2010 Archive - FAS in the News 

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2010:

• Dec 28: Christian Science Monitor, "Why Obama's Bid to Prevent Loose Nuclear Weapons is Going Slowly" 
• Dec 28: Physics Today, "Science Diplomacy Enlisted to Span U.S. Divide With Developing World" Requires subscription. 
• Dec 25: Washington Post, "Military Strength is Eluding China"
• Dec 22: New York Times, "Senate Passes Arms Control Treaty With Russia, 71-26"
• Dec 22: Washington Times, "Senate Ratifies New START; Obama Gets 'Reset' With China"
• Dec 22: Wall Street Journal, "Nuclear Arms Pact is Poised to Pass"
• Dec 21: New York Times, "Arms Treaty With Russia Headed for Ratification" 
• Dec 21: Global Security Newswire, "Pentagon Said Likely to Back New Design for Ballistic Missile Submarine"
• Dec 20: Voice of America, "WikiLeaks Poses Legal Challenges for U.S. Prosecutors"
• Dec 20: McClatchy Newspapers, "McConnell Slams START, But Facts Don't Back Him Up"
• Dec 20: Outlook [India], "Hark, The Neo World Order"
• Dec 19: Washington Post, "Assange's Enablers"
• Dec 18: Washington Post, "Make Julian Assange Irrelevant"
• Dec 17: Reuters, "Could WikiLeaks Provoke U.S. Crackdown on Leaks?"
• Dec 15: Wired - Threat Level, "WikiLeaks Contender 'Promising', Analysts Say"
• Dec 15: TIME, "Julian Assange, Runer Up for Person of the Year"
• Dec 14: New York Times, "Air Force Blocks Sites That Posted Secret Cables"
• Dec 14: Salon, "Attempts to Prosecute WikiLeaks Endanger Press Freedoms"
• Dec 12: Reuters, "Venezuelan Missile Purchases Worried U.S. - WikiLeaks"
• Dec 12: McClatchy Newspapers, "Building a Legal Case Against Assange Won't Be Easy, Experts Say" 
• Dec 12: Washington Post,  "Venezuela Acquired 1,800 Russian Anti-aircraft Missiles in '09"
• Dec 12: Associated Press, "Vatican 'Offended' by Ireland Abuse Probe"
• Dec 11: New York Times, "Keeping Secrets WikiSafe"
• Dec 10: USA Today, "Why It's OK for Iran to Join the 'Nuclear Age'"
• Dec 10: NBC News, "U.S. Still Warning Employees: Don't Read or Discuss the WikiLeaks Documents"
• Dec 10: The Guardian, "Ban on Federal Staff Reading WikiLeaks Hampering Work, Says U.S. Official"
• Dec 10: TIME - Swampland, "If You Think WikiLeaks is Significant..."
• Dec 10: National Public Radio - On the Media, "Government Agencies Block WikiLeaks"
• Dec 10: McClatchy Newspapers, "WikiLeaks: U.S. Having Trouble Tying Assange to Manning"
• Dec 8: Sydney Morning Herald, "A New Levelling in Leaking"
• Dec 7: Bloomberg Businessweek, "Iran Has 'Positive' View on Geneva Talks as Nuclear Issues Loom" 
• Dec 7: Nature, "U.S. Declares WikiLeaks Off-limits to Government Researchers"
• Dec 6: San Francisco Chronicle, "Killing of Iranian Scientist Overshadows 6-Nation Nuclear Talks" 
• Dec 6: Wired - Threat Level, "WikiLeaks Releases Secret List of Critical Infrastructure Sites" 
• Dec 6: Christian Science Monitor, "A Stronger Iran Returns to Nuclear Talks in Geneva"
• Dec 5: Federal Times, "WikiLeaks Fallout Leads to an Info-Sharing Clampdown"
• Dec 5: McClatchey Newspapers, "After Classified Leaks, Some Doubt More Secrecy is the Answer" 
• Dec 5: McClatchey Newspapers, "WikiLeaks Fallout: New Safeguards Debated"
• Dec 5: Sydney Morning Herald, "Tell Us Secrets But Only Those in the Public Interest"
• Dec 4: Christian Science Monitor, "WikiLeaks and Julian Assange: Stateless, Penniless Pariahs?"
• Dec 4: Associated Press, "Could WikiLeaks Survive Without Julian Assange?"
• Dec 3: McClatchy Newspapers, "WikiLeaks Fallout: Why More Secrecy Might Be Worse"
• Dec 3: Voice of America, "WikiLEaks Exploits Weaknesses in Technology, Human Nature"
• Dec 3: Salon, "WikiLeaks Debate With Steven Aftergood"
• Dec 2: Politico, "Will WikiLeaks Escape Justice?"
