The following is an article by Scott Ritter, who if you recall is a former Marine Corps intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control treaties, in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, and in Iraq overseeing the disarmament of WMD. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/iranian-nukes-scaremongering-netanyahu-strikes-again/

While I urge you to read the entire article, here are three points that stand out to me:

1) The timing of Netanyahu's announcement on the supposed Iranian nuclear c***ting is cover for Trump's anticipated May 12's decision on whether the United States will remain as a state party of the Iran nuclear agreement. The president ran for office in 2016 on a campaign that derided the JCPOA as a “horrible deal”, and vowed to “rip it up” once he took office.

"According to a report Monday night by The New York Times which cited an anonymous Israeli senior official, the massive document haul was undertaken in a January 2017 operation he hailed as one of Israel’s “greatest achievements” in intelligence gathering.

While Israel has been in possession of the documents since January 2017, Israeli officials refrained from disclosing the contents to the public until now, due in large part to the lengthy t***slation process for the 110,000 documents and extensive efforts to verify their authenticity." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245251

2) "If this trove of documents is, in fact, what Netanyahu claims, then there are mechanisms in place via the JCPOA framework to address the legitimate concerns raised by their collective content. The Israeli government could have shared this information with any of the signatory parties to the JCPOA, who then could have requested a meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA where the issue of Iranian compliance would then be discussed. While the process involved is a cumbersome one, in the end any failure of the part of Iran to constructively engage would result in the matter being taken to the Security Council, where sanctions could be re-imposed.

Likewise, the Israelis could have taken their information straight to the IAEA, which is empowered by the JCPOA to investigate “activities inconsistent with the JCPOA” at “locations that have not been declared under the safeguards agreement or Additional Protocol.” Netanyahu’s ramshackle building in the Shorabad District of southern Tehran would seem to fit that description perfectly, despite the seeming illogic of Iran hiding its most sensitive documents in such an insecure location. Again, any substantive Iranian noncompliance with the IAEA’s demands to investigate would eventually lead to the resumption of economic sanctions against Iran."

3) While Scott Ritter acknowledges the Mossad's capability as an intelligence service, he also notes "that the Israeli intelligence service, like all others, is fallible and prone to analytical error driven by domestic political imperative, failure in internal management oversight, and poor analysis on the part of those responsible for assessing the massive quantity of data that came into Israel’s possession."

Example" "In 1998, Israel agreed with the finding of UNSCOM inspectors that Iraq’s proscribed ballistic missile program had been eliminated as an operational threat, and yet four years later, in 2002, the Israelis had changed their mind, void of any new information, and re-assessed Iraq to have dozens of operational long-range missiles in an effort to bolster American justifications for invading Iraq. This only underscores the reality that the Israeli government was just as capable of skewing intelligence to meet a political objective as any other nation."

Here's a suggestion: Let's avoid a rush to judgement here. Allow the international community another 3 months to review the "Netanyahu" intelligence dump in the light of day, and international scrutiny. Keep in mind that that Israel has a 200 nuke arsenal undeclared and is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran has no weapons, is a signatory and is subject to unannounced inspections of all its sites. Let us also keep in mind the history of the CIA's long history of attempting to destabilize Iran/Syria, and General Wesley Clark's 2001 revelation of the Pentagon's plan for taking out 7 mid-east countries in 5 years -(https://youtu.be/9RC1Mepk_Sw). These facts have a tendency to make one skeptical of making rash decisions without adequate openness and forethought.

The following is an article by Scott Ritter, who if you recall is a former Marine Corps intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control treaties, in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, and in Iraq overseeing the disarmament of WMD. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/iranian-nukes-scaremongering-netanyahu-strikes-again/

While I urge you to read the entire article, here are three points that stand out to me:

1) The timing of Netanyahu's announcement on the supposed Iranian nuclear c***ting is cover for Trump's anticipated May 12's decision on whether the United States will remain as a state party of the Iran nuclear agreement. The president ran for office in 2016 on a campaign that derided the JCPOA as a “horrible deal”, and vowed to “rip it up” once he took office.

