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U.S. Finds Iran Halted Its Nuclear Arms Effort in 2003


http://www.nytimes.com/2007/12/04/world ... ref=slogin

Intelligence officials said the specter of the 2002 estimate on Iraq hung over their deliberations on Iran even more than it had in 2005, when the lessons from the intelligence failure on Iraq were just beginning to prompt spy agencies to adapt a more rigorous approach to their findings.


Rather than portraying Iran as a rogue, irrational country determined to join the club of nations that possess a nuclear bomb, the estimate says Iran’s “decisions are guided by a cost-benefit approach rather than a rush to a weapon irrespective of the political, economic and military costs.


In interviews on Monday, some administration officials expressed skepticism about the conclusions reached in the new report, saying they doubted that American intelligence agencies had a firm grasp of the Iranian government’s intentions.


That's OK then, if you can't get the reports changed to suit just decide the analysts don't know what they are doing.

This is definitely a 'strange' one. I read the article on the findings the other day and it was either the next day or the one following that - I saw one with bush 'insisting' that they come clean about their program..

"The Iranians have a strategic choice to make, they can come clean with the international community about the scope of their nuclear activities and fully accept the long-standing offer to suspend their enrichment program and come to the table and negotiate, or they can continue on a path of isolation that is not in the best interest of the Iranian people," Mr. Bush said.

I'd like to think that I am just confused ...

but sometimes you just don't know whether to laugh or cry...