The debate continues over Yousry Abushady’s remarkable appearance on Egyptian television. The interview is notable, as one observer notes, because Abushady “is speaking in his personal capacity, which is soon-to-be retired.” You just don’t see IAEA officials doing television interviews like this. Although I still have lots of questions about the type and size of …
More on NORK HEU
by | 2009-01-14 | 13 Comments
As Jeffrey discussed on Saturday, “some” in the US intelligence community (aka DIA) have “increasing concerns that North Korea has an ongoing covert uranium enrichment program”. David Albright, in Glenn Kessler’s story, claims this is based on discovering a single HEU particle that is just 3.5 years old. Just the day before hearing this news …
When in doubt, victimize the victims
by | 2009-01-12 | 11 Comments
Spelled out in Anthrax spores Disease is a funny thing. The general tendency of the public is to blame the ill person. Nothing illustrates this better than the way societies treat people who have acquired AIDS/HIV. However, the public health officials in the Philippines are doing a good job of expanding that “policy” of victimizing …
NORK HEU 3 1/2 Years Old?
by | 2009-01-10 | 6 Comments
Greetings from Milan. For reasons that I will decline to speculate on, Steve Hadley decided to take an internal debate within the intelligence community and make it very public: This is especially true because some in the intelligence community have increasing concerns that North Korea has an ongoing covert uranium enrichment program. Notice the passages …
