John Isaacs is clearly a genius: ‘Twas the week before Christmas, when all through the house, Not a treaty was stirring, not even New START. The speeches were hung by the chimney with care, In hopes that some amendments soon would be there; The Senators were nestled all snug in their rooms, While smells of …
The Dance of the Veils
by | 2010-12-16 | 47 Comments
Jon Kyl’s dance of the veils is finally over. The last veil dropped when, after many accommodations and delays, the White House finally insisted that New START be dealt with in the lame duck session, and Majority Leader Harry Reid placed the Treaty on the Senate’s calendar. Protesting that there is insufficient time to debate …
More on New START Amendments
by | 2010-12-15 | 27 Comments
There’s not very much time left in the US Senate lame duck session, and there’s a lot of work yet to be done. Fortunately, as David Culp tweeted yesterday, that work will include Senate consideration of the New START treaty; according to the Senate calendar, at 2:15 PM today,”there will be a roll call vote …
How Many NORK Enrichment Sites?
by | 2010-12-15 | 34 Comments
David Sanger and Bill Broad have a gossamer story in the New York Times about whether North Korea might have more centrifuge facilities. Unfortunately, the story sort of dissolves when you start to pick it apart. On the first read, Sanger and Broad seem to suggest that the United States has completed a new intelligence …