"According to a report Monday night by The New York Times which cited an anonymous Israeli senior official, the massive document haul was undertaken in a January 2017 operation he hailed as one of Israel’s “greatest achievements” in intelligence gathering.

While Israel has been in possession of the documents since January 2017, Israeli officials refrained from disclosing the contents to the public until now, due in large part to the lengthy t***slation process for the 110,000 documents and extensive efforts to verify their authenticity." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245251

2) "If this trove of documents is, in fact, what Netanyahu claims, then there are mechanisms in place via the JCPOA framework to address the legitimate concerns raised by their collective content. The Israeli government could have shared this information with any of the signatory parties to the JCPOA, who then could have requested a meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA where the issue of Iranian compliance would then be discussed. While the process involved is a cumbersome one, in the end any failure of the part of Iran to constructively engage would result in the matter being taken to the Security Council, where sanctions could be re-imposed.

Likewise, the Israelis could have taken their information straight to the IAEA, which is empowered by the JCPOA to investigate “activities inconsistent with the JCPOA” at “locations that have not been declared under the safeguards agreement or Additional Protocol.” Netanyahu’s ramshackle building in the Shorabad District of southern Tehran would seem to fit that description perfectly, despite the seeming illogic of Iran hiding its most sensitive documents in such an insecure location. Again, any substantive Iranian noncompliance with the IAEA’s demands to investigate would eventually lead to the resumption of economic sanctions against Iran."

3) While Scott Ritter acknowledges the Mossad's capability as an intelligence service, he also notes "that the Israeli intelligence service, like all others, is fallible and prone to analytical error driven by domestic political imperative, failure in internal management oversight, and poor analysis on the part of those responsible for assessing the massive quantity of data that came into Israel’s possession."

Example" "In 1998, Israel agreed with the finding of UNSCOM inspectors that Iraq’s proscribed ballistic missile program had been eliminated as an operational threat, and yet four years later, in 2002, the Israelis had changed their mind, void of any new information, and re-assessed Iraq to have dozens of operational long-range missiles in an effort to bolster American justifications for invading Iraq. This only underscores the reality that the Israeli government was just as capable of skewing intelligence to meet a political objective as any other nation."

Here's a suggestion: Let's avoid a rush to judgement here. Allow the international community another 3 months to review the "Netanyahu" intelligence dump in the light of day, and international scrutiny. Keep in mind that that Israel has a 200 nuke arsenal undeclared and is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran has no weapons, is a signatory and is subject to unannounced inspections of all its sites. Let us also keep in mind the history of the CIA's long history of attempting to destabilize Iran/Syria, and General Wesley Clark's 2001 revelation of the Pentagon's plan for taking out 7 mid-east countries in 5 years -(https://youtu.be/9RC1Mepk_Sw). These facts have a tendency to make one skeptical of making rash decisions without adequate openness and forethought.

The following is an article by Scott Ritter, who if you recall is a former Marine Corps intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control treaties, in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, and in Iraq overseeing the disarmament of WMD. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/iranian-nukes-scaremongering-netanyahu-strikes-again/

While I urge you to read the entire article, here are three points that stand out to me:

1) The timing of Netanyahu's announcement on the supposed Iranian nuclear c***ting is cover for Trump's anticipated May 12's decision on whether the United States will remain as a state party of the Iran nuclear agreement. The president ran for office in 2016 on a campaign that derided the JCPOA as a “horrible deal”, and vowed to “rip it up” once he took office.

"According to a report Monday night by The New York Times which cited an anonymous Israeli senior official, the massive document haul was undertaken in a January 2017 operation he hailed as one of Israel’s “greatest achievements” in intelligence gathering.

