Steve Aftergood and the Federation of American Scientists have been suing for years to force the USG declassify aggregate intelligence budget data. The CIA has long responded that such information could cause serious damage to national security and compromise intelligence sources and methods. Then, all of a sudden, Deputy Director National Intelligence Collection Mary Margaret …
Over the Hill and Through the Woods
by | 2005-11-07 | No Comments
In earlier posts, I wondered if the Bush Administration was capable of reaching an agreement with North Korea. It might just be that any agreement is going to take a little, um, initiative on the part of US Assistant Secretary of State for East Asian and Pacific Affairs Christopher Hill—and by initiative I mean going …
Bob Joseph Just Doesn't Get It
by | 2005-11-07 | 1 Comment
Robert Joseph, Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security, gave the luncheon address here at the Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference. He actually described the US decision to sink the BWC draft protocol as “an act of leadership more than unilateralism.” The draft protocol would have provided a mechanism to verify the 1972 Biological …
Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference
by | 2005-11-06 | No Comments
Joe Cirincione has asked me to blog the 2005 Carnegie Nonproliferation Conference along with Hans Kristensen, Pavel Podvig and Paul Kerr. The Nonproliferation Conference is always an interesting experience for me because I tend to think the nonproliferation community overstates (1) the importance of external factors in the decision to acquire nuclear weapons and (2) …
