Nuclear regulators try to obstruct Congressional oversight

[bananas]

5. This is very bad, and I'm very disappointed that Alison Macfarlane is going along with it.

Where there's smoke, there's fire. These changes indicate there's either something they are covering up now, or something they intend to cover up in the future, or more likely both. We should assume both, since that's historically common.

A lot of information about nuclear energy is already classified.
There are already procedures for this.
Any information which *might* constitute a national security issue *will* be classified.
The current classification system is often criticized for unnecessarily classifying too much information.
Any national security issues, including local terrorism, would already be classified.
So these changes are not about national security issues.
These changes can only be to hide corrupt practices - both ongoing and planned for the future.

On top of that, the sleazy attempts by NRC workers to intimidate Boxer's staff.
No wonder Boxer is pissed - and justifiably so.

I won't be surprised to find Alison Macfarlane subpoenaed to testify under oath within the next 2 years.
And I won't be surprised if she takes the fifth on every question.