Is this just hitting the Right wing Blogosphere today? It's more than a month old, based on FOIA requests, and is many, many, many layers below Obama.
Obama and the P5+1 are doing what they can to realistically prevent a Nuclear Iran, rather than pushing for a Nuclear Iran. If the talks fail, and there is no agreement with Iran, THAT will speed up a nuclear Iran.
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US Confirmed Existence of Israeli H-Bomb Program in 1987
Posted By Grant Smith On February 13, 2015 @ 11:00 pm In Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Back in 1987, according to a tightly-held report produced for the Pentagon, (PDF) the Israelis were "developing the kind of codes which will enable them to make hydrogen bombs. That is, codes which detail fission and fusion processes on a microscopic and macroscopic level."
Such research was taking place in Israeli facilities similar to the major US nuclear weapons development sites. "The SOREQ and the Dimona/Beer Shiva facilities are the equivalent of our Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. The SOREQ center runs the full nuclear gamut of activities from engineering, administration and non-destructive testing to electro-optics, pulsed power, process engineering and chemistry and nuclear research and safety. This is the technology base required for nuclear weapons design and fabrication."
Israel’s facilities at the time were stunningly advanced. "The capability of SOREQ to support SDIO and nuclear technologies is almost an exact parallel of the capability currently existing at our National Laboratories." The report, produced by the Institute for Defense Analysis for the Department of Defense was to provide an assessment of NATO and Israel’s weapons development initiatives of potential application to the Reagan Administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI more popularly known as "Star Wars."
Informal and Freedom of Information Act release of such information is rare. Under two known gag orders – punishable by imprisonment – US security-cleared government agency employees and contractors may not disclose that Israel has a nuclear weapons program. GEN-16 is a "no-comment" regulation on "classified information in the public domain." "DOE Classification Bulletin WPN-136 on Foreign Nuclear Capabilities" forbids stating what 63.9 percent of Americans already know – that Israel has a nuclear arsenal.
The 1987 report’s confirmation of Israel’s advanced nuclear weapons program should have immediately triggered a cutoff in all U.S. aid to Israel under the Symington and Glenn Amendments to the US Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Although 100 copies of the tightly-controlled report were apparently published, none seem to have made their way into the office of the President in time to cut off any of the $82 billion in aid subsequently delivered to Israel – or publicly issue the required waivers. This is done in the case of other countries with weapons programs operating outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation regime such as Pakistan.
Similarly, the US did not move to curb as required Israel’s weapons-related work using the Soreq reactor, lab and testing facilities – provided by US taxpayers in the late 1950’s under Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Program under the provision they not be used for weapons programs.
The lack American presidential of compliance – right up to the present day – with Symington and Glenn may be why the Pentagon fought to restrict release of the unclassified report in federal court, citing perpetual "nondisclosure agreements." In December the DoD insisted that only the Israeli government had final authority over its release, before finally throwing in the towel. (PDF)
On the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Congress and AIPAC to thwart a diplomatic deal over NNPT signer Iran’s civilian nuclear program, the report provides interesting reading to Americans tiring of US government corruption on this important foreign aid law and the non-proliferation regime.
Obama and the P5+1 are doing what they can to realistically prevent a Nuclear Iran, rather than pushing for a Nuclear Iran. If the talks fail, and there is no agreement with Iran, THAT will speed up a nuclear Iran.
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US Confirmed Existence of Israeli H-Bomb Program in 1987
Posted By Grant Smith On February 13, 2015 @ 11:00 pm In Uncategorized | 7 Comments
Back in 1987, according to a tightly-held report produced for the Pentagon, (PDF) the Israelis were "developing the kind of codes which will enable them to make hydrogen bombs. That is, codes which detail fission and fusion processes on a microscopic and macroscopic level."
Such research was taking place in Israeli facilities similar to the major US nuclear weapons development sites. "The SOREQ and the Dimona/Beer Shiva facilities are the equivalent of our Los Alamos, Lawrence Livermore and Oak Ridge National Laboratories. The SOREQ center runs the full nuclear gamut of activities from engineering, administration and non-destructive testing to electro-optics, pulsed power, process engineering and chemistry and nuclear research and safety. This is the technology base required for nuclear weapons design and fabrication."
Israel’s facilities at the time were stunningly advanced. "The capability of SOREQ to support SDIO and nuclear technologies is almost an exact parallel of the capability currently existing at our National Laboratories." The report, produced by the Institute for Defense Analysis for the Department of Defense was to provide an assessment of NATO and Israel’s weapons development initiatives of potential application to the Reagan Administration’s Strategic Defense Initiative, or SDI more popularly known as "Star Wars."
