Re: Obama Presidential Thread XIX: Starting a new chapter
Ok...time to reel it in yet again.
Media Falsely Claim Obama "Betrayed" Britain By Complying With Treaty Language
The right-wing media have seized on a Wikileaks cable to claim the Obama administration "betrayed" the United Kingdom by revealing data to Russia regarding the sale of nuclear material. In fact, the information was passed in compliance with nuclear arms treaties and "with respect to the longstanding pattern of cooperation," as officials in both the U.S. and U.K. governments have confirmed.
Treaty text...notification, no later than 48 hours after it has been completed, of the transfer of items to or from a third State in accordance with a pattern of cooperation existing at the time of signature of the Treaty referred to in Article XVI of the Treaty and the First Agreed Statement in the Annex to the Treaty on Agreed Statements. Such notification shall include: the number and type of items transferred; the date of transfer; and the location of transfer; [Department of Defense, accessed 2/7/11]
...and that's not new START but rather START I...1991.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the information sharing about U.S. transfers of nuclear weapons to the U.K. dates back to the original START treaty. "We simply carried forward and updated this notification procedure to the new treaty. There was no secret agreement and no compromise of the UK's independent nuclear deterrent." This was an assertion backed up by the White House and British government officials.
Ok...time to reel it in yet again.
Media Falsely Claim Obama "Betrayed" Britain By Complying With Treaty Language
The right-wing media have seized on a Wikileaks cable to claim the Obama administration "betrayed" the United Kingdom by revealing data to Russia regarding the sale of nuclear material. In fact, the information was passed in compliance with nuclear arms treaties and "with respect to the longstanding pattern of cooperation," as officials in both the U.S. and U.K. governments have confirmed.
Treaty text...notification, no later than 48 hours after it has been completed, of the transfer of items to or from a third State in accordance with a pattern of cooperation existing at the time of signature of the Treaty referred to in Article XVI of the Treaty and the First Agreed Statement in the Annex to the Treaty on Agreed Statements. Such notification shall include: the number and type of items transferred; the date of transfer; and the location of transfer; [Department of Defense, accessed 2/7/11]
...and that's not new START but rather START I...1991.
State Department spokesman P.J. Crowley said the information sharing about U.S. transfers of nuclear weapons to the U.K. dates back to the original START treaty. "We simply carried forward and updated this notification procedure to the new treaty. There was no secret agreement and no compromise of the UK's independent nuclear deterrent." This was an assertion backed up by the White House and British government officials.
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