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| U.S. Deploys Slide Show to Press Case Against Iran |
| 2005-09-14 |
| With an hour-long slide show that blends satellite imagery with disquieting assumptions about Iran's nuclear energy program, Bush administration officials have been trying to convince allies that Tehran is on a fast track toward nuclear weapons. The PowerPoint briefing, titled "A History of Concealment and Deception," has been presented to diplomats from more than a dozen countries. Several diplomats said the presentation, intended to win allies for increasing pressure on the Iranian government, dismisses ambiguities in the evidence about Iran's intentions and omits alternative explanations under debate among intelligence analysts. The presenters argue that the evidence leads solidly to a conclusion that Iran's nuclear program is aimed at producing weapons, according to diplomats who have attended the briefings and U.S. officials who helped to assemble the slide show. But even U.S. intelligence estimates acknowledge that other possibilities are plausible, though unverified. |
| Posted by:Captain America |
| #8 Mrs D: Try Phour or Phive. |
| Posted by: Jackal 2005-09-14 15:22 |
| #7 It's still more than Europe's done. |
| Posted by: Robert Crawford 2005-09-14 13:01 |
| #6 "Gentlemen, the time has come. We face our destiny with open eyes and firm resolve. Prepare to deploy...the Slide Show of Doom™. May G-d have mercy on our souls." |
| Posted by: Seafarious 2005-09-14 12:17 |
| #5 Bush administration officials have been trying to convince allies that Tehran is on a fast track toward nuclear weapons If by allies they mean anyone other than Israel, good luck with that. |
| Posted by: JerseyMike 2005-09-14 08:44 |
| #4 #1 Not PowerPoint again! No, it's PowerPoint Pro Plus 3.0! Too bad there's not a number beginning with p. |
| Posted by: Mrs. Davis 2005-09-14 07:42 |
| #3 Hasn't anybody in the US government ever read any of Edward Tufte's books? Unfortunately, Eric, the data to ink ratios of most product coming out of the government remain incredibly low. Some parts of the Navy seem relatively immune to this, but otherwise, I shudder. |
| Posted by: 11A5S 2005-09-14 07:31 |
| #2 Relax, Eric, they used the animated features in PowerPoint to compel the cynical audience members that Iranian nukes are bad, bad... |
| Posted by: Captain America 2005-09-14 00:58 |
| #1 Not PowerPoint again! Hasn't anybody in the US government ever read any of Edward Tufte's books? Has anyone there read Peter Norvig's translation of the Gettysburg Address into PowerPoint? |
| Posted by: Eric Jablow 2005-09-14 00:43 |