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DoE Adopts New ‘Graded’ Terrorist Protection Policy

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Wednesday, August 27th, 2008

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By George Lobsenz The Energy Department has adopted a new "graded" security policy that appears designed to allow the agency to lower protection requirements for some sites storing weapons- usable nuclear materials if the threat posed by terrorist attack is judged less severe than previously thought. The new policy, dubbed the Graded Security Protection (GSP) plan, was disclosed Monday by the Project on Government Oversight (POGO), a watchdog group that has repeatedly challenged the adequacy of DoE protection requirements for…

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