U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran

The 29-page report, principally written by a Republican staff member on the House intelligence committee who holds a hard-line view on Iran….chides the intelligence community for not providing enough direct evidence to support that assertion.

The report relies exclusively on publicly available documents. Its authors did not interview intelligence officials. Still, it warns the intelligence community to avoid the mistakes made regarding weapons of mass destruction before the Iraq war, noting that Iran could easily be engaged in “a denial and deception campaign to exaggerate progress on its nuclear program as Saddam Hussein apparently did concerning his WMD programs.”