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polly7 Donating Member (1000+ posts) Send PM | Profile | Ignore Sat Apr-03-10 09:27 AM
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Reporting" on Iran should seem familiar
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"Reporting" on Iran should seem familiar"
By Glen Greenwald
Salon
Thursday, Apr 1, 2010

http://axisoflogic.com/artman/publish/Article_59141.shtml


"Fox News currently has an article at the top of its website that is headlined: "CIA: Iran Moving Closer to Nuclear Weapon." The report, by DOD and State Department correspondent Justin Fishel, begins with this alarming claim:


A recently published report by the Central Intelligence Agency says Iran is still working on building a nuclear weapon despite some technical setbacks and international resistance -- and the Pentagon say it's still concerned about Iran's ambitions.

But, as blogger George Maschke notes, that statement is categorically false. The actual report, to which the Fox article links and which the DNI was required by Congress to submit, says no such thing. Rather, this is its core finding:"


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