Shopping with Saddam Hussein

Commentary Magazine July-August 2001, pp. 23-7 Whether or not the world is ready, Saddam Hussein is back. With oil income now reaching the levels he enjoyed before the Gulf war, Iraq’s president…

U.N. Sanctions Didn’t Stop Iraq From Buying Weapons

The New York Times June 18, 2001, p. A6 Two American arms control experts, combing through unpublished reports by a disbanded arms inspection commission, say they found evidence that Iraq continued…

Comments on the Al Qa’qa Bomb

In February 1996, Iraq gave the United Nations a report that purported to cover an Iraqi program to develop and test a nuclear radiation bomb in 1987. The report, which…

Document Reveals 1987 Bomb Test by Iraq

The New York Times April 29, 2001, p. A8 Iraq tested a bomb in 1987 that cast a radioactive cloud in the open air and was designed to cause vomiting,…

Remarks in Honor of Jerry Brubaker

I am honored to be able to say a few words today about Jerry Brubaker. Without any exaggeration, I can say that Jerry was one of the most committed, consistent…

Grab for Money Could Arm Enemies of the U.S.

Los Angeles Times March 4, 2001, p. M5 The Bush administration is conducting a top-to-bottom review of America’s defenses to see whether they can handle, among other things, the growing…

Fast Computers, Deadly Enemies

The New York Times January 31, 2001, p. A25 As President Bush sifts through the pile of his predecessor’s last-minute directives to spot the executive orders he wants to –…

Clinton’s Super Computer Push

Asian Wall Street Journal September 19, 2000, p. 6 U.S. companies are selling countries the super computers they need to build the weapons America will have to defend against. Much…

The Real Nuclear Gap

The New York Times June 16, 2000, p. A 33 The Los Alamos National Laboratory is facing another nuclear mystery. Two computer hard drives — full of weapons secrets —…