The head of the IAEA, Mohammed ElBaradei, on what they’re finding in Libya:
The veteran inspector said the findings highlighted the inadequacy of international inspections. IAEA teams have been visiting Libya for years and knew nothing about the equipment they saw Sunday. Some of it was found along dirt alleys in urban neighborhoods.
Even permission to allow surprise inspections would not guarantee discovery of a nuclear weapons program. “Low-level programs like this are difficult to detect. They can be run in a garage,” ElBaradei said. “You would have to be lucky or have very good intelligence to run across it. We’re doing a lot of soul-searching.”
Something to consider in an era of proliferation threats — and in the context of “all we need are inspectors on the ground” arguments of 2002.
(via Rantingprofs)