FAS in the News
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FAS in the News:
2013:
- May 16: Breaking Defense, "Navy Sub Chief Rebuts Critics Claims On SSBN-X; Don't Cut Our Boats"
- May 16: The Orlando Sentinel, "Already, Some Whistle-Blowers Have Lost Their Nerve"
- May 16: Solomon Times Online, "Solomon Islander Joins Pacific Young Leaders On Disarmament"
- May 15: The World, "US Attorney General Holder Grilled In Congress Over Justice Dept. Swoop On AP Phone Records"
- May 15: The Mercury, "Cokie & Steve Roberts: Obama Justice Dept. Assaults Our Core Values"
- May 15: The Buffalo News, "Federal Sweep Of AP Telephone Records Is An Appalling Attempt At Intimidation"
- May 15: IHS Jane's, "Russia, US SSBN Patrol Figures Revealed"
- May 14: NPR, "DOJ Seizure Of AP Call Logs Unusual In Its Broad Scope"
- May 14: Washington Post, "Eric Holder Says He Recused Himself From Leak Probe That Obtained AP Phone Records"
- May 14: NPR, "Holder Defends Subpoena Of Journalists' Phone Logs"
- May 14: Washington Post, "Media Snooping, An Administration Out Of Control"
- May 13: Washington Post, "Under Sweeping Subpoenas, Justice Department Obtained AP Phone Records In Leak Investigation"
- May 13: The National Interest, "The AP Scandal Shows That The Obama Administration Is Going Rogue"
- May 13: NBC News, "Justice Department Secretly Collected AP Reporters' Phone Records"
- May 12: New Yorker, "Preventive Measures"
- May 10: Global Security Newswire, "Syria 'Ready' To Allow U.N. Chemical Arms Probe"
- May 10: Reuters, "Iran Says Nuclear Sites Safe From Earthquakes And Cyber Threats"
- May 10: Global Security Newswire, "U.N. Disarmament Chief Calls For NATO To Study Eliminating Nukes"
- May 10: The Federal Drive, "Air Force Sidelines 17 ICBM Officers"
- May 9: Voice of America, "Reports Of Chemical Weapons Use In Syria Murky"
- May 7: Nature, "U.S. Warheads To Get A Facelift"
- May 6: IDN, "Russia Bidding Farewell To Soviet Nukes"
- May 6: Salon, "Why Is Obama Withholding Secret Torture Report from Americans?"
- May 6: The Atlantic, "What Does Sarin Do To People?"
- May 3: War News Radio, "Yemen: Scarce Water, Security Threat?"
- May 3: The Diplomat, "Could New SSBN Program "Sink" U.S. Navy?"
- May 3: International Business Times, "Weapons For Rebels: What Lethal Aid Would Look Like If America Armed The Syrian Opposition"
- May 2: Pittsburgh Tribune-Review, "Tom Ridge Says Obama Erred In Not Treating Bombing Suspect As Enemy Combatant"
- May 2: The Strategic Review, "The Bomb, The Test Ban And Nuclear Disarmament" (subscription required)
- May 1: Bloomberg, "China Cyberspies Outwit U.S. Stealing Military Secrets"
- Apr 30: CNN- Global Public Square, "U.S. Kicks Syria Chemical Weapons Can Down The Road"
- Apr 29: Washington Post, "The Prophets of Oak Ridge"
- Apr 29: Defense News- Intercepts, "CRS: Military Likely To Get Some Intel Community Tools, Missions"
- Apr 26: BBC World News America, "Chemical Weapons In Syria"
- Apr 26: Reuters, "Factbox: What Is The Chemical Weapon Sarin?"
- Apr 26: New Scientist, "Threatwatch: Did Syria Use Chemical Weapons Or Not?"
- Apr 26: NPR, "U.S. Wants More Proof Syria Has Used Chemical Weapons"
- Apr 25: Russian TV Crosstalk, "Proliferating Hypocrisy"
- Apr 25: Voice of America, "Experts Assess Syria's Chemical Weapons Capabilities"
- Apr 25: Christian Science Monitor, "Chorus Grows Against Obama Administration's Sanctions-Heavy Iran Policy"
- Apr 24: Washington Examiner, "Once The Anti-Bush, Obama Increasingly Mirrors His Predecessor"
- Apr 24: NPR, "U.S. Hesitant To Act On Claims Of Chemical Weapons In Syria"
- Apr 23: Foreign Policy, "What Does Assad's WMD Arsenal Look Like?"
