Rumsfeld Issues New Guideline, Triggering Concern of Hawks
By ELI LAKE Staff Reporter of the Sun
The Pentagon’s contacts with opponents of the Iranian regime have all but dried up after elaborate procedures were introduced requiring such meetings to be cleared at the top levels of the Defense Department.
Some advocatyes of a hard line against Iran say that the new restrictions have meant less encouragement from America for those seeking to spread freedom and democracy in Iran. They also voice concern that the rules have prevented America from getting valuable information about Iran’s support for terrorism and its effort to build a nuclear bomb.
The restrictions on Pentagon meetings have also given the State Department, which has pushed to engage Iran, an upper hand in the interagency debate over policy toward the Islamic Republic.
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