R. Jeffrey Smith
Center for Public Integrity
Washington, DC, United States
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Under Trump, the nuclear weapons industry has boomed –
Expansion could be scaled back as President-elect Biden and Congress prioritize pandemic and recession problems. → Read More
Coronavirus May Upend U.S. National Security Priorities –
A new national poll suggests infectious disease is now a more worrisome threat than terrorism. → Read More
As Trump prepares for acquittal, Public Integrity continues pressing open records case –
The court fight over #UkraineDocs isn’t over, even if the president’s Senate trial is → Read More
GAO report backs private Pentagon conclusions that Trump broke the law on Ukraine –
The holdup of aid to Ukraine falls “squarely” into the definition of an illegal act, congressional auditors say, addressing a matter at the heart of a Center for Public Integrity lawsuit → Read More
Trump administration rejects Center for Public Integrity request for transparency –
Department of Justice still wants to keep Ukraine documents from the public → Read More
New documents reveal Pentagon anger over holdup in Ukraine aid –
Previously redacted emails sought by the Center for Public Integrity show a defense official accused presidential aides of misrepresenting the facts about a legal deadline → Read More
Scary Fast: How hypersonic missiles are touching off a new global arms race
Development of hypersonics is moving so quickly that it threatens to outpace any real discussion about the potential perils of such weapons, including how they may disrupt efforts to avoid accidental conflict, especially during crises. → Read More
Scary Fast: How hypersonic missiles are touching off a new global arms race
How hypersonic missiles — which travel at more than 15 times the speed of sound — are touching off a new global arms race that threatens to change the nature of warfare. → Read More
The world may soon be awash in advanced, lethal drones
A report for the Joint Chiefs of Staff warns that rapidly proliferating large military drones will give enemies vastly more data and firepow → Read More
U.S. involvement in Afghanistan isn’t bringing peace or prosperity there
A new summary of Afghanistan's troubles by a special auditor of the U.S. intervention doesn’t paint an optimistic picture of its future → Read More
Trump administration accelerates military study of artificial intelligence
But experts at the RAND Corporation warn that potential dangers loom → Read More
Can Trump single-handedly order a nuclear attack on North Korea?
He has broad authority, but only if a direct attack on the United States is imminent or underway → Read More
Chairman of nuclear safety board secretly proposes to abolish it
Despite repeated safety problems at nuclear facilities, board chairman tells White House his idea is in line with Trump’s desire to shrink government → Read More
GOP chair of nuclear safety agency secretly urges Trump to abolish it
The chair of the Defense Nuclear Facilities Safety Board tells the White House the idea complies with Trump’s policies → Read More
Los Alamos laboratory director announces he will step down
Charles McMillan, who presided over controversial missteps and higher budgets, says he will retire at year’s end. → Read More
These workers’ lives are endangered while contractors running nuclear weapons plants make millions
Explosions, fires and exposures to radioactivity fail to make a serious dent in private contractors’ profits. → Read More
Light penalties and lax oversight encourage weak safety culture at nuclear weapons labs
Explosions, fires, and radioactive exposures are among the workplace hazards that fail to make a serious dent in private contractor profits → Read More
Safety problems at a Los Alamos laboratory delay U.S. nuclear warhead testing and production
A facility that handles the cores of U.S. nuclear weapons has been mostly closed since 2013 over its inability to control worker safety risks → Read More
Trump's Air Force nominee: no need to detail her work under nuclear lab consulting contracts
Heather Wilson also tells a Senate committee that competition is not always in the government's interest → Read More
Trump budget: an extra billion dollars for nuclear weapons
His draft 2018 budget would also drastically curtail State Department spending and end financing for the U.S. Institute of Peace → Read More