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02/02/06 10:11 PM

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U.S. Intel Chief Doubts Iran Has Nukes


President Bush, left, walks with John Negroponte, director of national intelligence as he leaves the White House, Wednesday, Jan. 25, 2006, for a day trip the National Security Agency in Fort Meade, Md. to speak with employees. (AP Photo/Ron Edmonds)

U.S. Intel Chief Doubts Iran Has Nukes
By KATHERINE SHRADER, Associated Press Writer
Thu Feb 2, 10:21 AM ET


WASHINGTON - National Intelligence Director John Negroponte told Congress on Thursday that
Iran probably does not yet have nuclear weapons, nor has it obtained the material central to producing them.

Still, Negroponte called Iran's nuclear program a matter of "highest concern." In prepared testimony to the Senate Intelligence Committee, he said that Iran and
North Korea are both major threats to U.S. security.


LINK: http://news.yahoo.com/s/ap/20060202/ap_on_go_co/intelligence_congress_5