http://edition.cnn.com/2007/POLITICS...ef=werecommend

The article basically echoes Just Lee and Mikael in saying that Iran is still dangerous and still seeking to enrich uranium (allegedly for energy despite the fact they are sitting on a large reserve of oil) AND still attempting to develop ballistic missiles capable of carrying a nuke.

But what I find interesting is when the article talks about how we used to keep NIE "estimates' CLASSIFIED because declassifying them means we give up sources and makes it harder in the future to gather intelligence.

From the article:
"At this point, some readers will no doubt say there is no way a conclusion like this could have been kept secret. Agreed, but it is worth asking why. The answer is complicated. In all likelihood the estimate was declassified based on a conviction that in today's toxic political climate it would have been seen as a useful weapon by people with a variety of motives -- it would therefore have gone "out the door" in record time. In such circumstances, a case can be made for getting ahead of the curve by declassifying an estimate and thus having some control over how it is presented and perceived."


Sooo..... we released it because we KNEW some democrat would LEAK it to the New York Times and THEY would publish it!!!!

Think about that for a second. Twenty years ago this would NOT have happened. Even though the media hated Reagan with a passion, they were still American enough that this would not have been published.

Not so today!!!!!


Oh, and ps, is anybody besides me wondering just what it was the Israelis blew up in Syria a few months ago? Supposedly it was something that involved IRAN and Syria.....