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.

New Era of America Leadership?

Check it out! According to the Obama-Biden Foreign Policy Agenda just posted at the White House web-site, "President Obama and Vice President Biden will renew America’s security and standing in the world through a new era of American leadership." How? "The Obama-Biden foreign policy will end the war in Iraq responsibly, finish the fight against … Continue reading “New Era of America Leadership?”

Shoring Up the NPT Regime

Will Obama-Biden administration national security policies look remarkably like Clinton-Gore’s? On the basis of the Obama-approved statement Hillary made to the Senate Foreign Relations Committee at her confirmation hearings last week, it sure looks that way. After noting that “the gravest threat that America faces is the danger that weapons of mass destruction will fall … Continue reading “Shoring Up the NPT Regime”

A Serious Crisis With Iran?

Last month the Congressional Commission on Strategic Posture issued an interim report, on the basis of which one of its co-chairmen, former Secretary of Defense William Perry, publicly predicted this week that President-elect Obama will soon face a "serious crisis with Iran." Iran? Now, Perry was SecDef in the early 1990s when the International Atomic … Continue reading “A Serious Crisis With Iran?”

Bolton’s Still Bonkers

As 2009 dawns, there is some good news.  For example, Bonkers Bolton is no longer, officially, in a position to precipitate an illegal (under international law) attack by the Bush-Cheney Administration on certain Iranian facilities.  Those facilities being subject – as required by the Treaty on Non-Proliferation of Nuclear Weapons  – to frequent inspections whereby … Continue reading “Bolton’s Still Bonkers”

Back to ‘Globalism’

It appears increasingly likely that the Obama-Biden-Hillary administration will also adopt a Bubba-Gore-Hillary article of faith, namely that the 21st Century would see the end of the nation-state. Acting on that belief, Bubba-Gore attempted to hand over to the United Nations, the presumptive world government, every semi-international problem, including women’s reproductive rights, For example, in … Continue reading “Back to ‘Globalism’”

Upsetting the Balance of Power

The head of Israeli Defense Ministry’s Security-Diplomatic Bureau visited the Kremlin this week, intent upon convincing the Russians that equipping Iran, and perhaps Syria, with an upgraded version of their S-300 air defense system “would disturb the balance of power in the Middle East.” What balance? The Russians had earlier supplied both Iran and Syria … Continue reading “Upsetting the Balance of Power”

Nuke Umbrellas

According to the Israeli newspaper Haaretz, someone "close" to President-elect Obama told them that the Obama-Biden-Hillary administration intends to offer Israel a "nuclear umbrella." Now, you know what an ordinary umbrella is. And if you can find it and unfurl it in time, if the rain is coming straight down out of the sky, and … Continue reading “Nuke Umbrellas”

Strengthening Proliferation-Prevention

According to the Commission On The Prevention of Weapons of Mass Destruction Proliferation and Terrorism [.pdf], their mandate was "to examine the threats posed to the United States." But their principal conclusion was that "unless the world community acts decisively and with great urgency, it is more likely than not that a weapon of mass … Continue reading “Strengthening Proliferation-Prevention”

Smoking Satellite Pics

According to a report by The Associated Press, Mohamed ElBaradei, Director-General of the International Atomic Energy Agency, finds it "baffling" that there are apparently no commercial satellite pictures available of a site in Syria taken in the months just after the Israelis allegedly destroyed whatever was allegedly there prior to September 6th, 2007. Except, of … Continue reading “Smoking Satellite Pics”

Meeting the Challenges of 2025

The previous Clinton-Gore administrations – acting at the behest of various well-funded groups of activists in this country and the complicit Best Congress Money Can Buy – attempted to convert various regimes (Muslim and otherwise) in other nation-states to regimes more sympathetic to those activists’ beliefs. First, by the imposition of sanctions. And if that … Continue reading “Meeting the Challenges of 2025”