Nimble Books LLC » 2006 » March » 21 http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress Timely, colorful, thought-provoking and concise Fri, 28 Nov 2008 20:56:16 +0000 http://wordpress.org/?v=2.6 en U.S. Intelligence and the French Nuclear Weapons Program http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2006/03/us-intelligence-and-the-french-nuclear-weapons-program/ http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2006/03/us-intelligence-and-the-french-nuclear-weapons-program/#comments Tue, 21 Mar 2006 18:09:30 +0000 admin http://www.nimblebooks.com/wordpress/2006/03/21/us-intelligence-and-the-french-nuclear-weapons-program/ U.S. Intelligence and the French Nuclear Weapons Program
The U.S. Intelligence Community devoted significant effort to the collection and analysis of intelligence concerning the French nuclear weapons program beginning in the early days of the Cold War through the mid-1970s, according to documents obtained through the Freedom of Information Act and archival research and posted on the Web today by the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

[Well, duh. No story here: they were doing their job.]

The documents also indicate that new technological improvements in U.S. nuclear intelligence gathering were used to closely monitor the French program. The collection effort included the use of overhead reconnaissance systems (including satellites and U-2 aircraft), drones, communications intercepts systems, aircraft to gather debris and signatures from French nuclear tests, and specially-equipped ships stationed near the French Pacific test site.

[Now this is more interesting. Off the top of my head, I wouldn't have guessed that the French program was a technology driver for us.]

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All New Orleans residents whose homes were damaged or destroyed by Hurricane Katrina should be allowed to rebuild if they choose, and the city will not stand in the way of reconstruction in areas considered vulnerable to flooding in future storms, Mayor Ray Nagin announced Monday.

What this means: less Federal assistance now (Congress won’t take New Orleans seriously) and less Federal assistance in the future.

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