Mike Rogers: I Believe the Intelligence Assessment Iran’s Not Engaging in the Nuclear Testing

‘And I do think that what Netanyahu’s point was, listen, they were lying before’

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ROGERS: "Well, you know, I reviewed as much of that material as I could, but I would say some of it is dated. And I do think that what Netanyahu’s point was, listen, they were lying before, here’s what they were doing where they were lying about, here’s where they’re lying today. But I don’t believe — I do believe the intelligence assessment that they are not engaged in the nuclear portion of the testing of their program. And so why this is important is, I think you pointed out, Chris, is that in — you know, it’s measure twice, cut once. When they’re in a hurry, in a flurry of activity, this would have put Iran in violation of the agreement. And all of the seven nations who signed onto the agreement would have had to react to that. They would have to come together, determine the evidence and move out smartly to replace sanctions. So it did have — you know, it startled that community. And we need to understand, our audience anymore just isn’t us, it’s also the world community who is looking at these things and hoping that we all get it right and they’re looking for U.S. leadership on that particular point." 

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