>Al Qaeda Suspect Worked at PSE&G Nuclear Plant
“Perhaps the Police should spend a little less time harassing motorist and bit more time getting back to real Police work and an obvious mistake like this would have been avoided?”
Ok folks sorry for the misunderstanding the staffs comment above has nothing to do with the Ridgewood Police Department at all! . The Term “Police” was used in general generic terms. Obviously there is no nuclear power plant in Ridgewood ..yet .
But we do stick by the statement the the “Police” should be more involved in the pursuit of terror suspects where ever they are working and keeping the public safe. After all the “Police” can kick your door down if your 17 year old enjoys a beer with you while watching a football game . The “Police” can also pull you over with almost any excuse on the road and in Municipal court their word goes unchallenged. Obvious drivers get many tickets they deserve ,but using the Police as tax collectors or letting unions decide what is or is not “Police” business is totally unacceptable. If you can pull over a young driver because he or she does not have the right color sticker on his or her car, then you can certainly expect the “Police” to pay some attention when the known Al Quada operative is working at your local nuclear power plant .
As for “over zealous ticketing”, lets face it its true in many places and statistically easy to prove.Since I travel a lot and I find if I avoid certain towns I just don’t get any tickets at all end of story .So if you feel a town is over zealous the Ridgewood blog suggests you boycott it ,never spend any money there ever . It is a lot easier than you think .I no longer frequent the Jersey Shore for this very reason there are just too many over places to go to the beach , who needs the hassle.
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PJ Blogger
Al Qaeda Suspect Worked at 5 U.S. Nuclear Plants
Published March 12, 2010 | AP
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/12/al-qaeda-suspect-worked-nuclear-plants/
Before he was rounded up in a sweep of suspected Al Qaeda terrorists in Yemen, Sharif Mobley was a laborer at five nuclear plant complexes in Maryland, New Jersey and Pennsylvania.
Authorities are investigating whether he might have had any access to sensitive information that would have been useful to terrorists.
Edwin Lyman, a senior staff scientist with the Union of Concerned Scientists, a watchdog of the nuclear power industry, said the case raises questions about security at the nation’s nuclear power plants — even though Mobley has not been linked to any wrongdoing at any of them.
Some of the information used to give temporary workers like Mobley clearance comes from other nuclear power companies and is sometimes incomplete, Lyman said.
“The real question is: Was there information that the NRC or utilities could have seen that would have led to his disqualification?” Lyman asked.
Meanwhile, a law enforcement official said Friday that the U.S. government was aware of Mobley’s potential extremist ties before Yemeni officials arrested him, but did not provide a time frame or details about what exactly was known about him.
The official spoke on condition of anonymity to discuss an ongoing investigation.
The Nuclear Regulatory Commission said Friday that Mobley worked between 2002 and 2008 for contractors who did work at the Salem and Hope Creek plants in New Jersey; the Peach Bottom, Limerick and Three Mile Island facilities in Pennsylvania; and Calvert Cliffs in Maryland.
Officials at PSEG Nuclear, which runs the complex in New Jersey, say he carried supplies and worked on routine maintenance mostly during periodic refueling outages, when hundreds of contracted employees descend upon the plants.
full story:
https://www.foxnews.com/us/2010/03/12/al-qaeda-suspect-worked-nuclear-plants/
