Although the NIE report also noted that Iran could reverse the decision to halt its weapons program at any point, and a classified version of it discussed evidence that didn’t make it into the public version—that Iran might still have more than a dozen other covert nuclear facilities doing illicit enrichment and weapons development—
Still remember thinking this was very odd conclusion in the NIE. Feels like it was a top-down diplomatic move that looked bad in the short term but opened the door for the joint agreement later with Europe and Iran by letting Iran save some face and declare a small moral victory?
The statements in the classified version seem to contraindicated making the unclassified version public as well?
