Hersh: CIA Has No Firm Evidence of Iran Nuke Drive
The CIA has found no hard evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, The New Yorker's Sy Hersh reports. Also, Hersh reports that Cheney has vowed to circumvent Congress and pursue military options against Tehran.The CIA has found no hard evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, The New Yorker’s Sy Hersh reports.
Your support is crucial...AP:
A classified draft CIA assessment has found no firm evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, as alleged by the White House, a top US investigative reporter has said.
Seymour Hersh, writing in an article for the November 27 issue of the magazine The New Yorker released in advance, reported on whether the administration of Republican President George W. Bush was more, or less, inclined to attack Iran after Democrats won control of Congress last week.
A month before the November 7 legislative elections, Hersh wrote, Vice President Dick Cheney attended a national-security discussion that touched on the impact of Democratic victory in both chambers on Iran policy.
“If the Democrats won on November 7th, the vice president said, that victory would not stop the administration from pursuing a military option with Iran,” Hersh wrote, citing a source familiar with the discussion.
Cheney said the White House would circumvent any legislative restrictions “and thus stop Congress from getting in its way,” he said.
As we navigate an uncertain 2025, with a new administration questioning press freedoms, the risks are clear: our ability to report freely is under threat.
Your tax-deductible donation enables us to dig deeper, delivering fearless investigative reporting and analysis that exposes the reality beneath the headlines — without compromise.
Now is the time to take action. Stand with our courageous journalists. Donate today to protect a free press, uphold democracy and uncover the stories that need to be told.
Media
Two decades after Webb’s death, the U.S. government hasn’t kicked the habit of wreaking lethal havoc at home and abroad.
TD Interview
The director of “JFK” on the Kennedy cover-up, why he was killed, and what the country—and the world—suffered as a result.
Ear to the Ground
Reports of rampant sexual abuse pile up at Langley headquarters.
TD Interview
How Kissinger and the CIA bolstered the regime of Augusto Pinochet for years—until they couldn’t.
TD Original
A comprehensive review of the U.S. role in the 1973 coup of Salvador Allende and its aftermath.
A closer look at the Trump administration's agreement with the Taliban reveals all the president's concerned with is bragging rights.
You need to be a supporter to comment.
There are currently no responses to this article.
Be the first to respond.