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Did the Intelligence Community Miss A Chinese Buildup?

Tired of the leaks, spin and misinformation Bill Gertz is pushing? Bill Gertz of the Washington Times distorts a report into accusing the US intelligence community of having “failed to recognize several key military developments in China in the past…

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Bolton and the New York Channel

One of Laura Rozen’s readers at War and Piece asks a stunningly simple question about the effect of John Bolton on the “New York Channel” with North Korea: Recent days have seen the “New York channel” used to great success…

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Washington Wavers on ElBaradei

Two U.S. officials tell Dafna Linzer at the Washington Post the Bush Administration will drop efforts to deny Mohamed ElBaradei a third term as IAEA Director-General: “We’re willing to lift our objections under certain conditions,” one of the officials said.…

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Osirak Revisited

Twenty four years ago today, Israel attacked Iraq’s Tammuz-1 (Osirak) nuclear reactor. Although popular myth holds the raid a success, the Duelfer Report hints at a more complicated reality: The Israeli destruction of the Tammuz 1 (Osirak) research reactor on…

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Second US/NK New York Channel Meeting

North Koreans In New York (I think). Joseph DeTrani (Special Envoy for Six-Party Talks and U.S. Representative to KEDO) and Jim Foster (Director, EAP/K) met with for a second time with their North Korean counterparts though the New York channel.…

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PSI: The Record To Date

Writing about “relentless American intelligence agent” Jack Bauer—Keifer Sutherland’s character in 24”—New York Times television critic Frank Rich claimed “a fictional TV action hero is more engaged with the war on terror than those in Washington who actually have his…

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Challenges to U.S. Space Superiority

A new report by the National Air and Space Intelligence Center, Challenges to U.S. Space Superiority, warns more spacefaring states mean more challenges to US space superiority. Pretty soon, everybody will be operating in space. The Armed Forces Communications and…

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North Korea's Underground Facilities

Lee Yeong-jong of the conservative Joongang Ilbo reports that the head of South Korea’s National Intelligence Service does not believe activity near Kilju is preparation for a nuclear test: During a closed-door talk on Friday, NIS head Ko Young-kooc said,…

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Gallucci: What's Your F*cking Plan for North Korea, Then?

Scott Stossel in The Atlantic Monthly quotes Bob Gallucci on people who oppose negotiations with North Korea: Gallucci, for his part, said he was “surprised at how surprised [Ken] Adelman was that we—those of us who favor negotiation—could end up…