The FAS Project on Government Secrecy has posted the NSPD “United States Government Operations in Iraq,”(May 11, 2004) that defines the organization and structure of the U.S. presence in Iraq after the transition to Iraqi sovereignty by June 30. The New York Times presents a pretty cogent analysis of the implications of the document, noting: …
CAMBONE WATCH #2
by | 2004-06-13 | No Comments
The New York Times reports that the Schlesinger Panel interviewed six people, including Cambone Maj. Gen. Donald Ryder, Maj. Gen. Geoffrey Miller, “and three others.” Britain/’s Sunday Telegraph reported that four confidential Red Cross documents implicating senior Pentagon civilians in the Abu Ghraib scandal have been passed to an American television network, which is preparing …
Hobson Smacks Back Bush Nuclear Initiatives
by | 2004-06-12 | No Comments
Representative David Hobson (R-OH), chairman of the House Appropriations Energy and Water Subcommittee, eliminated almost $100 million worth of nuclear weapons related spending in the FY 2005 Appropriations Bill including: $27.6 million for the Robust Nuclear Earth Penetrator, $ 9.0 million for research into low-yield nuclear warheads, $29.8 million for the Modern Pit Facility, and …
Proliferation Security Initiative: Less than Meets the Eye?
by | 2004-06-11 | No Comments
Michael Roston makes the case that the Bush Administration is exaggerating the impact of the Proliferation Security Initiative, an effort to encourage states to develop national capabilities to WMD-related shipments. Bush, John Bolton and David Kay have all, Michael argues, have promoted the idea that one PSI interdiction in the Mediterranean, in which a German …
