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Michael stafford
Michael Stafford: 
NSOI Coordinator
202-647-0258 Email
 
Brent Eastman: 
Deputy NSOI Coordinator - Europe Team
202-647-1201 Email
 
 
Bill Severe: 
Deputy NSOI Coordinator - Asia and Africa Team
202-736-4917 Email
 
 
Courtney Cresap:
Analyst - Europe Team
202-647-8668 Email
 
Nelson Kerr:
Lead Analyst for Ukraine
202-736-7978  Email
 
Andrew Lohsen:
Lead Analyst for Armenia, Azerbaijan, and Georgia
202-736-7562 Email
 
Rebecca Bornstein:
Lead Analyst for Afghanistan
202-736-7984 Email
 
Paul Gould:
Lead Analyst for Democratic Republic of Congo
202-736-7984 Email
 
Clayton Keir:
Lead Analyst for Kazakhstan, Kyrgyz Republic, and Tajikistan
202-736-4918 Email
 

General fax number for NSOI: 202-647-7014

The Threat of Nuclear Smuggling
The Threat of Nuclear Smuggling
Fissile material -- highly-enriched uranium (HEU) or weapon-grade plutonium -- is the critical ingredient in building a nuclear weapon. Most experts agree that terrorists are not able to produce fissile material, but a reasonably sophisticated terrorist organization could make a crude nuclear weapon, or improvised nuclear device (IND), if it stole or acquired a sufficient quantity and quality of such material. Therefore, combating smuggling of weapons-usable nuclear materials is vital to preventing terrorists from acquiring nuclear weapons.
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