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December 2004 News

  1. Die Flutwelle im Bild Stuttgarter Zeitung December 29, 2004 -- ww.globalsecurity.org/eye/andaman-sri-lanka.htm
  2. Tsunami seen from space By Alan Boyle MSNBC.com: Cosmic Log December 30, 2004 -- The detailed imagery, also available via NASA and GlobalSecurity.org, shows whirling whitecaps receding from the shores of Kalutara, rolling back from streets filled with sand, mud and debris.
  3. Tsunami Death Toll Tops 80,000; President Defends Late Statement; Countries Move to Help Tsunami Victims by Creating Refugee Camps SHOW: FOX SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRIT HUME 6:00 PM EST December 29, 2004 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: You don't have to run away from this. If you have hours of warning, you can walk away from it.
  4. THE YEAR AHEAD; MILITARY - Service members to see changes in 2005; More movement between bases expected By Justin Walden Press & Sun-Bulletin December 28, 2004 -- Also, www.globalsecurity.org has an array of information. The site has recent military-related news stories, plus articles that explain the basic structure of the military.
  5. John Pike discusses what may be learned from satellite imagery of the areas hit by the tsunami SHOW: All Things Considered 9:00 AM EST NPR December 28, 2004 -- We wondered whether the technology of satellite imaging might help tell us what's going on there, or for that matter, what happened on Sunday. And so we've called upon John Pike, who's the director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  6. With NASA's leadership shuffle, big goals and uncertain future By Kris Axtman The Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA) December 28, 2004 -- But few of the initiative's space-exploration details have been worked out, fueling skepticism that Bush is not really committed to the project. He announced almost a year ago his goal of returning to the moon - yet there are still no conceptual drawings of what the spacecraft will look like, says John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense and space-policy research group. "Any program that doesn't have artwork is not really a program."
  7. Will the U.S. Get Tougher on Russia? By Jane Roh FOXNews.com December 27, 2004 -- Forcefulness will be required as Russia's security problems also stand to threaten America, warns John Pike of Globalsecurity.org. Pike said believes he Putin's tendency to view the War on Terror through a Cold War lens has led him to frame his country's security in terms of geography and military might, leaving a wealth of nuclear materials vulnerable.
  8. Dad's Army runs rings round CIA stealth satellites By Tony Allen-Mills The Sunday Times December 26, 2004 -- Some analysts believe the group may be doing the Pentagon a favour. John Pike, a prominent US defence expert, said:. "They may actually be enabling us to understand what is easily in reach of (hostile) observers."
  9. WDN News Analysis: OLF, chicken or egg? By Bill Sandifer The Washington Daily News December 26, 2004 -- "When the lights (are) all turned off and the doors locked, all that (will be) left of the largest military installation in the Jacksonville area and the South's only Master Jet Base will be 30,000 acres of land, some buildings and equipment," states Globalsecurity.org
  10. LSU and O'Keefe: mysteries of his hiring By Adam Nossiter The Associated Press December 26, 2004 -- "They couldn't get anybody else to take it," said space expert John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, the former director of the Space Policy project for the Federation of American Scientists.
  11. Newest twist in Hassoun case raises eyebrows By Robert Gehrke The Salt Lake Tribune December 26, 2004 -- "They're the ones asking the questions when they've got them all lined up and the women and children are screaming and the shock value of having a bunch of soldiers with weapons in your living room has not worn off," said John Pike, director of Globalsecurity.org, a Virginia-based defense and intelligence think tank.
  12. EEUU e Iran: geopolitica de la confrontacion. By Ritt Goldstein El Mundo December 24, 2004 -- Preguntado acerca de cual se imagina el que podria ser la respuesta del Gobierno de Bush a las instalaciones nucleares de Iran, John Pike, presidente del conocido gabinete de estudios sobre temas de defensa Global Security, con sede en Washington, manifesto que "yo creo que vamos a hacerles saltar por los aires". Pike calcula que lo que se haga tendra lugar antes de las elecciones norteamericanas de 2006.
