Watch those typos! - Sudan is not Sedan!

What a blast!
1962 nuclear test still shaking things up, half a world away

http://www.cnn.com/2005/ALLPOLITICS/03/11/sedan.blast/

WASHINGTON (CNN) -- There's an old saying that a lie can travel halfway around the world before the truth puts its boots on.

Let it be known that mistakes can travel just as fast -- and just as far.

Take the case of Rep. Ellen Tauscher, D-California, who at a hearing on Capitol Hill last week spoke about a 1962 nuclear test in the Nevada desert. The test was code named "Project Sedan."

Tauscher's remarks were little noticed, until they were transcribed -- incorrectly -- in an unofficial transcript of the hearing. One letter was changed. The "Sedan" nuclear test became the "Sudan" nuclear test.

And the government of Sudan took notice.

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