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Written by Chris Floyd   
Wednesday, 14 September 2005 17:43
U.S. Deploys Slide Show to Press Case Against Iran (WP)
Here we go again: "sexed-up dossiers," "smoking guns in the form of a mushroom cloud" and of course, the all-time clincher, "My colleagues, every statement I make today is backed up by sources, solid sources. These are not assertions. What we're giving you are facts and conclusions based on solid intelligence."

Excerpts: ...The presentation has not been vetted through standard U.S. intelligence channels because it does not include secret material. One U.S. official involved in the briefing said the intelligence community had nothing to do with the presentation and "probably would have disavowed some of it because it draws conclusions that aren't strictly supported by the facts."

The presentation...includes a pictorial comparison of Iranian facilities and missiles with photos of similar-looking items in North Korea and Pakistan. Pakistan largely supplied Iran with its nuclear infrastructure but, as a key U.S. ally, it is identified in the presentation only as "another country."

Corey Hinderstein, a nuclear analyst with the Institute for Science and International Security, said the presence of a weapons program could not be established through such comparisons. She noted that North Korea's missile wasn't designed for nuclear weapons so comparing it to an Iranian missile that also wasn't designed to carry a nuclear payload "doesn't make sense."

-- Not supported by the facts? Doesn't make sense? My god -- this means war! .
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