UC Wins Livermore Contract
Jack Abramoff is a pimp compared the University of California/Bechtel team that just won another contract to manage a national laboratory. This time its Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory, birthplace of the Calutron.
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Seismology, Schmeizology
Seismologist Paul Richards teaches a course on Weapons of Mass Destruction at Columbia, during which he shows this amazing interview with a 1980s Richard Perle. Perle—then Assistant Secretary of Defense and well on his way toward earning the moniker “Prince…
INF Debate Shifts (plus a look back at 1987)
We have discussed quite a few times now the possibility of Russia’s withdrawal from the Intermediate-Range Nuclear Forces (INF) Treaty, as well as a related issue of Russia’s response to proposed U.S. missile interceptors in Europe. (Feb 26, 2007, Feb…
Victor Cha heads back to G-town
It is fun to read about powerful people, pulling the strings, making things happen, while keeping out of the limelight. Victor Cha for example, who does not say much but has been getting some headline billing in the press. I…
Aegis Hearts SDACS
Aegis BMD is probably the one well-run missile defense program, one with both a feasible mission and a reasonable amount of technical risk. So, after a little trouble with their last flight test, I am happy to see that the…
Mousavian Arrested
Wow. The Iranians may have arrested Hossein Mousavian for “connections and exchange of information with foreign elements.” Paul has an early summary of the press reporting at Total Wonkerr. Will be interesting talk over beers at the Big Hunt.
Big Hunt
Just a reminder that Noah and I are going to be at the Big Hunt tonight, starting at 7: For a couple of nerds, Arms Control Wonk Jeffrey Lewis and have managed to host some pretty ragin’ parties. The next…
India and US Export Controls
I’ve been remiss in posting about the scandal linking the Indian Embassy in Washington to alleged efforts by a company called Cirrus USA to subvert US export control laws in support of India’s missile and aircraft programs. (Good coverage in…
Tenet Memoir A Little Hazy
So, I am reading my copy of George Tenet’s At the Center of the Storm. I turn to the account of the strike on Dora Farm first. Tenet offers the standard account—embellished by an odd new detail here, an occasional…
Shachtman Back In Town, May 3 at Big Hunt
Noah is back on town next week, which means … we get our annual chance to watch him vomit on some unsuspecting intern’s penny loafers! Sorry kid. Welcome to Washington. The impending mayhem—which I believe is the third annual Arms…