Probe finds nuke guards mishandled guns

[Rose Siding]

LAS VEGAS -- Federal and private guards entrusted with monitoring the transport of nuclear and conventional weapons "systematically" violated policies governing the handling and inventory of their own weapons, a report released Wednesday stated.

In one case, a private guard gave a government handgun to his wife to store overnight in her car, the report by the Energy Department inspector general found. In another, guards improperly took government and personal handguns to a Nevada nuclear test site.

The report noted inadequate record-keeping exposed the weapons to theft, loss or misuse.

Officials with the National Nuclear Security Administration and Wackenhut Services Inc. downplayed the findings as paperwork slip-ups, not performance flaws. They said weapons inventory procedures had been stepped up, and guards had been disciplined.

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http://www.boston.com/news/nation/articles/2005/02/16/probe_finds_nuke_guards_mishandled_guns/

[MisterP]

1. Wackenhut again!

Wait! Wackenhut is guarding our nukes?! (I remember a story about this months earlier)
Agggh!