Apparently, the much anticipated NIE on Iran’s nuclear programs is coming out any day now. Walter Pincus went over to lunch at the Wilson Center, where McConnell dropped that the NIE will be done by the end of the month: Director of National Intelligence Mike McConnell said yesterday that a long-awaited intelligence estimate covering Iran’s …
On Terrorism, Nuclear and Not
by | 2007-11-13 | 2 Comments
Sorry for the light posting — I almost finished a post on whether or not Pakistani nuclear weapons have permissive actions links, but just plain ran out of time. Anyway, I need to strap on my tie, head over to Carnegie and give my talk on the Chinese ASAT test with Gregory Kulacki. Tomorrow I …
Suitcase Nukes
by | 2007-11-11 | 18 Comments
A while back, a reader asked me whether or not “suitcase nukes” actually existed. I expressed my skepticism, but deferred to a more knowledgeble colleague. Now, AP’s Katherine Shrader has a very nice, readable deconstruction of the rise and fall of the suitcase-nukes-scare: “The suitcase nuke is an exciting topic that really lends itself to …
Curveball Docs
by | 2007-11-09 | 1 Comment
Since I’ve been blogging talking and talking so much about Curveball and Bob Drogin’s excellent book of the same name, I thought I should link to the excellent document cache posted by our friends at the National Security Archive. The Record On Curveball: Declassified Documents and Key Participants Show the Importance of Phony Intelligence in …
