"Management of waste facility at Los Alamos faulted" Associated Press, October 03, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE — A project to replace an aging and degrading radioactive waste treatment facility at Los Alamos National Laboratory is 11 years behind schedule and its price tag has nearly tripled because of ineffective management, according to a government audit.
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The report from the Department of Energy’s Inspector General says the National Nuclear Security Administration and Los Alamos have spent $56 million since 2004 on plans to replace its 50-year-old and sometimes failing Radioactive Liquid Waste Treatment Facility. But design work is still not complete and the two-phase project now won’t be finished until 2017 and 2020 at the earliest.
The audit is the latest in a series of reports to detail cost overruns and delays by projects overseen by the nuclear security agency, prompting Congress to appoint a task force that is studying a potential overhaul of the agency.
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It ends in North Dakota.
"Ex-police chief in New Mexico aided cartel, witness says" Associated Press, September 27, 2013
ALBUQUERQUE, N.M. — A former police chief in a New Mexico border town collected more than $2,000 a month from the Juarez Cartel in exchange for protection and help with smuggling drugs and guns, a former town official testified Wednesday.
Blas ‘‘Woody’’ Gutierrez, the former Columbus village trustee, told a federal court that former Police Chief Angelo Vega also received $1,500 each time he allowed the cartel members to use village vehicles, including police cruisers, for the syndicate’s various operations, the Albuquerque Journal reported.
That testimony came in a trial involving Danny Burnett, a former school superintendent who is charged with leaking information about a federal wiretap investigation into a gun and drug smuggling ring.
It was the first time such details from the 2011 gun smuggling case have been made public.
Vega is the key prosecution witness in the case against Burnett, the husband of Assistant US Attorney Paula Burnett, who has not been charged with any crime.
Gutierrez faces 10 years in federal prison for his guilty plea to 37 counts of smuggling, illegally purchasing firearms, and conspiracy linked to the case.
Vega also testified that he didn’t remember exactly how much he was paid or how long he worked for the cartel.
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Then I don't believe in them. Too much media play.
