We also showed you just a tiny taste of the commenters on the Blotter page ripping into ABC for carelessly reporing leaked information that could get our men and women in the service killed.
Today it seems that it is not only the commenters that speaking to this issue.
Now, for the record, this information could have been deliberately leaked by the administration to fuel Iran's fears, or it could have been simply been a case of irresponsibility on the "leaker and ABC's part.
CBS shows that the commenters are not the only ones worried about this type of reporting.
Presidential candidates are also getting in on the anti-ABC action. As "The Blotter" itself notes, Tom Tancredo and Mitt Romney criticized the report, with Romney saying he was "shocked to see the ABC News report regarding covert action in Iran."
More Mitt: "The reporting has the potential of jeopardizing our national security. To put it quite plainly, it has the potential of affecting human life, we may never know."
Even more troubling is that on the heels of this "leaked" story, we now have the IAEA reporting that Iran, despite two sets of sanctions (albeit weak sanctions), is continuing down the path to Nuclear weapons. (Via Wapo)
VIENNA (Reuters) - The U.N. nuclear watchdog said on Wednesday Iran was stepping up its uranium enrichment program as U.S. warships maneuvered off Iran's coast, highlighting concerns over Iranian nuclear ambitions and involvement in Iraq.
Iran's defiance of another 60-day deadline set by the Council when it imposed a second set of sanctions on March 24 will expose Tehran to tougher penalties over its nuclear work, which the West fears is a front for assembling atom bombs.
"Iran has not agreed to any of the required transparency measures, which are essential for the clarification of certain aspects of the scope and nature of its nuclear program," said a confidential International Atomic Energy Agency (IAEA) report obtained by Reuters.
"Iran has not suspended its enrichment-related activities. Iran has continued with the operation of its pilot fuel enrichment plant and with construction of its (planned underground industrial) enrichment plant."
Major powers stand behind U.N. Security Council resolutions demanding Iran suspend all nuclear fuel work in exchange for negotiations on trade incentives, with the threat of escalating sanctions if Tehran keeps refusing.
French President Nicolas Sarkozy said Iran must decide if it wants to cooperate with the international community or face new sanctions. "I for my part think one should not hesitate to toughen the sanctions," Sarkozy told the German monthly Cicero.
Looks like we may start to see some strength, finally, from France now that Sarkozy has been elected.
That would be good news indeed.
The money quote comes on page #2 of the Wapo story:
"If Iran stops expanding its enrichment capability now, it's no threat. Why keep this dance going until they achieve industrial level enrichment?
That is what we have been saying!!!!!!
Is the international community going to keep imposing sanctions that Iran ignores all the way until they launch their first bomb or is someone going to stop them?
When a madman makes a threat, one should take it seriously, we learned that the hard way with Hitler.
They have threatened Israel and they have stated plainly their next target is the USA.
How much clearer does this little thug from Iran have to get before people start understanding that if this keeps up, Iran will be at the point of no return and THEN will be much harder to deal with.
My personal take on the Wapo article in conjunction with ABC's leaked Covert ops story is this: The President has known what the IAEA report said which is why he signed on to the non-lethal covert operation to avoid having to use a military option and ABC just blew that to hell and back by reporting it.
Whoever leaked it need to be found and ABC needs to be held accountable.
They may have just blown one of our few chances to change regimes without a shot fired, if this proves to be the case, ABC's accountability should rise and whoever leaked it in the first place should be jailed.
Not having all the information, this is just my personal take on the situation.
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