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.

A Choice Without an Alternative

Will you be offered a choice without an alternative in November? By now you must know that the Republican Party has been taken over by the neo-crazies, hell-bent on establishing American Hegemony in the Middle East on behalf of our "allies." But maybe you didn’t realize that the Democratic Party was taken over by the … Continue reading “A Choice Without an Alternative”

Iran’s Golden Offer

The Pentagon has just conducted war games, modeling a preemptive attack against the Iranian uranium-enrichment facility at Natanz – which is still several years from becoming operational – and the Russian nuclear power plant nearing completion at Bushehr. The result? Not only would the attack be ineffective, but it might well plunge the entire Persian … Continue reading “Iran’s Golden Offer”

Does North Korea Have What Iraq Didn’t?

In his 2002 State of the Union Address, President Bush threw down the gauntlet before Iraq, North Korea and Iran. “States like these, and their terrorist allies, constitute an axis of evil, arming to threaten the peace of the world. “I will not wait on events, while dangers gather. I will not stand by, as … Continue reading “Does North Korea Have What Iraq Didn’t?”

North Korea Nuke Mess Made by Bush

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT) recognizes the “inalienable right” of all signatories to “the fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information” related to the “use of nuclear energy for peaceful purposes.” That means that Iran has the “inalienable right” to acquire nuclear reactors or uranium-enrichment centrifuges from Russia. On the other … Continue reading “North Korea Nuke Mess Made by Bush”

South Korea Rains on Bolton’s Parade

This week, Undersecretary of State John Bolton will demand that the Board of Governors of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) refer to the UN Security Council for possible punishment the "failure" of Iran to promptly disclose its production – during experiments conducted at Lashkar Ab’ad between October 2002 and January 2003 – of milligram … Continue reading “South Korea Rains on Bolton’s Parade”

Bush Wins, We Invade Iran

If not getting nuked in your jammies is high on your priority list, then maybe your best bet is to vote for John Kerry. Kerry has just endorsed last October’s Brit-French-German agreement with Iran, whereby they pledged to facilitate "the fullest possible exchange of equipment, materials and scientific and technological information for the peaceful uses … Continue reading “Bush Wins, We Invade Iran”

Neocons Preparing the Sequel to Plan of Attack

You might want to re-read Bob Woodward’s Plan of Attack now that you know the FBI has been attempting for at least two years to determine whether or not the development of that plan and/or associated National Security Presidential Directives (NSPD) involved any acts of treason. Treason? That’s right. Not spying. Treason. It would be … Continue reading “Neocons Preparing the Sequel to Plan of Attack“

Oops, We’ll Do It Again?

Soon after the Warsaw Pact collapsed in 1989, Bush the Elder began retrieving the thousands of "tactical" nukes we had forward deployed in NATO countries for use against invading Warsaw Pact armies. Did the Soviet Union follow suit? Well, no. It turns out that, although the Soviet Union had more than 15,000 tactical nukes for … Continue reading “Oops, We’ll Do It Again?”

A Reverse Cold War

The only two nation-states on earth who could destroy us – nipping in the bud the American Hegemony – are Russia and China. Each has mobile ICBMs – which we could never preemptively “take out” – capable of dropping thermonukes on every mega-city in the United States. Each also has more thermonuke warheads than any … Continue reading “A Reverse Cold War”