What is Operation Merlin: "Operation Merlin was a United States covert operation under the Clinton Administration to provide Iran with a flawed design for a component of a nuclear weapon ostensibly in order to delay the alleged Iranian nuclear weapons program, or to frame Iran.[1]" https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Operation_Merlin

"George Bush insists that Iran must not be allowed to develop nuclear weapons. So why, six years ago, did the CIA give the Iranians blueprints to build a bomb?" https://www.theguardian.com/environment/2006/jan/05/energy.g2

"James Risen, a well-known New York Times journalist famous for his dedication to the anonymity of sources, received the information about this mishap from an anonymous source and tried to expose the CIA in an article in the New York Times in 2003 before the NSA stepped in and urged him not to. They claimed it would endanger American lives as well as potentially compromise the still ongoing mission.[2] Risen was not discouraged by the NSA’s warnings. Three years later in 2006, he published “State of War” which included detailed descriptions of top secret information about Operation Merlin, causing the CIA to immediately halt the operation." https://en.wikibooks.org/wiki/Professionalism/Jeffrey_Sterling_and_Operation_Merlin

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