https://pjmedia.com/ronrosenbaum/2009/09/28/huge-intelligence-scandal-will-all-the-pundits-who-relied-onthe-discredited-2007-n-i-e-on-iran-now/feed/PJ Media is a leading news site covering culture, politics, faith, homeland security, and more. Our reporters and columnists provide original, in-depth analysis from a variety of perspectives.en-usWed, 10 Jun 2026 07:25:03 -0400<![CDATA[Will all the pundits who relied on the discredited 2007 NIE on Iran now admit that they were wrong? That they bought into and kept citing, without any serious questioning, the now clearly politically skewed analysis in the so-called National Intelligence Estimate of that year? You remember: the considered consensus wisdom of the entire U.S. intelligence community, which misled the world into believing there was nothing to worry about Iran&#8217;s nuclear program, that it had virtually ceased. When, in fact, out of the three components of a nuclear weapons program, at most one might have been suspended, if that.]]>Mon, 28 Sep 2009 16:39:09 -0400<![CDATA[Ron Rosenbaum]]>https://pjmedia.com/ron-rosenbaum/2009/09/28/huge-intelligence-scandal-will-all-the-pundits-who-relied-onthe-discredited-2007-n-i-e-on-iran-now-n116113