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I still can’t believe the Swiss shredded the evidence. AP’s Hanspeter Haefliger reports that Swiss authorities, under the supervision of the IAEA, shredded many documents relating to the Urs Tinner-AQ Khan case: The documents formed part of a case against…
I dunno, maybe it was the orange hunting vest. Or his comparison of the ex-parrot and the ex-candidate. But I think Dana Milbank, particularly in his columns for Washington Sketch, is the funniest, most insightful chronicler of the tribes of…
Standing on the metro this morning, I noticed the above. I wasn’t really sure whether the artist was warning against the subpop indie rockers or CBGB favs, but the iPod remained dance-punk free for the duration of the ride.
As most readers know, the blog has been keeping up with the Commission of the Strategic Posture of the United States, through its legislative inception and the announcement of the members. The U.S. Institute of Peace, which facilitated the bipartisan…
Right on time, ISIS has released the Safeguards report for Iran — Implementation of the NPT Safeguards Agreement and relevant provisions of Security Council resolutions 1737 (2006), 1747 (2007) and 1803 (2008) in the Islamic Republic of Iran GOV/2008/15 (May…
Remember that reality-based community comment from the anonymous Bush Administration official? Well, “history’s actors” are at it again, still working to determine whether the current Administration policies on nuclear energy will spur proliferation. Let me back up. Dr. Kerry Kartchner…
I just picked up a copy of Richard Clarke’s Your Government Failed You (HarperCollins, 26 bucks). A light, easy read. The chapter on military issues is a little too breezy — it covers way too much ground with far too…
With the rumors that Hill will leave any day now swirling, the WaPo’s Glenn Kessler has a long, front-page profile of Assistant Secretary Chris Hill (“Mid-Level Official Steered U.S. Shift On North Korea,” May 26, 2008). Maybe Hill is finally…
Greetings from Halifax! I am attending a conference hosted by the Canadian International Council on U.S. Nuclear Strategy. Joseph Pilat is giving a pretty good talk about NATO and nuclear weapons. I am playing around with my new toy (and…
I’m off on holiday for a couple of weeks and then have a conference out in Monterey so my posting may be a bit sporadic (read non-existent) until I get back. I hope to visit the museum at Los Alamos…
