> authorities had “concrete indications that showed that the terrorists involved in the Paris attacks had the intention to do something involving one of our fou

> authorities had “concrete indications that showed that the terrorists involved in the Paris attacks had the intention to do something involving one of our four nuclear sites.” Just like the various authorities that jumped at the chance to claim the attackers relied on encryption? This entire article is using the usual fear-mongering over anything "nuclear" as another propaganda tool. Jacob Appelbaum's interpretation[1] of this kind of claim is much more believable: incidents like the Paris attacks were a failure in intelligence and a failure in traditional law-enforcement work. When the public conversation is framed with complex topics like encryption or nuclear power/medicine, the failures in more mundane topics are easily swept under the rug. As for the article itself: "officials have asserted privately" ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "may have been involved in planning several attacks" ^^^ "But experts and officials speculated that it could have been part ^^^^^^^^^^ ^^^^^ of a plot to abduct the nuclear official, who was not identified." ^^^^^^^^^^^^^^ "...if acquired, the material ... could also be used to make a dirty bomb..." ^^ ^^^^^ “'If they find a way to spread such material among the population, ^^ they could do a lot of damage'” ^^^^^ I'm going to assume that this extreme concentration density of weasel words is a sign that someone is making this up either as filler or to push an agenda. > he acknowledged that no additional guards had been hired or other measures taken to secure the perimeters of Belgium’s nuclear sites. > ‘There is no specific threat to the nuclear facilities.’ That sounds a lot like confirmation that there is no actual story here beyond fear-mongering. > radioactive material is expensive to clean up So are many chemicals, which are much easier and cheaper to obtain. We've contaminated so many sites with dioxins, pesticides, heavy metals, and other dangerous industrial pollutants, we had to invent the "Superfund". [1] https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIP2RN0NlI8 https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=MIP2RN0NlI8