The witch-hunt to determine culpability for the surprise attack at Pearl Harbor will likely pale by comparison with the wrath that will justifiably be felt towards those responsible for deliberately leaving an unknowing American people vulnerable to incalculably greater destruction. The Proliferation Primer draws upon the wealth of information derived from eleven, exceptionally important oversight hearings held by the Cochran Subcommittee over the past year. Its damning bill of particulars is also informed by an exhaustive search of open-source materials. The Enemy Is Us' The most notable aspect of Sen. Cochran's Primer, however, may be the fact that it unflinchingly describes the very significant contribution that the United States itself is making to weapons proliferation. Meanwhile, the Information Age is affording via the Internet unprecedented access to data needed to streamline the acquisition of deadly weapons and delivery systems.
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For example, the Cochran Subcommittee discovered that the Defense Department had at one point offered for sale on the open market a highly sensitive piece of testing equipment for Minuteman intercontinental-range ballistic missiles that was considered excess to the department's needs. The good news is that the Cochran Subcommittee's report is available now , before it has to be used in criminal or political proceedings against those whose malfeasance or incompetence contributed to an avoidable catastrophe. The Center's publications are intended to invigorate and enrich the debate on foreign policy and defense issues. The views expressed do not necessarily reflect those of all members of the Center's Board of Advisors.