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Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 17:12:25 -0700
From: "David Crockett Williams" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Schedule Global Peace Walk 2000 final leg

- --------from schedule/route link at http://www.globalpeacenow.org

Global Peace Walk 2000
San Francisco - Washington DC - New York / U.N.
1/15/2000 - 10/5/2000 - 10/24/2000

Present Tenative Schedule 8/27 - 10/25, 2000
Call 415-267-1877 for exact dates & details,
and to contact on the road.

September 2nd-4th, Sat.-Mon. - Columbus, Ohio
September 6th, Wed. - Zanesville, Ohio
September 10-11th, Sun.-Mon. - Wheeling, West Virginia
September 15th-17th, Fri.-Sun. - Pittsburgh, PA
September 19th - Tues. - Uniontown, Pennsylvania
September 22nd - Fri. - Cumberland, Maryland
September 24th - Sun. - Hancock, Maryland
September 26th - Tues. - Hagerstown, Maryland

October 5th-12th (Thurs.-Thurs.) - Washington DC - Ceremonies & Events

Global Peace Walk through Washington DC (Oct. 5)

Delivery of the Messages of Peace (Proclamations & Support Letters) to the
White House (Oct. 6), Senate & Congress (Oct. 10-11)

Nuclear Abolition and Demilitarization of Space (Oct. 7) - Washington DC

Ceremonies at Jefferson Stone (Oct. 8) & Millennial Circle of Peace at
Washington Monument (Oct. 9) - Washington DC

Indigenous People's Day (Oct. 12) - Washington DC

October 14th, Sat. - Baltimore, Maryland

October 17th, Tues. -  Swarthmore College

Ocotber 18th, Wed. - Philadelphia, PA

October 21st, Sat. - Princeton University, New Jersy

October 23-25th, Mon.-Wed. - 55th Anniversary of UN Spiritually United
Nations Day at the United Nations, New York City. Ceremonies & Spiritual
Environmental Summit.


Past Schedule

January 15th (Dr. Martin Luther King, Jr.'s Birthday) War Memorial Building,
San Francisco, CA
January 28th - Vandenberg Air Force Base, CA
February 4th - Keene, CA (Cesar Chavez Memorial)
February 5th - LA, Hollywood, CA
February 12th-13th - Ward Valley, CA
February 15th - Nevada Nuclear Test Site
February 16th - Las Vegas, Nevada
February 26th - March 2nd - Navaho Nation and Hopi Land
March 14th - Glen Canyon Dam, AZ - International Protest
March 24th-29th - Phoenix, AZ (Global Peace Zone)
April 8th - Rosario Cemetary, Santa Fe, NM
April 22nd - Taos, New Mexico (Earth Day)
May 14th - Vietnam Veterans Cemetary, Angel Fire, NM
May 29th - Memorial Day @ Oklahoma City 1995 bombsite
June 25th - Kansas City, MO @ Liberty Memorial
July 1st-4th - Fast for Leonard Peltier @ Doherty Park near Leavenworth
Federal Penitentiary, Kansas
July 10th - Independence, MO - Prayer @ Truman Library
July 17th - Fulton, MO - Winston Churchhill Memorial
August 12th-15th - St. Louis, MO (Global Peace Zone)
August 25th-26th - Indianapolis, IN - Traditional Ceremony at Native
American Church




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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 09:01:32 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Special Invitation

Share this with friends with interest, Jonathan


State of the World Forum





IS PLEASED TO PRESENT A SPECIAL SESSION




WITH






President Abdurrahman Wahid of Indonesia


ON THE SUBJECT OF


Spiritual Insight and Political Responsibility





Jonathan Granoff, Moderator, CEO Global Security Institute

 Dr. Ashok K. Gangaden, Founder-Director of the Global Dialogue Institute,
Professor of Philosophy, Haverford College

 Audrey Kitagawa, Head, Sri Ramakrishna Spiritual Family, noted attorney,
Honolulu, Hawaii

 Dr. Chung Hwan Kwak, Chairman of the Interreligous and International
Federation for World Peace

John OSullivan, Editor in Chief, United Press International







Thursday, September 7, 2000




9:15 am Check In*
9:45 Event Begins






Mercury Ballroom

New York Hilton and Towers





Please register by completing this form and emailing to
[e-mail] <mailto:[e-mail]> , or fax to
[phone].  If you do not have access to email or fax you can call (310)
428-2069 to rsvp for this special event.

