Is the reporter Mark Matthews related to the jackarse Chris Matthews?
...John Pike, who directs GlobalSecurity.org...
Is yet another perpetually quoted disarmament wingnut who has his panties in a wad over the abandonment of the ABM treaty, etc...
John Pike and Steven Aftergood, researchers at the Washington, D.C.- based Federation of American Scientists (FAS)--MotherJones MA93: Our secret agents
It gets better...
THE UNITED STATES INSTITUTE OF PEACE -- He [Pike] has served as a Technical Consultant to the United Nations Group of Government Experts on Confidence Building Measures in Outer Space, as well as to a variety of other government and corporate clients, including Cable News Network, National Public Radio, Universal Studios and the British Broadcasting Corporation. He advised the 1984 Mondale campaign, the 1988 Dukakis campaign, and the 1992 Clinton campaign on defense and space policy issues. He is frequently called on by print and broadcast media for commentary, and by Congressional Committees for testimony, on space and national security issues. 14 posted on 01/17/2002 6:45:12 AM PST by Cincinatus' Wife
In said committees Pike was credited as "Dr. Pike" but was forced to admit he had not obtained a degree. He is noted for being good at managing the media by his colleagues at FAS.
If this reporter Mark Matthews had to use disclaimers and notification of liberal content on every source his article would read like a TV pharmaceutical ad.