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"The Russian missiles we could have stopped," testimony before the House International Relations Committee on the responsibility of Deputy U.S. Secretary of State Strobe Talbott for Iran's Shahab-3 missiles, Oct. 6, 1999

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Shoot the Messengers, December 1999/January 2000. When the Clinton administration finds embarassing intellingence on China's military modernization, it knows what to do.

Partners in Crime, August 1999. New evidence shows the link that Republicans and Democrats have long ignored between reckless transfers of defense technology to Communist China and campaign donations to Clinton-Gore.

Red Star Over Washington, May 1999. The theft of America's most advanced nuclear warhead design by Chinese spies operating within our nuclear weapons labs is only the tip of the iceburg. China is now using some 10,000 "illegals" to collect intelligence in the United States, and according to a confidential Pentagon assessment, has been able to build an entire encrypted military communications network, thanks to assistance from the Clinton Pentagon.

Florida Splendid China, March 1999. When you're at Disney, stop by at this propaganda theme park, owned and controlled by the State Council of the People's Republic of China .

The DNC's Chinese Money Laundry, November 1998. John Huang was a Chinese government spy collecting U.S. intelligence secrets, according to two former Congressional aides deeply involved in the campaign finance investigations.

"California Takeout," October 1998. Inside the U.S.-based procurement and espionage network of China's largest state-owned aerospace company, CATIC.

"Loral Exams," July 1998. An exposé of how the Commerce Department and NSC staffers helped Loral, Hughes and Motorola get satellite exports to China approved, and the impact on U.S. national security of those exports.

"China's 22nd Province," October 1997. An investigation into PLA companies operating in California, F-14 part smuggling rings aimed at exporting military equipment to Iran, and the CATIC corporate network.

"Where has all the money gone," August 1997. An analysis of campaign contributions the DNC from Chinese entities and operatives.

"While America Sleeps," June 1997. The first comprehensive look at the "China plan" to infiltrate the political, military, and security apparatus of the United States, as well as Chinese efforts to penetrate the U.S. economy.

"All Roads Lead to China," March 1997, an investigation into John Huang and Lippo ties to the People's Liberation Army, and Ira Magaziner's secret plan to release U.S. nuclear technology for sale to China.

"Peking Pentagon. Bill Perry: Too Tight with the Enemy?" April 1996, an investigation into the ties between the U.S. defense secretary and a PLA high-tech procurement front, Hua Mei, seeking encryption technology from the U.S.

"China Shops," March 1995. Initially conducted for Time Magazine, this investigation into U.S. high-tech sales to China (McDonnell Douglas, Garrett engine, Yuchai America) was so hot that the Clinton administration intervened with Time editors to kill the story and fire the reporter.

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  • Fighting Proliferation Through Democracy: A Competitive Strategies Approach Toward Iran. From Prevailing in a Well-Armed World: Devising Competitive Strategies Against Weapons Proliferation, Henry Sokolski (editor), U.S. Army War College - Strategic Studies Institute, Carlisle, Pa, March 2000. Versions of this article were presented in seminar format at the U.S. Army War College, the U.S. Department of Energy, the Nonproliferation Policy Education Center Faculty Seminar on Teaching Strategic Weapons Proliferation Issues, the Institute of World Politics, the National Committee on Foreign Policy, and the United States Information Agency between 1997 and 1999.
  • "Unlimited Offense: Iran's Response to the Missile Threat," paper presented at Military Strategy in the Age of Ballistic Missiles, Washington, DC, Feb. 23, 1999
  • "Export of the Revolution," paper presented at IRAN '98, April 30, 1998, Bolling Air Force Base, Washington, DC.
  • "Support Democracy and Change in Iran" paper presented by Kenneth R.Timmerman at"Iran in Transition," a 2-day seminar organized by the Institute for the Study of Earth and Man at Southern Methodist University and Petro-Hunt Corporation, Dallas, Texas, May 2, 1996 .
  • "Iran's Nuclear Program: Myth and Reality," paper presented before the Sixth International Castiglioncello Conference, Fifty Years After Hiroshima, Castiglioncello, Italy, September 30, 1995, sponsored by the Italian Union of Scientists for Disarmament (USPID)
  • "Opportunities for Change in Iran," A Nonproliferation Policy Forum Paper initially presented before the Honorable John McCain, U.S. Senator (AZ) and the Honorable Dianne Feinstein, U.S. Senator (CA), May 1, 1995, U.S. Capitol, Room SC-5. Subsequently reprinted in Fighting Proliferation: New Concerns for the Nineties, Henry Sokolski (editor), Air Force University Press, Maxwell Air Force Base, Alabama, Sept. 1996. (For an RTF version with active footnotes, click here).
  • In Their Own Words: Interviews with Leaders of Hamas, Islamic Jihad and the Muslim Brotherhood, Damascus, Amman, Gaza, Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, November 1994;
  • Weapons of Mass Destruction: the Cases of Iran, Syria, and Libya,Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Anbgeles, Aug. 1992;
  • The Poison Gas Connection, (Chemical weapons suppliers to Iraq & Libya) Simon Wiesenthal Center, Los Angeles, Oct., 1990.