(Jerusalem Post) Hilary Leila Krieger - Amid his rising conviction that Iran was pursuing a nuclear weapon, Bush described the "eye-popping declaration" by his own intelligence agencies in the 2007 National Intelligence Estimate (NIE) that judged with "high confidence" that Iran had halted its nuclear weapons program. "Israel and our Arab allies found themselves in a rare moment of unity. Both were deeply concerned about Iran and furious with the United States over the NIE." Bush concludes, "whatever the explanation, the NIE had a big impact - and not a good one."
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