April 12, 2012

U.S., Israel Put Big Bet on Iran Intelligence

Ronen Bergman, New York Times

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Even without firm knowledge that the supreme leader had ordered his scientists to assemble a bomb, such information could help guide analysis and decision making, which nobody can afford to approach lightly. A miscalculation could be the worst possible outcome.

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