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CHENEY TRIED TO STIFLE DISSENT IN IRAN NIE
CHENEY TRIED TO STIFLE DISSENT IN IRAN NIE
In an article published four weeks ago, Gareth Porter cited "two
former Central Intelligence Agency officers" as sources claiming that
the Iran NIE now making headlines "was ready to be published a year
ago," but was delayed because of an effort by Vice President Dick
Cheney "to force the intelligence community to remove dissenting
judgments on the Iranian nuclear program." -- Moreover, "Cheney's
desire for a 'clean' NIE that could be used to support his aggressive
policy toward Iran was apparently a major factor in the replacement of
John Negroponte as director of national intelligence in early 2007."
former Central Intelligence Agency officers" as sources claiming that
the Iran NIE now making headlines "was ready to be published a year
ago," but was delayed because of an effort by Vice President Dick
Cheney "to force the intelligence community to remove dissenting
judgments on the Iranian nuclear program." -- Moreover, "Cheney's
desire for a 'clean' NIE that could be used to support his aggressive
policy toward Iran was apparently a major factor in the replacement of
John Negroponte as director of national intelligence in early 2007."
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November 8, 2007: The draft NIE first completed a year ago, which had included the
dissenting views, was not acceptable to the White House, according to
the former intelligence officer. "They refused to come out with a
version that had dissenting views in it," he says.
As recently as early October, the official involved in the process was
said to be unclear about whether an NIE would be circulated and, if
so, what it would say.
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi provided a similar account, based on
his own sources in the intelligence community. He told IPS that
intelligence analysts have had to review and rewrite their findings
three times, because of pressure from the White House.
dissenting views, was not acceptable to the White House, according to
the former intelligence officer. "They refused to come out with a
version that had dissenting views in it," he says.
As recently as early October, the official involved in the process was
said to be unclear about whether an NIE would be circulated and, if
so, what it would say.
Former CIA officer Philip Giraldi provided a similar account, based on
his own sources in the intelligence community. He told IPS that
intelligence analysts have had to review and rewrite their findings
three times, because of pressure from the White House.
Giraldi said the White House had decided to postpone any decision on
the internal release of the NIE until after the November 2006
elections.
Cheney's desire for a "clean" NIE that could be used to support his
aggressive policy toward Iran was apparently a major factor in the
replacement of John Negroponte as director of national intelligence in
early 2007.
Negroponte had angered the neoconservatives in the administration by
telling the press in April 2006 that the intelligence community
believed that it would still be "a number of years off" before Iran
would be "likely to have enough fissile material to assemble into or
to put into a nuclear weapon, perhaps into the next decade."
On Jan. 5, 2007, Pres. George W. Bush announced the nomination of
retired Vice Admiral John Michael "Mike" McConnell to be director of
national intelligence. McConnell was approached by Cheney himself
about accepting the position, according to *Newsweek*.
the internal release of the NIE until after the November 2006
elections.
Cheney's desire for a "clean" NIE that could be used to support his
aggressive policy toward Iran was apparently a major factor in the
replacement of John Negroponte as director of national intelligence in
early 2007.
Negroponte had angered the neoconservatives in the administration by
telling the press in April 2006 that the intelligence community
believed that it would still be "a number of years off" before Iran
would be "likely to have enough fissile material to assemble into or
to put into a nuclear weapon, perhaps into the next decade."
On Jan. 5, 2007, Pres. George W. Bush announced the nomination of
retired Vice Admiral John Michael "Mike" McConnell to be director of
national intelligence. McConnell was approached by Cheney himself
about accepting the position, according to *Newsweek*.
Source: via Jennifer Henrichsen and Mark Jensen http://www.ufppc.org/content/view/6896/
http://ipsnews.net/news.asp?idnews=39978
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US Says Iran Ended Atomic Arms Work
03 December 2007 Washington - A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains on hold, contradicting an assessment two years ago
The assessment, a National Intelligence Estimate that represents the consensus view of all 16 American spy agencies, states that Tehran's ultimate intentions about gaining a nuclear weapon remain unclear, but that Iran's "decisions are guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a rush to a weapon irrespective of the political, economic and military costs."
The N.I.E. concludes that if Iran were to end the freeze of its weapons program, it would still be at least two years before Tehran would have enough highly enriched uranium to produce a nuclear bomb. But it says it is still "very unlikely" Iran could produce enough of the material by then.
03 December 2007 Washington - A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains on hold, contradicting an assessment two years ago
The assessment, a National Intelligence Estimate that represents the consensus view of all 16 American spy agencies, states that Tehran's ultimate intentions about gaining a nuclear weapon remain unclear, but that Iran's "decisions are guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a rush to a weapon irrespective of the political, economic and military costs."
The N.I.E. concludes that if Iran were to end the freeze of its weapons program, it would still be at least two years before Tehran would have enough highly enriched uranium to produce a nuclear bomb. But it says it is still "very unlikely" Iran could produce enough of the material by then.
