DOE begins institute probe: Counterterrorism studied at UNLV

[NVMojo]

The Energy Department has launched an investigation into a UNLV counterterrorism institute to determine whether it has been properly spending millions of dollars in grants it has received from the federal agency.

The inquiry follows a June 18 Sun story that found that the UNLV Institute for Security Studies has abandoned several of its key objectives and has come up short on others, including a promise to make UNLV a leading academic authority in the war on terrorism.

"Based on the media accounts, we want to find out from them (the institute) where they are, what the status of the programs are and how that reflects what they have been telling us," said Darwin Morgan, a spokesman for the Energy Department's National Nuclear Security Administration, which runs the Nevada Test Site.

More than three-quarters of the $8.9 million that the institute has received has come from the Energy Department. Congress also has approved another $5 million for the institute.

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http://www.lasvegassun.com/sunbin/stories/sun/2006/jun/24/566627843.html