Posted on 06/18/2006 7:08:27 PM PDT by jveritas
Maybe they were mass producing AM antenna cores to get better reception during Rush Limbaugh.
/enemedia spin
bump!
prisoner6
Great job jveritas, you are what the Stone-age press used to call an Investigative Reporter. You are a true patriot.
Pray for W and Our Freedom Fighters
In this case under discussion, I don't buy the comments about divulging secrets. The papers written in Arabic were released by the government a good while ago and now are being translated and analyzed by our good freeper, JVeritas. For crying out loud what's going on here and why?
To me, the Administration is secretive even when it doesn't have to be. Can't it ever play hardball, EVER? Can't it ever point out triumphantly to public records (such as the papers Veritas is working on) which, properly explained, can put it in a good light for a change?
It makes me sick that the White House has a consistent record of fading away and almost forcing conservative TV pundits, radio talk show hosts and private citizens like Veritas and freepers to do the heavy lifting in both offense and defense.
I don't get it at all.
(......actually, I DO get it, and I don't like the answer one bit).
Leni
To whom (what reporters) have you all written with pointers to where this information can be found?
No cajones?
Tantalum coated graphite isn't only used in uranium processing. It is used in any process where you don't want to diffuse graphite into some process you are working (molten metal or certain corrosive gases). Obviously it applies to uranium processing, but that isn't the only thing.
Additionally, people are getting too upset about the neutron source. It really isn't a big deal. It really isn't practical to make a powerful neutron flux outside of a nuclear reactor. These 'Highly Radioactive' neutron sources are no doubt trivial by comparison, and by physics. If I recall correctly it takes something like a hundred thousand alpha decays to yield ~50 neutrons (for an Am-Be neutron source). Not a particularly efficient process. Even the tiniest nuclear reactor would blow away the largest Am-Be source (or any other alpha-Be neutron source) by many many orders of magnitude.
"Los Alamos National Laboratory scientists have developed a tantalum carbide-graphite composite material ..."
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If so, the Chinese also have it now...thanks to Presidential aspirant Richardson!
"How do you distribute your translations?"
Not to worry ...
These are commercially available devices, most commonly used to measure rock porosity. One of their common applications is in prospecting for oil fields. They have essentially zero military significance.
And I agree with a previous poster: the "tantalum coated graphite" is much more problematic.
Good work !
Great article
Indeed. But Jveritas keeps plugging along, showing just how pathetic most "journalists" really are.
One of the most interesting threads yet j. Thanks to all FReepers who made knowlegable contributions to the thread.
The mainstream media is too busy covering important issues like Brangelina's baby, Britney's pregnancy and Lindsay Lohan's partying to cover something as "trivial" as this. Gag.
Thank you very much for all your support.
Great work, jveritas and an important find.
Yesterday, Chris Wallace asked Tony Snow if he knew about the new information on WMD's in Iraq; Tony said he didn't.
I thought that was pretty interesting. Something may be percolating about this issue.
What are the other applications for the Tantalum Coated Graphite that Iraq was using it for? It definitely can be used for corrosive applications but as I said before and as you noticed from page 84 and 133 of the UN documents I posted this combination of Tantalum and Graphite was prohibited, period. The UN document was very clear on putting this under the “Prohibited Nuclear Activity” section. Also see my post # 22 regarding the hidden uranium enrichment activities and again you see both Tantalum and Graphite as part of these activities.
Iraqi Document: Highly Radioactive Atomic Neutron Device (Translation)
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