Annie
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To Libya no less?
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55947-2005Feb2.html
http://www.washingtonpost.com/wp-dyn/articles/A55947-2005Feb2.html
..."This was not a conclusion reached by the CIA" or the intelligence bureau at the State Department, said the official, speaking on the condition of anonymity because of the intelligence matter. "This was the lab technicians from DOE."
He said this gave added credence to the report because it was based not on a murky intelligence assessment but on hard data.
The finding that North Korea has reprocessed fuel rods -- potentially enough material to produce six atomic weapons -- is less surprising. North Korea has long said that it had reprocessed the material, and many U.S. intelligence analysts concluded a year ago that the reprocessing had taken place. Yet it is significant that the Bush administration has decided to brief its allies on its conclusion.
The New York Times first reported last night that North Korea appeared to have produced uranium hexafluoride and exported it...