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I read this in todays paper and thought I would see a whole lot about it tonight on the forum. Was this not reported anywhere else but here locally?<br /><br />News Update<br /> (photo did not copy) Federal agents leave an Orbital Sciences Corp. building Thursday in Chandler after executing a search warrant at the rocket-manufacturing facility.<br /><br />Toru Kawana Tribune<br /><br />Feds shut down East Valley rocket plant<br />May 26, 2005<br />By Dennis Welch and Ed Taylor<br />Tribune<br />Federal authorities shut down a major defense contractor plant Thursday morning in Chandler, telling workers to go home as agents scoured the facility.<br />Agents with the Defense Criminal Investigative Service were seen at the Orbital Sciences Corp. campus, but it was not known which federal agency served the search warrant.<br /><br />The obscure agency is the investigative arm of the Inspector General of the Department of Defense that investigates terrorism, cybercrimes and technology transfers.<br /><br />Sandy Raynor, a spokeswoman for the U.S. Attorney's Office in Phoenix, said she could not release any details of the investigation.<br /><br />The Chandler operations are focused on developing and building launch vehicles for the U.S. military, NASA and commercial customers.<br /><br />An Orbital Sciences representative said employees at the corporate office in Dulles, Va., were also asked to leave Thursday morning.<br /><br />Agents descended on the Chandler plant shortly after police were notified of<br />the raid about 7 a.m., said Chandler detective Livi Kacic.<br /><br />Afterward, security guards patrolled the area, turning employees away and advising them not to speak with the media. Employees contacted by the Tribune declined to comment. Employees also were given a toll-free number to call that would inform them when they could return to work.<br /><br />Orbital Sciences Corp. maintains the headquarters of its Launch Systems Group at 3380 S. Price Road, Chandler, where it employs more tha <div class="Discussion_UserSignature"> </div>