Intel Chief: ‘We Don’t Know’ Whether Iran Will Build Nuke Weapons

Free Beacon ^ | 2/9/16 | Adam Kredo

[Nachum]

The top U.S. intelligence official told Congress on Tuesday that Iran could move forward with the construction of a nuclear weapon at any time and that there is no way to know the Islamic Republic will build these weapons following the implementation of a landmark agreement hailed by the Obama administration as a definitive step towards preventing an Iranian nuclear bomb.

James Clapper, the director of national intelligence, told Congress during an open hearing that despite an intelligence budget in the billions, his office remains uncertain about Iran’s nuclear intentions.

“We do not know whether Iran will eventually decide to build nuclear weapons,” Clapper said, adding that if the Islamic Republic “chooses to,” it maintains the “ability to build missile-deliverable nuclear weapons.”

Clapper further noted that Iran primarily views the nuclear agreement as a way to reap a large cash windfall while retaining the core of its nuclear infrastructure.

“Iran probably views the Joint Comprehensive Plan of Action (JCPOA) as a means to remove sanctions while preserving some of its nuclear capabilities, as well as the option to eventually expand its nuclear infrastructure,” he said.

[refermech]

Need to stop calling this an intelligence agency.

[terycarl]

I’ll give him a clue.......YES they will.

[Steven Tyler]

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=R21uFSWV6Qc

We can update this clip.
At the end of the clip, Thersa Heinz Kerry sees a mushroom cloud in Boston harbor, and says “fireworks, lovely!”

[Steven Tyler]

Duh, wrong clip
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bj4BKgv1zEc

[DiogenesLamp]

Intel Chief: 'We Don't Know' Whether Iran Will Build Nuke Weapons

That's like saying "we don't know if a crack addict will resume smoking."

Idiocy.

[DiogenesLamp]

With the huge flush of cash that was just GIVEN to them, the Iranians can BUY all the necessary nuclear weaponry, from the North Koreans, that they want or can reasonably be expected to use before they succumb to MASSIVE retaliation.

Does it not seem that we are feeling as people must have felt during the buildup to World War II?

We can look back and say "If only someone would have called Hitler's bluff at the Sudetenland."

"Peace in our time" meant massive war and death in our time. That's what it is going to mean this time as well.