Talk about leaks! [But not the kind opposed by administration hawks.] This is a superb piece on Iranian mucking around in Iraq. But at 10 pages long sourced at numerous points to US military intelligence documents, one wonders who finds it in their interest to leak such material? Subtle hint: those who want the US to get tough on Iran. One source is all but explicit: the MEK, which would like to rehabilitate its image in Washington and get off the State Department's designated terrorist group list, and which apparently has provided the US very useful intelligence on Iran's nuclear program. But that's not the only source. And it's interesting to me that Larry Franklin, for instance, was indeed running around this summer pushing some of this same information. For instance, the bit about the Iranians targeting Israelis alleged to be operating in northern Iraq, that Seymour Hersh originally reported. [Thx to reader JH.]

Posted by Laura at November 15, 2004 12:56 PM