Noah Shachtman of Defense Tech tells BoingBoing: "My latest article on the Los Alamos scandals focuses in on Frank Dickson —
the "last man standing" among the accused in the lab's senior management."
"Give Frank Dickson, general counsel of the beleaguered Los Alamos
National Laboratory, some credit: He's a survivor."Allegations of discrimination and espionage in the 1990s swallowed
up a generation of lab-management staff; Dickson remained.
Accusations of corruption and mismanagement have forced his bosses to
resign and his subordinates to relinquish their responsibilities;
Dickson hung on."Now, the nuclear weapons lab's new director has proclaimed that he's
ready to "drain the swamp" and give it a fresh start. But Dickson,
singled out by Los Alamos whistleblowers for repeatedly interfering
with FBI investigations into lab shenanigans, clings to power — for
now…
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