Dave Lindorff: The Welch Whitewash: We Still Don't Know What That Aug. 30 Nuke Incident Was About

Submitted by BuzzFlash on Tue, 02/26/2008 - 5:02pm.

Dave Lindorff

A new report on the August 30 incident in which six nuclear-armed advanced cruise missiles were effectively "lost" for 36 hours, during which time they were, against all regulations, flown in launch position mounted on a pylon on the wing of a B-52H Stratofortress, from Minot AFB in North Dakota across the continental U.S. to Barksdale AFB in Louisiana, has left unanswered some critical questions about the event.