Secretary Richardson has just allowed the same thing to be done to another champion of improved security practices, the Associate Director for National Security Programs at Los Alamos, Dr. Stephen Younger .

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And presenting himself as a champion of the past, a fighter for a simpler time, just may be enough to propel someone to the White House whose policies are, to many, outlandish, terrifying, and dangerous.

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