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During the semester, I shall post course material and students will comment on it. Students are also free to comment on any aspect of American politics, either current or historical. There are only two major limitations: no coarse language, and no derogatory comments about people at the Claremont Colleges. This blog is on the open Internet, so post nothing that you would not want a potential employer to see. Syllabus: http://gov20h.blogspot.com/2023/08/draft-introduction-to-american-politics.html

Monday, September 28, 2009

How the Iran Nuclear Site Was Discovered...

This was brought up in class today and I stumbled upon an article that shows the answer to be less than amazing. Apparently if you ever try to dig a big hole, U.S. intelligence can find you:

"Analysts pinpointed the second site several years ago carved into a mountain near Qom, a Shiite holy city and a religious nerve center of the Iranian regime, according to U.S. officials.

There were multiple streams of intelligence that proved fruitful, but one clear sign produced by spy satellites was evidence of digging for underground facilities, said a senior U.S. intelligence official."

1 comment:

Pitney said...

Go to maps.google.com and type in "Qom." You can get satellite imagery high-res enough to that you can make out cars on the street.