Gordon Prather

Physicist James Gordon Prather has served as a policy implementing official for national security-related technical matters in the Federal Energy Agency, the Energy Research and Development Administration, the Department of Energy, the Office of the Secretary of Defense and the Department of the Army. Dr. Prather also served as legislative assistant for national security affairs to U.S. Sen. Henry Bellmon, R-Okla. -- ranking member of the Senate Budget Committee and member of the Senate Energy Committee and Appropriations Committee. Dr. Prather had earlier worked as a nuclear weapons physicist at Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory in California and Sandia National Laboratory in New Mexico.

Bolton the Peacemaker

Well, the neo-crazies are wandering around in a daze, stunned by the decision of the Norwegian Nobel Committee to award the Peace Prize to Mohamed ElBaradei, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, rather than to Bonkers Bolton, architect of our Proliferation Security Initiative. According to the Committee: "At a time when the threat of … Continue reading “Bolton the Peacemaker”

Doing Bush’s Bidding

The Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons (NPT) begins by affirming "that all parties to the treaty are entitled to participate in the fullest possible exchange of scientific information for – and to contribute alone or in cooperation with other states to – the further development of the applications of atomic energy for peaceful purposes." … Continue reading “Doing Bush’s Bidding”

Saving Face

Iran will not be deterred “by anything short of a threat of force,” said Arieh Eldad, a member of Israel’s right-wing National Union Party, part of a delegation of Knesset members visiting Washington this week. What programs is he threatening? Well, apparently the same ones Assistant Secretary Stephen Rademaker has been threatening, at the 2005 … Continue reading “Saving Face”

Pleading Incompetence

No one – including the Iranians at their (nonexistent) equivalent of our Los Alamos Laboratory – can make a nuclear weapon until they have managed to acquire multi-kilogram quantities of almost pure uranium-235, uranium-233, or plutonium-239. For that reason, the Treaty on Nonproliferation of Nuclear Weapons required all signatories not already having nuclear weapons to … Continue reading “Pleading Incompetence”

US-Israeli Diplomatic Triumph Over Iran

Last week the United States bullied, blackmailed and/or intimidated members of the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency into passing a Resolution that, among other things: "Finds that Iran’s many failures and breaches of its obligations to comply with its NPT Safeguards Agreement, as detailed in GOV/2003/75, constitute "non compliance" in the … Continue reading “US-Israeli Diplomatic Triumph Over Iran”

Case Closed, Condi

Ever since Condi Rice became secretary of state, she and her lackeys have been running around in circles of diminishing radius, muttering something about the "necessity" of referring Iran to the UN Security Council for "action." What necessity? What action? Well, according to their statute, whenever inspectors for the International Atomic Energy Agency discover "special … Continue reading “Case Closed, Condi”

Such a Blot

Colin Powell recently confessed that his presentation of US "intelligence" – which turned out to be all wrong – to the UN Security Council to justify Bush’s unprovoked and unsanctioned war of aggression against Iraq was a "blot" on his record, and he "feels terrible" about it. Don’t we all? However, his successor, Condi Rice, … Continue reading “Such a Blot”

Weapons of Mass Murder

In announcing his preemptive invasion of Iraq, President Bush had this to say: "Our nation enters this conflict reluctantly – yet, our purpose is sure. The people of the United States and our friends and allies will not live at the mercy of an outlaw regime that threatens the peace with weapons of mass murder." … Continue reading “Weapons of Mass Murder”

Neocrazies Foiled

According to Article IV of the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons: "All the Parties to the Treaty undertake to facilitate, and have the right to participate in, the fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information for the peaceful uses of nuclear energy. "Parties to the Treaty in a position to … Continue reading “Neocrazies Foiled”

WMD Postmortem

Drawing upon the findings of the (a) Iraq Survey Group, (b) U.S. and British official investigations, (c) contemporary Iraqi official documents, and (d) personal memoirs of UN officials and others, Associated Press reporter Charles Hanley has constructed a highly regarded postmortem of Saddam’s nonexistent “weapons of mass destruction” threat to us. Hanley begins his postmortem … Continue reading “WMD Postmortem”