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The Ambushed Grand Jury: How the Justice Department Covered Up Government Nuclear Crime : And How We Caught Them Red Handed

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I found out about the nuclear link to cancer (radiation.org is one source) after I got non genetic breast cancer 11 months after my mother died of it. I realized our government was not telling the public about the nuclear dangers and the impact on our health. Then I read this book. This book begins with an FBI agent describing a criminal investigation that explored the involvement of the U.S. Department of Energy, the U.S. Department of Justice and the FBI superiors. Learn about these nuclear crimes, the government's role and the people who stood up for the truth. Stunning information! Fabulous book!

This is essential information for nuclear activists, and for survival in areas heavily affected by the nuclear industry including Greater Denver, Colorado; Oak Ridge TN; Hanford, WA; and all other sites from the nuclear warmaking industry--or the "peaceful atom." The pattern of lies and dishonor revealed in this book is common to the entire nuclear industry in all its aspects.

The book describes crimes against the environment, (violations of American law as well as nature's laws). There was a grand jury convened to investigate these crimes and indict the guilty parties. The jury felt that certain people should be indicted, but the government prosecutor violated the ordinary rules of American jurisprudence to bargain all indictments out of existence.

Naturally, this upset the Grand Jury--but I think the government was right in that action. Crimes occurred, all right, but were due to two entire agencies: both the Department of Energy and the Department of Defense valued the production of plutonium pits more than environmental regulations. To single out individuals is simply inaccurate and unfair. Nor is blame necessarily the wisest way to handle a disaster. The future is what counts, and handling the future may require removing the disincentives for facing the truth which come with criminal investigations.

The threat to the future from Pu-235 and other legacies of the bomb-making era is grave indeed. Handling it requires much more honor and forthright information than the government has produced so far. Understanding the deviousness revealed in this book will be necessary to get that improved information, for a better future for the entire human race.