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CIA scheme may have allowed U.S. claim of Iran close to nuke
CIA scheme may have allowed U.S. claim of Iran close to nuke
A CIA plan may have allowed US intelligence to claim that it had solid proof Iran was actively trying to build the final critical component of a nuclear weapon, had Iran fallen for the deception. An alleged whistleblower, who denies the charges against him, now faces up to 100 years in prison for exposing the plan.
According to declassified documents included as exhibits in Jeffrey Sterling's trial, the plan, dubbed "Operation Merlin," involved passing blueprints for a Russian design for a nuclear trigger to Iranian scientists. The blueprints were originally for an actual design for a trigger which worked, but which had been altered and rendered incomplete by the CIA before being passed on, covertly, to the Iranians.
By knowing which very specific and specialized parts were on a parts list which came with the blueprints, without the Iranians knowing that the plans were part of a CIA covert operation, US intelligence could determine if Iran was attempting to obtain any of those parts and then claim solid evidence that it was working on the final stages of a nuclear bomb, possibly as part of a public campaign advocating military action...READ MORE: CIA scheme may have allowed U.S. claim of Iran close to nuke
CIA scheme may have allowed U.S. claim of Iran close to nuke
A CIA plan may have allowed US intelligence to claim that it had solid proof Iran was actively trying to build the final critical component of a nuclear weapon, had Iran fallen for the deception. An alleged whistleblower, who denies the charges against him, now faces up to 100 years in prison for exposing the plan.
According to declassified documents included as exhibits in Jeffrey Sterling's trial, the plan, dubbed "Operation Merlin," involved passing blueprints for a Russian design for a nuclear trigger to Iranian scientists. The blueprints were originally for an actual design for a trigger which worked, but which had been altered and rendered incomplete by the CIA before being passed on, covertly, to the Iranians.
By knowing which very specific and specialized parts were on a parts list which came with the blueprints, without the Iranians knowing that the plans were part of a CIA covert operation, US intelligence could determine if Iran was attempting to obtain any of those parts and then claim solid evidence that it was working on the final stages of a nuclear bomb, possibly as part of a public campaign advocating military action...READ MORE: CIA scheme may have allowed U.S. claim of Iran close to nuke
