Why not?
Reader comment on: The Van Diepen Demarche

Submitted by darth, Dec 5, 2007 17:24

Why not save a lot of time and let Iran put moles and spies in the State Department and at the CIA. Have them wear name tags. That way on a really really good day we might catch one, but I doubt it!

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↔ Tom Fingar, formerly of the State Department's Bureau of Intelligence and Research Vann Van Diepen, the National Intelligence Officer for WMD Kenneth... [MORE]	no one	Dec 26, 2007 16:00
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↔ The magic number is 100 pounds of highly enriched U-235. The rest is easy, and no testing is needed. The... [MORE]	oracle2world	Dec 5, 2007 21:29
↔ And when, exactly, was the last time an Iranian used a suicide bomb, or, more pointedly, a weapon of mass... [MORE]	Jamie Newman	Dec 5, 2007 19:57
↔ It is astonishing that Americans sit by and watch their society unravel with barley a murmer of dissent. The about... [MORE]	Steve	Dec 5, 2007 18:40
↔ ↔ With the benefit of hindsight it is now possible for us to declare that Iran is only interested in peaceful... [MORE]	Jaffer Clarke	Dec 6, 2007 10:51
↔ ↔ These shadow government clowns at the CIA and other agencies act and believe they control our elected government and foreign... [MORE]	Buzz	Dec 5, 2007 17:42
↔ ↔ ↔ Having served in the Federal Government for more than 34 years I couldn't agree more with Buzz's comments. Civil Servants... [MORE]	Dennis Stayer	Dec 5, 2007 23:51
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Civil servants owe a duty to be objective in their analysis for the purpose of informing policy makers. Their duty... [MORE]	Richard Stark	Dec 6, 2007 07:23
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ To us old folks this sounds like the debate we had after WWII that McCarthy got right. The traitors in... [MORE]	Carl Hoffman	Dec 5, 2007 17:26
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Why not save a lot of time and let Iran put moles and spies in the State Department and at...	darth	Dec 5, 2007 17:24
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ This is pure politics. Israel just leveled a joint Syrian and Iran nuclear weapons production site in Syria. Remember we... [MORE]	Lou Rodgers	Dec 5, 2007 16:38
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔	Chris	Dec 5, 2007 19:34
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Now the cold civil war against the Bush administration is squarely in the open. The schemers and plotters in what... [MORE]	Ardmoor Oakes	Dec 5, 2007 11:04
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ And just when do we start convicting and then hanging people for treason? D.C. would be the new Boot Hill... [MORE]	David D	Dec 5, 2007 16:55
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Both chasli and JG have persuasive sounding arguments. chasli's is based on the theory that what's good for the goose... [MORE]	Mike Riezenman	Dec 4, 2007 23:13
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ The bottom line remains that if it's allright for Israel, Pakistan, and India to have nuclear weapons, it's allright for... [MORE]	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 09:50
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔	chili	Dec 4, 2007 11:01
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Mr. La, Do you know anything whatever about the history of the Khomeinist revolution? Are you aware that the motto of... [MORE]	J G	Dec 4, 2007 11:30
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Dear J G, You totally miss my logic. Using your analogy, if I choose to have my good old friend (let's... [MORE]	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 13:17
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ Chasli it's not a double standard, it's just a standard. World community expects nuclear powers to behave in a civilized... [MORE]	Jack Sheet	Dec 4, 2007 16:15
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ La-la, etc. is right, but not in the delusional way chasli either dreams it, or would have everyone else believe.... [MORE]	John Spencer Yantiss	Dec 4, 2007 18:03
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 19:15
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ "World community expects nuclear powers to behave in a civilized responsible fashion. That does not describe current Iranian regime." That... [MORE]	chasli	Dec 4, 2007 19:35
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ This writer presents little but sophistry, disingenuousness, and naivety in his comments.To suggest that the current US administration is not... [MORE]	Jack Jameson	Dec 5, 2007 19:20
↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ ↔ "This writer presents little but sophistry, disingenuousness, and naivety in his comments. To suggest that the current US administration is... [MORE]	chasli	Dec 6, 2007 16:25