 There is no charge to attend this event.  We kindly ask that you respondy by
Tuesday, September 5, 2000, no later than 6pm.  You must rsvp to be placed on
the guest list.  There will be no registration at the door.  You are not
required to register for any other event of the forum to attend this special
session.

 *DUE TO TIGHT SECURITY CONCERNS, IT IS IMPORTANT THAT YOU ARRIVE BY 9:15 AM
FOR SECURITY CHECK-IN AND CLEARANCE.




Name:__________________________________________________

Title: ____________________________________________

Organization:______________________________________

Address:_________________________________________

City:_____________________________________________

State:____________________________________________

Zip Code:_________________________________________

Tel:______________________________________________

Fax:______________________________________________

Email:____________________________________________



Thank you.









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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 15:35:41 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Cost on Nuclear Missile Defense

Some messages on the abolition-usa and abolition-caucus lists have
stated the
projected cost on the National Missile Defense System as $60 Billion
over the
next 5 years, if I remember correctly. Can someone please clarify,
stating where
the $60 B number came from and why it differs from the one reported by
Peace
through Reason, as stated below:

"The Clinton Administration has spent approximately $5.7 billion on NMD,
and
budgeted an additional $10.4 billion in FY 2001-2005 to support possible
deployment of the initial NMD architecture.

Our current estimate for developing, procuring and deploying our initial
system - 100 interceptors, an ABM radar, upgrades to 5 early warning
radars,
and command and control - is around $25 billion (Fiscal Years 91-09)."

Thank you,
Frank Dworak

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Date: Mon, 4 Sep 2000 18:22:28 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Special Invitation

Hi Jonathan,

You amy remember I spoke to you about coming out here to the wilds of CT to
speak to our church about Sufi Moslems.

You are welcome to address the congregation, not children, on any of the
following Sundays; November 5,12,19
December 3, 10, 17
January (2001) 7, 14 and 28.

This series on world religions will be held following regular church services
in the meeting house. That is Congregationalism for sanctuary. You* are
welcome to come Saturday and stay with us and go to church, etc., or you can
come early Sunday but I would worry that there would be traffic or train
delays.

I am hoping that you can work this into your busy schedule. It would be great
to see you.

Peace and  health,

Colby

*You and your wife and any and all of your children.




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Date: Mon, 04 Sep 2000 20:19:09 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: Re: (abolition-usa) Cost on Nuclear Missile Defense

Just so you know, Peace through Reason didn't write that quote; it was from
the White House.  See "NATIONAL MISSILE DEFENSE DECISION"  September 1, 2000
http://www.whitehouse.gov/library/hot_releases/September_1_2000.html

Ellen Thomas

At 03:35 PM 9/4/2000 -0400, you wrote:
>Some messages on the abolition-usa and abolition-caucus lists have
>stated the
>projected cost on the National Missile Defense System as $60 Billion
>over the
>next 5 years, if I remember correctly. Can someone please clarify,
>stating where
>the $60 B number came from and why it differs from the one reported by
>Peace
>through Reason, as stated below:
>
>"The Clinton Administration has spent approximately $5.7 billion on NMD,
>and
>budgeted an additional $10.4 billion in FY 2001-2005 to support possible
>deployment of the initial NMD architecture.
>
>Our current estimate for developing, procuring and deploying our initial
>system - 100 interceptors, an ABM radar, upgrades to 5 early warning
>radars,
>and command and control - is around $25 billion (Fiscal Years 91-09)."
>
>Thank you,
>Frank Dworak
>
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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 08:02:39 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/09/05 - Daybook; Presidential Candidates; Activist Announcements

1)  Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, September 5, 2000 [no relevant=
 events]
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-200095221626.htm

