IAEA May Need Intelligence Arm Against Atom Terror

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The U.N. atomic watchdog may need to set up its own intelligence unit to combat a growing menace of nuclear terrorism, a former senior CIA official said in an interview Wednesday.

"The good news is that no credible information has surfaced that al Qaeda has obtained weapons-usable nuclear materials. The bad news is that (these) are missing in significant quantities," said Rolf Mowatt-Larssen.

He said the International Atomic Energy Agency, with its expertise probing shadowy nuclear activity in Iran and the A.Q. Khan nuclear smuggling ring, could be well placed to transcend national barriers to intelligence-sharing on atomic threats.

"We urgently need to overco

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My Comment: The UN is the worse agency to monitor against atom terrorism .... especially when some of the member states that will supervise this agency are being accused of nuclear proliferation and terrorism.

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