Los Alamos (meth) Labs raid reveals fed PC traded for drugs
Snip from a blurb published today by the Project on Government Oversight, a group that has been tracking security breaches at America's "National Security Science" center, Los Alamos National Laboratory in New Mexico:
A computer which may have contained highly classified nuclear weapons information from the Los Alamos National Laboratory was traded in exchange for drugs, according to unconfirmed sources.PDF Link to docs related to the case, Link to Department of Justice press release, May 15, 2007 (whups, that link's 404 right now, I'll try to find an alternate source).The computer was owned by Jessica Quintana, the former contractor employee at the Lab who pled guilty in May to removing classified information after hundreds of pages of documents were discovered in a methamphetamine drug raid at her trailer.
Among the list of items collected by the Los Alamos Police Department during the execution of the search of the trailer were three memory sticks containing classified LANL documents, as well as hard copies. No computer was listed. A senior POGO source claims that the LAPD did search the computer looking for drug information and found none. They did not search for classified LANL information. POGO has also been told that the FBI never obtained a search warrant to seize the computer for a review of evidence of classified information.
Ms. Quintana allegedly broke down during an FBI polygraph session and indicated the computer she was using to work with the information on the memory sticks was now missing.
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Methamphetamine, round about the thrid day, is the closest thing to evil I have ever seen.
I still hate my old neighbors, they were terrifying to behold.
Typical of law enforcement officials to not be able to copy down the word 'SanDisk' correctly.
Meth is one of those drugs where there is simply not an upside for anyone.
Nonsense. I take amphetamines daily, by prescription.
No, NOT NONSENSE Teresa! I lived for 4 years across the street from a houseful of meth addicts/dealers. My wife and I purchased our first house in what we thought was a nice neighborhood, on a dead end street. Little did we realize that we were living next to drug dealers. Our American dream became a living hell. There was fighting and screaming at all times of the day, tweakers showing up, car break-ins, we were threatened on an almost daily basis. The police were there on a bi-weekly basis (seriously), arresting somebody or responding to disturbances. Finally I started a blog with my neighbors to share information with each other and the police. We couldn't even play in the backyard with our little boy due to the fighting and swearing that we could hear from that house! We finally gave up after 4 years and moved out. Try living across the street from meth-heads for a while and then tell me its nonsense.
Keyword: Meth-amphetamines. That's what makes the difference between illegal and Adderal.
Teresa, But you do not take methamphetamine by prescription. There is no prescription available for it. And I'll break my usual indifference to psychoactives and say that yes, anyone doing meth is a terrible idea.
Wron DCULBERSON, there is prescription methamphetamine. Its called Desoxyn and its been out for over 25 years. I believe Abbott was the original manufacturer. It is used for severe obesity and ADDH. There is nothing worse than a bunch of opinions from people that have no clue as to what they are talking about. None of you understand the proper use of it and none of you have either used or abused it. That is obvious. Do a little research on the Internet from legitimate sources and then get back to us.
@mikelotus, that's interesting, and I wasn't aware of this. Regardless, I'd imagine there is a tremendous pharmacological difference between the prescription substance and the sort of mess brewed up with kitty litter, cough syrup, and q-tips in some junkie's bathtub. comparing the two might be like comparing moonshine to merlot, though I suspect street meth is infinitely more hazardous.
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"Methamphetamine is closely related chemically to amphetamine, but the central nervous system effects of methamphetamine are greater. Both drugs have some limited therapeutic uses, primarily in the treatment of obesity."
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Not everyone who drinks is an alcoholic. Not everyone who uses amphetamine or methamphetamine turns into an overclocked bug-picking obsessive addict. At the highest dose I've ever been given, I was taking about as much in a month as a full-bore speedfreak can do in a day.
Xeni, some bathtub amphetamine is dirty. Some is close to pharmaceutical quality. Almost all of it will give you a buzz. It's an abusable drug, and can become addictive. It's more dangerous if you have any predisposition to heart disease or stroke.
What does the damage: extremely high doses. (Amphetamine builds tolerance like you wouldn't believe.) Continuous use for days or even weeks, leading to sleep deprivation and especially REM deprivation. Drug-induced anorexia, leading to malnutrition and especially electrolyte imbalance. What to do: stop taking it, drink a bunch of Gatorade, take some vitamins, and sleep for a few days.
Evil does not inhere in chemical compounds.
Anonymous #5, I used to live across the street from a loud, disorderly bar. The patrons would get into shouting matches and fistfights on the sidewalk in front of it, and once a couple of them had a knife fight.
On top of that, the bar had the volume on their jukebox turned up high enough to kill bugs. Late at night, one of the neighborhood drunks would play "The Great Pretender" over and over again. It was maddening. I used to lie in bed and fantasize about firebombing the place.
Then, one Christmas morning, they were locked up tight, and there was a sign on the door saying they were out of business. It was one of the best Christmas presents ever.
Does this prove that alcohol is inherently evil? No. It proves that public intoxication, disorderly behavior, and being obnoxious to your neighbors is bad. I'm sorry you had a nasty experience with a meth dealer, but it doesn't make amphetamines evil.