Hey all, I am off to Colorado Springs for the Center for Space and Defense Studies Second Forum on Space and Defense Studies. I went last year, and had a blast. Not clear to me why the good people at the Sheraton are letting us stay a second year in a row … Colorado Springs …
Fall Guy
by | 2007-01-08 | 4 Comments
Nathan Hodge and Sharon Weinberger profile Linton Brooks in Slate, concluding: The critics were right: Linton Brooks failed to fix the labs, but who can? Like Charlie Brown in his eternal quest to kick the football, we wonder if Brooks ever really had a chance. As for why he was fired—and why now—we suspect that …
Blogging Heads TV
by | 2007-01-06 | No Comments
Jackie Shire and I are on blogging heads TV. I look like a space alien, but whatever.
So Long, Linton
by | 2007-01-06 | 11 Comments
Secretary of Energy Samuel Bodman has fired NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks. NNSA Deputy Administrator Tom D’Agostino will serve as acting Under Secretary for Nuclear Security and Administrator. Linton Brooks is a fine public servant getting a raw deal. Bodman cited security lapses as the reason for firing Brooks: I repeatedly have told DOE and laboratory …
