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WESTERN STATES LEGAL FOUNDATION DOCUMENTS

Nuclear Weapons Information and Analysis

Issue Update: Subcritical Tests, by Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation, Fall 2012.

Rhetoric vs. Reality: Nuclear Dangers in a Time of Growing Global Economic and Environmental Crisis, by Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Information Bulletin, Spring 2012 pdf

Nuclear Connections: Weapons and Power in the Age of Corporate Globalization, by Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation Information Brief, Fall 2011 pdf

Fusion Energy and the Illusions of Power, Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation Commentary, Summer 2009 pdf

Rhetoric vs. Reality: Elite Disarmament Proposals and Real Disarmament Prospects, Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Information Brief, Spring 2009 pdf

Deterrence, Torture, Power, Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation Commentary, Spring 2009 pdf

Nuclear Weapons Forever: The U.S. Plan to Modernize its Nuclear Weapons Complex, Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation Information Brief, Spring 2008 pdf

StratCom in Context: The Hidden Architecture of U.S. Militarism, Presentation by Jacqueline Cabasso at the Global Network Against Weapons and Nuclear Power in Space annual meeting, Omaha, Nebraska April 12, 2008 pdf files text slides

Security at the Crossroads: National Security vs. Human Security, Jacqueline Cabasso, presentation at conference on "A European Union for Peace and Solidarity," Paris, France: March 10, 2008. pdf

"Complex 2030: U.S. Plans for 'Nukes Forever,'" Jacqueline Cabasso, INESAP Bulletin No. 27, December 2006

Questions and Answers About Weapons of Mass Destruction,WSLF Information Brief, Fall 2006 pdf download

The Divine Strake Nuclear Weapons Simulation: A Bad Signal at a Bad Time, Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation Information Brief, Spring 2006 pdf download

Signs of Change in the First Committee, Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Information Brief, Fall 2005 pdf download

Slide Presentation: "No More Nuclear Excuses for War!" PowerPoint or pdf

Compliance Assessment: The NPT Declared Nuclear Weapon States, Presentation to the 2005 Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty Review Conference, Western States Legal Foundation and Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, May 11, 2005 pdf download

War is Peace, Arms Racing is Disarmament: The Non-Proliferation Treaty and the U.S. Quest for Global Military Dominance, Western States Legal Foundation Special Report, by Andrew Lichterman with contributions from Jacqueline Cabasso, May 2005 full document (pdf) summary (6 pages, pdf) Information Brief version (2 pages, pdf)

Up For Sale: Bidding For Management of the Nuclear Weapons Labs, Western States Legal Foundation Special Report, by Michael Veiluva with contributions from Jacqueline Cabasso, Fall 2004 pdf download

The So-called 'U.S. Record of Compliance': Why The U.S. Numbers Game Is Not Disarmament, Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, Western States Legal Foundation Information Bulletin, Spring 2004 pdf download

Andrew Lichterman, Program Director, Western States Legal Foundation, "More Weapons, Less Disarmament," International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation Information Bulletin No.23, April 2004.

The Nevada Test Site: Desert Annex of the Nuclear Weapons Laboratories, Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation and Nevada Desert Experience Information Bulletin, Winter 2003 pdf download; updated August 2005 pdf download

Jacqueline Cabasso, Executive Director, Western States Legal Foundation, "The Role of Scientists in Arms Races, Continued," International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation Information Bulletin No. 22, December 2003

Andrew Lichterman, Program Director, Western States Legal Foundation, "After Arms Control: Experts and Disarmament in a Changed World" International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation Information Bulletin No. 22, December 2003

Missiles of Empire: America’s 21st Century Global Legions Andrew Lichterman, WSLF information Bulletin, Fall 2003 pdf download

Mass Producing Weapons of Mass Destruction: U.S. Plans for a New Nuclear Weapons Factory and the Global Resurgence of Nuclear Arms Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation and Los Alamos Study Group Information Bulletin, Summer 2003 pdf download

Sliding Towards the Brink: More Useable Nuclear Weapons and the Dangerous Illusions of High-Tech War Andrew Lichterman, WSLF information Bulletin, March 2003 pdf download

"The End of Disarmament and the Arms Races to Come," Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, Social Justice Vol. 29, No. 3, 2002 (WSLF reprint version) pdf download

The Shape of Things to Come: The Nuclear Posture Review, Missile Defense, and the Dangers of a New Arms Race, Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF Special Report, April, 2002 pdf download

Retreat from Disarmament: the Role of Nuclear Weapons in U.S. Plans for Global Military Dominance, Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF Information Bulletin, Spring 2002 pdf download

Little Nukes Are Good Nukes?
An Interview With Jacqueline Cabasso of Western States Legal Foundation by TomPaine.com

Jacqueline Cabasso and Andrew Lichterman, Op Ed on U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policy, appeared in Dodge City (Kansas) Daily Globe and other regional papers, April, 2002.

