Hey, I somehow missed that we have a new national space policy. (Unclassified version). Last I checked, the thing was in Draft 30-something —30-something, by the way: not hyperbole—and another victim of the totally dysfunctional interagency process. Anyway, the key paragraph is: The United States will oppose the development of new legal regimes or other …
Department of Silly
by | 2006-10-18 | 2 Comments
I was re-reading some ACT pieces last night and came across a gem from SecState Rice this past July on US North Korea policy. Here’s the quote in full: I just want to say to China that the responsibility that has been shown here—and I think the President will say this to President Hu later—really …
Meet Jane Vaynman
by | 2006-10-17 | 2 Comments
Regular readers will notice that Jane Vaynman has been guest blogging for the last couple of weeks. Well, she hasn’t been guest blogging. Jane—who is spending the year in Moscow on a Fulbright—is replacing Paul, who will be starting his own blog. I am totally excited about both developments. Jane is fantastic and Paul … …
North Korea plutonium test confirmed
by | 2006-10-17 | 17 Comments
The Office of the Director of National Intelligence issued a very short statement confirming that the North Korean test was nuclear. Thom Shanker and David Sanger’s article in the New York Times says that US intelligence has concluded that the test was a plutonium device, not uranium. Sig Hecker knows a thing or two about …