• Dec 1: CNN International, "WikiLeaks: Heated Debate in Germany Over Nuclear Weapons on Its Soil"
• Dec 1: Bloomberg BusinessWeek, "WikiLeaks Secrecy Breach May Prompt U.S. to Reverse Post 9/11 Data Sharing"
• Dec 1: New York Times, "Dubai Labors Under Money-Laundering Image"
• Dec 1: The Telegraph, "A Unified Korea Would be Closely Allied to the U.S. That's Why China Won't Support It"
• Dec 1: Popular Mechanics, "What is SIPRNet?"
• Dec 1: Reason (online), "The WikiLeaks Twist"
• Dec 1: Gizmodo - Gawker Media, "
• Nov 30: Scientific American, "Can the U.S. Prevent Future WikiLeaks Document Releases?"
• Nov 30: USA Today, "Role of Free Press Weighed in Leaks' Wake: Secret Documents' Release Has Effects Reaching Far Beyond Diplomatic Circles"
• Nov 30: Salon, "Can WikiLeaks Tame Wall Street?"
• Nov 30: Salon, "WikiLeaks Says it Was Under Powerful Cyberattack"
• Nov 30: Salon, "Assange Prosecution Would be "Extremely Dangerous""
• Nov 30: Wired - Danger Room Blog, "Russia Moves Tactical Nukes Closer to NATO. Gulp."
• Nov 30: CBS News, "Stung by WikiLeaks Breach, Feds Look to Tighten Security Systems"
• Nov 29: Financial Times, "Iran Admits Virus Hit Uranium Enrichment"
• Nov 29: Los Angeles Times,  "How Can the U.S. Stop an Insider With an Agenda?"
• Nov 29: New Scientist - Short Sharp Science Blog, "WikiLeaks: What Does Julian Assange Hope to Achieve?" 
• Nov 29: Politico, "WikiLeaks Reax"
• Nov 29: TIME - Swampland, "The WikiLeaks Dump - More Secrecy = Fewer Secrets"
• Nov 29: United Press International (UPI), "Iran's Nuclear Brains in the Crosshairs"
• Nov 29: Washington Post, "With Better Sharing of Data Comes Danger" 
• Nov 29: The Telegraph, "WikiLeaks: Cables Will Embarrass, But Won't Cause Diplomatic Breakdown"
• Nov 24: Washington Post, "Centrifuges in Iran Were Shut Down, IAEA Report Says"
• Nov 24: Global Security Newswire, "NATO Sets Basis for Tactical Nuclear Cutbacks, But Path Remains Uncertain"
• Nov 23: The Globe and Mail, "North Korea's Belligerence Reflects Failure of Non-proliferation"
• Nov 21: The Guardian - Global Security Blog, "NATO's Tactical Nuclear Weapons: The New Doctrine"
• Nov 21: Los Angeles Times, "Indefensible" [OPED by Senator Dianne Feinstein]
• Nov 19: New York Times, "Cost and Goals at Center of Arms Treaty Debate"
• Nov 19: Foreign Policy, "The Bomb Squad"
• Nov 17: Global Security Newswire,  "Iranian Nuclear Program Would Outlive Attack. Gates Says"  
• Nov 17: Associated Press Broadcast, "Obama Not Backing Down on Nuke Pact"
• Nov 16: Reuters, "Stuxnet Study Suggests Iran Enrichment Aim"
• Nov 16: The Guardian,  "Stuxnet Worm is Aimed to Sabotage Iran's Nuclear Ambition, New Research Shows" 
• Nov 16: Global Security Newswire,  "Complications Seen in Nuclear Diplomacy With Iran" 
• Nov 16: The Globe and Mail, "Iran Uranium Enrichment Program Targeted by Stuxnet Worm, Study Confirms"
• Nov 15: Washington Post , "Computer Work May Have Targeted Iran's Nuclear Program"
• Nov 15: Washington Post, "New Research Confirms Iran's Nuclear Program Was Target of Stuxnet Worm"
• Nov 14: Washington Post, "Difficulty on Iran Nuclear Talks is a Bad Omen, Diplomats Warn"  
• Nov 13: Washington Post,  "Getting Iran to Agree to Talk About Its Nuclear Program Proves Difficult"  
• Nov 11: Federal Times, "Intelligence Budget Agreement Hints at More Reform"
• Nov 11: The Economist, "Fewer Dragons, More Snakes"
• Nov 10: David Hoffman, Foreign Affairs, "The Nuclear Excess."
• Nov 9: ABC News - Good Morning America/World News with Diane Sawyer: "Mystery Missile - Launch of Unknown Missile Caught on Tape in California 
• Nov 8: Washington Post, "Panetta Reminds CIA Workers to Avoid Unauthorized Leaks of Information"
• Nov 5: USA Today, "Arctic Melting Sets International Issues Bubbling"
• Nov: Micah Zenco, Toward Deeper Reductions in U.S. and Russian Nuclear Weapons (Council on Foreign Relations, November 2010).
