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CIA Long Aware Of Secret Iranian Plant, Says Panetta

October 08 2009

USA

CIA director Leon Panetta says that the U.S. knew of Iran's secret nuclear facility at Qom for three years before its existence was made public last month, Ha'aretz (Israel) reports.

U.S. intelligence about the facility was shared with British and French agencies, who had suspected its existence and had been searching for it, said Panetta in an interview with Time magazine.

Panetta added that the agency is preparing an unclassified dossier on the facility to be presented to...

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