- Apr 23: Foreign Policy, "When Does A Chemical Weapon Used As A Weapon Become A 'Chemical Weapon'?
- Apr 23: Christian Science Monitor, "Israel Charges Syria With Lethal Chemical Weapons Use"
- Apr 21: The Guardian, "Obama Accused Of Nuclear U-Turn As Guided Weapons Plan Emerges"
- Apr 20: Al Jazeera, "Keeping Secrets, Telling Lies"
- Apr 19: The Street, "Measuring The Economic Impact Of The Arms Trade Treaty"
- Apr 16: Wired, "Government Secrecy Orders On Patents Have Stifled More Than 5,000 Inventions"
- Apr 15: Federal Times, "Number Of Clearance Holders Exceeds Population Of L.A."
- Apr 15: Global Security Newswire, "Major Uranium Producer To Host Iranian President"
- Apr 15: Reuters, "Iran's Ahmadinejad Due To Visit Uranium-Producing Niger"
- Apr 13: Wall Street Journal, "U.S.-China Nuclear Silence Leaves A Void"
- Apr 12: The Hill, "Report: Federal 'Clean Coal' Power Project Faces Uncertain Future"
- Apr 12: Reuters, "Pentagon Report On North Korea Nuclear Capabilities Stirs Worry, Doubts"
- Apr 12: Salon, "Pretending To Know About North Korea"
- Apr 11: The Daily Beast, "How Scared Should You Be About North Korea?"
- Apr 10: New York Times, "Army Judge Raises Burden In Private's Trial On Leaks"
- Apr 10: UPI, "U.S. Nobel Winners Address Funding"
- Apr 10: Reuters, "Iran Plans To Build More Nuclear Reactors In Quake-Prone Area"
- Apr 10: The Hill, "Nobel Laureates Urge Congress To Protect Research Funding"
- Apr 10: Global Security Newswire, "More Iranian Nuclear Power Reactors Expected In Earthquake Zone"
- Apr 9: New York Times, "Laureates Urge No Cuts To Budgets For Research"
- Apr 9: Nature World News, "37 Dead, 850 Injured In Iran Earthquake, Officials Say No Damage To Nuclear Power Station"
- Apr 9: Reuters, "Quake Hits Near Iran's Nuclear City Bushehr, 30 Dead"
- Apr 9: Foreign Policy, "Iran Announces New Uranium Mining and Production"
- Apr 9: Reuters, "Iran Announces Uranium Mining After Nuclear Talks Fail"
- Apr 9: The Sydney Morning Herald, "'We Were Right To Invade Iraq'-John Howard"
- Apr 8: Global Security Newswire, "New START Functioning 'Exactly As Advertised,' Kerry Says"
- Apr 8: Global Security Newswire, "The Paradox of Syria's Chemical Weapons"
- Apr 7: Washington Examiner, "For Good Government Groups, What Did All That Access Earn?"
- Apr 5: Bloomberg News, "Iran Signals Flexbility As World Powers Seek Progress"
- Apr 5: Global Security Newswire, "Work Remains As Nuclear Security Deadline Arrives"
- Apr 4: New Scientist, "North Korea Nuclear Threats: How Worried Should We Be?"
- Apr 4: Washington Post, "Map: This Is How Far Those North Korean Missiles Can Actually Reach"
- Apr 4: IPS News, "Report: Engage Iran's People While Preventing Nuke"
- Apr 4: Toronto Star, "North Korea: What's Going On In The Hermit Kingdom?"
- Apr 3: Christian Science Monitor, "How Much Is A Nuclear Program Worth? For Iran, Well Over $100 Billion"
- Apr 3: Washington Post, "Hill GOP Retains Social Media Edge Over Dems"
- Apr 3: Associated Press, "Report Calls For End To 'Cold War Autopilot' Plan"
- Apr 3: Global Security Newswire, "Iran Might Be Continuing Nuke Work: IAEA Chief"
- Apr 3: The Africa Report, "New UN Arms Treaty And Africa"
- Apr 3: Think Progress, "National Security Brief: Report Says Iran's Nuclear Program Can't Be 'Bombed Away'"
- Apr 2: Defense Tech, "Blast Hints At North Korea's Nuke"
- Apr 2: Reuters, "Iran's Nuclear Program Entails Huge Costs, Few Benefits: Report"
- Mar 29: New York Times, "Estimated Range of North Korean Missiles"
- Mar 29: Washington Post, "North Korea Almost Certainly Lacks Basic Technical Capability To Carry Out Its Big War Plan"
- Mar 29: Daily Beast, "A New Trove Of NSA Documents Reveal What Spies Read For Fun"
- Mar 28: Slate (French), "Sur Les Traces Des Missiles Sol-Air En Syrie"
- Mar 27: Government Computer News, "Can NASA Vet All Material In Its Shuttered Tech Database?"
