The Barack Obama administration has estimated for years that Iran was at most three months away from enriching enough nuclear fuel for an atomic bomb. But the administration only declassified this estimate at the beginning of the month, just in time for the White House to make the case for its Iran deal to Congress and the public.
Speaking to reporters and editors at our Washington bureau on Monday, Energy Secretary Ernest Moniz acknowledged that the U.S. has assessed for several years that Iran has been two to three months away from producing enough fissile material for a nuclear weapon. When asked how long the administration has held this assessment, Moniz said: "Oh quite some time." He added: "They are now, they are right now spinning, I mean enriching with 9,400 centrifuges out of their roughly 19,000. Plus all the . . . . R&D work. If you put that together it's very, very little time to go forward. That's the 2-3 months."
Brian Hale, a spokesman for the Office of the Director of National Intelligence, confirmed to me Monday that the two-to-three-month estimate for fissile material was declassified on April 1.
WNU Editor: When did the White House knew Iran's nuclear breakout time, and why did they keep it a secret? The answers and the truth are now coming out.
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The most transparent administration
Lie-la-lie...
hi WNU ive noticeD ever since youve changed to this format that the amount of articles your puttn up is dramatically down from old format why is that
You are very observant Peter St. John. In the past I always posted about 36 articles/news stories. Today .... I do 26 (with the exception of weekends). The reason why is simple .... I am working on a big project right now, and my girl friend has slated weekends for family time.
The article makes Kenneth Pollack looks like a shill.
Israel has been right all along. If they did not attack Iran it really was because they had no means to do so while being effective at it.
We are just stupid country bumpkins and Obama lied for our own good.
THATS FINE HOPE UPTICK IS BACK WHEN UR WORK IS DONE LOVE UR WORK ON HERE
St. John
" The reason why is simple .... I am working on a big project right now, and my girl friend has slated weekends for family time."
Translation; he's getting lazy.
Soft AND lazy .... and I hate it.
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