The bird must be destroyed, feathers and all. They fed us to the dogs. Those were a pair of SMS messages, exchanged by accused middlemen Gerhard Wisser and Johan Meyer, after Libya came out of the cold and admitted to acquiring a clandestine centrifuge program from the AQ Khan network. Tripoli’s acknowledgment, at least officially, …
WaPo on Secret BW Lab
by | 2006-07-30 | 2 Comments
I love this part of today’s BW piece by Joby Warrick: Current and former administration officials say that compliance with the treaty hinges on intent, and that making small amounts of biowarfare pathogens for study is permitted under a broad interpretation of the treaty. Some also argue that the need for a strong biodefense in …
Note to CFR.org: BBC China =/= PSI Op
by | 2006-07-28 | No Comments
Eben Kaplan wrote a piece a few weeks ago about the PSI. Overall, it’s not bad. But it contains an all-too-frequent error. He wrote: Among the PSI’s most notable successes was the 2003 interception of a shipment of nuclear centrifuge parts from the A.Q. Khan network to Libya. Bzzzt. The BBC China wasn’t a PSI …
Always Trust Everyone
by | 2006-07-28 | 1 Comment
The President of Pakistan has repeatedly said that Pakistan is not making a bomb and has no intention of making a bomb. We have not only made this commitment solemnly, we are prepared also to accept international safeguards on a non-discriminatory basis. From “Pakistan’s Nuclear Programme,” published by Pakistan’s Ministry of Information & Broadcasting, 1986 …
