Results for “Weapons of Math Destruction”

…hines, which several days were flown to Russia. The stakes were so high that the Pentagon even considered using nuclear weapons to limit the damage of the seizure. The Snowden breach was much worse because, among the thousands of documents he stole, he selected lists of the NSA’s...

… — open our jackets and pull out Uzis. Fortunately for him, we’d had to make allowances for concealment in choosing our weapons. We’d left the Uzis’ stabilizing shoulder braces behind. As our first shots hit, he had half-turned to run. Though wounded, he somehow got back in the c...

…ch underlined the importance of the United States keeping an ongoing relationship with Taiwan and continuing to provide weapons for its defense. After formal diplomatic relations were reestablished, China responded in the 1980s by expanding the size and capacity of its Washingto...

…e country, only paperbacks are accepted. Hardcovers are rejected because they provide “source material” for fashioning weapons. When the Supreme Court ruled that law libraries did not have to be provided to prisoners, jails in Montana not only removed the entire contents of the...

for however long it takes and whatever the risk that nuclear weapons will be built in the meantime. He exhibits more sympathy for non-Western proliferators and their needs than for the major powers and their security and political concerns. At times

and those who fear the consequences of a war above all else—but in this case simplicity has the virtue of capturing the essence as observers ponder which set of unpalatable risks they would rather run. What is remarkable

…t should take it to either Israel or Egypt and it will be delivered by truck. Sea access must remain blocked to prevent weapons smuggling.

…ns. We are of course concerned by the lack of outcome of the P5+1 negotiations with Iran and we think that the chemical weapons removal from Syria could have been handled differently But President Obama strengthens the legacy of Presidential support for Israel.. Israel has a vita...

…at are aimed at halting its nuclear enrichment program. "We are not taking any options off the table. Iran with nuclear weapons would pose a threat not only to the region but also to the United States," Obama said in a recent news conference in Hawaii. Trade: In October, Obama s...

issues portfolio within the group's political echelon, sought to procure a long list of sophisticated weapons in a black-market scheme involving Hezbollah operatives across the globe. According to court documents, Hodroj wanted "heavy machinery" for the "fight against Jews and to...

it is unclear that the newcomers would follow the Assads' cautious-use doctrine and refusal to share chemical weapons with non-state groups

and given his likely belief that the United States will not intervene militarily due to its commitments elsewhere -- including its politically unpopular and still opaque involvement in Libya -- U.S. warnings may have little deterrent effect.

Assad is believed to have stored bulk chemical agents and filled (or quickly filled) shells and bombs in underground bunkers at multiple sites throughout the country. Moreover

…t public opinion, which showed little compassion for those who came into conflict with the criminal justice system. His weapons were education and elite academic opinion. His goal was to change minds through his opinion writing, speeches and articles. He chose his law clerks base...

…s employed by authoritarian powers to neu- tralize precisely those institutions that were thought to be the most potent weapons against a revitalized authoritarianism. The success of the Russian and Chinese regimes in bringing to heel and even har- nessing the forces produced by...