Comments on: More on NCRI and Iran https://totalwonkerr.net/2006/11/01/more-on-ncri-and-iran/ Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:12:13 +0000 hourly 1 https://wordpress.org/?v=7.0 By: Stephen https://totalwonkerr.net/2006/11/01/more-on-ncri-and-iran/#comment-395 Sat, 04 Nov 2006 07:12:13 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/more-on-ncri-and-iran/#comment-395 Is this the same NCRI that the US state department has designated a Foreign Terrorist Organization?

http://www.state.gov/r/pa/prs/ps/2003/23311.htm

]]> By: BP https://totalwonkerr.net/2006/11/01/more-on-ncri-and-iran/#comment-394 Thu, 02 Nov 2006 08:52:55 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/more-on-ncri-and-iran/#comment-394 t this justification then, that it is high-time the IAEA acquired a more independent means of verification and safeguards, rather than relying (and waiting) on information from its member states?</p>]]> It seems rather surprising that the US were not aware of how far the Iranians had gotten, however as you mentioned, this certainly is a possibility. Having said this, isn’t this justification then, that it is high-time the IAEA acquired a more independent means of verification and safeguards, rather than relying (and waiting) on information from its member states?

]]> By: Andy https://totalwonkerr.net/2006/11/01/more-on-ncri-and-iran/#comment-393 Wed, 01 Nov 2006 23:35:56 +0000 http://www.totalwonkerr.net/more-on-ncri-and-iran/#comment-393 ll never get any intelligence from them that doesn’t somehow support their objectives. We saw this with Curveball and the Iraqi dissident movement and even Kuwaiti’s after Iraq’s invasion. Remember the baby incubators?</p> <p>Dissident groups often advertise they have unique access to sources inside a country, and sometimes they actually do, but they information they provide must always be viewed with a great degree of skepticism.</p>]]> The problem with NCRI and other dissendent groups is that you’ll never get any intelligence from them that doesn’t somehow support their objectives. We saw this with Curveball and the Iraqi dissident movement and even Kuwaiti’s after Iraq’s invasion. Remember the baby incubators?

Dissident groups often advertise they have unique access to sources inside a country, and sometimes they actually do, but they information they provide must always be viewed with a great degree of skepticism.

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