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| Bambi forces IC to Change Iran Nuke Opinion |
| 2009-02-14 |
| Little more than a year after U.S. spy agencies concluded that Iran had halted work on a nuclear weapon, the Obama administration has made it clear that it believes there is no question that Tehran is seeking the bomb. They made that position pretty clear in the election campaign. In his news conference this week, President Obama went so far as to describe Iran's "development of a nuclear weapon" before correcting himself to refer to its "pursuit" of weapons capability. That's clarifying, not correcting. The One does not make mistakes. Obama's nominee to serve as CIA director, Leon E. Panetta, left little doubt about his view last week when he testified on Capitol Hill. "From all the information I've seen," Panetta said, "I think there is no question that they are seeking that capability." And we know Penatella has a lot of intelligence background and experience to draw upon in reaching that conclusion. The language reflects the extent to which senior U.S. officials now discount a National Intelligence Estimate issued in November 2007 that was instrumental in derailing U.S. and European efforts to pressure Iran to shut down its nuclear program. U. S> and European? Seemed like it was all Bush at the time. Now the CIA is going to have to change its mind again so The One can implement Bush's policies after throwing some bones to the useful idiots who got him elected? As the administration moves toward talks with Iran, Obama appears to be sending a signal that the United States will not be drawn into a debate over Iran's intent. "Ich gewann." "When you're talking about negotiations in Iran, it is dangerous to appear weak or naive," That's going to be a pretty tall order for Bambi given what has gone down in the last month. said Joseph Cirincione, a nuclear weapons expert and president of the Ploughshares Fund, an anti-proliferation organization based in Washington. Hmm. Wonder what their pressers said a year ago. Cirincione said the unequivocal language also worked to Obama's political advantage. "It guards against criticism from the right that the administration is underestimating Iran," he said. Those fools on the right are always suckers for falling in line behind policies that are rational and in the nations best interest even if they don't help them politically. What fools. Bwahahahaha. Iran has long maintained that it aims to generate electricity, not build bombs, with nuclear power. But Western intelligence officials and nuclear experts increasingly view those claims as implausible. Fingers in the air. U.S. officials said that although no new evidence had surfaced to undercut the findings of the 2007 estimate, there was growing consensus that it provided a misleading picture and that the country was poised to reach crucial bomb-making milestones this year. What has changed? Hmmm. Let me get a CIA analyst to see if we can figure this out. Obama's top intelligence official, Dennis C. Blair, the director of national intelligence, is expected to address mounting concerns over Iran's nuclear program in testimony before the Senate Intelligence Committee today. Maybe he can tell us what has changed since January 19th, 2009. When it was issued, the NIE stunned the international community. It declared that U.S. spy agencies judged "with high confidence that in fall 2003, Tehran halted its nuclear weapons program." Traitors. |
| Posted by:Nimble Spemble |
| #4 In other words, the CIA halted its traitorous covert war against the Executive, now that Bush is gone. |
| Posted by: OldSpook 2009-02-14 21:51 |
| #3 Thank you, Pappy. |
| Posted by: Nimble Spemble 2009-02-14 13:56 |
| #2 link here. |
| Posted by: Pappy 2009-02-14 13:48 |
| #1 NS: Linkie? |
| Posted by: Anonymoose 2009-02-14 09:27 |