And the frickin’ 721 report for 1 January-31 December 2004 is online. Woo hoo! Thanks Secrecy News! *** I knew the verdict on China’s activities would be relatively positive after Gertz claimed that NIC officials were reworking the report to minimize China’s arms proliferation activities, but I was hardly expecting: China’s record is strongest with …
Irresponsible Rumor Mongering
by | 2006-05-10 | 2 Comments
Believe nothing you read here or, at least, don’t blame me for your being a busybody. Why was former Special Assistant to the DCI Charles Duelfer sitting at an al fresco table outside Potbelly’s yesterday at 6:20? asks one loyal reader. Might it be the 17th and Pennsylvania patio is just across the street from …
Nuclear Football
by | 2006-05-10 | 1 Comment
A couple of weeks ago, a reader asked whether a military aide still acompanies the President carrying the “nuclear football”—otherwise known as the presiden’t emergency satchel. I said that I assumed so, but that I hadn’t seen anything in a while and would keep an eye out. The last article I saw was from early …
Rohani Letter
by | 2006-05-10 | 1 Comment
Not to be outdone, Hassan Rohani, former Secretary of Iran’s Supreme National Security Council, has an open letter in Time. I was particularly taken by this line: Could it be that the extremists all around see their interests — however transient, domestic and short-sighted — in heightened tension and crisis? Extremists “all around” eh?
