-Caveat Lector- So much of this problem has been the result of the Clinton's administration's basic lack of foresight in their self-centered relations with China and Russia. Thursday July 8 9:00 AM ET U.S. Unprepared For Growing Weapons Threat-Report BALTIMORE (Reuters) - A high-level federal government commission has concluded that the United States is ill-prepared to combat the growing threat of nuclear, chemical and biological weapons proliferation, the Baltimore Sun reported Thursday. Commission members were particularly alarmed by the continuing economic meltdown in Russia, said the newspaper, which obtained an early copy of the panel's report, due out next week. The panel is headed by former director of the Central Intelligence Agency John Deutch. The report cites seven instances since 1992 in which weapons-usable fissile materials were stolen. Russia does not know how much material it has, and it is increasingly vulnerable because of power outages, unpaid guards and sporadic violence, the newspaper said. ``The No. 1 threat that needs attention is the continued disintegration of Russia as a civil society,'' one commission member told the Sun. This member ranked the Russian problem as high, if not higher, than the threat to the United States from ballistic missiles that was cited by a previous panel headed by former Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld. Other dangers noted were those resulting from China's export of missiles and dangerous technology; efforts by more than a dozen extremist groups to get nuclear, chemical or biological weapons; North Korea and other hostile states with the ability to manufacture such weapons; and instability in the Middle East, and South and East Asia. The problem is made ever more complex by the growth of technology that can be used both commercially and in weapons, according to the commission. But the federal government's ability to respond to this threat is hamstrung by a series of policy and bureaucratic obstacles, the panel says. ``The commission finds that the U.S. government is not effectively organized to combat proliferation,'' it says in a summary of the 140-plus page report. The Sun reported that few government agencies escaped criticism from the commission, which found in general that the United States is plagued by inadequate technology to cope with the problem. The panel urged the president to name a National Director for Combating Proliferation. The 18-month-old panel was created by Congress to assess how the government is dealing with the proliferation threat and to make recommendations. ================================================================= Kaddish, Kaddish, Kaddish, YHVH, TZEVAOT FROM THE DESK OF: <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> *Mike Spitzer* <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> ~~~~~~~~ <[EMAIL PROTECTED]> The Best Way To Destroy Enemies Is To Change Them To Friends Shalom, A Salaam Aleikum, and to all, A Good Day. ================================================================= DECLARATION & DISCLAIMER ========== CTRL is a discussion and informational exchange list. Proselyzting propagandic screeds are not allowed. Substance—not soapboxing! These are sordid matters and 'conspiracy theory', with its many half-truths, misdirections and outright frauds is used politically by different groups with major and minor effects spread throughout the spectrum of time and thought. That being said, CTRL gives no endorsement to the validity of posts, and always suggests to readers; be wary of what you read. CTRL gives no credeence to Holocaust denial and nazi's need not apply. Let us please be civil and as always, Caveat Lector. ======================================================================== Archives Available at: http://home.ease.lsoft.com/archives/CTRL.html http:[EMAIL PROTECTED]/ ======================================================================== To subscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SUBSCRIBE CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] To UNsubscribe to Conspiracy Theory Research List[CTRL] send email: SIGNOFF CTRL [to:] [EMAIL PROTECTED] Om