{"id":2842,"date":"2000-12-21T16:00:18","date_gmt":"2000-12-21T21:00:18","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/?p=2842"},"modified":"2021-02-16T05:19:21","modified_gmt":"2021-02-16T10:19:21","slug":"the-fallout-at-los-alamos","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"https:\/\/antipolygraph.org\/blog\/2000\/12\/21\/the-fallout-at-los-alamos\/","title":{"rendered":"&#8220;The Fallout at Los Alamos&#8221;"},"content":{"rendered":"<div class=\"entry\">\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Dave Marash <a href=\"https:\/\/web.archive.org\/web\/20010128225300\/http:\/\/abcnews.go.com\/sections\/nightline\/nightline\/transcripts\/nl001221_trans.html\">reports<\/a> for ABC Nightline on the security crackdown at Los Alamos National Laboratory, including the new DOE polygraph screening program. Excerpt:<\/p>\n\n\n\n<blockquote class=\"wp-block-quote is-layout-flow wp-block-quote-is-layout-flow\"><p><strong>JOHN BROWN, DIRECTOR, LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LAB<\/strong> The&#8211;the polygraph issue is a real challenge for a scientific culture like ours.<\/p><p><strong>DAVE MARASH<\/strong> (VO) Los Alamos lab director John Brown doesn&#8217;t hide his discomfort with the polygraph plague. He&#8217;s proud of his record of resistance to it.<\/p><p><strong>JOHN BROWN<\/strong> It&#8217;s been reduced by limiting the numbers to selected people who have access to the most sensitive information that this laboratory possesses. The numbers are small at this laboratory right now. 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