Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Nuclear, Stephen Peter Rosen on Dec 7th, 2007 Comments Off
From Stephen Peter Rosen
For the most part, the arguments about the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran have been and will be a debate, not about intelligence, but about Bush foreign policy. But the NIE also provides an opportunity to assess our own ability to do assessments, by publicly stating what we think the consequences [...]
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Posted in Intelligence, Iran, Matthew Levitt, Nuclear, Sanctions on Dec 7th, 2007 Comments Off
From Matthew Levitt
Conventional wisdom, if one reads the daily papers and the unnamed European officials quoted therein, is that a third UN Security Resolution targeting Iran is now highly unlikely in wake of the release of the National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) on Iran’s nuclear intentions and capabilities. The assessment opened with the zinger that Tehran [...]
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