RE: FAS (was RE: Dirty bomb predictions)

[Jack_Earley@RL.GOV]

Guess they have pretty low expectations of success in their mission

statement: 0 for 3 after 50+ years. They probably visualize whirled peas

too. BTW, "unbiased" and "scientific" should be redundant. Unfortunately,. .

. .



Jack Earley

Radiological Engineer





-----Original Message-----

From: Strickert, Rick [mailto:rstrickert@signaturescience.com]

Sent: Thursday, March 07, 2002 1:46 PM

To: RuthWeiner@aol.com; radsafe@list.vanderbilt.edu

Subject: FAS (was RE: Dirty bomb predictions)





According to their mission statement, "FAS is the oldest organization

dedicated to ending the worldwide arms race, achieving complete nuclear

disarmament, and avoiding the use of nuclear weapons."  Yep, not exactly

an unbiased scientific organization.  They used to be the Federation of

Atomic Scientists back at the end of WWII.  



Rick Strickert

Ausitn, TX





> I heard the story on NPR this morning.  It occurs to me that FAS is

> not exactly an unbiased scientific organization. 

> 

> Ruth Weiner, Ph. D. 

> ruthweiner@aol.com

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