Nuclear Terrorism: How Can Intelligence Best Contribute to Reducing the Risk?

to the Intelligence Science Board Quarterly Meeting, McLean, Virginia

Matthew Bunn presented "Nuclear Terrorism: How Can Intelligence Best Contribute to Reducing the Risk?" to the Intelligence Science Board Quarterly Meeting, McLean, Virginia. Bunn considered the following points:

• The single most critical element of success in securing stockpiles worldwide is convincing political leaders and nuclear managers worldwide that nuclear theft and terrorism is a real threat to their security, worthy of their time and investment
• Intelligence can help understand who foreign leaders will listen to, what arguments will be most effective
• Intelligence agencies need policy agencies' information to improve assessment
• Policy agencies need more integral support from intelligence for their efforts to reduce the risk
• Both need to be more fully informed by information and analysis available from open sources - academia, NGOs can contribute