Taming The Biological Beast
By Richard PrestonThe New York Times, 21 April 1998 For decades, the conventional view among American scientists was that biological...
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Mirabile Dictu: Tom Friedman Is Right on American Industry’s Shortsightedness Concerning U.S. National Security
(Washington, D.C.): It is not every day that the New York Times syndicated columnist Thomas Friedman writes an essay with...
Foreign Affairs: Techno-Nothings
By Thomas L. FriedmanNew York Times, 18 April 1998 (Palo Alto, Calif.): I don't think I like Silicon Valley. Here's...
NATO Must Scrutinize Objectives of Possible Newcomers
by Frank J. Gaffney, Jr.Defense News Banner, 05 April 1998 The decision by Majority Leader Trent Lott, R-Miss., to postpone...
Clinton Legacy Watch # 21: Efforts to Help Chinese Missile Program Reek of Corruption, Betrayal of U.S. Interests
(Washington, D.C.): The front page of Saturday's New York Times featured an article that should alarm every American. It reported...
‘Millennium Bug’ Battle A Case Of Too Little, Too Late
By Arnaud de BorchgraveWashington Times, 02 April 1998 Y2K = $50 billion for USG. That is the latest expert estimate...
Slight Additional Delay in Senate Action on NATO Expansion Avoids Appearance of U.S. Support for Hungary’s Communists
(Washington, D.C.): There is a compelling reason to delay until after 10 May the Senate's expected advice-and-consent to NATO's expansion:...
Will the ‘Millennium Bug’ Have as Devastating an Effect on ‘Gore 2000’ as It Threatens to Have on the Rest of Us?
(Washington, D.C.): Yesterday's editions of the Washington Times featured a front-page article by its former Editor-in-Chief, Arnaud de Borchgrave, on...
Caspian Watch # 11: U.S. Interests Jeopardized As Moscow’s Man in Armenia and Armenia’s Man in the Kremlin Prevail
(Washington, D.C.): The success of Prime Minister Robert Kocharian during the second round of Armenia's fraud-riddled presidential elections sets the...
The Great Game: Where Happiness Is Multiple Pipelines
The international struggle for power in Central Asia -- which Rudyard Kipling 100 years ago popularized as "The Great Game"...
Bad News for the Veep: Y2K Will Be ‘Al’s Mess’
(Washington, D.C.): Today's Washington Post addresses a question raised repeatedly in recent months by the William J. Casey Institute of...
Soviet Defector Offers Timely Warning on Bioweapon Threat; Ex-CIA Director Woolsey Rejects On-Site Visits as Rx
(Washington, D.C.): Today's New York Times publishes a chilling warning about the danger of biological weapons (BW) in the hands...
Testimony of Senator Jon Kyl (R-AZ) before the Near Eastern and South Asian Affairs Subcommittee of the Senate Foreign Relations Committee
11 March 1998 Thank you, Chairman Brownback, Senator Robb, and members of the subcommittee for the opportunity to share with...
Unhappy Birthday: 15th Anniversary of Reagan SDI Speech Sees U.S. Still Undefended, Warnings of ‘Haste’ in Fielding Defenses
(Washington, D.C.): There is something absurd about a new report prepared by a panel chaired by former Air Force Chief...
Galaxy 4 Meltdown: A Small Foretaste of
The Millennium Bug; Where’s Al?
(Washington, D.C.): Tuesday's failure of the Galaxy 4 communications satellite -- with its devastating effect on millions of American customers...
Fresh Evidence of Beijing’s Continuing Proliferation Role Demands that Nuclear Cooperation Deal Be Put on Hold
(Washington, D.C.): Last week, the Washington Post revealed what has been known to U.S. intelligence for some time: Despite China's...