According to the New York Times, the site--set up by the US Government--posted documents that weapons experts said contained detailed accounts of Iraq's nuclear research and detailed instructions on how to build an atom bomb. About a dozen documents provided charts, diagrams, equations, and long narratives about bomb building.

The report cites that National Intelligence Director John Negroponte resisted setting up the Web site, but George W. Bush approved the Congressional Republicans' initiative in hopes that analysis of some of the 48,000 boxes of documents seized in the war would provide some evidence in the search for proof that Saddam Hussein had weapons of mass destruction.

Access to the site has been suspended "pending a review to ensure its content is appropriate for public viewing." They had better do some serious reviewing before the site goes live again and hope that the information has not already fallen upon the wrong eyes, like Iran perhaps.

Once again we see an unattractive portrait of the conservatives in Congress. Have they put our national security in danger again? And how will it affect voter turnout in this time of growing disenchantment with the current Republican administration?

Source:
NYT: U.S. Web Archive Is Said to Reveal a Nuclear Primer
Reuters:U.S. shuts Web site Said to Reveal Nuclear Guide