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From the Blogs
New Nuclear Weapons Employment Guidance Puts Obama's Fingerprint on Nuclear Weapons Policy and Strategy:
On June 19, the Obama administration released its long-awaited new
guidance on nuclear weapons employment policy. On one hand, the guidance
directs pursuit of additional reductions in deployed strategic
warheads. On the other hand, the guidance reaffirms a commitment to core
Cold War posture characteristics such as counterforce targeting,
retaining a triad of strategic nuclear forces, and retaining
non-strategic nuclear weapons forward deployed in Europe.
A Candid Look at the Senate Intelligence Committee:
Much of the continuing controversy over intelligence surveillance
policy revolves around whether the sweeping collection of U.S. telephone
data by intelligence agencies violates constitutional norms. But it is
also an occasion to assess the quality of intelligence oversight, and to
review the performance of oversight mechanisms in representing the
public and defending its interests. Recently, the Senate Select
Committee on Intelligence blocked its former general council, Vicki
Divoll, from speaking on the record about how the Committee
functions.
Radiological Ray Gun: More Buck Rogers Fantasy than Risk to Real People:
The June 18th arrest of two men for allegedly plotting to build a
bizarre yet potentially deadly radiological device once again highlights
the potential nexus of non-state actors with so-called weapons of mass
destruction. This most recent plot reveals the historical rarity and
non-lethality of non-state actors and their behaviors with radiological
weapons and agents.
Hundreds of Classified Leaks Under Review by IC Inspector General:
Hundreds of cases of unauthorized disclosures of classified information
were under review by the Office of the Inspector General of the U.S.
Intelligence Community. Most of these reviews pertained to disclosures
which could not be criminally prosecuted for one reason or another, and
which were therefore considered closed cases. But starting a year or so
ago, the IC Inspector General began reviewing them in order to identify
the leakers and to impose administrative sanctions where appropriate.
Avoiding Needless Wars, Part Six: North Korea:
Over the last few months, North Korea has severely tested the world’s
patience by conducting its third nuclear test and readied a missile for
firing. This behavior seems to confirm the conventional wisdom that
North Korea is a rogue nation. In a new post on the ScienceWonk Blog,
Dr. Martin Hellman examines other hypotheses which may give the United
States and other countries more effective options for dealing with North
Korea.
Armed Conflict in Syria and More from CRS:
Secrecy News has obtained recently released CRS reports on topics such
as Syria's chemical weapons use, U.S. strategic nuclear forces and the
U.S. response to the armed conflict in Syria.
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