Iran, Nukes, Diplomacy and other options (catch all thread 2007-2010)

[Sean Osborne]

Stan,

Regarding HUMINT as pertains to this topic I wrote:

We need covert HUMINT in almost every area of intelligence collection. As evidenced by the 2005 and 2007 NIE we desperately need covert HUMINT assets in Iran reporting on core capabilities. No more estimations, assessments, judgements or assumptions - just good solid intelligence data.

In the very next post to this thread Jedburgh had quoted some text from an LATimes article.

.....The program has had limited success. Officials said that fewer than six well-placed Iranians have defected, and that none has been in a position to provide comprehensive information on Tehran's nuclear program.....

I re-submit my response:

Dang, there goes the coveted HUMINT. POOF!

How 'bout addressing the issue. What's your fix, Sean ?

My fix is tied to the necessity of getting well-placed HUMINT to determine the real status of the Iranian nuclear weapons program and go from there.

I'm not sure what the relelvance of this post is.

Bottom line: The enfranchised American public will elect the next chief executive decisionmaker and those who control the funding of the national policy the IC attempts to guide through their product.