Posted on 11/11/2007 7:32:49 PM PST by Pikamax
France is top intelligence provider on Iran: US lawmaker 9 November 2007
WASHINGTON (AFP) - France is one of the top intelligence sources on Iran for the United States, Democrat Ellen Tausche, chairman of the House of Representatives subcommittee on strategic forces, told a press conference Thursday.
"Iran is deadly dangerous. They have been isolated from us for a very, very long time, and we don't have very good intelligence. I am glad we use a lot of international intelligence, especially the French and (Britain's) MI6," she told reporters.
Asked if the US administration's warnings about Iran's alleged secret nuclear weapons program should be believed, Tausche said: "You shouldn't, you should believe the French."
The lawmaker added that on Wednesday, after meeting with President George W. Bush, French "President (Nicolas) Sarkozy was totally unambiguous about Iran, and (said) that there was reason to be concerned about (its) ambitions."
On October 29, French Defence Minister Herve Morin dismissed comments by the head of the UN's International Atomic Energy Agency, Mohamed ElBaradei, that there was no evidence Iran was building nuclear weapons.
"Our information, matching those of other countries, gives us the opposite feeling," Morin said at the end of a visit to the United Arab Emirates.
AFP
Israel will handle this for us.
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Can’t these idiots button their lips!!! Geesh!!
Don’t those stupid Democrats ever know enough just to STFU? My tagline was meant for people like her.
What I am saying is that since this stuff has hit the press, they may be less likely to help out.
France is also a leader in espionage against the USA, particularly industrial espionage
Unbelievable...typical. But they’re not soft on the WOT..nope...not at all. They’re tough! Yup, that’s the ticket. Bloody idiot.
Can’t remember who said it the other night, but one of our FReepers made the comment that “you can’t cure stupid”. That comment applies very well in this instance.
Why can’t US “Lawmakers” keep their mouth shut.? A background check is in order here.
Democrat Ellen Tausche
Bigmouth!
Funny how the dems SCREAM bloody murder about how Libby "outed" a secret agent who was neither secret, nor an agent, and the prosecution persecution knew damned well that he was never the source of the leak to begin with!
But leave it to the dems to leak classified information on ongoing "black operations" to their propaganda outlets, endangering the lives (or in the case of "Leaky Leahy," causing the deaths of a number of intelligence agents) of our people and people working on our behalf. And they dare to call their treason a "triumph of freedom of speech."
Mark
What ever happened to arresting people for treason in this country?
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Loose Lips Sink Ships.
And she did this at a press conference.
China is at the top of that heap, followed by Russia.
China is now.
No they will NOT. The USA will do the dirty work...Israel will sit out of this one. That can be counted on. If we hit Iran...it’ll be France and USA.
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