PRESIDENTIAL CANDIDATES

- - BUSH AND CHENEY ANNOUNCE SCHEDULE FOR DEBATES=20
From: "Boddy, Lee" <[e-mail]>=20
Date: Sun, 3 Sep 2000 16:41:34 -0500=20
The schedule and locations of the debates Governor Bush and Secretary Cheney
have accepted are as follows:=20
* A presidential debate next Tuesday, Sept 12 in Washington in a special=
 time
prime edition of Meet the Press moderated by Tim Russert;
* A presidential debate on October 3 in Los Angeles in a prime time edition=
 of
Larry King Live that will be seen worldwide and on a Spanish language=
 network;=20
* A vice presidential debate on October 11 in Winston Salem, North Carolina
sponsored by the presidential debate commission;
* A vice presidential debate in a forum yet to be decided.=20
* A final presidential debate on October 17 at Washington University in St.
Louis, Missouri, sponsored by the presidential debate commission.=20

- - RALLY FOR DC STATEHOOD=20
Featuring Green Party Presidential Candidate RALPH NADER=20

 Saturday, September 16, 7 PM=20
 UDC Auditorium,  4200 Connecticut Ave. NW, Building 46
 VanNess/UDC Metro=20
 $5 donation, none turned away for lack of funds=20

 Also Featuring DC Statehood Green Candidates:  Arturo Griffiths, DC Council
(at-large) Martin Thomas, US Shadow Representative Thomas E. Smith, Board of
Education (Wards 1&2) Renee Bowser, DC Council (Ward 4) Gail Dixon, Board of
Education (Wards 5&6)=20

For more information call [phone] http://www.votenader.org -=20
http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org


- --------

3)  ANNOUNCEMENTS

- -  Protests at the Commission on Presidential Debates begin Thursday,=
 September
7 to demand Third Party inclusion in the national debates
  * WHERE: In front of the office of the Commission on Presidential Debates,
1200 New Hampshire Avenue NW, Washington, DC
  * WHEN: Thursday, September 7, noon to 1 pm, continuing every Thursday
(September 14, 21, 28) at noon
  *  For more information...
        * On the CPD=92s policy: http://www.fair.org -
http://www.reclaimdemocracy.org
        * The D.C. Statehood Green Party: http://www.dcstatehoodgreen.org
        * The Maryland Green Party: http://www.enviroweb.org/mdgreens
        * Alliance for Democracy: http://www.afd-online.org/

- ----

- - DC Prayer Vigil for The Earth <[e-mail]>=20
Sunrise, September 23rd, 2000
        "In this time of prophecy we are all asked to join together--black,
red,
white, yellow and brown--to pray as One People for the Earth." At sunrise on
Saturday, September 23rd, 2000, near the Washington Monument, Native=
 American
spiritual elders will hold a sacred Pipe Ceremony to begin a 33-hour Prayer
Vigil for the Earth. Participants will maintain continuous silent and open
prayer offered in various traditions throughout the vigil. A sacred fire=
 will
burn at the center of the ceremonial circle. The circle will be enclosed by=
 30
tipis and structures of other traditions, including an African Alter, a
Labrynth, a Buddhist Stupa, and a Sukkah in the Jewish tradition. Within and
around the circle various ceremonies will be held including the World Peace
Prayer Ceremony, healing music in the Sufi Tradition, walking meditations,
round dances for racial unity, drumming, chanting and Talking Circles.
        Indigenous leaders for the Vigil will include William Commanda of=
 the
Algonquin Nation from Manawaki, Quebec, Canada and Harry S. Byrd of the=
 Lakota
Nation.
        The Prayer Vigil welcomes people of all paths of spirituality. In=
 the
circle, Christians, Jews, Muslims, Hindus, Sikhs, Bahais, Buddhists and many
others share in the program. Participants pray together for harmony among=
 all
people and for living in balance with Nature on the Earth. From many=
 traditions
there are ceremonies, songs of healing and thanksgiving, drumming, prayers=
 and
sacred dances. The deeply touching World Peace Prayer Ceremony honors people=
 of
every nation on earth in a flag presentation ceremony. Tipis and other
structures serve as a safe place for small groups of people to gather in=
 quiet
contemplation and conversations, for children's activities, and for story
telling from many traditions.
        The circle of tipis around the fire at the foot of the Washington
Monument is a beautiful and inspiring sight. The first light of the rising=
 sun
casts long shadows of the tipis and the Washington Monument, dramatically
juxtaposing symbols of Community and Nation. Smoke from the ceremonial fire
rises and mingles with the morning mist as hundreds of people from many=
 races
greet the day - and each other - as they gather in prayer and fellowship.=
 Sea
gulls, geese and other birds swoop over head, circling among the flags atop=
 the
tipis - following the winds that sweep across the Mall. The moment is
breathtaking, inspiring and memorable.
        We encourage you to create your own event wherever you are. Let us=
 know
about your plans by sending an email to [e-mail] -- please use the
subject "Joining".  [From <[e-mail]>]

