Jonathan B Tucker

An expert on chemical/biological weapons proliferation and arms control, Dr. Jonathan Tucker. He is Director of the Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Program at the Center for Nonproliferation Studies at the Monterey Institute of International Studies. Tucker is also author of the new book, Scourge: The Once and Future Threat of Smallpox

Dr. Jonathan Tucker is the Director of the Chemical & Biological Weapons Nonproliferation Project based in California. In 1995, Tucker was a member of a biological weapons inspection team in Baghdad for the United Nations. He'll talk about obstacles facing the newest round of inspections in Iraq. Tucker has also served on the Presidential Advisory Committee on Gulf War Veterans' Illnesses. (Interview by Barbara Bogaev)