Al Qaeda's Intent Concerns The CIA

CIA Director Michael Hayden

CIA: Intent Makes Al-Qaeda Top Nuclear Concern
-- USA Today

WASHINGTON (AP) — Iran and North Korea both have the capability to produce nuclear weapons but al-Qaeda is the CIA's top nuclear concern because it is most likely to use them, agency director Michael Hayden said Tuesday.

"There is no greater national security threat facing the United States than al-Qaeda and its associates," Hayden said, according to a copy of his remarks prepared for the Los Angeles World Affairs Council.

With regard to North Korea, a known nuclear power, and Iran, Hayden said: "The question is not of capability, but intent."

In 2006, North Korea conducted an underground nuclear test, removing any doubt it had the means to make a nuclear warhead.

Iran has not yet demonstrated a nuclear explosion, but Hayden said it has the scientific and industrial capacity to produce nuclear weapons "eventually." It fuels suspicion by refusing to allow international inspectors into its nuclear facilities.

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My Comment: CIA Director Hayden rationalizes that it is not capability that concerns him, but intent from Al Qaeda. Hmmmmm .... since half the elites in other countries hate the U.S., and most international polls support such a proposition, the intent is there .... and I must venture so is the capability.