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Sister Megan Rice could face 16 years in gaol

DC hearing focuses on nuclear weapons plant breach  : http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/DC-hearing-focuses-on-nuclear-weapons-plant-breach-3860050.php#ixzz26OOxIhdu   ERIK SCHELZIG, Associated Press , September 12, 2012 NASHVILLE, Tenn. (AP) — An 82-year-old Roman Catholic nun accused of breaching security at the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Tennessee with two fellow peace activists elicited both praise and criticism Wednesday at a congressional hearing on the intrusion.

Sister Megan Rice and her co-defendants face federal charges that could carry a maximum prison sentence of 16 years in prison if convicted. Authorities said the activists cut through security fences July 28 surrounding the Highly Enriched Uranium Materials Facility at Y-12 and defaced the building with blood and spray paint.

Rep. Joe Barton, R-Texas, asked Rice to stand in the audience at Wednesday’s hearing of the House Energy and Commerce oversight and investigations subcommittee in Washington.

“While I don’t totally agree with your platform that you were espousing, I do thank you for bringing out the inadequacies in our security system,” Barton said.http://www.seattlepi.com/news/article/DC-hearing-focuses-on-nuclear-weapons-plant-breach-3860050.php#ixzz26OOpOmJD

September 13, 2012 - Posted by Christina Macpherson | general