Silicon Investor (SI) -- The First Internet Community

STOCKTALK

We've detected that you're using an ad content blocking browser plug-in or feature. Ads provide a critical source of revenue to the continued operation of Silicon Investor. We ask that you disable ad blocking while on Silicon Investor in the best interests of our community. If you are not using an ad blocker but are still receiving this message, make sure your browser's tracking protection is set to the 'standard' level.

Gold/Mining/Energy : Gold Price Monitor -- Ignore unavailable to you. Want to Upgrade?

To: long-gone who wrote (45172)	11/19/1999 8:45:00 AM
From: long-gone	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 116753

China may have obtained warhead secrets from contractors Copyright ¸ 1999 Nando Media Copyright ¸ 1999 Associated Press WASHINGTON (November 19, 1999 1:27 a.m. EST nandotimes.com) - Federal investigators have reportedly discovered new evidence suggesting China may have obtained information about America's most advanced nuclear warhead from one of the weapon's contractors or the Navy. The FBI's investigation originally had focused on Wen Ho Lee, a scientist at the Los Alamos National Laboratory. The Washington Post quoted government sources in its editions Friday as saying that errors found in a Chinese intelligence document describing the W-88 warhead have been traced to a defense installation and contractors that assemble nuclear weapons. An FBI analysis now supports the position of Energy Department officials and Los Alamos scientists that China could have obtained the nuclear secrets at any of dozens of locations, the sources said. The information most likely came from one of the weapon's assembly points, an unnamed source told the Post. These sites include Sandia National Laboratories, which builds warhead prototypes; Lockheed Martin Corp., which mounts (cont) nandotimes.com