The state of Nevada has displayed "remarkable" disregard for national security in its continued legal battle over the secret shipment of weapons-grade plutonium to a site near Las Vegas, according to the U.S. Department of Energy. Nevada says the Trump administration abused "top secret" classifications to meet the court-ordered removal of plutonium from South Carolina by the end of this year. The state's lawyers said in court documents that Perry's department cannot be trusted because of past misrepresentations about the covert shipment. "It should not be surprising that the United States carefully secures this information and it is remarkable that Nevada finds fault with the result," the agency's lawyers wrote. The agency "worked backward to justify its selection and hurried to ship before Nevada found out."

Source: ABC News May 02, 2019 22:18 UTC