Another AP take: Like Iraq, US intel on Iran faulty

Like Iraq, US intel on Iran faulty

By TERENCE HUNT, AP White House Correspondent 5 minutes ago

WASHINGTON - First Iraq, now Iran. The United States has operated under a cloud of faulty intelligence in both countries.

In a bombshell intelligence assessment, the United States has backed away from its once-ironclad assertion that Tehran is intent on building nuclear bombs.

Where there once was certainty, there now is doubt. "We do not know whether it currently intends to develop nuclear weapons," the new estimate said Monday.

Compare that with what then-National Intelligence Director John Negroponte told Congress on Jan. 1. "Our assessment is that Tehran is determined to develop nuclear weapons."

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