would be willing to donate my time at a reduced rate to aid in securing this critically important facility, would you?
In most instances were I conducting an audit or an assessment and the results were so blatantly poor I’d be asking the age old and feared question that no one wants their assessor or auditor to ask: who gets fired or who goes to jail if this fails or is compromised? Do I think that someone needs to be fired here? You know, yes yes I do. Do I believe jail time is warranted…well I’m a firm believer in upholding ones duty and last time I checked the DOE and their facilities had cleared and non-cleared (as this article and the ones I wrote about last week outline), so I will default to their mechanisms for discipline. Would it be appropriate? Well…I’m not going to speculate on what is or is not appropriate however were I in charge I’d be looking at all measures within the realms of my authority as they relate to dereliction of duty 
If we look at the history of the DOE we can see that in the case of Sandia Labs and Shawn Carpenter he was stripped of his clearance and ousted from his job for doing the right thing…life is strange.
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