Ease of NYPD's Online Chlorine Purchase ‘Disturbs' Trade Group

The National Association of Chemical Distributors (NACD; Arlington, VA) says it is “disturbed at the irresponsible behavior” of an unidentified Internet-based company that allegedly sold 300 gals of chlorine online last year to an undercover police officer without securing the purchaser’s credentials. The officer was part of the New York Police Department’s (NYPD) recently publicized “Operation Green Cloud” investigation, a covert action set up “to assess the ease or difficulty with which a terrorist inside the United...

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