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May 21, 2015

Navy Whistleblower Who Exposed U.K. Nuclear Risks Arrested 
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A Royal Navy whistleblower who exposed security problems at Britain's
Trident nuclear base in Scotland is in naval police custody after about
a week on the run. In an 18-page report published by Wiki Leaks, Able
Seaman William Mc Neilly wrote: "We are so close to a nuclear disaster
it is shocking, and yet everybody is accepting the risk to the public."
Mc Neilly describes a fire on board a submarine, the use of a missile
compartment as a gym, an alleged coverup of a submarine collision and
lax security which makes it "harder to get into most nightclubs" than
into restricted areas of the nuclear base. British authorities have said
they will not prosecute Mc Neilly under the Official Secrets Act, a move
critics have said is aimed at averting further scrutiny of his
revelations.

 

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