• Nov 3: Washington Times, "Intel Foiled Al Qaeda Plot, DNI Chief Says"
• Nov 1: Voice of America, "Iran's New Nuclear Power Plant to be Closely Monitored"
• Oct 29: Washington Post, "Intelligence Spending at Record $80.1 Billion Overall"
• Oct 28: Los Angeles Times, "U.S. Reveals Skyrocketing Cost of Intelligence-gathering Since 9/11 Attacks"
• Oct 28: Associated Press, "Total U.S. Intelligence Bill Tops $80 Billion"
• Oct 28: Reuters,  U.S. Prepares New Offer For Iran Nuclear Talks
• Oct 28: Russia Today, "Oops! US Air Force Looses 50 Nukes."
• Oct 28: USA Today, "'Glitch' took US nuclear missiles offline."
• Oct 26: National Public Radio - All Things Considered, "In Information Age, Leaks Are Here to Stay"
• Oct 25: Popular Mechanics: Wikileaks Provides Another ClueThat Iranian Missiles Are in Iraq
• Oct 25: Reuters - Iran Set to Load Fuel to Core of First Atomic Plant
• Oct 25: Washington Post, "Clarifying GAO's Role in Intelligence Oversight"
• Oct 25: Agence-France Presse, "WikiLeaks Renews Question of Secrecy"
• Oct 20: Associated Press, "Digital-Rights Group Honors Transparency Activist"
• Oct 18: Popular Mechanics: "Congress Stops Funding Commercial Airlines Defense Tech"
• Oct 18: Washington Times, "CIA Sues Ex-Agent for Book's Breach of "Secrecy""
• Oct 18: MSNBC, "'Double Standard' in White House Leak Inquiries"
• Oct 14: The Guardian, "Germany demands Nato show greater commitment to nuclear disarmament." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe without credits.
• Oct 12: United Press International (UPI),  "Iran Spies Claim Signals Nuclear Problems"
  
• Oct 12: Global Security Newswire, "NATO Defense, Diplomatic Chiefs to Mull Strategy Document."
• Oct 10: The Telegraph, "Pakistan's nuclear arms push angers America."
• Oct 10: Los Angeles Times, "Pentagon Destroys Former Intelligence Officer's Memoir"
• Oct 7: TIME, "NATO Ponders What to Do with Its Nuclear Weapons."
• Oct 5: Washington Post, "Plumbing 101"
• Sep 30: Washington Post, "With Bill at Obama's Desk, Congress Aims to Renew Oversight of CIA Operations"
• Sep 30: TIME, "How Not to Censor a Book: Pentagon Makes a Best Seller"
• Sep 30: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. May Disable Some Submarine-Based Nuclear Arms Capacity."
• Sep 28: Salon, "Will Grisly Afghan Corpse Photos Be Released?"
• Sep 27: Global Security Newswire, "Proposed Ballistic-Missile Submarine Nears Pentagon Review."
• Sep 27: Fred Kaplan, TIME, "No More Nukes?"
• Sep 27: New York Times, "Zeal for Dream Drove Scientist in Secrets Case"
• Sep 27: TIME - Swampland, "Pelosi and White House Reach a Deal on Intelligence Oversight"
• Sep 25: National Public Radio - All Things Considered, "Loved Lasers, Lost: Venezuelan Nuclear Spy Accused"
• Sep 23: New York Times, "Lawyers Look to Exploit a Scientific Error"
• Sep 22: Global Security Newswire, "Senate Panel Again Cuts Funds for Conventional Trident Missile."
• Sep 14: Global Security Newswire, "NNSA Chief Sees Opportunity, Challenge in Merging Two Warhead Updates."
• Sep 13: Voice of America, "UN Accuses Iran of Hampering Nuclear Inspections"
• Sep 10: Washington Times, "Obama Uses Bush Plan for Terror War"
• Sep 9: New York Times, "Pentagon Plan: Buying Books to Keep Secrets"
• Sep 1: Bruce Blair, et al., "Smaller and Safer: A New Plan for Nuclear Postures," Foreign Affairs, Technical Appendix, September 1, 2010, p. 56.
• Sep 1: Washington Post, "GAO Access to Intel in Dispute" (interview with FAS Secrecy Expert Steven Aftergood)
• Aug 31: Wired - Danger Room, "DARPA's Star Hacker Looks to WikiLeak-Proof Pentagon"
• Aug 30: Washington Post, "Guide for Interrogators Tells How FBI Agent Turned Suspect Into Informant"
• Aug 26: Steven Andreasen, Malcolm Chalmers and Isabelle Williams, "NATO and Nuclear Weapons: Is a New Consensus Possible?," RUSI, August 24, 2010.
• Aug 26: Jacob Kipp, "Russian Drivers of Russia's Nuclear Force Posture," NPEC, August 26, 2010.
• Aug 24: Washington Post - Top Secret America, "State Officials Can Hear Secrets Too"
• Aug 24: Washington Post, "Vast Number of Military Bands May Not Be Music to Gates's Ears"
• Aug 21: Wall Street Journal, "Prosecutors Eye WikiLeaks Charges"
• Aug 20: Washington Post - Top Secret America, "Army Intelligence Buys Intelligence Like Netflix?"
