Anti-nuclear activist won't get Energy post: Lawmakers pushed Clinton to scrap idea.(A)

The White House has dropped plans to name an anti-nuclear activist as the Energy Department's top intelligence official, after hearing strong protests from a bipartisan group of powerful lawmakers. A congressional staffer said yesterday that the views of Eldon Greenberg, a lawyer for the private Nuclear Control Institute, were simply out of step with President Clinton's nonproliferation policies.

Eleven lawmakers wrote Mr. Clinton on July 17 complaining of Mr. Greenberg's views. Aides to Energy Secretary Federico F. Pena originally picked Mr. Greenberg for the post of ...

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