tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post4622227275126404679..comments2023-11-03T09:36:22.100-04:00Comments on In From the Cold: Sources and MethodsGeorge Smileyhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/07049707648660651119noreply@blogger.comBlogger5125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-14302383457784246762007-12-06T14:58:00.000-05:002007-12-06T14:58:00.000-05:00Michael Tanji (A former intel proffessional)at Dan...Michael Tanji (A former intel proffessional)at Danger Room has a different take on this:<BR/><A HREF="http://blog.wired.com/defense/2007/12/unlike-most-of.html#more" REL="nofollow">Intel Insider: Iran Report Ain't Political</A><BR/><BR/>Let the battle commence.<BR/><BR/>My feeling is that the three wise men who controlled the summary may have massaged it so the headline read what they wanted.davodhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/09272330967156237637noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-12177902380582025992007-12-06T10:16:00.000-05:002007-12-06T10:16:00.000-05:00Even the New York Slimes is throwing a BS flag on ...Even the New York Slimes is throwing a BS flag on this play. Says it all.Ken Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779589712239613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-79039926042086179192007-12-05T22:46:00.000-05:002007-12-05T22:46:00.000-05:00Tehran halted its nuclear weapons development prog...<I>Tehran halted its nuclear weapons development program in 2003.<BR/><BR/>------<BR/><BR/>previous NIE (issued in 2005), which concluded that Iran was actively pursuing nuclear weapons.</I><BR/><BR/>Not necessarily a conflict.<BR/>If Iran managed to buy working plans (Pakistan, North Korea)in 2003 then they would have stopped research on building a bomb and concentrated on separating U-235, which is what they seem to have done.GeorgeHhttps://www.blogger.com/profile/10736838055941100599noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-86858966820019916132007-12-05T17:38:00.000-05:002007-12-05T17:38:00.000-05:00[The NIE's] most dramatic conclusion — that Iran s...<I>[The NIE's] most dramatic conclusion — that Iran shut down its nuclear weapons program in 2003 in response to international pressure — <B>is based on a single, unvetted source who provided information to a foreign intelligence service and has not been interviewed directly by the United States.</B></I><BR/><BR/>Welcome to Mister Rogers' National Intelligence Estimate!<BR/><BR/>It's a beautiful day in the intelligence community . . . <BR/><BR/>Hello, boys and girls! Can you say "Curveball?" I <B>knew</B> you could!Ken Prescotthttps://www.blogger.com/profile/13779589712239613030noreply@blogger.comtag:blogger.com,1999:blog-10820485.post-84948213237040160032007-12-05T16:10:00.000-05:002007-12-05T16:10:00.000-05:00Well, I'd feel a little more comfortable if you ha...Well, I'd feel a little more comfortable if you had sources other than NewsMax. I assume they got the report off the wire.<BR/><BR/>OMG, if Fingar depended on an unvetted source, this thing will fall apart, but we won't know it until it is too late.section9https://www.blogger.com/profile/08956773307014115891noreply@blogger.com