What do newly declassified documents about weapons grade uranium and dual-use technology diversions from the US reveal about the role of espionage in building Israel’s secret arsenal? Did Israel’s proposed nuclear weapons sales to apartheid South Africa signal they are still for sale if the partner and price are right? Do FBI and CIA cover-ups of investigations into Israeli nuclear espionage signal official US government approval or political acquiescence? Did cooperating with Israel’s policy of “strategic ambiguity” ever make sense for the United States? Is the era of ‘nuclear opacity” now coming to an end? Are Israel’s nuclear weapons of strategic benefit to the US? John Mearsheimer, Sasha Polokow Suransky and Grant F. Smith tackled these questions.
Date:July 7, 2010
Venue: The International Spy Museum