"Albright, who has gone to Tel Aviv several times to comb through the archive—most recently two weeks ago—says he is certain the information, which has also been verified by the U.S. government, is authentic."
Albright: “The archive is littered with new stuff about the Iranian nuclear weapons program...It’s unbelievable how much is in there.” One of his key conclusions from studying the documents was that the Iranians “were further along than Western intelligence agencies realized.”
“The U.S. was issuing statements that it would take a year at least, perhaps two years, to build a deliverable weapon. The information in the archive makes it clear they could have done it a lot quicker,” said Albright.
Albright added that the French government, which was then saying Iran could achieve a weapon in three months, was much closer in its estimates.
Albright: “I don’t think even the Israelis have gone through it all,” he said. “Every day when they go through it they see something new.”
Forthcoming report: Iran "put in place by the end of 2003 the infrastructure for a comprehensive nuclear weapons program” intended to initially produce five nuclear warheads, each with an explosive yield of 10 kilotons.
Forthcoming report: "Much is still unknown about what remains of Iran’s nuclear weapons program. 'The program’s remains, and likely some activities, have continued up to today. The question of where all this equipment and material is now located is more urgent to answer.'”
