Mordechai Vanunu
I know what you're thinking: 'Who the heck is Mordechai Vanunu?'
Mordechai Vanunu is one of the heroes of the peace and disarmament movements. He has been locked up in an Israeli prison for the last 18 years for providing the London Times with evidence of Israel's nuclear weapons program.
If you're not reading the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on a regular basis, you're missing out on some of the very finest in accessible literature concerning all things nuke related and not. My use of the word 'accessible' in the last sentence refers to the fact that one needn't be an atomic physicist to grasp the material.
Their members' list reads like a who's who in nuclear sciences. More Nobel laureates than ought to be legal. Always fascinating reading.
Click on over and give the Vanunun article a read(I know that the links are in .pdf form, but worthy of your time).
UPDATE: The Independent is reporting that Vanunu is repeating his call that Israel's nuclear weapons be destroyed. Maybe not the most tactful thing to do while still captive. He is due to be released from prison this Wednesday.
Mordechai Vanunu is one of the heroes of the peace and disarmament movements. He has been locked up in an Israeli prison for the last 18 years for providing the London Times with evidence of Israel's nuclear weapons program.
If you're not reading the Bulletin of the Atomic Scientists on a regular basis, you're missing out on some of the very finest in accessible literature concerning all things nuke related and not. My use of the word 'accessible' in the last sentence refers to the fact that one needn't be an atomic physicist to grasp the material.
Their members' list reads like a who's who in nuclear sciences. More Nobel laureates than ought to be legal. Always fascinating reading.
Click on over and give the Vanunun article a read(I know that the links are in .pdf form, but worthy of your time).
UPDATE: The Independent is reporting that Vanunu is repeating his call that Israel's nuclear weapons be destroyed. Maybe not the most tactful thing to do while still captive. He is due to be released from prison this Wednesday.
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