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17th May 2015 from TwitLonger
Whistleblower William McNeilly - read his statements about #Trident here [links]
There are at least two versions on the web of 25 yr old Royal Navy whistleblower William McNeilly's statement about safety and security issues with the Trident nuclear weapons system. Here is a comparison of the first paragraphs of each statement with links to full texts. Version 1 is written on 11 May and Version 2 appears to have been written more recently.
Both statements express McNeilly's motivation for speaking out. Echoes of Chelsea Manning...
McNeilly is currently AWOL.
Rob Edwards' report on the content of the statement (Version 1) can be read here:
http://www.robedwards.com/2015/05/trident-is-a-disaster-waiting-to-happen-says-nuclear-whistleblower.html
VERSION 1 first paragraph
http://www.youblisher.com/p/1138795-William/
My name is William McNeilly. I am an Engineering Technician Weapons Engineer Submariner for the UK's Trident II D5 Strategic Weapons System. I sent this report on the 05/05/15 to every major newspaper, freelance journalists, and whistle-blower I could find. It is now the 11/05/15. I’ve had zero acknowledgement from anyone. The penalty for releasing this will be life prison if I’m lucky. I’m supposed to be being watched for Top Secret Clearance yet after sending a report containing information about how close the Nuclear Weapon System is to a disaster, I’ve made 3 flights and returned to the UK with still no acknowledgement from anyone. The worst fear for me isn’t prison or being assassinated, it’s the fear of sacrificing everything I have just to warn the public and yet never be heard. My leave expires today, I will be haunted down for not turning up. When I’m found I will confess and will no longer be able to keep trying to warn the public. Please release this information in whichever way you can. This is bigger than me, it’s bigger than all of us. We are so close to a nuclear disaster it is shocking, and yet everybody is accepting the risk to the public. If we don’t act now lives could be lost for generations.
VERSION 2 first paragraph
http://www.scribd.com/doc/265119365/The-Sec-ret-Nuc-lea-r-Th-re-At
My name is William McNeilly. I am an Engineering Technician Submariner for the UK's Trident II D5 Strategic Weapons System. I sent this report on the 05/05/15 to every major newspaper, freelance journalists, and whistle-blower I could find. Almost all my email accounts have now been blocked, I need your help informing the public and the government. I don’t know how many laws I’ve broken along the way; I doubt men live long enough to serve the sentence they’ll give me. There’s still a small chance of a pardon one day. The good news is the report has been acknowledged; the killing me option is no longer beneficial for them. They will now try to down play the information in this report, but anyone who reads the report will understand: my information comes from good sources, I have no reason to lie and they will understand if change isn’t made a nuclear catastrophe almost certainly will happen. The people who still serve Trident will continue to put their uniform on, collect their pay checks, try to cover this up and pretend they serve you, but we all die one day and when that day comes I will know I wasn’t a slave to money or fear.