Monday, June 30, 2008

Stepping up spying

WASHINGTON (June 29) -- The Bush administration has launched a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, sending U.S. commandos to spy on the country's nuclear facilities and undermine the Islamic republic's government, journalist Seymour Hersh said Sunday.

White House, CIA and State Department officials declined comment on Hersh's report, which appears in this week's issue of The New Yorker. resident Bush's administration has begun a "significant escalation" of covert operations in Iran, according to the latest New Yorker magazine. The $400 million campaign includes spying on Iranian nuclear facilities and staging events aimed at undermining Iran's government, the article said.President Bush on June 11, 2008

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