The House Armed Services Committee defense authorization report encourages the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) Administrator Linton Brooks (right) to reinstate the NNSA Advisory Committee: “The committee notes that shortly after the National Nuclear Security Administration (NNSA) was created, the first NNSA Administrator established an independent committee to advise the Administrator on a wide range …
Schulte to IAEA
by | 2005-05-28 | 2 Comments
The White House has nominated Gregory L. Schulte to be Representative of the United States of America to the International Atomic Energy Agency, with the rank of Ambassador. The United States has been without an Ambassador to the IAEA since Ken Brill left in July 2004. Bush withdrew the nomination of James Cunningham under pressure …
Khan Network Remained Active in 2004
by | 2005-05-28 | 2 Comments
The AQ Khan network attempted to purchase 60 metric tons of Russian aluminum tubes through a Swiss front company in March 2004, according to the Swiss Internal Security Report released by the Swiss Federal Police Office: In 2004 the network specialised in nuclear technology belonging to the “father“ of the Pakistani atomic bomb, Dr. Adbul …
Know Your Enemy–China
by | 2005-05-27 | 1 Comment
The cover of a recent RAND report (right) depicts the Chinese Communist Party’s (CCP) five-star logo stretching across a Eurasian landmass that has been colored black in a fashion strangely reminiscent of propaganda films. A professor of mine from Augusta College, David Snowball, notes: The spreading stain is a fairly common motif in propaganda films. …