• Aug 17: Global Security Newswire, "Nations Look Increasingly to U.S. Conventional Forces for Deterrence."
• Aug 13: BBC News, "Intelligence Experts Weigh the Impact of Afghan WikiLeaks Revelations"
• Aug 10: Global Security Newswire, "Future Navy Submarine to Stick With Nuclear Mission."
• Aug 8: Times of India, "India lags behind Pakistan in nuclear armoury: US expert."
• Aug 7: New York Times, "White House Revamps Ethics Team, Without a Familiar Name"
• Aug 6: Moeed Yusuf and Ashley Pandya, The Quest for Nuclear Disarmament in South Asia: A Reality Check, United States Institute for Peace, August 6, 2010.
• Aug 3: Wall Street Journal, "Grid is Vulnerable to Cyber-Attacks"
• Aug 2: Times of India (TNN), "Pak has as much fissile material as India: Report."
• Aug 1: ABC News, Trascript of interview with Secretary Gates on WikiLeaks Release of Classified Records
• Jul 31: National Public Radio (NPR), "WikiLeaks: An Editor-in-Chief or a Prolific Source?"
• Jul 31: Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire, "Political Wisdom: The Ethics of Leaking Military Secrets"
• Jul 30: TIME, "Afghan Leaks: "Is the U.S. Keeping Too Many Secrets?"
• Jul 30: TIME, "Britain Takes Another Look at Its Nuclear Subs."
• Jul 28: Foreign Policy: Stop Panicking About The Stingers
• Jul 27: Washington Post, "Is WikiLeaks the Pentagon Papers Part 2?"
• Jul 27: USA Today, "WikiLeaks Shrouded in its Own Secrecy"
• Jul 27: USA Today, "Army Begins Probe of Leaked Secret Afghan War Files"
• Jul 26: Washington Post, "WikiLeaks Takes New Approach in Latest Release of Documents"
• Jul 26: Federal News Radio, "Document Classification System Under Review"
• Jul 25: Foreign Policy - Passport, "Is WikiLeaks Growing Up?"
• Jul 25: New York Times, "In Disclosing Secret Documents, WikiLeaks Seeks 'Transparency'"
• Jul 25: Washington Post, "Was Post's 'Top Secret America' Series a Threat to Lives and Security?"
• Jul 19: Washington Post - Spy Talk, "War on Terror's Price Tag: $1 Trillion"
• Jul 16: Jane's Defence Weekly, "US nuclear stewardship plan could herald stockpile reduction."
• Jul 16: Reuters, "U.S. Intelligence Spending - Value for Money?"
• Jul 15: Washington Post, "Obama plan outlines reductions in U.S. nuclear arsenal."
• Jul 15: Los Angeles Times, "U.S. plans to increase nuclear spending."
• Jul 15: China Post (Taiwan), "Obama plans to cut up to 40 percent of nukes in U.S."
• Jul 14: Baltimore Sun Blog, "Even as Obama plan reduces nuclear arsenal, overall spending increases."
• Jul 14: The New Republic,  "Operation Sabotage: America's Secret War Against Iran's Nuclear Program"
• Jul 14: CSIS poniblogger's blog, "Obama Administration's Stockpile Stewardship Management Plan Details Stockpile Cuts, Infrastructure Investments."
• Jul 13: Associated Press, "Obama plans to cut up to 40 percent of nukes."
• Jul 13: Wired News, "Fewer Nukes, More Cash: Energy Dep’t Wants $175 Billion for Weapons Complex."
• Jul 13: UPI, "DOE plan to cut nuke weapons by 40 percent."
• Jul 13: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. Details Planned Nuclear Stockpile Cut, Funding Priorities.'
• Jul 12: Federal News Radio, "Analysis: GAO in Tug of War Over Intelligence Audits"
• Jul 10: S D Pradhan, Times of India, "Growing Chinese Nuclear Power."
• Jul 7: Washington Post, "Army Intelligence Analyst Charged in WikiLeaks Case"
• Jul 7: Wall Street Journal, "Soldier Faces Charges in Leak"
• Jul 6: The Atlantic, "Defense Department Broadens Congressional Oversight of Secret Programs"
• Jul 6: Christian Science Monitor, "WikiLeaks Case: Army Charges Soldier in Iraq Cockpit Video"

• Jun 30: National Public Radio (NPR), "Once a Critic, Obama Now Embraces Commissions"
• Jun 29: Discovery News, "Recycles Missiles Tapped to Launch Satellites."
