I had this post mostly drafted when Kurt Eichenwald’s article about faked emails appeared. I’m leaving it mostly the way it started out and will work that article in toward the end.
Russia is trying to hack the United States election. That’s not surprising, given current levels of Russian animosity. Or perhaps it should be called paranoia. Or even bluffing. It’s hard to tell. Read More
There’s a lot going on in the world that isn’t Donald Trump. Unfortunately, we have to pay attention to a bullying ignoramus who might become President of the United States. Here are some of the other things, and a few background pieces on continuing issues. Read More
The decree signed by Vladimir Putin suspending cooperation with the United States on disposing of weapons plutonium set excessive conditions for resuming cooperation. Cooperation was ended, it said, because of “hostile actions” by the United States. The conditions for resumption of the agreement are for the United States to decrease NATO’s presence in Europe, revoke the Magnitsky Act, end sanctions imposed because of Russia’s invasion of Ukraine, and compensate those hurt by those sanctions. Read More
Back in April, the Obama administration decided to defund the plant intended to produce mixed uranium-plutonium oxide nuclear reactor fuel (MOX) out of plutonium recovered from decommissioned nuclear weapons. This was part of an agreement struck with Russia in the 1990s to dispose of 34 tons of weapons plutonium. My read in April, and Pavel Podvig’s. Read More
