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Review Finds Los Alamos Lapses On Keeping Information Classified

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Federal investigators say a Los Alamos National Laboratory misclassified information that should have been kept secret but instead was made public.

The Santa Fe New Mexican reports that a review by the U.S. Department of Energy's Office of Inspector General found that an official at the bomb-building lab didn't adequately protect classified information in six instances.

Those included an employee's remarks to a public gathering in which the employee unknowingly included material that should have been classified. Another involved an employee's article that included material that should have been classified but wasn't.

The review said the classification officer was lax about keeping his staff current on guidelines for determining what information must be kept secret.

The lab said it's taking steps to address the issues raised by the review.

Information from: Santa Fe New Mexican. 

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