• Jun 28: Yahoo News, "Open-Government Guru Blasts WikiLeaks"
• Jun 28: Washington Post - Spy Talk, "Anti-Censorship Leader Aftergood Blasts WikiLeaks"
• Jun 28: ThinkProgress.com, "Aftergood vs. WikiLeaks"
• Jun 28: Newsweek - Declassified, "Blowing the Whistle on WikiLeaks"
• Jun 28: Columbia Journalism Review, "Aftergood Goes After WikiLeaks"
• Jun 25: Wall Street Journal - Washington Wire, "The Price of Secrecy: Billions"
• Jun 25: TIME, "Pelosi Faces Off With Obama on CIA Oversight"
• Spring: Jing-dong Yuan, Chinese Perceptions of the Utility of Nuclear Weapons: Prospects and Potential Problems in Disarmament(French Institute for Interntional Relations (IFRI), Spring 2010).
• Jun: Mustafa Kibaroglu, "Reassessing the Role of U.S. Nuclear Weapons in Turkey," Arms Control Today, June 2010.
• Jun 23: Voice of America, "Moscow Still Hasn't Delivered Air Defense Missiles to Iran"
• Jun 21: Christian Science Monitor, "Cases of WikiLeaks and Other Leaks: Worth Prosecuting?"
• Jun 17: Los Angeles Times, "U.S. Announces Unilateral Iran Sanctions"
• Jun 13: Associated Press, "Air Force nuclear squadron in NM passes inspection."
• Jun 12: New York Times, "Obama Takes a Hard Line Against Leaks to Press"
• Jun 11: Federal Computer Week, "NARA Seeks Feedback on Declassification Priorities"
• Jun 8: Voice of America, "The Internet Springs a Leak"
• Jun 7: Christian Science Monitor, "Soldier Arrested in WikiLeaks Classified Iraq Video Case"
• Jun 3: The Times of India, "Pakistan's nuke arsenal bigger than India's."
• Jun 3: Strategic Security Newswire, "Eight Nations Hold 7,540 Deployed Nukes, Report Finds."
• Jun 2: Politico, "Panel Found Distracted 'DNI'"
• Jun 1: Philadelphia Inquirer, "Iran on the Brink of a Nuclear Bomb"
• Jun 1: United Press International (UPI), "Report: Iran Isn't Far From Nuclear Weapon"
• May 28: Christian Science Monitor: Will Secret Technology Help Rogue Nations Get Nuclear Weapons? 
• May: Reducing and Eliminating Nuclear Weapons: Country Perspectives on the Challenges to Nuclear Disarmament (New Jersey: Princeton University, International Panel on Fissile Materials, May 2010).
• May: Malcolm Chalmers, Nuclear Narratives: Reflections on Declaratory Policy (London: RUSI, 2010)
• May 25: Politico, "Justice Dept. Cracks Down on Leaks"
• May 25: Slate, "Nuclear Redaction"
• May 24: BBC News, "Israel's Peres Denies South Africa Nuclear Weapons Deal"
• May 21: Washington Times,  "U.N. Sanctions Loophole: Russia Can Send Missiles to Iran"
•  May 18: Global Security Newswire (Albuquerque Journal), NNSA Seeks $40M for Nuke Refurbishment Study."
• May 17: Wall Street Journal, "Pentagon to Tape Interrogations"
• May 12: Reuters, "Russia says may lift veil on nuclear arsenal."
• May 8: Knoxville News Sentinel: Citizen’s Voice: Our water supply crucial for future  
• May 7: Slate, "Full Disclosure: Why President Obama Revealed How Many Weapons Are in the U.S. Nuclear Stockpile"
• May 5: Associated Press, "Private sleuths once pierced nuclear veil."
• May 5: Global Security Newswire, "Russia Seen Under Pressure to Disclose Arsenal Details."
• May 4: Science Magazine, "U.S. Reveals 5113 Nukes in Stockpile, Estimate by 'Nuclear Geek' Was Off by Only 87."
• May 4: The Guardian (Jualian Borger's Global Security Blog), "Coming clean on nuclear weapons."
• May 4: Bloomberg Businessweek, "Iran Faces Pressure to Prove Peaceful Aims of Nuclear Program."
• May 4: Los  Angeles Times, "U.S. discloses size of nuclear arsenal."
• May 3: Politico, "U.S. Releases Declassified U.S. Nuclear Stockpile Numbers"
• May 3: New York Times, "Europe Lacks Plan on Nuclear Arms." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe but without giving credit.
• May 4: Washington Post (AP), "US says it has 5,113 nuclear warheads."
• May 1, Christian Science Monitor: "UN Conference on Nuclear Proliferation a Big Test for Obama"
• Apr 29: Periodismo Humano (Spain), "EEUU guarda en Europa 200 bombas atómicas."
• Apr 28: David Hoffman, Foreign Policy, "Obama's Atomic Choices." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. non-deployed nuclear weapons, but without giving credit.
• Apr 25: Daily Kos, "No "Reset Button" for Tactical Nuclear Weapons."
• Apr 23; Washington Post, "NATO seeks limits on plan for nuclear disarmament."
• Apr 22: New York Times, "U.S. Resists Push by Allies for Tactical Nuclear Cuts."
• Apr 22: Washington Post, "NATO ministers want disarmament, within limits."