  13. ATTACK INVESTIGATION SHOW: WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH PETER JENNINGS (07:00 PM ET) - ABC December 23, 2004 -- JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: This is, basically, driving a wedge between the Americans and the Iraqis because the Americans are going to be much more suspicious of all of the Iraqis. And that's going to make it very difficult to build a, an Iraqi force that's going to be loyal to the new Iraq.
  14. Five From City Hurt In Mess-Tent Massacre By Richard Sisk and Corky Siemaszko Daily News (New York) December 23, 2004 -- "Now every time an American soldier looks at an Iraqi soldier, he's going to be afraid that the guy will blow up," said John Pike, head of the globalsecurity.org think tank.
  15. Iraq attack blamed on suicide bomber By George Edmonson The Atlanta Journal-Constitution December 22, 2004 -- John E. Pike, director of the Web site GlobalSecurity.org, said infiltration is nothing new for the American military. "Infiltration was a terrible problem in Vietnam. We just never did come to terms with it," he said.
  16. For `ghost riders,' Mosul attack a stark reminder of Strykers' mortality By Matthew Dolan The Baltimore Sun December 23, 2004 -- "I'd much rather be in a Stryker than a Humvee," said John Pike, who runs GlobalSecurity.org, an online clearinghouse for defense-related information.
  17. Hellfire and angels at lunchtime - Mosul massacre By Jeremy Redmon The Australian December 23, 2004 -- Source: Globalsecurity.org, AFP
  18. Langley: No Delay In Raptor Program Daily Press (Newport News, Virginia) December 22, 2004 -- If the accident was caused by a nonmechanical mishap, like a pilot error or impact with a bird, it will not have a significant impact on the program, said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. *
  19. The Spy Who Billed Me By Tim Shorrock Mother Jones Magazine January/February 2005 -- After leaving government, these officials keep their high-level security clearances, which makes them extremely valuable to their new employers. "You can't do anybusiness without having the clearances," says John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, a Virginia- based think tank. "How else would you know about the contracts?"
  20. Military Satellite Project Hits Additional Snags By Renae Merle The Washington Post December 22, 2004 -- The program's problems are not a surprise, since developing a satellite system is "a hard thing to do," said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org. "There was an enormous amount of unrealism built into aerospace contracting in the late 90s" when the Air Force launched the program.
  21. Raptor Tests Suspended After Crash By Renae Merle The Washington Post December 22, 2004 -- If the accident was caused by a nonmechanical mishap, like a pilot error or impact with a bird, it will not have a significant impact on the program, said John E. Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  22. Iraqi insurgents show skill to do much with little By Mark Matthews The Baltimore Sun December 22, 2004 -- "These attacks are extremely cost-effective for the enemy," said John Pike, a strategic analyst who runs the online think tank Globalsecurity.org. It takes "a few dozen dollars to make one of these," whereas the U.S. military in Iraq needs "thousands of trucks [costing] tens of thousands of dollars apiece to armor."
  23. French Journalists Freed After 4 Months of Captivity in Iraq By Sebastian Rotella and Louise Roug Los Angeles Times December 22, 2004 -- "If they had chopped their heads off, it might have hardened French public opinion," said defense expert John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a nonpartisan website. "By sparing them, it would further a belief that the Americans are the problem and that if the Americans would just go home, that would solve it. I think they understand the psychology of kidnapping and how to play to it."
  24. >3rd ACR bridges cultural gap by learning Arabic By Tom Roeder The Gazette December 22, 2004 -- "Every little bit helps," said John Pike, executive director of GlobalSecurity.org, a Virginia-based defense think tank. "That's a good way to win hearts and minds - if you can tell them to lay down in Arabic rather than just shooting them because they won't follow your commands."
  25. Rocket, Mortar Attacks A Constant Threat At U.S. Bases In Iraq By Larry Kaplow Cox News Service December 21, 2004 -- John E. Pike, director of the GlobalSecurity.org Web site, which provides extensive coverage of U.S. facilities in Iraq, said one of the problems with the Marez base is that it sits on the edge of Mosul, Iraq's third largest city. This precludes the kind of intense patrolling and square miles of buffer zone available in a more open area.
