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To: Sully- who wrote (25341)	1/20/2004 5:24:16 PM
From: carranza2	Respond to of 793778

It is hard to escape the conclusion that neither pre-emptive warfare, nonproliferation treaties, sanctions, aid programs nor diplomacy can do more than slow down the spread of weapons of mass destruction. By 2025, a period equal to the time elapsed between the first Pakistani nuclear research effort and their tests, WMD technology should be available to every country that can afford a national airline. Scary, isn't it? Sooner or later there will be a nuclear incident within US borders. Neither the Clinton nor the Bush Administrations have taken the non-proliferation issue by the horns as it so well deserves. Securing access worldwide to HEU or fissile material should be item no. 1 on our national security agenda, ahead of the hunt for OBL. The amount of sites where such material can be taken by a smallish group of well-trained terrorists is astonishing. There have been a number of documented efforts to sell such material by on the part of scientists. It's coming, get ready. The efforts to stop proliferation are simply inadequate.