A FORMER EMPLOYEE AT LOS ALAMOS NATIONAL LABORATORY IS SUING LANL FOR BREACH OF CONTRACT. JUAN MONTOYA WAS FIRED AFTER HE SHIPPED WEAPONS-GRADE PLUTONIUM BY AIR INSTEAD OF BY GROUND AS REQUIRED BY REGULATIONS.
THE SANTA FE NEW MEXICAN REPORTS THAT MONTOYA CLAIMS HE WAS MADE A SCAPEGOAT FOR VARIOUS PROBLEMS AT THE LAB. A LAB SPOKESMAN TELLS THE NEW MEXICAN MONTOYA WAS NOT SINGLED OUT.
MONTOYA HAD WORKED AT LOS ALAMOS FOR 15 YEARS.
