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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?

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  • Tuesday, January 13, 2009 10:44 AM

    Correction

    Anti-semantic and anti-semiotic though I am, indubitably so, I forgot to write "indulgence" when writing about Sugar Daddy. I'm worried that it might be a plenary indulgence which would require a Diet of Worms and a Marin Luther to be castigated.

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