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To: Noel de Leon who wrote (108586)	7/28/2003 9:08:53 PM
From: Sully-	Respond to of 281500

I see now. Then by using that logic, Saddam does not exist. OBL does not exist. Amelia Earhart did not exist. Jimmy Hoffa did not exist. Every MIA still unaccounted for, never existed. etc., etc. Not so sound logic if you ask me Noel.

To: Noel de Leon who wrote (108586)	7/28/2003 11:21:07 PM
From: Bilow	Read Replies (2) \| Respond to of 281500

Hi Noel de Leon; Re: "The intelligence community also had high confidence in the judgment that, and I quote, "Iraq could make a nuclear weapon in months to a year once it acquires sufficient weapons-grade fissile material,"." That's like saying "your aunt could be your uncle, if she could grow testicles". Making "weapons-grade fissile material" is the tough part of making nukes. Any 1940s era machinist can open up an encyclopedia and make a stab at machining the bomb casing and packing it with explosives. It could easily be done in a garage shop anywhere in the world. Okay, it helps to get those nice high speed initiators, but they're also 1940s technology that is widely available and, in addition, can be partly replaced with more modern circuitry. -- Carl