Conversations about a recent news report in the Dutch paper De Telegraaf — that Netherlands has recalled a spy/saboteur from Iran’s nuclear program in fear of an impending attack — are filling my inbox. Here is the crucial bit of the story: AMSTERDAM – De Nederlandse inlichtingendienst AIVD heeft de afgelopen jaren een ultrageheime operatie …
Signing Off
by | 2008-08-29 | 6 Comments
Jeff gets back tomorrow, so I’m done here. Thanks for paying attention to my random thoughts.
Moving on
by | 2008-08-29 | 3 Comments
Today is my last day at King’s College London. I’ve been at King’s (in one capacity for another) for almost two years and I’ve enjoyed them thoroughly. I’d like to say a big public thank you to everyone I’ve worked with but, in particular, to Pete Zimmerman and Wyn Bowen, who were my bosses at …
Nothing New Beneath The Sun
by | 2008-08-29 | 2 Comments
The text of Pavel Podvig’s new article (“The Window of Vulnerability That Wasn’t: Soviet Military Buildup in the 1970s”) is available at his website. The outlines of the story are familiar enough: Although the Soviet Union denied that the purpose of its modernization program was to acquire a counterforce capability or to achieve military advantage, …
