Tag: policy
group name: fas
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June 18, 2007 03:36 PM EDT --
To visit the Federation of American Scientists www.fas.org
On Thursday 14 June, Dr. John Harvey, the Director of Policy Planning Staff of the National Nuclear Security Agency, spoke at the New . . .
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March 02, 2007 03:09 PM EST --
WHITE HOUSE "STRONGLY OPPOSES" INTEL BUDGET DISCLOSURE
The Bush Administration formally notified the Senate this week that it objects to a provision in a pending bill on homeland security that . . .
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May 02, 2007 03:00 PM EDT --
ARMY CLAMPS DOWN WITH NEW OPSEC POLICY
A new U.S. Army regulation on Operations Security (OPSEC) would sharply restrict the ability of soldiers to participate in public life without supervision . . .
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May 10, 2007 11:00 AM EDT --
Shaheen 2 launch
Pakistan is preparing its next-generation of nuclear-capable ballistic missile for deployment. A satellite image taken on June 5, 2005, shows what appears to be 15 Transporter . . .
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March 29, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
"Global climate change "represents a clear and present danger to the security and economy of the United States," according to a bipartisan bill introduced in the Senate yesterday, and it . . .
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March 22, 2007 11:01 AM EDT --
Despite frequent complains about lack of transparency in Chinese military planning, a new report from the Office of Naval Intelligence – recently described in the Washington Times and subsequently . . .
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June 26, 2007 12:18 PM EDT --
VICE PRESIDENT MAKES SECRECY POLICY A JOKE (LITERALLY)
The arcane details of national security classification policy became the stuff of late night comedy as White House officials struggled to . . .
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March 07, 2007 10:21 AM EST --
US Air Force Decides to Retire Advanced Cruise Missile
The U.S. Air Force has decided to retire the Advanced Cruise Missile, the most modern and capable nuclear cruise missile in the U.S. arsenal, according . . .
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May 02, 2007 03:28 PM EDT --
click on figure to open full fact sheet
The Bush administration announced in 2004 that it had decided to cut the nuclear weapons stockpile "nearly in half" by 2012, but has refused . . .
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April 24, 2007 03:20 PM EDT --
The Department of Defense has asked Congress to enact two expansive new provisions in the FY 2008 defense authorization act to help it restrict public access to information.
One of the provisions would . . .
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January 23, 2007 02:41 PM EST --
In a major foreign policy blunder, China reportedly has conducted an anti-satellite (ASAT) test. First reported in Aviation Week and Space Technology, China allegedly used a medium-range ballistic missile . . .
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April 11, 2007 12:27 PM EDT --
New Technology is the Promise of Tomorrow's Schools
Through its Learning Federation initiative, the Federation of American Scientists (FAS) is exploring the uses of advanced video-gaming technologies . . .
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March 07, 2007 02:35 PM EST --
CONGRESSIONAL INTELLIGENCE OVERSIGHT IN JEOPARDY
In a "shocking and inexcusable" action that may threaten the institution of congressional intelligence oversight, an anonymous Senator yesterday . . .
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February 06, 2007 02:26 PM EST --
China's entire submarine fleet conducted only two patrols in 2006, according to information declassified by the U.S. Navy and obtained by the Federation of American Scientists under the Freedom of . . .
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May 07, 2007 03:37 PM EDT --
ARMY DOCUMENTS POSTED "ILLEGALLY," ARMY SAYS
A U.S. Army official told the Federation of American Scientists that Army documents on the FAS web site had been published by FAS "illegally" . . .
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April 11, 2007 03:52 PM EDT --
VISUAL AIRCRAFT RECOGNITION (FOUO)
More than 160 U.S. and foreign military aircraft are catalogued in a U.S. Army manual which describes their distinctive physical characteristics in order to permit visual . . .
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February 19, 2008 01:41 PM EST --
The United States is planning to intercept a dying reconnaissance satellite with a missile launched from a Navy ship. The administration justifies the intercept on the basis of public safety. That is . . .
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June 28, 2007 04:17 PM EDT --
FOCUS OF VP INQUIRY SHIFTS TO ATTORNEY GENERAL
Congressional leaders who are investigating the refusal of Vice President Cheney to comply with executive branch procedures for oversight of classification . . .
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February 22, 2007 04:12 PM EST --
There are a few different things going on. Wait times have become longer; backlogs of requests have grown; the standards under which information is released have in some cases become more restrictive. . . .
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May 12, 2007 09:04 AM EDT --
The Federation of American Scientists has added a fifth case study to our Dual-Use Research education series. This new case study focuses on the work of Dr. Stuart Levy of Tufts University School of Medicine . . .
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