Jury finds Y-12 intruders guilty of injuring national defense

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Source: Knoxville News Sentinel

Sister Megan Rice, Michael Walli and Greg Boertje-Obed surprised everyone, including themselves, when they managed to penetrate the high-security core of the Y-12 nuclear weapons plant in Oak Ridge last summer and stage an unprecedented protest at the foot of the nation’s storehouse for bomb-grade uranium.

But no one seemed shocked Wednesday after a jury found them guilty on both felony charges brought by the federal government, including the rarely used count of injuring or obstructing the national defense. A third felony count was dropped before the trial began.

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Read more: http://www.knoxnews.com/news/2013/may/08/jury-finds-y-12-intruders-guilty-of-injuring/

[BlueJazz]

1. "guilty of injuring national defense"....huh ?...seems to me that National Defence was....

..in a pretty sorry-ass state if an 86 year old Nun can break through it.
















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2. I was thinking that our National Defense should focus on the well being and safety of our

whole country.... The unemployed, the homeless, those too poor to use their health care, our crumbling infrastructure...

[NYC_SKP]

3. They're in jail now for 2 to 4 months to wait for sentencing?

Thapar set a hearing for Thursday morning to clarify that designation and determine if they’re eligible for release. In the meantime, he ordered the three be placed in jail, and they were taken to the Blount County Detention Center on Wednesday evening.

Attorneys said sentencing likely won’t take place for three or four months.