Irrelevant.CIA has very poor sources and coverage of Iran.always has. The absence of evidence is not the evidence of absence.
Bruce http://www.playfuls.com/news_10_3554-CIA-Has-No-Evidence-Iran-Is-Building-Nu clear-Weapons.html CIA Has No Evidence Iran Is Building Nuclear Weapons The US Central Intelligence Agency ( <http://www.playfuls.com/bizworld/> CIA) has found no strong evidence that Iran is <http://www.playfuls.com/bizworld/> developing a nuclear weapon, according to a US magazine report, details of which were released Sunday. A top-secret CIA analysis contradicted the belief of President George W Bush's administration that Tehran is working on a nuclear bomb, investigative journalist Seymour Hersh wrote in an article for the November 27 edition of the New Yorker magazine. "The CIA found no conclusive evidence, as yet, of a secret Iranian nuclear weapons programme running parallel to the civilian operations that Iran has declared to the International Atomic <http://www.playfuls.com/bizworld/> Energy Agency," Hersh wrote. The analysis was carried out using <http://www.playfuls.com/bizworld/> satellite <http://www.playfuls.com/bizworld/> photos, and the testing of water and smoke from suspected sites for traces of radioactivity. No significant amount was detected. A high-ranking <http://www.playfuls.com/bizworld/> security source confirmed the existence of the report and said that the Bush administration, particularly Vice President Dick Cheney and his aides, rejected the findings, believing instead that the Iranian nuclear weapons programme is merely well hidden. The US and other Western nations believe that the Iranian uranium enrichment programme is aimed at building nuclear weapons. However, Tehran has said the programme has purely peaceful and civilian goals. [Non-text portions of this message have been removed] -------------------------- Want to discuss this topic? Head on over to our discussion list, [EMAIL PROTECTED] -------------------------- Brooks Isoldi, editor [EMAIL PROTECTED] http://www.intellnet.org Post message: [email protected] Subscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] Unsubscribe: [EMAIL PROTECTED] *** FAIR USE NOTICE. This message contains copyrighted material whose use has not been specifically authorized by the copyright owner. OSINT, as a part of The Intelligence Network, is making it available without profit to OSINT YahooGroups members who have expressed a prior interest in receiving the included information in their efforts to advance the understanding of intelligence and law enforcement organizations, their activities, methods, techniques, human rights, civil liberties, social justice and other intelligence related issues, for non-profit research and educational purposes only. We believe that this constitutes a 'fair use' of the copyrighted material as provided for in section 107 of the U.S. Copyright Law. If you wish to use this copyrighted material for purposes of your own that go beyond 'fair use,' you must obtain permission from the copyright owner. For more information go to: http://www.law.cornell.edu/uscode/17/107.shtml Yahoo! Groups Links <*> To visit your group on the web, go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/ <*> Your email settings: Individual Email | Traditional <*> To change settings online go to: http://groups.yahoo.com/group/osint/join (Yahoo! ID required) <*> To change settings via email: mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] mailto:[EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> To unsubscribe from this group, send an email to: [EMAIL PROTECTED] <*> Your use of Yahoo! Groups is subject to: http://docs.yahoo.com/info/terms/