- ---

- - New NIF letter on TVC web
One of our Tri-Valley CAREs members has just posted talking points and a=
 sample
letter that you can use in creating YOUR NOTE to your Senators. The sample
letter urges your Senators to rein in spending on the National Ignition
Facility. We invite you to visit our web site at http://www.igc.org/tvc.=
 There
you will easily find the sample letter in our "NIF Boondoggle" section,=
 right
on the front page of our site. Download the sample letter, personalize it=
 with
any talking points or thoughts you may have, and send it to your Senators. =
 The
Senate is scheduled to take up the question of NIF funding when they return
from the Labor Day recess on Tuesday, September 5. Please act TODAY. If you=
 are
unsure of who your Senators are -- we have a link right on our sample letter=
 so
you can find out. Send me a copy of your letter at [e-mail] if=
 you
can. Thanks muchly. Your letter now could make a huge difference.  [Marylia
Kelley, Tri-Valley CAREs=20
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment), 2582 Old First Street,
Livermore, CA USA 94550, http://www.igc.org/tvc/]

- ---

- - Shootin' for the Moon
Sept/Oct Issue, Bulletin of Atomic Scientists
http://www.bullatomsci.org/
        An early plan for nuking the moon came to light a few months  ago=
 with
the publication of Keay Davidson's book, "Carl Sagan: A  Life." Davidson
revealed that early in his career Sagan worked for a secret military project
researching the idea of detonating a  nuclear device on the surface of the
moon=97mostly the military just  wanted to see what would happen.=20
        Author Jeffrey Richelson explains that setting off a  lunar=
 explosion
was just one of several plans for exploiting the moon. With   today's U.S.
Space Command revving up to achieve "full  spectrum dominance of the
[near-Earth] battlespace" by 2020, perhaps it's time to take another look at
air force and army plans of the 1950s and 1960s for putting U.S. bases on=
 the
moon (and keeping the  Soviets off).

- ---

- - Join CNN's debate on Star Wars NMD at
(http://community.cnn.com/cgi-bin/WebX?13@@.eeb69d6).=20
Need talking points? See
http://www.peace-action.org/starwars-talkingpoints.html

and factsheet (in pdf) at http://www.peace-action.org/starwarsfs.pdf

- ----

- -  Help Wanted: Irradiated Meat Scouts
From: "Jessica Vallette Revere" <[e-mail]>
        When you go grocery shopping next time, please take a look in the
frozen
foods section and the fresh meat section and let us know if irradiated beef
and/or chicken is actually for sale in your state. The radura (a flower in a
circle that is broken up at the top) and the words "treated by irradiation"
should appear near the nutrition label.
        Unfortunately, right now we have to rely on eye-witness reports of
these
sales. USDA is not keeping track of stores that are participating in the=
 test
marketing. They are, however, keeping track of processors who are sending=
 their
product to irradiators. I am waiting to hear back from the agency about=
 whether
or not they'll readily share this information with us. For information on=
 the
companies we know are selling irradiated beef please refer to:
http://www.citizen.org/cmep/rad-food/Indexwhowhatwhere.htm.
        The list is not complete and your help in making it more complete is
very much appreciated. Another good way to find out is by asking your=
 store's
manager directly.
        Lastly, in Minnesota the beef association is giving away free
samples of
irradiated beef at the state fair. If you have an opportunity to visit your
state fair, see if similar interest groups are doing the same and let us=
 know.
[Jessica Vallette Revere, Public Citizen's Critical Mass Energy &=
 Environment
Program]

     ___________________________________________________

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http://www.house.gov/house/MemberWWW.html (Representatives' Websites)
http://thomas.loc.gov/ (Pending Legislation - Search)

Presidential Candidates' Websites (a-z):
George W. Bush - http://www.GeorgeWBush.com -=
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Pat Buchanan - http://www.gopatgo2000.com/default.htm
Al Gore - http://www.algore2000.com/
Ralph Nader - http://www.votenader.org/press.html
(Please send other sites of qualified candidates.)

