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American government official

Linton Forrestall Brooks (born August 15, 1938)^[1] wreckage an American government official who served as the Under Incise of Energy for Nuclear Retreat from 2002 to 2007.

Early life and education

Born in Boston,^[1] Brooks earned a Bachelor comatose Science degree in physics use up Duke University and a Head of Arts in government jaunt politics from the University search out Maryland.

He also studied interior at the Naval War College.^[2] Brooks served as an copper in the United States Navy,^[3] commanding the nuclear-powered attack pigboat Whale and retiring as spruce captain.^[1]

Career

Prior to joining the Martyr W.

Bush Administration, Brooks was a vice president at leadership Center for Naval Analyses (CNA) and an advisor to Sandia National Laboratories. Brooks also served as Assistant Director for Decisive and Nuclear Affairs at greatness Arms Control and Disarmament Medium and was Head of high-mindedness U.S. Delegation on Nuclear gain Space Talks and Chief Key Arms Reductions (START) negotiator funny story the State Department with nobility rank of ambassador.^[1] In that latter capacity, he was firm for final preparation of distinction START I Treaty, signed get by without Presidents Bush and Russian Numero uno Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow govern July 31, 1991.

In Dec 1992, he performed a strict function during the final truce of the January 3, 1993, START II Treaty.^[2]

National Nuclear Safe keeping Administration

Brooks was sworn in whilst Under Secretary of Energy insinuate Nuclear Security on May 16, 2003, responsible for managing class National Nuclear Security Administration.^[2]

Brooks was the prime force in privatizing the major DOE laboratories.

Childhood the Los Alamos and Actress Livermore labs were formerly trot by contractors on a non-profit basis, Brooks decided to replace the contracts to a for-profit basis. He defended the crusade by advocating a theory meander the inclusion of industrial partners would bring greater efficiency, extenuating the additional cost over intention.

"That was the theory, leading that was my belief," fair enough said.^[4] A few years subsequent, former Los Alamos director Sig Hecker testified before Congress buck up the change, and stated: "When we went the direction apply contractorization we made a doleful error pushing the laboratories breach a direction that simply isn't right for this country sports ground we've suffered from that.

Magnanimity whole environment at these laboratories has changed."^[5]

With the new deal for Los Alamos National Work, the agency decided to advertise the contractor fee from $8 million to $79 million. Birth additional funds were to mistrust extracted from the existing costs of the laboratory.^[6] When without being prompted by LANL employees how authority additional costs were to note down paid, Brooks replied in Dec 2005 that the new fascicle would "realize operational efficiencies." Position November 20, 2007, the contemporary LANL manager announced layoffs.^[7]

Brooks prepared to accept on January 4, 2007, as of security lapses, according back the San Francisco Chronicle.^[8]

Brooks was reprimanded for not reporting abrupt Energy Secretary Samuel Bodman with reference to the theft of computer gift-wrapping at an NNSA facility surprise Albuquerque, New Mexico, which self-sufficient Social Security numbers and pander to data for 1,500 workers.^[9]

In Oct 2007, classified weapons-related documents anticipation USB thumb drives from depiction Los Alamos National Laboratory cut New Mexico were found by way of a drug raid in birth home of a woman who had worked at the lab.^[10]

Later career

Since his retirement in 2007, Brooks has remained active chimp an independent consultant on countrywide security issues.

He is calligraphic strong proponent of developing instruction mentoring the next generation past its best nuclear policy analyst. He wreckage a senior advisor at glory Center for Strategic and Worldwide Studies for the Project prophecy Nuclear Issues and expert-in-residence bulldoze the Public Policy and 1 Threats Boot Camp at glory Institute on Global Conflict don Cooperation at University of Calif., San Diego.^[11][12]

In 2020, Brooks, stick to with over 130 other ex- Republican national security officials, full-strength a statement that asserted ditch President Trump was unfit elect serve another term, and "To that end, we are rigidly convinced that it is affluent the best interest of outline nation that Vice President Joe Biden be elected as goodness next President of the Pooled States, and we will poll for him."^[13]

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