• Apr 22: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. Urged to Remove Tactical Nukes in Europe." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe but without giving credit.
• Apr 22, Assocated Press, "Clinton reaffirms US commitment to defend Europe." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe but without giving credit.
• Apr 22: Washington Post, "NATO ministers to discuss U.S. nuclear arms." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe but without giving credit.
• Apr: KLS Review (Malaysia), three interviews relating to China, April 2010. Requires subscription.
• Apr 19: The Guardian, Iran Wants to Reopen Talks About a Nuclear Fuel Swap
• Apr 16, Associated Press, "McChrystal: Too Many Contractors in Afghanistan"
• Apr 16: Washington Times, "Ex-NSA Official Indicted in Probe of Leaked Secrets" 
• Apr 16: The Guardian, Iran: Bridgeable Differences
• Apr 16: CELL, "Video Games and the Second Life of Science Class"
• Apr 15: Dallas News, "Arms treaty to bring more work Pantex's way."
• Apr 15: Julien Mercille, Asia Times Online, "New treaty is a slow start."
• Apr 15: Politico, "Ex-NSA Official Charged for Leaks"
• Apr 14: Huffington Post, "Was Lack of Government Transparency a Factor in Mine Deaths?"
• Apr 14: Russia Today, "Keeping Pandora’s box shut."
• Apr 13: Russia Today, "Nuclear summit addresses a post-Cold War world."
• Apr 13: U.S. News & World Report, "A Change for U.S. Nuclear Strategy: Hans Kristensen on nuclear war planning and non-proliferation."
• Apr 13: CNN Newsroom, 9 AM EST, Nuclear Summit coverage. Uses FAS map for estimated locations of nuclear weapons.
• Apr 13: Global Security Newswire, "Norway, Poland Urge Talks on Tactical Nukes in Europe."
• Apr 12: New York Times - The Lede, "Israeli Stores Stop Selling Book That Denounces Settlers"
• Apr 12: Christian Science Monitor, "Obama Summit's Goal - Keep Nuclear Weapons Away From Terrorist"
• Apr 12: Radio Free Europe: Obama Welcomes World Leaders for Nuclear Security Summit
• Apr 12: CNN The Situation Room, "President Obama Holds Nuke Summit." Uses FAS/NRDC estimated for world nuclear weapons.
• Apr 12: Globe and Mail (Canada), "Q&A: Hans Kristensen, nuclear arms expert."
• Apr 12: Discovery News, "Nuclear Summit 2010: It's Kind of a Big Deal."
• Apr 11: David Hoffman, Washington Post, "Despite new START, the U.S. and Russia still have too many nuclear weapons."
• Apr 10: Yonhap News Agency (South Korea), "N. Korea has up to 6 nuclear weapons: Clinton." For our actual weapons estimates, gohere.
• Apr 9: The Guardian, "Who Watches WikiLeaks?"
• Apr 9: National Public Radio (NPR), "Iran Unveils New Centrifuges That May Speed Nuclear Bomb Goal"
• Apr 9: BBC News - World Have Your Say (WHYS), "On Air: Should Israel be a Special Case in the Nuclear Debate?"
• Apr 8: Jonathan Shell, CNN, "Nuclear balance of terror must end."
• Apr 8: NATO Parliamentary Assembly, U.S.. Non-Strategic Nuclear  Weapons in Europe: A Fundamental NATO Debate, April 8, 2010.
• Apr 8: New York Times, "With Arms Pact, Disarmament Challenge Remains." Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for warhead levels.
  
• Apr 8: Associated Press: "Nuclear treaty would cut only long-range arms." Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for warhead levels.
• Apr 8: Global Security NewsWire: Nuclear Summit Must Convince Nations of Terror Threat
• Apr 8: Politico, "Unclassified: Obama's Nuclear Posture Review First Public One"
• Apr 7: physicstoday.org, "Obama's nuclear posture review."
• Apr 7: Washington Post, "New nuclear arms policy shows limits U.S. faces."
• Apr 7: TIME, "Obama's Nuclear Strategy: What's Different?"
• Apr 6: Mother Jones, "Inside WikiLeaks' Leak Factory"
• Apr 6: Reason Magazine, "The 9/14 Presidency"
• Apr 6: Globe and Mail (Canada), "Obama’s new nuclear strategy maintains first-strike option."
• Apr 3: Huffington Post, "Al Haramain: Waiting for the Other Shoe to Drop"
• Apr 1: Air Force Times, "New treaty could trim nuclear role of bombers."
• Mar: Union of Concerned Scientists, "New Strategic Arms Reduction Treaty Factsheet."
• Mar 30: New York Times, "Arms Control May Be Different Things on Paper and on the Ground."
• Mar 30: Time Magazine, "U.S.-Russia Nuke Treaty: Small Step on a Long Road."
• Mar 29: Global Security Newswire, "China Weighs Engaging With U.S. on Nuclear Posture."
