U.S. may be providing nuclear assistance to nations with terror links

By Laurel Adams

The United States provides $20 million a year to help finance the International Atomic Energy Agency, which promotes peaceful use of nuclear

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"… t nor IAEA have sought to limit aid to terror-linked nations such as Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria, or countries which are not party to the non-proliferati …"

"… the United States did not systematically try to limit TC projects in Cuba, Iran, Sudan, and Syria—which the department designated as sponsors of terrori …"

The U.S. military delves into cultural intelligence in Iran

By Nick Schwellenbach

PaperTrail has obtained an exclusive copy of the military’s field guide for cultural intelligence for possible military operations in Iran,

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"… field guide for cultural intelligence for possible military operations in Iran, which is designed to help the U.S. military understand foreign cultures. …"

"… lligence document describes in detail what our soldiers are learning about Iran — and it’s everything from paranoia within the military to preferred p …"

"… the military to preferred pants widths.The existence of fault lines among Iran’s military organizations and its ethnic groups is a major theme in the M …"

"… he Marine Corps’s CD-ROM, Cultural Intelligence for Military Operations: Iran.The guide also paints a picture of endemic paranoia within Iran’s armed …"

U.S. government Iran sanctions working

By Maya Rhodan

More energy firms steering clear of Iran

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"… sanctionable criteria.” …"

"… 0, the agency said 41 foreign firms had conducted commercial activities in Iranian oil, gas and petrochemical sectors from 2005-2009. That number has sinc …"

"… illion. As of May 2011, five of these seven firms had withdrawn from their Iran activities. Two firms continue, representing $4 million in U.S. contracts. …"

"… contracts. The 99 percent drop in contract value among companies active in Iran appears not to be an accident.More companies are worried about potentially …"

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Daily Disclosure: Misleading ad attacks Obama on Libya

By Rachael Marcus

Inflammatory super PAC ad attacking the president's reaction to attacks in Libya gets its facts wrong.

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"… ks after the attack.The ad claims Obama was busy with “The View” while Iran’s President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad was calling for a new world order at the …"

Debate preview: Who can be the toughest on global challenges?

By R. Jeffrey Smith

Presidential candidates compete in debates to show how muscular they are, even when clear solutions are often not available.

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"… t of international challenges.Each vowed their party would play tough with Iran and stick by the current hard line leadership in Israel; spend whatever is …"

"… y engineer the ouster of Syrian president Bashar al-Assad.Ryan argued that Iran’s drive for a nuclear weapon has been relentless, and that it is closer …"

"… hieving its goal than it was when Obama won election. Biden responded that Iran is more isolated now than ever before, and said international sanctions ar …"

"… an ever before, and said international sanctions are seriously harming the Iranian economy.Both men were actually right, but their convictions masked the …"

How an 82-year-old exposed security lapses at nuclear facilities

By R. Jeffrey Smith

How an 82-year-old has upended the lax regulation of the U.S. nuclear weapons establishment.

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"… to be the most secure location for weapons-grade uranium (of the type that Iran is trying to create) harvested not only from U.S. warheads but from foreig …"

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FACT CHECK: Slips in vice president's debate

By The Associated Press

Slips on Libya, Syria, auto bailout in vice presidential debate

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"… more than $250,000. ___ RYAN: "We cannot allow Iran to gain a nuclear weapons capability. Now, let's take a look at where we'v …"

"… weapons capability." THE FACTS: Ryan's claim is misleading. Iran isn't believed to have produced any of the highly enriched uranium needed …"

"… Nations last month to create a "red line" at enrichment above 20 percent. Iran would have to enrich uranium at much higher levels to produce a weapon. Th …"

"… h higher levels to produce a weapon. There is intelligence suggesting that Iran has worked on weapon designs, but not that it has developed a delivery sys …"

Obama powers to re-election despite weak economy

By The Associated Press

The nation decides: Voters choose between Romney, Obama as the man who'll best fix the economy

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"… national debt at unsustainable. To say nothing of the threat of a nuclear Iran and the menace of al-Qaida and other terrorist groups more than a decade a …"

FACT CHECK: Conservative Group Distorts Hagel’s Record

By FactCheck.Org

FACT CHECK: American Future Fund goes too far in ad against defense secretary nominee.

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"… ys Hagel “sits on the board of a private equity firm with investments in Iran.” Hagel sits on an advisory board of Deutsche Bank, which the New York T …"

"… is under investigation for transferring money through U.S. subsidiaries to Iran. However, unnamed U.S. officials told the Times the bank stopped such tran …"

"… porting Republicans and trying to defeat Democrats, including Obama. Iffy Iran Claim The ad goes too far when it claims Hagel “sits on the board of a …"

"… ms Hagel “sits on the board of a private equity firm with investments in Iran.” The ad cites a Jan. 14 USA Today article that makes no mention of a p …"

Secret US detention program had many foreign collaborators

By Douglas Birch

A new report details the involvement of dozens of countries in rough treatment, without accountability

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"… ith at least a history of hostility to the United States, including Syria, Iran and Libya, were also enlisted . At least eight militants were handed over …"

"… er charges were dropped against several Syrians in Germany. In March 2002 Iran handed over 15 suspects to the government of Afghanistan, which transferre …"

"… nations. The report said one of them, Amin al-Yafia, believed captured in Iran in 2002, “may have been held” in CIA custody at some later date. His c …"

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