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Iran’s Nuclear Program Gaining Ground: U.S. Review

C.I. — Wed, 03 Feb 2010 16:00:34 +0000

FEB. 3 – “Iran is keeping open the option of developing nuclear weapons but it remains unclear whether Tehran has the ‘political will’ to do so, the U.S. director of national intelligence said on Tuesday,” reports Reuters.

Revised NIE: Iran’s Program Continuing

C.I. — Wed, 20 Jan 2010 17:49:43 +0000

JAN. 20 - ”U.S. spy agencies evaluate that Iran has accelerated its research into creating a nuclear weapon but has yet to restart its program in full,” reports the Jerusalem Post, citing a Reuters report quoting U.S. officials.

Report: U.S. Set to Update National Intelligence Estimate on Iran

C.I. — Mon, 18 Jan 2010 18:38:06 +0000

JAN. 18 -”U.S. intelligence agencies are quietly revising their widely disputed assertion that Iran has no active program to design or build a nuclear bomb,” writes Newsweek’s Mark Hosenball.