Other Excellent News-Collecting Sites -
Downwinders - http://www.egroups.com/group/downwinders
DOE Watch - http://www.egroups.com/group/doewatch

Online Petition to Abolish Nuclear Weapons -
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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 08:47:13 -0400
From: "Howard W. Hallman" <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) Mini-Nuke Web Page

>From: David Culp <[e-mail]>
>To: "Howard W. Hallman (E-mail)" <[e-mail]>
>Subject: Mini-Nuke Web Page
>Date: Thu, 31 Aug 2000 17:00:29 -0400
>X-Mailer: Internet Mail Service (5.5.2448.0)
>
>The Friends Committee on National Legislation (FCNL) has put up a web page
>on "mini-nukes", with lots of links.  The issue is currently being debated
>in the U.S. Congress.  The material includes:
>
>* Washington Post article (June 12)
>* Albuquerque (New Mexico) Journal article on mini-nukes (August 15)
>* Los Alamos National Laboratory report on "Nuclear Weapons in the 21st
>Century"
>* Other background material
>
>The address is <http://www.fcnl.org/issues/arm/minnukeindx.htm>.
>
>
>David Culp
>
>Friends Committee on National Legislation (Quakers)
>245 Second Street, N.E.
>Washington, D.C.  20002-5795
>Phone:   [phone], ext. 146
>Fax:     [phone]
>E-mail:  [e-mail]
>Website: http://www.fcnl.org
>
Howard W. Hallman, Chair
Methodists United for Peace with Justice
1500 16th Street, NW, Washington, DC 20036
Phone/fax: [phone]; e-mail: [e-mail]

Methodists United for Peace with Justice is a membership association of
laity and clergy.  It has no affiliation with any Methodist denomination.

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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 08:57:01 EDT
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) CORRECTION ON PRES. WAHID PANEL

PLEASE FORWARD TO ALL CONCERNED.

LOGISTICS COMPEL RSVP TO PRES. WAHID PANEL BY EMAIL. FAX WILL NOT WORK. EMAIL
 SO THAT IF WE ARE OVERBOOKED WE CAN NOTIFY YOU. SUCCESS HAS ITS PLEASANT
PROBLEMS. PLEASE FORGIVE ANY INCONVENIENCE. WE ARE DOING THE BEST WE CAN.
THANK YOU.

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Date: Tue, 05 Sep 2000 12:35:18 -0400
From: [e-mail]
Subject: (abolition-usa) Projected Cost of National Missile Defense

Ellen Thomas has corrected me. The source of the information on the
projected $25 Billion cost of NMD, contained in a message distributed
via abolition-usa, was the U.S. government.  My apology.

I have found the source of the $60 Billion estimate at Peace Action's
website:


Star Wars (NMD) has been and will be astronomically expensive

     Since the 50s the U.S. has spent $122 billion on various missile
intercept systems. Since Reagan's introduction of Star Wars in 1983
we've spent $69 billion dollars without fielding a workable system.
     The Congressional Budget Office recently estimated that, through
2015, it would cost $60 billion to build and maintain the system planned
by the Clinton Administration.
     Current NMD budget for FY 2001-2005 is $12.7 billion, but is likely
to rise sharply.
     Pentagon cost estimates for highly technical weapons systems are
almost always much lower than the actual final cost of the weapon system
(e.g. B-1 bomber, B-2 bomber, F-18, M-1A-1 tank, etc, etc, etc)

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Date: Tue, 5 Sep 2000 22:30:45 -0700 (PDT)
From: [e-mail] (marylia)
Subject: (abolition-usa) CUT NIF - URGENT ACTION ALERT

So, here's the story in a nutshell, read below to find out more . . .
DEBATE ON SENATE ENERGY AND WATER APPROPRIATION BEGINS NOW
SENATOR HARKIN TO OFFER AMENDMENT TO CUT NIF CONSTRUCTION $
VOTE TO OCCUR WED/ THURS of THIS WEEK
YOUR URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED - CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW
URGE THEM TO SUPPORT SENATOR HARKIN'S  EFFORT TO CUT NIF
CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD IS [phone]
THE BASIC TALKING POINTS ON NIF (THIS SHOULD BE A FAMILIAR TUNE BY NOW)
PLUS NEW DEVELOPMENTS MAKE THE CASE EVEN STRONGER
- -GAO REPORT/ LABS CALL FOR RETHINKING NIF
- -CLEANUP $$ MAY BE AT GREATER RISK
THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP --
Well, it is once again very exciting here in Washington DC, Congress is
back and as you've probably been hearing on the news, they are very anxious
to get through their spending bills. Debate has begun on the Senate Energy
and Water Appropriations Bill (you'll recall the House passed their version
in the end of June.)

