Congressional red team discovers that it's trivial to acquire all the materials for a dirty nuke

How else will it get the attention needed for mitigation? In computer security, there is a concept of responsible disclosure, but if a vendor doesn’t address it, then public disclosure is what is needed to ensure mitigating the issue gets proper attention.

Meh! It’s made a few passes through the news cycle already. It will again, undoubtedly.

And of course news organizations are none too fond of proportional reactions like, “For a lot of radioactive materials the best way to protect yourself is take a shower right after and throw away your clothes you were wearing.”

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