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...must defend against, but the relatively small arsenal that the NRC gives the "attackers" in its drills doesn't impress Representative Christopher Shays, a Connecticut Republican. The DBT attack force is barred from using many of the weapons detailed in the opening scenario of this story, but, says the Congressman, "if I were a terrorist, I'd feel more than free to use them." The agency doesn't require defenses against weapons that terrorists haven't regularly used, according to a senior nuclear-plant safety expert who has worked with the NRC and the nuclear industry for decades...
...Wackenhut also provides security at about half the nation's nuclear reactors. "The very company that makes a living guarding nuclear power plants is also testing nuclear power plants' security," says Congressman Markey. "It's like a take-home exam." No one in the industry has forgotten that just before a mock attack against a DOE facility in 2003, Wackenhut "attackers" tipped off Wackenhut guards about the particulars of the drill. Under the new rules, NRC referees are supposed to pay close attention to ensure that Wackenhut's fake attackers aren't holding back when they launch a mock strike...
...surprisingly, that is a brush that Parsons prefers not to be tarred with as he sets out to conquer the U.S. market. He recently paid courtesy calls to critics in Washington. In a meeting on Capitol Hill, Republican Congressman Dana Rohrabacher of California opened the discussion, Parsons recalls, by declaring, "You're the channel that hates freedom and loves terrorism." Another conservative whom Parsons visited was Deputy Assistant Secretary of State Elizabeth Cheney, daughter of Vice President Dick Cheney. According to Parsons, she expressed concern that his channel would pander to anti-American sentiments. "She was skeptical in the beginning...
...Castle, extracted a guarantee that the Speaker would bring the stem-cell measure to a vote. That concession marked one of the few instances in which the tightly disciplined House leadership has agreed to allow consideration of a bill that it does not explicitly support. And yet, says Illinois Congressman Kirk, who was involved in the negotiations with the House leadership, "it was like pushing on an open door. In a lot of people's heart of hearts, they agree with...
...back from that effort after moderate Republicans reminded Speaker Hastert that he had promised them a clean shot at passage. Meanwhile, an alternative strategy is being discussed that would give House members the opportunity to also vote on an additional piece of stem-cell legislation, possibly a bill by Congressman Chris Smith of New Jersey that would establish a national bank to store and distribute stem cells from the blood of umbilical cords. The idea is to take off some of the political heat by giving both lawmakers and Bush a stem-cell bill to support, in addition...