Pavel Podvig dropped by CISSM to make a presentation entitled, Dangers of Accidental Ballistic Missile Launch. Pavel picked up the fascinating and counterintuitive argument that the United States shouldn’t help repair Russia’s early warning system (pictured at right), which Pavel has made on his excellent blog and in a memo. Pavel proposes a political commitment …
Give An Inch, They Swim All Over You
by | 2005-11-10 | 8 Comments
The United States and Europe may let Iran continue converting uranium. This is a really bad idea. David Sanger at the New York Times reports that IAEA DG Mohamed ElBaradei and SECSTATE Rice discussed a new proposal that would allow Iran to convert uranium at Isfahan (Esfahan), shipping the UF6 to Russia for enrichment. The …
Carnegie Conference Blogging Errata
by | 2005-11-09 | No Comments
The Carnegie people were kind enough to ask Jeffrey and me to blog during their recent Nonproliferation Conference. Jeffrey Comforts Paul So my first ACW post in a while is to inform readers that I F’d up two posts. I’ve already notified the hard-working people at Carnegie, but thought I’d post the corrections here while …
$44 B Intelligence Budget
by | 2005-11-08 | No Comments
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 …
