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"Low" confidence and zero credibility

Apr 26 2008 11:44pm
Worth noting:
When the Central Intelligence Agency on Thursday rolled out evidence to support allegations that North Korea had helped Syria build a nuclear reactor, officials said they had “low” confidence that Syria was developing the reactor to produce nuclear weapons.
I don't know what to make of the whole story. The White House kept the evidence under wraps for months, telling only a few select members of Congress, and then decided last week, for some clearly political reason, to make it public. Who was the intended audience of the move? Was it to pressure North Korea in the negotiations? To threaten an attack on Syria? (against what? the already-destroyed building?) To interfere with Syrian-Israeli peace negotiations? To warn Iran?

The CIA presentation is here. It's compelling enough except for the little problem, that no one believes a word from this administration, not after a war based on fabricated and cherrypicked intelligence. People still remember Colin Powell's powerful evidence at the UN that turned out to be entirely bogus. So I'm ambivalent.

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