I figured that Senator John Ensign’s (R-Nev) blatant attempt to politicize the Iran NIE would go nowhere, but my sources on the Hill tell me his effort is still very much alive. Ensign’s goal is to write the commission into law this week, before the recess. The draft legislation is reportedly a cut-and-paste job from …
Janne Nolan, Me on Next NPR
by | 2007-12-17 | 4 Comments
Janne Nolan — author of the pretty amazing An Elusive Consensus — is giving a talk on the 2009 Nuclear Posture Review, tomorrow (Tuesday), at a Security for a New Century event on the Hill. I am joining her, which is quite an honor. The Nuclear Posture Review When: Tuesday, December 18 at 10:00 am …
Blog Of Note: Atomic City Underground
by | 2007-12-17 | 1 Comment
If you followed the arrest of the Roy Lee Oakley — the Oak Ridge contractor who took a couple of broken sections of a gaseous diffusion barrier home and tried to sell them rather ineptly to France (no, I can’t make this up) — you read some pretty damned fine reporting by the Knoxville News-Sentinel‘s …
Official: NIE Risks 2nd Yom Kippur War
by | 2007-12-15 | 14 Comments
Avi Dichter, Israel’s public security minister, said today that the Iran NIE could result in another Yom Kippur War. Dichter is referring to the surprise 1973 attack on Israel led by Egypt and Syria on Yom Kippur, the most important Jewish holiday. Israel ultimately clobbered the Arab coalition, although not before losing some early battles. …