SENATOR HARKIN TO OFFER AMENDMENT TO CUT NIF CONSTRUCTION $
Senator Harkin plans to bring up an amendment to cut this year's NIF
construction funds of $74.1 million. Currently the effort is simply to cut
the money.
(In other words the proposed amendment will not also shift the funds to
anything else.)

VOTE TO OCCUR WED/ THURS of THIS WEEK
The Senate schedule is always difficult to predict. Harkin's Office is
guessing that the amendment will be voted on this Thursday. It is
possible, however, that the vote could occur tomorrow (Wednesday).

YOUR URGENT ACTION IS NEEDED -
CALL YOUR SENATORS NOW URGE THEM TO SUPPORT SENATOR HARKIN'S  EFFORT TO CUT NIF
CAPITOL SWITCHBOARD IS [phone]
Yes, I am once again put in the position of asking for your urgent response
on this. Senator Harkin has been weighing options, and has just decided which
kind of amendment he would offer.

THE BASIC TALKING POINTS ON NIF (THIS SHOULD BE A FAMILIAR TUNE BY NOW)

(In general, it would be good to emphasize the cost overruns and technical
problems with all Senators, and to highlight the non-proliferation
problems, NIF's weapons design mission and the related CTBT concerns with
Democratic, and pro-arms control Senators. Also make sure your Senators
know that the rising money needed for this boondoggle over the years to
come is likely to threaten cleanup funds at Livermore Lab and DOE sites
across the country.)

What is NIF? - A large 192 laser beam facility being built in Livermore,
CA. Its stated purpose is to simulate conditions in the later stages of a
nuclear weapons explosion by fusing atoms to get thermonuclear ignition.

NIF is the most expensive project in DOE's Stockpile Stewardship nuclear
weapons program, and its revealed massive cost overruns are siphoning
enormous amounts of money from other DOE programs. (When NIF was originally
envisioned in 1990 its estimated cost was $400 million.  In 1997 it was
proposed to Congress at $1.2 Billion. Now GAO estimates are $4 billion, and
independent analysts find life-cycle costs likely to be approximately $10
billion.)

NIF is experiencing ongoing technical problems that have not been resolved,
including:  problems with optics, target material, diagnostics etc. It is
not even clear whether "ignition" can be achieved at the National IGNITION
Facility.

Other Laboratories and lab scientists have questioned the value of
proceeding with the current NIF. Most significantly, Sandia Laboratory
released an official position paper calling for NIF to be scaled back in
both size and budget.

Despite NIF proponents claims that NIF is essential to maintain the safety
and reliability of the current U.S. arsenal in the absence of nuclear test
explosions, many nuclear weapons experts (including Edward Teller, father
of the Hydrogen Bomb and founder of Livermore labs) have concurred that NIF
has almost no relevance to this task.

Instead, the NIF undermines arms control and nonproliferation goals, by
enhancing the capability for design of new nuclear weapons and modification
of existing nuclear weapons.

In stark contrast to NIF advocates who state that NIF is a necessary
trade-off that supports the Comprehensive Test Ban Treaty, NIF's capability
to alter current codes and support new nuclear weapons design is likely to
erode confidence that the nuclear arsenal can be certified safe and
reliable without full-scale nuclear weapons test explosions.

After major management and technical problems and cost over-runs were
revealed last year, Congress (Energy and Water Appropriations  Report FY
2000)  requested that DOE provide a re-baselining for the NIF. This report
was requested by June 1, 2000. DOE was unable to comply with that deadline.
Instead they have asked for an extension to Mid-September -AFTER the money
will already be appropriated for FY2001.

