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Diane Barnes

Diane Barnes joined Global Security Newswire as a staff writer in 2007, and covers daily developments on Iran's nuclear program, strategic arms control and other issues. Barnes has contributed to publications including the Atlanta Journal-Constitution, the Palm Beach Post and the London Daily Telegraph. She is a graduate of George Washington University.

Diane Barnes's Latest Posts

How Pressure Cookers Get Classified as a WMD

By Diane Barnes

WASHINGTON -- Accusing Dzhokhar Tsarnaev of carrying out a WMD strike at the Boston Marathon could offer prosecutors a clear route to a conviction, even though the two pressure-cooker devices used in last week's attack do not fit t...

Ricin: A Last Resort for Frustrated Attention Seekers and Elvis Impersonators?

By Diane Barnes

Recent use of the highly lethal and relatively easy-to-make poison appears limited to individuals and small groups with colorful political views. Read More »

Defense Department Saves National Guard WMD Unit That Helped in Boston

By Diane Barnes

The U.S. Defense Department was poised as recently as last month to dismantle a National Guard crisis team that assisted in the emergency response to the bombings at Monday's Boston Marathon. Read More »

Hagel Pick Could Signal U.S. Policy Shift on Iran

By Diane Barnes

President Obama might be signaling plans to shift his administration's approach to an entrenched dispute over Iran's nuclear program by nominating a noted critic of hard-line policies to lead the Defense Department, a former Iranian...

White House Slashes Funding for Megaports Program

By Diane Barnes

WASHINGTON -- The Obama administration has sharply reduced spending on a program to combat smuggling of nuclear and radiological materials through foreign seaports, and it has yet to disclose findings from a recently completed revie...

U.S. Plans Trial Distribution of Anthrax Vaccine in Early 2013

By Diane Barnes, Global Security Newswire

The United States could move forward early next year with a planned trial initiative to offer anthrax vaccine to select nonmilitary emergency personnel, a senior Homeland Security Department official told lawmakers. Read More »

NATIONAL SECURITY

North Korean Missile Reach Will Extend to U.S.: Senior Intel Official

By Diane Barnes, Global Security Newswire

North Korea's ballistic missile program would eventually yield systems capable of delivering nuclear weapons to the United States, a senior U.S. intelligence official said on Wednesday. Read More »