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2010-07-13 Home Front: WoT

Iran's missing nuclear scientist seeks refuge in interest section in U.S.

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Posted by tipper 2010-07-13 10:15|| || Front Page|| [4 views ] Top

#1 Defection-redefection. This guy was not a bona fide defector. US intelligence has still not absorbed basic lessons from facing the Soviets in the 1960s. Everything this guy Amiri told the US authorities is suspect.

I'm sure he mostly told the truth, but there are one or two important lies in his story -- probably stuff to the effect that Iran is five or more years away from a bomb when time is much shorter.

Posted by Pstanley 2010-07-13 12:08|| 2010-07-13 12:08|| Front Page Top

#2 Reuters article says we have videos:

An Iranian nuclear scientist who turned up at the Iranian interests section of Pakistan's embassy in Washington came to the United States voluntarily and decided to leave freely, a U.S. official said on Tuesday.

Shahram Amiri's "actions -- his multiple videos and now his trip to the Iranian interests section -- clearly prove he was not held in the United States against his will," the official said on condition of anonymity.

Posted by trailing wife 2010-07-13 15:46|| 2010-07-13 15:46|| Front Page Top

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