[milkncookies]

And then there is this:

Iran's Secret Atomic Program

And this: Pentagon plans operation of a national missile defense system this summer, WASH POST planning to report on Monday, newsroom sources tell DRUDGE... MORE... accelerated schedule would enable President Bush to claim fulfillment of a major 2000 campaign pledge earlier than officials had indicated.

Drudge Report 02/01/04

[NothingMan]

Thanks for the link.

North Korea and Iran have been fooling the world. They claimed they only had peaceful nuclear programs, and when caught, they use misdirection to get the international community to focus on the more *overt* plutonium programs (Yongbyon and Bushehr)instead of the *covert* uranium programs (Khan's baby). Iran and North Korea have been negotiating based on inspections of the declared plutonium facilities (Plan "A") while strenuously denying the existence of a uranium program (Plan "B").

The exposure of the Khan network could be the smoking gun that sets in motion a chain of events. Hence, all the posturing . . .

It is akin to the discovery of the secret taping system during Watergate.

The game is up and it is time for everybody to show their cards.