- Mar 26: Bulletin of Atomic Scientists, "The Thin Red Line"
- Mar 26: National Review Online, "SDI at 30, Part II"
- Mar 25: Global Security Newswire, "White House Supports Rollback Of Cleanup Standards For Nuclear Incidents"
- Mar 22: New York Times, "Database Is Shut Down By NASA For A Review"
- Mar 22: Roll Call, "In A Reversal, Senate Intelligence Panel To Release Vote Tallies"
- Mar 22: CNET, "Anti-Drone Revolt Prompts Push For New Federal, State Laws"
- Mar 22: Space.com, "NASA Pulls Technical Database Offline During Security Investigation"
- Mar 21: Christian Science Monitor, "The Real Warning in Syrian Chemical Weapons Claims"
- Mar 21: Yahoo! News, "547 Dead, 476 Hurt In Mass Shootings Since 1983"
- Mar 20: CNN.com, "Nuclear Weapons: Who Has What?"
- Mar 20: Global Security Newswire, "Tomahawk Nuke Missile Pulled From Navy Service"
- Mar 20: Christian Science Monitor, "All Signs Point To No Lethal Chemical Weapons Attack In Syria"
- Mar 19: Al Jazeera, "U.S. Wades In On Syrian Chemical Weapon Claims"
- Mar 14: Huffington Post, "Fiji High Commissioner: China Stepped In When U.S. And UK Withdrew"
- Mar 14: Global Security Newswire, "Air Force Seeks Options For Updating ICBMs"
- Mar 14: Wired-Danger Room, "That's No Train! Air Force Eyes Subway For Nuclear Missiles"
- Mar 12: The Telegraph, "Nirbhay Strays & Sows Fear"
- Mar 10: Buffalo News, "Sunshine Week: Obama Has Mixed Record On Open Government"
- Mar 8: Business Insider, "North Korea Is Not Even Close To Hitting The US With A Nuke"
- Mar 8: The Guardian, "West Training Syrian Rebels In Jordan"
- Mar 8: The Asahi Shimbun, "Editorial: Attacks on Nuclear Sites Are Best Prevented By Abolishing The Plants"
- Mar 7: CNET, "House Orders Pentagon To Disclose Domestic Drone Use"
- Mar 7: Vancouver Observer, "Canada Wants To Be A Player In The Arms-Dealer Game"
- Mar 7: The Oregonian, "Ron Wyden Says CIA Confirmation Battle Was About More Than Drones"
- Mar 6: Popular Mechanics, "How Did Chinese Missiles Get Into Yemen?"
- Mar 6: The Diplomat, "For America's Military: Less Nukes"
- Mar 2: Washington Post, "Long-Ago Wiretap Inspires A Battle With The CIA For More Information"
- Mar 2: New York Times, "Seized Chinese Weapons Raise Concerns on Iran"
- Feb 28: Foreign Policy, "Chinese Surface to Air Missiles Are Being Used by Syrian Rebels"
- Feb 27: Global Security Newswire, "Nuclear Arms Count May Have Fallen By Hundreds Under Obama"
- Feb 26: Albuquerque Journal, "How Many Weapons Are There in the U.S. Nuclear Arsenal?"
- Feb 25: Bloomberg, "Iran Nuclear Talks Reflect History of War and Deceit"
- Feb 21: International Business Times, "Nigeria Battles Illicit Small Arms, With Russians in the Cross Hairs"
- Feb 21: Eurasia Review, "High-Alert Nukes As If The Cold War Didn't End- Analysis"
- Feb 20: Huffington Post, "Nuclear Nations: Energy and Bombs"
- Feb 15: Huffington Post, "Ending the Nuclear Weapons Age"
- Feb 14: Global Security Newswire, "Russia Might Still Use Sea-Fired Nuclear Cruise Missiles"
- Feb 14: Tech News Daily, "Expert: North Korea Years From a Bomb"
- Feb 14: Foreign Policy, "Sounds of Silence"
- Feb 13: Foreign Policy, "How Does America's Nuclear Arsenal Stack Up Against North Korea's?"
