CIA: Iran NOT Developing Nuclear Weapons

The truth will set us free.

The fact that there is zero evidence that Iran is developing nuclear weapons surprises few of us who have been following the administration's rhetorical build-up to war with Iran (strategically identical to the Iraq pre-war WMD propaganda campaign).

Thankfully, investigative reporter Seymour Hersh not only confirms our scepticism, but reveals this week in The New Yorker , a classifed draft CIA assessment which found no firm evidence of a secret drive by Iran to develop nuclear weapons, as alleged by the White House.

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