Iran: UN nuclear inspector tested positive for explosives

Iran claimed Thursday that the United Nations inspector it prevented from entering a nuclear site last week tested positive for explosives, The Associated Press reported.   Iranian representative Kazem Gharib Abadi reportedly said a detector for explosive nitrates went off when the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) inspector attempted to enter the Natanz facility. He added that the inspector […]

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Overnight Energy: Fight between EPA watchdog, agency lawyers heats up | Top EPA official under investigation over document destruction | DOJ issues subpoenas to automakers in California emissions pact

CUE TOM PETTY’S ‘WON’T BACK DOWN’: The Environmental Protection Agency’s (EPA) inspector general is pushing back on a legal opinion from EPA lawyers that minimized their responsibility to comply with investigations, the latest tit-for-tat between the agency and its internal watchdog. The EPA’s Office of Inspector General (OIG) had originally released a letter Wednesday tearing […]

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