News Sources: Intelligence Finding on Iran

President Bush said today that a new intelligence finding that Iran halted its nuclear weapons work in 2003 had not altered his sense that Iran remained a danger. At a White House press conference, Bush called the report “a warning signal,” not grounds for reassurance, and said the United States would not renounce the option of a military response. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them on the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Samuel V. Wilson - Wheat Visiting Professor in Leadership, Hampden-Sydney College - Wilson is former deputy to the director of central intelligence for the intelligence community and retired director of the U.S. Defense Intelligence Agency. He is president emeritus of Hampden-Sydney College.

Martha Crenshaw - John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University - Crenshaw has gained an international reputation for studies of political terrorism. She has testified before Congress and has served as a consultant to the Department of State, the U.S. Naval and Army War Colleges, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Nuclear Agency. Crenshaw has authored three books, including Terrorism, Legitimacy, and Power: The Consequences of Political Violence.

Darius Rejali - Professor of Political Science, Reed College - An expert on human rights, Rejali is the author of Torture and Modernity: Self, State, and Society in Modern Iran.

News Sources: Pakistani Showdown Looming?

Former Pakistani Prime Minister Benazir Bhutto has issued what correspondents say is an ultimatum to President Pervez Musharraf to end emergency rule. The demands are: for the state of emergency to be called off; for General Musharraf to stand down as head of the army; and for elections to be held by mid-January. She repeated plans for a rally on Friday, despite an official ban, but authorities have warned that police will not allow the demonstration. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

The Hon. Joseph Melrose - Professor of Politics and International Relations, Ursinus College - Melrose retired from the U.S. Department of State in 2002, after three decades in the Foreign Service, most recently as Ambassador to Sierra Leone, where he helped broker a peace treaty. He served as Task Force Coordinator for the post-Sept. 11th task force with the Department of State, and later was a Senior Consultant on Counterterrorism for the Office of the Secretary of State’s Coordinator for Counterterrorism.

Martha Crenshaw - John E. Andrus Professor of Government, Wesleyan University - Crenshaw has gained an international reputation for her studies of political terrorism. She has testified before Congress and served as a consultant to the Department of State, the U.S. Naval and Army War Colleges, the Defense Intelligence Agency and the Defense Nuclear Agency. She has authored three books, including Terrorism, Legitimacy, and Power: The Consequences of Political Violence.

Steven Lee - Professor of Philosophy, Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Lee possesses a plethora of knowledge on war and the use of nuclear weapons, including the cultural, psychological, and historical impact of nuclear weapons. He is also a scholar on ethics and critical thinking. Lee received the "Make a Better World Award" by The American Society of Association Executives.

News Sources: The Air Force's Missing Nukes

The Pentagon is trying to figure out how a B-52 bomber was mistakenly armed with six nuclear warheads and flown from North Dakota to Louisiana last week. Officials say the crew was unaware they were carrying nuclear weapons and one military official says the public was never in any danger. But the incident apparently was a major breach of security rules surrounding nuclear weapons. Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including (click on names for contact information):

Andrew Latham - Associate Professor of Political Science, Mcalester College - Latham specializes in international conflict and security issues and is an expert on arms production and the proliferation of arms, including weapons of mass destruction.

Steven Lee - Professor of Philosophy, Hobart and William Smith Colleges - Lee possesses a plethora of knowledge on war and the use of nuclear weapons, including the cultural, psychological, and historical impact of nuclear weapons. He is also a scholar on ethics and critical thinking. Lee received the "Make a Better World Award" by The American Society of Association Executives.

Andrew Grossman - Professor of Political Science, Albion College - An expert on civil defense readiness in the event of an attack using weapons of mass destruction, Grossman is the author of the book Neither Red Nor Dead: Civilian Defense and American Political Development During the Early Cold War. He has commented widely on terrorism and threats posed by weapons of mass destruction in the U.S. He also is an expert on government institutions and issues related to international security.

News Sources: Talking about Nuclear Weapons

Democrat Hillary Clinton recently chastised presidential rival Barack Obama for ruling out the use of nuclear weapons in the war on terror. Reporters subsequently found that Clinton had declared that nuclear weapons were "off the table" in an interview about Iran a year earlier. Should the use of nuclear weapons ever be put "off the table?" Reporters looking for experts to interview on this topic can find them online at the collegenews.org database of news sources and subject matter experts from America's leading liberal arts colleges, including the following (click on names for contact information):

Andrew A. Latham - Associate Professor of Political Science, Macalester College - Latham specializes in international conflict and security issues and is an expert on arms production and the proliferation of arms, including weapons of mass destruction. He has researched nuclear weapons in India and recently completed a report for the Canadian government on India's nuclear policy. Latham is knowledgeable about the changing nature of war, Iraq and the Persian Gulf War as well as the conflict in Northern Ireland.

Michael T. Klare - Professor of Peace and World Security Studies, Hampshire College - Klare is the author of Rogue States and Nuclear Outlaws and American Arms Supermarket. He is the Director of the Five College (Hampshire, Amherst, Smith, Mount Holyoke Colleges and the University of Massachusetts) Program in Peace and World Security Studies. An expert on world security, Klare testifies regularly on arms issues before international organizations, including the United Nations. He is on the Committee on International Security Studies at the American Academy of Arts and Sciences.

Scott Plous - Professor of Psychology, Wesleyan University - Plous is the author of The Psychology of Judgment and Decision Making, and has conducted research on the psychology of the nuclear arms race.