Posted on 10/07/2009 2:14:00 AM PDT by Scanian
THE current disagreement between our intelligence agencies and those of our allies regarding Iran's nuclear program reveals the debased state of our $75-billion- a-year intel system.
The Germans, French, Israelis and now the Brits agree that Iran has an active nuclear-weapons program, differing only as to how swiftly Tehran can field warheads.
The US intel community's holding out. It's worried about political risks. A reassessment's supposedly under way, but we're clinging to our comforting conclusion that Iran gave up on designing nuclear weapons in 2003.
(Excerpt) Read more at nypost.com ...
A Look at Iran
http://www.truthusa.com/IRAN.html
When an Intel community is worried about political risks it no longer is an Intel community.
“When an Intel community is worried about political risks it no longer is an Intel community.”
Bingo!
Exactly. It's the job of the State department to worry about the political risks. The Intel community should be concerned with "Just the Facts". ( Yes I know State has it's own Intelligence dept but the main job of gathering intel on Iran is done by others.)
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