US not certain North Korea has nuclear weapons

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US not certain North Korea has nuclear weapons

By David Morgan2 hours, 26 minutes ago

The United States cannot say for certain that North Korea possesses any nuclear weapons but believes Pyongyang has continued to produce plutonium from its 5-megawatt Yongbyon reactor, top intelligence officials said on Tuesday.

In a marked departure from precedent, U.S. intelligence chief John Negroponte declined to estimate the number of nuclear devices North Korea might have assembled, despite repeated questioning by Democrats at a hearing by the Senate Committee on Armed Services.

"I've been very reluctant to get into numbers," Negroponte told the panel's annual public hearing on worldwide threats.

"We assess that they probably have nuclear weapons, as they claim that they do. But we don't know for a fact that they've got such weapons ...

[Sydnie]

1. Nothing to see in NK ... move along to Iran now please

That's an awfully big "shiny thing" to try to float out now isn't it? That is a "Close Encounters" size shiny thing.

[ugarte]

2. If you can't do anything about it, just deny the problem...nt

[Dunvegan]

3. "Death Squad" Negroponte just gave us another BushCo 1984 moment...

If you HAVE nuclear weapons (North Korea) not only do you get a pass, they become invisible to your perceived enemy.

If you DON'T HAVE nuclear weapons (Iran) you will be attacked, and your enemy can see them even if they don't exist.

[tuvor]

4. But they were so goddamned "sure" that Iraq had 'em.

Sonsabitches.

[WannaJumpMyScooter]

5. Funny how we don't know they have them, when they have

tested them, huh?