83 year old nun and two friends got convicted for breaking into nuclear facility

Schroeder · 02-19-14, 12:26 PM

That's a story.

Some senior citizens are able to get into a high security nuclear facility. Now I'm feeling safe knowing that radioactive material is locked away safely...not.

´http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2014/02/19/nun-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-for-nuclear-facility-break-in

Tango589 · 02-19-14, 12:28 PM

Any chance of a working link?

Jimbuna · 02-19-14, 03:12 PM

Yep...limk not working.

Schroeder · 02-19-14, 03:33 PM

Oops...this one should work:http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/...ility-break-in

Jimbuna · 02-19-14, 04:59 PM

Link works but I'm struggling to understand her attitude

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"Please have no leniency with me," Sister Megan Rice told the court at the hearing in Knoxville, the BBC reported. "To remain in prison for the rest of my life would be the greatest gift you could give me."

Schroeder · 02-19-14, 05:29 PM

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Originally Posted by Jimbuna

Link works but I'm struggling to understand her attitude

Me too. But the fact that they could get that far into the facility is what wonders/worries me.

TG626 · 02-19-14, 06:20 PM

martyrdom

02-19-14, 07:00 PM

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Originally Posted by TG626

martyrdom

Yes.
And as the prosecution put it, these are "habitual" and "recidivist" criminals, though some people don't understand the second word

u crank · 02-19-14, 07:39 PM

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They cut into fences surrounding the facility, spray-painted peace slogans and chipped a wall with hammers. They also hoisted banners and squirted human blood on a building in the compound that contained highly enriched uranium, CNN reported

After spending nearly two hours inside the site, a guard approached them. According to the BBC, they responded by offering him food and singing.

Smoking some high quality bud....maybe.

Wolferz · 02-20-14, 10:42 AM

It's nice to know that the guards in the joint are doing such a bang up job.

Two hours before they caught them!????

I wonder if the old gal has a yellow cake recipe to share.

vienna · 02-20-14, 12:49 PM

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It's nice to know that the guards in the joint are doing such a bang up job.

I went to a Catholic school; the last person I would mess is a nun...

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Platapus · 02-20-14, 04:39 PM

Reminds me of the time some anti-nukers "broke into" one of our Titan silos. Well they got over the fence and started taking sledge hammers to the blast door.

Considering the density of the concrete used, we were good for about 20 years before they could start even making a dent.

But technically they did infiltrate a silo facility, but from a practical security standpoint, nothing to worry about.

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	83 year old nun and two friends got convicted for breaking into nuclear facility That's a story. Some senior citizens are able to get into a high security nuclear facility. Now I'm feeling safe knowing that radioactive material is locked away safely...not. ´http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/articles/2014/02/19/nun-sentenced-to-3-years-in-prison-for-nuclear-facility-break-in __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany. Last edited by Schroeder; 02-19-14 at 03:34 PM.

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Tango589 Still crazy as ever! Join Date: Jan 2008 Location: A little south of sanity Posts: 3,375 Downloads: 180 Uploads: 1	Any chance of a working link? __________________ Hanging on in quiet desperation is the English way...

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Schroeder Navy Seal Join Date: Apr 2008 Location: Banana Republic of Germany Posts: 6,170 Downloads: 62 Uploads: 0	Oops...this one should work:http://www.usnews.com/news/newsgram/...ility-break-in __________________ Putting Germ back into Germany.

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Wolferz Navy Seal Join Date: May 2007 Location: On a mighty quest for the Stick of Truth Posts: 5,963 Downloads: 52 Uploads: 0	It's nice to know that the guards in the joint are doing such a bang up job. Two hours before they caught them!???? I wonder if the old gal has a yellow cake recipe to share. __________________ Tomorrow never comes

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Platapus Fleet Admiral Join Date: Oct 2006 Posts: 19,362 Downloads: 63 Uploads: 0	Reminds me of the time some anti-nukers "broke into" one of our Titan silos. Well they got over the fence and started taking sledge hammers to the blast door. Considering the density of the concrete used, we were good for about 20 years before they could start even making a dent. But technically they did infiltrate a silo facility, but from a practical security standpoint, nothing to worry about. __________________ abusus non tollit usum - A right should NOT be withheld from people on the basis that some tend to abuse that right.