The ‘China Syndrome’ refers to the most drastically severe meltdown a nuclear reactor could possibly achieve. In this case, the reactor would reach the highest level for a sustained period of time, resulting in the melting of its support infrastructure. The uranium in the core would behave in a similar manner to a delta-class fire, […]
Secretary Carter issues his first wartime press release to US troops stationed all over the world
On February 17th 2015 the new Secretary of Defense Ashton Carter issued the following statement to all US Department of Defense personnel. To all Department of Defense personnel: “I am honored to become your secretary of defense. I am proud to lead men and women who devote their lives to the highest calling – the […]
“No single solution to ensure the protection of information and associated information infrastructure”, says report
Contained within the pages of the Committee Report 22 of 108 – House Report 113-102 – National Defense Authorization Act for Fiscal year 2014 are references to the urgent need “to ensure the protection of information and associated information infrastructure.” “The committee is aware that critical infrastructure is not just physical, but also encompasses information and […]
Philippines USA: Security and Strategic Partnership deepens
Washington DC: Just concluded talks on april 30th in the US capitol, between the USA and the Philippines in Washington DC stressed the "Deepening security and Strategic Partnership" a briefing document on the joint 2 + 2 talks. The first conducted jointly between the US Departments of Defence and State with the Philippine Foreign Affiars […]
In Gitmo Opinion, Two Versions of Reality
This story was co-published with The National Law Journal and ProPublica. When Judge Henry Kennedy Jr. ordered the release of a Guantánamo Bay detainee last spring, the case appeared to be a routine setback for an Obama administration that has lost a string of such cases. But there turns out to be nothing ordinary about the […]
White House Regroups on Guantanamo
This post was co-published [1] with The Washington Post and appeared in that paper on Friday, Sept. 25, 2009. President Barack Obama talks on the phone while White House Counsel Gregory Craig stands by. Craig no longer heads the administration’s initiative to close the prison at Guantanamo, according to two senior administration officials. (Official White […]