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To: NOW who wrote (94666)2/24/2009 5:28:06 PM
From: TimF  Read Replies (4) of 116555
 
This is probably off topic, and if anyone (except tooearly who I'm replying to) is annoyed by that, then post to or PM me and I'll drop it, but I didn't want to let this point go unchallenged.

Iran does not have a nuclear weapons program, according to U.S. and European intelligence agencies.

U.S. now sees Iran as pursuing nuclear bomb
In a reversal since a 2007 report, U.S. officials expect the Islamic Republic to reach development milestones this year.
By Greg Miller
February 12, 2009

Reporting from Washington -- Little more than a year after U.S. spy agencies concluded that Iran had halted work on a nuclear weapon, the Obama administration has made it clear that it believes there is no question that Tehran is seeking the bomb.

In his news conference this week, President Obama went so far as to describe Iran's "development of a nuclear weapon" before correcting himself to refer to its "pursuit" of weapons capability.

Obama's nominee to serve as CIA director, Leon E. Panetta, left little doubt about his view last week when he testified on Capitol Hill. "From all the information I've seen," Panetta said, "I think there is no question that they are seeking that capability."

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latimes.com
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