Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists Volume 62 Issue 5

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September
2006
Volume: 62
ISSN: 0096-3402
Page count: 72
Issue external URL: Link

On Topic

1 September 2006
On Topic

Space: Dual Threat

Jeff Hecht

Opinion

1 September 2006
Opinion

Maritime Legends

Charles N. Dragonette
Security consultants are spreading scare stories about sea-borne terrorists. But reports of an imminent maritime 9/11 don't hold water.
1 September 2006
Opinion

Growing Pains

John Prados
The U.S. government's umbrella intelligence agency keeps getting bigger … and bigger.
1 September 2006
Opinion

Criminal Acts

Louise ShelleyRobert Orttung
How organized crime is a nuclear smuggler's new best friend.

The Big Picture

1 September 2006
The Big Picture

The Other Gas

Jonas Siegel
In the push to reduce greenhouse gas emissions, methane matters.

Feature

1 September 2006
Feature

A Brave New World in the Life Sciences

Eileen R. ChoffnesStanley M. LemonDavid A. Relman
The breadth of biological threats is much broader than commonly thought and will continue to expand.
1 September 2006
Feature

The Ongoing Failure of Imagination

Graham Allison
When the Twin Towers fell on September 11, 2001, so too did America's confidence that it was secure from calamitous acts of terrorism. Mindful that terrorists might next seek to use nuclear weapons, the United States has
1 September 2006
Feature

The Continuing Misuses of Fear

William M. Arkin
1 September 2006
Feature

The Faces of Security

Paul Shambroom
A Portfolio by paul shambroom the celebrated photographer takes us on a tour of the domestic war on terror.
1 September 2006
Feature

Spinning the War in Afghanistan

Sarah Chayes

Editor's Note

1 September 2006
Editor's Note

Five Years Later

Mark Strauss

Review

1 September 2006
Review

Cloak and Swagger

Philip Nash
Spying on the Bomb: American Nuclear Intelligence from Nazi Germany to Iran and North Korea, by Jeffrey T. Richelson. W. W. Norton, 702 pages, 2006, $34.95.
1 September 2006
Review

Hacker's Delight

Victoria Samson
“Select Controls for the Information Security of the Ground-Based Midcourse Defense Communications Network,” Defense Department, Office of Inspector General, February 24, 2006.
1 September 2006
Review

Tools of Engagement

R. S. Zaharna
“U.S. Public Diplomacy: State Department Efforts to Engage Muslim Audiences Lack Certain Communication Elements and Face Significant Challenges,” U.S. Government Accountability Office, May 2006.

Nuclear notebook

1 September 2006
Nuclear notebook

U.S. Nuclear Threats: Then and Now

Robert S. NorrisHans M. Kristensen

Turn back the clock

1 September 2006
Turn back the clock

Traffick Jamming

Anthony Wier