Rocky Flats Investigation

The World

Scott Schlegel reports from Denver on the controversy surrounding the US Justice Department’s plea bargain with the defense contractor Rockwell International over environmental crimes at the Rocky Flats Nuclear Weapons plant. Three Congressional committees are investigating the Justice Department’s conduct in the Rocky Flats case and several other environmental prosecutions.

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