{"id":26555,"date":"2020-08-29T11:18:10","date_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:18:10","guid":{"rendered":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=26555"},"modified":"2020-08-29T11:18:10","modified_gmt":"2020-08-29T15:18:10","slug":"sandia-labs-goes-nuclear-on-employee-who-sparked-internal-revolt-over-critical-race-theory","status":"publish","type":"post","link":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/?p=26555","title":{"rendered":"Sandia Labs Goes Nuclear On Employee Who Sparked Internal Revolt Over Critical Race Theory"},"content":{"rendered":"<p><!--more-->ZeroHedge.com<\/p>\n<p>Sandia Labs &#8211; America&#8217;s premiere government-funded nuclear weapons design lab, has taken aggressive action against an employee,\u00a0<strong>Casey Peterson<\/strong>, who produced a viral video &#8220;pushing back on the narrative of modern systemic racism and white privilege.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the long and short of it via\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.discovery.org\/p\/rufo\/\">Christopher Rufo<\/a>\u00a0&#8211; director of the Discovery Institute&#8217;s Center on Wealth &amp; Poverty, who has directed\u00a0<strong>four<\/strong>\u00a0documentaries for PBS, Netflix and international television &#8211;\u00a0<strong>and has\u00a0<a href=\"https:\/\/www.foxnews.com\/us\/chris-rufo-one-man-war-race-theory\">declared &#8216;war&#8217;<\/a>\u00a0on critical race theory<\/strong>.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-0\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-0&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=false&amp;id=1299008750729097216&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fsandia-labs-goes-nuclear-employee-who-sparked-internal-revolt-over-critical-race-theory&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1299008750729097216\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p><em>Rufo continues:<\/em><\/p>\n<p><em><strong>On Tuesday, Peterson made a YouTube video &#8220;pushing back back on the narrative of modern systemic racism and white privilege.&#8221;<\/strong><\/em><\/p>\n<p>The video quickly hit 10,000 views within the labs and dozens of Sandia employees contacted Peterson to express support.<\/p>\n<p>Within hours,\u00a0<strong>Sandia executives dispatched a counterintelligence team to lock Peterson out of the network<\/strong>\u00a0and scrub his communications from internal servers\u2014which, via the Streisand Effect, made the video even more viral and sparked widespread unrest against Sandia executives.<\/p>\n<p><strong>By the afternoon, executives were panicking about the brewing rebellion<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>placed Peterson on paid administrative leave<\/strong>,\u00a0<strong>and established a &#8220;security review board&#8221; to &#8220;evaluate whether [his] actions have comprised or posed a threat to Sandia computing and security systems.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p>Peterson\u2014who took a stand at grave risk to his career\u2014says he is speaking on behalf of all of Sandia employees who are &#8220;scared to speak out&#8221; because of the lab&#8217;s repressive culture.\u00a0<strong>&#8220;If I get fired because of this,&#8221; Peterson says, &#8220;the fight does not end, it only intensifies.&#8221;<\/strong><\/p>\n<p><strong>This is the first explicit rebellion against critical race theory in the federal government<\/strong>\u2014and the coalition is growing. &#8220;We need to completely rip [critical race theory] out of Sandia root and stem,&#8221; Peterson says. &#8220;It is cancer and we need to get it out of the labs right now.&#8221;<\/p>\n<p><strong>Sandia executives have made it clear: they want to force critical race theory, race-segregated trainings, and white male reeducation camps on their employees<\/strong>\u2014and all dissent will be severely punished. Progressive employees will be rewarded; conservative employees will be purged.<\/p>\n<p>Keep this in mind:\u00a0<strong>Sandia Labs is a federally-funded research agency and designs America&#8217;s nuclear weapons<\/strong>. Senator @HawleyMO and @SecBrouillette have launched an inspector general investigation, but Sandia executives have only accelerated their purge against conservatives.<\/p>\n<p>Sandia executives face a decision-point: they can back down and Peterson&#8217;s rebellion will notch an internal victory; or they can fire him and Peterson will become further evidence of Sandia&#8217;s corrupt and repressive culture. In a sense, Peterson cannot lose.