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Indian Point ripe for terror attack, security guard says

Lt. Clifton Travis says security personnel at the

Photo credit: Thomas Zambito | Lt. Clifton Travis says security personnel at the Indian Point power plant would sleep and play video games on the job. (Sept. 14, 2012)

A mock terror drill conducted at Indian Point last year highlighted the nuclear power plant's vulnerability to an act of "radioactive sabotage," a security guard there alleges.

"Not one adversary was taken down during the drill," Clifton "Skip" Travis Jr., an Indian Point lieutenant, said at a news conference Friday outside the gates of the Entergy-run facility.

"They attacked in the...

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