Nun, Two Other Peace Activists to Be Sentenced for Breaking Into Nuclear Facility
In Tennessee
An elderly nun and two peace activists are scheduled to be sentenced in federal court on Tuesday for breaking into a Tennessee defense facility where enriched uranium for nuclear bombs is stored.
Sister Megan Rice, Michael Walli, and Greg Boertje-Obed have admitted to cutting fences and making their way across the Y-12 National Security Complex in Oak Ridge, Tennessee, in July 2012, embarrassing U.S. officials and prompting security changes.
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Is it too much to hope for that they were convicted of Ostentatious Stupidity?