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RUSH: National Intelligence Estimate. ‘British spy chiefs have grave doubts that Iran has mothballed its nuclear weapons programme, as a US intelligence report claimed last week. Analysts believe that Iranian staff, knowing their phones were tapped, deliberately gave misinformation. 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.\u2019 I have heard some of the wildest theories to explain this NIE and the timing. Now, to set up some of these theories, let\u2019s go back to Friday where we learned that this past June, this past summer, one of the three authors of the key judgment, that being that the Iranians had shut down their program in 2003, Thomas Finger, testified before Congress — this is seven months ago, five months ago, something — ‘Yes, we\u2019re very concerned the Iranian nuclear program prepares unabated, weapons program, they\u2019re enriching uranium,\u2019 and so forth. So now, all of a sudden, a few months ago, ‘Nope, they stopped in 2003.\u2019 <\/p>\n

Now, we\u2019ve all heard the theories that this is a bunch of rogue intelligence analysts who have an axe to grind, trying to sabotage Bush administration policy. There are also those who think that these intelligence people are simply trying to become policy makers and go beyond their charge as intelligence analysts. But here\u2019s the most interesting theory that I have heard, and it\u2019s just a theory. It\u2019s backed up by a piece of information. I think this was in the Washington Post over the weekend as well. That members of the United States, some intel people or whoever, I forget off the top of my head, met in Iran in 2005 with Hashemi Rafsanjani. Now Hashemi Rafsanjani is one of the wealthiest men in Iran. He was the Ayatollah Khomeini\u2019s right-hand man all during the eighties. It was Hashemi Rafsanjani who persuaded and convinced Khomeini to end the eight year war with Iraq. I mention this only to give you an idea of his influence. He apparently is still very, very powerful in that country, even though he\u2019s not part of the official leadership structure that you would see anywhere. <\/p>\n

Apparently some Americans, some people had dinner with Rafsanjani in 2005, he told \u2019em, ‘Look, we\u2019re not doing a nuclear thing for a nuclear weapon. But we do want to show the world that we could if we had to.\u2019 And apparently that was factored in the NIE, that Hashemi Rafsanjani said, ‘No, you guys have got it all wrong, we\u2019re not trying to build a nuclear weapon, but we want to show the world we can if we have to.\u2019 Hashemi Rafsanjani would be one of the most affected Iranians if sanctions were tightened further. He\u2019s got offshore accounts, and apparently the wealth that he has acquired and accumulated since his days with Khomeini is immense. Now, that backs up another theory. The wildest theory I\u2019ve heard is that this is something the White House has done on purpose, and I\u2019m not going to be able to give you all the information before the break, but basically it is to put pressure on the Israelis and the Saudis to get serious about a Middle East peace deal, the Palestinians, because none of these people in that region want a nuclear Iran whatsoever. So to stop a nuclear Iran — because the Annapolis thing didn\u2019t go well, none of these peace conferences ever do. <\/p>\n

We\u2019ll be back. I\u2019ll give you this in more detail. It\u2019s a theory now, keep in mind.<\/p>\n

BREAK TRANSCRIPT<\/p>\n

RUSH: Now, back to the theory, and it\u2019s sort of off the charts. But folks, it is so odd, you know, people are trying to explain this because I can\u2019t recall ever when a report, an ambiguous bureaucratic report so undercut the strategery of the president in war or peace. I really think every candidate on both sides should be asked how they intend to get control of the shadow governments here that run this country from the state department in the United Spooks of America in the CIA. We should ask Obama and Hillary, ‘Are you gonna negotiate with the United States Department of America, are you going to negotiate with the United Spooks of America?\u2019 Really, this is why people are trying to figure out: What does this really mean? Because this is the only time that this intelligence analysis has been offered, and it\u2019s from four years ago, it\u2019s four years old, and people are saying nothing in Washington is ever as it seems, so what\u2019s really behind this? So I told you this story, Hashemi Rafsanjani, whose full name is Ali Akbar Hashemi Rafsanjani Sahib Skyhook. He would be dramatically affected negatively by sanctions. He\u2019s one of the wealthiest men in Iran. <\/p>\n