  26. SAIC boss building team, minus splash By Bruce V. Bigelow San Diego Union-Tribune December 21, 2004 -- "At a time when everybody is talking about trying to get the intelligence community to talk to itself and achieve virtual integration, I think SAIC would be an obvious candidate to bite off a piece of that work," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense and intelligence think tank in Virginia.
  27. Bush Administration Preparing For Money Funds For Iraq By George Edmonson Cox News Service December 20, 2004 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org and a careful observer of defense activities, was even more forceful: "They'll get as much money as they want."
  28. China's Thirst for Oil Undercuts U.S. Effort to Rein in Iran (Update2) By Paul Basken and Demian McLean Bloomberg December 20, 2004 -- `It would be a bad idea for us to be confronting atomic ayatollahs,'' said John Pike, a military analyst with Globalsecurity.org, an Alexandria, Virginia-based research firm.
  29. Osama's Coiled For Strike, Says Terror Expert By James Gordon Meek Daily News (New York) December 20, 2004 -- "There's simply not enough consistent data at this point to be able to draw that conclusion," defense analyst John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org told the Daily News yesterday
  30. China's Thirst for Oil Undercuts U.S. Effort to Rein in Iran By Paul Basken and Demian McLean Bloomberg December 20, 2004 -- ``It would be a bad idea for us to be confronting atomic ayatollahs,'' said John Pike, a military analyst with Globalsecurity.org, an Alexandria, Virginia-based research firm.
  31. Goss likely to stay at CIA, experts say By Larry WheelerGannett News Service December 17, 2004 -- "My impression is that Goss is mainly focused on fixing the covert operations people," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, and one of the world's leading experts on defense, space and intelligence policy.
  32. National Guard having trouble meeting its recruitment goals due to the war operations in Iraq and Afghanistan National Public Radio (NPR) / SHOW: All Things Considered 8:00 AM EST NPR December 17, 2004 -- Mr. JOHN PIKE (GlobalSecurity.org): Well, as Gomer Pyle said, `Surprise, surprise, surprise.' (...) It is a peacetime military that had been recruiting people on the basis of giving them educational benefits, not on the basis of sending them to Iraq to fight in a war. It's a peacetime military that had been organized to fight a short war. It was really not organized to fight this sort of protracted insurgency that we've found ourselves in.
  33. SECURITY: Military Denies Plan To Shut Satellite System In; Attack National Journal's Technology Daily December 17, 2004 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, said he cannot think of an emergency that would warrant a GPS shutdown.
  34. The rising tab for US war effort By Peter Grier The Christian Science Monitor December 17, 2004 -- "It's quite foreseeable that we're going to be in Iraq for the rest of the decade," says John Pike, a defense expert at GlobalSecurity.org. "But we're funding it as if we're expecting to bring the boys home any day."
  35. GPS committee to form BY Aliya Sternstein Federal Computer Week December 16, 2004 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, said it is difficult for him to imagine an emergency that would benefit from such a shutdown. "In the event of [the Sept. 11, 2001, terrorist attacks], the evildoers did not need GPS to find the World Trade Center," Pike said. "It was right out the window. The evildoers did not need help to find the Pentagon. It's very hard to miss. ... I'm unaware of any terrorist attack that required GPS."
  36. 278th Reported In Position In Tikrit's Province Of Iraq By Bill Jones The Greeneville Sun December 16, 2004 -- The GlobalSecurity.Org Web site describes the area where FOB Bernstein is located as "a desolate, flat range of ankle-high shrubbery about 10 miles from the city of Tuz."
  37. Two senators debate the need for a $9 billion unnamed program in the secret federal intelligence budget National Public Radio (NPR)/SHOW: Morning Edition 10:00 AM EST NPR December 15, 2004 -- Mr. JOHN PIKE (GlobalSecurity.org): Our first stealth spy satellite was launched back around the time of the first first Gulf War, another one was launched in the late 1990s. And just as Boeing is currently working on a new generation of regular spy satellites, it appears that Lockheed Martin is working on a new generation of stealthy spy satellites.
