When I read about it, I came to the same conclusion that Fwall did. It smells of a Mossad operation where someone has the brass ones to pull it off. I do not see the CIA doing that under this limp wrist Admin. You have to remember that the Saudie kingdom greatly fears a nuke armed Iran and may have a tendency to turn a blind eye to a Mossad kidnap operation if it is done discreetly.
If done by the Mossad, they now have the information as to how far the nuke program has progressed and a better time table when Iran will have theit first bomb. Also better knowledge of the key sites and how they can be neutralized.
As to giving him over to the CIA, this would be done so that the CIA could also confirm his information and Israel will not have to worry about our leaders feeling that Israel may be feeding them false information on Iran's nuke program. To close the door on possible allegations of poor intelligence that happen with Bush and Iraq.
That leads me to belive that scientist gave information that Iran fully intends to develope their nuke program and may be closer to completion then previously thought and Israel needs the assistance or blessing of the U.S. to conduct a preempt strike to destroy the nuke sites.
Obama recently made the statement that Iran must not be allowed to develope a nuke arsenal and Israel wants to make sure that he gets information from the horses mouth and not waver about believing any infromation that came from the Mossad.
What better way to do that then to turn the scientist over to the CIA so they can get the same infromation from a scientist that is in the inner circle of Iran's nuke program.
I still have about 10 months left on my prediction that Israel will strike Iran's nuke site like they did with Iraq.
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