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U.S. Publishes Guide To Building Atom Bombs To Web

Posted by ryuzaki0 on from the mixed-messages dept.

Jeff writes "The New York Times is reporting that the feds have shut down the 'Operation Iraqi Freedom Document Portal' due to concerns from weapons experts that the 'papers give detailed information on how to build nuclear firing circuits and triggering explosives, as well as the radioactive cores of atom bombs.' One diplomat is quoted as saying, 'If you had this, it would short-circuit a lot of things.' Indexes to older (less sensitive) documents (and some html from pdfs) are still cached at Google today. Rep. Pete Hoekstra pushed for the public release of the archive to help determine 'whether Saddam Hussein destroyed Iraq's weapons of mass destruction or hid or transferred them'. Critics have said the archive was created to perpetuate misinformation about WMDs."

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  1. what is an "atom bomb to web"? by krell · · Score: 3, Funny

    If you set it off, does it result in 404 errors everywhere? Or is it a more powerful version of a Googlebomb?

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  2. Great! by Wilson_6500 · · Score: 5, Funny

    Does this mean we can send the current government to jail on terrorism charges and get a new one?

    1. Re:Great! by jimstapleton · · Score: 2, Funny

      upmod previous /insightful/ or /funny/

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  3. Re:Dwat and double dwat... by krell · · Score: 4, Funny

    "Woke up this morning with the brilliant idea of building home made nuclear to protect my home from those pesky neighbors."

    1) Build nuclear reactor in home
    2) Melt down reactor
    3) Turn into giant radiactive monster
    4) Take next door neighbor's lawnmower and plasma TV while you are hulked out. Not a damn thing he can do about it.
    5) Profit!

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  4. Axis of Evil? by themadplasterer · · Score: 2, Funny

    Now that they have provided potential terrorists with information they might require, the U.S. has added themselves to the "Axis of Evil". George Bush wasted no time in acting and immediately attacked himself by knawing at his right hand :P

  5. Content of the Document by tritonman · · Score: 1, Funny

    Step 1: Get Uranium 238
    Step 2: Place said uranium in a bomb
    Step 3: Get a neutron
    Step 4: Place neutron in a sling shot
    Step 5: Aim said slingshot at uranium
    Step 6: Place timer on slingshot
    Step 7: Drop bomb on Somethingistan
    Step 8: Timer goes off, slingshot shoot neutron at uranium.
    Step 9: Kaboom
    Step 10: Rule the world
    Step 11: Feel sorry for the dead people
    Step 12: Give Somethingistan money to rebuild
    Step 13: Setup a government in Somethingistan
    Step 14: Supply Somethingistan with nuclear capability to protect itself.
    Step 15: Somethingistan revolts
    Step 16: Declare Somethingistan a member of the Axis-of-Evil
    Step 17: GoTo Step 1