Good Frigging God......

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www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/03/25/AR2008032501309.html

The U.S. Air Force mistakenly shipped fuses that are used in nuclear weapons to Taiwan in 2006, believing the crates contained helicopter batteries, officials at the Pentagon announced this morning.

The error -- undetected by the United States until last week, despite repeated inquiries by Taiwan -- raises questions about how carefully the Pentagon safeguards its weapons systems. It also exposes the United States to criticism from China, a staunch opponent of a militarized Taiwan.
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[The Bluzmn]

Hey, mistakes happen! Helicopter fuses...nuclear fuses.............I mean what's the big deal?

[The Bluzmn]

As a follow-up, they have decided to actually count the nukes and see if we have them all. Seems like a good idea to me.

www.cnn.com/2008/US/03/27/pentagon.nuclear.review/index.html

[lpcalihawk]

Incompetence in leadership has a trickle down effect

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Good Frigging God --- Part 2:

While most of us knew this was happening, reading/seeing the details makes me sick...

Perhaps I should double post this to the "Is your country better off" thread.

(CBS) At the age of 19, Murat Kurnaz vanished into America's shadow prison system in the war on terror. He was from Germany, traveling in Pakistan, and was picked up three months after 9/11. But there seemed to be ample evidence that Kurnaz was an innocent man with no connection to terrorism. The FBI thought so, U.S. intelligence thought so, and German intelligence agreed. But once he was picked up, Kurnaz found himself in a prison system that required no evidence and answered to no one.

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www.cbsnews.com/stories/2008/03/28/60minutes/main3976928.shtml