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2004
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Iranian Enrichment Facility at Natanz
From Reuters today … [An opposition group] sparked the investigation of Iran’s nuclear programme when it said in August 2002 that Iran was hiding a massive underground uranium enrichment site at Natanz and a heavy-water production plant at Arak. The…
Military Intelligence
Bill Gertz has a story about a National Security Agency employee, Russ Tice, recently terminated after a pair of psychiatric evaluations found him “mentally unbalanced.” Defense officials are telling the Washington Times that Tice is being persecuted for reporting suspicions…
Bashing ElBaradei
One of the competing narratives being pushed by the Bush Administration on the HDX/RDX story is the “jilted Mohamed” hypothesis. “Bush administration officials suspect political motivation behind a letter focused on the disappearance of 377 tons of explosives sent yesterday…
Up and running
Well, for the second time in something like six months, I’ve lost an entire hard drive. I hadn’t backed up in about a month, so this was really catastrophic. Anyway, I am starting to put my electronic life back together…
Bolton: US Will Not Support 3rd Term for IAEA's El Baradei
The Nelson Report claims that Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Bolton has informed IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei that “the US will not support his candidacy for a third term, even though both of his predecessors served four terms…
Anybody got an Iran policy?
I realize that I haven’t mentioned the sordid story how the US came to not have a policy on Iran. I mean that literally—no policy. None, zero, zip. Steven Aftergood at the Federation of American Sceintists has compiled a list…
Kaplan on Nitze
Fred Kaplan in Slate has the best obituary yet for Paul Nitze.
Brazil: Milhollin goes HEU over Resende
Readers may have noticed references over the past few days to a long-running dispute between the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) and Brazil over access to a Brazilian facility to enrich uranium, INB Resende. The dispute centers over whether the…
Hadley's Rules: An insight into our cocked-up Iran policy
“If Hitler invaded hell I would make at least a favorable reference to the devil in the House of Commons.”—Winston Churchill He had a point. Keep it in mind and bear with me for a moment. I’ve recently noted that…