  38. War funding request may hit $100 billion By Bryan Bender The Boston Globe December 15, 2004 -- "They ran out of the 2004 budget a month early [and] had to borrow [from] 2005," said John Pike, a defense specialist at the military think tank GlobalSecurity.org, a military think tank in Alexandria, Va. "They're already starting to suggest that the 2005 budget is going to be $100 billion for one year alone."
  39. Ethiopia's plan to rapidly move millions to fertile ground to avoid starvation could harm more than it will help; An unsettling resettlement By Samson Mulugeta Newsday (New York) December 15, 2004 -- SOURCES: BBC, NATIONAL INSTITUTES OF HEALTH, WWW.GLOBALSECURITY.ORG, WWW.OVERPOPULATION.COM NEWSDAY / ROD EYER
  40. Iran not off the hook yet By Ritt Goldstein Asia Times December 15, 2004 -- John Pike, president of the noted Washington-area defense think-tank Global Security, told Asia Times Online, "I think we're going to blow them up." He added that he believed the effort would be some time before the 2006 US elections.
  41. Search For New Nasa Chief Begins By Gwyneth K. Shaw, Sentinel Orlando Sentinel (Florida) December 14, 2004 -- John Pike, director of the policy-research group GlobalSecurity.org, said it might be difficult to find someone who's willing to take on NASA. The agency hopes to return the remaining three shuttles to flight in late spring, but that could be delayed.
  42. Guardsmen take on tougher tasks By Brittany Morehouse News 14 Carolina December 13, 2004 -- "Given the extensive use of the National Guard, the distinction between active duty and Guard is becoming blurred," said Francois Boo of www.globalsecurity.org.
  43. John Pike discusses funding for a controversial intelligence satellite program National Public Radio (NPR) December 13, 2004 -- News report say it's a new stealthy intelligence satellite program, and one source for that information is John Pike, who used to be with the Federation of American Scientists and now runs GlobalSecurity.org.
  44. Military Spending to Increase Dramatically SHOW: NEWS FROM CNN 12:00 PM EST December 13, 2004 -- Operations in Iraq and Afghanistan could send military costs through the roof next year. And in the larger war on terror, a super expensive top secret spy program is giving Senate critics sticker shock. Here to talk about that and more, our guest. John Pike is the director of GlobalSecurity.org.
  45. U.S. Officials May Seek Leak Probe By David S. Cloud and John R. Wilke The Wall Street Journal December 13, 2004 -- John Pike, an analyst at Globalsecurity.org, a defense and intelligence research group, said he had suspected that work was being conducted on a new generation of stealth satellites, the last of which went into orbit in the late 1990s, he said.
  46. How Safe Are Our Troops? Why the Pentagon ended up with a shortage of armored vehicles for U.S. soldiers in Iraq By Mark Thompson, With reporting by Chris Maag; Nathan Thornburgh; Phil Zabriskie Time Magazine December 20, 2004 -- Sources: TIME reporting; Armor Holdings Co.; GlobalSecurity.org
  47. Senators' Comments Suggest Existence Of Secret Space Program By Rich Tuttle Aerospace Daily December 13, 2004 -- John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, Alexandria, Va., said there are at least two possibilities - "a stealthy reconnaissance satellite or Discoverer II come back, a space-based JSTARS [Joint Surveillance Targeting Attack Radar System]." Discoverer II, which was to have consisted of many small radar satellites, apparently was killed some years ago.
  48. Spy plan may deploy secret satellite system By Douglas Jehl New York Times December 12, 2004 - The idea that the disputed program might be a stealth satellite program was proposed in an interview on Thursday by John Pike, a satellite expert who heads GlobalSecurity.org, a defense and intelligence database.
  49. USA: MILIARDI, SEGRETI E ACCUSE SU SATELLITE INVISIBILE di Marco Bardazzi ANSA Notiziario Generale in Italiano December 11, 2004 -- Il 95% dei velivoli e dei satelliti-spia, secondo gli esperti dell'organizzazione americana GlobalSecurity.org, possono venir rilevati dagli strumenti di altre nazioni.