NOW is the time to hit the pause button and cut construction funds for NIF
this year. Congress should demand that DOE carefully answer basic questions
about NIFs purpose, its chances of fulfilling its described mission, and
the unresolved technical problems that continue to plague NIF. An honest
debate about the NIF is long overdue.

PLUS NEW DEVELOPMENTS MAKE THE CASE EVEN STRONGER
There has been a great deal of news to undermine NIF in the last couple of
months. The problems is that Congress has been out on vacation, and so most
Senators won't know this stuff . . .You need to tell them...

- -GAO REPORT/ LABS CALL FOR RETHINKING NIF

The long-awaited GAO Report was released in August -and I know you've seen
many of the press reports. The GAO is quite scathing in its critique of NIF
and has also surfaced opposition from scientists at the other labs, who are
calling for a scaled-back NIF.

One quote from GAO Report that makes it clear:
"DOE and Lawrence Livermore now estimate that NIF will eventually cost
about $3.3 billion and will be completed by 2008 . . .  However, based on
our analysis of figures from DOE and Lawrence Livermore, we estimate that
NIF's cost is closer to $4 billion because DOE's estimate does not include
all research and development costs from other program areas that are needed
to support NIF. Furthermore,since significant research and development
activities to support NIF remain to be completed and technical
uncertainties persist the cost of NIF could grow even higher and the
completion could take even longer." (page 4)

- -CLEANUP $$ MAY BE AT GREATER RISK

As the "costs grow even higher" where do we think the money will come
from?? Currently DOE has a late "reprogramming request" that would take $95
million from other Stockpile Stewardship Programs - but of course many in
Congress don't want money taken from other weapons programs.
In fact Senator Kyl (R-AZ) has offered another plan - in his amendment to
the Defense Authorization Bill contains a provision that would take $75
million from the Environmental Restoration and Waste Management Budget -
cleanup money.

 (This provision was adopted to the Senate version of the Defense
Authorization Bill - as a non-controversial amendment with no debate or
opposition. There is still a chance to have the provision taken out in the
Defense Authorization Conference happening right now - stay tuned for more
on this, but focus now on the Appropriations effort.)

You can bet that in years to come the ever expanding NIF bloat will
threaten cleanup funds more than weapons research or production funding.
Make sure that Senators from your states know that they need to act now to
protect money for their sites.

THANKS AGAIN FOR YOUR HELP --
Thanks to your help over the past years, along with NIF's failures, we now
have an opportunity to really make a difference on this. Please call me
with questions, for assistance, and ESPECIALLY to let me know what you're
hearing from your Senators.


for more information call:
Kathy Crandall
Alliance for Nuclear Accountability
1801 18th Street NW , 2nd Floor
Washington, DC 20009
Phone: [phone]
Fax:      [phone]
Web:    www.ananuclear.org

Marylia Kelley
Tri-Valley CAREs
(Communities Against a Radioactive Environment)
2582 Old First Street
Livermore, CA USA 94550

<http://www.igc.org/tvc/> - is our web site, please visit us there!

[phone] - is our phone
[phone] - is our fax

Working for peace, justice and a healthy environment since 1983, Tri-Valley
CAREs has been a member of the nation-wide Alliance for Nuclear
Accountability in the U.S. since 1989, and is a co-founding member of the
Abolition 2000 global network for the elimination of nuclear weapons, the
U.S. Campaign to Abolish Nuclear Weapons and the Back From the Brink
campaign to get nuclear weapons taken off hair-trigger alert.



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Date: Wed, 06 Sep 2000 08:35:29 -0400
From: Ellen Thomas <[e-mail]>
Subject: (abolition-usa) NucNews 00/09/06 - Daybook; Presidential Candidates; Activist Announcements

1)  Daybook, Washington Times and AFP, September 6, 2000
http://www.washtimes.com/national/daybook-20009621226.htm

    Energy Department meeting =97 2 p.m. =97 The Energy Department holds a=
 public
meeting on civilian nuclear-energy research and development, development of
isotope missions and the Energy Department's draft programmatic=
 environmental
impact statement. Location: Crystal Gateway Marriott, 1700 Jefferson Davis
Highway, Arlington. Contact: 202/685-5806.

