NUCLEAR PHYSICIST WILL HEAD FBI'S TROUBLED CRIME LAB.Byline: David Johnston David Johnston can refer to more than one person:
New York, Middle Atlantic state of the United States. It is bordered by Vermont, Massachusetts, Connecticut, and the Atlantic Ocean (E), New Jersey and Pennsylvania (S), Lakes Erie and Ontario and the Canadian province of Times The FBI announced the appointment Tuesday of a nuclear weapons physicist with no forensic Belonging to courts of justice. forensic 1) adj. from Latin forensis for "belonging to the forum," ancient Rome's site for public debate, and currently meaning pertaining to the courts. experience to head the law enforcement agency's crime laboratory, which was harshly criticized for substandard substandard, adj below an acceptable level of performance. performance in a recent Justice Department report. The selection of the scientist, Donald M. Kerr Jr., came after an inspector general's report in April found what investigators described as serious flaws in scientific practices at a laboratory that for decades had symbolized the Federal Bureau of Investigation's commitment to high-tech investigative techniques. On Tuesday, FBI Director Louis J. Freeh said Kerr would bring a record of scientific achievement and managerial ability to the laboratory. Kerr, who is 58, formerly headed the Los Alamos National Laboratory Los Alamos National Laboratory (LANL) (previously known at various times as Site Y, Los Alamos Laboratory, and Los Alamos Scientific Laboratory) is a United States Department of Energy (DOE) national laboratory, managed and operated by Los Alamos National , the nuclear weapons and research institution. He also held senior positions at the Energy Department that included responsibility for nuclear weapons development, production and intelligence. |
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