report: Ahmadinejad's defecting camera man gave the CIA top-secret video of nuclear sites/devices. - Polidicks

[QUOTE] [B]The Iranian cameraman assigned to document President Mahmoud Ahmadinejad’s recent trip to the UN has defected, and new reports claim that with his exit he has handed the US a trove of never-before-seen footage of his homeland’s nuclear facilities.[/B] Hassan Golkhanban, a journalist for the Iranian News Network, was among the 140-people that accompanied President Ahmadinejad to the United Nations headquarters in New York last week. Unlike the rest of the Iran head’s entourage, however, the videographer vanished before returning home and has since asked the US State Department to grant him political asylum. Now Israel’s Debka news agency reports that with his application for asylum, Golkhanban has made good with America’s request for information on a rumored nuclear warhead program being ramped up overseas. According to Debka, the trusted member of President Ahmadinejad’s crew took with him to the States two suitcases full of “the most complete and updated footage” that US intelligence has ever been offered of Iran’s top secret military facilities and other related structures, something the site claims to include “exclusive interior shots of the Natanz nuclear complex, the Fordo underground enrichment plant, the Parchin military complex and the small Amir-Abad research reactor in Tehran.” On their part, Iran has not yet commented on either Golkhanban’s defection or the rumored footage reported to have since been delivered to American authorities, but his lawyer confirms that the cameraman has indeed cut ties with Ahmadinejad. “He was being threatened because of what he thought would happen when he went back,” New York-based attorney Paul O’Dwyer tells Jewish News One in a sit-down interview this week. “There were demands made on him by the presidential detail while he was here,” O’Dwyer says, “to do things that he did not want to do, and he was obviously very, very concerned about what the repercussions to him would be when he went back to Iran for disobeying those orders.” Commenting on his client to CNN, O’Dwyer adds of Golkhanban, “He’s perceived as not being a supporter, or being an opponent of the Iranian regime… somebody who has betrayed the regime and who can no longer be trusted by them.” The United States has been eager to get to the bottom of Iran’s nuclear program, a project that Ahmadinejad attests is for peaceful purposes. If Debka’s report checks out, however, US intelligence may finally be able to hold Iran accountable for proved attempts towards procuring a nuke. According to the source, “Some of the film depicts Revolutionary Guards and military industry chiefs explaining in detail to the president or supreme leader the working of secret equipment on view.” During his own recent address before the UN General Assembly, US President Barack Obama called a nuclear-armed Iran “not a challenge that can be contained” that has the potential to “threaten the elimination of Israel, the security of Gulf nations, and the stability of the global economy.” “That is why a coalition of countries is holding the Iranian government accountable. And that is why the United States will do what we must to prevent Iran from obtaining a nuclear weapon,” President Obama told his audience. [/QUOTE] [URL="http://rt.com/usa/news/nuclear-cameraman-ahmadinejad-iran-747/"]rt[/URL] To bad they will never be released. He should have given them to something like wikileaks or a news agency.

[QUOTE=Chernarus;37926701] He should have given them to something like wikileaks or a news agency.[/QUOTE] Why? I mean Im all for freedom of information and everything but doesnt the analysis of such things seem like something we should leave to intelligence specialists?

[QUOTE=Timebomb575;37926710]Why?[/QUOTE] So everybody could see them and not just the CIA. I did type two sentences you know..

[QUOTE=Chernarus;37926701][URL="http://rt.com/usa/news/nuclear-cameraman-ahmadinejad-iran-747/"]rt[/URL] To bad they will never be released. He should have given them to something like wikileaks or a news agency.[/QUOTE] he's trying to not be killed though.

Russia Today. Yep, i'm totally buying this

[QUOTE=Chernarus;37926720]So everybody could see them and not just the CIA. I did type two sentences you know..[/QUOTE] See my edit

Let's put videos of sensitive nuclear installations on the internet Chenarus :downs:

I'm mean I understand where your coming from but in the situation he's in not being killed is better than freedom of information.

[QUOTE=XD!;37926725]he's trying to not be killed though.[/QUOTE] And throwing shit into a letterbox is a sentence to death? Its less risky then going to the CIA.

Oh, and to back their claims, Russia Today cites an Israeli source which I haven't even fucking heard of until now- [url]http://www.debka.co.il/[/url]

[QUOTE=Glorbo;37926738]Russia Today. Yep, i'm totally buying this[/QUOTE] report implies report. They do have a source in their article if you ever bothered to click the link. Was your post even worth posting? My automerge, you broke it and thus hurt my feelings. I suggest you apologize.

[QUOTE=Chernarus;37926720]So everybody could see them and not just the CIA. I did type two sentences you know..[/QUOTE] Why does "everyone" need to see the videos, that will do nothing except cause a bunch of nerds on the internet circle jerk over something they know little to nothing about. Perhaps that's coming across rude, but honestly what possible benefit would come from making these videos public other than "Ooooh ahhhh, look at all the nuclear stuff". The potential risks far out weigh the pointless benefits.

RussiaToday cites Debka which isn't really valid source at all. [URL]http://www.debka.com/[/URL] They aren't a news organization, they're a exclusive-only "intelligence" agency as defined by themselves. They're one of those agencies that reports "insider exclusive intel" crap that the 'media doesn't cover' as backed up by their slogan "We start where the media stops" They do sensationalist stories and employ dirty tactics to attract viewers because they charge cash for most articles. Check it out for yourself.

[QUOTE=Starpluck;37926787]RussiaToday cites Debka which isn't really valid source at all. [url]http://www.debka.com/[/url] They aren't necessarily news organization, they're more of exclusive-only agency. They're one of those agencies that reports "inside exclusive intel" crap that the 'media doesn't cover' as backed up by their slogan "We start where the media stops" They do sensationalist stories to attract viewers because they charge cash for most articles, they are also extremely biased. Check it out for yourself.[/QUOTE] I guess I should have checked the original source, although this is completely possible I won't defend it. This can't really be that bias though, there isn't any political gain in this.

If this holds out to be true, I guess we'll have to see if Isreal's president is actually nuts or not about Iran.

Oh my god, the Hebrew wikipedia article on Debka.co.il is hilarious- "Debka file has released a report which states that osama bin laden and sadam hussain coordinated possible use of nuclear weapons to prevent the Iraqi invasion, even though after the war it was found that none of them possessed WMDs of any kind" They also claimed the Taliban is operated by China.

[QUOTE=Glorbo;37926847]Oh my god, the Hebrew wikipedia article on Debka.co.il is hilarious- "Debka file has released a report which states that osama bin laden and sadam hussain coordinated possible used of nuclear weapons to prevent the Iraqi invasion, even though after the war it was found that none of them possessed WMDs of any kind" They also claimed the Taliban is operated by China.[/QUOTE] Haha, yeah.. fuck that "source".