One of the competing narratives being pushed by the Bush Administration on the HDX/RDX story is the “jilted Mohamed” hypothesis. “Bush administration officials suspect political motivation behind a letter focused on the disappearance of 377 tons of explosives sent yesterday from the International Atomic Energy Agency to the United Nations Security Council,” the reliably Republican …
Up and running
by | 2004-10-26 | No Comments
Well, for the second time in something like six months, I’ve lost an entire hard drive. I hadn’t backed up in about a month, so this was really catastrophic. Anyway, I am starting to put my electronic life back together and will start posting again.
Bolton: US Will Not Support 3rd Term for IAEA's El Baradei
by | 2004-10-24 | No Comments
The Nelson Report claims that Undersecretary of State for Arms Control John Bolton has informed IAEA chief Mohamed ElBaradei that “the US will not support his candidacy for a third term, even though both of his predecessors served four terms (12 years) each”. Reuters, however, is reporting that despite having urged ElBaradei to step down, …
Anybody got an Iran policy?
by | 2004-10-24 | No Comments
I realize that I haven’t mentioned the sordid story how the US came to not have a policy on Iran. I mean that literally—no policy. None, zero, zip. Steven Aftergood at the Federation of American Sceintists has compiled a list of all the PDD’s issued by the Bush Administration. Note, this list has been updated …
