According to the authoritative Israeli newspaper, Haaretz, "Israel has known about the report for more than a month. The first information on it was passed on to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and to Shaul Mofaz, who is the minister responsible for the strategic dialog with the Americans. The issue was also discussed at the Annapolis summit by Barak and U.S. Secretary of Defense Robert Gates, and it seems also between Bush and Prime Minister Ehud Olmert."
To say the least, this would put Bush in the unexplainable position of claiming he just found out about the NIE, while his administration had told the Israelis weeks ago that the Iranian nuclear bomb program was stopped in 2003. In short, Bush is basically wanting us to believe that he was the last to know about this "bombshell" intelligence finding.
Furthermore, the one mainstream media company that regularly seeks out the story behind the story (McClatchy Newspapers), reported this story on Nov. 4: "Experts: No firm evidence of Iranian nuclear weapons."
2007-12-06 02:56:46 · 10 answers · asked by Enigma 6 in Politics & Government ➔ Politics
Uh oh I didn't know about this one! We know who wanted the war for Iran so bad: Israel.
It's no secret that they wanted that info suppressed.
2007-12-06 04:18:23 · answer #1 · answered by Anonymous · 2⤊ 0⤋
Well, they do these studies and then cross-check the intelligence for accuracy. The media, often times, jumps on these reports at first notice and runs with them.
Thats why they have retractions sometimes on the back of page 12 (in fine print).
Also, Bush could just be playing dumb and to be honest, 30 days isn't that long.
I dont see this as being much an issue.
2007-12-06 03:00:43 · answer #2 · answered by Phil M 7 · 2⤊ 1⤋
probably for the comparable reason the mainstream information did no longer rfile on legally elected delegates being forcibly removed from the GOP convention and altered with Romney delegates. because of the fact mainstream media is merchandising the facade of excellent governance. That pronounced... Jerusalem and God should not be implicit areas of our occasion's platform.
2016-10-19 09:49:54 · answer #3 · answered by ? 4 · 0⤊ 0⤋
Bush silenced it.
He didn't want this to be made known.
This, of course, throws all credibility out of the window that Iran stopped it's nuclear programme because of the current administration.
Bush would have tooted his own horn and declared his success if this were the truth.
Nice try Neocons!
2007-12-06 03:00:04 · answer #4 · answered by Magma H 6 · 2⤊ 2⤋
Bill NIE the Science the Guy!
2007-12-06 02:59:46 · answer #5 · answered by It's the hair 5 · 0⤊ 1⤋
Funny since Bush claims he only found out about it LAST WEEK.
2007-12-06 03:00:35 · answer #6 · answered by Fretless 6 · 1⤊ 0⤋
Oh wow, I guess one or more of your NIE people leaked out what they were going to say even before the got finished. Thank you for showing the corruption of the NIE liars.
2007-12-06 03:05:26 · answer #7 · answered by Anonymous · 1⤊ 2⤋
Israel actively conducts intense espionage against and has many "mole" sympathizers in all levels of government.
Sad, but true...
2007-12-06 03:18:08 · answer #8 · answered by outcrop 5 · 2⤊ 0⤋
because Isreal is one of the sources of the information. kinda up their alley since ahmadenijad threatened to wipe them off the planet. the information did not just come out, the report just came out.
EDIT: Here is the reason ... george bush, with the 9/11 and the oil with the puddin pops...
2007-12-06 02:59:49 · answer #9 · answered by You got FAAAAT!!! 2 · 1⤊ 5⤋
Maybe they wrote it.
2007-12-06 04:33:10 · answer #10 · answered by . 5 · 0⤊ 0⤋