Four Saturdays ago, the NY Times had a fact-based, page-one report on what U.S. Intelligence has been saying since 2007 about the (non-existent since 2003) Iranian nuclear WEAPONS program. The article’s appearance was a shock. Cynics dismiss it as a CYA operation, enabling the Times to dig out the article after the fact (of all hell breaking loose with Iran and still no sign of an active nuclear weapons effort there), and represent it as evidence that the Times had it right all along. We should, I suppose, be thankful for small favors. The Times avoided such precautions prior to the attack on Iraq….no doubt because it was going to be a “cakewalk,” remember?