While Israel has been in possession of the documents since January 2017, Israeli officials refrained from disclosing the contents to the public until now, due in large part to the lengthy t***slation process for the 110,000 documents and extensive efforts to verify their authenticity." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245251

2) "If this trove of documents is, in fact, what Netanyahu claims, then there are mechanisms in place via the JCPOA framework to address the legitimate concerns raised by their collective content. The Israeli government could have shared this information with any of the signatory parties to the JCPOA, who then could have requested a meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA where the issue of Iranian compliance would then be discussed. While the process involved is a cumbersome one, in the end any failure of the part of Iran to constructively engage would result in the matter being taken to the Security Council, where sanctions could be re-imposed.

Likewise, the Israelis could have taken their information straight to the IAEA, which is empowered by the JCPOA to investigate “activities inconsistent with the JCPOA” at “locations that have not been declared under the safeguards agreement or Additional Protocol.” Netanyahu’s ramshackle building in the Shorabad District of southern Tehran would seem to fit that description perfectly, despite the seeming illogic of Iran hiding its most sensitive documents in such an insecure location. Again, any substantive Iranian noncompliance with the IAEA’s demands to investigate would eventually lead to the resumption of economic sanctions against Iran."

3) While Scott Ritter acknowledges the Mossad's capability as an intelligence service, he also notes "that the Israeli intelligence service, like all others, is fallible and prone to analytical error driven by domestic political imperative, failure in internal management oversight, and poor analysis on the part of those responsible for assessing the massive quantity of data that came into Israel’s possession."

Example" "In 1998, Israel agreed with the finding of UNSCOM inspectors that Iraq’s proscribed ballistic missile program had been eliminated as an operational threat, and yet four years later, in 2002, the Israelis had changed their mind, void of any new information, and re-assessed Iraq to have dozens of operational long-range missiles in an effort to bolster American justifications for invading Iraq. This only underscores the reality that the Israeli government was just as capable of skewing intelligence to meet a political objective as any other nation."

Here's a suggestion: Let's avoid a rush to judgement here. Allow the international community another 3 months to review the "Netanyahu" intelligence dump in the light of day, and international scrutiny. Keep in mind that that Israel has a 200 nuke arsenal undeclared and is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran has no weapons, is a signatory and is subject to unannounced inspections of all its sites. Let us also keep in mind the history of the CIA's long history of attempting to destabilize Iran/Syria, and General Wesley Clark's 2001 revelation of the Pentagon's plan for taking out 7 mid-east countries in 5 years -(https://youtu.be/9RC1Mepk_Sw). These facts have a tendency to make one skeptical of making rash decisions without adequate openness and forethought.

The following is an article by Scott Ritter, who if you recall is a former Marine Corps intelligence officer who served in the former Soviet Union implementing arms control treaties, in the Persian Gulf during Operation Desert Storm, and in Iraq overseeing the disarmament of WMD. http://www.theamericanconservative.com/articles/iranian-nukes-scaremongering-netanyahu-strikes-again/

While I urge you to read the entire article, here are three points that stand out to me:

1) The timing of Netanyahu's announcement on the supposed Iranian nuclear c***ting is cover for Trump's anticipated May 12's decision on whether the United States will remain as a state party of the Iran nuclear agreement. The president ran for office in 2016 on a campaign that derided the JCPOA as a “horrible deal”, and vowed to “rip it up” once he took office.

"According to a report Monday night by The New York Times which cited an anonymous Israeli senior official, the massive document haul was undertaken in a January 2017 operation he hailed as one of Israel’s “greatest achievements” in intelligence gathering.

While Israel has been in possession of the documents since January 2017, Israeli officials refrained from disclosing the contents to the public until now, due in large part to the lengthy t***slation process for the 110,000 documents and extensive efforts to verify their authenticity." http://www.israelnationalnews.com/News/News.aspx/245251

2) "If this trove of documents is, in fact, what Netanyahu claims, then there are mechanisms in place via the JCPOA framework to address the legitimate concerns raised by their collective content. The Israeli government could have shared this information with any of the signatory parties to the JCPOA, who then could have requested a meeting of the Joint Commission of the JCPOA where the issue of Iranian compliance would then be discussed. While the process involved is a cumbersome one, in the end any failure of the part of Iran to constructively engage would result in the matter being taken to the Security Council, where sanctions could be re-imposed.

