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Monday, January 12, 2009 12:00 AM

Obama v. the National Intelligence Estimate on Iran

Last year, the NIE famously concluded with "high confidence" that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003. Why did Obama say yesterday that Iran is pursuing nuclear weapons?

Glenn Greenwald

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Monday, January 12, 2009 10:55 AM

via Steve Clemons

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Ventilating Those Hyperventilating about an IRAN BOMB

Paul Kerr at Total WonKerr has an interesting piece up about Iran's nuclear intentions.

I think he's on target and have long felt that what Iran wants less than a nuclear weapons program is a nuclear weapons "option."

I think Iran wants to be Japan -- in the sense that like Japan, the Iranian leadership wants a full fuel cycle nuclear energy program that can serve as a base for but which is a step short of nuclear weapons development.

A lot of folks blur the issue of a "nuclear weapons option" and "nuclear weapons in hand." And I think these distinctions do matter.

-- Steve Clemons

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Funny if Obama needs to be ventilated :)

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