The theory goes that the Middle East peace situation is something crucial; it has to have some movement. The Annapolis conference didn\u2019t do anything, coupled with the fact that the United Arab Emirates, the Saudis, the Israelis, all of the oil states in the Middle East, not one of them wants anything to do with a nuclear Iran. Okay? Then out of the blue, US intelligence says, ‘Hey, guess what? They\u2019re not trying to put together a nuclear weapon. They stopped in 2003.\u2019 And the Saudis say, ‘What? Why, we can\u2019t trust that.\u2019 And the Israelis say, ‘BS. We know this is not true.\u2019 The United Arab Emirates say, ‘Oh, my, oh, gee, we\u2019re trying to build this big palace and vacation resort area over here. What?\u2019 And then of course the guys in Qatar do the same thing. In Britain, and in France, and Germany, they\u2019re saying, ‘What?\u2019 Even the IAEA says, ‘Well, this doesn\u2019t quite jibe with what we have, and we\u2019re not even being allowed to inspect.\u2019 <\/p>\n

You add to that the fact that the Iranians have not had to demonstrate they got rid of it. We\u2019re just trusting the word of the NIE and whoever told them. So people say, ‘This doesn\u2019t make any sense, it makes no sense whatsoever,\u2019 unless — this is the theory — the United States government wants to pressure Israel and the Saudi Arabians to get serious about peace in the Middle East. The best way to do it is to isolate them and to say, ‘Guess what? Don\u2019t be distracted by Iran. There\u2019s no nuke problem there. You got bigger problems.\u2019 And the Israelis and the Saudis, ‘We can\u2019t trust this.\u2019 The United States could then move in and say, ‘Okay, look, we know you don\u2019t trust it. We\u2019ll help you. We will pledge to defend you. If you guys feel the need ever down the road to launch an attack against the Iranians, we\u2019ll be there to back you up. We\u2019ll help you with the blow back, and we\u2019ll defend you.\u2019 <\/p>\n

The theory is that this is a strategy to get the Israelis and the Saudis and others in the Middle East to get serious about doing something on peace there. Now, it sounds bizarre, and even if it or elements of it are true, it is really, really dicey. It is dicey as it can be. Because the Israelis, militarily, could launch a strike here or there in areas of Iran, but they couldn\u2019t do it without us because they would need refueling capability — it\u2019s long-distance — they\u2019d need refueling capability, a lot of planes, which they have. But they wouldn\u2019t be able to get back to Israel without refueling. So the intrigue on this is not going away. It is just the exact opposite. I happened to see today — it\u2019s so off the board. I\u2019m not endorsing this; I\u2019m just sharing the theory with you. Then today, right before noon, the AP wire clears a story from the Israeli prime minister Olmert, who says, ‘Okay, we are going to get serious about peace.\u2019<\/p>\n

Here it is: ‘Olmert Promises ‘Serious\u2019 Peace Effort,\u2019 and serious is in quotes. Here it is, by Josef Federman. ‘Prime Minister Ehud Olmert promised Monday to ‘forge a historic path\u2019 toward a final settlement with the Palestinians at this week\u2019s first peace talks in nearly seven years.\u2019 Now, I saw that, and I said, ‘Whoa,\u2019 and did a little bit of a double-take. Shortly after the NIE comes out, says that there\u2019s no Iranian nuclear threat, the Israelis, okay, we\u2019re going to get serious about peace here with the Palestinians. Remember the theory is that this is designed to cause just this. I know it\u2019s far out, it\u2019s over the top. But this is what happens when something inexplicable happens, which is what the NIE key judgment is. It\u2019s inexplicable and people are trying to make sense of it. <\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"

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