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To: Lane3 who wrote (24991)	1/18/2004 1:28:27 PM
From: carranza2	Read Replies (1) of 793800

Here's a more recent article on progress in controlling the spread of fissile material by Matthew Bunn, the author of the lengthy report I linked in my previous post to you. Anyone who thinks that Saddam's nuclear threat arose solely out of fissile material he was attempting to make exclusively in Iraq is seriously deluded. It is clearly easier and more economical to obtain it on the black market, where it is probably available at the right price. The more I think about it, the more I don't understand why the availability of fissile material on the black market has not been used as a justification for getting rid of Saddam. Even Pollack, as acute and honest an observer as anyone, has been fairly quiet on this point. nti.org After reading the reports from Bunn I linked to you, I agree with Buffett: we will sadly one day have a nuclear incident in the US. Note that Bunn criticizes the Administration for not being more aggressive on the issue of controlling foreign nuclear material, and it is hard to disagree with him. It should be an absolute priority because the security of many foreign sites is simply non-existent. Bunn clearly knows what he is talking about.

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