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Peace Activists Deserve Leniency; Their Actions Exposed Dangerous Security Flaws – POGO

http://www.pogo.org/blog/2014/01/peace-activists-deserve-leniency-their-actions-exposed-dangerous-security-flaws.html

January 27, 2014

If justice is served Tuesday, a federal judge will exercise leniency when he sentences Sister Megan Rice, Greg Boertje-Obed, and Michael Walli for their non-violent protest at the Y-12 nuclear facility in Oak Ridge, Tenn., in July 2012.

The three peace activists did much more to raise awareness about the security gaps at Y-12 than any harm committed when they breached the compound’s outer fence.

Important lessons were learned about the nuclear weapons complex’s security failings and, more importantly, the failings were discovered through non-violent methods.

We hope the court will take into account that the only real impact their protest had was to expose the extremely flawed and dangerous security at Y-12.

For background on the case, click here.

Image from Transform Now Plowshares.

By: Danielle Brian
Executive Director, POGO

January 27, 2014 - Posted by arclight2011part2 | Uncategorized