National Intelligence Estimate: Iran Stopped Bomb Effort In 2003…

… or did it?  Read Here:   — Some items of note: "We cannot rule out that Iran has acquired from abroad—or will acquire in the future—a nuclear weapon or enough fissile material for a weapon."   "We assess centrifuge enrichment is how Iran probably could first produce enough fissile material for a weapon, if…

9 Ships + 1 Aircraft Denied ≠ A Mere “Snafu”

  WASHINGTON (CNN) — China has refused nine U.S. Navy ships and one Air Force jet entry to Hong Kong in the past month, U.S. military officials said Friday.  Senior Navy officials said that Beijing denied permission for the USS Reuben James, a Navy frigate, to make a holiday port call for sailors at the end…