...when chatter posted on a "Wall" becomes a source of scoops on key nuclear weapons policy developments. (Or maybe it's a reason to be more mindful of one's privacy settings?)  From today's Elaine Grossman story on the Pentagon's decision to delay the release of the Nuclear Posture Review until March:

News of Miller's letter to Capitol Hill regarding the posture review first broke yesterday on "The Cable," a Foreign Policy magazine blog.

However, informal word of the latest delay began circulating in mid-December, when a senior administration official told a Washington conference on national security that the review could not be completed until March. The official spoke on condition of anonymity.

Shortly thereafter, the top U.S. combat commander for nuclear weapons reportedly alluded to the delay during a strategic-warfare symposium in Omaha, Neb.

"Over dinner last night, STRATCOM commander Gen. Kevin Chilton said ... that the review might not be released until March," Stephen Schwartz, editor of the Nonproliferation Review, stated in a message posted to his Facebook page. At the time, Chilton's command would not confirm the remarks and referred a reporter to the Pentagon.

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The Nuclear Posture Review seems to have been on the mind of more than one reporter over the holidays.  Both Bryan Bender over at the Boston Globe and Paul Richter at the LA Times penned very strong articles on some of the fault lines within the ongoing Review.  However, each article contains a mixup/error that requires a correction and some further explanation...

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