Did Israel Know About Iran Report Before Bush?

According to Haaretz, Israel has known about the Iran NIE “for more than a month. The first information on it was passed on to Defense Minister Ehud Barak, and to Shaul Mofaz, who is the minister responsible for the strategic dialog with the Americans.

>> Haaretz

White House contradicts Bush

WASHINGTON (CNN) — President Bush was told in August that Iran’s nuclear weapons program “may be suspended,” the White House said Wednesday, which seemingly contradicts the account of the meeting given by Bush Tuesday.

Adm. Mike McConnell, the director of national intelligence, told Bush the new information might cause intelligence officials to change their assessment of the Iranian program, but said analysts needed to review the new data before making a final judgment, White House press secretary Dana Perino said late Wednesday.

“Director McConnell said that the new information might cause the intelligence community to change its assessment of Iran’s covert nuclear program, but the intelligence community was not prepared to draw any conclusions at that point in time, and it wouldn’t be right to speculate until they had time to examine and analyze the new data,” Perino said in a statement issued by the White House.

The new account from Perino seems to contradict the president’s version of his August conversation with McConnell and raised new questions about why Bush continued to warn the American public about a threat from Iran two months after being told a new assessment was in the works.

>> CNN

Torture methods – CIA style?

‘CIA ENHANCED INTERROGATION TECHNIQUES’

 

• Water boarding: prisoner bound to a board with feet raised, and cellophane wrapped round his head. Water is poured onto his face and is said to produce a fear of drowning
• Cold cell: prisoner made to stand naked in a cold, though not freezing, cell and doused with water
• Standing: Prisoners stand for 40 hours and more, shackled to the floor
• Belly slap: a hard slap to the stomach with an open hand. This is designed to be painful but not to cause injury

Source: Described to ABC News by un-named CIA agents in 2005

>> BBC News UK

Star Wars? – Nope

Headquarters of a Radio station, Radio Muzyka Fakty Sp.z oo (RFM-FM), in Poland. This is a completed facility!

>> Monolith.com