Nie Report

How Mainstream Media Echoed a Fabricated Story

Omid Memarian | Posted 01.25.2008 | Media


Omid Memarian

There have been lots of outlets criticizing the fake story of speedboats. But mainstream media outlets did not cover the reality behind the story properly.

Pentagon Says Threat May Not Have Come From Iranian Boats

Think Progress | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


Earlier this week, the Pentagon said that three of its Navy ships in the Strait of Hormuz had been harassed and provoked by Iranian speedboats. The Na...

Iranian TV Airs Video Of US-Iran Naval Encounter In Persian Gulf

AP | LAUREN FRAYER | Posted 01.10.2008 | Politics


Iran aired video Thursday of its boats and U.S. naval ships in the Persian Gulf in an apparent attempt to show that there was no confrontation between...

Video Recordings Show Iran-US Clash In Persian Gulf

AP | LOLITA C. BALDOR and SEBASTIAN ABBOT | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics


Small Iranian fast boats swarmed around massive U.S. warships in the Persian Gulf, and a man speaking heavily accented English threatened, "I am comin...

U.S. Describes Confrontation With Iranian Boats

NY Times | THOM SHANKER and BRIAN KNOWLTON | Posted 01.08.2008 | Politics


Five armed Iranian speedboats approached three United States Navy warships in international waters in the strategic Strait of Hormuz on Sunday, then m...

Republicans Want "Alternative" Iran Nuke Report

AP | PAMELA HESS | Posted 12.12.2007 | Politics


Some Republicans in Congress are second-guessing a government intelligence report that Iran has abandoned its nuclear weapons program. They want a sec...

Pentagon: Iran Nuke Report Won't Change Military Planning

AP | ROBERT BURNS | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


A new intelligence estimate downplaying Iran's nuclear ambitions has not changed the way the Defense Department views the country that has been long c...

GOP Senators Call For Inquiry Into Iran National Intelligence Estimate

Washington Post | Robin Wright and Glenn Kessler | Posted 12.07.2007 | Politics


Senate Republicans are planning to call for a congressional commission to investigate the conclusions of the new National Intelligence Estimate on Ira...

Bolton's Sleazy Attack on the NIE

Gareth Porter | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


Gareth Porter

As we should expect, Bolton's attack is full of dishonest arguments, and it reveals the desperation of the war party.

Stupid Intelligence

Alan Dershowitz | Posted 12.06.2007 | Politics


Alan Dershowitz

The authors of the perverse NIE report, which is influencing policy so negatively, will have much to answer for if their assessment results in a reduction of pressure on Iran.

Arianna on Live with Dan Abrams

Huff TV | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


Huff TV

2007-12-06-ahabramspt2pull.jpgArianna discusses right-wing attacks on the latest NIE Iran report with Cliff May and Lawrence O'Donnell on Live with Dan Abrams.

Shut Up and Talk!

Tom Andrews | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


Tom Andrews

The White House needs to shut up with its threats and start talking with Iran. Threats empower the hawks in Tehran with Bush's favorite weapon: fear.

Democrats Hit Bush's Credibility With New Iran Report

The Hill | Roxana Tiron | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


Congressional Democrats are capitalizing on the latest intelligence estimate on Iran's nuclear weapons development to question President Bush's credib...

Rudy Releases New Campaign Ad Focusing On Iran

New York Times | Lisa Tozzi | Posted 12.05.2007 | Politics


Just two days after the release of a National Intelligence Report that has made Iran the flashpoint of debate in the presidential race, the Giuliani c...

White House Question of the Day

Steve Young | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


Steve Young

Who in the Bush Administration will be in charge of outing the NIE's wife, and when will the President not know about it?* Yours Truly, Joe WIlson *...

Neocons Attack U.S. Iran Report As "Intelligence Scam"

New York Times | Posted 12.04.2007 | Politics


The National Intelligence Estimate released on Monday resounded with the authority of 16 American spy agencies in agreement that Iran halted its nucle...

Stunning: U.S. Report Says Iran Shelved Nuke Program Years Ago

New York Times | MARK MAZZETTI | Posted 12.03.2007 | Politics


A new assessment by American intelligence agencies concludes that Iran halted its nuclear weapons program in 2003 and that the program remains frozen,...


 

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