Mossad apparently doesn't agree with the urgency of the Iran Nuclear threat, being posited by Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu.
A claimed Iran Threat to be presented to the U.S. Congress, all in hopes of derailing the U.S. Secretary of State from completing the Nuclear containment agreement with Iran, that would keep them under constant monitoring.
Netanyahu thinks it is better to antagonize Iran -- instead of keeping them under watchful IAEA eyes.
The Spy Cables: A glimpse into the world of espionage
Al Jazeera, Investigative Unit, aljazeera.com -- Feb 23, 2015
A digital leak to Al Jazeera of hundreds of secret intelligence documents from the world's spy agencies has offered an unprecedented insight into operational dealings of the shadowy and highly politicised realm of global espionage.
Over the coming days, Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit is publishing The Spy Cables, in collaboration with The Guardian newspaper.
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Among the revelations, the Spy Cables disclose how:
• Israel's Mossad told its allies that Iran was not working to produce nuclear weapons just a month after Prime Minister Benjamin Netanyahu warned it was barely a year from being able to do so;
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Netanyahu apparently has a Mossad leak problem ... especially with respect to the "urgent threat" of Iran's civilian nuclear use.
Israeli intelligence different from assessment given by Netanyahu to United Nations
by Will Jordan, Al Jazeera; sierraleonetimes.com -- Feb 24, 2015
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A secret cable obtained by Al Jazeera's Investigative Unit reveals that Mossad sent a top-secret cable to South Africa on October 22, 2012 that laid out a "bottom line" assessment of Iran's nuclear work.
It appears to contradict the picture painted by Netanyahu of Tehran racing towards acquisition of a nuclear bomb.
Writing that Iran had not begun the work needed to build any kind of nuclear weapon, the Mossad cable said the Islamic Republic's scientists are "working to close gaps in areas that appear legitimate such as enrichment reactors".
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Mossad contradicted Netanyahu on Iran nukes, says report
Leaked cable reveals that Israeli intelligence thought Iran was much further from building nuclear weapons in 2012 than prime minister claimed in address to Congress.
Ynetnews, Israel News, ynetnews.com -- Feb 23, 2015
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The alleged Mossad report from October 2012 said Iran “does not appear to be ready” to enrich uranium at a high enough level to produce nuclear weapons, but that it was moving towards technology "which will reduce the time required to produce weapons ".
The report would, if authenticated, reveal a gap between public statements by Israel's top leaders and intelligence assessments.
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And Secretary of State John Kerry,
may have a Netanyahu problem by the time
this GOP guest speaker, has his say in the U.S. Congress ...
Kerry Is Pushing for Agreement in Iran Nuclear Talks
by Michael R. Gordon, nytimes.com -- Mar 1, 2015
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As the deadline approaches for what could be one of the most important and divisive international agreements in decades, Mr. Kerry has become a driving force behind the complicated, seven-nation talks to limit Iran’s nuclear program. But with so much at stake, Mr. Kerry’s relentless negotiating style and determination to engage with Mr. Zarif have become part of the debate.
To proponents of the emerging accord, Mr. Kerry’s determination has made all the difference.
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An agreement on Iran’s nuclear program would be a momentous event in American-Iranian relations, and one that White House officials insist is the best hope for constraining Tehran’s nuclear ambitions and easing decades of animosity between Iran and the United States. But critics fear a deal will merely defer the day when Iran becomes a nuclear weapons state, while prompting Arab nations to consider developing their own nuclear deterrent.
From the point of view of Iran, Netanyahu's demands appear to be a non-starter:
Deterring an Iranian Nuclear Breakout
by Robert Einhorn, nytimes.com -- Feb 26, 2015
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To Mr. Netanyahu, eliminating Iran’s nuclear weapons capability means banning uranium enrichment, a dual-capable technology that can produce both fuel for civil nuclear reactors and weapons-grade uranium for nuclear bombs. Allowing even a limited enrichment program, in his view, would make Iran a “threshold” nuclear weapon state — able to break out of an agreement and produce nuclear weapons at a time of its choosing.
Banning enrichment and dismantling Iran’s existing enrichment facilities would indeed be the best negotiated outcome. But such an agreement is not attainable.
Iran’s leaders have convinced the Iranian people that a ban on enrichment would deprive them of an inalienable right to pursue civil nuclear power as they see fit and impede their scientific advancement. Iranians across the political spectrum would prefer to forgo an agreement and muddle through under existing sanctions rather than accept what they would regard as a national humiliation.
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That last link outlines the steps of a viable, verifiable Nuclear Agreement with Iran.
And if Netanyahu and the GOP-hawks get their way, it is an Agreement that will not happen.
Mossad's leaked, rational assessments, notwithstanding.