Likewise, the Israelis could have taken their information straight to the IAEA, which is empowered by the JCPOA to investigate “activities inconsistent with the JCPOA” at “locations that have not been declared under the safeguards agreement or Additional Protocol.” Netanyahu’s ramshackle building in the Shorabad District of southern Tehran would seem to fit that description perfectly, despite the seeming illogic of Iran hiding its most sensitive documents in such an insecure location. Again, any substantive Iranian noncompliance with the IAEA’s demands to investigate would eventually lead to the resumption of economic sanctions against Iran."

3) While Scott Ritter acknowledges the Mossad's capability as an intelligence service, he also notes "that the Israeli intelligence service, like all others, is fallible and prone to analytical error driven by domestic political imperative, failure in internal management oversight, and poor analysis on the part of those responsible for assessing the massive quantity of data that came into Israel’s possession."

Example" "In 1998, Israel agreed with the finding of UNSCOM inspectors that Iraq’s proscribed ballistic missile program had been eliminated as an operational threat, and yet four years later, in 2002, the Israelis had changed their mind, void of any new information, and re-assessed Iraq to have dozens of operational long-range missiles in an effort to bolster American justifications for invading Iraq. This only underscores the reality that the Israeli government was just as capable of skewing intelligence to meet a political objective as any other nation."

Here's a suggestion: Let's avoid a rush to judgement here. Allow the international community another 3 months to review the "Netanyahu" intelligence dump in the light of day, and international scrutiny. Keep in mind that that Israel has a 200 nuke arsenal undeclared and is not a signatory to the Nuclear Non-Proliferation Treaty (NPT). Iran has no weapons, is a signatory and is subject to unannounced inspections of all its sites. Let us also keep in mind the history of the CIA's long history of attempting to destabilize Iran/Syria, and General Wesley Clark's 2001 revelation of the Pentagon's plan for taking out 7 mid-east countries in 5 years -(https://youtu.be/9RC1Mepk_Sw). These facts have a tendency to make one skeptical of making rash decisions without adequate openness and forethought.

Why is Netanyahu being investigated?
On Feb. 13, Israeli police recommended Netanyahu be indicted on bribery and breach of trust charges in the two corruption cases.
In the first case, called “Case 1000,” Netanyahu is accused of accepting nearly $300,000 in gifts from Hollywood mogul Arnon Milchan, 73, and Australian billionaire James Packer, 50. In exchange, police said Netanyahu operated on Milchan’s behalf on U.S. visa matters, attempted to legislate tax breaks and sought to promote his interests in the Israeli media market.
After the more than yearlong investigation, police said Netanyahu accepted gifts valued at 750,000 shekels – or $214,000 – from Milchan and gifts that included cigars and champagne. He took 250,000 shekels (about $71,000) from Packer, according to police.
Police have not said what Packer allegedly received from Netanyahu.
Police have also recommended charges in another case, called “Case 2000,” alleging Netanyahu offered to give special treatment to Arnon Mozes, the publisher of the Yediot Ahronot daily, and in return, the newspaper would give him favorable coverage.
The third and latest investigation, called “Case 4000,” involves a probe into telecommunications tycoon Shaul Elovitch who is accused of using his news site Walla to promote positive coverage of the prime minister in return for financial and regulatory perks, according to The New York Times.
In late February, police arrested seven suspects, including Elovitch, for their alleged involvement in Case 4000. Netanyahu is not directly implicated in this particular probe, but was reportedly questioned by police for five hours on the matter last week.
www.foxnews.com/world/2018/03/05/netanyahu-accused-in-multiple-corruption-bribery-cases-what-to-know.html