AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won support Thursday on Iran from two key European allies, France and Germany, whose leaders urged continued pressure on Tehran because of its nuclear program, saying the country remains a danger. Rice wins support for Iran sanctions
AP: Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice won support Thursday on Iran from two key European allies, France and Germany, whose leaders urged continued pressure on Tehran because of its nuclear program, saying the country remains a danger. Don’t ask the CIA what’s going on in Teheran
Daily Telegraph: If generals are fated to prepare for the last war, intelligence agencies always bear in mind the last time they were proved wrong. The ghosts of Iraq’s non-existent weapons of mass destruction haunt America’s latest National Intelligence Estimate on Iran’s nuclear programme. Intelligence may change, but Iran still a threat
Daily Telegraph – Leaders: Seldom can a single document have caused quite such a stir. The National Intelligence Estimate, compiled by the US government’s 16 intelligence agencies, has stood the conventional wisdom on Iran’s nuclear weapons programme on its head. Intelligent intelligence
The Times – Leading Article: The National Intelligence Estimate, a consensus view of 16 American agencies, that Iran appears to have halted its drive to acquire nuclear weapons has wrongfooted politicians in both the West and the Middle East. Many of those trying to halt Iran’s efforts to build a bomb have been dismayed by what they see as a judgment that may lessen the pressure on Tehran. Rice urges Russia to maintain pressure on Iran
Reuters: U.S. Secretary of State Condoleezza Rice urged a skeptical Russia on Thursday to help maintain pressure on Iran, despite the release of a U.S. report which found Tehran halted its atomic weapons program in 2003. China ponders its role amid Iran nuclear quandary
Reuters: Contention over Iran’s nuclear plans has thrown into sharp relief China’s uncertain role in the crisis as a big economic partner of the Middle Eastern power that is nonetheless reluctant to rile the United States. Bush told in August that Iran nuke program ‘may be suspended’
CNN: President Bush was told in August that Iran’s nuclear weapons program “may be suspended,” the White House said Wednesday, which seemingly contradicts the account of the meeting given by Bush Tuesday. The flaws in the Iran report
Washington Post – By John R. Bolton: Rarely has a document from the supposedly hidden world of intelligence had such an impact as the National Intelligence Estimate released this week. Rarely has an administration been so unprepared for such an event. And rarely have vehement critics of the “intelligence community” on issues such as Iraq’s weapons of mass destruction reversed themselves so quickly. Sarkozy: Iran report reinforces concerns
AP: French President Nicolas Sarkozy said a new U.S. intelligence report saying Iran stopped its nuclear weapons development in 2003 reinforces international concerns and should not diminish pressure for new sanctions. Bush says Iran must explain past nuclear work
New York Times: President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad of Iran said Wednesday that an American intelligence reports conclusion that Iran was not currently developing a nuclear weapons program was a big victory for his country. He said the finding was a result of Irans resistance to international pressure over its nuclear program. 