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Los Alamos Discloses Another Security Lapse
Los Alamos National Laboratory announced yesterday that the nuclear weapons facility has suffered a security lapse after officials discovered they were missing 10 computer disks containing classified information (see GSN, Oct. 7). The loss of the disks at Los Alamos’ new Nonproliferation and International Security Center is “unacceptable,” according to senior laboratory officials. Los Alamos officials played down the possibility of a leak in national security information, saying that the disks were probably improperly destroyed. “While the destruction of the materials was not properly recorded and documentation maintained, resulting in inventory anomalies, to date these investigative efforts support the likelihood that the missing media were destroyed prior to the move to the security facility,” the laboratory said in a release (George Lobsenz, Energy Daily, Dec. 10). The disclosure came on the eve of a meeting to discuss whether the management of the laboratory — long under the purview of the University of California — should be opened for competition (Associated Press/San Jose Mercury News, Dec. 10). Robert Foley, the University of California’s new vice president for laboratory management, ordered the laboratory to “stand down” certain operations while employees are retrained in procedures for handling classified material. The National Nuclear Security Administration, which oversees the laboratory, said it was “disturbed that, after all of the revelations and reviews about security and document control over the past few years, laboratory employees still have not learned to manage their classified media properly” (Rebecca Trounson, Los Angeles Times, Dec. 10).
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