From the Telegraph:
Read it here.
British spy chiefs have grave doubts that Iran has mothballed its nuclear weapons programme, as a US intelligence report claimed last week, and believe the CIA has been hoodwinked by Teheran.
The timing of the CIA report has also provoked fury in the British Government, where officials believe it has undermined efforts to impose tough new sanctions on Iran and made an Israeli attack on its nuclear facilities more likely.
Some on the left are characterizing the NIE as the CIA's "declaration of independence" from the administration. [here] This is a dangerous perspective -- we cannot afford to have rogue agencies -- and raises the question again as to whether the CIA has outlived its usefulness. Maybe the whole rotten structure should be shut down.
