But its members include former Clinton CIA Director Jim Woolsey and veteran Democratic arms-controllers Barry Blechman and Richard Garwin.

CENTERFORSECURITYPOLICY: Zero Warning

Even though Dr. Garwin predicts 1, 500 eventual deaths from the nuclear accident in Japan, he says the figure is small enough that the long-term evacuation of Fukushima itself would probably cause more harm than good.

WSJ: The Panic Over Fukushima

Interestingly, two of the most vocal of critics of missile defense -- MIT's Professor Theodore Postol and IBM's Richard Garwin -- have been recently sighted recommending that AEGIS ships be adapted for sea-based missile defenses precisely to address this mission.

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