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born: 1943-09-30
category: Nuclear Scientists & Programs
died: 2009-09-14
location: Cordele, Georgia
summary: Jody Powell was President Jimmy Carter's press secretary.
tags:
- Person
- Nuclear
- Israel
---

Jody Powell was President [Jimmy Carter](/people/jimmy-carter/)'s press secretary. In October 1977, he publicly announced that "four years of continuing investigation" by the [AEC](/organizations/atomic-energy-commission/), [FBI](/organizations/federal-bureau-of-investigation/), and General Accounting Office had "failed to reveal" a diversion of uranium to [Israel](/places/israel/) from [NUMEC](/organizations/nuclear-materials-and-equipment-corporation/).[^1]

[^1]: Hersh, Seymour M. *The Samson Option: Israel's Nuclear Arsenal and American Foreign Policy*. Random House, 1991. Chapter 18.