Media mixed on Iran nuclear report

BBC News ^ | December 5, 2007

[syriacus]

Mr Ahmadinejad sees the results of the review as a "declaration of victory" for Iran's nuclear program. Iran's press has broadly welcomed a US intelligence report suggesting Tehran is not actively pursuing a nuclear weapons programme, although some papers caution against seeing this as a victory over the US.

Israeli press comment notes the differences in US and Israeli perceptions of Iran. The Russian media saw the report as a vindication of Moscow's policy of engagement with Iran, and the Chinese media thought it was an embarrassment for President Bush.

[syriacus]

Summaries of some news reports from Iran, Russia, Israel, China

[dawn53]

At this point, I’ll trust the Israeli’s opinion.

[brooklyn dave]

Where would I get copies of past NIE reports? How often do these reports come out?

[McGruff]

I would say the entire American MSM is in lock step in their “Bush Lied” reporting.

[Tarpon]

They come out when the analysis fits the Democrats agenda. You can’t get a copy, it’s classified. You can only get a short summary which may or may not reflect what the actual report says.

In 2003, the NIE said Iraq was building the bomb.

In 2005, the NIE said Iran was building the bomb.

After Iran has set up over 3000 centrifuges and tested their long range nuclear capable missile, the NIE says they aren’t trying to build a bomb. The UN IAEA a few weeks ago said they had no idea what Iran was up to, since Iran wouldn’t let them see.

Now that’s a record to be proud of.

[uncbob]

And when Kadafy gave up his nukes they said he was a lot further along than they thought

[Yo-Yo]

You can read the unclassified summary directly from the office of the Director of National Intelligence here.

[Liberty Valance]

bttt

[syriacus]

Thanks for providing the link to the summary, Yo-Yo.

[txhurl]

bttt

[syriacus]

Here is a link to some of the past NIEs

[syriacus]

If I do a search on the word Iran within the 988 NIE results I get 177 results.