- Feb 13: Huffington Post, "New Zealand High Commissioner: Shared Values Driving Ever Stronger U.S.-NZ Partnership"
- Feb 12: New York Times, "A Secretive Country Gives Experts Few Clues to Judge Its Nuclear Program"
- Feb 12: Huffington Post, "Obama Drones Memo Disclosure Could Change FOIA Cases"
- Feb 12: Roll Call, "Brennan Confronts 'Trust Gap' in Confirmation"
- Feb 11: Kommersant, "U.S. to Propose Further Cuts on Nuclear in Moscow"
- Feb 11: Homeland Security Today, "Stage Set For Battle Over Domestic Drones"
- Feb 11: ProPublica, "Has Obama Kept His Open-Government Pledge?"
- Feb 9: Bloomberg News, "Bipartisan Letter Seeks Answers on Open-Government Failures"
- Feb 9: McClatchy Newspapers, "Commentary: More Bluster from North Korea"
- Feb 8: New York Times, "Seizure of Antiaircraft Missiles in Yemen Raises Fears That Iran is Arming Rebels There"
- Feb 8: Albuquerque Journal, "New General to Head Nuke Weapons Center"
- Feb 8: The Center for Public Integrity, "Obama Administration Embraces Major New Nuclear Weapons Cut"
- Feb 7: New Republic, "How Congress Whiffed on Drones"
- Feb 6: Washington Post, "Walton Appointed Presiding Judge of Special Court that Oversees Secret Government Surveillance"
- Feb 6: BBC News, "Viewpoint: U.S. Media Lax on Drones"
- Feb 6: Global Security Newswire, "GOP Senator Sees Threat to Nuclear Triad Under Obama"
- Feb 5: Washington Examiner, "White House: Killing U.S. Citizen with Terrorist Ties 'Legal' and 'Wise'"
- Feb 5: Global Security Newswire, "Obama Seen As Laying Groundwork for Arms Control Push"
- Feb 4: BBC News, "Roll Forward the Doomsday Train"
- Feb 2: Kansas City Star, "Hunger Can't Be Sated by Bluster"
- Feb 1: Times-Picayune, "New Congressional Report Summarizes BP Deepwater Horizon Oil Spill Actions"
- Jan 28: The Global Times, "China's Anti- Missile Test Successful: Gov't"
- Jan 25: New York Times, "Pentagon Reverses Some of Its Censoring of a War Book"
- Jan 25: Discovery News, "3 Reasons N. Korea Can't Nuke the US (Yet)"
- Jan 25: PressTV, "Obama Against Chinese Nuclear Great Wall"
- Jan 24: McClatchy Newspapers, "After Criticism, Obama Officials Quietly Craft New Polygraph Policy"
- Jan 22: Foreign Policy, "Is Nuclear Arms Control Dead?"
- Jan 20: Washington Post, "No Classified FISA Court Rulings Made Public As A Result of Review"
- Jan 18: The Times of India, "Pakistan has World's Fastest Growing Nuclear Stockpile"
- Jan 18: The Strategist, "Google in North Korea: Pyongyang Kowtow or Smart Diplomacy?"
- Jan 15: Huffington Post, "8 Things I Miss About the Cold War"
- Jan 14: Global Security Newswire, "Russia Might Still Use Sea-Fired Nuclear Cruise Missiles"
- Jan 11: New York Times: "A Trail of Bullet Casings Leads From Africa's Wars to Iran"
- Jan 11: The Sydney Morning Herald, "We Have Created a World of 'Civilised Savages'"
- Jan 9: Homeland Security Today, "Surveillance, Protection and Detection: DHS Fails to Align and Prioritize its Many Varied Missions, Congressional Report Finds"
- Jan 7: Wall Street Journal, "Obama Expands Whistleblower Protections Amid Aggressive Enforcement"
- Jan 5: Defense News, "New U.S. Law Seeks Answers on Chinese Nuke Tunnels"
- Jan 3: Washington Examiner, "After New Attacks, Obama Faces Questions on Drones"
- Jan 3: Homeland Security Today, "The Benghazi Attacks: A Story of Obfuscating and Ignoring Evidence of Jihadi Terrorism in the Land of 'Arab Spring'"
- Jan 3: Washington Examiner, "Nine People Who Know How to Make Government Work Better, More Honestly"
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