Al Kamen include a funny little blurb in this week’s “In The Loop”: Are you opposed to nuclear proliferation? Are you a current or maybe former civil servant eligible for the Interagency Career Transition Assistance Program? Then hurry up and apply for the great job of “Special Envoy for Nuclear Nonproliferation.” [snip] You’d be working …
Energy Independence (Again) for Iran
by | 2007-03-23 | 7 Comments
A couple of months ago I posted an an unclassified report, The Economics of Energy Independence for Iran, authored by employees of Pacific Northwest National Laboratory and Los Alamos National Laboratory. I took it down, so as not to interfere with plans to publish it in The Nonproliferation Review and promised to post a link …
Russia, Iran deny uranium ultimatum story
by | 2007-03-21 | 9 Comments
On Tuesday the New York Times ran a story on Russia giving an ultimatum to Iran regarding uranium enrichment. According to the report, Russia has threatened to refuse delivery of nuclear fuel for Bushehr if Iran does not stop uranium enrichment. By Tuesday evening, both the Russian and Iranian governments were denying this account, but …
Tommy Franks, Ladies and Gentlemen
by | 2007-03-19 | 13 Comments
I am preparing a case study on the Dora Farms strike at the onset of Operation Iraqi Freedom. I came across this priceless calculation by General Tommy Franks and one of his subordinates: “What the probabilities of mission success with a single aircraft?” Buzz didn’t hesitate, “A single aircraft gives us a probability of .5.” …
