tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post6630666682706662038..comments2023-08-27T06:53:36.768-06:00Comments on LANL: The Rest of the Story: Frank Younghttp://www.blogger.com/profile/02134775226991383924noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-23379015156417458602007-05-23T09:32:00.000-06:002007-05-23T09:32:00.000-06:00Fixing the government and fixing the lab are both ...Fixing the government and fixing the lab are both worth doing. It will make the country we love even better.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-19133700148053492552007-05-23T08:33:00.000-06:002007-05-23T08:33:00.000-06:00It is necessary for true patriots to try to save t...It is necessary for true patriots to try to save their country from its government, including Congress. One way, perhaps even somewhat effective, is to keep posting on these blogs. I'm afraid LANL is done for, but not the whole country, not yet.<BR/><BR/>(Not original. Apology or thanks to Ed Abbey.)Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-83687576250253211792007-05-22T22:02:00.000-06:002007-05-22T22:02:00.000-06:00There is no security system in the world that can ...There is no security system in the world that can stop people who want to steal secrets from doing so. We DO the work that CREATES the classified information. We go home every night with classified information in our heads. Are they going to strip search us every night on our way out the door and somehow empty our brains of all the classified information held there? The problem lies with hiring of people who have NO business being granted security clearances. LANL has NO say over that. You can bet that if anyone overseeing this loser's work tried to get rid of her they'd have been tied up with grievances for years.<BR/><BR/>What's particularly irritating about this whole situation is the utter cluelessness of our Congressional "leadership" on the whole topic of security and cyber security. As evidence, watch the video of the latest hearings wherein a Congressman lambasted the Director for allowing employees to purchase computers with USB ports. Not allowing this practice is the "obvious solution." HELLO! Has the congressman tried to buy a computer without USB ports lately? Where does he suggest one plug in those little niceties like your keyboard, mouse, etc.? And, every once in a while, you do actually have legitimate reasons for moving information off of a computer. It's depressing.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-43415430015397027042007-05-22T20:17:00.000-06:002007-05-22T20:17:00.000-06:008:36 am:I depends on who at "HQ" you talked to. I ...8:36 am:<BR/><BR/>I depends on who at "HQ" you talked to. I don't believe the federal regulation (CFR) that mandates the poly program for DOE requires yanking a clearance for refusing a poly that is only required in the first place for certain categories, not all cleared people. Why should you be penalized for refusing a test not all cleared employees are required to take? Simply get out of the world that requires a poly.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-73187173790654950272007-05-22T13:13:00.000-06:002007-05-22T13:13:00.000-06:00I think Bush should take a poly... and set a wondr...I think Bush should take a poly... and set a wondrous example for us all... or how about Cheney or Rice or that Gonzales midget???<BR/><BR/>You can only imagine the results....Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-34581717043665435262007-05-22T08:36:00.000-06:002007-05-22T08:36:00.000-06:00"Today, managers heard that refusing a polygraph w..."Today, managers heard that refusing a polygraph will not affect your "basic clearance" but only your eligibiity for the "special categories" that qualify you for a polygraph in the first place. So why comply?"<BR/><BR/>If that was said, it is incorrect. I have personnally spoken with HQ on this topic. Refuse a poly and kiss your Q good-by.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-80896635249494630852007-05-22T07:06:00.000-06:002007-05-22T07:06:00.000-06:00I'll bet Bodman and Brooks agree with you on the i...I'll bet Bodman and Brooks agree with you on the impact part.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-74209881009490306982007-05-22T07:01:00.000-06:002007-05-22T07:01:00.000-06:0010:31pmIn terms of publications and impactLANL is ...10:31pm<BR/><BR/>In terms of publications and impact<BR/>LANL is indeed the crown jewel of the DOE labs. Fact.<BR/><BR/>So STFU and go crawl back under that rock.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-64658607658673735102007-05-21T22:31:00.000-06:002007-05-21T22:31:00.000-06:00The crown jewel of the Lab system...NOT! What a j...The crown jewel of the Lab system...NOT! What a joke!Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-89321048447579853522007-05-21T22:29:00.000-06:002007-05-21T22:29:00.000-06:002:11 pm:"Real scientists should not want to try to...2:11 pm:<BR/><BR/>"Real scientists should not want to try to do science where the overseers allow tests without merit to be applied to the workers. "<BR/><BR/>Hear, hear! DOE needs to just be told "No!". No scientist of note needs to be subjected to this insulting nonsense. "We don't need no stinking clearance" to do great science - we just won't do it here. Why is working for DOE so attractive? You have a big mortgage in Los Alamos? You have kids in the unparalleled Los Alamos public schools? Is it worth your intellectual integrity to accept this quasi-religious belief in polygraphs? It is obvious that even Lab upper management is just "going along" and has no respect for this. Who will be the first LANL upper manager to "just say no"?<BR/><BR/>Today, managers heard that refusing a polygraph will not affect your "basic clearance" but only your eligibiity for the "special categories" that qualify you for a polygraph in the first place. So why comply? To paraphrase a saying I wish I could attribute off the top of my head - "All that is required for the triumph of evil is for good men to do nothing."Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-27107635228754112162007-05-21T14:11:00.000-06:002007-05-21T14:11:00.000-06:00Too bad Attkisson doesn't have time and inclinatio...Too bad Attkisson doesn't have time and inclination to do something of real use, such as question how much REAL information has left the lab in the heads of spies who passed polygraph tests, and how much REAL information won't be created in the future because exceptionally honest persons weren't hired because they failed a polygraph. Or because they never applied because they didn't want to risk the blot of a failed polygraph on their record. Or, they didn't want to work with people who would allow themselves to be subjected to a discredited pseudo-scientific retention requirement. Real scientists should not want to try to do science where the overseers allow tests without merit to be applied to the workers.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-77071668473141819202007-05-21T06:52:00.000-06:002007-05-21T06:52:00.000-06:00They got it exactly right. This woman is not unusu...They got it exactly right. This woman is not unusual. We should reflect about trusting so many people in difficult economic conditions.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-70704471102945113282007-05-21T06:39:00.000-06:002007-05-21T06:39:00.000-06:00"The job came with a clearance." No. You are sup..."The job came with a clearance." No. You are supposed to EARN the clearance. It is supposed to MEAN something, not least that you are actually committed to TRYING to do the right thing. Sorry for the shouting, this makes my blood boil.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-46104949359796986672007-05-21T05:19:00.000-06:002007-05-21T05:19:00.000-06:00Again they get it wrong: she was hired by Kit Rumi...Again they get it wrong: she was hired by Kit Ruminer in IM-1 as an admin and after she graduated from high school she was hired (but IM-1 got her the clearance) to be an archivist. Maybe as an archivist she was hired by UC but she was already in the system and had her rushed-through clearance before then.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-28220200.post-55807316999902381052007-05-20T21:38:00.000-06:002007-05-20T21:38:00.000-06:00I can't thank this brain dead, worthless mound for...I can't thank this brain dead, worthless mound for anything. She (and her attorney) shouldn't be so smug about what she did - as with all of us, a clearance only bestows trust which she couldn't deliver...this is all her doing and a year would be too easy on this ditz. DOE/NNSA should be rapped on the head for dishing out clearances to flatliners like this. It's people like this who receive the clearances but can't take the responsibility that have brought the drug tests and the polygraphs upon all of us.Anonymousnoreply@blogger.com