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May 9, 2013

Peace Activists Convicted for Protest at Tennessee Nuclear Site 
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Three peace activists have been convicted for infiltrating the U.S.
government’s lone site for handling and processing weapons-grade
uranium last July. Calling themselves the "Transform Now Plowshares,"
the three cut through fences to paint slogans and throw blood on the
wall of the Y12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge, Tennessee. The Y12
facility processes uranium for new hydrogen bombs and makes nuclear
warheads. On Wednesday, a jury found the three activists —
83-year-old nun Sister Megan Rice, Vietnam War veteran Michael Walli,
and Greg Boertje-Obed — guilty of damaging a so-called "national
defense" site. The charges carry a prison sentence of up to 20 years.

 

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