Avatar photoDepartment of Wankery

The House approved this atrocity yesterday. Great first day back from vacation. But since the deal will strengthen the nonproliferation regime and definitely has nothing to do with campaign contributions, selling weapons to India, or containing China, I’m not worried. OTOH, this is truly frightening. My utility belt tells me it’s to the bar, Batman… …

Avatar photoAin't No Party Like A State Department Party

I know, it is the New York Post, so grain of salt and all … A State Department worker cruising down 34th Street with three scantily clad women in what appeared to be a government car with flashing lights collided with a yellow cab last night after allegedly running a red light, police said. The …

Avatar photoSecuring the Bomb 2006

During Will Tobey’s confirmation hearing, Senator Levin asked the nominee for NNSA Deputy Administrator about Securing the Bomb 2006 SENATOR CARL LEVIN: Thank you. Mr. Tobey, last week the Nuclear Threat Initiative, NTI, issued its most recent Managing the Atom study reviewing the progress of actions taken to reduce the possibility that nuclear or radioactive …

Avatar photoClassified Blogging

The most fascinating aspect of the story about the contractor fired for something she wrote on her blog on Intelink is that Intelink has blogs. That wasn’t the case in March 2005 when Kris Alexander—an intelligence officer in the US Army Reserve and proprietor of the wonderful Alexander the Average—wrote this article for Wired online: …