Informal and Freedom of Information Act release of such information is rare. Under two known gag orders – punishable by imprisonment – US security-cleared government agency employees and contractors may not disclose that Israel has a nuclear weapons program. GEN-16 is a "no-comment" regulation on "classified information in the public domain." "DOE Classification Bulletin WPN-136 on Foreign Nuclear Capabilities" forbids stating what 63.9 percent of Americans already know – that Israel has a nuclear arsenal.
The 1987 report’s confirmation of Israel’s advanced nuclear weapons program should have immediately triggered a cutoff in all U.S. aid to Israel under the Symington and Glenn Amendments to the US Foreign Assistance Act of 1961. Although 100 copies of the tightly-controlled report were apparently published, none seem to have made their way into the office of the President in time to cut off any of the $82 billion in aid subsequently delivered to Israel – or publicly issue the required waivers. This is done in the case of other countries with weapons programs operating outside the Nuclear Non-Proliferation regime such as Pakistan.
Similarly, the US did not move to curb as required Israel’s weapons-related work using the Soreq reactor, lab and testing facilities – provided by US taxpayers in the late 1950’s under Eisenhower’s Atoms for Peace Program under the provision they not be used for weapons programs.
The lack American presidential of compliance – right up to the present day – with Symington and Glenn may be why the Pentagon fought to restrict release of the unclassified report in federal court, citing perpetual "nondisclosure agreements." In December the DoD insisted that only the Israeli government had final authority over its release, before finally throwing in the towel. (PDF)
On the eve of Israeli Prime Minister Netanyahu’s visit to Congress and AIPAC to thwart a diplomatic deal over NNPT signer Iran’s civilian nuclear program, the report provides interesting reading to Americans tiring of US government corruption on this important foreign aid law and the non-proliferation regime.
Damn Obama got to Australia last year also and forced them to give up Israel's Nuke secrets. 
hno:
[h=1]Australian files reveal alleged knowledge of Israel nuclear arms[/h] [h=2]Sydney Morning Herald cites declassified government files that show Australia believed Israel possesses atomic weapons for over 30 years.[/h] By Haaretz | Apr. 15, 2014 | 2:21 PM |
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Declassified Australian government files allegedly reveal that Australian officials have believed for over 30 years that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Briefing papers from 1987 prepared for then Foreign Minister Bill Hayden state that "intelligence assessments are that Israel has a small arsenal of nuclear weapons (possibly about 20). Israel's technological capabilities would enable it confidently to deploy such weapons without recourse to a nuclear test," the report said.
Also in 1987, the same foreign minister told the International Atomic Energy Agency chief Hans Blix in a confidential message that "there appeared no doubt that Israel had nuclear weapons."
The conversation between the two was made against the background of Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu's treason trial and subsequent conviction for revealing Israel's alleged nuclear program.
Despite his statements in his communications with Blix, the foreign minister told the Australian parliament in 1987 that Australia has "no information to corroborate these allegations.''
But according to the Sydney Morning Herald, the foreign ministry files, declassified per the request of Fairfax Media, show Australia had an eye on the alleged Israeli nuclear program since the 1950s.
"Australia scooped US and British intelligence when in 1966 its Atomic Energy Commission obtained ''highly sensitive'' information from the French builders of Israel's Dimona nuclear facility," the article says, "revealing the existence of a chemical processing plant to extract plutonium from spent reactor fuel. By 1970 Australia's Joint Intelligence Organisation thought 'Israel could have some weapons.'"
hno:[h=1]Australian files reveal alleged knowledge of Israel nuclear arms[/h] [h=2]Sydney Morning Herald cites declassified government files that show Australia believed Israel possesses atomic weapons for over 30 years.[/h] By Haaretz | Apr. 15, 2014 | 2:21 PM |
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Declassified Australian government files allegedly reveal that Australian officials have believed for over 30 years that Israel possesses nuclear weapons, the Sydney Morning Herald reported.
Briefing papers from 1987 prepared for then Foreign Minister Bill Hayden state that "intelligence assessments are that Israel has a small arsenal of nuclear weapons (possibly about 20). Israel's technological capabilities would enable it confidently to deploy such weapons without recourse to a nuclear test," the report said.
Also in 1987, the same foreign minister told the International Atomic Energy Agency chief Hans Blix in a confidential message that "there appeared no doubt that Israel had nuclear weapons."
The conversation between the two was made against the background of Israeli nuclear technician Mordechai Vanunu's treason trial and subsequent conviction for revealing Israel's alleged nuclear program.
