| The director of the CIA accused Iran yesterday of meddling in Iraq and said Syria was not working hard enough to stop militants entering the country to undermine Baghdad's efforts at stability. "I think it's fair to say that just about everybody who's been watching understands that Iran has been meddling in the affairs of Iraq," Porter Goss, CIA director, told the US Senate Armed Services Committee in a presentation on worldwide threats to US national security. "How that is going to work out in the future is a matter of some concern," he added. Goss also said that despite international diplomatic efforts, Iran was not being as open about its nuclear programme as it needed to be. "I also would say that their lack of candour, their lack of transparency on the subject of their nuclear programme causes people to have reasonable doubt about" their intent and capabilities, he said. |