Daily News Article - August 31, 2006
1.
Who told the Washington Times reporter that the U.S. military believes
that Iran is five to eight years away from being able to build its
first nuclear weapon?
2. What is the
'intelligence community'? Last year, when did the intelligence
community estimate that Iran would have the capability to produce a
nuclear weapon?
3. According to
the sources quoted for this article, what is the problem with
estimating that Iran is five years away from building its first nuclear
weapon? (paragraphs 4 & 6)
4. Define bipartisan. What conclusion did the House of Representatives' Committee on Intelligence come to regarding Iran?
5. What did the Committee on Intelligence's report say about Iran's current weapons supply?
6. What do you
think about the assertions that there is "a general lack of urgency
within the Bush administration to use air strikes to disable Tehran's
atomic program" (para. 1) and that there is "complacency in war
planning" (para. 10)? Be specific.