By George Lobsenz In an "incident of security concern" at the Energy Department's highly sensitive Y-12 plant, unauthorized laptop computers were repeatedly brought into the restricted area of the Tennessee high-enriched uranium facility--raising the risk of classified information breaches--and the plant operator failed to promptly report the security lapses to DoE headquarters as required, the department's inspector general said last week. Inspector General Gregory Friedman said his investigation into the laptop lapses indicated no classified information was lost, but he…
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