  50. Delta IV readyfor liftoff today By SHELBY G. SPIRES The Huntsville Times December 11, 2004 - John Pike, a launch and security analyst who runs GlobalSecurity.org, said Boeing has to prove that its business practices have improved. "The launch market moves up and down, but this ban has hurt the Delta business."
  51. Regiment fortifies armor By TOM ROEDER Colorado Springs Gazette December 11, 2004 - No one anticipated the Army's need for large quantities of armored trucks and Humvees before the invasion of Iraq, said John Pike, executive director of the Virginia-based think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  52. New Stealth Spy Satellite Debated on Hill By Dana Priest Washington Post December 11, 2004 - About 95 percent of spycraft are detected by other nations, experts say. But "even France and Russia would have a hard time figuring out what they were tracking" if they were to pick up the image of a stealth satellite, said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org, an expert on space imagery.
  53. "Unnötig, ineffizient, teuer" Von Marc Hujer Süddeutsche Zeitung December 11, 2004 -- John Pike von der Forschungsfirma Globalsecurity.org vermutete, dass es sich bei der Kontroverse um den Start eines Aufklärungssatelliten handele, der von der gegnerischen Abwehr nicht wahrgenommen werden könne. Senator Wyden nannte das Programm "unnötig, ineffizient und zu teuer".
  54. U.S. military funding package could cost up to $100B National Post (f/k/a The Financial Post) (Canada) December 11, 2004 -- John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, said the rate of spending in Iraq, already at more than US$1-billion a week, could grow to US$1.5-billion or more. "It's going to be a pretty big number," he said.
  55. Senator Speaks Out Over Top Secret Program SHOW: LOU DOBBS TONIGHT 6:00 PM EST December 10, 2004 -- JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: The challenge, then, is to make the signature of the satellite so small that, rather than looking like a satellite the size of a city bus, it looks like a small Coke can-sized space debris, and it blends in with the other 8,000 pieces of space junk out there.
  56. Raetselraten um mysterioeses Ruestungsprojekt By Markus Becker Spiegel Online December 10, 2004 -- "Selbst ein Satellit mit ausschliesslich defensiven Waffen koennte ein Wettruesten im All ausloesen", warnte John Pike, Direktor des Washingtoner Thinktanks GlobalSecurity.org.
  57. Verso La Militarizzazione Dello Spazio By Molinari Maurizio La Stampa December 10, 2004 -- Si tratta di uno scenario che solleva i dubbi di alcuni esperti di armamenti come ad esempio John Pike, analista di ""GlobalSecurity.org"", secondo cui portare le armi nel cosmo espone gli Stati Uniti al rischio di un corto circuito internazionale destinato a far impallidire le polemiche suscitate dall'abbandono del Trattato Abm: ""Se dovessimo davvero procedere in questa direzione le altre nazioni ci chiederebbero inevitabilmente di provare che si tratta di armamenti difensivi e non offensivi, ma per gli Stati Uniti sarebbe impossibile accettare una richiesta che implicherebbe svelare i segreti del funzionamento dei satelliti spia""
  58. Senator Speaks Out Over Top Secret Program CNN WOLF BLITZER REPORTS December 10, 2004 - JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: The challenge then is to make the signature of the satellite so small, that rather than looking like satellite the size of a city bus it looks like a small coke can sized space debris and blends in with the other 8,000 pieces of space junk out there.
  59. Debate on Secret Program Bursts Into Open By Douglas Jehl The New York Times December 10, 2004 -- Among the possibilities suggested by private experts, including John Pike of Globalsecurity.org, a research organization in Alexandria, Va., were that the system might be a controversial unproven program to launch a reconnaissance satellite that adversaries could not detect.
  60. US Army plagued by desertion and plunging morale By Elaine Monaghan The Times (London) December 10, 2004 -- Another war would require a shift to a "no-kidding wartime posture in which everybody who could shoot was given a rifle and sent to the front," according to John Pike, of GlobalSecurity.org.
  61. US soldier challenges Defense Secretary Donald Rumsfeld on the lack of armored vehicles in Iraq SHOW: Day to Day 4:00 AM EST NPR December 09, 2004 -- Mr. JOHN PIKE (GlobalSecurity.org President): They're operating a chop shop on Humvees and other vehicles there in Kuwait.
