Congressional hostility toward the P5+1 nuclear deal with Iran has led to a lot of fear-mongering about the IAEA’s agreements with Iran on access to their sites. The deals are confidential, and that’s let Congressional hawks fill in the blanks with whatever nonsense they want.
It’s not going to change, according to IAEA head Amano Yukiya, who this week refused to turn over documents on the deal to the US Congress, saying that the agency has a legal obligation to maintain the confidentiality of the agreement.
Speaking to the press after his closed-door meeting with Congress, Amano said if the agency just ignored confidentiality agreements and provided secret data to other countries it would mean no one would share information with the watchdog group, making their safeguards implementation impossible.
Sen. Bob Corker (R – TN) says that the comments are “not reassuring,” while Sen. Bob Menendez (D – NJ) said the secrecy was “worrisome.” Iran has complained that US inspectors working for IAEA have previously acted as de facto spies, leading them to insist the IAEA maintain a level of secrecy on their legal activities, particularly as they relate to conventional military programs.
Whoah come on.
Talking as if we were in the 19th century?
There absolutely already are copies in the NSA Utah datacenter on lone disk #5648957 and hardcopies are being transmitted to the dear representatives by chartered courier as we speak.
I'm betting that CONgress gets a copy regardless they'll just have Netanyahoo steal them a copy – and then have the neocons "doctor" it before releasing it – something they're very good at.
Gentlemen – the scenario that you suggest would blatantly expose Congressional criminal mendacity, and would be a 'bridge too far,' at least for the likes of Corker, and perhaps even for the zionist lick-spittle Menendez.
Surprisingly good news. Someone, anyone standing up to demands from some Congress buffoons is great.
If that's the case, then Congress should be fine with the IAEA giving Iran the classified info on our nuclear program safeguards and protocols. Surely they'll want to do the right and fair thing.