<\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-1\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-1&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1299024394954539008&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fsandia-labs-goes-nuclear-employee-who-sparked-internal-revolt-over-critical-race-theory&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1299024394954539008\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Here&#8217;s the bottom line:\u00a0<strong>this is the first shot in the rebellion against critical race theory in the federal government<\/strong>. Casey Peterson has taken a courageous stand and the Inspector General must conduct a full investigation of Sandia Labs\u2014and hold executives accountable.<\/p>\n<aside class=\"newsletter-insert\" data-gtm-vis-recent-on-screen-2077925_80=\"24626\" data-gtm-vis-first-on-screen-2077925_80=\"24626\" data-gtm-vis-total-visible-time-2077925_80=\"100\" data-gtm-vis-has-fired-2077925_80=\"1\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__left-section\">\n<h2 class=\"newsletter-insert__title\">NEVER MISS THE NEWS THAT MATTERS MOST<\/h2>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__right-section\">\n<div class=\"newsletter-insert__right-section-flex-wrapper\">\n<p class=\"newsletter-insert__subtext\">ZEROHEDGE DIRECTLY TO YOUR INBOX<\/p>\n<p class=\"newsletter-insert__subtext_cont\">Receive a daily recap featuring a curated list of must-read stories.<\/p>\n<form class=\"newsletter-insert__form\"><input class=\"newsletter-insert__form-text-input\" type=\"email\" placeholder=\"Your email...\" \/><input class=\"newsletter-insert__form-button\" type=\"submit\" value=\"Subscribe\" \/><\/form>\n<\/div>\n<\/div>\n<\/aside>\n<p>We are opening up a multi-front war against critical race theory in the federal government:\u00a0<strong>(1) investigative reporting to expose the truth; (2) internal rebellions to increase the pressure; (3) inspector general investigations; (4) laying the groundwork for an executive order.<\/strong><\/p>\n<div class=\"twitter-tweet twitter-tweet-rendered\"><iframe id=\"twitter-widget-2\" class=\"\" title=\"Twitter Tweet\" src=\"https:\/\/platform.twitter.com\/embed\/index.html?dnt=false&amp;embedId=twitter-widget-2&amp;frame=false&amp;hideCard=false&amp;hideThread=true&amp;id=1299026731085357058&amp;lang=en&amp;origin=https%3A%2F%2Fwww.zerohedge.com%2Fpolitical%2Fsandia-labs-goes-nuclear-employee-who-sparked-internal-revolt-over-critical-race-theory&amp;siteScreenName=zerohedge&amp;theme=light&amp;widgetsVersion=223fc1c4%3A1596143124634&amp;width=550px\" frameborder=\"0\" scrolling=\"no\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-tweet-id=\"1299026731085357058\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<p>Watch Peterson&#8217;s entire video below:<\/p>\n<div class=\"max-width-video-wrapper\">\n<div class=\"fluid-width-video-wrapper\"><iframe id=\"fitvid500050\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube.com\/embed\/zyNW9nlFDBk\" frameborder=\"0\" allowfullscreen=\"allowfullscreen\" data-mce-fragment=\"1\"><\/iframe><\/div>\n<\/div>\n<div class=\"extras-section\">\n<footer class=\"teaser-details\">___<br \/>\n<a href=\"https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/sandia-labs-goes-nuclear-employee-who-sparked-internal-revolt-over-critical-race-theory\">https:\/\/www.zerohedge.com\/political\/sandia-labs-goes-nuclear-employee-who-sparked-internal-revolt-over-critical-race-theory<\/a><\/p>\n<\/footer>\n<\/div>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"","protected":false},"author":1,"featured_media":0,"comment_status":"closed","ping_status":"closed","sticky":false,"template":"","format":"standard","meta":{"footnotes":""},"categories":[1],"tags":[],"class_list":["post-26555","post","type-post","status-publish","format-standard","hentry","category-uncategorized"],"_links":{"self":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555","targetHints":{"allow":["GET"]}}],"collection":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts"}],"about":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/types\/post"}],"author":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/users\/1"}],"replies":[{"embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcomments&post=26555"}],"version-history":[{"count":0,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=\/wp\/v2\/posts\/26555\/revisions"}],"wp:attachment":[{"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fmedia&parent=26555"}],"wp:term":[{"taxonomy":"category","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Fcategories&post=26555"},{"taxonomy":"post_tag","embeddable":true,"href":"http:\/\/stateofthenation.co\/index.php?rest_route=%2Fwp%2Fv2%2Ftags&post=26555"}],"curies":[{"name":"wp","href":"https:\/\/api.w.org\/{rel}","templated":true}]}}