xpost - Assault On Pelindaba nuclear site - full 60 Minutes video and transcript

[bananas]

For anyone who missed it, I posted this on the Political Videos forum, it's worth watching:

"Assault On Pelindaba nuclear site - full 60 Minutes video and transcript"
http://www.democraticunderground.com/discuss/duboard.php?az=view_all&address=385x244233

Run time: 12:43
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=8dlvjLAxHJU

From: CBS
Added: November 23, 2008
Scott Pelley investigates the boldest assault ever on a facility containing weapons-grade uranium, a still-unsolved crime that could have had calamitous consequences.

The assault happened a year ago. They still have no suspects.
This is the 12-minute story aired on 60 Minutes last night.
The video is also on the CBS website http://www.cbsnews.com/video/watch/?id=4628643n
The transcript is at http://www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/11/20/60minutes/main4621623.shtml

Nuke Facility Raid An Inside Job?
Eyewitness Talks To 60 Minutes About Brazen Assault On South African Nuclear Facility
Nov. 23, 2008 Page 1 of 4

(CBS) The assault on Pelindaba would make quite a movie. But it's a thriller that is all too real, with consequences that might have threatened the world. It was a daring break-in at a heavily guarded nuclear plant that holds enough weapons grade uranium to build a dozen atomic bombs. The story is little known, but after months of reporting, 60 Minutes can tell the tale, for the first time, through the eyes of the one man who stopped the plot. What happened at Pelindaba is the kind of thing that keeps presidents awake at night.

Pelindaba is nestled in the African bush, not far from the capital of South Africa. It is where the former Apartheid regime secretly built nuclear weapons. In the 1990s, South Africa chose to disarm. The bombs were dismantled, but the highly enriched uranium, known as HEU - the fuel for the bombs - is still there. South Africa assures the world that Pelindaba is a fortress. But, last year, on the night of Nov. 7, it was the scene of the boldest raid ever attempted on a site holding bomb grade uranium.

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[Greyskye]

1. Wow. First I'd heard of this.

Talk about being in active denial. :wow: