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 …
Human Shields in Baghdad
by | 2006-01-18 | 1 Comment
Today’s fun with Google Earth. The picture is hyperlinked to the placemark. (Hat tip) Late Update: Self-described “reporter, poet and activist” John Ross claims he began painting “human shields” on this particular roof: This past Friday, March 7, the day the fatal Blix report was broadcast to an expectant universe, my Turkish comrade – an …
Plutonium Ages Better Than Sophia Loren
by | 2006-01-17 | 2 Comments
James Sterngold has a long interview with NNSA Administrator Linton Brooks that contains this startling statement about how well plutonium ages: In fact, experts close to Lawrence Livermore and Los Alamos have said scientists are finding that plutonium—a key variable in assessing the life span of the warheads—may actually grow more stable and reliable over …