• Mar 29: Popular Science, "U.S. Government Launches Official Agency to Manage Biometric Database"
• Mar 27: Washington Post, "U.S., Russia agree to nuclear arms control treaty."
• Mar 27: Associated Press: Analysis: Nuclear Treaty and Obama's 'New START'
• Mar 26: Politico (in frederiksburg.com), "Lab chiefs share nuke safety doubts."
• Mar 26: Los Angeles Times, "Russian, US presidents to finalize arms treaty, set date for signin."
• Mar 25: New York Times, "Treaty Advances Obama’s Nuclear Vision."
• Mar 25: Associated Press, "Treaty to cut US-Russia nukes; signing in 2 weeks."
• Mar 24: Miami Herald, "U.S. Report: Cuban Media Seldom Fault Military's Role in Economy"
• Mar 24: Russia Today (The Alyona Show), "A New START."
• Mar 23: New Scientist, "UK Keeps Three Times as Many Patents Secret as the U.S."
• Mar 22: Asian Tribune, "Pakistan lobbying hard for n-deal akin to India-US pact."
• Mar: Gregory Kulacki, Japan and America's Nuclear Posture, Union of Concerned Scientists, March 2010.
• Mar 22: Interfax (Russia), ""Если договор СНВ не будет подписан до мая, это станет плохим сигналом." A not very good Google translation is here.
• Mar 20: ABC News, "What's the Point of Nuclear Weapons on Instant Alert?"
• Mar 18: Breitbart (Kyodo News), "U.S. Air Force includes frozen nuke project in draft FY2011 budget+."
• Mar: Malcolm Calmers and Simon Lunn, NATO's Tactical Nuclear Dilemma, Royal United Services Institute, March 2010.
• Mar 15: Der Spiegel Online, "Washington Mulls Modernization of Aging Bombs."
• Mar 14: armscontrolwonk.com, "NATO's Nuclear Opacity."
  
• Mar 14: Associated Press, "US cautious on removing nuclear arms from Europe."
• Mar 12: Mark Stokes, China's Nuclear Warhead Stoage and Handling System, Project 2049 Institute, March 12, 2010.
• Mar 11: National Public Radio, All Things Considered, "Japan Confirms Secret Nuclear Pacts With U.S."
• Mar 11: Global Security Newswire, "China Seen Building Long-Range Missiles for Conventional Strikes."
• Mar 11: Space War (AFP), "Top campaigner scoffs at Euro noises on US nukes." Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe and size of global arsenal, but without giving credit.
• Mar 10: Mother Jones, "John Yoo's Email Fail"
• Mar 9: Global Security Newswire, "Pentagon Eyes More Than $800 Million for New Nuclear Cruise Missile."
• Mar 6: Washington Post, "Obama must decide degree to which U.S. swears off nuclear weapons."
• Mar 4: Christian Science Monitor, "Social Media Domination: Republicans Rule Twitter"
• Mar 4: mil.huanqiu.com, "谷歌地球曝光094核潜发射筒打开状态图."
• Mar 3: Federal Computer Week, "Critics Not Satisfied With Partial Revelation of Secret Cybersecurity Plan"
• Mar 3: Sydney Morning Herald (AFP), "US nuclear arms treaty stalls over Russian demands." Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for U.S. nuclear forces, but without giving credit.
• Mar 3: Stars and Stripes, "NATO allies want U.S. nuclear weapons out of Europe."
• Mar 3: Globe and Mail, "Nuclear cuts, yes, but still plenty of U.S. bombs."
• Mar: Daryl Kimball, Arms Control Association, "Elimate NATO's Nuclear Relics," Arms Control Today, March 2010" Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, but without giving credit.
• Mar 2: Space War (AFP), "Five NATO nations call for nuclear rethink." Uses earlier FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe, but without giving credit.
• Mar 2: Russia Today, "US reducing nukes, arsenal to remain strong."
• Mar 2: Johan Bergenäs, World Politics Review, "Bombs Away: Removing Tactical Nukes from Europe." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for US nuclear weapons in Europe but without giving credit.
• Mar 1: Global Security Newswire, "Obama Team Might Speed Up Disassembly of Older Nuclear Warheads."
• Mar 1: AFP, "Obama plans 'dramatic reductions' in US nuclear weapons."
• Mar 1: Julian Borger's Global Security Blog, The Guardian Online, "Living up to nuclear expectations.'
• Mar 1: Adam B. Lowther, Air Force Research Institute, "Should the United States Maintain the Nuclear Triad?," Air & Space Power Journal, March 1, 2010.
• Feb: Christopher A. Preble, From Triad to Dyad, Nuclear Proliferation Update, Cato Institute, February 2010. Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for U.S. nuclear warheads but without giving credit.
• Feb: NATO's Nuclear Deterrent and its Relevance in the 21st Century, NATO Defence College, Senior Course 115, February 2010.
• Feb 28: The Guardian/Observer, "Barack Obama orders new nuclear review amid growing feud." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for US nuclear weapons in Europe without giving credits.
