Tuesday, May 31, 2011

The 'Anti-Hersh' stories ... (part II)

Again, thanks to 'b' at MoonOfAkabama:
"... In 2009, senior staff members of the I.A.E.A. concluded in a confidential analysis that “Iran has sufficient information to be able to design and produce a workable implosion nuclear device” based on highly enriched uranium.
The new report includes some of the technical evidence behind that charge. It describes the sources of the information as “many member states” as well as its own efforts. Nuclear experts assume that much intelligence comes from Israel, the United States and Western Europe, though the I.A.E.A. in total has 151 member states... ...
Two diplomats familiar with the evidence, both of whom spoke on the condition of anonymity under the usual protocol, emphasized that no single one of the technologies stood out as indicating bomb work. Some, they conceded, have peaceful uses. But the totality of the evidence, they said, suggested that Iran has worked hard on multiple fronts to advance the design of nuclear arms. “It’s the whole variety of information,” one of the diplomats said. “You have to look at the whole thing.”"

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