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03-27-2006, 08:41 PM
Government investigators smuggled radioactive materials into U.S.
From David de Sola
Monday, March 27, 2006
Sen. Norm Coleman's subcommittee begins hearings Tuesday on the findings of the investigation.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two teams of government investigators using fake documents were able to enter the United States with enough radioactive sources to make two dirty bombs, according to a federal report made available Monday.
The investigators purchased a "small quantity" of radioactive materials from a commercial source while posing as employees of a fictitious company and brought the materials into the United States through checkpoints on the northern and southern borders, according to a Government Accountability Office report prepared for Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican.
"It's just an indictment of the system that it's easier to get radiological material than it is to get cold medicine," said a senior subcommittee staffer about the findings.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/27/radioactive.smuggling/index.html
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Speaking about cold medicine...
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Senator: Drugs seized to push Part D
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- A spike in federal seizures of drugs shipped from Canada is part of an administration plan to push Medicare Part D.
That was the charge made by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., in a statement released Wednesday.
Almost 13,000 drug shipments from Canadian pharmacies have been seized in the last four months, the senator said.
Nelson said an unnamed source confirmed that there has been a change in administration policy to begin seizing the drugs coming across the border from Canadian pharmacies.
"Seniors on fixed incomes rely on Canadian pharmacies because it's still cheaper than Medicare," he said. "It's clear this is a scheme designed to force seniors into the new Medicare prescription drug plan.
"People with serious health problems were left with no medication and without any advance notification," Nelson added.
American consumers, Canadian pharmacies and elected officials had reported a crackdown on mail-order prescription-drug shipments by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection beginning in November.
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20060309-021726-9848r
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Priorities people, priorities...Pharmicudical companies or the American public?
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From David de Sola
Monday, March 27, 2006
Sen. Norm Coleman's subcommittee begins hearings Tuesday on the findings of the investigation.
WASHINGTON (CNN) -- Two teams of government investigators using fake documents were able to enter the United States with enough radioactive sources to make two dirty bombs, according to a federal report made available Monday.
The investigators purchased a "small quantity" of radioactive materials from a commercial source while posing as employees of a fictitious company and brought the materials into the United States through checkpoints on the northern and southern borders, according to a Government Accountability Office report prepared for Senate Permanent Subcommittee on Investigations Chairman Norm Coleman, a Minnesota Republican.
"It's just an indictment of the system that it's easier to get radiological material than it is to get cold medicine," said a senior subcommittee staffer about the findings.
http://www.cnn.com/2006/US/03/27/radioactive.smuggling/index.html
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Speaking about cold medicine...
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Senator: Drugs seized to push Part D
WASHINGTON, March 9 (UPI) -- A spike in federal seizures of drugs shipped from Canada is part of an administration plan to push Medicare Part D.
That was the charge made by Sen. Bill Nelson, D-Fla., in a statement released Wednesday.
Almost 13,000 drug shipments from Canadian pharmacies have been seized in the last four months, the senator said.
Nelson said an unnamed source confirmed that there has been a change in administration policy to begin seizing the drugs coming across the border from Canadian pharmacies.
"Seniors on fixed incomes rely on Canadian pharmacies because it's still cheaper than Medicare," he said. "It's clear this is a scheme designed to force seniors into the new Medicare prescription drug plan.
"People with serious health problems were left with no medication and without any advance notification," Nelson added.
American consumers, Canadian pharmacies and elected officials had reported a crackdown on mail-order prescription-drug shipments by the U.S. Customs and Border Protection beginning in November.
http://www.upi.com/HealthBusiness/view.php?StoryID=20060309-021726-9848r
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Priorities people, priorities...Pharmicudical companies or the American public?
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