• Feb 27: FUTUR QUANTIQUE (France), "Des missiles de croisière nucléaires destinés à qui?"
• Feb 25: Der Spiegel Online, "German Foreign Minister Pushes for NATO Nuclear Drawdown." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for US nuclear weapons deployed in Europe without giving credits.
• Feb 25: The Cable (Foreign Policy), "Nuclear Posture Review delayed until mid to late March."
• Feb 25: Pavel Podvig, Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists, "What to do about tactical nuclear weapons."
• Feb 24: Voice of America, "Anti-Aircraft Missiles Intercepted from North Korea Alarm Scientists"
• Feb 22: Slate, "Dropping the H-Bomb"
• Feb 22: The Guardian, "Five Nato states to urge removal of US nuclear arms in Europe." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for nuclear weapons in Europe, but without credits.
• Feb 22, Global Security Newswire, "Nuclear Agency Officials Defend Rate of Warhead Dismantlement."
• Feb 22: Greg Thielmann, Arms Control Association, "New START Verification: Fitting the Means to the Ends."
• Feb 20: AFP, "Allied bid for Obama to remove US European nuclear stockpil." Uses FAS/NRDC estimate for nuclear weapons in Europe but doesn't credit.
• Feb 17: Global Security Newswire, "Peace Activists Trespass at Belgian Base Housing U.S. Nukes."
• Feb 16: Der Spiegel, "Ex-NATO Head Robertson Skeptical of Removing Nukes from Germany." The article as well as Mr. Robertson uses FAS/NRDC estimates for the number of U.S. nuclear weapons in Europe and for Russian non-strategic weapons.
• Feb 15: James Carroll, The Boston Globe, "Nuclear sites vulnerable to break-ins."
• Feb 12: USA Today, "10,000 TSA Staff to Get Secret Intel"
• Feb 11: Los Angeles Times (AP), "Official: Problems at Air Force nuclear weapons site in New Mexico were administrative."
• Feb 10: Washington Post (AP), "Air Force decertifies nuclear warheads unit in NM."
• Feb 10: Los Angeles Times (AP), "Squadron that handles nuclear warheads at New Mexico base is decertified by Air Force."
• Feb 10, David J. Baylor, Lt Col, USAF, Considerations for U.S. Nuclear Force Structure Below a 1,000 Warhead Limit (Alabama: Air War College, Air University, February 10, 2010).
•  Feb 9: Inside Defense, "Defense Officials Defer To NATO On Fate of U.S. Nuclear Arms in Europe." Requires subscription.
• Feb 8: Franklin Miller, et al., Germany Opens Pandora's Box, Centre for European Reform, February 8, 2009.
• Feb 8: Inside the Air Force, "Kirtland AFB unit loses nuclear mission.
• Feb 4: AOL News, "Belgian Activists Breach Security Around US Nukes."
• Feb 4, RTBF (Belgium), "Des pacifistes filment leur incursion à Kleine Brogel."
• Feb 4: De Morgen (Belgium), "Bomspotters op Kleine-Brogel filmden inval."
• Feb 3: Washington Post, "Obama budget seeks 13.4 percent increase for National Nuclear Security Administration."
• Feb 2: Washington Times, "Liberties Oversight Panel Gets Short Shrift"
• Feb 2: Carl Bildt and Radek Sikorski, New York Times/International Herald Tribune, "Next, the Tactical Nukes." Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for non-strategic nuclear weapons.

• Jan 27: Wall Street Journal, "START-ing Without China"
• Jan 25: Global Security Newswire, "U.S. Should Embrace Using Nukes for Nuclear Threat Only, Experts Say."
• Jan 20: Slate, "How Many Iranian Nuclear Physicists Are There?"
• Jan 19: Global Security Newswire, "Nuclear Bomb Update Effort Slowed by Posture Review, Science Studies."
• Jan 18: Air Force Times, "Report backs end of bombers’ nuclear role."
• Jan 15: ScienceNews, "Energy, safety and nuclear capabilities intertwined"
• Jan 15: McClatchy Newspapers, "Archives Director Wants You to Have Access"
• Jan 13: Taiwan News, "China says missile defense system test successful."
• Jan 12: The Telegraph, "China tests new technology to shoot down missiles in mid-air."
• Jan 12: The Guardian, "China 'successfully tests missile interceptor"
• Jan 12: BusinessWeek, "Iranian Professor Killed in Bomb Blast in Tehran"
• Jan 12: TIME (AP), "China: Missile Defense System Test Successful."
• Jan 7: Global Security Newswire, "U.S., British Might Share Firing Device to Update Nuclear Arms."
• Jan 7: TIME, "Obama's Nuclear Arms Pledge Hits Stumbling Block."
• Jan 4: Los Angeles Times, "Obama's nuclear-free vision mired in debate." Uses FAS/NRDC estimates for US nuclear arsenal and deployment in Europe without credits