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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 08:47 AM

The shortest version @Jestaplero

There is a ticking bomb in New York City...

There is no logical difference, whatsoever, between the argument that Jestaplero is making with respect to Khalid Sheikh Mohammed and the argument Alan Dershowitz made with respect to the ticking bomb. Absolutely none: A grave danger exists if we follow the rule of law, a relatively painless one time exception can be made that will eliminate the grave danger as long as you can accept doing one illegal thing in exceptional cases, we should do whatever we have to do to eliminate danger, because that is in the best interests of the public security.

Carry on.

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