Israel Quotes by Barton Gellman

Al Qaeda is closely aligned with the Chechens.

— Barton Gellman

Sudan expelled bin Laden on May 18, 1996, to Afghanistan.

— Barton Gellman

There is evidence that some of al Qaeda's nuclear efforts over the years met with swindles and false leads.

— Barton Gellman

Searches of al Qaeda sites in Afghanistan, undertaken since American-backed forces took control there, are not known to have turned up a…

— Barton Gellman

If Iraq had succeeded in spray-drying anthrax spores to extend their life and lethality, that would have been among the most important…

— Barton Gellman

Of all Iraq's rocket scientists, none drew warier scrutiny abroad than Modher Sadeq-Saba Tamimi.

— Barton Gellman

In general, states do not count on pledges of 'no more war' from their neighbors. Israel's army never counted on it from…

— Barton Gellman

Counterterrorism analysts have known for years that al Qaeda prepares for attacks with elaborate 'targeting packages' of photographs and notes.

— Barton Gellman

In effect, you cannot stop Iraq from growing nasty bugs in the basement. You can stop them from putting operational warheads on…

— Barton Gellman

The U.N. Security Council ordered Iraq in April 1991 to relinquish all capabilities to make biological, chemical and nuclear weapons as well…

— Barton Gellman

Most people inside the bureau believe that the blown opportunities to head off 9/11 would not recur today. Even among the FBI's…

— Barton Gellman

Leaders at the top of al Qaeda's hierarchy, the evidence shows, completed plans and obtained the materials required to manufacture two biological…

— Barton Gellman

Among all the upheavals of war with al Qaeda, the surest indicator of the historic stakes is the ongoing rotation of top…

— Barton Gellman

Stuxnet, a computer worm reportedly developed by the United States and Israel that destroyed Iranian nuclear centrifuges in attacks in 2009 and…

— Barton Gellman

Enclosed by a sand berm four miles around and 160 feet high, the Baghdad Nuclear Research Facility entombs what remains of reactors…

— Barton Gellman

The government of Sudan, employing a back channel direct from its president to the Central Intelligence Agency, offered in the early spring…

— Barton Gellman

The defection of Hussein Kamel was a turning point in the U.N.-imposed disarmament of Iraq in the 1990s.

— Barton Gellman

The gravest risks from al Qaeda combine its affinity for big targets and its announced desire for weapons of mass destruction.

— Barton Gellman

Palestinians have had to live for a long time with the fact that Israelis had power over them in their everyday lives.

— Barton Gellman