The Memory Hole > Material From the Disbanded Advisory Committee of the National Nuclear Safety Administration

The Memory Hole > Material From the Disbanded Advisory Committee of the National Nuclear Safety Administration: ">>> From 'US Scraps Nuclear Weapons Watchdog' by Julian Borger, Guardian (London), 31 July 2003:

A US department of energy panel of experts which provided independent oversight of the development of the US nuclear arsenal has been quietly disbanded by the Bush administration, it emerged yesterday.

The decision to close down the national nuclear security administration advisory committee - required by law to hold public hearings and issue public reports on nuclear weapons issues - has come just days before a closed-door meeting at a US air force base in Nebraska to discuss the development of a new generation of tactical 'mini nukes' and 'bunker buster' bombs, as well as an eventual resumption of nuclear testing.

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