U.S. & U.K. Intelligence Reports on Iran: August 2006

First, Chatham House (the UK's Royal Institute of International Affairs) announced the release of "Iran, Its Neighbours and the Regional Crises," a Middle East Programme report edited by Robert Lowe and Claire Spencer, in the August 23, 2006, news release "Iran’s regional position is key to its strength."

This was immediately followed by the release of the Staff Report "Recognizing Iran as a Strategic Threat: An Intelligence Challenge for the United States" prepared for the Permanent Select Committee on Intelligence Subcommittee on Intelligence Policy, U.S. House of Representatives, dated August 23, 2006 (transmittal letter dated August 18, 2006).

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Links: Reaction to the Reports

• Richard Cowan, "Congress report faults U.S. intelligence on Iran," Reuters, August 23, 2006.
• "Matthews: Neocons ‘May Be Right’ When They Say Bush ‘Has To Hit’ Iran," Think Progress, August 23, 2006.
• Joe Sudbay, "We've got no Intel on Iran, Part II, the GOP wants war," AMERICAblog, August 23, 2006.
• "US interventions have boosted Iran, says report," Guardian Unlimited (UK), August 23, 2006.
• Hannah K. Strange, "Analysis: War on terror has strengthened Iran. Regional rivals eliminated," UPI (World Peace Herald), August 23, 2006.
• "Iran 'boosted by war on terror'," BBC, August 23, 2006.
• abw, "House Intel. Iran Report," Daily Kos, August 23, 2006.
• Dafna Linzer, "U.S. Spy Agencies Criticized On Iran. GOP-Led Panel Faults Intelligence," Washington Post, August 24, 2006.
• Mark Mazzetti, "Some in G.O.P. Say Iran Threat Is Played Down," New York Times, August 24, 2006.
• Julian Borger, "'Significant gaps' in American intelligence on Iran," Guardian Unlimited (UK), August 24, 2006.
• "US 'lacks Iran arms intelligence'," BBC, August 24, 2006.
• John Rapley, "Iran ascendant," Jamica Gleaner, August 24, 2006.
• Michelle Pilecki, "'Trib' Reports US Started Iran Down the Road to Nuclear Capability," The Huffington Post, August 24, 2006.
• Michael Bowman, "US Congressional Report Highlights Intelligence Gaps on Iran's Nuclear Program," Blogger News Network, August 24, 2006.
• Larry Johnson, "Republican Chutzpah on Iran," TPM Cafe Blog, August 24, 2006; also posted on The Huffington Post.
• Laura Rozen, "Is the marketing campaign against Iran begun?" and "Avoiding Another 'Slam Dunk'?" Washington Monthly, August 24, 2006.
• mini mum, "House Intel Report on Iran: Something's Definitely Rotten--UPDATED," Daily Kos, August 24, 2006.
• Rowan Scarborough, "Iran threat grows under hard-liner, Congress reports," Washington Times, August 24, 2006.
• Swopa, "Common sense versus the Iran trap, cont'd," Needlenose, August 24, 2006.
• William Edmundson, "All the Options Are On the Table," Leiter Reports, August 24, 2006.
• Pat Lang, "Pete Hoekstra and a new Snow Job," Sic Semper Tyrannis, August 24, 2006.
• William M. Arkin, "Paving the Way to War with Iran," Early Warning/Washington Post, August 24, 2006.
• Steven D., "Republicans Want World War III, Goddamit!" Booman Tribune, August 24, 2006.
• Jim Lobe, "Republican Report Hypes Iran Threat," Inter Press Service, August 25, 2006.
• Rupert Cornwell, "American fears over Iranian 'threat'," The Independent (UK), August 25, 2006.
• "NBC, L.A. Times, Gannett labeled House report 'bipartisan,' but most of it was written by Republicans," Media Matters for America, August 25, 2006.
• John Prados, "'Fixing' Iran Intelligence," TomPaine.com, August 25, 2006.
• Ray Close, "Why Bush will Choose War Against Iran," Information Clearinghouse (uruknet.info), August 25, 2006.
• David Bourne, "America, In Danger Again," OpEdNews, August 25, 2006.
• Dave Eberhart, "Hill Report Warns of Iran Intelligence Gap," NewsMax, August 25, 2006.
• Juan Cole, "Republican Congressional Report on Iran Riddled With Errors," Informed Comment, August 25, 2006.
• Editorial: "Wanted - Scarier Intelligence," New York Times (Free Internet Press), August 25, 2006.
• Dan Riehl, "NY Times Attacks GOP, Gives Iran a Pass," NewsBusters, August 25, 2006.
• Raymond McGovern, "Hoekstra's Hoax: Hyping Up the Iran 'Threat'," antiwar.com, August 26, 2006.
• Opinion: "Hyping the hots spots," The Courier-Journal (Louisville, KY), August 26, 2006.
• Commentary: "Iran: Crying wolf again," Seattle Post-Intelligencer, August 28, 2006.
• David Isenberg, "Another US intelligence test," Asia Times, August 29, 2006.

External Links: Articles & Commentary

For the most current articles and commentary, see War in Iran: External Links 2006.