INSIGHT-RPT-Multiple protocol breaches behind anthrax exposure at U.S. federal labs June 22, 2014 by Julie Steenhuysen and Sharon Begley (Reuters) – The safety breach at a government lab that may have exposed 84 workers to live anthrax centered on a pivotal lapse in procedure: researchers working with the bacteria waited 24 hours to be sure […]
Alaska Dispatch Story on Missile Defense Quotes Phil Coyle
Fort Greely development plans may hinge on weekend missile test By: Dermont Cole June 18, 2014 A $200 million test of the nation’s missile defense system, set for Sunday morning high above the Pacific Ocean, looms large in Pentagon plans for the immediate future of the missile defense complex at Fort Greely. If the test […]
U.S. News & World Report Publishes Letter to the Editor on Missile Defense Failures by John Isaacs
Scare Tactics Don’t Work on Nukes By John Isaacs June 18, 2014 In “Keeping the Bear at Bay,” Peter Roff uses decades old scare tactics in support of missile defense – a program many call “unreliable” but I call a “failure.” The Patriot and Iron Dome systems are many times less complex than a missile […]
Summary of the House Appropriations Committee version of the Fiscal Year 2015 Defense Appropriations Bill
By Laicie Heeley, Kingston Reif and Brenna Gautam On June 10, the House Appropriations Committee approved its version of the Fiscal Year FY) 2015 Defense Appropriations Bill, which includes $571 billion in total funding. Although this is an increase from the 2015 requested budget amount, it reflects an overall $1.7 billion decrease in funding from […]
Ottawa Citizen Story on Missile Defense Quotes Phil Coyle
Canada urged to join controversial U.S. missile shield June 16, 2014 by David Pugliese and Robert Sibley Canada should join the United States as a full and willing partner in developing a ballistic missile defence system, according to a report from the Senate Committee on National Security and Defence. “The committee is unanimous in recommending […]