Writing on ACW 2004–2026 · 2,079 posts
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Jane Vaynman points out that the declassified Niger memo, as reported by Eric Lichtblau in the New York Times, is available at JudicialWatch.org The memo makes some of the same logistical arguments about the difficulty of smuggling yellowcake—including the presence…
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Today’s fun with Google Earth. The picture is hyperlinked to the placemark. (Hat tip) Late Update: Self-described “reporter, poet and activist” John Ross claims he began painting “human shields” on this particular roof: This past Friday, March 7, the day…
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James Sterngold has a long interview with NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks that contains this startling statement about how well plutonium ages: In fact, experts close to Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos have said scientists are finding that plutonium—a key variable…
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(A Swiss-made Bottom Bearing from Iraq similar to the Dutch model discussed below.) Bet you’re all hot and bothered now. Along with “portal perimeter monitoring”, “bottom bearing preform” just sounds naughty. Mark Hibbs is following an obscure Dutch export control…
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He’s baaaaack! Mark Helprin—senior fellow of the Claremont Institute, former advisor to Bob Dole, and owner of a pretentious personal website—attacks the Bush Administration for it’s foreign policy focus on democratization: THE PRESIDENT believes and often states, as if it…
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The Indian Department of Atomic Energy (DAE) and US Department of Energy (DOE) concluded a four-day workshop on civilian nuclear energy in Mumbai on January 12. The U.S. was represented at the first workshop of the Civil Nuclear Working Group…
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Greetings from the 2006 Forum on Defense and Space from Colorado Springs. The large mountin topped with all manner of antennae, visible from the conference hotel, is Cheyenne Mountain—home of the Cheyenne Mountain Operations Center, which serves as the command…
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Michael Roston beats me to the punch, noting the incongruity between past and current Bill Gertz reporting on NSA whistleblower Russ Tice. FWIW, I’ve always thought Tice sounds a little odd, even if it gets in the way of an…
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I am going to be spending the next week in Cambridge MA and Colorado Springs, CO. That is going to make blogging hard, so I’ve asked the lovely and talented Jane Vaynman, of the Carnegie Endowment, to blog in my…
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Sandia officials tell John Fleck that the R NEP sled test will not be conducted at Sandia: That has prompted speculation that the Sandia test would go forward. Jeffrey Lewis … discussed the issue most recently last week. If the…
