John Bolton is in charge of securing the Loose Nuclear Material that is
unsecured in former Soviet Union . Experts estimate that 75% of this material is
susceptible to be bought or stolen by terrorist for use in a nuclear or dirty
bomb.

So you would think that Bush would be moving Heaven and Earth to be securing
these Nukes. Bush would have made this a topic of discussion when he went to
the Soviet Union this week. Bolton has spent all the money given to him to
procure these Nukes and be begging for more.

The answer to all of these is NO.

Bush actually cut back the funds to secure these Nukes. The remaining money
has virtually gone unspent. Bush never brought up the nukes on his recent 
visit.

In this age of Terror, the priority is keeping America safe. The biggest
threat is a nuke going off in one of Americas cities. Yet Bolton the guy in
charge, has dropped the ball. So Bush is going to promote him.

Under Secretary for Arms Control and International Security

The Under Secretary of State for Arms Control and International Security,
_John R. Bolton_ (http://www.state.gov/r/pa/ei/biog/2976.htm) , serves as Senior
Adviser to the President and the Secretary of State for Arms Control,
Nonproliferation, and Disarmament. In this capacity, the Under Secretary attends
and participates, at the direction of the President, in National Security
Council (NSC) and subordinate meetings pertaining to arms control,
nonproliferation, and disarmament and has the right to communicate, through the Secretary of
State, with the President and members of the NSC on arms control,
nonproliferation, and disarmament concerns. 
The Under Secretary leads the interagency policy process on nonproliferation
and manages global U.S. security policy, principally in the areas of
nonproliferation, arms control, regional  security and defense relations, and arms
transfers and security assistance. The  Under Secretary provides policy
direction in the following areas:  nonproliferation, including the missile and nuclear
areas, as well as chemical,  biological, and conventional weapons
proliferation; arms control, including  negotiation, ratification, verification and
compliance, and implementation of  agreements on strategic, non-conventional, and
conventional forces; regional  security and defense relations, involving policy
regarding U.S. security  commitments worldwide as well as on the use of U.S.
military forces in  unilateral or international peacekeeping roles; and arms
transfers and security  assistance programs and arms transfer policies. By
delegation from the Secretary, the Under Secretary performs a range of functions
under the Foreign Assistance Act, Arms Export Control Act, and related
legislation. The Bureaus of Arms Control, Nonproliferation, and Political-Military
Affairs are under the policy oversight of the Under Secretary for Arms
Control and International  Security. By statute, the Assistant Secretary for
Verification and Compliance  reports to the Under Secretary for Arms Control and
International Security.


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Loose nukes scare security officials
Experts worry about 'nightmare scenario' if material  proliferates
By Andrea  Mitchell
Correspondent
NBC  News
Updated: 9:04  p.m. ET Sept. 10, 2004

Krasnoyarsk 26 is a  rusted Soviet nuclear plant, one of hundreds of Cold War
relics that could lead  to Homeland Security's worst nightmare — a nuclear
bomb, hidden in a terrorist's  backpack like the one depicted in the movie, "The
Peacemaker."
Hollywood fantasy?  Not hardly, say experts like former Senator Sam Nunn.
"The bottom line is  our leaders have not focused and made this a top
priority," says  Nunn.
Government reports  have repeatedly painted an alarming picture. Russia has
enough nuclear material  "in forms attractive to theft" to build 40,000 bombs.
It's stored at hundreds of  buildings in 40 sites around Russia . 
But the Bush  administration's top weapons expert says the Russians are doing
a good  job.
"The Russians  themselves know their vulnerability to terrorist groups as the
Chechens have  proven again and again," says Undersecretary of State John
Bolton.
But a nuclear  watchdog group says fewer than one-quarter of Russia 's nuclear
weapons plants  are secure.  
Who would steal  this stuff?
In 1998, Osama bin  Laden said: "This is a duty on the Muslims to possess a
nuclear bomb.  And  Chechen rebels who took over a Moscow theater in 2002 said
their first target  was a nuclear facility.  
Experts say there  is an easy solution — buy Russia 's loose nukes and bring
them to the U.S.  
"This is a  preventable catastrophe," says nuclear expert Graham Allison of
Harvard   University . "There's a finite list of things that we could do, that if
we did  them — this wouldn't happen."
One successful  operation in 1994 code-named Project Sapphire spirited 1,200
pounds of uranium  from Kazakhstan to Tennessee .  
But another "quick  fix" is on hold — detectors to safeguard Russian warheads
were bought, but never  installed. Why? Arguments between Moscow and
Washington over who will pay, and  obstacles from congressional hard-liners. 
"Until all the  material is secure at every site, this is going to be a
subject of worry for me,  for our government leadership and for the president,"
says Energy Secretary  Spencer Abraham.
And what if a  terrorist did try to smuggle nuclear material into the U.S. ?
Congress has set  aside $35 million to build a super Geiger counter that could
detect it, even on  a huge ship. But sponsors say, in spite of the continuing
threat, that money  still has not been spent.
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