Update (Wednesday, 10/3): Yesterday, the Project of Government Oversight (POGO) released a response to the two Post articles analyzing their authenticity and focus. The posting also includes a rebuttal from Dana Priest, author of the two Post articles, regarding the statements made by POGO. You can check it out here.
Quote of the Day: WTF Edition
Iranian President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad and the North Korean leader-du-jour threaten others with nuclear annihilation, implied or otherwise. Who knows what level of self-destruction they would risk for their cause? Our weakness and neglect of the U.S. nu…
Prague, revisited
In my September Bulletin column I assess President Obama’s record on nuclear threat reduction during his first term in office. Here’s the intro: Few national security issues are as important to President Barack Obama as reducing the threat posed by nuc…
20 Years Later A-Bomb Still ‘Sum of All Fears’
Over 20 years ago the Iron Curtain fell, the Soviet Union dissolved and the world breathed a sigh of relief knowing the Cold War was over. Believing that nuclear war would not likely begin at a moment’s notice, people felt safer and more secure. But now, the threats of new countries building nuclear weapons, nuclear terrorism and insecure nuclear stockpiles have made it strikingly clear that the dangers of nuclear weapons remain, 67 years after the advent of the atomic bomb.
Challenges of Protecting U.S. Nuclear Weapon Materials
Note: Below are remarks delivered by Policy Fellow Nickolas Roth on the nuclear weapons complex in Geneva, Switzerland on September 12, 2012. For more information on the UNIDIR conference “Securing Civilian and Military Nuclear Materials: Current Status and Possible Improvements”, click here. For the past four years, many nations have focused their attention on securing […]