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Source: http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/content/article/2008/12/15/AR2008121502715.html
Congressional Panel Cites "Tipping Point" on Nuclear Proliferation
[Washington Post] Walter Pincus - The development of nuclear arsenals by both Iran and North Korea could lead to "a cascade of proliferation," making it more probable that terrorists could get their hands on an atomic weapon, a congressionally chartered commission warned Monday. "It appears that we are at a 'tipping point' in proliferation," the Congressional Commission on the Strategic Posture of the United States said in a report. The bipartisan panel, led by former defense secretaries William J. Perry and James R. Schlesinger, added that actions by Tehran and Pyongyang could lead other countries to follow, "and as each nuclear power is added, the probability of a terror group getting a nuclear bomb increases."