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Looming Iran Nuclear Deal
Secretary Kerry in a question and answer session yesterday seemed to be saying that Iran’s progress in weaponization, that is developing and testing the design of a nuclear weapon is not important for the completion of a deal with Iran. … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Russia, United Nations, WMD
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Judy Miller’s Book
“The Story” provides a fascinating perspective on a terrible period. For those who want to look at the Iraq mess from various angles, this will add a valuable perspective (she quotes me in it, so I may not be unbiased). … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iraq, United Nations, WMD
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Policy and Intelligence
There has always been a debate about the relationship between the Intelligence Community and the Policy leadership. The idea was that those charged with intelligence should stick to intelligence collection and assessments. For the past few weeks, one of the … Continue reading
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Inspectors in Iran-Political Science and Physical Science
In the President’s announcement of the Iran Nuclear deal, he highlighted the authorities of the IAEA inspectors under the new agreement–even though the details are not worked out. This will not be the case. The UN inspectors in Iraq had … Continue reading
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Monitoring Iran? Don’t bet on it…
There are a series of massive problems with the Iran nuclear agreement. A key one is the assertion of tough inspections. The diminished US objective of “limiting” Iran’s enrichment capacity to a point where there would be a one-year “breakout” … Continue reading
Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Iraq, ISIS, Russia, United Nations, WMD
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Iran Nuclear Deal?
The volume of opinions on the potential deal concerning Iran’s nuclear capacity is deafening. I risk adding to the noise. One thoughtful voice with long experience working on the Administration’s part is Robert Einhorn. He just offered the case for … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, ISIL, ISIS, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, WMD
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Iran: How bad a deal is worse than no deal?
The momentum to agree to something with Iran on their nuclear program is obvious even considering the public comments cautioning that a deal may not happen. Discussion now centers on how long of a breakout lead-time a deal would create. … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Iraq, Saudi Arabia, United Nations, WMD
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Extremists at Former Saddam CW Facility
The Wall Street Journal reports ISIL extremists at a former Iraqi CW facility. The Muthana State Establishment was a huge facility where the Saddam government produced tons of anthrax and sarin. Most of it used against the Iranians in the … Continue reading
Olympic Sport – CW Racing? And Snowden?
Snowden Lighting the Olympic Flame? I bet someone in Moscow has considered it. The Olympics in Sochi are getting to be a test of political skill as well as athletic skill. President Vladimir Putin clearly has Russia’s reputation, and more … Continue reading
Posted in Syria CW, United Nations, WMD
Tagged AT&T and Snowden, Lavrov, Olympics, Snowden at Olympics
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Syrian CW – The Slow Road to Latakia
Syria has will miss both target dates to remove its chemicals. The most toxic amounts were due out at the end of the 2013 and the less dangerous components due out February 5th. Security is not an excuse for the … Continue reading
Posted in Iran, Syria CW, United Nations, WMD
Tagged Saudi Arabia, Sergey Lavrov, UN Security Council
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