Noteworthy new reports from the Congressional Research Service obtained by Secrecy News include the following (all pdf).
“Terrorism, Miranda, and Related Matters,” May 24, 2010.
“Defense: FY2011 Authorization and Appropriations,” May 25, 2010.
“Quadrennial Defense Review 2010: Overview and Implications for National Security Planning,” May 17, 2010.
“North Korea: U.S. Relations, Nuclear Diplomacy, and Internal Situation,” May 26, 2010.
“Ballistic Missile Defense and Offensive Arms Reductions: A Review of the Historical Record,” May 25, 2010.
A lack of sustained federal funding, deteriorating research infrastructure and networks, restrictive immigration policies, and waning international collaboration are driving this erosion into a full-scale “American Brain Drain.”
With 2000 nuclear weapons on alert, far more powerful than the first bomb tested in the Jornada Del Muerto during the Trinity Test 80 years ago, our world has been fundamentally altered.
As the United States continues nuclear modernization on all legs of its nuclear triad through the creation of new variants of warheads, missiles, and delivery platforms, examining the effects of nuclear weapons production on the public is ever more pressing.
“The first rule of government transformation is: there are a lot of rules. And there should be-ish. But we don’t need to wait for permission to rewrite them. Let’s go fix and build some things and show how it’s done.”