Litany of security breaches at US government science institute revealed

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National Institute of Standards and Technology’s security lapses persist, more than two years after illegal meth production was uncovered at one of its sites

The US National Institute of Standards and Technology (NIST) was rocked by a scandal two years ago when a member of the agency’s security force caused an explosion on its Maryland campus while working to illegally manufacture methamphetamine in a NIST lab. Additional troubling security failures have since been revealed.