Blog of Note: Nukes and Spooks
McClatchy correspondents Jonathan Landay, Warren Strobel, and Nancy Youssef have a cool new blog called Nukes and Spooks.
2008
317 posts
NORKS Will Blow Up Cooling Tower
This is kind of a big deal. Glenn Kessler explains why, perfectly. North Korea has agreed to blow up the cooling tower attached to its Yongbyon nuclear facility within 24 hours of being removed from the U.S. list of state…
Wonk School: Overhead Images
Peter Zimmerman, late of King’s College London, sends along a challenge that I am calling “wonk school.” Peter proposes a series of take-home exams to see how well various readers do analyzing overhead images. And, as an inducement, he is…
More on the Ahmadinejad Visit to Natanz
As many of you undoubtedly noticed, Scott Kemp and I contributed captions to the slide show that accompanies Bill Broad’s article in the New York Times, entitled A Tantalizing Look at Iran’s Nuclear Program. It was tremendous fun working with…
Hayden Sticks to Al Kibar Size Estimate
CIA Director General Michael Hayden stuck to the size estimate of the Al Kibar yesterday, comparing it to Yongbyon: “In the course of a year after they got full up, they would have produced enough plutonium for one or two…
Hecker, Luse & Wit: NORK Images & Report
Siegfried Hecker examining machining lathes removed from machine shop at the Yongbyon, North Korea, fuel fabrication facility. This image is one of eighteen photographs by Hecker and SFRC staffer Keith Luse. I was surprised to see the images online, as…
Just How Big Was Al Kibar Again?
I just love my job. I am like a kid in a candy store with all these photos of Al Kibar. A couple of things don’t add up just yet. Not saying they won’t eventually, but I am trying to…
Full Text of the Syria Briefing
From a reader. Update: Since the full text is now online at the DNI website, I have moved the full text to the comments.
Why now?
First off, the Syrian video is now public: Online Videos by Veoh.com Second, I have one more question to add to Jeffrey’s list: “why now?” This has been bugging me for the last 24 hours. Prima facie it makes no…
First Evidence BoE Was a Reactor
Robin Wright at the Washington Post and David Sanger at the New York Times are reporting that CIA Director Michael Hayden and other intelligence officials will brief the House and Senate Intelligence, Armed Services and Foreign Relations committees on the…