A Tense Exchange
“These facts are consistent with what the United States has long known: Iran has a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program that it has tried and failed to hide from the world and from its own people.” That was part of an incredibly bold White House statement concurring with Benjamin Netanyahu’s PowerPoint presentation on Iran’s nuclear program. But shortly after it was circulated, a corrected version was released. It changed one word: From Iran has a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program, to Iran had a robust, clandestine nuclear weapons program. The change was chalked up to a clerical error.