  62. Funding for U.S. Military Operations in Iraq Could Surge By Adam Entous Reuters December 09, 2004 -- John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, said the rate of spending in Iraq, already at more than $1 billion a week, could grow to $1.5 billion or more. "It's going to be a pretty big number," he said.
  63. Senator: Mystery Spy Project Dangerous By Katherine Pfleger Shrader The Associated Press December 09, 2004 -- Sending even defensive satellite weapons into orbit could start an arms race in space, warned John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, who has studied anti-satellite weapons for more than three decades. Pike said other countries would inevitably demand proof that any weapons were only defensive.
  64. Reporters on the Job Christian Science Monitor (Boston, MA) December 09, 2004 -- For more info:www.globalsecurity.org/military/library/report/2004/reading-list.htm
  65. An Open Letter to President Bush By Ralph Nader Counterpunch December 09, 2004 -- John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org told 60 Minutes that this uncounted casualty figure "would have to be somewhere in the ballpark of over 20, maybe 30,000".
  66. U.S. spy agencies to join forces Detroit Free Press December 09, 2004 -- Experts from organizations such as Globalsecurity.org speculated that the program may involve a spy satellite system with technology to destroy enemy targets.
  67. Exchanges with Rumsfeld a sign of growing frustrations, analysts By David McLemore The Dallas Morning News December 09, 2004 -- The frank airing of such concerns can be healthy, said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Virginia-based defense research Web site. "The soldiers who spoke to Mr. Rumsfeld shared the military duty to inform those above them in the chain of command about their concerns. And they need to do it as clearly and certainly as they can," Pike said. "And God bless 'em for doing it."
  68. Lawmaker: Mystery spy project 'dangerous to national security' By Ted Bridis The Associated Press December 08, 2004 -- Sending even defensive satellite weapons into orbit could start an arms race in space, warned John Pike, a defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, who has studied anti-satellite weapons for more than three decades. Pike said other countries would inevitably demand proof that any weapons were only defensive. "It would present just absolutely insurmountable verification problems because we are not going to let anybody look at our spy satellites," Pike said. "It is just not going to happen."
  69. Napalm doesn't help U.S. Tulsa World (Oklahoma) December 07, 2004 -- But John Pike, defense analyst with GlobalSecurity.org, a nonpartisan research group in Virginia said, "You can call it something other than napalm, but it's napalm."
  70. Terror Attack Us Consulate In Jeddah SHOW: GOOD MORNING AMERICA (07:00 AM ET) - ABC December 07, 2004 -- JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: A terrorist movement is like any other movement. It's like a bicycle. If it's not going forward, it's gonna fall over. In order to continue to recruit, to continue to raise money, they have to mount operations even if they're as desperate as this one.
  71. Embedded in Crimea The Globe and Mail December 07, 2004 -- Sources: GlobalSecurity.org, WPS Russian Media Monitoring Agency
  72. News Editors Big Users Of Satellite Imaging But Limited Use SpaceDaily December 07, 2004 -- John Pike, Director of the Washington-based strategic watchdog Globalsecurity.org, explained that the media was generally unwilling to pay for external consultants.
  73. Terror Attack Us Consulate In Jeddah SHOW: WORLD NEWS TONIGHT WITH PETER JENNINGS (06:30 PM ET) - ABC December 06, 2004 -- JOHN PIKE, DIRECTOR, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: The fact that this was their best shot, and that it had such a limited impact, I think indicates how hard some of these facilities have become to attack.
  74. Analysis: Some states see opportunity By Phil Magers U.P.I. December 06, 2004 -- John Pike, director of the non-partisan, non-profit GlobalSecurity.org, said it is difficult to predict the magnitude of the realignment and closures, partly due to the number of troops now scheduled to return from overseas bases. "I really don't know of any major facilities that strike me as being good candidates for closure," Pike said.
