Sunday Dec 09, 2007

Stupid Intelligence

Posted by Alan Dershowitz

The recent national intelligence estimate that concluded that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 is just about the most stupid intelligence assessment I have ever read. It falls hook, line and sinker for a transparent bait-and-switch tactic employed not only by Iran, but by several other nuclear powers in the past.

The tactic is obvious and well-known to all intelligence officials with an IQ above room temperature. It goes like this: There are two tracks to making nuclear weapons: One is to conduct research and develop technology directly related to military use. That is what the United States did when it developed the atomic bomb during the Manhattan Project. The second track is to develop nuclear technology for civilian use and then to use the civilian technology for military purposes.

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