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Ping.

[piasa]

thanks!

[piasa]

Nonetheless, the conclusion about the uranium transfer to Libya, which is contained in a classified briefing that has been described to The New York Times

... another leak.

Now, intelligence officials say, extensive testing conducted at the Oak Ridge National Laboratory in Tennessee over the last several months has concluded that the material did not originate in Pakistan or other suspect countries...

... not only a leak from a briefing but more than one source, apparently. Possible motives?

another recent retired or perhaps resigned Pentagon official:

One recently retired Pentagon official who has long experience dealing with North Korea

Oh well.

North Korea may be the source but why the need to leak it early? I still keep wondering how many people in Europe, the US gov and the UN would freak out if the IAEA poster-child country and the country which sent teams to Iraq just before the war to help Iraq clean what WMD it allegedly doesn't have- South Africa- turned out to be involved instead.