Note: My Iran posts, the second of which will appear later today, are being crossposted at Wampum, home of the Koufax Awards. Next week, Paul and I will be blogging at TPM Cafe. Feel free to submit questions. The Chinese government is opening a nuclear technology museum in Mianyang, home of the China Academy of …
Cheney: No Close Relationship Between Iran and al-Qaeda
by | 2006-01-20 | No Comments
Really. From a radio interview today: Do you believe there are ties between the Iranian regime and al Qaeda, Mr. Vice President? THE VICE PRESIDENT: I wouldn’t put it in those terms. I think you’ve got to remember that the al Qaeda organization is primarily made up of radical Sunni Islamists, of course, and the …
Iran & the Bomb 1: How Close Is Iran?
by | 2006-01-19 | 30 Comments
This is first part in a three part series on Iran’s nuclear capabilities that I am writing at the urging of Noah Shachtman from DefenseTech. When some moron like Charles Krauthammer claims Iran is now just “months” away from a bomb, you can pretty much ignore him: He has no idea what he is talking …
Niger Memo Online
by | 2006-01-18 | No Comments
Jane Vaynman points out that the declassified Niger memo, as reported by Eric Lichtblau in the New York Times, is available at JudicialWatch.org The memo makes some of the same logistical arguments about the difficulty of smuggling yellowcake—including the presence of “French managers and engineers at every point in the mining, milling and transportation process”—previously …
