Roston on Leverett
Ron Brynaert and Michael Roston make their best effort at reconstructing the Leverett op-ed, as does Brad Delong.
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More on the Leverett Redactions
Flynt Leverett and Hillary Mann claim that all the passages blocked by the CIA under White House pressure can found in other published articles, mostly quoting senior US officials less critical of the Bush Administration. I can’t prove it, but…
Leverett Op-Ed
The New York Times has printed the redacted version of Flynt Leverret and Hillary Mann’s op-ed on US policy toward Iran, as well as a second op-ed by Leverett and Mann that contains citations for public domain discussions of all…
W56 Safety Problem?
POGO claims that that workers at Pantex disassembling a W56 (exactly like that warhead) nearly made a big oopsie: Now we have learned that in March 2005, there was a “near-miss” event while disassembling another W56 warhead. Apparently the production…
DSB Task Force: Nuclear Weapons Rule!
The Defense Science Board Task Force on Nuclear Capabilities—co-chaired by Johnny Foster and Larry Welch—has released a hilariously retro report on nuclear weapons. Concerned citizens should be aware, the authors warn, of “an entrenched set of views held by an…
Israel and Nuclear Opacity
Readers have probably already noted that Israeli Prime Minister Ehud Olmert ventured beyond the carefully worded description of Israel’s nuclear status—Israel will not be the first country to introduce nuclear arms in the region— in effect confirming Israel’s possession of…
Administrivia
Sorry about being such a scatterass lately. As usual, there is big stuff under way and the blog is getting the shaft. But I am sprawled out on the oriental rug with a pot of pu-erh tea, a little Wilco…
Polonium-210 mysteries continue
I thought I wasn’t going to write another polonium-210 post, but this story just won’t go away. And then I saw this editorial in the Washington Post,which makes some misleading conclusions. (Note: I am not doing a wrap up, but…
New Blog
Jeffrey doesn’t like me anymore, so I have a new blog. TotalWonkerr.com is now up and running. The inaugural post is here. Chenqui.
Russia-Iran meetings on Bushehr
High level Russian and Iranian officials met earlier this week to discuss progress on the Bushehr reactor. They agreed, again, on the following dates, although these have changed often, and one Russian article notes (in Russian) that it is likely…