Glenn Walp

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New Missions, Old Problems

Los Alamos was the site of the design and development of America's
first atomic weapons. Over the years, it remained the premier
nuclear-design laboratory and developed many of the warheads currently
in the U.S. nuclear arsenal. In 1993, the Clinton administration shut
down all nuclear testing and also the design of new warheads. The lab
now says its mission is to enhance global security by ensuring the
safety and reliability of the existing U.S. nuclear stockpile,
developing technologies to reduce threats from weapons of mass
destruction, and solving problems related to energy, environment,
infrastructure, health and national security concerns. The lab has a
$1.4 billion annual budget, mostly in federal funding from the Energy
Department and other government agencies, and is the largest employer
in northern New Mexico. Public documents also indicate that the lab
manages just under $1 billion of federal property.

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The settlement, "represents a solid victory for all Americans whose
hard earned monies were egregiously wasted and misused by leaders and
managers at the Los Alamos Lab," said Walp in announcing the
settlement. "Hopefully, this settlement will initiate the dawn of a new
approach wherein all national lab contractors conscientiously strive to
be wise stewards of tax dollars, and aggressively and appropriately
address the issues of corruption and crime."

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Walp and Doran said they had first started working on the NIS case in
July, but after they told Busboom about it, their superiors "made it
extremely difficult for us to continue." They both thought it was time
to call in the FBI, but their supervisors told them "that we were not
allowed to communicate with the FBI" regarding this or any other
investigation. They said two days before the FBI served the search
warrants on Bussolini and Alexander, they were taken off the case and
cut off from any contact with the Bureau. The FBI requested that they
be reassigned to the case, but the lab refused.

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The whistleblowers alleged that other lab employees have used
government credit cards to purchase diamond jewelry, customized golf
equipment, refrigerators, and televisions and VCRs. Walp and Doran
confirmed this, adding that "literally thousands of items" have been
bought without authorization. Doran said it would take "six hours" to
list everything they had uncovered. The two were particularly disturbed
that managers allowed the offenders to repay the lab and then quietly
resign. Title 18 of the U.S. federal code authorizes prosecution of
such activities as federal crimes.

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The lab had a purchasing order agreement worth $2.7 million with Mesa
Equipment and Supply of Albuquerque, NM. With Bussolini's approval,
Alexander was authorized to buy air compressors, vacuum systems,
machine tools and machine shop supplies, most likely in support of the
division's programs to develop sophisticated bio-warfare agent
detectors, arms control monitoring and verification sensors, and other
highly sensitive national security technical projects.

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Extensive national media attention and House Energy and Commerce
Committee investigative hearings followed in the wake of Mr. Walp and
Mr. Doran's firings and helped to put a spotlight on problems that went
unaddressed for years, even after the sensational Wen Ho Lee scandal.
As a result of disclosures by Mr. Walp and Mr. Doran, 18 top officials
at Los Alamos Lab were either fired, demoted, or transferred including
its Director and Deputy Director. In response, Department of Energy
(DOE) Secretary Abraham announced that the contract to manage Los
Alamos National Laboratory would be offered up for competition for the
first time in the Lab's 60-year history. More significantly, Secretary
Abraham directed an overhaul of security at the nation's nuclear
weapons labs.