Is Latest Trident 'Nuclear Whistleblower' Real, or Part of a Bigger Ruse?
Source: 21stcenturywire.com
What is the real story? Is it really about how safe Britain's 'nuclear deterrent' is, or is there more to this narrative?
Previously a 25-year-old British weapons engineer serving on board the HMS Victorious had leaked information to the public about multiple security lapses and technical faults in Britain's Trident nuclear missile submarine carrier fleet, stationed at Faslane on the Clyde, Scotland.
According to an 18 page report published on WikiLeaks entitled The Nuclear Secrets,whistleblower William McNeilly described how potential attackers had “the perfect opportunity to send nuclear warheads crashing down on the UK.”
“It’s just a matter of time before we’re infiltrated by a psychopath or a terrorist,” he said. “There were some people that I served with on that patrol who showed clear psychopathic tendencies.”
Is this a genuine case of a whistleblower revealing what he knows, or is there more to this story than meets the eye?
As if by magic, the Wikileaks report was released only 3 days before the General Election. The timing of this “whistleblower” controversy was uncanny and could be viewed as suspect. Consider the timing of this scandal. Trident featured as one of the main talking points in the run-up to the UK General Election. The Guardian explains:
“Labour and the Conservatives have publicly recommitted themselves to the renewal of Trident, pledging that it is a red line, set in concrete and, as David Cameron told the Commons in March this year, “non-negotiable”.
So that’s that then? Renewal of Britain’s nuclear deterrent a done deal? Only until after the votes have been counted. Trident’s future is still uncertain.”
At the center of this seeminglypolitical struggle is the Scottish National Party (SNP). The campaign to ‘Get Trident nukes out of Scotland’ was one of the SNP’s central planks in their successful general election campaign which saw them sweep into power with 56 of the 59 available parliamentary seats. Writer James Kelly from IB Times explains the political nature of Trident in Scotland:
“Most SNP members want Trident off the Clyde every bit as passionately as they want independence. In fact, many of them support independence partly because it would rid the country of nuclear weapons.”
If it turns out that the objective can be realised within the confines of the UK, the reaction will be one of stunned delight and relief, not of consternation or a sense that a “tactic” for independence has somehow been thwarted.”
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