| The Misleading NIE
 (photo by Amir Kholoosi)
The Shahab-3 Missile, The intelligence the NIE conveniently left out (omits).
The missile has the ability to deliver a nuclear warhead. The
Iranians tested the missile in Aug. 2004 and tweaked it
in early 2005. Iran Unnerved/thexreport
(1/24/2005)
Read about or listen to nuclear
physicist David
Albright and Radio Farda (RFE/RL) discuss the Shahab-3
missile in conjunction with Iranian plans to build what look
like a re-entry vehicle for a nuclear warhead. The
information (designs) was compiled onto a laptop computer,
then brought out of Iran and later obtained
by U.S. intel agencies. The information contained on the
laptop dealt with the 2001 - 2003 time period. RFE/RL
story dated 12/2005
(click
here to listen, uses Real Audio)
(click
here to listen, uses Windows Media
Player)
If either of those links don't work, read about
it here, but it is better to listen to it:
RFE/RL.org
But what happened after 2003 time period, the NIE has
conveniently omitted.
The Iranians shifted gears and continued with
development and perfection of the nuke delivery capable
Shahab-3 missile.
To prove this, during the interview between David
Albright and Radio Farda, Albright noted the Aug. 2004
Shahab-3 missile test, "Iran appears to
have learned some lessons". Albright said Iran was going
in the right direction with the triconic (nose cone)
design of the missile if they wanted to build a re-entry
vehicle
that can better deliver a nuclear warhead, citing
accuracy, avoiding detection, etc.. Albright implied
this was a better design than the drawings on the laptop
which covered the 2001-03 time period. Indicating
continued development. (connect the dots time) TW
12/7/2007
The footnote on bottom of page 6
of the NIE states: For the purposes of this Estimate, by
"nuclear weapons program" we mean Iran's nuclear weapon
design and weaponization work and covert uranium
conversion-related and uranium enrichment -related work;
we do not mean Iran's declared civil work related to
uranium conversion and enrichment.
Definition of Weaponization: make into
or use as a weapon or a potential weapon; alter, change,
modify - cause to change; make different; cause a
transformation
The failure of the State Department
(3) not to include Iran's continued development of their
intermediate range ballistic missiles (including the Shahab -3) and its capability to deliver a nuclear
warhead in the NIE was meant to intentionally mislead
the American people and discredit the Bush
administration. Putting us into danger, again. TW
12/7/2007
Link to NIE:
NYTimes.com (pdf file)
Related Links:
Five
Reasons To Doubt The Claim Iran Has
Shuttered Nuke Program
"The NIE's authors draw a false distinction
between Iran's civilian and military nuclear
efforts" - "Make no mistake, it would
be great news if Iran truly gave up its
designs on a nuclear weapon. But no one
should take the IC's word for it".
InvestorsBusinessDaily.com
The NIE
Fantasy The
intelligence community failed to anticipate the Cuban
Missile Crisis - It's possible the latest NIE on Iran's
nuclear weapons program will not prove as misjudged or
as damaging as the 1962 estimate. But don't bet on it. -
Opinionjournal.com
Just 18% Believe
Iran has Stopped Nuclear Weapons Development
Program National
telephone survey found that 66% disagree and say
Iran has not stopped its nuclear weapons program.
Rasmussenreports.com
Another Intel
Fiasco! British Intelligence Says CIA Bungled It Again.
Iran Hoodwinked C.I.A
British spy chiefs have grave doubts that Iran has
mothballed its nuclear weapons programme, as a US
intelligence report claimed last week, and believe the
CIA has been hoodwinked by Teheran.
Telegraph.co.uk
Gingrich: The NIE
is just the tip of the iceberg
"It is a fundamental
disservice to us as Americans to have such potentially
threatening activity going on and not to be told the
truth about it. We need an intelligence community that
we can trust to tell us the truth".
HumanEvents.com
PM: NIE triggered
exaggerated debate Olmert:
Iran was continuing to
develop two fundamental components for a nuclear weapons
system, ballistic missiles and the production of
enriched uranium.
JPost.com
US
intelligence has become politicized'
John Bolton:
"I know the people who
wrote this intelligence estimate," - "They are not from
our intelligence community. They're from our State
Department. It was a highly politicized document written
by people who had a very clear policy objective."
JPost.com
UK says Iran
hoodwinked U.S.. But asserts intel report makes American
attack more likely -
MI6 chief John Scarlett
and Mossad leader Meir Dagan believe the U.S. report not
only has undermined efforts to impose tough new
sanctions on Iran but, ironically, makes a pre-emptive
strike on Iran's nuclear facilities more likely.
Israel's new ambassador in London, Ron Prosor, said that
Iran "will have enough uranium to make an atomic bomb by
2009."
WorldNetDaily.com
President
Bush Believes Iran Wants a Nuclear Weapon -
Greta Van Sustern presses:
You believe that (NIE) ?
Bush:
"I believe they
want a weapon, and I believe that they're trying to gain
the know-how as to how to make a weapon under the guise
of a civilian nuclear program" - (transcript)
FoxNews.com
'Iran
accelerating missile development' - "They are developing missiles today in an accelerated
pace," Lt. Gen. Henry Obering said in
remarks at the Foreign Ministry in the Czech Republic" JPost.com
Iran Says U.S. NIE
Report A Declaration Of: Surrender -
Iran's president said on Sunday the
publication of a U.S. intelligence report saying Iran
had halted a nuclear weapons program in 2003 amounted to
a "declaration of surrender" by Washington
Reuters.com
Newt Gingrich: NIE Fundamentally dishonest
"This report was deliberately written to cause the
Bush administration pain and to maximize confusion" Also says the NIE gave a
tactical victory to Iranian President
Mahmoud Ahmadinejad.
IsraelNationalNews.com
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