Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts


	Ex-Agent Says CIA Ignored Iran Facts

ratilfar

7-3-2008 5:59 PM

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iran, nukes, intelligence cia, spies, war

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"On five occasions he was ordered to either falsify his reporting on WMD in the Near East, or not to file his reports at all," Krieger said in an interview.

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