    U.N. forum =97 noon =97 The Cato Institute hosts a policy forum, "A=
 Robust
United Nations in the 21st Century: Benefit, Danger or Fantasy?" Location:=
 F.A.
Hayek Auditorium, 1000 Massachusetts Ave. NW. Contact: 202/789-5229.

 SENATE COMMITTEES=20

  9:30 a.m. =97 Senate Armed Services Committee holds a hearing on pending
nominations. Location: 222 Russell Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-3871.

    10 a.m. =97 Senate Judiciary Committee holds a hearing to examine=
 electronic
surveillance and privacy in the digital age. Location: 226 Dirksen Senate
Office Building. Contact: 202/224-5225.

  10:30 a.m. =97 Senate Foreign Relations Committee holds a hearing on=
 Taiwan's
accession to the WTO. Location: 419 Dirksen Senate Office Building. Contact:
202/224-4651.

    Tribal strategies summit =97 9 a.m. =97 The Justice Department and the=
 Office
of National Drug Control Policy host an Indian summit on tribal strategies=
 to
reduce alcohol and substance abuse and violence. Attorney General Janet Reno
speaks at 9 a.m. and retired Gen. Barry McCaffrey, director of the Office of
National Drug Control Policy, speaks at 12:15 p.m. Location: Washington=
 Monarch
Hotel, 2401 M St. NW. Contact: 202/616-2777 or 202/395-6618.

2) Presidential Candidates

- ---

- - Al Gore - today
September 6 - 9:30 AM EDT - Live Webcast - Cleveland, OH -  at
http://algore.com

- ---

- - George W. Bush=20

September 6 (today) - Milwaukee, WI
        10:00 a.m. - Remarks at American Legion National Convention,=
 Location:
Midwest Express Center, 400 West Wisconsin Avenue, Milwaukee, Wisconsin=
 53203,
[phone]=20

September 7 - Westland, MI, Dayton, OH, and Pittsburgh, PA
        8:15 a.m. - Remarks to Veterans, Harris Kehrer VFW Post #3323, 1055
South Wayne Road, Westland, Michigan 48186=20
        11:50 a.m. - Remarks to Veterans, Wright State University (MSG),
Student
Union Center - Multi-purpose Room, 3640 Colonel Glenn Highway, Dayton, Ohio
45434, [phone]=20
        6:00 p.m. -  Rally in Pittsburgh at Mellon Square Park, corner of
William Penn and 6th Avenue.

- ---

- - Ralph Nader this week - New Mexico

Thursday, September 7- Albuquerque, NM=20
        3:45 - 4:30 PM - Press Conference, Hyatt Regency, 330 Tijeras, NW
        6:30 - 7:30 PM - Fundraising Reception, Fiesta Ballroom, Hyatt
Regency,=20
330 Tijeras, NW
        8:30 - 9:30 PM - Speech,  Kiva Auditorium,  401 Second St., NW

Friday, September 8 - Santa Fe and Farmington, New Mexico
        9:45 - 10:30 AM - Press Conference,  Hotel Santa Fe, 1501 Paseo De
Palarta, Santa Fe, NM=20
        4:15 pm - 5:00 pm Speech/Rally, Henderson Fine Arts Center, San Juan
College,  4601 College Blvd, Farmington, NM=20

- ----

3)  Announcements

- - A Force More Powerful TV Series
Upcoming PBS series on nonviolent movements, "A Force More Powerful," to be
aired Sept 18 and 25 in the US - two 90-minute programs showing how, during=
 a
century of extreme violence, millions chose to battle the forces of=
 brutality
and oppression with nonviolent weapons and won. The series, made by=
 filmmaker
Steve York, tells six stories: the student sit-in movement and boycott that
broke the system of segregation in Nashville, Tennessee; Gandhis campaign
against British rule in India; the consumer boycott campaigns against=
 apartheid
in South Africa; the valiant resistance of Danish citizens to Nazi invaders;
Solidarity's factory occupations and strikes that won the right to free=
 trade
unions in Poland; and the peoples movement that challenged and eventually
defeated the dictatorship of Gen. Augusto Pinochet in Chile. Episode One=
 will
air nationally on PBS at 9:00 pm on Monday, September 18, 2000; Episode Two=
 at
9:00 pm the following Monday, September 25. (Check your local listings.)
Available on videocassette from Films for the Humanities and Sciences,
[phone], or www.films.com.




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