The U.S. Nuclear Posture Review and the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty, Issue Brief for NPT Delegates, March 2002 pdf download

Nuclear Weapons in a Changed World: the Hidden Dangers of the Rush to War, Andrew Lichterman, WSLF Emergency Information Bulletin, Fall 2001 pdf download

Looking for New Ways to Use Nuclear Weapons: U.S. Counterproliferation Programs, Weapons Effects Research, and “Mini-Nuke” Development, Andrew Lichterman, WSLF Information Bulletin, Winter 2000-2001 pdf download

Fewer But Newer: The Role of Nuclear Weapons in U.S. Plans for Global Military Dominance, Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF Issue Brief, Summer 2001 pdf download

Faustian Bargain 2000: Why Stockpile Stewardship is Fundamentally Incompatible with the Process of Nuclear Disarmament, Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, April 2000 pdf download

In-depth analysis of U.S. nuclear weapons programs and their relation to the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, the Nuclear-Non-Proliferation Treaty, and the path to the elimination of nuclear arsenals.

Reclaiming the Comprehensive Test Ban: A Step on the Road to Elimination of Nuclear Weapons, Andrew Lichterman, WSLF Information Bulletin, Fall 1999 pdf download

The Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty 2000 Review Conference: Turning Point on the Road to Nuclear Disarmament? Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF Information Bulletin, Winter/Spring 2000 pdf download

United States Disarmament Obligations Under the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT),WSLF Fact Sheet, Spring 2000 pdf download

Globalization and the New Arms Race: The Need for a Broader Movement for Peace, Global Equity, and Ecological Balance Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, WSLF Information Bulletin, Summer 2000pdf download

The Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, Jacqueline Cabasso and Andrew Lichterman, in Collective Security: A New Role for Britain, Oxford Research Group Current Decisions Report Number 24 (March 2000) pdf download

Declaration of John Burroughs Regarding International Law and Treaty Issues, in State of Washington v. Bernard, December 1998. Submitted in support of defendants arrested protesting the deployment of Trident submarines carrying multiple warhead nuclear missiles in Bangor, Washington. pdf download

Laboratory Testing in a Test Ban/Non-proliferation Regime: Above Ground Experiments Threaten Compliance With Article VI of The Non-proliferation Treaty, Michael Veiluva et al, Western States Legal Foundation and Greenpeace USA/International, April 1995

Vandenberg Air Force Base: Where the Present and Future of U.S. Warmaking Come Together Andrew Lichterman, Western States Legal Foundation Information Brief, Spring 2006 pdf download

Missiles of Empire: America's 21st Century Global Legions Andrew Lichterman, WSLF information Bulletin, Fall 2003 pdf download

The Military Space Plane, Conventional ICBM's, and the Common Aero Vehicle: Overlooked Threats of Weapons Delivered Through or From Space,Andrew Lichterman, WSLF Information Bulletin, Fall 2002 pdf download

"We need to rethink our approach on missile defense," by Andrew Lichterman, Op Ed distributed by the Progressive Media Project, June 2002.

Beyond Missile Defense, International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation and Western States Legal Foundation Joint Working Paper, by Andrew M. Lichterman, Zia Mian, M.V. Ramana, and Juergen Scheffran, January, 2002 pdf download

Missile Defense, High-Tech Weapons and Prospects for Disarmament, by Andrew M. Lichterman. International Network of Engineers and Scientists Against Proliferation Information Bulletin No. 19, March 2002. Paper presented at the Moving Beyond Missile Defense Project Workshop, Shanghai, China, November 30-December 2 2001.

Banning Ballistic Missiles: In the Long Run, It may be Easier than Shooting Them Down, WSLF Issue Brief, Summer 2001pdf download

"The New Texas ranger and his guns," Andrew Lichterman and M.V. Ramana, Frontline (India), Vol. 18 : No. 11, May 26 - Jun 8, 2001

"A Comprehensive Missile Control Regime: It's Not too Soon," Andrew Lichterman, in The Nuclear Weapons Convention Monitor, No.2, April 2001 pdf download

U.S. Nuclear Weapons Policies, Ballistic Missile Defense, and the Quest for Weapons in Space: Military Research and Development and the New Arms Race,Andrew Lichterman, WSLF Information Bulletin, Summer 2000 pdf download

"Globalization and the New Arms Race," Andrew Lichterman and Jacqueline Cabasso, in A Maginot Line in the Sky: International Perspectives on Ballistic Missile Defense David Krieger and Carah Ong, eds., Nuclear Age Peace Foundation, Santa Barbara, CA (2001) For book description and order form click here (pdf download)

Western States Legal Foundation Statement, March 17, 2003: Congress and the United Nations Must Act to Stop an Illegal War Against Iraq (pdf)

"Weapons of Mass Destruction: a Threat in Any Hands," Andrew M. Lichterman, Op Ed distributed by the Progressive Media Project, January 22, 2003

War Is Not the Path to Peace: The United States, Iraq, and the Need for Stronger International Legal Standards to Prevent War by Andrew Lichterman and John Burroughs
Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation, United Nations Day, October 24, 2002

Statement on The United Nations Charter And the Use of Force Against Iraq

Issued by Lawyers' Committee on Nuclear Policy, New York, Western States Legal Foundation, Oakland, California, Michael Ratner, President, Center on Constitutional Rights, New York, and Jules Lobel, Professor of Law, University of Pittsburgh School of Law, October 2, 2002.

