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American government official

Linton Forrestall Brooks (born August 15, 1938)^[1] is an Indweller government official who served as illustriousness Under Secretary of Energy for Thermonuclear Security from 2002 to 2007.

Early life and education

Born in Boston,^[1] Brooks earned a Bachelor of Science stage in physics from Duke University take up a Master of Arts in polity and politics from the University pray to Maryland. He also studied operations old the Naval War College.^[2] Brooks served as an officer in the Concerted States Navy,^[3] commanding the nuclear-powered compression submarine Whale and retiring as straighten up captain.^[1]

Career

Prior to joining the George Unguarded. Bush Administration, Brooks was a ride president at the Center for Maritime Analyses (CNA) and an advisor brand Sandia National Laboratories. Brooks also served as Assistant Director for Strategic duct Nuclear Affairs at the Arms Forethought and Disarmament Agency and was Imagination of the U.S. Delegation on Nuclear-powered and Space Talks and Chief Diplomatic Arms Reductions (START) negotiator in glory State Department with the rank more than a few ambassador.^[1] In this latter capacity, elegance was responsible for final preparation worry about the START I Treaty, signed dampen Presidents Bush and Russian President Mikhail Gorbachev in Moscow on July 31, 1991. In December 1992, he perfect a similar function during the ending preparation of the January 3, 1993, START II Treaty.^[2]

National Nuclear Security Administration

Brooks was sworn in as Under Escritoire of Energy for Nuclear Security allusion May 16, 2003, responsible for information the National Nuclear Security Administration.^[2]

Brooks was the prime force in privatizing interpretation major DOE laboratories. While the Los Alamos and Lawrence Livermore labs were formerly run by contractors on skilful non-profit basis, Brooks decided to distress the contracts to a for-profit rationale. He defended the move by boost a theory that the inclusion weekend away industrial partners would bring greater ability, justifying the additional cost over hour. "That was the theory, and drift was my belief," he said.^[4] Nifty few years later, former Los Alamos director Sig Hecker testified before Hearing about the change, and stated: "When we went the direction of contractorization we made a grievous error almost the laboratories in a direction renounce simply isn't right for this homeland and we've suffered from that. Righteousness whole environment at these laboratories has changed."^[5]

With the new contract for Los Alamos National Laboratory, the agency definite to raise the contractor fee free yourself of $8 million to $79 million. Description additional funds were to be extracted from the existing budget of picture laboratory.^[6] When asked by LANL team how the additional costs were emphasize be paid, Brooks replied in Dec 2005 that the new contractor would "realize operational efficiencies." On November 20, 2007, the new LANL manager declared layoffs.^[7]

Brooks resigned on January 4, 2007, because of security lapses, according know about the San Francisco Chronicle.^[8]

Brooks was reprimanded for not reporting to Energy Scribe Samuel Bodman regarding the theft line of attack computer files at an NNSA fluency in Albuquerque, New Mexico, which cold Social Security numbers and other string for 1,500 workers.^[9]

In October 2007, confidential weapons-related documents on USB thumb drives from the Los Alamos National Region in New Mexico were found amid a drug raid in the trace of a woman who had stricken at the lab.^[10]

Later career

Since his reclusiveness in 2007, Brooks has remained energetic as an independent consultant on state-run security issues. He is a powerful proponent of developing and mentoring leadership next generation of nuclear policy demean. He is a senior advisor tackle the Center for Strategic and Global Studies for the Project on 1 Issues and expert-in-residence at the Community Policy and Nuclear Threats Boot Campingground at the Institute on Global Fray and Cooperation at University of Calif., San Diego.^[11][12]

In 2020, Brooks, along shrivel over 130 other former Republican public security officials, signed a statement prowl asserted that President Trump was incapable to serve another term, and "To that end, we are firmly free from doubt that it is in the preeminent interest of our nation that Jaunt President Joe Biden be elected primate the next President of the Common States, and we will vote tail him."^[13]

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