And the frickin’ 721 report for 1 January-31 December 2004 is online. Woo hoo! Thanks Secrecy News! *** I knew the verdict on China’s activities would be relatively positive after Gertz claimed that NIC officials were reworking the report to…
Believe nothing you read here or, at least, don’t blame me for your being a busybody. Why was former Special Assistant to the DCI Charles Duelfer sitting at an al fresco table outside Potbelly’s yesterday at 6:20? asks one loyal…
A couple of weeks ago, a reader asked whether a military aide still acompanies the President carrying the “nuclear football”—otherwise known as the presiden’t emergency satchel. I said that I assumed so, but that I hadn’t seen anything in a…
Not to be outdone, Hassan Rohani, former Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has an open letter in Time. I was particularly taken by this line: Could it be that the extremists all around see their interests — however…
I’ve read the full text of the letter (as posted by the Wall Street Journal) and let me say that it is much, much odder than a mix tape. Reportedly your government employs extensive security, protection and intelligence systems—and even…
Ahmadenijad (A-bomb) sent Bush (G-Dub) a letter that suggesting some “new solutions” in the context of US-Iran relations: Iran’s leader has written to President Bush proposing “new solutions” to their differences in the first letter from an Iranian head of…
Somehow this news story didn’t get wider attention, but Dafna Linzer’s article in the Post last week claimed some of Iran’s centrifuges appeared to crash during the operation of the 164 centrifuge cascade. Linzer cited “several officials with knowledge of…
It’s kind of like them changing the name of the movie. It’s stupid. “Oh we don’t want to give too much away.” Of course you do! You want people to know they’re coming to see people trapped on a plane…
The FT has the text of the draft UNSC resolution that the US, France and the UK introduced. These are the most interesting portions, IMO. Note the blank. Concerned by the proliferation risks presented by the Iranian nuclear programme, mindful…
A quick follow-up to Jeffrey’s post about intelligence and political pressure. Paul Pillar, former National Intelligence Officer for the Near East and South Asia, said during a 7 March CFR appearence: MR. BASS: In your Foreign Affairs piece, you talk…
