If our lists were easily laid out there for alleged terrorist boogermen that lurk in every shadow, or better yet mailed directly to them, it wouldn’t make a bit of difference. It’s not going to make it easier for them. They are far more likely to get the components and know-how on black market trade. Even though I have little faith in so called security of all our sites, it’s pretty darn tough to transport this stuff.

The greater danger is that this stuff lies there in our back yards without us even knowing. That is much more of a boogerman than an alleged terrorist. I want to know what I live next door to. I have a right to know. I think one of these guys has an FAS email…..way to go! FAS, Federation of American Scientists is very well-respected. More stuff can be found on their site, FAS. ORg.

I am so sick of this bogus terrorism argument. Terrorism gets a disproportionately large amount of press coverage to keep you cowering in a corner….it’s so good at controlling your minds.

(this was not inadvertent nor a mistake – it was intentional and sites like this validate that…nice try by the Washington news to cover it up)

The comment by the blog poster that it didn’t contain sensitive data is absurd on its face – as if the locations of all the nuke sites in the U.S. was not sensitive or of extremely high value to any enemy of the U.S.

This is the kind of blind ambivalence and kum-by-ah attitude that will render future generations of the U.S. impotent and liberty-less. First Amendment doesn’t mention anything about making every/all data public nor available to the world.

What a shame that most of the people who kick butt and break laws are doing it to support authoritarianism and mindlessness. Like all the cowboy tinpot terrorists in the US government. And the commenters!!! deevulging bulging secrets!!!!!

But Steven, on this issue you suck for making Wikileaks do your work for you. You broke the story, now stick with it.

Posting sensitive but unclassified docs and pretend that its okay. No its not!!!!
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2009/06/03/AR2009060300028.html?nav=rss_email/components
Steven Aftergood violated Federal LAW and now that he violated the LAW he must be investigated and considered for prosecution for devulging National Security documents without written permission!!!!!!!!! Arrest the treasonist, investigate his entire pathetic life and prosecute him for weakening national security and for being King of the AssClowns!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

As others have pointed out, the information in the document is _not_ classified. In fact, it is explicitly marked “Sensitive But Unclassified,” a post-9/11 creation of the Bush administration that takes otherwise routine information and restricts access to it because it could possibly be useful to someone who wants to do us harm. No secrets here, nothing about nuclear weapons, and anyone thinking otherwise hasn’t been paying attention.

Henry Sokolski, executive director of the Non-Proliferation Policy Education Center and Republican, gave the Washington Times (June 3) the perfect reaction to this tempest in a teapot:

“It is a bit ironic that nobody wanted this information to be made public,” Mr. Sokolski said. “Most of the listed programs are advanced nuclear fuel cycle and reactor initiatives that the Department of Energy sold to the [Capitol] Hill claiming they would vastly reduce the possibility of terrorists being able to divert nuclear bomb material from the commercial nuclear sector. Apparently, some people don’t think they are all that safe. If this is so, it might make sense to shut them down.”