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Article: Ethics cloud hanging over Los Alamos nuclear lab
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- AP Worldstream
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- January 16, 2003
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Dateline: LOS ALAMOS, New Mexico
The laboratory that built the atomic bomb and is entrusted with some
of America's most sensitive defense secrets has lost track of millions
in equipment and credit-card expenses in a scandal that has claimed
five top managers, including the director.
The Los Alamos National Laboratory is under investigation by the FBI
and at least three congressional committees, which are looking into
allegations of theft, fraud and a cover-up by management. The allegations
surfaced after two internal investigators were fired last year.
Los Alamos' new interim director, Pete Nanos, said on Wednesday that
he will have to "drain the swamp" at ...