Despite a new intelligence report asserting that Iran stopped its development of nuclear weapons in 2003, President Bush confirmed at a White House press conference this morning that military options against Iran are not “off the table.” Time to get the roundup from the newspapers in the Beltway. Washington Post: “Bush: Iran Intelligence Report is Warning Signal.” Washington Times: “Bush unfazed by Iran nuke report.” Politico: “Bush refuses to rule out Iran strike.” Today the New York Times published a devastating follow-up piece titled “How Did a 2005 Estimate on Iran Go Awry?” that further unravels the flawed intelligence assessments, with traces of Curveball…
For those who missed Bush’s response to the press corps’ questions at this morning’s press conference — one ripe with speculation and disfluencies — it hit peaks of awkwardness on this level.