Worse than Saddam. The New England Journal of Medicine will report the findings of a group of Thai epidemiologists who conclude that H5N1 strain of influenza that killed an 11-year-old girl also killed her mother. Documentation of person-to-person spread suggests a greater risk that the H5N1 strain could produce a global influenza pandemic. The twentieth …
Covert Operations
by | 2005-01-23 | 3 Comments
Barton Gellman of the Washington Post reports that: The Pentagon, expanding into the CIA’s historic bailiwick, has created a new espionage arm and is reinterpreting U.S. law to give Defense Secretary Donald H. Rumsfeld broad authority over clandestine operations abroad, according to interviews with participants and documents obtained by The Washington Post. Our Friends in …
UN Clears Iran on Beryllium
by | 2005-01-22 | No Comments
Beryllium (Be) from Element Displays US intelligence reports that Iran imported large quantities of beryllium, which can be combined with polonium-210 (Po-210) to initiate a nuclear chain reaction, appear to be false. The revelation undermines a key claim used by the Bush Administration to raise questions about Iran’s intentions and the integrity of IAEA Director-General …
DF-31 is NOT deployed, got that?
by | 2005-01-21 | 1 Comment
Bill Gertz, reporting with Rowan Scarborough in his latest Inside the Ring column, states: China has deployed a brigade of up to eight new road-mobile DF-31 long-range missiles. That’s the latest assessment from the authoritative International Institute for Strategic Studies publication, “The Military Balance.” [snip] The assessment that eight DF-31s are operational goes beyond the …
