Strange goings-on in the loose nukes dept.

Dave Lindorff: The Welch Whitewash: We Still Don't Know What That Aug. 30 Nuke Incident Was About 2/26/08
http://www.buzzflash...es/lindorff/066

Could the Minot nuke incident have been something other than a mistake?

A careful reading of the Welch report -- both what it says and what it fails to say -- has to leave that question unanswered.

Recall that back in August and September, the Bush/Cheney Administration was, as it is now, ratcheting up the talk about an attack on Iran over its nuclear activities and over its alleged support for insurgent attacks on American troops in Iraq. While the military top brass, as well as the secretary of defense are known, for the most part, to oppose such plans, there certainly are some, particularly within the Air Force, who have a higher opinion of the effectiveness of airpower,

Recall too that in the weeks and days prior to and immediately following the Aug. 30 Minot nuke incident, no fewer than six airmen associated with Minot, Barksdale, and the B-52 fleet died either in vehicle accidents or alleged suicides. One of the two suicides involved a Minot airman whose job was guarding the base's nuclear weapons storage facilities. The Welch report doesn't even mention this strange cluster of deaths -- none of which has even been investigated by the military, according to local police and medical examiners contacted.

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