Informed Sources: Jan. 31, 1994

Military Blocks Plutonium Investigation

Washington -- The Defense Department refuses to tell Energy Secretary Hazel O'Leary exactly how much plutonium is used in its weapons around the world. O'Leary has been on a campaign to make public the government's uses and abuses of radiation and radioactive material over the years. However, Pentagon officials maintain that giving her information about the exact amount of plutonium used in the military's stockpile of strategic and tactical warheads would compromise security.

McDougal's Moves

Little Rock -- Jim McDougal is under criminal investigation for his actions as former head of a failed S&L; connected to the...

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