No headlines for the truth
Very quietly yesterday, new Director of National Intelligence and top US intelligence official Michael McConnell repeated the truth about Iran and no one noticed.
No front page NYTimes story on this.
They find some machined copper discs and we get headlines for days, but Iran still 5-10 years from a nuclear weapon and it's buried deep in the bottom of an AFP article.
(By the way, I would suggest keeping an eye on Michael McConnell. If the Seymour Hersh report is to be believed, John Negroponte left that job because he wasn't willing to play "Iran Contra" dirty with the Vice President and current covert actions.
Presumably, by his nomination as replacement, McConnell is.)
"While our information is incomplete, we estimate that Iran could produce a nuclear weapon by early to mid next decade," he said.
No front page NYTimes story on this.
They find some machined copper discs and we get headlines for days, but Iran still 5-10 years from a nuclear weapon and it's buried deep in the bottom of an AFP article.
(By the way, I would suggest keeping an eye on Michael McConnell. If the Seymour Hersh report is to be believed, John Negroponte left that job because he wasn't willing to play "Iran Contra" dirty with the Vice President and current covert actions.
Presumably, by his nomination as replacement, McConnell is.)
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