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| U.S. Confirms Authenticity of Secret Iran Nuclear Docs, Officials See Game Over for Deal |
| 2018-05-01 |
| [The Washington Free Beacon] Trump administration officials praise Netanyahu's 'powerful presentation' U.S. officials and congressional insiders view the disclosure Monday by Israel of Iran's ongoing efforts to develop a nuclear weapon as game over for the landmark nuclear deal, telling the Washington Free Beacon that new evidence of Iran's top secret nuclear workings makes it virtually impossible for President Donald Trump to remain in the agreement. Senior Trump administration officials confirmed the findings as authentic and praised Israeli Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu's for disclosing thousands of secret documents proving Iran lied about its past work on a nuclear warhead, telling the Free Beacon the revelation was a "powerful presentation" by Israel outlining why the Iran deal must be fixed or killed. U.S. officials who reviewed the secret documents confirmed their authenticity and said that Israel has shared the information fully with the United States, most likely to help build the case for Trump to abandon the nuclear deal, rather than try to fix what the White House views as a series of insurmountable flaws. A State Department official confirmed to the Free Beacon Monday evening that it is "aware of the information just released" by Israel and is "examining it carefully." "The United States has reviewed many of the documents Israel has obtained relating to Iran’s nuclear weapons program," an official confirmed to the Free Beacon. "We assess that the documents that we have reviewed are authentic." The State Department further confirmed that "new details in this information are consistent with a large body of evidence and intelligence the U.S. government has amassed over many years on Iran’s past clandestine nuclear weapons program," according to the official. While the administration's analysis of the document cache is "ongoing," officials said they "agree with the Israelis that…. this information provides new and compelling details about Iran's past efforts to develop nuclear weapons deliverable by a Shahab-3 ballistic missile." |
| Posted by:3dc |
| #6 Will we get out pallets of cash back? So, when do the arrest warrents for Obutthead and ValJar get issued? |
| Posted by: Betty Hatfield5124 2018-05-01 19:10 |
| #5 Just a minute, Matt! Did you forget the Russian Collusion Affair? |
| Posted by: Bobbys iphone 2018-05-01 16:10 |
| #4 #3, No, first we have to get to the bottom (as it were) of the all-important Stormy Daniels affair. |
| Posted by: Matt 2018-05-01 09:43 |
| #3 Can we arrest Rhodes and Obama et. al. for treason now? |
| Posted by: AlanC 2018-05-01 09:32 |
| #2 "Any comment Mr. Rhodes? Any comment?" |
| Posted by: Frank G 2018-05-01 06:41 |
| #1 Abbas Araghchi, Iran's deputy foreign minister, says "The Iran nuclear deal is no longer sustainable for Iran in its present form, without regard to a US exit." (@dpa quoting ISNA news agency |
| Posted by: 3dc 2018-05-01 01:04 |