IT MIGHT BE HARD TO PICTURE AT THIS juncture in American history, but there are times, even now, when working for the government can be exciting. Consider a secret Department of Energy training exercise--code name: Mirage Gold--that was staged in New Orleans in October 1994. Hundreds of normally lab-bound nuclear scientists fanned out through the French Quarter carrying briefcases with hidden radiation detectors, while rental vans packed with high-tech electronics roamed the streets and planes fitted with spy cameras swooped overhead. After three days, they found what they were hunting for: a simulated nuclear weapon hidden on a nearby naval base.
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