Letter to Members of the United Nations Security Council concerning the Use of Force Against Iraq

Lawyers' Commitee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation, October 8, 2002

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Community Health Training, Radiation Risk, and the Community, December 9, 2000, Livermore, California download announcement (pdf file)

Comments on Nuclear Regulatory Commission Issue Paper, Major Revision to 10 CFR Part 71, Packaging and Transport of Radioactive Material, July 2000 pdf download

Comment on Predecisional Draft Charter for the Advisory Committee on the Health Effects of Radiation, July 2000

Plutonium Threat in Livermore and the Public's Right to Know, Environmental Update,Tri-Valley CAREs, Western States Legal Foundation, and Bay Area Physicians for Social Responsibility, December 1999 pdf download

Fact Sheet - Hazardous Waste Facility Permit for Lawrence Livermore National Laboratory December 1999

Complaint in Tri-Valley Communities Against a Radioactive Environment, Western States Legal Foundation, and Physicians for Social Responsibility, Bay Area Chapter, v. State of California Department of Toxic Substance Control, December 1999 pdf download

Scientific Decision- Making and the Public Health Impacts of the US Department of Energy Nuclear Weapons Program: A Community Perspective, Presentation to Student- Scientists working at Lawrence Berkeley National Laboratory on US Department of Energy Fellowships, Patrice Sutton, Western States Legal Foundation, November 18, 1999 (viewgraphs, pdf download)

Livermore Town Meeting Update on Site Team Activities, Patrice Sutton, Western States Legal Foundation,1998 (viewgraphs, pdf download)

Military Spending: Researching Impacts on your Campus or Community, Andrew Lichterman 2005.html

Some Thoughts about the Path to Abolition of Nuclear Weapons and Strategies for Organizing in the United States, Western States Legal Foundation Working Paper #1, Andrew M. Lichterman, April 1999 pdf download

Up from the Concrete: Making Connections and Building Coalitions for a U.S. Movement to Abolish Nuclear Weapons, Western States Legal Foundation Working Paper #2, Andrew M. Lichterman, January 2000 pdf download

WSLF Media Kit for Activists (1998)

Press Release: Lawyers' Groups Condemn U.S. War on Iraq as Contrary to UN Charter, March 18, 2003

October 10, 2002

Lawyers Urge Security Council: Uphold UN Charter and Values; Resist Adoption of Use of Force Resolution Against Iraq; Promote Alternatives to War pdf download

Text of Letter to Members of the United Nations Security Council concerning the Use of Force Against Iraq, Lawyers' Commitee on Nuclear Policy and Western States Legal Foundation, October 8, 2002

October 3, 2002

Lawyers Tell Senate: Use of Force Against Iraq Without New Security Council Resolution Is Unlawful; Urge Congress to Uphold U.N. Charter pdf download

February 8, 2002

MOVING BEYOND MISSILE DEFENSE: PETITION FOR A MISSILE FREEZE

Press Release

Petition

April 10, 2001

DOE NUCLEAR BUDGET CONTAINS "PERVERTED PRIORITIES;" NATIONAL ALLIANCE AND LOCAL "WATCHDOG" GROUPS DECRY WEAPONS FUNDING INCREASES, WHILE CLEANUP OF TOXIC AND RADIOACTIVE POLLUTANTS SUFFERS 48% CUT AT LIVERMORE LAB

Press Release

February 16, 2001

PLEDGE DRIVE ASKS SCIENTISTS AND ENGINEERS TO RENOUNCE WORK ON NUCLEAR, OTHER WEAPONS OF MASS DESTRUCTION; INTERNATIONAL CAMPAIGN TO BE LAUNCHED THIS WEEK AT THE AMERICAN ASSOCIATION FOR THE ADVANCEMENT OF SCIENCE MEETING IN SAN FRANCISCO

Press Conference With Nuclear "Watchdog" Organizations and Scientists to be Held Saturday, February 17, 10 AM at the San Francisco Press Club, 312 Sutter Street, S.F., (note new location)

Press Release

Pledge and Background Information

January 8, 2001

U.S. PLANS FOR NEW, WAR-FIGHTING USES OF NUCLEAR WEAPONS REVEALED

Press Release

Background

Defense Science and Technology Plans, U.S. Department of Defense Deputy Under Secretary of Defense (Science and Technology), February 2000

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