April 27, 2024

Iran Watch – February 8, 2008

[spoiler title=”U.S. spy chief retreats on Iran estimate”]
The New York Sun
By ELI LAKE
Staff Reporter of the Sun
WASHINGTON – The director of national intelligence is backing away from his agency’s assessment late last year that Iran had halted its nuclear program, saying he wishes he had written the unclassified version of the document in a different […]

Iran Watch – December 7, 2007

[spoiler title=”The flaws in the Iran report”]
The Washington Post
By John R. Bolton
Thursday, December 6, 2007; Page A29
Rarely has a document from the supposedly hidden world of intelligence had such an impact as the National Intelligence Estimate released this week. Rarely has an administration been so unprepared for such an event. And rarely have vehement critics […]