  75. Schädlich für die "moralische Autorität" Von Nikolas Busse Frankfurter Allgemeine Zeitung December 06, 2004 -- Nach einer Berechnung des Fachdienstes GlobalSecurity.org wäre eine Bombe mit einer Sprengkraft von 100 Kilotonnen nötig, um ein Ziel in 300 Meter Tiefe zu zerstören. Das wäre die zehnfache Größe der Hiroshima-Bombe.
  76. The end of the beginning By Dibya Sarkar FCW.com December 06, 2004 -- That sentiment was echoed by George Smith, a senior fellow at GlobalSecurity.org. "The way people look at information, how they analyze it, and what they value and how they cooperate, these are much more difficult to solve," he said.
  77. Donald Rumsfeld mantendra la misma politica de Defensa en Estados Unidos hasta el ano 2008 By Pablo PardoEl Mundo December 05, 2004 -- Y todo hace pensar que va a seguir haciendo lo mismo hasta 2008.Como ha explicado a este periodico John Pike, de la consultora de defensa Global Security, "estamos en guerra. Rumsfeld es el secretario de Guerra. Y ademas no tenemos una politica exterior, solo de defensa".
  78. When a Virtual Bomb May Be Better Than the Real Thing By David E. Sanger The New York Times December 05, 2004 -- Sources by Institute for Science and International Security, Globalsecurity.org
  79. Intelligence reform bill could boost Redstone By Shelby G. Spires The Huntsville Times December 05, 2004 -- "I never thought the White House was really behind this bill," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org. "I thought the (national intelligence director) provision was just a campaign trick to take momentum away from Mr. Kerry, and that has tripped up" the legislation.
  80. La guerra del futuro Apcom December 05, 2004 -- "Questa è un'anticipazione del futuro - ha spiegato il direttore di GlobalSecurity.org John Pike - i Talon non hanno una famiglia a casa, non hanno paura, possono essere spediti ovunque".
  81. Chileans Visit Kirtland By Miguel Navrot Albuquerque Journal (New Mexico) December 04, 2004 -- John Pike, head of the Washington defense study group Globalsecurity.org, called Latin America "about the most de-militarized part of the world."
  82. Robot wars are for real as battle turns high-tech By Chris Ayres The Times (London) December 05, 2004 -- "These robots have no fear," John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, an online military research firm in Virginia, said. "They can advance into enemy fire in a way that human soldiers will not.
  83. Missile interceptor to be installed By Janene Scully Pulitzer Central Coast Newspapers December 04, 2004 -- "I must confess I was really surprised that they did not have a big ribbon-cutting ceremony back on Oct. 1," said John Pike, a military analyst with GlobalSecurity.org.
  84. Armor work expands for the Arsenal By Ed Tibbetts Quad-City Times December 04, 2004 -- "They're going to up-armor the whole lot of them," said John Pike, the director of GlobalSecurity.org, a defense think tank.
  85. EADS Proposes Split on U.S. Tanker Plane With Boeing By Edmond Lococo and Rob Urban Bloomberg December 03, 2004 - John Pike, an analyst at GlobalSecurity.org, an Alexandria, Virginia-based defense research group, also said there has been talk of a sharing arrangement. Such a plan would be ``dead on arrival'' because the tanker program itself is ``entirely unnecessary,'' he said. Replacing the engines of the current fleet would be more cost-effective, he said.
  86. Iran said to sharpen nuclear program By Bryan Bender Globe Staff The Boston Globe December 03, 2004 - Asked to comment on the group's assertions, missile specialist John Pike of Global Security.org in Alexandria, Va., said, "We were able to independently corroborate information concerning that facility," citing US government sources and publicly available images and documents.
  87. Cuba se entrena para ataque de EU El Universal December 03, 2004 -- Hoy en día, las Fuerzas Armadas Revolucionarias se cifran, de acuerdo con globalsecurity.org , en alrededor de 60 mil soldados regulares.
  88. Bewaffnete Roboter sollen Rebellen jagen Spiegel Online December 03, 2004 -- "Das gibt eine Ahnung davon, was uns in Zukunft erwartet", sagte John Pike, Direktor des Washingtoner Think Tanks "Globalsecurity.org". "Diese Dinger haben keine Familie. Sie kennen keine Angst. Man kann sie für Aufgaben einsetzen, die man einem Soldaten nur schwer zumuten könnte."
