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Avatar photoBarack Obama on Nonproliferation

Nearly every newspaper and blog seems to be doing the “Obama may run for President” story. So, this is really like peer pressure. Where does Barack Obama stand on some of those nonproliferation issues we all obsess about? CTR & Nunn-Lugar – First of all, he is buddies with Lugar, which gets one serious brownie …

Avatar photoMobile Home/Meth Lab/SCIF

I … I just … no … this is so wrong. Let’s say you live with your boyfriend in a mobile home, from which he supports himself by selling methamphetamines. Query: What could possibly be worse than having the neighbors call the police after overhearing your domestic dispute, resulting in a police raid that finds …

Avatar photoMaking Iranian Uranium

Say that three times fast. And, yes that is a picture of Iran’s 164 centrifuge cascade. Reuters’ Mark Heinrich reports that Iran has completed a second 164 centrigue cascade at the Natanz pilot fuel enrichment plant—but that the Iranians are conducting only “dry runs” without any uranium: “The second cascade was brought on line earlier …