[operation clinton cleanup]

"You don't talk about these things in public," said a senior official, "particularly when there are journalists present."

Understatement of the century! Even a small air strike against the right targets will set the Iranians back years from producing a bomb... unless they get a full up version from someone else.

[umbagi]

"You don't talk about these things in public," said a senior official, "particularly when there are journalists present."

Understatement of the century!

After I've thought about that statement, and in the context of the article and the dearth of disavowals from anyone in the government besides this unnamed "senior official," I'm wondering if there's not a "nudge, nudge, wink, wink" here that we shouldn't need the video to detect.

Something like a plausibly-deniable last warning from the state of Israel that's not from the state of Israel...