  89. What If? Urban Tulsa Weekly December 02, 2004 -- "That's the nature of terrorism," said John Pike of GlobalSecurity.org. "Terrorism is to terrorize. The data is backed up off-site, but the people are not."
  90. FOX SPECIAL REPORT WITH BRIT HUME Fox News Network December 02, 2004 - JOHN PIKE, GLOBALSECURITY.ORG: We've seen similar facilities in North Korea. We've seen similar facilities in Pakistan. There they are part of those countries' nuclear weapons programs. And when you see the same sort of facility in Iran, you have to conclude that it's probably part of Iran's nuclear weapons program as well.
  91. Jailed Palestinian's run throws race into turmoil By Joel Greenberg Chicago Tribune December 02, 2004 - Background: Barghouti was imprisoned during the first intifada and deported to Jordan in 1987. He returned to the West Bank in 1994 and was elected to the Palestinian Legislative Council. Sources: GlobalSecurity.org, BBC News
  92. ELECTION DIVIDES NATION The battle for Ukraine Newsday December 02, 2004 SOURCES: TORONTO GLOBE AND MAIL; BBC.COM; CHICAGO TRIBUNE; CIA WORLD FACT BOOK; TIME.COM; BRAMA.COM; INFOUKES.COM; GLOBALSECURITY.ORG; WIKIPEDIA.COM
  93. Active Denial System By Leslie Clark Weekly Alibi V.13 No.49 | December 2 - December 8, 2004 - According to globalsecurity.org, military and civilian employees have volunteered to be subjected to the device during experimental trials conducted at Kirtland. "All testing is being conducted with strict observance of the procedures, laws and regulations governing animal and human experimentation," the report states.
  94. Das technische Ende der Geheimniskrämerei Von Olivier Minkwitz Frankfurter Rundschau December 01, 2004 -- Dass die Fotos dennoch Verwendung in der öffentlichen Debatte und zu kritischen Fragen in Pressegesprächen geführt haben, ist vor allem Globalsecurity.org, einer friedens- und sicherheitspolitischen Organisation, zu verdanken
  95. Secretismo de Bush atrapado en la red By William Fisher Inter Press Service December 01, 2004 -- GlobalSecurity.org, que asegura aportar "recursos insondables sobre todos los aspectos de la política nacional de seguridad".
  96. WIRED: PRESTO IN IRAQ I PRIMI ROBOT DA COMBATTIMENTO APCOM December 01, 2004 -- "Questa è un'anticipazione del futuro - ha spiegato il direttore di GlobalSecurity.org John Pike - i Talon non hanno una famiglia a casa, non hanno paura, possono essere spediti ovunque".
  97. Local congressmen push for tougher intelligence reform bill By Edwards Sifuentes North County Times December 01, 2004 -- "The politics are that the president never had any use for a national director of intelligence," said John Pike, director of GlobalSecurity.org, a nonpartisan defense research organization. "He took the issue so that Mr. Kerry wouldn't, and now he's allowing Congress and the opposition to discombobulate it."
  98. More Robot Grunts Ready for Duty By Noah Shachtman Wired December 01, 2004 -- And with the ability to carry four 66-mm rockets or six 40-mm grenades, as well as an M240 or M249 machine gun, the robots can take on additional duties fast, said GlobalSecurity.org director John Pike.
  99. Costs of Iraq rising at home By Tom Roeder The Gazette December 01, 2004 -- "They are up at the front, and they are in a pretty rough neighborhood," said John Pike, executive director of the defense think tank GlobalSecurity.org.
  100. Lockheed moves way beyond warplanes By Tim Weiner The International Herald Tribune December 1, 2004 -- "It used to be just an airplane company," said John Pike, a longtime military analyst and director of GlobalSecurity.org, a research organization in Alexandria, Virginia. "Now it's a warfare company. It's an integrated solution provider. It's a one-stop shop. Anything you need to kill the enemy, they will sell you."