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June 17, 2015

U.K. Nuclear Whistleblower Gets Dishonorable Discharge 
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The whistleblower who exposed rampant security flaws on the submarines
carrying Britain's nuclear warheads has been dishonorably discharged
from the British Royal Navy. Able Seaman William Mc Neilly detailed the
lapses in an 18-page report for Wiki Leaks, writing that it's "harder to
get into most nightclubs" than into sensitive areas of the nuclear base
in Scotland. Mc Neilly turned himself in to police last month. In a new
report posted online, Mc Neilly says all of the charges against him have
been dropped, but he has been dishonorably discharged "on the claim that
my sole aim was to discredit [the Navy's] public image. It is shocking
that some people in a military force can be more concerned about public
image than public safety."

 

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