US 'lacks Iran arms intelligence'
The US lacks reliable intelligence on Iran's weapons capability, including its possible plans to develop a nuclear bomb, a US Congressional report says.
The House Intelligence Committee report says more must be spent spying on Iran.
Given the "significant gaps" in US intelligence, the report questions whether the US can engage in effective dialogue with Iran.
Iran this week offered to discuss its nuclear work with world powers who suspect it is trying to build a bomb.
Iran maintains its nuclear programme has a purely civilian purpose and has rejected a UN demand to immediately stop uranium enrichment.
Iran's proposal for "serious talks" - made in response to a package of incentives offered in exchange for abandoning uranium enrichment - has drawn a cool response from Washington.
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"There is a great deal about Iran that we do not know," it says, warning that "policymakers will need high-quality intelligence to assess Iranian intentions to prepare for any new round of negotiations".
"A special concern is major gaps in our knowledge of Iranian nuclear, biological, and chemical programmes," the report says.
The committee's report recommends the US strengthen its ability to gather information on Iran's nuclear capability by hiring more agents fluent in Farsi.
The House Intelligence Committee report says more must be spent spying on Iran.
Given the "significant gaps" in US intelligence, the report questions whether the US can engage in effective dialogue with Iran.
Iran this week offered to discuss its nuclear work with world powers who suspect it is trying to build a bomb.
Iran maintains its nuclear programme has a purely civilian purpose and has rejected a UN demand to immediately stop uranium enrichment.
Iran's proposal for "serious talks" - made in response to a package of incentives offered in exchange for abandoning uranium enrichment - has drawn a cool response from Washington.
...
"There is a great deal about Iran that we do not know," it says, warning that "policymakers will need high-quality intelligence to assess Iranian intentions to prepare for any new round of negotiations".
"A special concern is major gaps in our knowledge of Iranian nuclear, biological, and chemical programmes," the report says.
The committee's report recommends the US strengthen its ability to gather information on Iran's nuclear capability by hiring more agents fluent in Farsi.
Iran may be bluffing about its military strength, the US report says
Translation 1 - we need to grow our fascist, fraud-based security state.
Translation 2 - we must know whether there is a weekness we can exploit in order to sooner spread our fascist march over the globe in search of resources to steal and ideologies that can be hardened into profitable fodder for the military industrial complex.
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