Fred Thompson doubts Iran nuke report

Source: AP

http://www.tennessean.com/apps/pbcs.dll/article?AID=/20071205/NEWS0206/71205006

GREER, S.C. — Republican presidential candidate Fred Thompson said Tuesday he's skeptical of a new report that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program four years ago and questioned the United States' ability to gather intelligence.

"I hope that they are accurate with this assessment, but right now, I don't have the confidence in our own intelligence capabilities to make that assessment," the former Tennessee senator said after speaking to dozens of supporters at a gun shop in this early voting state. "One thing that crosses my mind is that this is information that the Iranians have put out, that they want us to kind of relax a little bit."

The new national intelligence estimate found that Iran stopped its development of a nuclear bomb in the fall of 2003, largely because of international scrutiny and pressure. The finding is in stark contrast to the comparable intelligence estimate two years ago, when U.S. agencies believed Tehran was determined to develop a nuclear weapons capability.

Thompson's remarks seemed to echo President Bush, who said Iran remained dangerous and the report should be a warning sign that the nation had a weapons program.


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One good quagmire deserves another.

Saying he cut funding while in the WH... Nothing at all mentioned about the outing of Plame and all that work down the drain.

he's just an actor.

Geez.

Sounds decidely Rovian, doesn't he?

Grandpa Munster needs to go back to Law & Order.

If the security agencies go public in an attempt to safeguard the American people from these blood-thirsty maniacs on the right, they publicly dismiss the agencies as not reliable! This is beyond the pale! What is the next step, when you have determined that your intelligence agencies cannot be trusted? That is a serious question. What is the next thing that is done?

they will try to outdo each other in pledging to ignore inconvenient intelligence reports.

This is almost a coup by the intel and military community against Bush and its not going to sit well. And of course the bought and paid for morons like fred will ignore anything that does not fit what their masters tell them.

a stupid shit just like the rest of the Iran sabre fookin' fear rattlers, as in snake.

Honestly, he's dumber than Bush.

So he can just blow it out his pockmarked ass.

from a hole in the ground even if he had a flashlight, a guide and an illustrated map.

:hi:

then immediately doubted it. Both far too stupid to be President.

:shrug:

They would much rather make shit up to help them steal even more of our money.

Thanks to the millions of idiot republican voters in this country, lying has been very successful for the republican war profiteers.

Fox Noise was saying the same thing. Rather than believe 16 agencies, they turn to the Let's Make Shit Up Dept. Again.

another War stand up and vote for Fred! :sarcasm:

The GOP: we're not just a river in Egypt

"Fred must have his own intelligence, I'd be inclined to listen to him" and so on...

Like he's not some two bit actor turned foaming at the mouth lunatic...

think that anybody is going to believe their bull shit any longer? Freddie is a nightmare for sure. He has no original thoughts. He is just a stupid old man that repeats dumb shit that he hears from somewhere. Maybe the same voices talk to him are the ones that talks to dubya.

Maybe the same voices talk to the shooter.....Nah, the devil is afraid of Cheney.

FreeRepublic. :rofl:

:crazy: :dunce:

Everyone knows the CIA is full of a bunch of tree-huggin, dope-lovin, bush-hatin libruls