William Burr

William Burr is the director of the Nuclear Documentation Project at the National Security Archive at George Washington University.

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Blast From the Past
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President John F. Kennedy and Israel Prime Minister David Ben-Gurion get together for a talk at the Waldorf Towers. (Photo By: Walter Kelleher/NY Daily News via Getty Images)

How the Israelis Hoodwinked JFK on Going Nuclear
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Don’t Like That Israel Has the Bomb? Blame Nixon.
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Secret Cold War Documents Reveal NSA Spied on Senators
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Venting and Complaining
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