Report: Israeli spies active in Iran | Jerusalem Post:
"Iran has developed and tested a trigger device for a nuclear bomb, Israeli agents stationed there have told the White House, according to a report published in The New Yorker Monday morning.
# 35 nations meet on denying Iran technical help for building plutonium-producing reactor
According to the report, written by Seymour M. Hersh, the White House received the information but did not pass it on to the CIA.
The report also stated that in the past six months, Israel and the United States had been working together to support a Kurdish resistance group known as the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan.
The group had been conducting clandestine cross-border forays into Iran, as 'part of an effort to explore alternative means of applying pressure on Iran,' Hersh said he was told by a government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon civilian leadership. The government consultant reportedly said Israel was supplying the Kurdish group with 'equipment and training.' The group had also been given 'a list of targets inside Iran of interest to the US.' An Israeli government spokesman denied that Israel was involved.
The Israeli intelligence presented a stark contrast to recent CIA estimates on Iran's nuclear program, which claimed that Teheran was far from attaining a nuclear bomb.
The New Yorker article seemed to suggest that there was a difference of opinion between the CIA, the White House and the Pentagon regarding the progress of Iran's nuclear weapons program.
The CIA's opinion was based on technical information gathered from satellites and other hi-tech devices that suggested high levels of radiation had not been detected.
However, the White House and the Pentagon dispute the CIA's findings. "
"Iran has developed and tested a trigger device for a nuclear bomb, Israeli agents stationed there have told the White House, according to a report published in The New Yorker Monday morning.
# 35 nations meet on denying Iran technical help for building plutonium-producing reactor
According to the report, written by Seymour M. Hersh, the White House received the information but did not pass it on to the CIA.
The report also stated that in the past six months, Israel and the United States had been working together to support a Kurdish resistance group known as the Party for Free Life in Kurdistan.
The group had been conducting clandestine cross-border forays into Iran, as 'part of an effort to explore alternative means of applying pressure on Iran,' Hersh said he was told by a government consultant with close ties to the Pentagon civilian leadership. The government consultant reportedly said Israel was supplying the Kurdish group with 'equipment and training.' The group had also been given 'a list of targets inside Iran of interest to the US.' An Israeli government spokesman denied that Israel was involved.
The Israeli intelligence presented a stark contrast to recent CIA estimates on Iran's nuclear program, which claimed that Teheran was far from attaining a nuclear bomb.
The New Yorker article seemed to suggest that there was a difference of opinion between the CIA, the White House and the Pentagon regarding the progress of Iran's nuclear weapons program.
The CIA's opinion was based on technical information gathered from satellites and other hi-tech devices that suggested high levels of radiation had not been detected.
However, the White House and the Pentagon dispute the CIA's findings. "
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