Press Release
of
Senator Lautenberg
Lautenberg Reacts to Republican Incompetence After Republicans and President Bush Posted Nuclear Weapons Information Online
Material Was Removed After Weapons Experts Expressed Alarm
NEWARK – As part of an election year ploy, Republicans posted documents recovered from the Iraqi government on a U.S. government website, including guides for building a nuclear weapon. The U.S. government removed the info after weapons experts expressed alarm, according to today’s New York Times. In response to these developments, Senator Frank R Lautenberg (D-NJ) issued the following statement:
“This is a shocking example of Republican incompetence. The Republicans and President Bush are so desperate to change the perception of their Iraq failures that they risked the American people’s safety and security to do it. Their recklessness could have disastrous consequences.”
