Besides the chemical weapons plant, the complex at Rabta includes installations used to make rockets and weapons, analysts have said.
And although there are still many unanswered questions about the exact identities of the attackers, and how they were able to smuggle weapons in, the complex management says security has been dramatically improved.
A spokeswoman for the Energy Department, Lisa Cutler, asked about the letter, said on Friday: "The weapons complex is among the most secure facilities in the world, and would present a very formidable challenge to any terrorist organization.
"The objections have been echoing around the weapons complex for the last couple of years," said Christopher Paine, a senior researcher at the Natural Resources Defense Council.
As the paper notes, the weapons complex was underfunded" for the five previous years.
And a new report on how the administration will spend the $84 billion pledged for the nuclear weapons complex over the next decade suggests that the costs of the nuclear weapons plants will only go higher (and higher) from here forward (for an analysis of the administration's report, see this analysis posted at the Union of Concerned Scientists blog, "All Things Nuclear").
Beryllium is a metal for which the weapons complex was the only consumer for several decades.
The physicist, who has spent much of his career in the weapons complex, had led the lab since 1997.
In fact, he's been successful in creating a culture of federal hands off the contractors in the weapons complex.
Depending on the nature of your assignment, you might have to set aside a considerable amount of time to monitor these surveillance media, as well, so get ready for a lot of long hours sitting by and listening to static, or listening to the CEO of the weapons complex talk about horses with his concubine.
