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Christopher Shays: What I was struck by was that they showed me a nuclear weapon that they made basically out of material they could have…

On the recordSeptember 25, 2007
What I was struck by was that they showed me a nuclear weapon that they made basically out of material they could have bought at Home Depot. The only thing they needed was weapons-grade material. So I am struck by the stakes being so high, and yet we want to make it harder, not easier, to get the terrorists than to get the organized crime.
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Christopher Shays
Connecticut

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Discussing the threat of nuclear weapons and terrorism.

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