Avatar photoBOING! State Department May Hit Boeing for 47 LARGE

Dominic Gates at the Seattle Times obtained a draft letter from the State Department to Boeing, notifying the company that Foggy Bottom “has prepared civil charges against Boeing alleging 94 violations of the Arms Control Act because the company sold commercial airliners without obtaining an export license for a tiny gyrochip that has defense applications.” …

Avatar photoTehran Tourists?

Let’s hope DPRK-Iran nuclear cooperation goes as well as their football matches. “A non-U.S. diplomat” gave Louis Charbonneau at Reuters “an intelligence report” that concludes “nuclear cooperation between [Iran and North Korea] has apparently increased significantly during the past year as seen in the arrival of an academic delegation from North Korea in Iran and …

Avatar photoPike: No Yongbyon Construction

A few days ago, I argued that analysts could easily confirm with satellite imagery whether or not North Korea had resumed construction of the 50 MWe reactor at Yongbyon and the 200 MWe reactor at Taechon—something the North Koreans told John Lewis they had done. John Pike, at Global Security.org has done just that for …

Avatar photoSticking Feathers Up Your Butt Does Not Make You A Chicken…

…just like claiming that ”[President Bush] took advantage of every possibility to try to resolve this without having to use military force” doesn’t make it true – even if you’re the Vice President. Yes, ACW readers know that the administration was lying. But the administration and its right –wing fluffers keep insisting that Bush exhausted …