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Increased risk that non-state terrorists will acquire nuclear weapons

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Increased risk that non-state terrorists will acquire nuclear weapons
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Bomb building technology and know-how is in the public domain
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Collapse of Soviet Union left much nuclear material unsecured
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Dirty bombs are relatively simple to build
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Much vulnerable nuclear material is in hands of private industry
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Nuclear material can be sourced via the black market
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Maintaining the NPT status quo is sufficient
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NPT should be strengthened significantly now
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Risk that terrorists will acquire nuclear explosives
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How serious is the threat of nuclear terrorism?
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Existing terrorists networks wish to acquire and use nuclear devices
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CIA report suggests threat from nuclear terrorism has diminished
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No new intelligence on terrorist procurement of nuclear material
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Obama is inflating the danger to further his nuclear disarmament goal
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