Despite his statements in his communications with Blix, the foreign minister told the Australian parliament in 1987 that Australia has "no information to corroborate these allegations.''
But according to the Sydney Morning Herald, the foreign ministry files, declassified per the request of Fairfax Media, show Australia had an eye on the alleged Israeli nuclear program since the 1950s.
"Australia scooped US and British intelligence when in 1966 its Atomic Energy Commission obtained ''highly sensitive'' information from the French builders of Israel's Dimona nuclear facility," the article says, "revealing the existence of a chemical processing plant to extract plutonium from spent reactor fuel. By 1970 Australia's Joint Intelligence Organisation thought 'Israel could have some weapons.'"
Hmm...is that a new flavor of firewater I haven't heard of?
For all the dimocraps down here, please fill in the following blank for me. Just one answer will suffice, assuming it's..you know, accurate.
The Stuttering Clusterfuck has done _________ to prevent Iran from getting a nuclear bomb.
This should be entertaining.
It is a presumption that Iran nuclear programme has been frozen during talks.
It is a presumption that we know all their nuclear sites.
It is a presumption that Iran does not already have sufficient enriched uranium to produce a bomb now.
It is a presumption that Iran is sincere.
It is a presumption that the Revolutionary guard does not have the real control in Iran.
It is a presumption that the Revolutionary guard does not have its own undisclosed nuclear sites.
Newsflash to the dipshit who just announced his candidacy at making a serious run for the title of most retarded PoliForum poster...
We've been "negotiating" with Iran for 60 years. You are also aware that the admin has already conceded that Iran can maintain a “peaceful” nuclear enrichment program...whatever the fuck that means? Although by all means...please feel free to show the evidence that Iran has in fact not only halted their nuclear program, but done so as a direct result of our intervention over the past year. Let me guess...we'll take their word for it?
Feel free to fuck off from this conversation and let the grown ups work it out. If we ever desperately need Wrestlemania results trivia questions answered by a 60-year-old virgin, we'll come find you.
Read what I wrote again, retard.
Your blowup doll's administration has cleared the way for Iran to maintain a "peaceful" nuclear enrichment program.
You just said the admin halted Iran's nuclear program.
Try reading those two sentences several times and see if you might arrive at a moment of clarity about why you made a total ass of yourself...and why the answer you provided is wrong. Again.
It's more than a presumption. That's why it's so important that these talks succeed. So we can have some kind of monitoring of their actions.
Iran has stopped questionable nuclear centrifuge testing: IAEA
VIENNA | By Shadia Nasralla
The flag of the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) flies in front of its headquarters during a board of governors meeting in Vienna November 28, 2013.
Reuters/Heinz-Peter Bader/Files
(Reuters) - Iran has refrained from expanding tests of more efficient models of a machine used to refine uranium under a nuclear agreement with six world powers, a U.N. report shows, allaying concerns it might be violating the accord.
Tehran's development of advanced centrifuges is sensitive because, if successful, it could enable it to produce potential nuclear bomb material at a rate several times that of the decades-old version of the machine now in use.
An interim accord in 2013 between Iran and the United States, France, Germany, Britain, China and Russia stipulated Tehran could continue its "current enrichment R&D (research and development) practices", implying they should not be stepped up.
But a U.N. nuclear agency report in November said Iran had been feeding one of several new models under development, the so-called IR-5 centrifuge, with uranium gas, prompting a debate among analysts on whether this may have been a violation.
A confidential document by the International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA), distributed among its member states on Thursday and obtained by Reuters, showed the IR-5 had been disconnected.
"The disconnection reflects Iran addressing concerns about its enrichment (of uranium)," said the Washington-based Institute for Science and International Security (ISIS), which closely tracks Iran's nuclear program.
"The disconnection provides additional confidence that Iran is abiding by its commitments under the Joint Plan of Action," it said, referring to the 2013 agreement. Still, Iran has stalled the U.N. inquiry in other areas.
International talks are resuming in Geneva on Friday with the aim of narrowing remaining gaps in negotiations to end Iran's 12-year standoff with the six powers.
The deal sought by the powers would have Iran accept limits to its uranium enrichment capacity and open up to unfettered IAEA inspections to help ensure it could not put its nuclear program to developing bombs. They also want Iran to resolve all IAEA questions to build trust in its nuclear aspirations.
In return, Iran would see a lifting of international trade and financial sanctions that hobbled its oil-based economy.
The IAEA document about the U.N. inquiry, which has run parallel to the big power talks, was issued to IAEA member states only weeks before a deadline in late March for a framework agreement between Iran and the powers. They have set themselves a deadline for a final deal at the end of June.
