UNMOVIC released a report a while back describing the commission’s lessons-learned from its work in Iraq. The whole thing is pretty interesting…I would just highlight its explanation for Iraq’s slack cooperation with the inspectors: It would appear that the following factors contributed to Iraq’s decision not to reveal such information to the United Nations: (a) …
Random Wonk Shout Out
by | 2006-09-05 | 2 Comments
An idiosyncratic endeavor such as this blog can hardly be expected to produce predictable links or references. Yet even with a healthy expectation of surprise, every now and again, I am shocked to see a very random reference to my blog. Case in point: The Wikipedia entry for Wham-O “Super Ball” references my post about …
Feed Updates
by | 2006-09-02 | 1 Comment
For those of you frustrated with the wonk feed lately – I have some good news. We pushed through a major update this weekend that should stabilize a newly validated feed. So please rejoin us. And if you are (still) experiencing any issues just comment here. Also new this weekend – we’ve stopped broadcasting your …
Economics of Energy Independence for Iran
by | 2006-09-01 | 45 Comments
The National Laboratories provide all kinds of support to the nation’s intelligence community. But try getting them to talk about it. When the Albuquerque Journal’s John Fleck tried to write about the support that Los Alamos and Sandia provide, he discovered that a memorandum went out reminding employees at one lab that they were strictly …
