Didn't know anything about it until I read it all in their book, after it was published. We started looking at instability in russia in late 1990. And kept pushing the nuc safey issue throughout 1990s. There were some very bitter battles inside govt between those worried about russian instability and those who "saw no evil." Clinton admin. politization of this issue was just another of the clinton scandals.
We started looking at instability in russia in late 1990. And kept pushing the nuc safey issue throughout 1990s. There were some very bitter battles inside govt between those worried about russian instability and those who "saw no evil." Clinton admin. politization of this issue was just another of the clinton scandals.I see.
I got the impression at the time--again, as just an average citizen who tried to stay informed about national security matters, no security clearance or anything--that a lot of folks at State and Defense from 1990 to 1995 or so just didn't want to grapple with the issue because it was just likely to be too messy.
We had a joke when I was a Marine that everything at the Subic Bay Naval Base Complex was stolen, it just hadn't been carried off yet. I wonder if that's the story with the XUSSR nuclear stockpile...