Wednesday, February 05, 2014

Another exam cheating scandal hits Navy nuclear force

Cheating is not new, but we are living in a time when the very rich who fund the media (including films, TV, songs, "news") have encouraged a culture that esteems lust for power and wealth, narcissists, and psychopathic behaviour.

http://apnews.myway.com/article/20140205/DABOVDVO1.html

Feb 5, 3:32 AM (ET)
By ROBERT BURNS

WASHINGTON (AP) - In a new twist to a widening tale of ethical lapses in the military, the Navy is investigating cheating allegations against about one-fifth of its trainers at a school for naval nuclear power reactor operators.

It is the second exam-cheating scandal to hit the military this year, on top of a series of disclosures in recent months of ethical lapses at all ranks in the military as it transitions from more than a decade of war-fighting.

Unlike an Air Force cheating probe that has implicated nearly 100 officers responsible for land-based nuclear missiles that stand ready for short-notice launch, those implicated in the Navy investigation have no responsibility for nuclear weapons.

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Adm. John Richardson, director of the Navy's nuclear propulsion program, said an undisclosed number of senior sailors are alleged to have provided test information to their peers. He was not more specific, but one official said the information was shared from the sailors' home computers, which could be a violation of security rules because information about nuclear reactors operations is classified.

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Richardson said the alleged cheating at Charleston came to light Monday when a senior enlisted sailor at the training site reported it to higher authorities. Richardson said the unidentified sailor "recognized that this was wrong" and chose to report it.

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