Instead, today's report concludes it is more likely Iran could have a bomb by the early part to the middle of the next decade. The report states that the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research judges Iran is unlikely to achieve this goal before 2013, "because of foreseeable technical and programmatic problems."
The new assessment upends a judgment made about Iran's nuclear capabilities in 2005. At the time, intelligence agencies assessed with "high confidence" that Iran is determined to have nuclear weapons and concluded that Iran had a secret nuclear weapons program.
Iraq war is the BIG issue in the coming Presidential election
NOTE: So maybe this is the new reason for the new NIE on Iran's WMD threat.
The PEW poll found that more than half of Americans still favor withdrawing American troops. That disconnect is a real issue for the GOP candidates, all but one of whom support the war.
Half the independents say things are not going well with the military effort in Iraq and about 25% of Republicans say things are going well. And while Democrats remain far more skeptical than Republicans, the proportion of Democrats expressing a negative view of the Iraq effort since February is about 60%).
The United States is at war in the Middle East and Central Asia, the economy is writhing like a snake with a broken back, oil prices are relentlessly climbing toward $100 a barrel and an increasing number of Americans just can't afford to be sick.
*Time* pointed out that "Anyone following the Iran nuclear issue via the presidential debates might have been shocked" by the announcement, given the belligerent rhetoric
that dominates there.
that dominates there.
source unknown...do a google search
FEAR OF CHAVEZ IS FEAR OF DEMOCRACY
While US media called Chavez a "tyrant" for suggesting an end to term
limits, they somehow forgot to smear the tyrant tag on Mr. Clinton for
suggesting the same for the America.
We were not told this weekend's referendum was a vote on term limits,
rather, we were told by virtually every US news outlet that the referendum
was to make Chavez, "President for Life." The "President for Life" canard
was mis-reported by no less than *The New York Times*.
But ending term limits does not mean winning the term. As Chavez himself
told me, "It's up to the people" whether he gets reelected.
Secondly, beyond ending term limits, the referendum would have loaded the
nation's constitution with changes in property law, work hours and so many
other complex economic adjustments that the entire referendum sank of its
own weight.
Why is the Bush crew so bonkers about Hugo? Is it because Venezuela sits on the world's largest reserve of coconuts? Chavez' continuing tenure means that Venezuelans' huge supply of oil will now be in the hands of . Venezuelans! he *withdrew*$20 billion from the US Federal Reserve. Weirdly, Venezuela's previous leaders, though the nation was dirt poor, *lent* billions to the US Treasury on crap terms. Chavez has said, Basta! to this game, and has called for keeping South America's capital in . South America! Oh, no!
Did you for get about the a anthrax attack around the time of 9/11?
Comment: Was this just another coincidence related to 9/11?
"Either the military has resumed open-air testing already or they are preparing to do so," said Francis Boyle, a University of Illinois Professor of International Law who authored the implementing legislation for the U.S. Biological Weapons Convention signed into law by President George Bush Sr. and who has tracked subsequent developments closely.
"I am stunned by the nature of this development," Boyle said. "This is a major reversal of policy." The 1972 treaty against germ warfare, which the U.S. signed, forbids developing weapons that spread disease, such as anthrax, a pathogen that is regarded by the military as "ideal" for conducting germ warfare.
Boyle said evidence the U.S. has super-weapons- grade anthrax was demonstrated in the October, 2001, anthrax mail attacks on Senators Thomas Daschle(D-S. D.) and Patrick Leahy(D-Vt.) The strain of highly sophisticated anthrax employed has allegedly been traced back to the primary U.S. Army biological warfare campus at Ft. Detrick, Md. The attacks killed five persons and sickened 17 others. A current effort to expand Ft. Detrick has sparked widespread community opposition, according to a report in the Baltimore Sun.
"Obviously, someone working for the United States government has a stockpile of super-weapons grade anthrax that can be used again domestically for the purposes of political terrorism or abroad to wage offensive warfare," Boyle said.
"Obviously, someone working for the United States government has a stockpile of super-weapons grade anthrax that can be used again domestically for the purposes of political terrorism or abroad to wage offensive warfare," Boyle said.
Undercutting the argument U.S. research is for "defensive" purposes is the fact government scientists have been creating new strains of pathogens for which there is no known cure. Richard Novick, a professor of microbiology at New York University, has stated, "I cannot envision any imaginable justification for changing the antigenicity of anthrax as a defensive measure." Changing a pathogen's antigenicity means altering its basic structure so that existing vaccines will prove ineffective against it.
The U.S. since 2002 has invested some $43 billion in hundreds of government, commercial, and university laboratories in the U.S. for the study of pathogens that might be used for biological warfare.
The U.S. since 2002 has invested some $43 billion in hundreds of government, commercial, and university laboratories in the U.S. for the study of pathogens that might be used for biological warfare.
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